By Cheryl L. Yeatts, Manager of Sedona Public Library in the VillageSedona AZ (January 3, 2020) – Sedona Public Library is pleased to announce a wonderful series of Arizona Humanities speaker programs for 2020. AZ Speaks is the longest-running and most popular program of Arizona Humanities. Speakers are selected based on their expertise and ability to offer content that inspires and entertains audiences of all ages and backgrounds.Programs begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 55 Rojo Drive in VOC. Generously funded by Arizona Humanities and Friends of the Sedona Library, programs are free and open to the…
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Climate Change, Myths, and the Search for Real SolutionsSedona AZ (January 2, 2020) – Spend an evening at Keep Sedona Beautiful for its Preserving the Wonder(tm) Speaker Series on Wednesday, January 8 to listen as Dr. Brian Petersen offers a provocative discourse with respect to climate change.
By Ted Grussing… into the abyss … or so it seems, as this grackle leaves his perch on a concrete abutment and dives for some food on the now exposed bottom of one of the ponds at Bubbling Ponds Hatchery in Page Springs. They are remarkable flyers and with those huge tail feathers have rudder authority such as few birds have. The mud clumps and little ponds of water rather detracted from the photo so I took a few artistic liberties with it. The shadow of the bird on the concrete is amazing.
Film Festival partners with the Sedona Muses for special “Secrets of the Earth” eventSedona AZ (January 2, 2020) – Dr. David Gillette will kick off the 2020 monthly educational meetings of the Sedona Muses of the Museum of Northern Arizona on Monday, Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theater. His presentation will be entitled “From Out of the Rock — Three Super Dinosaurs” and is part of the “Secrets from the Earth” lecture series.The event features a meet-and-greet with Dr. Gillette followed by his presentation and Q&A.
By Ted Grussing… the new year, this hen hooded merganser came sliding in this afternoon at Bubbling Ponds fishery … wings outstretched and using her webbed feet like water skis.
Film explores social stigmatization young men face in ballet; community discussion followsSedona AZ (January 1, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Unify Sedona: A Rainbow Alliance and PFLAG Sedona/Verde Valley to present the premiere of “Danseur” on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Come early for a pre-film reception hosted by Unify Sedona, and stay after the film for a Q&A and conversation with Joseph “Skip” Cavanaugh, a former dancer with Ballet Arizona.“Danseur” is the award-winning documentary that addresses exactly what it is like to be a boy in…
Sedona AZ (January 1, 2020) – The city of Sedona is once again offering a free and environmentally-friendly means to recycle your Christmas tree.From Dec. 31 through Jan. 31 the city will accept trees at the city maintenance yard located at 2070 Contractors Rd. Drop off your tree Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Camp Verde AZ (January 1, 2020) – The next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series, will take place on Thursday, January 9th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Terracotta Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 4-6 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month.
City of Cottonwood is now a Certified Sustainable Business at the Conservationist/Bronze level.Sedona AZ (January 1, 2020) – The City of Cottonwood has worked diligently on behalf of its citizens and the Verde Valley to reduce water consumption. In 2005, they became the largest water provider in the Verde Valley after purchasing the six private water companies that previously had served the Cottonwood area. The city immediately began making repairs and upgrades to the water production and distribution system to improve its reliability and reduce the lost and unaccounted for water that was previously occurring.
By Ted Grussing… I took this shot a couple of weeks ago and from my vantage point a couple of thousand feet above the village, the place I call home … the astounding beauty and appeal of this small patch of land on planet earth brings a smile to my face … I can see it all before me … the roads, the rocks, the forests, the trails and all the life that is occurring beneath me. It is a place of solitude and unspeakable beauty and for this brief moment it is all mine … and now yours.
Mary D. Fisher Theatre is the home for the opera simulcast and encore eventsSedona AZ (December 31, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the next Met Live Opera presentation of Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” on Saturday, Jan. 11. There will be two shows that day at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: 11 a.m. (live simulcast) and 4 p.m. (encore).Plan to come early as Deborah Raymond will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before each production (10 a.m. for the morning show and 3 p.m. for the encore).
Ash Fork AZ (December 31, 2019) – On December 27, 2019, around 9:15 AM, deputies were dispatched to the Juniper Woods community south of Ash Fork regarding a missing 57-year-old man. The caller indicated his roommate had been missing since the previous afternoon, but had failed to call until now. The missing man walked away from a trailer on their property and could not be found. A YCSO Forest Patrol deputy called out members of the Yavapai County Search and Rescue Team’s (YCSRT) 4×4 and Back Country units.
Living History Talk at Sedona Heritage MuseumSedona AZ (December 31, 2019) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting the next in its Living History speaker series on Thursday January 9 at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum when Brian Blue presents “The Adventures of a 1901 Toledo Şteam Car”.In January of 1902 a specially built steam car made by the American Bicycle Company was delivered by rail to Oliver Lippincott in Flagstaff Arizona. Mr. Lippincott was proposing to drive this Toledo steam car from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon. This was to be the first trip by an automobile from Flagstaff…
By John Martinez, Vice MayorSedona AZ (Decembr 31, 2019) – Before I begin my City Talk article about something that I am deeply passionate about, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and plans for a Happy New Year. My subject is about sex and human trafficking.
Support Local Make-A-Wish KidsCottonwood AZ (December 31, 2019) – Cottonwood’s first combined Dunkin’ Baskin-Robbins restaurant at 1006 S. Main St. is working to support children in need during its grand opening January 4 and 5.In addition to hosting games, activities and donut decorating for kids, Dunkin’ will be serving discounted iced and hot coffee for .50 from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. both days. 100% of the proceeds from these .50 coffees will be donated to Make-a-Wish partners for local children in need.