By Robert AlbrechtSedona AZ (December 19, 2019) – The Humane Society of Sedona, in conjunction with a three month national “Home 4 the Holidays Adoption Event” by Blue Buffalo Products Company, is hosting a 4 day adoption event at our shelter at 2115 Shelby Rd. and Sedona PetSmart in the Safeway Shopping Center; both located in West Sedona. The times for the event will be 10am-4pm for 12/21-12/23, 10am-1pm on 12/24.The purpose of this national campaign is to find homes for all shelter pets for the holidays. Last year over 1.3 million animals found their forever homes. HSS has many…
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Sedona AZ (December 19, 2019) – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley Voters Education Program, OLLI at Yavapai College – Sedona/Verde Valley, and Keep Sedona Beautiful present a stimulating discussion on fracking featuring Kevin Gibson on Monday, January 13, 2020, 12:30PM-2:00PM at Yavapai College, Room 34, 4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona.
Cottonwood AZ (December 19, 2019) – Verve Events & Tents is now a Certified Sustainable Business at the Conservationist/Bronze level from the Sustainability Alliance.You’re planning a big event and need tenting, tables, chairs, plates, etc. What do you do? In Northern Arizona, you likely call Verve Events & Tents. You’ll be glad to know they’re also a certified sustainable business.
By Ted Grussing… travel distances on her own, this is what I would be looking at whilst shooting at Filoli Gardens … she does not like me to leave her for any length of time and I guess that she has a little violence on her mind … at least she doesn’t look like she is just wanting to sit on my lap … mayhem? Probably.
The story behind the writing of “Cyrano de Bergerac” debuts at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (December 18, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new film “Cyrano, My Love” Dec. 27-Jan. 2 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.December 1897, Paris. He’s got three weeks to write a masterpiece.Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty, but he already has two children and a lot of anxieties. He hasn’t written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, written in verse for the…
Camp Verde AZ (December 18, 2019) – Parents and caregivers often struggle to know how to handle difficult behaviors from children, particularly when children have experienced trauma. MATFORCE and the Yavapai County Community Health Services are offering a free parenting/caregiver workshop that will take place on Saturday, January 4, 2020 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Camp Verde Community Library, Terracotta Room, 130 Black Bridge Loop Road in Camp Verde.
Sedona AZ (December 18, 2019) – Since the media release issued August 19th of this year (below), two additional incidents, both similar in nature, have been reported. At this time, it has not been confirmed that the suspect in the August 2019 case is the same suspect in these newer incidents. Law enforcement officials are obviously concerned at the brazen behavior. *** Please note – in both of these newer cases, the victims delayed in calling law enforcement about the suspect’s actions which greatly reduced the chances of his capture. If you witness such activity in the future, you are urged…
Hopes are high for nestlings as camera’s second season beginsPhoenix AZ (December 18, 2019) – The nest is primed and the live-streaming camera is already broadcasting the day-to-day life of a pair of bald eagles hoping to raise a family inside their Lake Pleasant Regional Park nest. Nearly 400,000 viewers tuned in for the inaugural season to watch the unfiltered drama that transpired earlier this year. They saw competing male bald eagles repeatedly divebomb each other for territory, and watched as a total of four eggs were laid in two separate clutches that were later scavenged by ravens and a…
Cottonwood AZ (December 18, 2019) – Dance away 2019 at the Cottonwood Contra Dance on Saturday, December 21st, Clemenceau gymnasium, 1 N. Willard St. in Cottonwood. Just Desserts will play the tunes with calling by Kari Usher. You don’t need a partner OR experience—all dances are taught and called.We go over the basic moves from 6:30-7:00 PM and dance until 10:00PM. If you can walk, you can contra!
Sedona AZ (December 18, 2019) – Organizations serving Sedona and the Verde Valley are invited to attend a grant application workshop hosted by the Arizona Community Foundation. The grant workshop will equip local organizations with helpful knowledge in preparing for the annual competitive grant cycle.Attendance is mandatory for any organization wishing to apply for a grant in 2020. Topics to be discussed include an overview of the ACF online grants center, grant guidelines, and elements of an effective application.
By Ted Grussing… at least by my standards it is … 28F this morning and about the same tomorrow morning … and it is windy. Seemed like a good (?) idea to head down to Bubbling Ponds this afternoon and all the waterfowl seemed to have the same idea as me … it was cold. I took a walk around the ponds that had water in them and unfortunately for this heron I chose to walk near him and he flew. Flying is about the last thing on my mind in cold weather, but then I don’t use it as…
Academy award-winner performs alongside Branagh in big screen encore in SedonaSedona AZ (December 17, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live’s “The Winter’s Tale” — starring Academy Award-winner Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh — from London’s Garrick Theatre. The play returns to the big screen at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre Dec. 27-Jan. 2.Due to phenomenal demand, “The Winter’s Tale” — Shakespeare’s timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption — returns to cinemas this festive season. This beautifully reimagined production, co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, features a…
ADOT MVD urges Arizonans to get the AZ Travel IDPhoenix AZ (December 17, 2019) – There are approximately 200 business days left until Oct. 1, 2020, and the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division reminds customers to get the AZ Travel ID in order to make it through TSA airport checkpoints starting on that date.“It’s getting down to crunch time and people need to get their AZ Travel ID,” said MVD Stakeholder Relations Manager Jennifer Bowser Richards. “We don’t want to see travel plans ruined because flyers don’t have an ID that the TSA will accept. That’s a very…
By Ted Grussing… whilst gearing up for the annual Christmas photo … always a composite and always a challenge to adjust the tonality of all the photos I incorporate in the photo since they are shot under wildly different lighting conditions. In this image I started with snow on the grass after our last snow storm and used the existing holes in the snow where grass was showing through and placed the images all on separate layers … anyhow it was a fun exercise and since it took quite a bit of time, I decided to share it tonight in lieu…
Clarkdale AZ (December 15, 2019) – Doug Von Gausig, known locally as “the Voice of the Verde River”, will be the speaker at the January 3, 2020 First Friday – in their own words living history presentation sponsored by the Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum. Meet at 10:00am in the Men’s Lounge of the historic Clark Memorial Clubhouse located at 19 N. 9th Street in downtown Clarkdale, AZ.