Author: Tommy Acosta

Tommy Acosta is the publisher, editor, and lead opinion writer of Sedona.biz, the hyperlocal cyber magazine known as "The Voice of Sedona and the Verde Valley." He writes on local issues, politics, national affairs, culture, and personal reflection, often with a provocative or satirical tone.In addition to his work as a writer, Acosta is a working musician and reflexologist. He has written extensively about the challenges Sedona's musicians face, noting their low pay despite the town's vibrant music scene.Acosta describes himself as a "political actualist," rejecting strict party affiliations and instead focusing on how people are manipulated by political processes. His coverage spans local Sedona issues, tourism, short-term rentals, cultural events, community building, as well as national commentary and critiques of political figures, sometimes through imaginative pieces like "What Would Tommy Do?"Acosta is deeply engaged in Sedona's cultural and spiritual community, advocating for local musicians, artisans, and businesses, and writing about Sedona's unique identity as a spiritual and artistic hub.

Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of art series at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (April 9, 2019) – Sedona International Film Festival continues the Great Art on Screen series with “Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, April 16 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Great Art on Screen is a series of seven documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time.

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Sedona AZ (April 9, 2019) – Veterans and families of veterans residing in Sedona who wish to have names of loved ones inscribed on the granite walls of the Sedona Military Service Park should apply by May 2, 2019. Names will be placed by Memorial Day.

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Sedona AZ (April 9, 2019) – Red Earth Theatre is thrilled to be back in the beautiful arches of Tlaquepaque with live theatre at 7.30pm on Thursday April 18th at the Patio de las Campanas.  ‘Earth Delight’ is a collage-piece of poetry, prose, music and thoughts celebrating our beautiful planet and home, drawn from a variety of cultures and eras, and featuring many of Red Earth Theatre’s regular performers.

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Camp Verde AZ (April 9, 2019) – What’s Cheaper, Safer and More Effective than CBD Oil? Copaiba, a more reliable and powerful essential oil, can be obtained and used without a prescription, anywhere in the world! On your skinIn a personal fragranceFor whole-body wellnessTo calm occasional anxietyTo soften pain and discomfortTo protect and support your cellsCome learn all about it at this FREE EVENT on Thursday, Apr 18 5:30 to 7:30, CAMP VERDE COMMUNITY LIBRARY — Founders ROOMFor more info on this event or on other FREE classes at the Camp Verde Community Library, the third Thursday of each month, contact: Honey 404.626.5535 honeyrubin@mindspring.com. 

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Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale • (928) 649-5550May 6, 3 Hrs, 10:00 to 12:30,  ROOM L-215Clarkdale AZ (April 8, 2019) – Make & Take gifts and treasures for Mother’s Day! Make wonderful sprays, roll-ons, and crafted blends for loving self-care, and to give as gifts! Use for beauty, skin, nails, hair care, hormonal needs, and for maintaining joy, energy, and harmony during busy and stressful moments. Beautiful glass containers and all materials will be available for a modest fee. All of the information, recipes and ideas are on free handouts.

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By Ted Grussing… I got this shot of a drake Ringneck climbing out of a fish pond at Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery yesterday afternoon. Weekend traffic being what it is, I went the back way through Page Springs to SR 89A and up into Sedona; after the get together at Jim’s hangar, I came home the same way and stopped to walk the ponds. Usually the ducks are flying away from me, but this little guy was coming almost right at me and that is a treat! Most of the ducks are long gone to the north and their breeding…

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New production from Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London debuts on screen at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 8, 2019) – The legendary and award-winning dance production, Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake”, will be screened at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, April 14 at 4 p.m., presented by the Sedona International Film Festival.Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake” comes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21st century and is as daring and beautiful as ever. This thrilling, audacious and witty production is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turned tradition…

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Proposed 2020-2024 focus: improving two major travel, commerce corridorsFlagstaff AZ (April 8, 2019) – The Arizona Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing Friday, April 12, in Flagstaff on the agency’s recommended plan for the next five years of construction projects statewide.The hearing on the 2020-2024 Tentative Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program begins at 9 a.m. in the Flagstaff City Council Chambers, located at 211 W. Aspen Ave.The proposed annual update allocates funding for additional lanes along Interstate 17 between Anthem and Sunset Point, with construction beginning in 2020. The program also provides funding for design, scoping and an environmental assessment to…

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Sedona AZ (April 8, 2019) – Registration for Sedona Parks and Recreation adult softball league opens April 23 and continues through May 16.This is a wood bat league and both men and women are welcome to participate. While teams can be coed, the league will follow ASA Men’s Adult Softball League rules and regulations. There is a maximum of 20 players per team and players must be 16 years of age or older. The fee is $275 per team and $15 per player.

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OLLI Learning Group – Camp Verde Community LibraryFour Wednesdays, May 1– 22 from 2:45 to 4:45 in the Founders Room at the Camp Verde Library.Camp Verde AZ (April 7, 2019) – Forgiveness, a fierce spiritual discipline, requires that we confront and expose everything that drives our pain—every hidden agenda, belief system (BS) and dark thought. As we increasingly stand in the fire of this immaculate defenselessness, we remember our own eternal goodness, innocence and worthiness. And, expanded harmony, health and well-being in our minds, bodies, situations and relationships will ensue. This journey takes courage.

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Sedona AZ (April 6, 2019) – Teri Bays is bringing her one-woman show “Joan Chittister: Her story, my story, our story” back home to Sedona for a one-night performance at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m.Now with images, this performance precedes Bays joining Chittister herself for the prestigious Joan D. Chittister Lecture/Event series in Erie, PA, whose past distinguished guests have included Maria Shriver and Cokie Roberts.

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Sedona AZ (April 6, 2019) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is again presenting their popular historic sites tours of Oak Creek Canyon’s historic places on April 24, 25, 26, and 27.Only a few tickets remain.  The tours will be once again guided by Paul Thompson, who has returned from retirement to narrate. Thompson is the grandson of pioneer homesteader Jim Thompson, the Sedona area’s first permanent white settler who came here in 1876; and son of Albert Thompson who wrote many of the stories in the book, “Those Early Days”. Paul’s recounting of canyon history is from his first hand…

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Sedona AZ (April 6, 2019) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a burglary suspect or suspects.  In the early morning hours of April 4, 2019, a person or persons cut the power to a small strip mall in the Village of Oak Creek and broke into two of the businesses in the 6500 block of Highway 179. A safe, cashbox, cash drawer and a large quantity of hair care products were stolen.  The two businesses burglarized were a hot dog/ice cream shop and a hair salon. The safe and cashbox were…

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Subject of Mental Health Monday April 29Sedona AZ (April 6, 2019) – Do you remember walking barefoot along the beach or barefoot on the grass? Do you remember feeling some tingling in your feet or legs, or a sense of warmth or well-being rising up into your body? “That sensation is the result of direct barefoot contact with the surface of the Earth, which brims with natural, subtle energy”, according to Heart MD Institute. According to the Institute’s Dr. Stephen Sinatra, “Emerging science reveals that direct contact with the ground allows you to receive an energy infusion, compliments of Mother…

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All-star ensemble cast featured in epic story debuting at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 5, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Cliffs of Freedom” April 12-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Cliffs of Freedom” features an all-star ensemble cast including Patti LuPone, Christopher Plummer, Billy Zane, Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin and Raza Jaffrey.Every revolution begins in the heart.

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