Sedona AZ (October 17, 2018) – The gift-giving holiday season is fast upon us all. What do we do for those on our list who have everything? You may want to check out this weekend’s Fall Arts & Crafts Fair at the Sedona Heritage Museum. The show is Saturday only, October 27 at the Museum in Uptown Sedona. Doors are open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Fair will be set up in the historic Jordan apple packing shed and surrounding historical park. This show is an old-fashioned arts and crafts show like you remember them to be. All items…
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Cottonwood AZ (October 17, 2018) – The Yavapai College Small Business Development Center is pleased to announce that Ruth Ellen Elinski will be joining its team as the full time business advisor serving the Verde Valley.A Cottonwood resident for 14 years, Ruth Ellen has long-standing connections in the Verde Valley. She developed these relationships during her more recent position as the Northern Arizona Director for Local First Arizona, and when she owned her own profitable leather goods manufacturing and sales business in Jerome. While a business owner, she became one of the founding members of Jerome Artwalk.
Two-Years in the new building marked with dedication of Founders RoomCamp Verde AZ (October 17, 2018) – Monday, November 5 at 10:00a join Library Director, Kathy Hellman, and Camp Verde Library Endowment (CVLE) Board members in recognizing the early founders of a gargantuan effort to build and fund the new library.The Two-Year Anniversary Celebration will include rechristening a meeting room on the second floor currently known as, The Copper Room. The newly named, Founders Room, will include a wall dedicated to Dorothy Wood and the Camp Verde Library Endowment founding members with the intention that this will be the first…
Remembering Your Loved Ones on a 26×6 MuralSedona AZ (October 17, 2018) – Late fall in Sedona is a special time, especially if you are looking to celebrate Mexico’s most time-honored celebration, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. This family-friendly extravaganza, now in it’s eighth year at Tlaquepaque Arts and Shopping Village, takes place November 3rd, 2018, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. Be prepared for an unforgettable South of the Border cultural experience with traditional foods and a fabulous entertainment line-up.To dive deep into this cultural tradition of remembering loved ones who have passed, consider participating in…
Sedona AZ (October 17, 2018) – The University Women of Sedona will hold their November 5th meeting at Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Road, Sedona.
By Ted Grussing… shots from yesterday and then we’ll move on to other subjects for a while … or not. Still not even half way through the shoots of the peaks from the last three flights up there in the last week. Sometimes an image just sucks me in and I spend a lot of time looking at it and the possibilities if I convert it to one of my “unleashed” images. So far I’m bringing out the straight shots and not doing anything other than developing and cropping the image.
Mary D. Fisher Theatre joins theaters around the world for special one night eventSedona AZ (October 16, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world to present a one-night only world premiere of “Funny Girl: The Musical” on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Following its record-breaking, sell-out run in London’s West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical “Funny Girl” comes to Sedona, featuring Sheridan Smith in “an unforgettable star turn” (The Times).
By Carson Ralston Library Specialist-Adult Programs Camp Verde AZ (October 16, 2018) – Join us on the 4th Friday of every month at 12:30 pm in the Copper Room at Camp Verde Community Library for a Caregiver Support Group by NACOG Area Agency on Aging. Come learn about more resources and find peer support from other caregivers. Free and open to the public. For more information on Aging Services, contact NACOG Area Agency on Aging at 1-877-521-3500. Camp Verde Community Library is located at 130 Black Bridge Rd. Camp Verde, AZ. For more information about this or any other program in the library call (928)…
Sedona AZ (October 16, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum presents poet and author Michael Peach in a special and spooky performance of “Haunted History” on Sunday October 28 at 3:00 p.m. in the historic Fruit Packing Shed.Come spend an autumn afternoon at the Museum and hear ghostly tales – some of which have their origins right in our own back yard! Peach will share true stories about ghostly encounters and Halloween fun. The show will include an original piece called “Peoria’s Runaway Pumpkin”, based on Peoria, Arizona’s Halloween surprise of a 25-foot-tall, 300 pound pumpkin gone rogue.
Sedona AZ (October 16, 2018) – At the September Board of Directors meeting, Division Chief Ed Mezulis made a presentation to the board about the new Auto-Pulse device that the fire district had recently purchased. This device can best be described as a large band that encompasses the chest of a cardiac arrest victim and performs CPR. “The Auto-Pulse, never gets tired, never slows down and performs excellent CPR. It is so good at CPR, that it performs more effective compressions than most people, and it certainly exceeds that in the back of a moving ambulance,” said Mezulis. Auto-Pulse devices…
Sedona AZ (October 16, 2018) – Coming to America – Who Should We Welcome, What Should We Do is the is the subject of the League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley Philosophy and Politics program on Wednesday, November 7, 6PM-7:30PM at Yavapai College, Room 34, 4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona. The program is a partnership with OLLI and is free and open to the public.
Sedona AZ (October 16, 2018) – Grasshopper basketball registration opens Oct. 22. Grasshopper basketball league is for boys and girls in grades 1-6. This is a low-pressure league with an emphasis placed on skills development, good sportsmanship, positive encouragement and teaching children the rules and fundamentals of basketball. Whether you are a coach, player or parent, we offer a fun and exciting season for all.
By Ted Grussing… what a fantastic flight I had today, it had all the elements that make flying fun; clouds, blue sky (somewhere), mountains, fall color on the mountains and just plain fun figuring out how to get the shots I wanted to get.When I got up to the airport the clouds were several hundred feet below the rim and the red rocks in the area. The cloud cover was broken to overcast, depending on where you looked. Not exactly what I had hoped for as the winds are picking up strong tonight and tomorrow and this might be the…
Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller in epic production of timeless story — returning to the big screen at the Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (October 15, 2018) – The National Theatre of London returns to Sedona on Monday, Oct. 22 and Monday, Oct. 29 when the Sedona International Film Festival hosts the encore of the award-winning London productions of “Frankenstein” — starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller. The screenings will be presented at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. It returns to the stage and screen as an encore production just in time…
Verde Valley AZ (October 15, 2018) – LWVGVV will host a series of “Ballot Parties” as part of the League’s public information and voter education services. The parties provide an opportunity for voters to review election ballots and discuss non-partisan information about the offices and propositions facing voters. Special attention will be given to the five statewide and numerous local ballot propositions. Parties will be hosted by League members, and give attendees an opportunity to ask questions and examine these propositions more fully before casting their votes.