Sedona AZ (October 3, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum announces to artisans and crafters that their Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair has a few more openings available. Scheduled for Saturday, October 27 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Museum, the show focuses on local and regional artists and craftspeople, and only original handmade items are allowed.
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By Carson RalstonCamp Verde AZ (October 3, 2018) – On Wednesday October 17th at 2:30 PM, Camp Verde Community Library will hold a class on basic computing. The session will start at the very beginning, how to turn the thing on, the basic parts of a “computer”, and what you see on the first screen available. On the third Wednesday of following months, we will hold a support group meeting for beginners who “don’t have a clue”. If the group feels the need for additional classes, we will have them. We are using this format with people with smartphones and other devices, and…
Clarkdale AZ (October 3, 2018) – Yavapai College Film & Media Arts Program Director Helen Stephenson was approached to create a campus safety video in 2016. Following the principal photography and a year of editing, she delivered the finished product and, in 2018, returned to the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale with an Emmy Award for her and her students’ efforts.“Yavapai College Risk and Emergency Management Manager Peter Oppenheim asked if our program could help in producing a safety video,” says Stephenson. “It was pretty dry stuff. ‘Don’t text and walk. Don’t let strangers into the dorms,’ that sort of…
Sedona AZ (October 3, 2018) – Get your story straight! Business owners are invited attend a city workshop to learn how to hook your audience in the first 15 seconds.The power of a story draws people in and moves them to act: buy products, support a cause, make a new friend, and vote for one candidate instead of another. When it comes to their businesses, though, most owners’ natural tendency is to focus on what they’re selling instead of why they’re selling it and why that matters.
Cottonwood AZ (October 3, 2018) – “Aloha” – the most recognizable word in the Hawaiian language as a common greeting. Hawaiians regard the word with deep love, affection, compassion, kindness and grace. It is in this aloha spirit the 15th annual Ho`ike (hula exhibition show) presented by Halau Hula Napuaokalei`ilima will offer authentic Hawaiian Hula, culture and music at their annual show. Kumu Hula Kehau Chrisman invites you to join the Halau (school) on a Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts (280 Camp Lincoln Road in Camp Verde). Doors open at 1:15 PM and the show starts at 1:30 PM.
Mary D. Fisher Theatre joins theaters around the globe for special world-wide eventSedona AZ (October 2, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the globe to present a world-wide premiere of Jeff Bridges’ new film “Living in the Future’s Past” on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 10 and 11 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Living in the Future’s Past” is a prescient, lush, cinematic tour-de-force about human nature and ecology that provides original insight when we need it most. No one says it will be easy, but the genius of “Living in the Future’s Past”…
Seat Belts DO Save Lives!Sedona AZ (October 2, 2018) – On September 29, 2018, deputies were dispatched to a traffic collision on Boynton Canyon Road near Boynton Pass Road, Sedona. Cottonwood fire personnel reported a single vehicle rollover which came to rest in a ditch. The driver, a 29-year-old Cottonwood woman, later told deputies she had fallen asleep while driving to work. When she woke, she over corrected the steering and went off the right side of the road then veered back to the left side of the road. At this point, the vehicle flipped and landed in a drainage…
Prescott AZ (October 2, 2018) – Yavapai County Recorder, Leslie Hoffman, would like to announce the following information on Registering to Vote in Yavapai County: The Yavapai County Registration Office will never contact an eligible voter to register them to vote by telephone. If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from our office that sounds suspicious, please hang up and call 928-771-3248 to verify our office is contacting you.
Sedona AZ (October 2, 2018) – Professional photographer Nick Berezenko will present “From Wilderness to Roadkill: 40 Years of Photographing for Arizona Highways Magazine” at the meeting of the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 29th, at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd, Sedona. Doors open at 5:30.Recapitulating his career from when he had his first pictures published in Arizona Highways (from 35mm slides) to how he learned to shoot landscapes with the 4×5 large format camera to the current use of digital, Nick offers a perspective on what the magazine is looking for in…
Clarkdale AZ (October 2, 2018) – On September 29, 2018 at about 3:45 PM, Verde Valley Fire, Jerome Fire & PD, Verde Valley Ambulance Company & Clarkdale PD responded to a two vehicle rear end style accident at the intersection of State Hwy 89a and Wild Horse Ln. in Clarkdale. Three occupants were involved with only one person requiring medical attention and was transported to Verde Valley Medical Center for minor injuries. Air bags were deployed and all occupants were wearing seat belts.
Attention Local Businesses: Are you up to speed on Arizona’s New Service Dog Laws? Attend our Free Seminar!By Carson RalstonCamp Verde AZ (October 2, 2018) – Northern Arizona Service Dogs will be offering a free seminar on Arizona’s New Service Dog Laws at Camp Verde Community Library on Thursday, October 11th at 10:00 am in the Copper Room. Local business owners can attend this seminar to find out how the new changes in federal and state laws concerning service dogs affects you, how to know the difference between real and fake service dogs and how to spot them, and also learn the best courses of…
Prescott AZ (October 2, 2018) – Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters, along with more than 270 Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates across the country, unveiled a new, modern look and brand repositioning Monday, Oct. 1, with a goal of recruiting more diverse volunteers.
By Marty Macurak, Communications ManagerSedona AZ (October 2, 2018) – With the Arizona election season in full swing, I invite all Sedona residents to take a civic involvement check-up.Voting is key, of course, and turnout in the August primary was robust at almost 60 percent. But the city needs your participation, your voice, your experience and knowledge, and your unique perspective much more often than during election season. When was the last time you spoke during Call to the Public at a city council meeting? Joined a committee or commission to help influence decisions and city priorities? Or attended a…
By Jeanie CarrollSedona AZ (October 2, 2018) – The Red RockAppella Chorus will host an open-house singalong on October 22nd at 7pm in the Sedona Winds Activity Room 475 Jacks Canyon Rd in the Village of Oak Creek. This choral ensemble is a group of dynamic women who love to sing the rich barbershop harmonies of the Sweet Adelines International Organization.
By Ted Grussing… I ran out of chocolate this morning, so after visiting with some friends I drove the 20+ miles into Hayward going south on SR27 and found a stretch of road that just screamed, stop and shoot me … please do not take out of context … so I pulled over and got this photo … biggest stretch of color I have seen up here. I love the empty road which is very lightly traveled … man has been here … is here … but eventually nature will reclaim the land and the remnants of the road will…