By Amaya Gayle Sedona, AZ — It takes a lifetime (perhaps lifetimes) of stretching and expanding, ripping and tearing, just to move through one’s predispositions, to meet one’s inbred resistance and evolve to the grace of simple tolerance. During this precious part of the journey, it feels like you are taking the steps, are choosing right, left or straight ahead, that you are in the game. It is a true gift to live through such change. Many will not take the step, will remain stuck in victimhood and resistance for their entire lives. Once the step is taken that is…
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The powerful true story about journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s brave crusade Sedona, AZ — The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Words of War” showing June 27-July 3 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. From executive producer Sean Penn comes the powerful true story of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. In a world silenced by fear, her truth was unstoppable. Journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s brave crusade — fighting to be an independent voice of truth for the Russian people — puts her life in jeopardy. She refused to give up reporting on the war…
Sedona, AZ — The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. Friday evening services on June 27, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, will begin at 5:30 pm including…
VERDE VALLEY, Ariz. – Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced that Jennifer Graff, MD, FACOG, has joined the Center for Women at Verde Valley Medical Center (VVMC) in Cottonwood as a general obstetrician and gynecologist. She treats patients of all ages, and is accepting new patients now. Dr. Graff joins longstanding NAH OB-GYN, Dennis Reed, MD, at the office, as well as two midwives, Kelly Hosner, CNM, and Katie Moore, CNM, who help the community by offering personalized women’s health care. “We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Graff to the Center for Women team at VVMC in Cottonwood,” said NAH Medical Group President…
Recognized with a 2025 Arizona Travel Award and 2024 MICHELIN Key, El Portal continues to set the standard for boutique hospitality in Sedona. SEDONA, Ariz – Hotel El Portal Sedona is proud to announce two distinguished accolades celebrating its commitment to providing outstanding hospitality and a one-of-a-kind experience for each and every guest. The boutique hotel in Sedona’s vibrant art district recently received a 2025 Arizona Travel Award in the Hotel – Small Market category. This honor follows a 2024 Michelin Key Award – an elite designation held by only seven hotels in Arizona. “We’re incredibly proud of these honors and the team that makes…
Award-winning film from recent festival returns for special encore screenings Sedona, AZThe Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “A Photographic Memory” showing June 27-July 3 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “A Photographic Memory” was one of the top award-winning films at the recent Sedona International Film Festival, garnering the Directors’ Choice for Best Indie-Spirit Award and rave audience reviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtcZiEvyG1A Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, “A Photographic Memory” is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila…
SEDONA – (June 16, 2025) After consulting with local County Emergency Managers and District Rangers, it has been determined that effective Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Sedona Fire District (SFD) is moving into Stage II Fire Restrictions. Sedona Fire District joins Coconino County, Yavapai County, Coconino National Forest, and other local fire jurisdictions in this action. These restrictions prohibit all solid-fueled open fires, fire pits, and campfires. During the fire restrictions, no burn permits will be issued, and existing burn permits are hereby suspended. Fireworks and other pyrotechnic displays are prohibited unless permitted by the Fire Marshal. These…
By David Stephen Sedona, AZ — How much is significant in all the research that was done at Harvard and Columbia neuroscience in the last decade that moved the understanding of mental health forward? Little. So, what have they been doing? This question is important because there are perturbations in funding pipeline for them and they are displeased. However, they refused to ask themselves that for every paper, how does this explain a mental state? This means that if there is a state of disorder, what is the difference between that mental state and another? What—in the brain—can be specifically…
Sedona, AZ – Before you head to your favorite fireworks show or backyard barbecue, stop by Rowe Fine Art Gallery on Friday, July 4, at 4 p.m. for an interactive paint-out that begins outside the gallery and continues indoors. Free Spirits, a show that salutes artistic creativity and determination, gets started with a bang when painters Jen Farnsworth, Lynn Heil and Gary Jenkins set up their easels and demonstrate their craft for all who wander by. Inside the gallery, see new works from award-winning painters, sculptors and jewelers. The show runs through July. In addition to demonstrating, Jen Farnsworth will…
SEDONA, Ariz. – To improve pedestrian access and safety in the Harmony neighborhood, on Monday, June 23, 2025, the city of Sedona and their contractor, Pronghorn Services, will begin construction of a new shared-use path (SUP) along Andante Drive. Work will occur Monday through Thursday, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and is expected to be complete in early 2026. Please be aware of lane restrictions and construction equipment along the project corridor. The project team will coordinate further with residents who are directly impacted by construction efforts. This new 10-foot wide SUP will begin at State Route 89A on…
Sedona, AZ — Hey Papi! How’s it going up there in heaven? It’s Father’s Day here on Earth, and I’m thinking of you—missing you—now that I’m one year older than you were when you passed away. I just want to say thank you for everything you taught me. Thank you for taking such good care of me. And our family. Thank you for helping me walk when I couldn’t walk. Thank you for making me strong against all adversity. Thank you for teaching me how to look behind the scenes and see what’s not being shown. I’ll never forget the…
by Joseph Rittenhouse Sedona, AZ — There’s a new class rising in America. Quietly, methodically, it is being shaped—not by education, not by creativity, not by community—but by control. It is the Enforcement Class, and its formation marks a pivotal moment in the unraveling of the American dream. This is not the upper class—the billionaire technocrats, hedge funders, and media moguls. Nor is it the working class, struggling to survive in a failing economy while drowning in debt. It is a third class, emerging right between the two. It is composed of people who have felt discarded, emasculated, unseen. And…
Festival partners with Basecamp and Sedona Beer Company for outdoor film experience Sedona, AZ — It’s “Big Screen at Basecamp” as the Sedona International Film Festival partners with Sedona Beer Company for its “Movies on the Move” cinema under the stars outdoor film experience at Basecamp in West Sedona — every Thursday in the summer season! Join us on Thursday, June 26 as we present “The Goonies” at Basecamp/Sedona Beer Company at dusk. The combined talents of two of today’s most prominent filmmakers — Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Steven Spielberg and Richard Donner — created this box office…
Festival partners with The Wilde Resort & Spa for “Wilde Wednesdays” outdoor films The Sedona International Film Festival is partnering with The Wilde Resort in West Sedona to present its “Movies on the Move” outdoor film experience — “Wilde Wednesdays” Cinema Under the Stars — every Wednesday in the summer season! Join us on Wednesday, June 25 as we present “Victor Victoria” in The Grove Fire Pit Garden at The Wilde Resort and Spa. “Victor Victoria” was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one for Best Musical Score/Original Song. It garnered a Best Actress nomination for Julie Andrews and Best…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona, Az — The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. Friday evening services on June 20, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal,…