Flagstaff AZ (April 24, 2018) – In an effort to protect public health by reducing the number of preventable human-caused wildfires, Stage 1 campfire and smoking restrictions will be implemented across the entire Coconino National Forest starting Friday (April 27) at 8 a.m.Under Stage 1 restrictions, fires, campfires, charcoal, coal and wood stoves are prohibited, except within the developed recreation sites listed below. Smoking is also prohibited, except within an enclosed vehicle, building, or the listed developed recreation sites:
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Sedona AZ (April 24, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting the next in its Living History speaker series on Wednesday May 9 at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum when Nancy Burgess will present an “Arizona Auto Adventure: Clarence Boynton’s 1913 travelogue”. This presentation and Burgess’ book of the same name are based on the account Boynton kept during an extensive Arizona road trip of that year. The excitement, sights, experiences, trials, tribulations, and stories are enhanced and expanded by the visual images in the form of photographs, maps, advertisements and other printed material. Nancy will sell and sign her…
Cottonwood AZ (April 24, 2018) – The public is invited to the Tuesday, May 8th Mingus Mountain Republican Club luncheon for the Verde Valley-Sedona area to meet two special guests at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post # 7400 at 705 E. Aspen Street in Cottonwood. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m.; lunch begins at 11:15 a.m. and the meeting will start at 11:45 a.m.
By Ted Grussing… another view of “the neighborhood” to give you a little perspective on how small it actually is and to give you a sense of how it is all packed together and from a slightly different angle than I normally shoot. I took this shot from roughly over Cornville, near the intersection of Page Springs Road and Cornville Road +/- a mile or so and looking to the N. IO also cropped the lower third of the image off to obtain this ratio which is a 16 x 9 in HD+. The road on the far left that…
All-star cast featured in profoundly moving drama at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 23, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the profoundly moving drama “Nostalgia” — showing April 27-May 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Nostalgia” features an award-winning, all-star ensemble cast, including Jon Hamm, Ellen Burstyn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Dern, John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, James Le Gros, Amber Tamblyn and Patton Oswalt.A mosaic of stories about love and loss, “Nostalgia” explores our relationships to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Sedona AZ (April 23, 2018) – Plant, Page, Jones, and Bonham; four names at the very top of hard rock royalty that four very talented women pay homage to… how can you go wrong? “Zepparella” as they call themselves will be performing in the Sound Bites Grill Celebrity Showroom on Thursday, May 3 from 7-9pm.Zepparella is the All-Female Zeppelin Powerhouse. Vocalist Anna Kristina, Guitarist Gretchen Menn, Bassist Holly West, and Drummer Clementine have brought their passion for the sacred music of the greatest band in the world all over the US and Canada. Zepparella shows replicate the nuance and detail…
Jerome AZ (April 23, 2018) – Another great spring evening is in store for locals and visitors in this mile high mountain town. First Saturday Jerome Art Walk on May 5th will be a party filled with art, music, refreshments and great conversation at the 20 galleries and studios. A free shuttle will whisk you from The Old Jerome High School to Made in Jerome Pottery and everywhere in between. Walking the inviting streets is another easy option for art lovers. Jerome First Saturday Art Walk has become the best Saturday activity in the Verde Valley… at least according to many art lovers who are slowly…
Sedona AZ (April 23, 2018) – Susan Hughes will be the guest speaker at the May 7 meeting of University Women of Sedona. Ms Hughes led a very successful professional life as CFO of several companies before relocating to Sedona 12 years ago. Since her arrival she has become focused on social justice issues, particularly with regard to the LGBTQ community. As such she has worked with The Church of the Red Rocks and the Sedona Uniterian Universalist Fellowship with their processes of becoming welcoming congregations. In 2011 she established PFLAG Sedona/Verde Valley, a local chapter of a national organization…
By Melanie LeeAuthor, “A Year In Sedona~Meeting The Muse At Wisdom’s Edge”(April 23, 2018)A year after we’d made the jump into our second life in Sedona, Louis and I could say with cheerful certainty we’d become full-fledged members of a new tribe of artists, writers, nature lovers and spiritual seekers. Answering the call of the creative spirit had been invigorating and life affirming, just as we’d suspected it would. The time had come to dust off our resumes and think about volunteering still sharp skills honed during our erstwhile professional lives.We joined the Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition, sedonaartistscoalition.org, a merry band of…
Sedona AZ (April 22, 2018) – Red Rose Inspiration For Animals a volunteer based 501c3 supporting animal welfare has been promoting Art Shows in West Sedona since 2009. Created to help the non-profit generate revenue for the various programs and future healing center and potential veterinary spay/neuter clinic. Spay/Neuter is the focus of the organizations mission and Red Rose continues to offer support to homeless animals along with assisting pet owners that are financially challenged and can’t afford low cost spay/neuter services. Animals left to continue to reproduce often wind up abused, injured or neglected as shelters across the country are filled with…
By Ted GrussingWinding up a rather crazy week, and enjoying having my daughter Sus here for a few days … looking forward to a quiet week coming up and leaving it pretty much a wide open week.
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen debut of new production at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 21, 2018) – The National Theatre of London continues its season with its acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” showing in Sedona on Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” — direct from the Young Vic Theatre — played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of “A Streetcar Named…
Sedona AZ (April 21, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum will hold a Rummage & Treasures Sale on Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Museum. Proceeds will benefit the Museum’s services and programs. Museum volunteers will hold a concurrent Bake Sale of homemade goodies packaged to take home and enjoy.
Clarkdale AZ (April 21, 2018) – Amy Sperry didn’t put a lot of thought into the most valuable gift she had the power to give. She saw a social media appeal and made a phone call right away.“My mind wasn’t involved at all, just my heart,” said Amy, an academic advisor at the Yavapai College Verde Valley campus and Cornville resident who donated a kidney to a young woman in Flagstaff in dire need of the healthy organ.
Sedona AZ (April 21, 2018) – The city’s Coffee Pot drainage basin improvements project is moving into a new phase in the area of Sanborn and Little Elf drives, as work continues to progress, on schedule and on budget.The installation of a 72-inch storm drainage pipe along Grasshopper Lane near Sanborn will require full closure of the Sanborn and Little Elf intersection for approximately one month. The closure is necessary because the drainage pipe will be buried 15 feet deep under utilities, requiring construction crews to relocate water and gas lines. At the completion of this third phase, Grasshopper Lane…