As 2020 deadline approaches, airports and TSA help spread the wordPhoenix AZ (April 10, 2018) – Arizonans who plan to use their driver license or ID card to get through security checkpoints at U.S. airports and other restricted, federally controlled facilities should take action to get an Arizona Voluntary Travel ID through the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division.The Transportation Security Administration will provide MVD informational flyers at its airport checkpoints in Flagstaff, Phoenix Mesa-Gateway, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Tucson International and Yuma International. The flyers advise passengers that starting Oct. 1, 2020, standard credentials won’t be accepted by the TSA.
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Prescott AZ (April 10, 2018) – The monthly meeting of Prescott Indivisible will be held at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 882 Sunset, Prescott, Friday, May 4, 2018 from 6-7:30 pm. Delina DeSanto, candidate for Congress for CD4, will be one of the speakers.Prescott Indivisible is a non-partisan community which seeks to promote a progressive and inclusive agenda in support of human rights and the environment. We focus on local actions in defense of the rule of law, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. We invite all to participate and have your voice heard.
Camp Verde AZ (April 10, 2018) – The next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series, will take place on Thursday, April 12th at 5:30 pmin Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 5-7 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month.
By Ted Grussing… beauty a thousand years ago is beauty today and the progression of change on this planet is at a pace that because of our limited life span seems not to change although it is ever changing … sometimes imperceptibly and other times major changes in an instant. I took this photo in 2010 and it includes the north end of Long Canyon and on the right just below center, Wilson Mountain with Oak Creek Canyon just behind it and more visible as it wends its way north near the center of the image. Horizon, far left is…
Rare cinematic portrait of life inside China’s revered Zen community at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 9, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud present a one-night only special premiere of the award-winning new documentary “One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage” on Thursday, April 19 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“One Mind” is a rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China’s most austere and revered Zen communities.The monks at Zhenru Chan Monastery continue to uphold a strict monastic code established over 1400 years ago by the founding patriarchs of Zen in China. In harmony with the land…
Free electronic maps available for downloadFlagstaff AZ (April 9, 2018) – The Coconino National Forest will be issuing a revised, free Motor Vehicle Use Map onApril 15 that shows all of the roads, trails and areas open to motor vehicle use on the Forest.The Motor Vehicle Use Map is re-issued each year, is free to the public, and can be downloaded for use on smartphones, tablets and Garmin GPS devices. Copies of the Motor Vehicle Use Map are available at all Coconino National Forest offices, nearby national forest offices, and related businesses.
Camp Verde AZ (April 9, 2018) – “Welcoming Rebirth with Aromatherapy and Essential Oils” is a FREE continuing education class at the Camp Verde Community Library on Thursday, April 19, 1 to 3 p.m.From invigorating each cell in your body to deepening your sense of emotional wellbeing, you can depend on aromatherapy and essential oils to uplift you, naturally! Q&A follows overview to personalize this information to the needs of the participants’ Pre-registration is very helpful. For more information call or text Sarah at 928.451.4847 or Honey at 404.626.5535.
Clarkdale AZ (April 9, 2018) – Members of the public are invited to attend “Explore YC: Verde Valley Campus” on Tuesday, Apr. 24 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale (601 Black Hills Dr.).The free, open house event will provide an opportunity for visitors to tour the campus; speak with Yavapai College faculty and staff; enjoy barbecue and live music in the Mabery Pavilion; and learn about the college’s educational programs, resources, services and more.
Sedona AZ (April 9, 2018) – Did you know that 500 blood donations are needed to meet our life saving needs in Arizona every single day? Join Sedona’s community blood drive on Wednesday, May 9 at St. John Vianney Church in West Sedona and make a difference both in our community and greater Arizona!
By Melanie LeeAuthor, “A Year In Sedona~Meeting The Muse At Wisdom’s Edge”(April 9, 2018) When my husband Louis and I moved to Sedona, one of the first things we decided to do was put in a vegetable garden. Until we realized our little plot was basically solid rock underneath. Goodbye beautiful back yard vegetable garden idea, hello weekly Farmer’s Market, two blocks from our house. Not to mention Natural Grocers’ all organic produce, a four block walk from the house and Whole Foods Market, just a five minute drive up 89A. So off we went, another creative adventure to savor and relish,…
Get your hair done and vocal chords warmed up and let your inhibitions go at the Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 7, 2018) – Have you ever been to a film musical and had the uncontrollable urge to burst into song?Well, now is your chance to don those 60’s styles, hairdos, dancin’ shoes and colorful frocks and let your inhibitions go for an evening where you are the stars!The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to host the “Hairspray Sing-Along” on Monday, April 16 at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Movie showtime is 7 p.m., but plan to come early to join in the…
Clarkdale AZ (April 7, 2018) – On Tuesday, April 10, Ms. Regina Gee, Principal of Mingus Union High School (MUHS), will be recognized as the Yavapai College Outstanding Alumna of 2018. Annually, Yavapai College hosts an Evening of Recognition to celebrate currently enrolled students excelling in various academic areas and programs of study, while also heralding a former student who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in their career.Ms. Gee, or “Genie” to her family, friends, and colleagues, graduated from Yavapai College in 2003, with an Associate of Applied Science in Elementary Education. She continued with her rigorous program of studies, subsequently earning her…
Flagstaff AZ (April 7, 2018) – The Coconino National Forest will begin selling firewood permits for the 2018 seasonnext Friday (April 13), and the public may begin cutting on the following Saturday (April 14) after the purchase of a permit.The minimum cost for a permit is $20, which is good for four cords of wood and can be purchased at the following locations April 13 through mid-December each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except federal holidays):
Sedona AZ (April 7, 2018) – The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley is presenting a Video and talk on Hidden- or Crypto-Jews who fled from Spain to Portugal as a result of the Expulsion Edict in 1492. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, April 18 from 2 – 4 pm at the synagogue, 100 Meadowlark Drive in Sedona. Two hundred years after the conversion of the Jews of Portugal, the Inquisition continued to imprison and torture their descendants, so many traveled seeking freedom in the New World. This documentary tells us how the Crypto-Jews in the mountains of Portugal survived…
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of Broadway plays at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (April 6, 2018) – Sedona International Film Festival presents the BroadwayHD series — featuring Broadway plays and musicals in high definition on the big screen — with Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child” starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, and directed by Scott Elliot. The event will show in Sedona on Sunday, April 15 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Buried Child” returns 20 years after its last major New York production.