Sedona AZ (April 21, 2016) – Don’t miss the fantastic bargains on hardcover and paperback books, audio books, music CDs, movies in VHS and DVD formats, and more at the annual Friends of the Sedona Library Spring Book Sale. The sale will take place at Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road in West Sedona.Preview night for Friends of the Library members and Library volunteers is Monday, April 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
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By Ted Grussing… I know that Aerie is a very expensive and beautiful luxury residential development, but from the air it is butt ugly with its juxtaposition next to the incredible natural beauty of the Cockscomb rock formation. I took this shot late yesterday afternoon and I removed The Aerie less than an hour ago … it used to be around and spread out from the lake on the left of the Cockscomb formation … its gone, sorry about that … not.
Cornville AZ (April 20, 2016) – On April 16, 2016, around 6PM, YCSO deputies were dispatched to the Cornville area regarding a despondent man threatening to hurt himself following an argument with a female friend over relationship issues. The man, in his late teens, was still very likely driving in the area and his vehicle description was broadcast to deputies. Within a short time, a YCSO deputy spotted and stopped the vehicle on Loy Road in Cornville. The deputy spoke to the man who admitted being upset but denied suicidal thoughts. The deputy suggested professional counseling, and the man agreed to…
Sedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – On Friday, April 29th at 5pm, the Pumphouse Poetry and Prose Project is pleased to host travelling authors Molly McCaffrey and David Bell. McCaffrey and Bell just happened to be touring through the southwest and the Pumphouse felt quite lucky to snag them for this show.David Bell is an award winning best selling author whose debut novel in 2011 Cemetery Girl won the prestigious Le Prix Polar International de Cognac. He followed his initial success with a string of popular novels such as The Hiding Place, Never Come Back, The Forgotten Girl and his…
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen debut of new production at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – Don’t miss Olivier Award winner and Poirot star David Suchet as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece “The Importance of Being Earnest”, which was filmed live at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, May 1 at 4 p.m.Directed by Adrian Noble (Amadeus, The King’s Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Wilde’s superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest…
By Scott Jablow, Chairman Sedona Fire District – 9/11 Memorial Plaza ProjectSedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – September 11, 2001. The day 2,977 souls perished – including 343 FDNY Firefighters, 37 Port Authority Police Officers, 23 New York City Police Officers, 8 EMT/Medics…and 2,566 civilians.The Sedona Fire District has been awarded one of the last remaining vestiges of New York’s World Trade Center site after the horrific collapse: A 5-½ feet long, 3,000-pound steel girder. This is a tremendous honor and one we do not take lightly.
Sedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – The 3rd Annual Canned Sedona, a benefit for the Sedona Community Food Bank and 4 other local charities, is underway and the organizing committee is now taking applications for local Amateur Chefs to compete, Charities to award and Sponsors for this exciting, tantalizing, and fun packed event. Last year’s Canned was a great success and plans are underway to make this one bigger and better than the last.
Sedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – To vote YES or NO on Prop 123, that is the question voters need to decide for the special election on May 17, or sooner if voting by mail ballot. To help voters learn the facts about this complicated education finance amendment on the ballot, The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley is hosting a presentation and discussion on Proposition 123 on Wednesday, April 27 at Yavapai College Sedona Center, 4215 Arts Village Dr., Sedona, Room 23, from 11:30AM-1PM. There is no charge and attendees are invited to bring a bag lunch.
By Ted Grussing… between Black and Casner Mountains looking to the ENE from over Sycamore Canyon … that is the photo tonight and I shot it from about 7,000’ this afternoon around 6PM. Casner Mtn is on the left and Black on the right. In the narrow canyon at the bottom of the image is Sycamore Creek. It is about 14NM from this location to the Sedona airport which is off the screen right; actually you can just make out the end of the runway on the right edge just below the rocks. Mormon Mountain is the loaf shape mountain…
Mary D. Fisher Theatre is home for the opera simulcast and encore eventsSedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the final Met Live Opera of the 2015-15 season: Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” on Saturday, April 30. There will be two shows that day at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: 10 a.m. (live simulcast) and 2 p.m. (encore). There will be a pre-opera talk one hour before each of these performances, presented by Ed Ingraham.The genius director Patrice Chéreau didn’t live to see his great “Elektra” production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make…
Sedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – The city of Sedona Public Works Department and Shaum Electric will upgrade the traffic signal mast arm for the southbound lane of Highway 89A at the intersection of Forest Road, on April 21, 2016 from 7 p.m. to approximately 1 a.m.
Verde Valley AZ (April 19, 2016) – The Arizona Community Foundation, in partnership with Republic Media and ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy, has announced the next challenge being offered under The New Arizona Prize. The Water Innovation Challenge offers $250,000 to a collaborative team in an Arizona community that develops the most innovative market-based, technological or entrepreneurial solution to advance the sustainability of its water future. “Community” may be defined as a town or city, county, tribal area, or an entire region.
By Arthur PooleSedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – The Oak Creek Apples Macintosh User Group (OCAMUG) will meet on Wednesday, April 20, at the Elks Lodge off Airport Road in West Sedona.Beginning at 5:00 PM: Is your Mac misbehaving? Do you want to know how a new feature works, or what’s in the latest update?
By Ted GrussingClosed last week out with a visit from a longtime friend from California. Friday it was cool, windy and beautiful as Pam and I first hiked the lava trails at Sunset Crater (got some great alien trees in a snow storm – yes, heavy snow fall), then on to Wupatki visiting what was once a major population center a thousand years ago and now visited by those of us who wonder what life was like then and finally we wrapped the day at Snow Bowl, hiking up the Humphreys Peak trail a bit so as to get some…
Preserve offers great opportunities for the public to view and learn about wildlifeSedona AZ (April 18, 2016) – The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Northern Arizona Audubon Society are pleased to announce the dedication of the Bubbling Ponds Preserve to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The dedication will be at the Anita MacFarlane Ramada, located adjacent to the Bubbling Ponds native fish ponds on the west side of the Page Springs Fish Hatchery grounds, about 10 miles south of Sedona.Bubbling Ponds Preserve is a wildlife viewing and outdoor educational facility located on the grounds…