Award-winning new documentaries premiere at the Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (December 24, 2015) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the award-winning documentaries “Janis: Little Girl Blue” and “Hitchcock/Truffaut” showing Dec. 18-23 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
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Verde Valley AZ (December 23, 2015) – With gas prices at record lows, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) expects heavier than normal traffic volume on state and federal highways during the upcoming Christmas holiday weekend.Dangerous driving behaviors such as distraction, fatigue, impairment and impatience have proven to cause serious injury and deadly crashes. DPS encourages everyone to become involved in reporting such behavior by calling 9-1-1.
By Ted Grussing… this is the kind of summit conference you want world leaders to attend … something that is challenging to attend, no luxury private and government owned jets, no millions of dollars per day for lodging and people sucking up to them, no fancy meals or expensive lounges and drinks … just the pleasure of making the trek and enjoying the reward of gazing out over a beautiful world inhabited by other humans and creatures. The people attending this gathering at the summit of Humphreys Peak (12,633’) got the pleasure of viewing northern Arizona from the highest point…
By Nazih Hazime, Fire ChiefVerde Valley Fire DistrictCottonwood AZ (December 23, 2015) – Engineer Seth Murphy was recently promoted to Fire Captain through a competitive promotional process.Captain Murphy was born in Clarkdale and graduated from Mingus High School. Murphy has been married to his wife Cathy who is a nurse at Verde Valley Medical Center for 12 years. They have four children – three sons and a daughter, Thomas 10, Patrick 9, Rory 7, and Collin 3.
Violinist Elena Urioste will host film premiere of a hip hop musical love storySedona AZ (December 23, 2015) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Chamber Music Sedona to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “But Not For Me” — a hip hop musical love story — showing Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The event will feature a special introduction and Q&A with violinist Elena Urioste, who is featured in the film.The spirited and engaging violinist Elena Urioste was recently honored as a BBC Next Generation Artist. Her busy…
Sedona AZ (December 22, 2015) – With the holiday season upon us, many of us find ourselves reflecting on the past year and those individuals and events that impacted our lives and community. For me, Aug. 19 and the arrival of a 5 foot 6 inches, 3,000 pound steel girder in Sedona, have extra-special meaning.
Jerome AZ (December 22, 2015) – Let the party continue the Saturday after New Year’s Eve with the January 2nd Jerome Art Walk. Take the convenient shuttle throughout the town to visit 25 galleries and studios from the Old Jerome High School to Made in Jerome Pottery, The Lincoln Gallery and Epihyte in The New State Motor Company. The lively gallery group welcomes Old Jerome High School Members Sterling Fine Arts, Seeds, Mark Hemleben Fine Art, Anderson and Mandette, Flux Gallery and newest addition Jerome Art Vortex. There are new sponsors as well. Clothing store Bolshevita and hip spot Puscifer…
Prescott Valley AZ (December 22, 2015) – Following original test results from a deceased cat as reported below, YCSO animal control officials were notified that a secondary test by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicated the cat in question was NOT rabid.As part of normal protocol, the CDC will receive a specimen testing positive for rabies with the goal to determine the type of wildlife that originally transmitted rabies to the domestic animal under reviewed. (This is also known as a ‘rabies virus variant’). This is an attempt to identify the species of animal to watch for in the affected…
By Ted Grussing… it was, it really was … many things planned for today and I guess I got quite a bit done, but with no deadlines, no pressures to get anything done, I just kind of relaxed and every time I thought I should do something, I deliberately didn’t do it. It felt good, it did. Think I took what we used to call Grussing Holidays; when the girls were young, once and a while we would just declare a Grussing Holiday. The girls skipped school and Corky and I cancelled appointments and closed the Law Office for a…
Sedona AZ (December 22, 2015) – Join artists, scientists, and authors for informative and insightful discussions when the Sedona Muses of the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) present “Water on the Colorado Plateau,” an annual monthly lecture series beginning January 11. The lecture series runs the second Monday of the each month from January through April at the Sedona United Methodist Church, 110 Indian Cliffs Road, and begins at 7:00 p.m. Tickets, $6 for MNA and Sedona Muses members and $7 for nonmembers, are available for purchase at Bashas’ in Sedona, Weber’s IGA at the Village of Oak Creek, or…
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen debut of new production of a timeless classicSedona AZ (December 22, 2015) – The National Theatre of London continues its season with “Jane Eyre” showing in Sedona on Sunday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Madeleine Worrall starts in the title role of this extraordinary production.
Cottonwood AZ (December 22, 2015) – Communities have choices about how they grow and how much water new development uses. Building water smart from the start not only saves water but also reduces the need for investments in water, wastewater, and transportation infrastructure.On Tuesday, January 5th at 10:30 a.m., Linda Stitzer, Senior Water Policy Advisor for Western Resource Advocates will address this topic when she presents “Integrating Land Use and Water Planning: Tools to Reduce the Water Footprint of New Development”.
By Ted Grussing… only a few more days until Christmas … gifts and things to pick up, send out and relaxing can wait … and this Coot on the go that I shot down at the ponds today reminded me that I better get a hustle on too. Actually just a few gifts to wrap and mail out and looking forward to a very quiet Christmas at home with One. I have really fallen behind on answering emails too so perhaps I’ll get caught up on them too.
Sedona AZ (December 21, 2015) – A Sedona Oak Creek Unified School District (SOCUSD) administrative review of the vendor procurement process to secure vendor services showed that a recent application was not followed according to District policy.The review was in response to questions raised about the procurement process in obtaining the services of The Kur Carr Group to provide public relations services. Although the financial level of the procurement in question permitted the District Business Office to obtain verbal quotes rather than issue a full Request for Proposal (RFP), the review found that all of the required verbal quotes were not…
Sedona Lit is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, an award winning poet and former Shakespeare professor. A Sedonian of three years, she will highlight the literature, written or performed, of Sedona, past and present.By Elizabeth Oakes (December 21, 2015)Nearly everyone has a story about how they found Sedona (or how Sedona found them). Sedona especially seems to call artists, musicians, writers, spiritual seekers, dreamers, and movers and shakers. It called the poet Patricia Benton in the mid 1950s.In 1951 Benton moved from Westchester County in New York to Phoenix for health reasons. However, by 1956 she had found Sedona…