Author: Sedona Best

Join us on Thursday, June 23rd from 5:00-6:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for our next free Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series featuring Copper Canyon Band. Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There will be one band or solo artist that plays for the duration of the concert with a different artist playing each month, on the last Thursday of the month. This month’s concert features Copper Canyon Band who plays authentic bluegrass, country and Americana music. Reno McCormick sings…

The city of Sedona’s Park and Recreation Department will offer two top quality sports camps for kids during the month of June: the Challenger International Soccer Camp and JQ Basketball Camp.Both camps are great for all kids, from first time players to experienced players, looking to take their soccer and basketball skills to the next level. The Challenger International Soccer Camp is returning to Sedona again this summer from June 20, 2022 – June 24, 2022. Camp is open to kids 2 – 14 years old. Register online at www.challengersports.com and view the schedule based on your child’s experience and…

By Rabbi Alicia MagalShalom and greetings from the Rabbi, Board of Directors, and congregation of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley.All the services, classes, and programs are listed on the synagogue website.Come join us either in person or online. See jcsvv.org for instructions to register for in-person services or online links.On Friday, June 10, a Friday evening service, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, begins at 5:30 pm both in person and on Zoom, and livestreamed for members and their invitees. Congregants participate by lighting candles, doing a reading, or having an Aliyah for the Torah service. Verses…

… this missive will be long on photos and short on words. These are six shots of more than fifty shots in one sequence of the feeding frenzy we got to witness last Wednesday. In the top shot we see the heron zeroing in on a target in the water and in the second he is making his commitment to go for it, is flaring and preparing to stall out and drop into the water … in the next shot he has entered the water and is spearing the fish that he targeted. The fourth shot shows him rising out…

UPDATEFirefighters stop forward progress of Watermelon Fire off I-17 just north of Sedona exitFirefighters have stopped forward progress of the Watermelon Fire near milepost 303 and are working toward containment of what is now a 25-30 acre wildfire.North and southbound traffic on I-17 near the wildfire has been stopped, and motorists planning to use I-17 in that area should check https://az511.gov regularly for updates on the status of the interstate.This will be the final update on the Watermelon Fire unless new and significant information develops.###(June 5, 2022) – Firefighters are responding to a wildfire 4 miles north of Sedona exit…

Sedona Area Veteran and Community Outreach (SAVCO) on March 29, 2022 and in conjunction with the Sedona Elks Lodge #2291, conducted a ceremony honoring 22 Sedona area Vietnam War Veterans. In recognition of this ceremony the Honorable Llyod Austin, Secretary of Defense, recognized SAVCO as a Commemorative Partner and for their “willingness to assist and support a grateful nation in thanking and honoring our Vietnam War Veterans, their families, and those that served with, or in support of, the Armed Forces.” For more information on SAVCO please visit savco.org

By Amaya Gayle GregoryAnything that can be experienced is part of the dream, a dream in the mind of God. Anything. States of bliss, immense grief, fits of burning anger, naked despondency, all of it is the dream. Ideas of awakening from the dream are part of the dream. Dimensional travel, astral planes, depths of hell are all dreamland, experiences experienced through the lens of awareness, not your awareness, but awareness itself. A teacher once told me that there are two queues, one in front of a door from which there is no return. The ticket holder who steps through…

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona one-day-only premiere of “The Race to Alaska” on Thursday, June 16 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Race to Alaska” is an award-winning documentary following the visceral experience of racers as they compete in one of the most difficult endurance challenges in the world. Described as “the Iditarod, on a boat, with a chance of drowning or being eaten by a grizzly bear,” it’s amazing anyone enters at all. There are no motors and no support – and nobody finishes without a…

The Sedona Shuttle’s Summer Service Schedule will go into effect on Thursday, June 9, 2022 with daily hours shifting to shuttles running one hour earlier, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday through Sunday, to accommodate the longer, warmer summer days. In addition, new service will be introduced from the Posse Grounds Park and Ride to the Mescal Trailhead. This will provide access to a variety of new trails including Mescal and a shorter route to Devil’s Bridge.Beginning June 9, 2022, this new route will round out the current Sedona Shuttle’s offerings to provide free park and ride shuttle service…