Author: Sedona Best

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Anais in Love” showing May 20-25 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Anais in Love” — a buoyant French comedy from director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet — follows spirited and romantic thirtysomething Anaïs (Anaïs Demoustier) in her manic search for stability. Behind on her rent, contemplating breaking up with her boyfriend, and struggling to complete her thesis, Anaïs searches for inspiration while hurtling through lovers with abandon. When her affair with an older book publisher Daniel (Denis Podalydès) leads to her falling for his live-in partner Emilie (Valeria…

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On May 08, 2022, at approximately 12:43pm YCSO deputies responded to a call on the Granite Mountain Trailhead in Prescott from two people who reported that an unidentified driver endangered their lives and injured their horse.The two victims reported that three male riders ended their ride and headed back to their truck and horse trailer. While the men were at their truck and trailer, one of them shouted at the two victims, protesting they “could have parked in a better location to allow for others to park.” According to the victims, both sets of trucks and trailers were parked on…

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Emerson Theater Collaborative presents Friday Night at the Theater on May 22, 7 to 8 p.m. at Arts Academy of Sedona in The Collective Sedona located at 7000 SR-179, Suite C-100 in the Village of Oak Creek. This cabaret-style event will feature music, dance, recitation and drama from a variety of local artists. Entertainment slated for this month includes Musicians, The Village Troubadours: Jashan and Chantal, Dancers, Cheryl Good and Cassie Mavis, Bob Grogan and Cindy Cole, Gary Every and Zoot Suite Zebras, Linda Damita, and Nathan Trujillo, Gary Scott, Shaeri Richards, Matt Egan, Craig Schneider, Rebecca Ricky and Camilla…

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On Saturday and Sunday June 4th and 5th the thirteenth annual Flagstaff Hullabaloo presented by Snow Mountain River returns to Wheeler Park in downtown Flagstaff, AZ. Hullabaloo is a community festival and a celebration of summertime. Hullabaloo has been voted “Best Annual Event or Festival” ten times by Arizona Daily Sun and Flagstaff Live readers. Flagstaff Hullabaloo has raised over $130,000 for local non-profits since 2010. This year Hullabaloo will raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff, Boys & Girls Club of Flagstaff and Flagstaff Family Food Center.The Hullabaloo will kick off with the Flagstaff Athletic Club Bike…

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The 100 Women Who Care Sedona-Verde Valley Chapter hosted their first in-person Giving Circle for members on Monday, May 2 at The Elks Club in Sedona. Members had the opportunity to hear from four past recipients: Verde Valley Caregivers, Manzanita Outreach, Big Brother & Big Sisters, and the Verde Valley Sanctuary and learn how their donations impacted the mission of the organization. The three nonprofit finalists were Healthy World Sedona represented by Bev Bow; Healing Consciousness Foundation represented by Beth DuPree, MD; and Sedona-Oak Creek Educational Foundation represented by Jeannette Bill. Each presented their mission and reasons they should be…

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… I stopped by the Rainbow Trout Farm in Oak Creek Canyon on my way home from Williams to say hi to friends and perhaps get a shot at some Osprey’s as they went for trout dinner from the buffet which is set out for them.An Osprey soon appeared and for more than fifteen minutes he was attempting to lock onto a trout in the pond but was having a lot of trouble and pass after pass, hover after hover resulted in zero dives for a fish. The air was very windy and turbulent and on top of that the…

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The Sedona Heritage Museum will be one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families this summer, including National Guard and Reserve, beginning May 21, 2022 – Armed Forces Day. The offer will run through Labor Day, September 5, 2022. This year the Museum will kick-off their participation in the program with a flag display on May 21st, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The flags will be posted to create a beautiful photo opportunity for anyone to take advantage of. The Oak Creek Chapter National Society of the…

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The city of Sedona invites applicants to participate in a community food scraps compost pilot program. The pilot program will be available to 50 households in Sedona. Participating households will be able to drop off food scraps at Posse Grounds Park during open park hours. The drop-off location is located by the tennis courts at the current Sedona Recycles drop-off location. It is fenced off to prevent javelina and other animals from accessing the site.Vegetable scraps, bread, grains, tea bags and coffee grounds will be accepted, while meat, bones, bioplastics and yard waste will not be accepted. All food scraps…

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By Amaya Gayle Gregory The writing that comes through me is puzzling at times. If feels like it is all over the board — definitely not a linear progression. Would be so much cleaner if it was . I used to watch the ones who claimed to have found it and observing their calm presence, wanted to cross that finish line too. Now I realize there isn’t a finish line at all. Such ideas are sleight of hand, wants and wishes crafting something out of nothing, creating concepts of finished and unfinished and making them appear as possibilities … like…

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