Sedona’s SAVCO organization (Sedona Area Veteran & Community Outreach) will conduct the first full Memorial Day service in three years Monday May 30th, 0900-1000 at the Sedona Military Park which is located within the Jack Jameson Memorial Sculpture Park, 25 Northview Rd Sedona AZ. Members of the Civil Air Patrol Verde Valley Composite Squadron 205 and the Sedona Police Explores Post #7100 program will participate as well.John Currivan, a Navy pilot and JAG Officer is this year’s guest speaker. Bugler Captain Dean Cathcart from the Civil Air Patrol will be on hand as well as local singing sensations Samantha Noelle…
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Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with “Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, May 17 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time. To mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, “Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition” offers audiences an extraordinary opportunity to meet the Pharaoh, with exclusive coverage of how 150 of his treasures were moved to become part of the biggest…
This Mother’s Day Weekend enjoy great shopping and dining at the Red Rose Art Show and Stagecoach Country Roadhouse. This event is sponsored by the Wild Thyme Restaurant Group the newest restaurant to West Sedona known as the Stagecoach Country Roadhouse located at 1405 West Highway 89A. Beautiful patio dining on the lower and upper-level patios with red rock views. Totally remolded with a western theme private dining for special events, live music, and mechanical bull riding. The newest entertainment hub with a separate bar area featuring large screen televisions, live entertainment, karaoke and much more along with a relaxed…
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.On Friday, May 13, 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 from the Torah…
… being the most intelligent of the raptors it is only natural for the Turkey Vulture to conduct classes from a lectern over the shores of Lake Pleasant … I rather rudely interrupted to take a few pictures of him before moving on. Later that morning I was drifting down a very narrow bay and a rush of motion caught my eye and there climbing up on a rock near shore was this Chuckwalla lizard who did not appreciate my presence interrupting his nap in the sun. The Chuckwalla lizard is about a foot and a half long and is…
Celebrate the spirit, songs and stories of Neil Diamond when world-renowned singer, songwriter and entertainer William Florian brings his live show and concert “The Neil Diamond Story” to Sedona. Florian is a former member of the famous 1960’s group The New Christy Minstrels. There will be one performance on Sunday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. William weaves stories, songs, and humor from Neil Diamond’s early acoustic years honoring the life and achievements of this legendary minstrel. You will find yourself singing along as William performs Diamond’s most…
Yavapai County Elections Director, Lynn Constabile would like to announce the locations that have been approved by the Board of Supervisors to be Vote Centers in the August 2, 2022 Primary Election and November 8, 2022 General Election. Registered voters in Yavapai County may go to any of these locations to vote in-person on Election Day, from 6 AM to 7 PM. Voters may also drop-off early ballots at these locations on Election Day.Camp Verde Area • Camp Verde Community Gym, 51 E Hollamon St, Camp VerdeChino Valley Area • Grace Baptist Church, 2010 S Highway 89, Chino Valley •…
Hollace Davids and Judith Fogarty were just beginning their lives in 1969 when they attended the Woodstock Music Festival. These two fascinating women will share their Woodstock memories of peace, love and music at The Sedona Women (“TSW”) program meeting on May 11, 2022.The famous Woodstock Music Festival was held August 15-18, 1969 on a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. The country was embroiled in the Vietnam war as well as the civil rights movement culminating in great national unrest. Woodstock became a symbol of that movement. Despite the traffic, rain, mud and logistical challenges, young people came from far…
… early this morning I headed down to Lake Pleasant to spend a quiet day on the lake and as always to search for life and photograph what I found. It was a busy morning and lots of life. In these three photographs all of the subjects are reaching for the sky … leaping and stretching their wings to begin the first of many powerful beats; first to attain flight and then to maintain it and go somewhere.The feet of the Great Blue Heron above are just about to leave the water and both eagle shots show the talons just…