… daily we walk trails, paths and streets and seldom give any notice to the tiny worlds that we pass by. Is there beauty around us? You bet, it is everywhere if you look for it … and the tiny little plants, flowers and bushes are the easiest of all to walk by because they do not have the striking appearance of say a large rose or other bloom. I went out early this morning to shoot some wildflowers down at Red Rock Crossing … we hiked the same trail as a couple of years ago after I sold my…
Author: Sedona Best
The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is honored to be the home for the Met Live Opera programs for the 2021-2022 season, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. The season will continue with Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” on Saturday, May 7. There will be one show at 10 a.m. — a live simulcast as it is happening at the Met! Plan to come early as Deborah Raymond will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the production. Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska plays Puccini’s icy princess. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the bold prince determined to win Turandot’s love, alongside soprano Ermonela Jaho…
If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on May 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and join the Verde Valley Woodcarvers. Hundreds of people have tried their hand at carving with this group since its founding in 1997 by Norm Knight. The group consists of carvers ranging from beginners to master carvers. Come by with your own equipment or just come to watch these artisans do relief carving, chip carving, and bark carving. There is no fee for this demonstration. This is an outdoor…
The city of Sedona and their contractor, Paul R. Peterson Construction, Inc., proudly announce the completion of the Posse Grounds Parking & Soldiers Pass Road Shared-Use Path Project. The project included the construction of a new parking lot at Posse Grounds Park that added 38 spaces of additional parking for park and trail users. In addition, an approximately one-mile-long shared-use pathway that runs from the new parking lot and along Soldiers Pass Road was constructed to offer locals and visitors alike safe walking and biking access along the road corridor and to nearby trails. After in-depth discussions with the Shadow…
On April 20, Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) presented its Annual Awards of Excellence. Having begun shortly after the organization’s incorporation in 1972, this was the 51st consecutive year that KSB has recognized businesses and individuals in the Verde Valley whose activities have contributed significantly to our communities. Layla’s Bakery-Café was presented an Award of Excellence for Sustainability by KSB Executive Vice-President Carla Williams. She noted that the bakery minimizes waste in several ways: their streamlined menu results in much less food waste, some leftover pastries become bread pudding and the remaining extra pastries are donated to staff working at the…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryYou know what you are afraid of, don’t you? You may not have seen it consciously but deep inside you know. It’s the reason your diaphragm tightens, leaving a band around your chest, your heart aches seemingly without reason and your mind bends towards escape. On some level, you know where this is going, and you can’t imagine going there. Naked vulnerability is unthinkable. Going there consciously, eyes wide open, heart exposed and still beating, is ludicrous, impossible. It is the antithesis of how you’ve lived life to this moment. Why, it would mean … letting all…
… noodling through some old photos this evening and came4 on these two … above is one of the most well fed Bobcats that I can remember seeing and he is resting next to a fresh mound of dirt that a vole had just created that morning. Sleepiness would disappear as soon as he sensed the voles presence and he would score a fresh meal and the golf course would need to eliminate one less pest. Below is a photo a friend took as Corky and I were coming in for a landing at Sampley Field in Aguila. Turf Soaring…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning and critically-acclaimed film “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” showing May 6-10 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the recent Oscars. “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” is a simple story with a big heart — and a reminder of film’s ability to communicate universal truths across international borders. A disillusioned schoolteacher is transferred to the most remote school in the world, cut off from modern…
Please come out and support Hope House of Sedona at a Walkathon on Saturday, May 7th, from 9-11am at the Sedona Red Rock High School track. Hope House of Sedona is a 501(c)(3) providing transitional/bridge housing, support services and meals for homeless families with children. The Walkathon is sponsored by high school students from the Sedona Red Rock Interact and Key Clubs. The Key Club is the high school branch of Kiwanis International and Interact is the service club for young people of Rotary International. Both clubs encourage leadership and involvement in their community. We thank these students who care.…