Author: Sedona Best

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join cinemas around the globe for a worldwide Earth Day theatrical premiere of “The Revolution Generation” showing Friday, April 22 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Revolution Generation” is an exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of the largest youth generation in history. The film shows examples of young leaders working to revolutionize systems that have failed their generation. It paints a powerful and hopeful picture of how today’s youth can solve global political and environmental crises. The number of Millennials in the United States…

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Michael Lewis and Department of Public Safety Trooper Thomas Humphrey instructed 13 Law Enforcement Officer students from across the United States at a Drug Recognition Expert course hosted by the Department of Public Safety in Prescott Valley from March 31 to April 20, 2022. The three-week class attracted instructors and students from law enforcement agencies all over the state of Arizona, and as far as Alaska. Arizona is known for its high standards for instruction and certification standards, which is why instructors and students come from far and wide to teach and learn here. Under…

The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting local author Roger Naylor for a talk and book-signing of his latest award winning book Arizona’s Scenic Roads and Hikes on Tuesday April 26 at 10 a.m. In this latest book, travel writer Roger Naylor coaxes readers outdoors with an array of wonders. Arizona’s Scenic Roads and Hikes points the way toward the very best the state has to offer. Travel from sun-kissed deserts to the summits of snow-capped mountains, from the cosmic abyss of the Grand Canyon to the red rocks of Sedona and the haunting hoodoos of the Chiricahua Mountains. Visit ancient…

There can be no better place anywhere in the country to celebrate Cinco De Mayo than Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village, an authentic Mexican Village reproduction located in the heart of Sedona, Arizona.This fun-loving, cultural celebration will held Saturday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Cinco De Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over French occupiers on May 5, 1862 in a village called “Pueblo de Los Angeles” (town of the angels), a small town in east-central Mexico. While it is a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States, Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a commemoration of…

… when we were kids, we frequently would lie back on the grass and spend time looking up at the clouds … seeing what forms we could see in them and wondering what lie above them … I have never stopped looking up and with some frequency turn my lens up to capture this beautiful and transitory beauty. The clouds in the image above have an incredible amount of detail in it and reminds me of something very lacy and fancy … the photo below seems like some kind of airborne ship with a smoke stack puffing out clouds ……

The Cottonwood Community Band, under the direction of Jeff Bowell, is pleased to announce their spring concert to be held on Sunday, May 1, at 3:00 PM at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts in Camp Verde. The concert is presented free of charge.For a community band in a rather small community, we have been blessed with a remarkable wealth of talent and this concert will feature original compositions from three members of the band, among other selections. The band’s elder statesman, Paul Rosenfeld, who is now 90 and still active in the band composed a march titled…

The city of Sedona seeks a few dedicated individuals to serve as volunteer park rangers. The Sedona Volunteer Park Rangers choose their own workdays, performing a variety of tasks including providing a uniformed presence in Uptown answering visitor questions, performing park patrols, occasionally doing light trail maintenance, assisting the Parks and Recreation Department with community events and assisting hikers using the new Sedona Shuttle.The city’s ranger program has been serving the community and its visitors for over 16 years. When fully staffed, they performed a seven-day-a-week, year-around operation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, over half of the volunteers chose to leave…

Emerson Theater Collaborative presents Friday Night at the Theater on April 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 Bob Grogan and Cindy Cole, Gary Every and Zoot Suite Zebras, Joan Westmoreland, Shaeri Richards, Matt Egan, Craig Schneider, Rebecca Ricky and Camilla Ross. If you’d like to enjoy some local eats during the performances, order dinner from Rotten Johnny’s https://www.rottenjohnnys.com…

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, April 15, there will not be a regular Friday evening service as it is the Eve of Passover. Instead, Rabbi Magal will lead a Seder on Zoom from her home, beginning at 5:30 pm for about one hour. Then everyone watching will turn off their computers or…