Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) honors businesses, organizations and individuals who have helped to fulfill their mission to protect and enhance the scenic beauty and natural environment of Sedona and the Verde Valley. KSB invites the public to attend this year’s awards presentation which will be held on Wednesday April 20 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place in KSB’s historic Pushmataha Center located at 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Food and beverages will be served, and there will be no admission fee. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. Since seating is limited, reservations are required.At the April…
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The National Theatre of London kicks off a new season with its acclaimed new production of “The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage” showing in Sedona on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing. Two young people, with everything at stake, find themselves at the center of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate…
Join the city for a Celebration of Spring, on Saturday, April 16, 2022, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Posse Grounds Park.This fun, family-friendly event will be held on the multi-use field with rides and vendors galore. Included will be carnival rides, a petting zoo and live entertainment. The egg hunts begin at 10 a.m. for children 12 and younger, and hunts will be divided into four age groups. Some 20,000 eggs are waiting to be found! Local businesses will be on site with interactive displays and the Easter bunny will be on hand for pictures.Please keep your canine…
In early February, the Sedona City Council and the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council gave Sedona’s volunteer Sister Cities Association (the SSCA) the green light to go ahead with arranging such a relationship between our community and a counterpart abroad.A sister city relationship is a multi-faceted, long-term partnership between two communities in two countries. There currently are 1,800 such alliances in 140 countries. Most often, the communities have a lot in common, although they are geographically distant.Recently, the SSCA had its organizational meeting and selected nine community members for its Board of Directors: Chuck Marr, Sara Crosby-Hartman, Winifred Muench and…
This week, Camp Verde Community Library (CVCL) encourages all community members to visit their library in person or online to explore and access services and programs. CVCL offers a wide array of programs, classes and resources that are available in person or from the comfort of home, includinginformal STEM learning at the library or with take-home STEM Kitsinteractive Immersive Reality Books, WonderBooks and VOX Books for kidsmonthly Music in the Stacks in-person concerts or streamed on FacebookVirtual programs like, Sew-Along with Allyn – Where Happiness is HomemadeOverDrive downloadable audiobooks, ebooks, and magazinesthousands of films to stream for free from Kanopy93,000…
I am the doer; there is no doer. What the heck? Does anyone actually factually know? One way says we have no free will. There is no you to have a will, free or otherwise. The other sees clear evidence of choice. If that’s not free will, what is it? I’ve been in both camps, never quite able to stay put, and find it quite engaging still. Neither version is untrue. Damn. When we are blessed – for it is nothing but grace — to let everything go, every idea, every concept, every hold card we’ve ever held, This shows…
Yavapai College and the Regional Economic Development Center are partnering with other community organizations to sponsor the Verde Valley Job Fair at the Cottonwood Recreation Center (150 S. 6th St.) on Wednesday, Apr. 6 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Attendees can learn the latest information about careers; apply for part-time, full-time, temporary, and seasonal jobs; and meet with representatives from business, healthcare, and non-profit organizations. There are currently more than 50 businesses that will be providing information about themselves as employers. Veterans, individuals 55 and older, and job seekers with disabilities may take advantage of early admission at 3 p.m.…
… a forever asked question and there are those among us who daily are seeking answers as to what is out there, where are we, what is all this we are living in. I like reading Brian Greene, a leading theoretical physicist; click on his name to learn more about him. He writes in such a manner that I feel I understand what he is talking about … until I put the book down, but still I have learned much from his writings and it is utterly fascinating. I took the shot above from Snowbowl Parking lot on the west…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new comedy/drama “The Rose Maker” showing April 8-14 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Gifted and eccentric horticulturalist Eve Vernet (Catherine Frot) honors her father’s legacy by continuing the family business, breeding exquisite roses that compete in showcases all over France. But her stubbornly artisanal approach struggles to compete with the mass market production from her corporate rivals. Facing imminent bankruptcy, Eve’s trusted assistant Vera (Olivia Côte,) makes a last-ditch effort to turn things around by secretly hiring three new employees from a prison…