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, March 11, Rabbi Magal will lead a service to welcome in Shabbat with candle lighting, songs, prayers, and a Torah reading from the portion of the week, Vayikra, the beginning of the Book of Leviticus(1:1 – 5:26), telling of the offerings given by the Children of Israel in…
Author: Sedona Best
… I was on a walk after I got back from the lake yesterday and a neighbor was looking in his yard for his cat (Jazz) who decided to go hunting in the front yard which is filled with shrubbery … within minutes we spotter the little rascal in the shadows under some bushes searching for a meal … the coyote had inspired him! Also at the lake yesterday was this Great Blue Heron flaring and coming in for a landing … shadows of his feet are on the mud bank, as he is perhaps a tenth of a second…
Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with the encore of “Frida Kahlo”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, March 15 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colors, the big brows, and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life. Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works…
The Rotary Club of Sedona Village will open the Community Garden with a Plant & Seed Sale Saturday, April 16 from 9:00am-2:00pm.Visitors are encouraged to plan their spring garden plantings around this event. Arizona Milkweeds for Monarchs and the Verde Valley School Garden team will be on hand selling plants and seeds. Shop from a variety of fruit and vegetable plants as well as native milkweeds grown from seed in the Village of Oak Creek.The Rotary Club of Sedona Village will be on hand with information about the club, garden beds available for adoption and ready to be planted in…
The Sedona Heritage Museum will host an exclusive show and sale of handmade jewelry by Sedona artist Rebecca (Becky) Diehl Anderson on Thursday, March 10 at the Museum, from 4-6 p.m.Becky was a respected artist, both a painter and maker of exotic woven and beaded jewelry, who showed her work in Sedona galleries. She passed away in December 2021 and the remaining pieces of her distinctive jewelry artistry have been donated to the Museum. To honor Becky, the Museum will host this opportunity for a lucky few to secure one of the last pieces of her work. This is a…
An autopsy confirmed the identity of the body, found Feb. 26, 2022, in the Verde River near the Tunlii Crossing, as that of Valentin Rodriguez, the suspect wanted in the Feb. 9 shooting of Yavapai-Apache Police Sgt. Preston Brogdon.The official Medical Examiner reports are still pending, and the FBI is continuing its investigation.No further details are available at this time.
As the State Route (SR) 179 Sewer Main Replacement Project: Phase 2 nears completion, the city of Sedona and their contractor, Standard Construction Company, will continue conducting night work and road closures over the next week as crews work to finish repairing additional sewer main that was discovered to be damaged as well as repair concrete that was damaged during sewer repair. For the week of March 7, 2022, the contractor will continue night work to perform operations that cannot be completed during the day without major traffic implications. Specifically, work will occur on the nights of Sunday, March 6,…
… on the way back from Lake Pleasant today, a friend and I were discussing an appropriate caption for the photos I was lucky enough to get today … this unnamed friend (Guy) suggested the caption “Carpe Diem” and it sounded crazy enough that I thought it was a terrific idea. So here are three of about 600 hundreds shots of a coyote who was hunting food down at the lake today including his score of a very large carp. The coyote dined very well today and it is the first time I have ever gotten shots like this. Just…
Andreas Kapsalis, one of the finest fingerstyle ‘tap technique’ guitar players in the country, will perform at Old Town Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 12th at 7:00 PM. An international touring artist, Kapsalis delights his audience with deft arrangements of popular songs and his own originals.Kapsalis’ original music draws from diverse musical styles, including ethnic folk traditions, flamenco, Americana, blues, rock and roll, and heavy metal. But throughout, what really stands out is his unique style of playing – using both hands on the fret board in a style reminiscent of a pianist.His unique style came about thru…