Author: Sedona Best

The Dead would like to have some words with you. And so, begins a cemetery walk at Sedona’s oldest cemetery on April 29 and 30, the Schuerman Red Rock Cemetery on the Upper Red Rock Loop Road.The Sedona Historical Society has announced that a limited number of ticket holders will travel back in time to meet some of Sedona’s earliest pioneers. These brave souls experienced triumph and tragedy while carving out a life in Red Rock country. “Voices from the Grave-Spring Spirits Rising” is an open-air cemetery tour with re-enactments by professional actors where original pioneers are interred. The show…

By Amaya Gayle GregoryHow much anger do you hold deep inside, stuffed into your cells, hidden beyond the reach of mind, shielded from your heart? How much anger seethes within? And, how much effort does it take to keep it sealed, safe from the light of day, secure from the need to feel it? Maybe it’s not inside you at all. Unlikely, but possible. Maybe it’s your heart that you built a crystalline palace around to protect it from the anger trying to get in, the anger out there in the world … perhaps it’s both. Either way it feels…

It seems trite, to sit here in my comfortable home and send thoughts and prayers to those hunkering down, sitting on the cold concrete floors of the Ukrainian subway tonight. To think of parents holding tightly to their children, doing their best to shield the little ones from the bloody trauma of war simply shatters my heart. Nothing I could do feels adequate. Everything seems like it is worlds away from actually meaning anything. I walk into my kitchen to fix my dinner and my world is the same. Nothing has changed. I have food in my refrigerator. Electricity is…

I saw a meme today. It said, “When you transcend duality and no longer see life as good and evil.” Beneath the words was the picture of a blissed out fella. I no longer believe in duality as a state, let alone a standalone state. I don’t even experience a dual presence 95% of the time. When I do, it doesn’t stick around long. I’ve seen through its allure, its temptations, its promises. I know that I, as awareness, am and I, as a material cut-out, am not, not real at all. The experiences of this life and karma make…

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the 2022 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts March 11-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Now an annual film festival tradition, Sedona audiences will be able to see all of the short films nominated for Academy Awards before the Oscar telecast on March 27. A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts Program will include: • The Queen of Basketball (USA): She is one of the greatest living women’s basketball players. 3…

Join us on Main Street in Historic Downtown Clarkdale Saturday March 12th for our 11th Annual Car Show. Show starts at 9am featuring cars, trucks and motorcycles. There will be beer, food and a live remote broadcast with Yavapai Broadcasting. The weather will be perfect for a stroll along Main Street for another fun event in Clarkdale! For more information on the event, to volunteer or to register your vehicle please visit www.clarkdalecarshow.com Registration is limited to the first 150 vehicles.

Yavapai County Elections Director, Lynn Constabile, would like to announce the beginning of the candidate nomination filing period for the August 2, 2022 Primary Election. County candidates may turn in their nomination papers and petitions between March 5th and April 4th during regular county business hours at the Elections Office, 1015 Fair St., Room 228, Prescott, AZ 86305. Please note, filings cannot be accepted at Yavapai County’s Cottonwood Annex building.Filers who choose to mail their paperwork must allow sufficient time for a possible delay in mail delivery. Only nominating papers received by 5:00 p.m. April 4th will be accepted, regardless…

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…

… 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…