Author: Sedona Best

As part of a new sustainability initiative, the city of Sedona encourages residents to apply for up to $5,000 in funding to make their homes more energy efficient and weatherized. Known as the Home Energy Retrofit Project and in partnership with CozyHome LLC, the project is intended to benefit moderate and low-income residents within Sedona city limits. Home weatherization and retrofitting services supported by this project include duct sealing, air sealing, insulation repair, lighting upgrades, mini-split installations and heat pump installations.How to applyProject information and applications can be found under Sustainability Projects at www.sedonaaz.gov/sustainability. This is an ongoing project, and…

… and it was simply another beautiful end of day in this amazing place that we call home … behind me the long shadows from Mingus Mountain were sweeping across the valley and soon the light was gone and the beauty hidden during the hours of night and rest … soon enough the sun rose and another day in paradise began. Save for the signs of a populated city this is how it has looked for thousands of years … and it will for thousands more. Change comes slowly here and we see the work of millions of years all…

Piano on the Rocks International Festival returns to Sedona on April 23-25, 2022 with three unique successive concerts and the world premiere of: Powehi for two pianos and narrator by American composer Anna Rubin. Piano on the Rocks continues its vibrant performances with three outstanding and eclectic concerts. It will feature three pianists: the world renowned French pianist Jean-Marc Luisada, considered as one of the most important interpreters of Frederic Chopin’s music in the world, winner of Dino Ciani Competition and the famous Warsaw Chopin Competition; American pianist Cynthia Raim, known to Sedona audiences from previous festivals, winner of the…

Health First Foundation is accepting scholarship applications from students and professionals pursuing or advancing a health career in northern Arizona. Scholarships up to $2,500 are available to undergraduate and postgraduate students working on degrees in nursing, clinical, non-clinical, allied, integrative, or behavioral health fields. For the first time, the foundation has a scholarship available to former U.S. military service members and one directed at studies in integrative health.Visit https://healthfirstforall.org/scholarships for details and to apply. Applications will be accepted March 1-25.Health First scholarships target the critical need for health professionals in northern Arizona and are funded by generous contributions from individual…

Up-and-coming winemakers will be celebrated on April 23 when the Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium returns for its fourth year at Yavapai College’s Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. PDT and will be held in person at the college and streamed live online.Organized by Grand Crew, a Yavapai College Viticulture and Enology student/alumni organization, the event will feature educational seminars, an awards ceremony and a roundtable discussion with the competition’s seven judges.An “emerging” winemaker is anyone at least 21 years of age whose wine is not available commercially. Wine submissions are…

… everything happens at warp speed … the Osprey above has thrust up and forward with his legs, released his talons from the branch and has fully extended his wings as he lifts off and is reaching for air … perhaps a tenth of a second has elapsed from the decision to enter flight. In the photo below a Great Egret has also made the choice to enter flight and we have him looking like a helicopter going straight up from the shore he was wading looking for food and he is perhaps a half a second into flight. Work…

The Sedona Heritage Museum will host “Throwback Thursdays-Pioneers at the Museum”, on Thursday, March 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum.Visitors will enjoy a glimpse at parts of the Museum through encounters with costumed reenactors. These impersonators will breathe life into Sedona area pioneers and share a bit of that person’s life story and adventures in the Sedona of 70-120 years ago. Guests will rotate through the Museum buildings, delighting in parts of a “day-in-the life” of our early settlers and community-builders, and getting a peek at some of the hopes, dreams, and hardships in Arizona’s rustic Red Rock Country…

El Valle Artist Association Artist of the Month for February is Deb Nakano for her work “ The Garage with Old Car”Having recently moved back to Arizona, Deb an established NE Colorado artist, has moved most of her featured work from the Walnut Gallery in Longmont, CO to the walls of her new home in Cottonwood. Deb would like to be considered a local contributing artist in Verde Valley, desiring to show and participate in artists organizations, venues and galleries.Her photographic art is created by taking original photos and duplicating and downloading them into software programs. Then by adding drawing,…

Take a deep breath: Spring is here! Rowe Fine Art Gallery kicks off the season of rebirth with In Blossom, a show highlighting fresh work from the gallery’s award-winning painters. In Blossom begins on March 4 and runs through the end of the month. The show features the latest wildlife and landscape artwork from Julie T. Chapman, Dane Chinnock, Kim Diment, Jen Farnsworth, Lynn Heil, John Rasberry and Amy Ringholz. When Julie T. Chapman’s newest acrylic, pastel, charcoal and oil on panel recently arrived at the gallery, everyone gasped when they looked into the eyes of the bobcat depicted in…