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Published September 25Journalist Annette McGivney revisits the sweat lodge deaths near Sedona in “Plastic Shaman”
In her latest book, McGivney recounts how a 2009 retreat led by rising New Age star James Arthur Ray ended with three people dead after hours in a haphazard sweat lodge.
Verses in the Village Poetry Reading returns
On Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m. the Verses in the Village poetry readings resumes at Tlaquepaque in Patio las Campanas with a show featuring powerful local poet Michelle Barry, Phoenix area poet Shawnte Orion, and snatches of song from Village of Oak Creek musicians the Village…
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Published September 18Time traveler: Dom Flemons’ musical fire burns across the ages
Singer-songwriter Dom Flemons is known for a roosty, old-timey sound. But more recently the former Flagstaffian has adopted a more contemporary style reflecting modern convictions, anxieties and joys.
Sedona artist and FDNY firefighter Dennis Burke unveils ‘Brotherhood 9/11’ in NYC
Retired firefighter created bronze honoring chaplain killed in Sept. 11, 2001 attacks Twenty-five years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Sedona resident Dennis Burke has finished the tribute he began in their aftermath. Burke, 63, is a retired Fire Department of the City of…
B-17 model honors Garland
Levin replica of ‘Snafuperman’ is bomber that late Sedona veteran flew in WWII “Don’t break it,” don’t break it,” was going through Lewis Levin’s mind Monday, Aug. 24, as he presented the Garland family with his newest model, a Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” — two years and…