en-usGateway To Sedona Copyright 2009Sedona, Arizona: Latest articles, news and information.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/articleRss.xmlElvis is in the house during Red Rock Fantasy at Angel Lightfeather's Sacred Pathways in the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2312http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2312For December's "1st Friday Gallery Tour" reception Turquoise Tortoise Gallery features a "Southwest Holiday" with all the trimmings. The reception will be held on December 4, from 5 to 8 p.m.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2311http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2311For its "1st Friday Gallery Tour" reception on December 4, 5-8 p.m., Sedona's Lanning Gallery welcomes master jeweler Michael Grant for his Annual Holiday Show, unveiling his latest collection. http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2310http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2310It's the time of year when friends and family are coming to visit and everybody is running around looking for the perfect way to keep all those visitors entertained and happy. What better way to spend quality time with friends and family than a vacation to Arizona's red rock country in Sedona.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2309http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2309The Kokopelli Suites is pleased to announce that Asian designer, VerMayo, has agreed to release a limited number of handbags from his line available for sale at the Sedona-based hotel. An exhibition will be held December 11-20, in the Kokopelli Suites lobby. http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2308http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2308All through Sedona, realtors are bustling with clients, their fingers busy writing contracts, and all through the air you feel the wonderful, crisp sound of "Activity."http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2307http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2307Awareness of a greater consciousness is the goal of students and disciples on their spiritual path. Raising oneself above and beyond the material plane of limitations and darkness of the world is the path to enlightenment.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2306http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2306It was more than 20 years ago that a group of Western craftsmen—a painter/sculptor, a photographer, a knife maker, and a saddle maker—discussed the idea of having Western fine art and cowboy gear in one show. It had never been done before, and the rest is Trappings history.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2305http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2305Coyote County Loser, an award-winning romantic comedy and critic favorite, makes a stop in Sedona for its Arizona premiere. The film is being presented by the Sedona International Film Festival in a one-night-only special engagement as part of its Tuesday Cinema Series.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2304http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2304The Sedona Rouge announced today that Suzi Tucker will present and facilitate the Awakening Love and Recovering Connection wellness workshop, December 18 through December 20, at the Sedona Rouge Hotel and Spa.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2303http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2303A Christmas tree bedecked with brightly painted recycled light bulbs of every kind? A splendid "angel tree" made of scrap roofing tin for protruding wings? Or how about a tree resembling a saguaro cactus decorated with chili pepper lights and intricately handcrafted gourds? What gives? It's Tlaquepaque's Festival of Trees, back for a second year.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2302http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2302Come and celebrate the holiday season with a Spa Soiree at the Spa at Sedona Rouge, Thursday, December 10. The event will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and features a sampling of spa services, wellness educators, entertainment, wine, and hors d'oeuvres. http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2301http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2301December in Sedona is a magical time. Especially at the beautiful Mexican-style village that is the Art and Soul of Sedona - Tlaquepaque. It's hard to describe what it feels like to be in the midst of 6,000 golden-hued luminarias that punctuate every wall, balcony, patio, and cobbled stone walkway in the arts village.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2300http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2300Experience Sedona's brilliant star-filled sky through giant custom telescopes with Evening Sky Tours on November 8, from 7-8:30 p.m.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2299http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2299Editor Terree Duncan has worked with Gateway To Sedona since 2005, writing about Sedona's wealth of attractions and beautifully formatting each presentation for an entertaining, online reading experience. She offers her article writing expertise to help Sedona businesses attract online visitors.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2298http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2298The first versions of Gateway To Sedona featured various-sized rectangular sections, modeling after some popular print magazines, and the big "GS" was inspired by the big "O" from Oprah Magazine. It was fun for the publishers to see the old Gateway To Sedona while searching the Wayback Machine.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2297http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2297Critics and audiences around the world have raved about "The Messenger" which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson star in this compelling, powerful new drama which premieres in Sedona on Tuesday, November 10.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2296http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2296Foreclosures in Sedona? It's difficult to believe those two words would ever be uttered in the same sentence. But like the rest of the country, the scenic red rock real estate of Sedona has not been spared.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2295http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2295Experience enlightenment in this lifetime. The Mahamudra of Liberation of Dorje Chang Buddha is coming.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2294http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2294The Turquoise Tortoise Gallery in Sedona is hosting both Chuck "Winter Heart" Reddick and Stan Natchez for a joint exhibition called "Complex Harmony" for October's "1st Friday Gallery Tour" reception.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2293http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2293Lanning Gallery in Sedona presents the exhibition "Life's Path: Mark Gould 2009" for its "1st Friday Gallery Tour" reception on November 6, from 5-8 p.m. The gallery welcomes the artist who will be on hand to meet visitors and give several talks throughout the evening.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2292http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2292The Hilton Sedona Resort and Spa has been named as a Verde Valley Reader's Choice 2009 Winner for best hotel. In a readers poll the resort was selected for best in its category among other hotels in Sedona and the Verde Valley.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2291http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2291Experience an enchanting weekend in Sedona at the AAA-Four Diamond awarded Sedona Rouge Hotel and Spa. The package includes two nights at Sedona Rouge Hotel and Spa, $100 resort credit for REDS Restaurant or the Spa at Sedona Rouge...http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2290http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2290Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead originated in Mexico before the Spanish conquest. It has been speculated that this holiday may have originated from the Olmecs 3,000 or so years ago, and been continued by other cultures such as the Toltecs, Maya, Zapotec, and Aztec. On Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, the Museum of Northern Arizona's 6th Annual Celebraciones de la Gente...http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2289http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2289Join the Canyon Moon Theatre for a roller coaster adventure in theatre that will make the audience laugh until sides hurt, that challenges assumptions, and send everyone out of Canyon Moon Theatre with an off-key song in their heart.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2288http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2288The Sedona real estate market continues its buying frenzy in the mid to lower price sector. In this past third quarter alone, our sold volume was up by a whooping 62 percent over last year, with Foreclosures or Short Sales accounting for 41percent of that business.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2287http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2287All couples go through a rough patch or two – misunderstandings, distractions, temptations. Then there's the weekend getaway for Louise and Ian, the couple in crisis imagined at the heart of Adrienne Shelly's screenplay for "Serious Moonlight."http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2286http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2286It is in times like these that we realize what is truly important: quality time spent with friends and family. This Thanksgiving season, there is no better place to gather with loved ones and give thanks for all of our blessings than Arizona's red rock country in Sedona. http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2285http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2285INSPIRED '09, the theme of the first annual Hilton Fine Arts Exhibit and Sale, will take place over Thanksgiving weekend. This is a very special event happening at the Hilton Sedona Resort and Spa, November 27 and 28, in the Grand Ballroom.http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2284http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2284Hilton Sedona Resort and Spa is the only upscale luxury resort located off Arizona's only designated All-American Road, the Red Rock Scenic Byway. The Red Rock Scenic Byway was chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation to be Arizona's first and only All-American Road, designating the road as a national "destination unto itself."http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2283http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/id/2283