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Potters and Ceramists join the Summer Fun at the Arts Center Open Studio Every Thursday - 1 to 4pm, 2010 Goal - 650 Bowls In preparation for . . . Loving Bowls in December. All you need to participate in this creative effort are clay experience, willing hands, and a loving heart. Materials, glazing and firings will be provided . For more information, please call Dennis Ott at (928) 282-3809 or (928) 284-0007. All proceeds from the event will benefit deserving non-profit organizations: Meals on Wheels/Adult Community Center ~ Cottonwood Old Town Mission ~ Arts Education Programs at the Sedona Art Center.

A yearly tradition of the Colly Soleri Music Center, Italian Night 2010 will be held on Sat, July 10 and dinner starts at 6pm. Italian Night charms guests with family-style Italian food and captivating music amidst the enchanting architecture and high desert landscape of Arcosanti. In the setting of Italian cypress and olive trees, dinner is enjoyed outdoors under the dramatic Arcosanti Vaults as Arcosanti founder Paolo Soleri serves pasta from festive wheelbarrows in honor of the construction culture at Arcosanti, followed by an energetic performance by Nick Ariondo, accordion virtuoso and composer. Arrive at 5pm for a complimentary tour, followed by dinner at 6pm with the performance at 7:30pm. Tickets $40 for the performance and dinner or $20 for the performance only ($10) students. Dinner reservations required. Call 928-632-7135 or see for tickets and information.

Celebrating the Sedona Arts Center, the Board of Directors has launched The Master Sculptor Series this Spring to benefit the School of Arts. Working closely with well known local artist, Susan Kliewer, the first in this series “Sedona’s Bounty” has been produced as an exclusive limited edition bronze. This beautiful rendition of our namesake is an ideal gift and a reminder of this haven of beauty we call Sedona. Sedona’s Bounty is a connection with our past when large quantities of apples were grown here and stored in what is now the Art Barn. For art collectors, the Kliewer bronze makes a great addition or a start to your collection for home or business. This exclusive limited edition of 50 is affordably priced at just $1,200 made even more desireable with a discount to local residents and businesses. Proceeds from the sale of Sedona’s Bounty benefit the School of Arts of the Sedona Art Center and over sixteen have already been sold. Fine Art Gallery sales subsidize tuition of our school, which offers year round classes, workshops and field expeditions that draw people from the Verde Valley, throughout the U.S. and around the world. Call 928.282.3809 for details.

Prescott College will provide fun, educational, and creative classes at the 2010 Kids Adventure Camp at Prescott College for two weeks. The week-long camps for students ages 7 to 13 run from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the College, located at 220 Grove Avenue. Tuition per camp is $140. Registration needs to be completed and payment received two weeks prior to each camp. More infor and registration info is at Lifelong Learning: prescott.edu/lifelonglearning or contact Cheryl Schwartz 928-350-4110. Classes include: Time Travel and Wishing Flags with Karen Mason; Apache Indian Crafts and Lore with Lisa Smith; Juggling and Brain Gym® Activities for Fun, Play, and Learning with Frank Cardamone; Great Garden Adventures with Rebekah Doyle Guss; Yoga Stories with Amber Aten. Course Dates : Ages 7 – 10, July 12-16; Ages 11 – 13 July 19-23. For more information please contact Mary Lin, M.Ed., Director of Marketing and Public Relations at 928-350-4503.

Cliff Castle Casino-Hotel is going green! Ken Reynolds, Team Member Relations leader said, “We have formed a recycle committee and have some great things planned.” The first recycling project took place during Cliff Castle Casino-Hotel’s recent Eddie Money/Camp Soaring Eagle benefit concert. A team member committee collected 84 pounds of cans and plastic bottles that were recycled at Gardener’s Recyclables in Old Town Cottonwood. The committee received $44 for the materials, to will be used in further recycling efforts and projects. “Guests should also be on the look out for one of our next big promotions,” said Tony Averitt, Marketing Director. “Our ‘Green is Good’ electric car giveaway coming in July will be a lot of fun and emphasize the positive aspects of renewable energy and recycling as well!” The Yavapai-Apache Nation, a sovereign Native American tribe, proudly owns and operates Cliff Castle Casino-Hotel. The Nation also distributes many thousands of dollars every year to Northern Arizona communities in the form of charitable donations, sponsorships, Prop 202 Revenue distributions and higher education scholarships. For info contact Yavapai Apache Nation at (928) 567-1006 or Cliff Castle Casino-Hotel at (928) 567-7991, or online at www.cliffcastlecasino.net.