Poetry is alive and well in Sedona and the Verde Valley, exemplified by events over the last week. At the dedication on Monday, Jan. 26, of longtime Sedona sculptor James Muir’s work, “Call of the Canyon” at the northern terminus...

Gary Every sat in front of Christa Badorek’s lower elementary school class at Sedona Charter School on Dec. 10, reciting to them his rendition of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” — Sedona style. “What do my wandering eyes see appear...

Gary Every spent Monday, April 21, as the Artist in the Classroom for Sedona Red Rock High School digital photography teacher Cindy Wilmer, where he presented his program “Capturing the Light” and discussed the artistic and business sides of...

Gary Every and Anya Blue Lior, a 16-year-old sophomore at Verde Valley School, will soon be named the city of Sedona’s two keepers of the written word when they will be appointed to two-year terms as Sedona poet laureate...