October '08 Events

Here's some of what we've scheduled for October. Click to see November and December.

Check back often because we update all the time with exciting new events.

NOTE: ALL EVENT LISTINGS THAT CONTAIN THE SEDONA LIBRARsY 50TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION LOGO...WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM. ALL OTHER EVENTS
WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE WELL RED COYOTE BOOKSTORE

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The Well Red Coyote Presents…Another Night of Music Featuring: Alan James Venue: The Well Red Coyote Friday, October 3, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Sedona musician, Alan James, will entertain us with his original contemporary blues music, celebrating the recent release of his CD, BACK ALLEY BLUES. Alan’s 30-year musical resume goes from Nashville to Arizona. He is a very talented musician and songwriter, playing not only guitar but also some bass, drums, percussion and piano on his CD. Please join us for a fun evening. And, as always, it’s free!

Intuitive Tools 4 Kids -- A Presentation 4 Parents and Intuitive Children Venue: The Well Red Coyote Saturday, October 4, 2 pm: Internationally renowned Eliza Rey, author of DAYSEE: THE DELINQUENT ANGEL, and a pediatric occupational therapist, is a naturally born intuitive. Eliza grew up in a time where intuitive children were discouraged from pursuing their gifts. Now she conducts workshops, in which she shares her experiences and how she had to struggle to free her own intuitive talents, and she helps children to develop and validate their gifts and parents to cope with them and demystify what their children might be experiencing. Eliza Rey has experienced intuitive abilities since she was a very young child and was able to visualize and hear messages for and from her family. A tragic accident occurred when she was 18 years old involving the deaths of her brother and father which motivated Eliza to further develop more of a connection with those on the other side. DAYSEE: THE DELINQUENT ANGEL features Daysee, an inexperienced, determined yet adorable child angel in training who does not follow the traditional method of learning to be an angel. Daysee has pink angelic wings that lose some of their feathers and materialize on earth. The feathers are one of the key elements in bringing the children together as they form a lasting bond of friendship.

					Meet Margaret Coel Venue: The Sedona Public Library Friday, October 10, 6 pm: Meet Margaret Coel, one of the most venerated of all the Southwest authors, most known for her thirteen Father John and Vicky Holden mystery novels, set among the Arapahos on the Wind River Reservation. Her latest Father John and Vicky Holden book, THE GIRL WITH BRAIDED HAIR, was nominated for 2008 Colorado Book Award and the recipient of the Rocky Award for Best Mystery Novel set in the American West. The skeleton of a young woman is discovered in a dry gully on the Wind River Reservation. Forensics determine the woman was shot-to-death in 1973. 1973, the year of the American Indian Movement, which occupied the town of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Afterward, Indians under federal indictment went into hiding on other reservations, including Wind River. A year of fear and violence, when no one could be trusted, when anyone might be an FBI snitch. Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley are determined to find the identity of the forgotten woman and see that she is laid to rest in the traditional Arapaho Way. Their search leads them into the 1970s and the dark underbelly of an organization that had spoken out on behalf of Indian rights. As the life and death of the woman begin to come into view, Vicky and Father John realize that the killer who has gotten away with murder for more than thirty years is still on the reservation and that they are about to be his next victims. Margaret's latest standalone novel, BLOOD MEMORY, received a starred review from Kirkus, which wrote: "...a fine combination of historical detail, mystery and pulse pounding terror." Publishers Weekly also gave it a starred review. BLOOD MEMORY features Catherine McLeod, an investigative journalist for a Denver newspaper. At first she thinks someone wants her dead because of what she must have written for the paper. But soon she realizes that she has been targeted for death because of what she might write in the future. As an assassin closes in, Catherine finds herself in a race for her life to uncover the story that someone is determined to keep hidden, which revolves around a massacre of Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians in 1864 — and the efforts of the tribes to build a casino on the plains close to Denver. But behind the headlines, Catherine comes to understand, is the real story of what happened in the past, a story buried for one hundred and fifty years. And behind the facts of that story is someone who wants her dead.

Native American Flute Music & Talk: Kokopellis Legacy Venue: The Well Red Coyote Saturday, October 11, 2 pm: Join Sedona Native American flutist, David Wolfs Robe, for a musical performance and discussion of the Native flute, "Kokopellis Legacy." . During this event Wolfs Robe will cover some of the Native American flute (NAF) History from the Southwest to the Southeast and into the Plains. Wolfs Robe will discuss the Ancestral Pueblo flutes (rim blown flutes) that have been found from Meso America all the way up to Chaco Canyon. Participants will also see and hear an actual antique (Cherokee) river cane flute from the mid 1700’s also several replica plains and great lakes flutes. Wolfs Robe will end up with the evolution of the (NAF) the double or drone flute. Wolfs Robe will play all of these flutes and explain in some detail about their history. Wolfs Robe's CD's are WITH SACRED BREATH, TURTLE ISLAND, VISIONS OF A PAST and ANCIENT DREAMS. VISIONS OF A PAST was nominated for both the 2007 and 2008 Native American Music Awards. Wolfs Robe is an internationally known and a very gifted musician, and a generous teacher and flute maker. During his concerts, he plays his flutes in the traditional way — from the heart.

Book Signing & Award Celebration Party -- with Wine Tasting!

Venue: The Well Red Coyote

Saturday, October 11, 7 pm: Meet Bill Jordan, author of DOODLEBUG ISLAND: A VISIT TO SEDONA’S IDIOSYNCRATIC NEIGHBOR, and a Sedona Eccentric columnist, and celebrate the 2008 Arizona Book Award Bill won for DOODLEBUG ISLAND.

Wine tasting will be provided by Javalina Leap Winery and theSedona Eccentric will provide cheese and snacks. Bill Jordan will be happy to chat about DOODLEBUG ISLAND and how it felt to win this prestigious award.

Music will be provided by Joe Neri and Frank Robinson on acoustic guitars.

Through a series of illustrated vignettes, DOODLEBUG ISLAND chronicles the lives of the slightly off-centered folks who live on the island's scenic shores. Separated from the rest of Arizona by the waters of Oak Creek, Doodlebug Island provides a haven for the inhabitants and their eccentricities, which mix, clash and create a multitude of comical-and usually chaotic-situations. Written with a slightly acerbic but definitely humorous edge, Doodlebug Island challenges the status quo on a variety of issues and engages readers in the triumphs, trials and frustrations of its characters' daily lives. Bill Jordan wrote this charming book, and his granddaughter, Joan Jordan, provided the illustrations.

Come and party hearty with us, and celebrate the win of this fun, eccentric book.

Alternative Health Talk: The Secret Truth About Lymphatic Massage and Healing Venue: The Well Red Coyote Saturday, October 17, 7 pm: Have you discovered Lymphatic Massage? Lymphatic massage is a technique used to help increase lymph flow. Aches, pains, soreness and flu-like symptoms could all be caused by congested lymph pathways, along with frequent colds, joint pain, headaches & migraine, arthritis, depression, fatigued, acne, cellulite and other ailments. Join Sedona's Dr. William Brown to learn "The Secret Truth about Lymphatic Massage and Healing" and how it can benefit you. Dr. Brown, Ph.D., D.Sc., L.M.T., author of THE TOUCH THAT HEALS, is an Internationally Recognized Holistic Health Practitioner, Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and teacher of Nutrition and the Lymphatic Arts. He has worked as a Holistic Health Practitioner and teacher for over 25 years in Tonsberg, Norway; Santa Monica, California; Austin, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Cleveland, Ohio and Sedona, Arizona. Dr. Brown is the founder and Director of The Foundation for Holistic Health Therapy, Sedona, Arizona, where he teaches basic, intermediate and advanced courses in Lymphatic Massage; Thought Field Therapy and Brain Alignment Method. Newly-updated, THE TOUCH THAT HEALS: The Art of Lymphatic Massage, has revised with diet, exercise, history and origins of the original Vodder method. This revised edition contains detailed instruction, including pictures, on the complete lymphatic massage procedure, and Advanced Lymphatic Protocols.

Writing Workshop: "Magic, Metaphysics and Things That Go Bump in Books: Getting it Right When You Write." Venue: The Well Red Coyote Saturday, October 18, 2 pm: Every historic period has had its own understanding of and approach to supernatural, metaphysical, and magical phenomena. Ghosts, precognitive dreams, predicting the future, and using magic have been part of both literature and folklore since writing began. And the more modern but still scientifically unexplainable phenomena of out-of-body and near-death experiences also have a vast amount of anecdotal literature surrounding them. Savvy writers in spinning their tales need to stay alert to readers’ expectations, the appropriateness of metaphysical and supernatural lore in historic time periods, and the necessity for congruence in alternate realities. Join authors Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily, authors of THE CHEF WHO DIED SAUTEING, an Agatha Award-nominee and which won won the Love is Murder Lovey Award for best first novel, and THE LAWYER WHO DIED TRYING, for a magical writing workshop, " Metaphysics, Magic, and Things that Go Bump in Books: Getting Them Right in Your Writing," which will examine metaphysical and supernatural phenomena, such as the nature of out-of-body and near-death experiences, the appearance of ghosts, the uses of magic, and related experiences, and why it’s important to get the lore surrounding these topics right in your writing. Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily have taught workshops in metaphysics, brain-hemisphere bridging, energy-channeling, and other esoteric topics to writers as well as the general public for 20 years. They are both former teachers, Reiki masters, and Hemi-Sync® outreach instructors for the Monroe Institute in Faber, Virginia. Referring to themselves as the “Jewish-Irish comedy team” (Smily is Jewish and Finkelstein is Irish), they take themselves lightly but the study of metaphysics, magic, and ghosts seriously. Winners of the 2007 Love Is Murder “Lovey” Award and nominees for an Agatha Award for their first Ariel Quigley, Psychic Detective, novel, THE CHEF WHO DIED SAUTEING, they are currently at work on two standalone metaphysical thrillers and their fourth Ariel Quigley mystery.

The Search for Enlightenment: "One Man's Utter Failure To Get Enlightened"

Venue: The Well Red Coyote

Thursday, October 30, 7 pm: Join Eliezer Sobel, author of THE 99TH MONKEY: A SPIRITUAL JOURLIST'S MISADVENTURES WITH GURUS, MESSIAHS, SEX, PSYCHEDELICS AND OTHER CONSCIOUS-RAISING ADVENTURES, as he shares the hilarious, outrageous, and often moving story of his 30-year quest for self-realization. From encounters with enlightened beings, saints and madmen, to ingesting a powerful shamanic brew in the forests of Brazil at all-night ceremonies; from 40-days alone on a mountaintop, to 60 hours in hotel ballrooms at crash courses in consciousness; from the ashrams and gurus of India to the rebbes of Jerusalem and a ten-day Zen retreat at Auschwitz, there were very few extremes to which Sobel did not go in his search for self.

Although he claims to come out at the end feeling more or less like the same guy as when he started, and while he also suggests that bookstores create a new category for his book alongside the Self-Help section, to be called “No Help Whatsoever,” Sobel's tale of THE 99TH MONKEY is actually a modern-day hero’s journey that contains its own unique blend of wisdom and insight into what it really means to be a human being.

The critics and other New Age authors love THE 99TH MONKEY: “I read it with immense pleasure, frequently breaking off to read pieces aloud to my wife. I found it funny, beautifully written, and often extremely moving and thought-provoking. It is going to reach a very enthusiastic audience, and deserves to.”—Colin Wilson, author of The Outsider and The Occult “Let The 99th Monkey be a warning to seekers of truth everywhere: Eliezer Sobel is living proof that the New Age disease of self-improvement is incurable. Thankfully, Sobel’s utter failure to get enlightened is chronicled with laughter, irreverence, insight and raw truth.”—Gabrielle Roth, dancer, director, author of Connections and Sweat Your Prayers “I urge you to stumble along the spiritual path with Eliezer Sobel. Even though he promises that his book "The 99th Monkey" will not change your life, you will surely find a few nuggets of wisdom in between the laughs. This book made me happier than most of the spiritual books I read these days. Enjoy.”—Wes “Scoop” Nisker, Buddhist meditation teacher, author of The Essential Crazy Wisdom

Eliezer Sobel is also the author of MINYAN: TEN JEWISH MEN IN A WORLD THAT IS HEARTBROKEN, which won the Peter Taylor Prize, and WILD HEART DANCING. His short story, "Mordecai’s Book," won the 2003 New Millennium Writings First Prize for Fiction, and his articles and stories have appeared in the Village Voice, Tikkun Magazine, Quest Magazine, Yoga Journal, New Age Journal, and numerous other publications.