Free performance at Mayberry pavilion Saturday, September 9, at 7 PM

The Laark Production Company will present Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” at the Maybery Pavilion on the Verde Campus Saturday evening, September 9, at 7 PM. The performance is free and opened to all the public.

The Yavapai Community College Verde Valley Campus is located at 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale.

Yavapai Community College Chorale and Chamber Singers provide songs from Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, and others 

The Yavapai Community College music department presented a one-hour concert March 28, 2017 on the Verde Campus at 7 PM.  It was entitled “Broadway Melody’s.” The College Community Chorale chose songs by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II in addition to selections by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. The Chamber Singers chose songs by George and Ira Gershwin and Stephen Schwartz.

The program was under the direction of Scott Neese. He is an adjunct professor at the College and has directed, music directed, or performed in over 40 musicals. The accompanist was Peter Mueller, an adjunct professor at the College with an extensive musical background.

The Community Chorale had 46 singers, most of whom were from the Prescott area. There were 16 Chamber Chorale singers, with most of them also coming from the Prescott area.

The audience in building “M” was small, about two dozen attended the free event, but they were  very appreciative. Kudos to the Community Chorale and the Chamber Singers for their Tuesday evening concert.

Free presentation at 3 p.m. on Verde Campus

Associate Professor Michael Crimmins will speak Tuesday, April 19, at the Verde Campus, Room M-137 about the drought condition in Arizona and how the current El Nino event has evolved since 2015.  The event is open to the public and free.

Dr. Crimmins is currently on the faculty of the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona and is a Climate Science Extension Specialist for Arizona Cooperative Extension. In this position he provides climate science support to resource managers across Arizona by assessing information needs, synthesizing and transferring relevant research results and conducting applied research projects. His extension and research work supports resource management across multiple sectors including rangelands, forests/wildfire, and water resources as well as policy and decision makers. This work aims to support managers by increasing climate science literacy as well as developing strategies to adapt to a changing climate. He also serves as a drought monitoring expert on the Arizona Governor’s Drought Task Force and has worked with counties across Arizona to implement drought preparedness and impact monitoring plans. 

The event is sponsored by the Verde River Basin Partnership. That organization will precede the speech with an update on its water resources work in the Verde Valley.

More information may be obtained by visiting the Verde River Basin Partnership by clicking here.