The Performing Arts Committee of the Community Church of the Verdes has hosted a series of concerts and lectures for the 2025 season.

The concert series will close out the season with TOBY, A Tribute to Toby Keith Friday, March 7. The concert is a ride through the heart and soul of country music with the ultimate tribute band to the bad boy of country music. Hollywood Yates takes center stage singing country music anthems like “How Do You Like Me Now,” “Should Have Been a Cowboy,” and “I Love This Bar.” 

The concert starts at 7 p.m. Single concerts are $40. The show will be held at the Community Church of the  Verdes.

Tickets may be purchased during church office hours, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; or at the table in the Rio Verde Post Office, from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday the week of the concert.

The free lecture series closes Monday, March 10, with Pat Miles finishing out the lecture series for the season. After losing her husband to cancer, Miles found healing by writing about grief, loss and planning her own mortality. She reveals how her husband’s untimely death affected every aspect of her life and parallels how others have dealt with the grief, financial upsets, and daily life changes that come with a painful loss.

Miles prepares her audiences for problems such as the shock of loss, cognitive decline, finding support, grieving, family disputes and caring for yourself after the loss.

The lecture takes place at 4 p.m. at the Community Church of the Verdes.