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🌄All the good things going on in Flagstaff

🌄All the good things going on in Flagstaff

First Friday, a rescue of Willow Bend's building, and many gardening classes sprouting up around town

Alissa Zorn
April 04, 2025

Good morning, Flagstaff! Happy weekend! Please note I will be taking a short break this week, so the Tuesday newsletter will be a bit abbreviated.

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

🥂Plan your outfit for Gatsby Night
🌄 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
🙌 Shout-out to a couple businesses for rescuing Willow Bend’s building

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

Community Sparks

Get Ready for Gatsyby Night!

🥂It's time to seek out your best Roaring 20's attire because Gatsby Night is April 11th! This is always a fun evening filled with music, swing dance, and glamour.

You’ll want to find just the right outfit - maybe at Incahoots? Or Up N Coming? There will be prizes for Best Dressed, Most Gatsby, and Eyes of Eckleburg.

Organizers say this could be the last blast in the past for Gatsby Night, so round up your glamour gang and get there!

April 11th, 8pm - 12am at Uptown Pubhouse - $10, or FREE in 20s attire

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AROUND TOWN

Help Improve Flagstaff’s Traffic & Climate Data

🚦🌍Researchers at NAU’s Gurney Lab are looking for community members to improve greenhouse gas emissions estimates. By using the Hestia Traffic App, you’ll help track vehicle types on our roads... critical data for advancing Flagstaff’s climate goals!

Download the Hestia Traffic App from the Apple App Store and join a Hestia Traffic App Training: April 4, 4pm | April 9, 3:30pm | April 18 at 1pm at Flagstaff Downtown Library

Free Photos with the Easter Bunny

🐰Meet and greet the Easter Bunny. FREE Photos available with your phones! Add a cute (or strange?) Easter bunny photo to your memory album. Every Friday and Saturday, April 5-19th from 12-5pm at the Entertainment area in Flagstaff Mall by JCPenney.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

🌄📽️Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival continues with special events and film sessions:

April 4 - The Spirit of Grand Canyon
April 5 - Community Session
April 5 - Rad Women Rock
April 5 - Indigenous Voices
April 6 - Love the Planet

🏈Last Weekend to catch You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown: Musical theatre for all ages! Running April 4 - 6 at Coconino Center for the Arts.

🖌 Experiential Painting Workshop: For anyone at any stage of creativity. Have fun and rewrite your stories about good vs. bad art. Class is April 6, 10am-12pm at The HeArt Box. Register by Apr 5th.

🌘🌑 Register for Paint the Moon Using Botanical Inks and Earth Pigments: Open to artists of all levels - a playful experience creating a beautiful moon using handcrafted inks and pigments and illuminating your intentions. Class is April 12th 5:30-7pm at The HeArt Box. Register by April 5th.

Friday 4.4

🍷🖼️First Friday Artwalk:

Mountain Sports is celebrating Dark Skies with a Stargazer theme, featuring The Jewelry Shop 5-8pm
Culture Connection AZ is hosting and evening of music, art and community with Disappeared - Portraits of Absence, Songs of Resistance 6-9pm
The HeArt Box Gallery is hosting the opening of Of Earth and Essence - an exploration of the deep bond between people and land. 4-9pm
Open Doors: Art in Action is showing the exhibit Ending Gun Violence : Healing Our Souls with music, art and refreshments at Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 6-8:30pm
Grand Opening of Meadowlark Art Studio - check out art and find out about classes coming up. 4-8pm.

🖼 Open Studio at Creative Spirits: Pick your favorite project then craft & paint using Creative Spirit supplies. 6-9pm at Creative Spirits

😂 Flagstaff Improv: A high-energy, unpredictable comedy show where anything can happen! Watch three teams create hilarious scenes fueled by audience suggestions. No script, no rules—just pure comedy magic! 6:30pm, Beaver Street Theater

👾✨ Open Table Game Night: Whether you're flying solo or just want to meet new players, Open Table Night is the perfect spot to find your game squad! 6:30pm at Good Game Cafe

💃 Give Back Drag Show: A night of drag and dance... for a good cause! $5 at the door, donated to a new charity each month. 21+, 8:30pm, Yucca North

Saturday 4.5

🎴Free 15 min. Tarot Readings: Join Pandora as she takes you on a spiritual journey of discovery. RSVP to schedule by calling Bookmans: 928-774-0005

🐾 Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic at High Country Humane: Stop by to have your cat or dog vaccinated, microchipped, licensed, and more. The first 40 animals are guaranteed a spot, so show up early! 8-10am at High Country Humane

💧Science Saturday - Water Conservation: Dive into a fun-filled water conservation celebration with Willow Bend and community partners at this free, family-friendly event! 9:30-11:30am at Willow Bend

🤟Northern Arizona Deaf Expo: Catch live performances, educational seminars, Deaf vendors and artists, and free lunch! Admission is free. 10am-3pm, Coconino Community College

👩‍🌾Garden Starts Workshop: Join this free hands-on workshop to help sow the first seeds for MNA’s Colton Garden while discovering the secrets to nurturing vibrant seedlings. 10am at Colton Garden (across Ft. Valley Rd from Museum of Northern Arizona).

🌱 Root Camp: Seed Starting: Seed starting indoors is a cost-effective way that allows you to grow long season crops in short season climates. Learn how to get started. 10-11am, Warner's Nursery, $10 but you'll receive a $10 coupon for Warner's

🌎Film Festival Panel Discussion - Reclaiming Place: Art, Identity, and the Land: Explore how artists use natural materials and themes of place to examine identity, belonging, and reclamation. 10-11am, HeArt Box Gallery

🖌️ Slow Art Day: a global event celebrating the beauty of taking your time with art. Check the site for two special timed programs that day. 10am-4pm, Museum of Northern Arizona

👨‍👧📖 Saturday Story Stop: A fun-filled storytime for all ages. 10:30-11am Downtown Library

🐕 Dog Adoption Event at Babbitt's Backcountry Outfitters: Come meet a new canine companion. 11am-2pm at Babbitt's

🔭🌒Celestial Saturday: Enjoy a spectacular view of the 1st Quarter Moon, Jupiter, and Mars. Free and open to the public! 6-8pm Americana Motor Hotel, near the firepits

🎵🎨Still & Stirred Art & Music Pop-Up Show: Featuring local Arizona artists, musicians, AND aerialists coming together to celebrate all kinds of art. 6-10pm, Momentum Aerial

Sunday 4.6

🌄 Flagstaff Mountain-Town Market: Every Sunday in March and April - find local produce, artisan goods, food, music, and even face paint and yoga at this outdoor market. 9am-1pm at City Hall Parking Lot

🧘‍♀️🍺 Pints and Poses Yoga: Start your Sunday with a drop-in Yoga class. Then enjoy a recovery beer for just $2, 10:30-11:30am at Dark Sky Brewing Co

🔥🏡Root Camp: Becoming Firewise: Learn to create survivable space, utilizing best landscape practices to slow the spread of a wildfire toward your home. 12-1pm, Warner's Nursery, $10 but each participant receives a $10 coupon for Warner's

🥃 Tartan Day: Join Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society for an afternoon celebrating Scottish heritage and culture. Bagpipes, Whisky, Haggis and more! 2pm, Uptown Pubhouse

👧🎲 Youth Board Game Meetup: Kids ages 10-12 can enjoy a huge selection of board games and friendly competition at the Youth Board Game Club. 2-4pm at Good Game Cafe

💃 Ballroom Social Dancing: Come learn and practice social ballroom, swing, and Latin dances. Beginners welcome, no partner needed! 5-7pm at Jazzercise

Monday 4.7

🔵Bingo Night at Dark Sky: $5 and 100% of entry fees go directly to the chosen non-profit of the month. Regular Bingo 5:45-8pm Bonus Bingo 8-9pm, Dark Sky Beer Garden

📽 NAU Diversity Commissions' Film Festival: The five Diversity Commissions at NAU are hosting an evening of short films that showcase issues and individuals related to the work the Commissions do on campus. 7-9pm, Prochnow Auditorium - free and open to everyone

MUSIC

Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Die Fledermaus at Aurdrey Auditorium | Tickets

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Shout Out

Rescuing Willow Bend

plaster wall with straw bales showing at rund level.

Willow Bend Environmental Center suffered a flooding event last week that left them scrambling to save their strawbale building.

🙌 We want to give a big shout-out to Moutain High Plumbing and Mammoth Restoration for their rapid and effective response. There may be a big hole in the plaster, but the straw is actually DRY now, and the building is going to be okay! 💪 Strong work, thank you!

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