❄ Hooray for Snow!

Good morning Flagstaff! Winter is finally paying us a visit! Here’s hoping for more good snow.

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

• Art & movement classes💃

• LOTR trivia night🧝‍♀️

• City seeks artists👨‍🎨

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

Community Sparks

February Classes to Sign Up for Now

🔬✂ Tynkertopia’s STEAM Learning Opportunities for Kids: Tynkertopia offers classes for kids from kindergarten to high school age on everything from beginning cooking to how to code. Whether it’s arts and crafts, sewing, or learning basic handy skills, you can find a class for it. Check out their list of February classes and sign up here.

🧵 Sewing for Adults Class: Tynkertopia is also offering this sewing basics class. You’ll learn how to operate a sewing machine, follow simple patterns, and complete your first project. Designed for beginners (or those who wish to refresh their skills. Foster creativity, build practical skills, and gain confidence to tackle future sewing projects! Find details and register here.

👶 Baby and Me Yoga: a gentle, supportive class designed for parents and caregivers with babies aged 6 weeks to 2 years. Baby and Me Yoga is designed to promote bonding, relaxation, and a sense of community, leaving you feeling refreshed and connected. This class meets on Wednesdays from 8 - 9 AM for four weeks, starting February 5th at CCC’s Lone Tree Campus. Find more details and register here.

💃🕺 Latin Dance: Want to get your groove on and make friends? Join the Salsa Performance team! A new 12-week session starts Feb. 3rd and runs through April 23rd. Open to all levels, yes, even to those with no experience. Mondays and Wednesdays 6:45 - 8:45 PM, at Jazzercise. Contact Chris Alonzo at [email protected] with questions.

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AROUND TOWN

Cold Weather Supplies Needed

🧣🧤The cold is here, and Flagstaff Family Food Center is running low on winter supplies at their kitchen. They need your help to keep our neighbors warm. If you have any extra coats, scarves, gloves, hats, boots, hand warmers, or blankets, please consider donating!

You can drop off donations Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM, at the FFFC kitchen at 1903 N 2nd St. For any questions, please reach out at 928-890-4348 or [email protected].

Market of Dreams Community Input Meeting

🚸 The City of Flagstaff and A League of Neighborhoods (ALN) need your feedback! Each year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds are available to support a variety of projects. All residents are invited to share ideas and make decisions about how these funds should be used for Sunnyside, Southside, La Plaza Vieja, and Pine Knoll/Brannen neighborhoods.

CDBG funds can be used in “target” neighborhoods like these for projects such as:

• parks and playgrounds,

• community centers,

• street and sidewalk construction,

• utility infrastructure,

• and initiatives that improve accessibility.

This is your opportunity to help shape neighborhood revitalization efforts in these areas. When & Where: Thursday, January 30, at 3:30 PM at the Market of Dreams, 2136 N. 4th St.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Tuesday 1.28

👨‍👦 Toddler Tales: Your toddler will delight in this special time for stories, songs, games and more. 10-11:30 AM, Downtown Library

👩‍👧🏨 Lego Club: Kids ages 5 to 12 can bring their creativity and have fun building with hundreds of LEGO bricks. 3:30 - 4:30 PM, East Flagstaff Library

✍ Poet Brews Open Mic: This is an open mic for writers. Read anything you want for up to ten minutes… fiction, non-fiction, scraps of a story. Come out and share your voice! 7 PM, 21+ Flagstaff Brewing

🌠Astronomy on Tap: brought to you by Lowell Observatory and Mother Road Brewing. Listen to fascinating science talks, play trivia, and enjoy a brew! This month, NAU planetary scientist Justin Crevier will talk about the study of asteroids over the years and how new understanding will affect the way we work with asteroids in the future. 6:30 PM, Mother Road Brewing

😂 Comedy Open Mic: Need a laugh? Come on down to this stand-up comedy open mic. 8:30 PM at Hops on Birch

📽 CAL Film Series - The Conversation: Join the College of Arts and Letters film gurus Paul Donnelly and Paul Helford for this semester’s series of B movies, cult classics, and midnight specials! The Conversation is a mystery-thriller that follows a surveillance expert whose recordings reveal a potential murder. FREE event, free parking instructions here. 7 PM at Cline Library Auditorium

Wednesday 1.29

👩‍👧 Preschool Express: Surprises galore are in store when you bring your preschooler to this get together for stories, songs, and games. 10 -10:30 AM, Downtown Library

🩸 Blood Drive: Hal Jansen Recreation Center is kicking off Black History Month with a blood drive with Vitalant. Your donation can help save lives in our community! Schedule using this link. 1:30 - 5:30 PM Hal Jansen Recreation Center

👩‍👧 📚 Family Story Time: Need an activity you can bring your baby and your toddler to? This all ages storytime includes singing, dancing, and some great books! 10:30-11:30 AM East Flagstaff Library

🧝‍♀️ Lord Of The Rings Trivia Night: Tolkien fans, this month’s trivia theme is for you! Drink specials and raffles prizes too! 7 PM at Brews and Cues

🧠 Trivia Night at the Mead Hall: Challenging questions, delicious local mead, fun visual and audio rounds, and prizes for 1st and 2nd place! Teams of up to 5. Get there on time as seats fill up quick! Wednesdays 6-8:30 PM Drinking Horn Mead Hall

Thursday 1.30

👨‍👧 Preschool Express: A second day for this preschool fun time! Get together for stories, songs, and games. 10-10:30 AM, Downtown Library

🎮 Game Day at the Library: Kids ages 8 to 17 can swing by the community room at the East Flagstaff Library to play video games and tabletop games! 3-4:30 PM, East Flagstaff Library

🌚 New Moon Manifesting: Ready for new beginnings? Create intention cards and harness the energy of the new moon to help bring what you want into reality. $15 - $30 sliding scale, 5 - 7 PM, Up & Coming Boutique (upstairs at 7 E. Aspen, next to Incahoots)

🎨 Interactive Artist Talk on the Golden Ratio: Join local artist Frederica Hall for From Nature to Art: The Power of Φ, the Golden Ratio, and the Fibonacci Sequence. Participants will receive Golden ratio calipers to explore the Golden ratio found in the natural world, the creative processes, and the current Golden Mean exhibit at the Center. You’ll also get the opportunity to participate in a group Fibonacci sequence experiment! 6 - 7 PM, Coconino Center for the Arts

🙋‍♀️ Trivia Night at Dark Sky: TAPP’D Trivia has a new surprise category each week. Free to play, 21+, Thursdays 7 - 9:30 PM, Dark Sky Beer Garden

❔ Trivia Night at Hops on Birch: Put your trivia smarts to the test every Thursday at 7 PM, Hops on Birch

LIVE MUSIC

Tuesday 1.28

Coconino Center for the Arts | John McEuen & The Circle Band | 7:30 PM | TICKETS
Museum Club | Karaoke Night | 9-11:30 PM
Monte Vista Lounge | Karaoke Night | 9:30-11:30 PM

Wednesday 1.29

Flagstaff Mall | Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music Bluegrass Jam | 12-1 PM
Hops on Birch | Open Mic | 6-10 PM
Coconino Center for the Arts | Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica | 7:30 PM | TICKETS 
Charly’s | Blues Jam Sammy Mac & Lary Czarnecki | 7-9:30 PM | $5
Cornish Pasty | Jazz Jam | 8-10 PM
Gopher Hole | Karaoke & Service Industry Night | 9:30 PM

Thursday 1.30

Drinking Horn | GreenLaw Celtic Music | 7-9 PM
Monte Vista Lounge | Karaoke Night | 9:30-11:30 PM

Call to Artists

Create Art Along Route 66!

The City of Flagstaff is seeking artists, graphic designers, and illustrators to submit original designs for vinyl-wrapped APS Utility Cabinets.

• Route 66 near Postal Avenue

• Route 66 near Fourth Street

Application Deadline: February 25, 2025 at Noon (Arizona Time)

View all the information here.

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