✨Keep Up With What's Happening in Flagstaff

Good morning, Flagstaff! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Flagstaff Inspires, your local source for events, community connection, and things to do in Flag.

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

• Become a public art panelist 🖼

• Last chance to vote on City logo ✅

• Opportunity to be an events host 🪀

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

Community Sparks

Get Involved with Flagstaff’s Public Art Scene

🏩 The City of Flagstaff is looking for panelists for upcoming public art projects. No experience is necessary and they’re looking for people from all backgrounds. To find more information and apply fill out the form here.

Book Clubs at the Library

Looking for reading inspiration this year? Try a book club at the library. Stop by the Downtown Library Information Desk to grab a copy of the current book and join the chat.

• 📗 Thursday Night Book Club is the 2nd Thursday of every month (next meeting February 13th, 6pm, Downtown).

• 📘 LGBT+ Book Club is every other month on the second Monday (next meeting January 13th, 6:30pm, East Flagstaff).

• 📙 Southwest Reads Book Club is the 4th Wednesday of each month (next meeting January 22nd 6pm, Downtown).

Last Chance to Weigh In on City Logo Redesign

🌲 The City of Flagstaff and the NAU VisualDESIGN Lab have been working since summer 2024 to create and refine a design to become the new city logo. They want to represent not just the City of Flagstaff’s organization, but also the history, culture, and values of the Flagstaff community as a whole. In December they invited the community to weigh in on three designs under consideration. The short poll and survey will be open until January 11, 2025 and can be accessed at flagstaff.az.gov/logo.

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AROUND TOWN

New Performance Space

🎭 FlagShakes has a new space! The Beaver Street Theatre has 75 seats and is located at 11 S. Beaver St. The flexible performance and meeting space will be used for their Interference Series, as well as local organizations such as the Flagstaff Foundry, Flagstaff Festival of Science, Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, Flagstaff Improv, and many more.

🎉 For their very first official event at the Beaver Street Theatre, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival and Ronin Theatre Company present… Coriolanus by William Shakespeare! January 25-26, 2025 | TICKETS and INFO

Fire Danger High

🔥 The Coconino National Forest and the City of Flagstaff have set fire danger to “high,” due to abnormally dry conditions. No restrictions are in effect, though do recall that smoking is always banned in City parks and Flagstaff Urban Trail System. Residents and visitors are urged to remain cautious.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Friday 1/10

🖌🍷 DIY Pick-Your-Project Open Studio: Pick your favorite project and Do-It-Yourself with Creative Spirits supplies. Friends can hang out and create together while working on their own project. Choose from a wine bottle color of your choice: red, green, blue or clear, a set of wine or pint glasses, four tile coasters, acrylic on various sizes of canvas panels, or a set of Woodcuts. 6 - 9PM Creative Spirits | Info & Registration

🔥🎶Family Friendly Flow and Aerial Art Friday: ROHCT says to bring your flow arts and your penchant for fun for this community building evening with fire spinning, dance, conscious connection, music, sauna, cold plunge, nootropics, ROCKtails, & community. 6PM - Midnightish ROHCT Wellness Bar

Saturday 1/11

👨‍👧📖 Saturday Story Stop: Come to a fun-filled storytime for all ages. 10:30 - 11AM Downtown Library Community Room

💹🎨 Introduction to Finance for Artists, Creatives & Non-Profits: Understand your finances to help foster your creative work! This workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to basic bookkeeping; financial reporting; and preparation for tax filings. 9AM - NOON Coconino Center for the Arts | Free; Registration Required

👩‍👦🏝 Character Kindness Club: Free family fun the 2nd Saturday of each month. Meet fun characters that sing, dance, and create art with you all while providing a positive message. For January kids will meet Moana and make a pinwheel! 11AM - 12:30 PM Flagstaff Mall

🍹 Mocktail Creation Class: Join Mead Hall’s Sharayah, and learn how she creates mocktails that entertain and delight! Find out what flavors work well together, and which ones you might want to avoid, along with resources to find unique ingredients. 3 PM Drinking Horn Mead Hall

Sunday 1/12

❄ Winter Landscape Needle Felting Workshop: Capture the beauty of winter in this beginner-friendly needle felting workshop! Using embroidery hoops, create a felted “painting” of a serene snowy scene, complete with trees, frosty fields, and colorful skies. All materials are provided, and no experience is needed. 3- 6PM Drinking Horn Mead Hall | TICKETS

🛠🧵 Coco-op Makerspace Open House: Come see this community workspace which includes a woodshop, ceramics studio, metal shop, digital fabrication lab, sewing room and detail work room! Tour the facility, ask questions, and pickup a key fob for your membership. 2 - 4PM every Sunday 1155 W. Kaibab Lane

LIVE MUSIC

Friday 1/10

Awa Kava Bar| Open Mic | 7PM
Dark Sky Brewing Co | Brian Griffith | 6 - 8PM
Flagbrew | Andy See & His Swinging Jamboree | 9PM
Mountain Top Tap Room | Pete Posie | 8 - 11PM
Wanderlust Brewing Co | Carson Barry and Grant Turner | 6 - 8PM

Saturday 1/11

Flagbrew | Cross-Eyed Possum | 9PM
Yucca North | An Evening with Keller Williams | 7PM | TICKETS

Sunday 1/12

Charly’s | Irish Jam Session | 4:30 - 7PM
Wanderlust Brewing Co | Bluegrass Jam | 2:30 - 4:30PM
Dark Sky Brewing Co | Jazz Funk Trio | 5 - 7PM

Monday 1/13

Coconino Center for the Arts | Manos Percussion + Davis/Wallace Duo | 7:30PM | TICKETS
Dark Sky Brewing Co | Spencer Vandevier | 6 - 8PM
Mountain Top Tap Room | Open Mic | 7 - 11PM
Museum Club | Open Mic | 6 - 9PM

Share Your Passion

Call for Event Hosts

🎉 Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge and skills with others? Bookmans is looking for enthusiastic individuals to host recurring events and workshops in their community space.

Potential Event Categories Include: 📔 Book Clubs and Poetry Nights 🧶Crafting Workshops 🖌Art Sessions 🎵 Music and Instrument workshops 🎲 Game Nights

These are just a few examples of what’s possible. Bookmans always offers events for free to our community. What passion can you bring to the table and share with your neighbors? Think monthly events that occur on a regular basis.

HOW TO APPLY - If you're interested in becoming an event host at Bookmans, please email the the following:

• A brief bio introducing yourself and your expertise.

• Description of the event or workshop you would like to host.

• Preferred dates and times for your event
  
  Send to: Katie Downing, Bookmans Store Manager, [email protected]

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