New Restaurant Downtown and St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

Good morning Flagstaff! If you saw Tuesday’s you’ll know I asked how we feel about more snow - and nobody is ready for it to be warm yet! 🌨 60% of you who responded can’t get enough of the white stuff. The other 40% reluctantly approve with the classic Flagstaff line about any moisture: “I know we need it.”

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

• 👩‍🎨 The Foundry at Momentum Aerial

• 🧵 Art & sewing workshops

•  🥗 New restaurant downtown

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

Community Sparks

Meet Friends and Get Creative

We have some fantastic organizations offering creative classes and workshops in town - here are some upcoming opportunities. I certainly haven’t managed to list every one. If you have a favorite, send it my way to highlight in the future!

🧵 Threaded Together offers textiles arts programs for adults and kids. Learn everything from machine sewing to hand sewing basics. Their fleece beanie workshop is March 20 & 21st - registration closes 48 hours ahead, so be sure to sign up if you’d like to take it!

🖌 The HeArt Box Gallery and Studio is now offering Heart & Soul Creative Sessions, combining creativity and healing - join the next one on March 26th. They also offer classes like lino-cut botanicals and painting with earth-based pigments.

🌱 Moon Sprout Life Arts offers Earth-based arts classes for adults and kids on things like candle-making, needle felting and watercolor. Their next class is a Beeswax candle-making workshop (this weekend!)

🖼 Meadowlark Art Studio is offering both private and group art lessons. In April they’re offering youth art classes, teen drawing classes, and adult beginning watercolor.

👚 Wee Scotty teaches sewing, fashion design, and crochet for kids and adults. They have beginner to advanced sewing classes for everything from alterations to how to use a pattern. March is sold out, but you can grab a Sewing 101 spot for April 26th!

☕ Coconino Community College hosts a variety of community classes such as ceramics, painting, or even stained glass. Classes tend to fill up early, so keep an eye out for one you’re interested in and register early!

@FLAGSTAFFINSPIRES

😍📽Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival is holding a VIP Pass Giveaway. Go to their Instagram post to see how to enter! The giveaway ends March 17 at 9am MST and the winner will be announced that day.

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AROUND TOWN

Safe Routes to School Survey

🚌 Metroplan Flagstaff plans and funds Flagstaff transportation. They are collecting input to improve the safety of school transportation in town. Parents and caregivers - fill out this 5 minute survey to give input and help improve Flagstaff transportation.

Business News

• Urban Pine Eatery is a new restaurant downtown in the space where Pita Pit used to be (catty-corner from Monte Vista.) Urban Pine is run by the team behind the Juice Pub & Eatery and serves pizzas, salads and snacks.

• Mountain Top Taproom has begun a collaboration with Urban Pine Eatery. You can now order from QR code menus and have food delivered right to your seat.

• Trash Panda Thrift & Reusables is holding an “indoor yard sale” with pay-what-you-can pricing on a variety of clothing and home goods, Saturdays and Sundays, 9am - 4pm at 601 N. Humphrey’s.

• Drinking Horn Meadery is holding a Mead Madness bracket event in March. Pick up your bracket to vote by March 17th at the Mead Hall and potentially win prizes!

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Friday 3.14

✍ Writing Workshop- Point of View: Explore point-of-view questions and more in a writing workshop inspired by Tommy Orange's multi-viewpoint novel, There There, and find out why point of view is so important. 12-1:30pm at Downtown Library Community Room

🍷 Oeno 3rd Anniversary Toga Party: Wear your best toga to celebrate Oeno’s 3rd Anniversary! Prizes for the top three costume winners! Tickets include Greek inspired appetizers and a tasting of four different Greek wines. 5-9pm at Oeno Wine Lounge

👕 Gals, Gays & Theys Queer Clothing Swap Party: Rescheduled due to Thursday’s snow! Bring your good condition, unwanted apparel and accessories to swap and trade for new-to-you threads and gear. 5-7pm at Up & Coming Boutique

🎭 Opening Night - Picasso at the Lapine Agile: It’s a whirlwind of comedy, intellect, and imagination as two brilliant minds debate art, science, and the future - all with a dash of absurdity! Showing March 14-30 at Theatrikos TICKETS

Saturday 3.15

🎴 Free Tarot Readings with Pandora: Join Pandora as she takes you on a spiritual journey with Tarot. Readings are 15 minutes each. RSVP for your reading by calling Bookmans Flagstaff at 928-774-0005

🐤 Young Builders Build a Bird Feeder: Kids can join this month’s hands-on project to build and take home their own backyard bird feeder. 9-10am at HomCo

🐶 Puppy Adoption Event at the Mall: Meet and greet the available puppies up for adoption from Coconino Humane Association. 10am - 2pm at Center Court Flagstaff Mall

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

📖☕ Silent Book Club: A perfect book club for the reluctant socializer. Enjoy a cafe treat and an hour of silent reading at this bi-monthly meet-up. There will be optional time to talk about whatever you’re reading as well. 11am - 1pm at Bookmans Cafe

😎🍀 Shamrock Shuffle Bar Crawl: Downtown Flagstaff is bringing you green beer and shamrock cheer! Games, karaoke and drinks. 2-7pm, See Details Here

📽 The Chase: This riveting feature length film takes you deep into the 2024 Cocodona 250, a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon through Arizona's breathtaking and punishing terrain. 6 PM at The Orpheum

🤩 Flagstaff Foundry: The Flagstaff Foundry is back with another night of unfiltered, unhinged, and unbelievably good local talent! Doors 6:30, show 7pm at Momentum Aerial

Sunday 3.16

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

👩‍👧🧜‍♀️ Sunday Story Time & Craft: Enjoy a reading of Mermaids Are the Worst, followed by a craft. Free event! Doors open 9:20am, story time begins 9:30am at Bright Side Bookshop

🧘‍♀️🍺 Pints and Poses Yoga: Start off your Sunday with this $15 drop-in Yoga class. Then enjoy a recovery beer for just $2, 10:30-11:30am at Dark Sky Brewing Co

☘ St. Patrick’s Celebration at Uptown: Join the Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society for an afternoon celebrating St. Patrick and the Irish culture. 2pm at 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

🕯 Sun & Moon Beeswax Candle Making at Creative Spirits: Celebrate the Spring Equinox with a candle-making experience that honors the balance of light and dark. 4-6pm at Creative Spirits

🎨🎵 Open Art Jam: Come use the hive as a creative space! Either jam on stage or take the time to make art. 6pm at The Hive

🤣 Raisins Suck! Comedy Show at Theatrikos: A comedic play about working through failure- slightly re-written to include good old Irish humor in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. 7-8pm at Theatrikos

Monday 3.17

🍺 St. Patty’s Day at Mother Road: All day $5 pours of Double 6 and Shamrock Irish Stout, Corned Beef and Cabbage food specials and live music from 6-8 PM, featuring "The Knockabouts"

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

MUSIC

Friday 3.14

Museum Club | Nate Proter | 5:30-7:30pm
Dark Sky Beer Garden | Two Hand Union | 6-8pm
The Station Cafe & Lounge | Karaoke Happy Hour | 6pm
Charly's | Wild Irish Fiddle with Kate Rose | 7-9:30pm
Awa Kava Bar | Open Mic | 7:30pm, sign ups 7pm
The Orpheum | Randall King with Hayden Haddock | 8pm | TICKETS
Mountain Top | Mason McTell, Kayla Von der Heide | 8-11pm
Flagstaff Brewing | Andy See & His Swinging Jamboree | 9pm
Yucca North | 90s Night w/DJ Reflekshin | 9pm- 2am
Gopher Hole | Dozey Dubs | 9:30pm

Saturday 3.15

Wanderlust | JT Horne | 4-6pm
Coconino Center for the Arts | Wild World Irish Fiddle: Immigrant Solidarity Concert for St. Patrick’s Day | 5-7:30pm
The Hive | Ghost Lovers, Vladislava, Sundryd | doors 6:30, show 7pm | all ages $15
Charly's | Paul Garns | 7-9:30pm
Museum Club | Zookeepers | 8-11pm | $5
Flagstaff Brewing | Brad & Deb | 9pm
Yucca North | The Grizzly Get Down | 9pm - 2am
Gopher Hole | Dozey Dubs | 9:30pm

Sunday 3.16

Flagstaff Brewing| V-Rae & the Crawdads | 1-4pm
Wanderlust Brewing | Bluegrass Jam | 2:30-4:30
Museum Club | Palo Urias y la Maquino Norteña | 9pm-1am| $10-$50

Monday 3.17

Mother Road |The Knockabouts | 6-8pm
Dark Sky Taproom | Seenan | 6-8pm
Museum Club | Open Mic | 6-9pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Open Mic | 7-11pm

Making Connections

🎉 Shoutout to Sachmos BBQ for providing 300 meals to the community for Flagstaff Family Food Center on Sunday! The Food Center is undergoing kitchen renovations and is working with community partners to fill in the gap in the mean time.

If you or someone you know is able to step in and help out, please reach out to Flagstaff Family Food Center’s Development Director today: [email protected]

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