🌬Plan Your Weekend and Hope for Snow

Good morning Flagstaff! Our community offers so many ways to come together. I hope you find some joy in one of these gatherings.

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

• Art and chocolate 🖼

• Free Circus and live bird show ✨

• Flood mitigation basin under construction 🚧

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

Community Sparks

Last Saturday Series

🤩 Museum of Contemporary Art Flagstaff (MOCAF) Begins its Last Saturday Series: a monthly celebration of art, creativity, and connection. Join MOCAF on the last Saturday of every month for 🎨 Exhibitions 🎭 Live performances ✍Workshops 🖼️ Pop-ups with local and guest artists!

This first Last Saturday will feature 🎸live music from Sean GoLightly & Secondhand Country, Adam Bruce and Jess Ledbetter & The Vision, and local vendors. Jan 25th 5-9 PM, at MOCAF 555 Blackbird Roost #5

Artist Market and Chocolate

💕Day of Love and Friendship Artist Market Feb. 8th: Culture Connections AZ is celebrating all things love with an event featuring several local artists and creators (and they’re currently still accepting vendors, email [email protected] for more info!)

Artists from varied backgrounds and cultures will be sharing their work and the stories behind it. 👩‍🎨Get to know your local artists, and shop local for Valentine's Day. Plus, enjoy a Valentine’s card-making station and chocolates! February 8th, 11 AM - 3 PM, The Ice House 201 E. Birch

Mead and Read

🍯📙 Prepare for a Mead & Read! Drinking Horn Meadery will be hosting local author N. H. Schwabacher for a discussion of her book Inyo’s Ring in February. You can get a signed copy of Inyo’s Ring for just $13 at the Mead Hall. Grab the book now to be ready to chat about it over some mead (and Gaelic snacks 😋) on February 25th at 6 PM!

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Where’s that art?? | 📍 on Mama B’s (Mama Burger’s) newly renovated building, along with a lot more beautiful flowers

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AROUND TOWN

Winter Sales

🏊‍♀️ ⛹️‍♀️January membership sale at the Aquaplex: Don’t miss this chance save while staying active and healthy all year long. At the Aquaplex, along with swimming, you’ll find pickleball, volleyball, climbing, open gym time, and more. The sale ends January 31st. Here’s what you can save:

• 10% off One Month Regular Memberships

• 15% off Three & Six Month Regular Memberships

• 20% off Twelve Month Regular Memberships

• 25% off ALL Business Pass Memberships

🏂End of Season Sale at Mountain Sports: Winter is still teasing us, but Mountain Sports’ End-of-Season Sale is here, with 30-50% off past-season styles for men, women, and kids. Jan. 24th-29th snag some gear for the upcoming snow (whenever it decides to show up!)

What’s All That Digging?

🌧🚧 Excavation work for the Wedge Detention Basin Project has started. If you’ve driven over Cedar Hill recently, you may have seen all the machinery on the wedge of land across from Coconino High School. This is part of the Spruce Wash suite of projects for flood mitigation funded by Prop. 441 (approved in 2022).

The City of Flagstaff and Eagle Mountain Construction are constructing the Wedge Detention Basin to help manage excess stormwater runoff. The Basin will prevent flooding by holding water and slowly releasing it back into the city's stormwater system when safe.

You can see more about the projects at museumfloodprojects.com.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Friday 1.24

🧶The Knitting Hour: Want to learn to knit? Stuck on a project? Every 4th Friday of the month, members of the Fiber Artists of Northern Arizona Guild (FANA) are available to teach beginners and help knitters out. All skill levels welcome! 1-3 PM, Downtown Library

✂🎀 Help Decorate the Plaza: Join this communal art project to decorate the ramps leading to the Library’s front plaza each season. For winter, you’ll be making pine cone garlands. Bring your friends and family! All supplies will be provided. 4-5:30 PM, Downtown Library Community Room

🖌🍕Renaming and Relaunching Gallery Celebration: FREE EVENT Renaming and Relaunching the Arts Connection gallery to The Artists' Coalition of Flagstaff Gallery. Pizza! Art Demonstrations! Raffles! and Meet the Artists! 5-6:30 PM, Flagstaff Mall

🎩🐇Smocus Pocus: The World’s Dopest Magic Show - surround yourself with great vibes at a mind-blowing night out of magic that hits different. Smokus Pocus is designed to enthrall both the stoned and sober. 21+ ONLY, 8 PM, Orpheum Theater | TICKETS

Saturday 1.25

🍃☕Comfort in Your Tea-Cup: Learn ways to craft your own tea blends for self-care or to share. Demonstration and tasting of teas, as well as making a tea sachet to bring home. B.Y.O.M. (Bring Your Own Mug) 10-11:30 AM, Willow Bend | REGISTER

⚕💓Heartsaver CPR/AED Course: You could save a life with this hands-on training by CPR Solutions! Gain the confidence to act swiftly and effectively in a cardiac emergency. 1 PM, Hyatt Place | REGISTER

👨‍👧🐦 Circus POP! and the Cockatoo Encounter Live Bird Shows: FUN for the whole family! Circus POP! has crazy circus stunts like fire-eating, daring escapes, and crawling inside a giant balloon, bubbles that burst into flames, and bubble volcanoes! THREE FREE Shows at 12PM, 2PM, and 4PM. Entertainment area by JCPenney at Flagstaff Mall

🎲Queer Game Night: Every 4th Saturday of the month at Good Game Cafe is Queer Game Night and 50% of the entry cost goes to One-N-Ten! Come play board games - $10 or $8 for students. 6 PM - Midnight, Good Game Cafe

🔱Swarm Olympus Drag Show: This gods and goddesses themed drag show features multiple godly guests at The Hive’s all-ages arts venue. This show is 18+, or all ages with guardian. $10 cover, tipping encouraged. Doors at 7, Show start 7:30 PM, The Hive 2 S Beaver

😄Historic Brewing Co. Comedy Show: a night of craft beer and hilarious stand-up comedy. 21+, 8-9:30 PM, Historic Brewing Barrel House | TICKETS

Sunday 1.26

🧘‍♀️🍺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, Dark Sky Brewing Co

🍼🐾High Country Humane’s Puppy & Kitten Bottle Baby Class: Ever dreamt of fostering adorable bottle babies but unsure where to start? Join the Bottle Baby Class via Zoom! 🐶🐱 Learn all of the essentials of caring for tiny kittens and puppies. No experience required. Must be 18+, 1 PM via Zoom | SIGN UP 👉Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Monday 1.27

👩‍👦🏬Lego Club: Kids ages 5-12 can join the fun of building with hundreds of LEGO bricks. 3:45-4:45 PM, Downtown Library

🔵🔵Bingo Night Benefitting HealthCorp Book Drive: Join the Inside vs. Outside rivalry! Game starts at 5:45pm. $5 entry fee 100% of Bingo entry fees go directly to their chosen non-profit of the month. Regular Bingo 5:45-8 PM Bonus Bingo 8-9 PM, Dark Sky Brewing

LIVE MUSIC

Friday 1.24

Awa Kava Bar| Open Mic | 7PM
Dark Sky Brewing Co | Chad Breen | 6 - 8PM
Flagstaff Brewing Co | Jessica Ledbetter, The Caverns | 9 PM
Mountain Top Tap Room | Felony Cactus, Tristan Larson | 8-11 PM

Saturday 1.25

Drinking Horn Meadery | V-Rae and the Crawdads | 7 PM
Hops on Birch | Seenan | 8 PM
Orpheum | Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers | 8 PM | TICKETS
Monte Vista Lounge | Metropolis Man | 9:30 PM
Mountain Top Tap Room | Summoning Circle, Aislinn Dee | 8-11 PM
Museum Club | Firerock | 9 PM - 1 AM | $5

Sunday 1.26

Charly’s | Irish Jam Session | 4:30 - 7PM
Wanderlust Brewing Co | Bluegrass Jam | 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Dark Sky Brewing Co | Acoustic Emo Night | 6-9 PM
The Hive | Lipstick Traces, The Painted Eyes, Alien Arcade | 6:30 PM | $15
Museum Club | Los Grandes, El Prisionero, Los Compitas, Yasir Ramierez | 9 PM - 1 AM | $10-50

Monday 1.27

Dark Sky Brewing Co | Adam Bruce | 6-8 PM
Museum Club | Open Mic | 6 - 9 PM
Mountain Top Tap Room | Open Mic | 7 - 11 PM

Share Your Passion

Apply for an ARTx Grant

Applications are now open for the ARTx Art + Ideas Experience 2025 grant cycle. Submit your innovative idea and bring it to life through one of four exciting categories:

• ARTx @ ArtWalk

• ARTx @ The Arb

• ARTx @ Coconino Center for the Arts

• ARTx @ Free Range

ARTx is an annual, accessible community opportunity to engage with the arts in an immersive and interactive way. Visit the website to learn more and help shape Flagstaff's artistic future.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025

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