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🌱 Shows, Classes, and Gatherings at the End of February

🌱 Shows, Classes, and Gatherings at the End of February

Gardening classes, Saturday shows, and a mental health workout and chat are all coming up with weekend.

Alissa Zorn
February 21, 2025

Good morning Flagstaff! We have a lot going on this weekend, so let’s get right to it.

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

♻ Pay-What-You-Can Thrift Shop Opens
🧠 Mind & Movement Workshop
🌿 Gardening Classes

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

Community Sparks

Calling all vendors and market goers!

🌄🌟Flagstaff Mountain-Town Market will be starting this year’s outdoor market season on in March! Every Sunday in March and April from 9 AM - 1 PM you can find local produce, artisan goods, food, music and more at the City Hall Parking Lot.

Vendors who would like to participate can find information and apply at this google form.

Art Journal Class:

🎨📙 Nothing’s more intimidating that the blank page - so come to this workshop and create an art journal to help you get started! Artist Katie Vernon will give tips and tricks for art journaling and you’ll leave class with a canvas covered glue-bound art journal and some supplies for making more. Class is March 1st from 10-11:30 AM at the HeART Box Gallery. REGISTER by February 22nd.

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🐶 Creative Spirits does ‘Paint Your Pets’ nights each month. The next is March 29th, and you need to get your pet’s photo to them a couple weeks out, so plan ahead if you’d like to give it a try!

Tag @flagstaffinspires to get your photos featured!

AROUND TOWN

Community Garden Plots Open March 1st

🌱 It’s less than two weeks until applications open for community garden plots. We have four community gardens in town, and new gardeners are encouraged to apply early as spots fill up quick. Find more information about community gardens on the City site.

Boots on the Ground Shoe Drive is Winding Up

🥾 Each year Dark Sky Brewing Company holds a month-long shoe drive. If you’re doing a little closet cleaning, you can donate new or gently used adult shoes or new kids shoes at either Dark Sky location until February 28th and get $2 off a beer for each pair you donate!

Business News

♻ Trash Panda Thrift and Reusables is a pay-what-you-can thrift now open and holding a weekly INDOOR yard sale Saturdays from 9 AM - 4 PM. Thrift Panda is dedicated to keeping perfectly usable items out of our landfills. They’re open on weekends with occasional pop-up hours announced on their social media. Located at 601 N. Humphrey’s.

🗣 Refine Your Elevator Pitch: Do you struggle with your "elevator pitch" for your business or personal brand? Join this FREE workshop to learn and practice an easy three-step method to crafting the best, down-to-earth elevator pitch. February 25th 11 AM - 12 PM at the City of Flagstaff Moonshot Campus. Open to the public. Register here, limited seats.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Friday 2.21

👩‍👧📕 Storytime with Miss Renee: Join Miss Renee on Friday mornings for fun songs and stories. This FREE event is appropriate for toddlers and pre-school age children. 10:30-11 AM at Bookmans

🛷 Cooler Runnings: Each year participants donate to the Flagstaff Family Food Center and are given Canyon Coolers to transform into fantastical bobsleds for an evening of racing, mayhem, and fun. Bring the whole family and friends to watch the races, enjoy free sledding, eat delicious food and have a couple cold ones - and, support a good cause while your at it! 2-8:30 PM at the Fort Tuthill Flagstaff Snow Park

💪🧠 Mind & Movement - Coed Mental Health Workout and Chat: Join this monthly workout and group chat to strengthen your body and your mind. The workout is led by personal trainer and gym owner Jesse, and community group chat led by Speak Your Mind founder Mario Spano. This unique event blends movement and mindfulness. 3 PM at New Roots Fitness Co.

🖼 Opening Reception for Hozhoni Art Gallery Inspiration Show: Come enjoy snacks and refreshments and celebrate the opening of the Inspiration Show. 5-8 PM at Hozhoni Art Gallery

Saturday 2.22

📚 Literacy Fair: Free books for everyone! Join Read On Arizona for the Love of Reading Literacy Fair featuring literacy activities for children up to age 8, resources for parents, workshops, and more! 9 AM - 12 PM at Killip Elementary School

🍃 DIY HEPA Filter and Clear Air Workshop: Join members of Flagstaff’s Wildland Fire Management division and the Sustainability Office for a workshop on indoor air quality and constructing your own DIY HEPA filter. 10 AM - 12 PM at Market of Dreams 2136 N. Fourth St.

🌱 Rooted in Planning Gardening Workshop: A beautiful garden starts with a great plan! Join this FREE workshop with Tina of Elevated Gardening to learn how to plan your garden. Bring your questions about all things garden and crop planning! 10 - 11:30 AM at Hal Jensen Rec. Center, registration not required, but recommended.

🌿 Propagating from Hardwood Cuttings Class: Learn how to grow shrubs, trees and vines from dormant hardwood cuttings. Lily of the Field Nursery will teach how to propagate a variety native and cultivated plants and you’ll take home potted cuttings. 10 AM - 12 PM at 3565 N Jamison Blvd

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

📝 Monthly In- Person Writer’s Guild: Come meet fellow writers and spend time writing together! 12-3 PM at White Dove Coffee Roasters

🎲 Kikori Chill Pre-Con Event: Come for a chill afternoon of anime and board games! Feel free to cosplay and enter the raffles for a Kikori-Con Full Event Pass! 12:30-2:30 PM

🐎 Adventure, Resilience, and the Art of Equine Travel: From ski patrolling in Utah to guiding in Nepal and foxhunting in Mongolia, Mary Williams has lived a life of adventure. For MOCAF’s Last Saturday event, she shares her latest journey—a 300-mile, multi-horse endurance race through Argentina as a senior rider—and why she loved every minute of it (even the hardships). Enjoy Argentine-inspired drinks and fantastic storytelling. 5:30 PM at MOCAF, 555 Blackbird Roost #5

🌈🎲 Queer Game Night: Enjoy a fun-filled evening of board games, good company, and community support. Whether you're a game enthusiast or just looking to connect with others in a relaxed, inclusive environment, everyone is welcome! 50% of the entry cost will benefit one-n-ten. 6 PM - 12 AM at Good Game Cafe

🎤 Flagstaff Foundry Hosted by Becca & Evan: Get ready for a night of laughs, love, creativity and surprises plus a whole lot of fun. It’s going to be a match made in creative heaven. 7 PM at Momentum Aerial TICKETS $5-$10 or PWYC

🔭 Star Party: Explore the universe with cultural astronomer Dr. Danielle Adams. Get telescopic views of a crescent Venus, the brilliant Jupiter, and Mars at its brightest, and learn the histories of well-known star names. Free and open to the public, 7-8:30 PM at High Country Motor Lodge

✨ Radium Girls Reading Benefiting Cancer Support Community Northern Arizona: Experience the inspiring true story of the Radium Girls at Theatrikos’ Charity Readers Theater. This powerful production tells the true story of the women who fought for justice and changed history. 7:30 PM at Theatrikos Theatre, $20 cash at the door.

Sunday 2.23

🧘‍♀️🍺 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

🍥 Open Skate Session at NAU Fieldhouse: Stop by for an afternoon of skating, music and concessions! Skate rentals are available for kids to adults. Free for NAU students, $5 kids 14 and under, $10 adults, 1-5 PM at NAU Fieldhouse. Parking at Knoles Parking Garage.

🛠 Public Open House at Coco-op Makerspace: 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. Every Tuesday 7 - 8 PM, every Sunday 2 - 4 PM, 1155 W. Kaibab Lane

🌿 Mini Moss Art Workshop: Join Plantae at the Mead Hall to make your own framed moss art piece. 3-4:30 PM, doors open at 2:50, at Drinking Horn Meadery

Monday 2.24

✏️Figure Drawing Classes: Learn to draw the human form from a live model! This intimate class explores figure drawing theories and techniques suitable for beginner to advanced level artists and enthusiasts. Monday evenings 5-7pm February 3-March 3 $30/class. Class size is limited so reserve your space today! 18+ only. Message @ReFabRevolution for REGISTRATION & DETAILS

🏙 Lego Club: Kids ages 5-12 can get creative and have fun building with hundreds of LEGO bricks. 3:45-4:45 PM at Downtown Library

🌸 Northland Hospice Pregnancy and Infant Loss Group: this counselor hosted group meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. For more details, call their office at 928-779-1227 OR email [email protected] or [email protected]

🔵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

LIVE MUSIC

Friday 2.21

Saturday 2.22

Sunday 2.23

Monday 2.24

Making Connections

Free Coaching Offering

My friend Dr. Yael Dubin, owner of Bechira Coaching, is a wonderful PCC-level coach who is extremely skilled at coaching people through life transitions. She is offering free self-study courses and a group coaching membership to recently terminated federal employees, or those who think they may wind up in this category.

If you or someone you know may benefit from this coaching, you can get information and sign up here. Please share this if you know someone it could help!

Stay Inspired!

Thank you for reading Flagstaff Inspires. I want to bring people together through the community events I share. I hope you find people and things that make your week better! Please share with friends so we can all make our community more vibrant.

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