🍷 A Flagstaff Favorite Celebrates 10 Years

Good morning, Flagstaff! Can you believe we’re already in the fourth month of 2026?! Lots of planning for summer events going on - keep your eyes out if you’re looking for music performance or vendor opportunities.

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

• 🌕 Full Moon Hike

• 🏦 History Happy Hour

• 🎨Singles’ Painting

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn & Alexandra Wittenberg

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AROUND TOWN

🗳️🌳Did you know there is going to be a special election May 19th for the Flagstaff Regional Plan? Register to vote by April 20th. Find out more about the regional plan during chats with the city weekly April 2nd-April 30th.

BUSINESS HAPPENINGS

🍽️ Congrats to Shift Kitchen & Bar for celebrating its 10 year anniversary! Chef and owner Dara Wong has been sharing stories in a 10 Years of Shift Series on Instagram - check it out to find out her favorite dish.

🏥North Country HealthCare on Fourth Street is now Elk Ridge Community Health. Nothing should change for current patients.

@FLAGSTAFFINSPIRES

🎶🌟 Flagstaff artists, musicians, comedians, performers - this is your chance to get on a downtown stage this summer! The Hive is teaming up with Downtown Flagstaff to bring pre-show performers to Movies on the Square. Dates run every Saturday May 23rd - July 25th with multiple slots available each week. Email [email protected] if you’d like to perform!

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

♻️🖼️Flagstaff Recycled Art Exhibition: Local artists and students have created an inspiring exhibition featuring art created with recycled materials. View the pieces and cast your vote for People’s Choice through April 12 during open hours at Market of Dreams.

🎆 Join the Library’s Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Bingo: The Flagstaff Public Library is hosting a library challenge through April 30th to celebrate our country’s birthday. Sign up for a bingo card, complete activities and win prizes!

Tuesday 3.31

✂️🖌️ Makers' Lab: Design, build and make crafts every other Thursday at this free library event. With a 10-minute craftspiration presentation. For kids and teens 3+. 3:45-4:45pm, Downtown Library

🖊️ Science Writing Workshop: Attend the free Silly Goose Science Writing Workshop with Melissa Sevigny. Part of NAU’s Thin Air Magazine series. 5-6:30pm, Willow Bend

🧩 Puzzle Exchange: Puzzlers, get out those puzzles you’ve already done! Bring a puzzle and swap it at this exchange. 5-7pm, Bright Side Bookshop

🏆 Trivia at Harrington’s: Use your wits and obscure pop culture knowledge to battle for beer and glory! Prizes for the winning team. 6pm, Harrington’s Taphouse

🎶🪘 West African Dance Class: Live drumming and experienced teachers! Classes are open to people of all ages and experience levels. 6:45-8pm, Jazzercise

⚔️🎥 Ghost Dog Film and Discussion: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, was directed by Jim Jarmusch and released in 1999. Watch and discuss at this free and public NAU series. 7pm, Cline Library Assembly Hall

📝🍺Poet Brews Open Mic for Writers: Come read what you’ve been writing! Read anything up to ten minutes. 7-9pm, 21+, Flagstaff Brewing Co.

Wednesday 4.1

🏨 History Happy Hour: Learn about our colorful past and hear stories that put Northern Arizona on the map! 5-7pm, The Gopher Hole

📝 Wily Writers: Join this weekly writing group for practice, motivation, sharing, and learning! 5:30-7pm Downtown Library, Northwest Corner

📚 Book Exchange: Bring in your pre-loved books to swap and find your next read while enjoying a beer! 6pm Mountain Top Taproom

🧠 Mead Hall Trivia Night: Challenging questions, local mead, fun visual and audio rounds, and prizes for 1st and 2nd place! Teams of up to 5. 6-8:30pm, Drinking Horn Meadery

🌕🚶🏽Full Moon Hike: Hike Mars Trail to view the Pink Moon! This is an out-and-back hike; about 3 miles, but steep uphill. Starting at the Thorpe dog park. 6:15-8:15pm, Thorpe Bark Park

🍿 The Farewell Movie: A Chinese-American woman travels to China when her  grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer to discover that the family is hiding the diagnosis from her, instead staging a fake wedding. 7pm, NAU Lib Arts Room 136

🙋‍♀️ Brews Trivia: 8 Different Categories and fun challenges between rounds. 7pm, Brews & Cues

Thursday 4.2

✏️Figure Drawing Classes: Learn to draw the human form from a live model! For beginner to advanced art enthusiasts, 18+ only. Thursdays 5-7pm Mar 19 - Apr 30, space is limited, per-register per class here.

🎨💘Singles Painting Night: Brush with Love: Paint, Sip and Connect at this singles-only painting night for ages 25+. Pre-register. 6:15pm, Creative Spirits

🪖 Lecture on Nazi History: Join NAU History and the Martin Springer Institute for a lecture with an Amherst College professor on The Spanish in Mauthausen: Victims, Witnesses and Survivors of the Nazis. 7 pm, NAU Lib Arts

🤓 Smarty Pints Trivia: Are you a smarty pants? Prove it at Smarty Pints Trivia, every Thursday, 7-9pm. Dark Sky Beer Garden

💃Swing Dance Class: Dance the night away Thursday nights with Flagstaff Rhythm and Roots. Beginner, intermediate and social dances from 7-10pm, Firecreek Coffee

😂Stand-up Comedy: Anger Management Stand-Up Comedy will showcase JC & Friends, Michael Patrick Hurley, Dylan White and Matt Santos. 7:30pm, Orpheum

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MUSIC

Tuesday 3.31

Dark Sky Beer Garden | Flagspins Vinyl Night | 6-8pm
Monte Vista Lounge | Subhumans | 8pm

Wednesday 4.1

Flagstaff Mall | FFTM Bluegrass Jam | 11:30am-1pm
Charly’s | Blues Night | 7-9:30pm | $5
Orpheum | Yaima | 7:30pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke | 9:30pm

Thursday 4.2

Gopher Hole | Open Mic | 7pm, sign-ups 6

CONNECTIONS

Jobs, volunteering, musician and artist opportunities

• Flagstaff Sustainability Office is seeking food vendors for the April 18th Earth Day Celebration.

• Northern Arizona Healthcare is hiring an Operating Room RN.

• The Arboretum is looking for a seasonal garden assistant starting April 13th.

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