📷Community darkroom coming this year

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Good morning, Flagstaff! Remember, taxes are due April 15th. Get them out of the way and do something fun this week. Or, join our time honored tradition of procrastinating even longer and then freaking out at the last minute! 🙃

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

• 💍 Vintage Store Grand Opening

• 🚩 Election Center Tour

• 🪘 African Drum/Dance Workshop

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn & Alexandra Wittenberg

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AROUND TOWN

🪟🚧The Downtown Library will not have regularly scheduled programs this week due to continuing construction work on the windows. The East Flagstaff Community Library will remain open with normal programming.

BUSINESS HAPPENINGS

📷The Flagstaff Film Collective is partnering with Cocoop Makerspace for the town’s first community darkroom, open 24/7. Look for intro classes to Silver Gelatin Printing and Black and White Film. The darkroom is on track to open in late Summer /early Fall.

👚New vintage shop Velvet Sol is opening at 215 S San Francisco Street April 9th, with a ribbon cutting April 10th. There will be deals and prizes on the shop’s clothing, jewelry and handmade goods all week from 12-6pm.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

🎶 West African Dance Workshop with Master Teacher: Join Guinean dance teacher Etienne Tolno for a two-day African Dance workshop April 7th and 9th at Jazzercize. On April 8th, he will be drumming at FALA. Registration required.

🎞️🏂🏽The Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival will take place April 8th-12th in different venues all around town. Check out adventure films at Snow, Mountain, River, climbing films at Flagstaff Climbing Gym, and other sessions on Immigrant Rights, Women in Action, Indigenous Voices and the Environment at the Orpheum and Beaver St. Theater.

🎆 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 4.7

🏆 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

✏ Sketch & Chill: Bring a sketchbook or drawing tablet and meet with other art makers for beginner friendly drawing prompts and sketching. 6-7pm, East Flagstaff Public Library

📝🍺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 4.8

🗳️Election Center Tour: Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with a tour of the Coconino County Elections Center! Learn ballot design, election equipment, and the role of Election Board Workers, tabulation and more. Registration required. 10-11am, Coconino County Elections Center

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

🧠 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

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

🗣 Weaponizing Hunger Talk: Dr. Tylor Band from Trinity College in Dublin will speak on Famine and Induced Starvation During War and Colonial Suppression in the Middle East and North Africa. Free and open to public. 7pm, NAU

Thursday 4.9

✏️Figure Drawing Classes: Learn to draw the human form from a live model! For beginner to advanced art enthusiasts, 18+ only. Pre-register per class. 5-7pm, 7 E Aspen

📔Junk Journal Club: Junk Journaling is a form of scrapbooking, often using found materials. Come craft, all supplies included. $15. 5-7pm, Fairy Godmother Boutique

📖Northern Arizona Book Fest Kickoff: First up is a Welcome Back Reading featuring poets Nicole Walker, Gioia Woods, and Matthew Torralba Andrews at 5:30pm. Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick and the Poet Brews Ensemble will perform at 7pm. The Annex

🤓 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

😂 Anger Management Comedy Ftr Big Irish Jay: "Big Irish" Jay Hollingsworth is a Grammy Considered stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Come see his sharp wit in this stand-up set. 7:30pm, The Orpheum

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MUSIC

Tuesday 4.7

Dark Sky Beer Garden | Flagspins Vinyl Night | 6-8pm
Orpheum | Evan Honer | 7pm

Wednesday 4.8

Charly’s | Blues Night - JC & The Juke Rockers | 7-9:30pm | $5
Monte Vista Lounge | Auties Night Vol. 2 w/DJ Frankenstein | 9pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke | 9:30pm

Thursday 4.9

Drinking Horn | JigzUp Celtic | 7pm
Gopher Hole | Open Mic | 7pm, sign-ups 6
Charly’s | Irish Night | 7-9:30pm

CONNECTIONS

Jobs, volunteering, musician and artist opportunities

• Volunteer to clean up Flagstaff’s favorite rec spots this month with seasonal stewardship April 10th at Fort Tuthill, April 17th at Buffalo Park and April 18th at Bushmaster

• Northern Arizona Book Festival is seeking volunteers any day during its run April 9-12th. Connect to the local literary community and find new fave authors.

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

Stay Inspired!

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