🍄 First Friday Fun

Good morning, Flagstaff! Have any good plans for Spring Break?

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

• 👩‍🍳Local chef competing for a $1 million prize

• 🪨Archaeology dig for kids at Willow Bend

• 😂 Women-run Flaglaffs Comedy Showcase

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AROUND TOWN

👩‍🍳 Local chef Rochelle Daniel, who runs Atria, will be competing for $1 million in new CBS show America’s Culinary Cup! Catch her starting March 4th at 7:30pm on TV or Paramount +.

🌸 Spring Break for NAU and Flagstaff schools is coming up March 9th-13th, which means some regularly-scheduled events will be going on hiatus next week, but some new and exciting ones are filling up the calendar.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

💃🎉 Celebrate women and support artists during Viva La Femme! Events all weekend celebrate International Women’s Day in downtown Flagstaff, honoring women creators on stages in our community.

• Find the full schedule here 

• Get your tickets for Saturday’s Comedy Shows: Susan Rice at Beaver Street Theatre at 7pm and Panocha De Poder Comedy Show Case at Firecreek at 9pm

🐛🚀 Spring Break at the Museum will be in full force March 9th-13th, with STEM activities for kids 9 and under. Each day will have a different theme, including Bugs and Pollinators, Space Explorers, Ancient Ingenuity and more!

🔪🔧🕯 Get your tickets for CLUE and enjoy an unforgettable evening of mystery and comedy! Based on the beloved board game and cult classic film, Clue is a fast paced theatrical comedy running through Mar 15th at Doris Harper-White Playhouse.

Friday 3.6

📲 Library Friday: Ebook and Audiobook How-To: Library staff will demonstrate how to use free apps, Libby and Hoopla, to access thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and movies. Also, learn how to borrow items from its partner libraries throughout Arizona. 4:30-5:30pm Flagstaff Downtown Library

🖼️🚶First Friday ArtWalk highlights this month include the soft opening of Bee Balm Art Studio at the Historic Ice House, a charm-making workshop at Ari’s Art Exchange and free community canvas at Creative Spirits. 5-9pm, throughout downtown

🔥 Free Slider Friday: Every Friday Chef Nick is slinging free sliders on the patio at Uptown! Stop by for good conversation and yummy sliders while supplies last. 5pm, Uptown Pubhouse

🎶 SongHearth: A welcoming, all-ages, drop-in song circle. Gather in harmony through easy-to-learn songs. $5-$10, proceeds benefit Greg Hill Fund for Music in Dementia Care. 6:15-7:15pm, Beaver Street Theatre

👾✨ Open Table Game Night: Whether you're flying solo or just want to meet new players, Open Table Night is the perfect spot to find your game squad! 6:30pm Good Game Cafe

🤣 Flaglaff’s All-Women Comedy Showcase: Part of Viva La Femme 2026 - laugh through First Friday with the local comedians of Flaglaffs! 9:30pm, Flagstaff Brewing Co

Saturday 3.7

💪 Free Community Strength Training Class: Evolve is offering this class on Saturdays to build community and help people know they’re not alone. Donations welcome but not required. 8am, Evolve Flagstaff

🐾 Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic at High Country Humane: Stop by to have your cat or dog vaccinated, microchipped, licensed, and more. The first 40 animals are guaranteed a spot! 8-10am, High Country Humane

🪴 Rain Forest Yoga: Join Erin Widman for the annual experience of Rainforest Yoga at Warner's Nursery. Classes include sound immersion by Deb Lash. Bring a yoga mat, layers, sunglasses, water bottle & blanket. $20 drop-in, 12:30-1:45pm, Warner’s Nursery

🪨 Science Saturday - Awesome Archaeology: Explore the wonders of the past and learn how it’s all applied to the present at March’s Science Saturday for all ages. 9:30-11:30am, Willow Bend

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

😌 Low Sensory Board Games Afternoon: Come play games in a relaxed, and sensory-friendly environment. 12-3pm at Good Game Cafe

👾Found Object Sculpture Demo: Watch as Bryan Cooperrider creates found object sculptures of bugs and imaginative creatures, creating beauty from a bin of trashed treasures. 12-3 pm, Arizona Handmade Gallery, 20 N. San Francisco St

Sunday 3.8

🌄 Flagstaff Mountain Town Market at City Hall: Come out for this early season community market and get local produce, bread, treats, and more! 9am-1pm, City Hall Parking Lot

🪡🪴Needle Felting Workshop: Get crafty, enjoy cozy community vibes, and go home with a new plant friend! Moonsprout will guide you step-by-step as you craft a charming, felted succulent. 1-4pm, Drinking Horn Meadery

🧘‍♂️ Yoga for Recovery: A class about healing, presence, and remembering you’re not alone on the path of recovery. Free/donation, no prior experience needed—just come as you are. 1-2:15pm, Happening Here - 124 N San Francisco St.

😈 Blood on the Clocktower Game Night: Join for a thrilling night of mystery, deception, and strategy. 6pm, Good Game Cafe

Monday 3.9

🐈‍⬛ Spring-O-Ween on Screen: While regular library events are on hiatus for spring break, the library is offering a Halloween in March movie and activity for all ages. The craft will start 30 minutes before “Pooh’s Huffalump Halloween” screens in the children’s room. Costumes encouraged! 1:30-3:30pm, Downtown Library

📖 Signal to Noise Poetry Reading and Discussion: Los Angeles author Eve Luckring will read from her new two-part poetry book. Luckring’s progressive hearing disability serves as a sounding board fora dissonant landscape of foiled communication. 6-7pm, Downtown Library, Registration required

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MUSIC

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Friday 3.6

Dark Sky Beer Garden | The Have Nothings | 6-8pm
Flag Brew | NAU Jazz Faculty | 6-9pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Mother Road Trio | 7-10pm
Hops on Birch | El Coyote Vinyl | 7-9pm
Charly’s | Larry Peterson | 7-9:30pm
Awa Kava | Open Mic | 7:30pm, sign-ups 7
Phoenix Avenue Gallery | Black Currant | 8pm | $10

Saturday 3.7

Campus Coffee Bean | BadFish/LoveFish | 5:30-7pm
Flag Brew | Viva La Femme w/Voulouse, Nevanne, Beaver Creek Gals | 7pm
Charly’s | Cattywampus | 7-9:30pm
Orpheum | Moontour with Lipstick Traces and Blueshift | 8pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Funky Joe Squid | 8-11pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke | 9:30pm

Sunday 3.8

Flag Brew | Viva La Femme w/Aislinn Dee, Honey Marie Knight, Skunkflower | 1-5pm
Wanderlust | FFTM Bluegrass Jam | 2:30-4:45pm|
Dark Sky Brewing | NAU Jazz Trio | 5-7pm
Flag Brew | Open Mic | 7pm, sign-ups 6:30
Yucca North | Corb Lund | 8pm

Monday 3.9

Dark Sky Brewing | Seenan | 6-8pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Open Mic | 8-11pm
Yucca North | Karaoke | 9pm

Connections

Jobs, volunteering, musician and artist opportunities

• Flagstaff Festival of Science is looking for a program manager. Apply by March 9th.

• Coconino County is wanting artists to help design its new bookmobile logo. Apply by March 15th.

• Flagstaff PROSE is looking for musicians for this summer’s Concert in the Park series. Apply by March 20th.

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