👩‍🎨 Give Input on a New Mural in Town

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Flagstaff! Hope you’re enjoying the nice weather. I was up on the peaks this weekend and there were still some gorgeous leaves to be seen.

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

• 🎃 Visit the Flagstaff Pumpkin Patch

• 👩‍🎨 Input wanted - Buffalo Park Water Tank Mural

• 🖊 Free zine making workshop

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

SPONSORED BY BEYOND THE PINES

Looking for ways to connect with yourself or others during a busy fall season? 

Beyond the Pines is a group counseling practice and wellness collective with the mission of creating connection to self, others, and the natural world. Two means for connection we offer include counseling services and our Flagstaff focused podcast channel.

🌲 We offer counseling for individuals (ages 8+), couples, and families, with options for outdoor sessions. You can reach Audrey Pearson, our team support, at [email protected] or through out website.

🎧 Check out the Beyond the Pines podcasts to connect with ideas and voices from right here in our region. Our shows include:

• Crossing the Chasm – conversations with people reimagining how communities and economies can thrive

• Land Defenders – stories from ecological advocates protecting our area

• #beyondFLG – local perspectives and influential voices from Flagstaff and beyond

• Quick ’N Nerdy – bite-sized looks into psychology and human behavior

 Click here to learn more or find our shows on your favorite podcast platform!

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AROUND TOWN

🤝 Meet & Greet City Manager Candidates: This is your opportunity to meet the finalists for the City Manager position, ask questions, and share your feedback with the City. Oct. 22nd 5-7pm, City Hall

👩‍🎨 Input wanted - Buffalo Park Water Tank Mural: The City of Flagstaff is commissioning a large scale 360˚mural on the water tank located at the entrance to Buffalo Park. They’d love your feedback on what themes and ideas should be represented in the mural. Fill out their survey to share your ideas!

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🖼 This week is your last chance to catch Plateau Perspectives: Nature Through Art presented by ARTx! The exhibition is on view through Oct. 26th at The Arboretum.

Tag @flagstaffinspires to get your photos or videos featured!

WHAT’S HAPPENING

🎃 Visit the Flagstaff Pumpkin Patch: Viola’s is hosting a pumpkin patch in October with games, a straw maze, pumpkin decorating and more. $7 entry, kids 3 and under are free. Daily 10am-6pm. Oct. 21st - Pop-up Nighttime Pumpkin Patch - garden will be open until 7:13pm, Viola’s Flower Garden

🌠🐾 Get Tickets to Galaxies & Gratitude: Fall Fundraising Event for High Country Humane. Enjoy a dazzling presentation in the Lowell Theater, followed by a night of casino-style games, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres under the stars. Event is Nov. 1st, 6-9pm, Lowell Observatory. Tickets available until Oct. 24th.

🦇 Register Kids for Trick or Treat Bag Workshop: Great for beginners and experienced young sewists alike. There will be patterns for Frankenstein's monster and a bat, or kids can design a bag to match their costume. Ages 8+. Class is Oct. 25th, 2-3:30pm, Threaded Together. Register by Oct. 23rd.

🦋 Register for Migration of the Air & Spirit Art Workshops: A four-part series honoring migration, memory, and mystery in the high desert of Northern Arizona. Each small group session blends grounding, storytelling, art-making, and poetry. Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, Nov. 9th, Nov. 16th, 12-2pm, The HeArt Box Gallery

Tuesday 10.21

💻 Northern Arizona AI Monthly Meetup: This month David V. Moore of Quantum WayfinderTechnologies will share practical methods for using ChatGPT as a dynamic project-management partner. 12-1:30pm, Moonshot Campus

🖊 Thin Air Zine Making Workshop: Join a discussion with NAU Assistant Professor Sean Parson about art, anarchism, punk and decentralizing art while making your own zine! Free, materials provided. 5:30-7pm, Awa Kava & Coffee

📽 Film Screening - She Cried That Day: Presented as part of the Voices Unheard event, this documentary is a powerful exploration of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives crisis from the front lines in New Mexico. 5:30pm, Coconino Center for the Arts, Free but register at site

📝🍺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.

🎬 CAL Film Series - The Witch: College of Arts and Letters film gurus, Paul Donnelly and Paul Helford, present this screening and discussion series of B movies, cult classics and midnight specials! Free, open to the public. 7-9pm, Cline Library Assembly Hall

Wednesday 10.22

❤ VOICES UNHEARD - Breaking the Silence: A community gathering for strength, prevention and healing focused on protecting Indigenous women and children. Multiple speakers, lunch provided. 8:30am-3:30pm Coconino Center for the Arts, Free but register at site

👩‍👧‍👧 Family Story Time: This is a multi-age story time with singing, dancing, and great books! 10-10:45am at East Flagstaff Library

🐶 Crafts and Canines- For Teens: Therapy dogs Milo and Charlie will join teens for a relaxing time making paintings. For ages 12-17, 4-5pm, East Flagstaff Library

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

🎵 Wild Irish Community Dance Workshop: Irish group dances for all! World rhythms and improvisational twists! -taught by Kate Rose. 6-8pm, Joe C. Montoya Community Center

🟠 Bingo Night at The Station: Free to play - grab your crew, enjoy drink specials, and win some prizes! 6-8pm, The Station Cafe

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

🧗‍♂️ Rock the Boat FREE Slideshow: Join Flagstaff Climbing for an evening with Jeff Snyder retelling stories about his first ascents along the Colorado, Green, and other rivers. 6:30-8:30pm, Downtown Crag

Thursday 10.23

⛄ Putting Garden Pots and Tools to Bed for Winter: Join the Coconino Master Gardeners for a presentation on overwintering your garden - with a focus on garden pots and tools! 6-7pm, Downtown Library

👻 Hocus Pocus Beauty Boost Fall Social: Join for a night of cocktails, mocktails, spooky experiences, shopping & cozy connections. 6-8:30pm, Mother Road Brewery

🎨 Paint Night at Brown Bag Burger: Come in and buy a canvas, they'll provide the paint, brushes, and drink specials. 6:30pm, Brown Bag Burger

🙋‍♂️ Trivia Night at Hops on Birch: 7pm every Thursday

❓ TAPP’D Trivia Night: Join ‘Nice Mike’ for surprise categories each week. Free to play! 21+ Thursdays 7-9pm, Dark Sky Beer Garden

Flagstaff Inspires is always free thanks to the support of business sponsors and the kind donations of our community.

MUSIC

If you’re a musician or know of musicians with upcoming shows in Flag, send me the info so I can share here! (email [email protected] or Instagram DM @flagstaffinspires)

Tuesday 10.21

Dark Sky Beer Garden | Flagspins Vinyl Night | 6-9pm
Museum Club | Karaoke Night | 9pm-12am

Wednesday 10.22

Flagstaff Mall | Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music Bluegrass Jam | 11:30-1pm
Charly’s | Blues Night - Dennis Herrera/Chicago Bob | 7-9:30pm | $5
Beaver St. Theatre | Ethan Campa with Flagstaff Improvisors | 7pm
The Orpheum | Blind Pilot | 8pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke & Service Industry Night | 9:30pm

Thursday 10.23

Drinking Horn | Celtic Music - Jigz Up | 7-9pm
Yucca North | Jayne Huntsman | 6-7pm
Charly's | Wild Irish Fiddle with Kate Rose | 7-9:30pm
The Orpheum | Pecos & the Rooftops | 8pm
Southside Tavern | Karaoke | 9pm

Connections

Cat Foster Care Needed!

🐱 High Country Humane is looking for a loving place for Garfunkel, this 9 week old kitten, to stay for about a week - all supplies provided. Can you help? Email [email protected] or text/call (928) 821-5507!

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