🥁 NAU Marching Band Will Be in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Good morning, Flagstaff! Congrats to the NAU Marching Band on their historic achievement!

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

• ⭐ Holiday soap making party

• 🌿 A cozy plant mini-print vending machine

• 🥁 Send off for Marching Lumberjacks

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

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AROUND TOWN

🥁 The NAU Lumberjack Marching Band is heading to New York to march in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! The Lumberjack Marching Band was selected from more than 100 applicants as one of ten bands to march in this year’s spectacle. They are the first Arizona university ever to perform in the parade. Come on out to Buffalo Park on Wednesday to catch their send off performance!

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

Tuesday 11.18

💻 Northern Arizona AI Monthly Meetup: Celebrating one year this month - hear a recap of the year and discuss ideas and possibilities for future topics. 12-1:30pm, Moonshot Campus

📖 Philosophy Talk -“I was merely following orders”: Genocide Studies scholar Dr. Sabah Carrim will discuss her current research on the use of neuroscience as legal defenses raised by genocide perpetrators. 4pm, Liberal Arts Building, Rm. 120, public welcome

⛏ Archeology Talk - A Century of Research at Elden Pueblo: Find out the history of work there and what we’ve learned that indicates that Elden Pueblo is still a rich field for archaeological research. 5:30-7:30pm, East Flagstaff Library

📕 Beyond Words Book Release and Signing: An evening with local author Julie Lancaster and her new book Beyond Words about how to use your own stories to inspire action and connection. 6-7pm, Bright Side Bookshop, Ticket required

🌏 Climate Justice Discussion: Join a discussion examining issues of climate justice happening in our own community led by the library’s own Alyson Jones and Nikki Cooley from NAU. 6-7:30pm, East Flagstaff Library

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

🎬 CAL Film Series - Blue Velvet: 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. 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 11.19

🐕 Group Dog Walk with High Country Humane: Love dogs? Love the outdoors? Join the weekly pack walk with HCH staff! 11am, back parking lot of High Country Humane

🥁 Band send off: Join NAU Marching Lumberjacks for a practice parade send-off at Buffalo Park! They will be going to New York City the following week for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

🧵 Create & Connect Night: Weekly open studio with access to sewing machines! Bring a project or craft of your choice, make new friends & get a bit of help from staff if you need it! Donation/PWYW. 5:30-7:30pm, Threaded Together

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

📝 Thin Air Magazine Poetry Workshop: Led by poet and writer Sherwin Bitsui, participants will explore poetic forms relating to the art displayed in the “Shifting Topographies: Extracting the Landscape” exhibition. 5:30-7pm, Coconino Center for the Arts

🕯 Gratitude Beeswax Candle Making Workshop: Make gorgeous beeswax candles & infuse then with your gratitude intention. All supplies included. 6-8pm, Mountain Top Taproom

🟠 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

🎤 Flagslam - Youth Poetry Council: Bring your friends, grab a beverage and cozy up with some wonderful words from local poets. 7pm, Firecreek Coffee

❓ Wanderlust Trivia Night: Play trivia with Keenan and Jon. 7-9pm, Wanderlust Brewery

Thursday 11.20

⭐ Holiday Soap Making Party: Make your own bars of soap in shapes and designs of all kinds with 100% vegan ingredients. Buy a ticket for your time slot - only $5 per bar of soap you make! 4-8pm, PJ Chilcottage

🥫 Artist Talk - Tin Can Conversations: Flagstaff artist Neal Galloway uses the core motif of a tin can telephone to explore the fragility, complexity, and profound value of interpersonal communication. 6-7pm, Coconino Center for the Arts

🎥 Film Screening - A Night of First Descents: Travel from the Himalayas to The Great Trango Towers in an unforgettable evening of high-altitude storytelling. 7pm, The Orpheum

🙋‍♂️ 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

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MUSIC

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Tuesday 11.18

Dark Sky Beer Garden | Flagspins Vinyl Night | 6-9pm
Kitt Recital Hall | November Big Band Jazz Concert | 7:30pm

Wednesday 11.19

Charly’s | Blues Night - Rinus Rino Pauel | 7-9:30pm | $5
Kitt Recital Hall | Percussion Studio Recital | 7:30pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke & Service Industry Night | 9:30pm

Thursday 11.20

Drinking Horn | Celtic Music - Jigz Up | 7-9pm
Firecreek Coffee | Jazz Combos | 7:30pm | $10

Connections

• 🍯 Odin’s Hour Fundraiser: All this week Drinking Horn Meadery will be donating 20% of glass sales to the Flagstaff Family Food Center during their Odin’s Hour (5-6pm) 💛 $5 glasses of Mead for a great cause!

• Coconino Center for the Arts is creating a County-Wide Artist Registry to help everyone share and connect with the arts in our area.

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