🍲 Soup-er Bowl and First Friday Fun

Good morning, Flagstaff! Hoping you can enjoy this strangely warm February weekend! Even with this sunny winter Flagstaff Snow Park will be hosting Cooler Runnings today since they make snow for their tubing runs.

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

• 🍫 10th Annual Flagstaff Chocolate Walk

• 🔥 Book Release Show - Punk Anarchism

• 🛷 Cooler Runnings Bobsled Races with Coolers

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

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AROUND TOWN

🙌 Meet the candidates for Deputy City Manager - The City of Flagstaff is hosting a public meet and greet for the six finalists for this position on Feb 11 from 5-6:45pm at City Hall. You can read about the candidates here.

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🍲 The second annual SOUP-ER BOWL is from 5-8pm during First Friday Art Walk! For just $5, enjoy a delicious Soup Crawl featuring six downtown businesses while raising funds for a great cause.

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TOGETHER WITH NETTIK PHOTOGRAPHY

📸 Nettik Photography is kicking off the new year with 60-minute photoshoots at a discounted rate! From engagement photoshoots to family and graduation sessions, now's a great time to get booked. Inquire by February 14th for $100 off your session!

WHAT’S HAPPENING

💗🔥 Get Tickets for Hungry Hearts Cabaret & Love Advice Show: Hungry Hearts starts with a panel answering audience questions about love and relationships, then moves into a sizzling hot cabaret performance by Momentum Aerial. This annual show usually sells out, so grab your tickets now! Feb 14, 7-11pm, Prochnow Auditorium

⛳ FORE at Coconino Center for the Arts: All ages can play through this miniature golf art exhibition featuring 9 holes, each designed by an Arizona artist or community group. Now through February 14th, Wednesdays-Fridays 1-8 pm, Saturdays 1-6 pm, Sundays 1-5 pm, Coconino Center for the Arts

Friday 2.6

🛷 Cooler Runnings: Bobsled Race... but with COOLERS! Bring the whole family and to watch fantastical bobsled races, enjoy tube sledding, eat delicious food and have a couple cold ones - and, support a good cause. 1-8pm, Flagstaff Snow Park

📚 Behind-the-Scenes Library Tour: Take a tour of parts of the library you don’t usually get to see, and find out about special resources you can access with your library card! 4:30-5:30pm, Downtown Library, Registration Required

🖼️ First Friday ArtWalk: Come out to enjoy galleries, snacks, music, and friends. 5-9pm, 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

🤣 First Friday Comedy Showcase: Need some humor in your life? Laugh through First Friday with the local comedians of Flaglaffs. Free show! 9:30pm, Flagstaff Brewing Co

Saturday 2.7

🐾 Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic: 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

💪 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

🌌 Science Saturday - Earth and Planetary Science: Drop in for Earth & space-themed activities, demonstrations, and stellar crafts for all ages. 9:30-11:30am, Willow Bend

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

🍫 10th Annual Flagstaff Chocolate Walk: Stroll through downtown and enjoy sweet treats at participating businesses. 11am-3pm, Starts at Flagstaff Visitor Center

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

🔳 Off-loom Weaving Workshop: In this two hour class instructor Jessica Holton will guide you through a shared pattern while educating about the history and mental health benefits of weaving. 1-3:30pm, Willow Bend, Registration required 

🔥 Book Release Show - Punk Anarchism: Come for a night of art and sound to celebrate the release of Punk Anarchism: An Anti-Theory of Resistance by NAU Professor of Politics, Sean Parson. Book talk, live music & performance art- free! 6:30pm, The Hive

🎤 Highest Expressions Open Mic Night: Bring poetry, music, storytelling to share. Come just to listen. 7pm, Unity of Flagstaff

Sunday 2.8

🌄 Flagstaff Mountain Town Market at City Hall: Come out for this early season community market and get local produce, bread, treats, and more! 10am-2pm, City Hall Parking Lot

🧘‍♀️🍺 Pints and Poses Yoga: Start off your Sunday with this drop-in Yoga class, then enjoy a recovery beer for just $2, 10:30-11:30am, Dark Sky Taproom

📿 Intro to Beading - Jewelry Making: Learn the basics of making a simple wire loop and a wire-wrapped loop. You’ll make three pairs of headpin earrings to take home. 11am, Coco-op Makerspace

🕯 Beeswax Candle Making Valentines Workshop: Celebrate love with a cozy crafternoon beautiful beeswax candles. 1-4pm, Drinking Horn Meadery

🌲Riordan Mansion Special Tour - The Ones Who Were Hired: Come out for a specialized tour that highlights the individuals that worked for the Riordans. 3pm, Riordan Mansion, Registration required

📔 Author Evening - Life of a Bookstore: Local author, Gioia Woods celebrates her latest book, City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Biography of a Bookstore. Reading, followed by a Q&A and book signing. 5pm, Bright Side Bookshop

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

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MUSIC

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Friday 2.6

Dark Sky Beer Garden | The Have Nothings | 6-8pm
Flag Brew | NAU Jazz Faculty | 6-9pm
Firecreek | Covenhoven | 7pm
Awa Kava | Open Mic | Sign-up 7, Show 7:30pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Mother Road Trio | 7-11pm
Ardrey Auditorium | NAU Vocal Jazz Madrigal Festival | 7:30pm
The Orpheum | An Evening with Yachtley Crew | 8pm
Monte Vista Lounge | Scrunge | 9:30pm

Saturday 2.7

Yucca North | CHOOPOW | 9pm
Flag Brew | Blue Egyptian | 9pm

Sunday 2.8

Wanderlust | FFTM Bluegrass Jam | 2:30-4:45pm
Dark Sky Brewing | NAU Jazz Trio | 5-7pm
Flag Brew | Open Mic | Sign-up 6:30, Show 7pm

Connections

• Call for Artists: Re-Source celebrates creative reuse, ecological mindfulness and our shared responsibility to protect the Earth. Apply by March 1.

• Volunteers needed for produce box packing at Flagstaff Family Food Center

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