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Shape the Future of our Local Food System, The Nerd playing at Theatrikos, and Science on Tap
Alissa Zorn
October 07, 2025
TOGETHER WITH
Good morning, Flagstaff! It’s that time of year when you can take a hike and try to find the winner for Most Beautiful Fallen Aspen Leaf. At least, that’s the game my grandmother played with me in the fall when I was little. I took it very seriously and would ponder my choice of leaves for ages 😁.
Today in Flagstaff Inspires:
🍅 Help Shape the Future of our Local Food System
🎭 Get tickets to The Nerd at Theatrikos
🥼 Science on Tap at Mother Road
Let’s go!
— Alissa Zorn
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AROUND TOWN
🍅 Help Shape the Future of our Local Food System
The City of Flagstaff invites all community members to join an upcoming Food Action Plan open house. The Flagstaff Food Action Plan is a community-driven roadmap for building a healthier and more resilient food system. Come to an open house to help identify the most urgent priorities for action.
Community Open House #1: Wednesday Oct. 8, 6-7:30pm, East Flagstaff Community Library
Community Open House #2: Saturday Oct. 18, 12-1:30pm, Downtown Library
👉 Learn more about the Flagstaff Food Action Plan and take the online survey at Flagstaff Food Action Plan | Connect Flagstaff!
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🎭 The Nerd runs through October 19! Grab your tickets here!
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
📜 Class - Exploring Flagstaff's Latino Heritage and Community: This interactive course offers a dynamic introduction to the people, traditions, industries, and historic sites that have played a vital role in the city’s development. Thursdays Oct. 9th-30th, 3:30-5pm, CCC Lone Tree Campus
Tuesday 10.7
🎬 CAL Film Series - Poor Things: 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
📝🍺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.
😂 Comedy Open Mic: Hosted in collaboration with Flaglaffs, get a good laugh in at the beginning of the week at this weekly open mic. 8:30pm, Hops on Birch
Wednesday 10.8
☕ Senior Coffee Hour: Join the Flagstaff Public Library & NAU’s AmeriCorps Seniors on the second Wednesday of every month to drink coffee and chat about resources & opportunities for seniors. 10am, Downtown Library
👩👧👧 Family Story Time: This is a multi-age story time with singing, dancing, and great books! 10-10:45am at East Flagstaff Library
📝 Wily Writers: Join this weekly writing group for practice, motivation, sharing, and learning! 5:30-7pm Downtown Library, Northwest Corner
🟠 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
🧗♀️ Film Screening of *Girl Climber: Equal parts gripping survival story and intimate portrait, Girl Climber isn’t just about breaking records, it’s about breaking barriers. 7pm, The Orpheum
👾 Level Up! Video Games and DJ Set: Beat the midweek slump with a night of chill beats, cocktails, and video games on a 15 foot video wall! 8pm-12am, Yucca North
Thursday 10.9
💞 Heart and Soul Creative Sessions: Join for a creative, playful art and healing experience. Register for single session or buy a package of 4. 5:30-7pm at The HeArt Box
🥼 Science on Tap: Monthly lecture series with NAU scientists. This month JJ Duke, talks about "Responses of respiratory muscles to repeated submaximal and maximal breath-holds." 6-8pm, Mother Road
📔 Lecture - Americans in French Concentration Camps: Learn about Vichy France and the Deportations of Jews in 1942 with Meghan Riley, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Martin-Springer Institute. 7pm, NAU Liberal Arts Bld, Rm. 120
🙋♂️ 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
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 @flagstaffi.spires)
Tuesday 10.7
Dark Sky Beer Garden | Flagspins Vinyl Night | 6-9pm
Kitt Recital Hall | NAU Big Band Jazz Concert | 7:30pm
Museum Club | Karaoke Night | 9-11:30pm
Wednesday 10.8
Wheeler Park | Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music Bluegrass Jam | 12-1pm
Hops on Birch | Open Mic | 6-10pm
Ardrey Auditorium | SHINE: NAU Symphonic Band | 7:30pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke & Service Industry Night | 9:30pm
Thursday 10.9
High Country Motor Lodge | Fadeaway Sessions ftr. AJ Woods | 7pm
Drinking Horn | Celtic Music - Jigz Up | 7-9pm
Charly's | Wild Irish Fiddle with Kate Rose | 7-9:30pm
Ardrey Auditorium | NAU Wind Symphony: The Big Blue Marble | 7:30pm
The Orpheum | Mexican Slum Rats | 8pm
Connections
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