☘Get your green on + new soup spot in town

Good morning Flagstaff! Remember to wear green today or face the consequences 🤏!

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

• 🐰 Bunny-making workshop

• ^{🚵‍♀️} Free bike maintenance class

• 👯‍♀️Friendship-making speed dating sesh

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn & Alexandra Wittenberg

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AROUND TOWN

💧Free opportunities to save water: For #FixaLeakWeek, the City of Flagstaff is offering free water efficiency consultations, DIY leak testing kits and efficiency supplies. The water conservation team will be in Sunnyside March 17, Southside and Brennan Homes March 19, and offering appointments March 20.

🌞 Prepare for record-breaking winter heat this week, with highs near 80° Thursday and Friday! Time to bust out the kiddie pools and coolers.

BUSINESS NEWS

🍲 New soup spot, SoupSquatch, has opened on Fourth Street. Soup options include White Bean Kale, Parmesan Tortellini, and Roasted Red Pepper Gouda Italian Sausage and Potato, all served with herb focaccia. Plus, try their "Squatch Pockets" and fresh-baked cookies. Open Mon-Fri from 10:30am - 3:30pm.

@FLAGSTAFFINSPIRES

🥕 It’s time to get those gardening gloves out! The Community Seed Swap is FREE and you don’t need to bring seeds to participate! Friday March 20th 3:30pm at East Flagstaff Library

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

💚 Looking to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day? Silver Pine is offering prix fixe Irish-inspired menu served during lunch and dinner March 17. Collin’s Irish Pub is of course a must-stop tonight, and Southside Tavern has green beer galore! Can’t get enough? Snowbowl is also hosting a St. Paddy’s Scavenger Hunt March 21.

🎆 Join the Library’s Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Bingo: The Flagstaff Public Library is hosting a library challenge through April 30th to celebrate our country’s birthday. Sign up for a bingo card, complete activities and win prizes!

Tuesday 3.17

✂️🖌️ Makers' Lab: Design, build and make crafts every other Thursday at this free library event. With a 10-minute craftspiration presentation. For kids and teens 3+. 3:45-4:45pm, Downtown Library

🧩 Puzzle Exchange: Puzzlers, get out those puzzles you’ve already done! Bring a puzzle and swap it at this exchange. 5-7pm, Bright Side Bookshop

🚲 Bike Maintenance Clinic: Learn essential bike maintenance tricks that can be done at home with minimal tools at this free clinic. Learn things like bike anatomy, pedal installation, lubing, fixing a flat, setting tire pressure, trailside maintenance and more. Registration required. 6:30-8, Absolute Bikes

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

⚔️ Rashomon movie and discussion: Catch 1950 Japanese samurai film Rashomon, part of NAU’s free CAL Film Series. 7pm, Cline Library

📝🍺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 3.18

📿Beading Suncatchers Class: Learn the basics of crimping and stringing beads to make a suncatcher. Led by experienced silvermith CJ Lucke. Registration required. 10am-12pm, Flagstaff Maker Space

🐇 Bunny Making Workshop: Parents, kiddos, friends and family are invited to a bunny-making workshop. $30 per bunny door-hanger. All materials and a beverage are included. Reservations required. 5:30-6:30pm, Flagstaff General Store

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

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

🙋‍♀️ Brews Trivia: 8 Different Categories and fun challenges between rounds. 7pm, Brews & Cues

📽️ Les Intouchables Movie: The free screening is part of NAU’s Global Film Series. This heartwarming 2011 French film is based on the true story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy, quadriplegic aristocrat and his unorthodox caregiver, a young ex-con from the projects. 7pm, Rm 136, 700 S. Humphreys Dr

Thursday 3.19

🏠 Create Your Dream Space Design Workshop: Explore materials, build mood boards, and get inspired in this interactive workshop for homeowners looking to renovate or gather ideas! Free but registration required. 5-7pm, Flagstaff Design Center

✏️Figure Drawing Classes: Learn to draw the human form from a live model! For beginner to advanced art enthusiasts, 18+ only. Thursdays 5-7pm Mar 19 - Apr 30, space is limited, pre-register here.

👯‍♀️“Harvey Girls” Book Talk: Massachusetts author Juliette Fay will discuss and sign her new book, Harvey Girls. The historical fiction novel is about two very different girls working at the famous Harvey restaurants in 1920s America. Perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Kristina McMorris. 6-7pm, Bright Side Bookshop

🗣️ Girl Talk Social: The Beauty Boost is offering a girls-only speed dating sesh for new new friendships! Plus: experience stations, crafts and goodies. Registration required. 6-8pm, Americana Motor Lodge

🤓 Smarty Pints Trivia: Are you a smarty pants? Prove it at Smarty Pints Trivia, every Thursday, 7-9pm. Dark Sky Beer Garden

💃Swing Dance Class: Dance the night away Thursday nights with Flagstaff Rhythm and Roots. Beginner, intermediate and social dances from 7-10pm, Firecreek Coffee

Flagstaff Inspires is made possible by our awesome sponsors and donations from community supporters. Thanks to for keeping Flagstaff Inspires sustainable and accessible for all!

MUSIC

Tuesday 3.17

Dark Sky Beer Garden | Flagspins Vinyl Night | 6-9pm
Kitt Recital Hall | Diné Pianist and Composer, Connor Chee | 7:30pm

Wednesday 3.18

Flagstaff Mall | FFTM Bluegrass Jam | 11:30am-1pm
The Hive | Ghost Lovers | 6-10pm
Charly’s | Blues Night - Garry Segal | 7-9:30pm | $5
Kitt Recital Hall | ZelenArch Duo Faculty Recital | 7:30pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke | 9:30pm

Thursday 3.19

Gopher Hole | Open Mic | 7pm, sign-ups 6
Aurdrey Auditorium | Noctuary with NAU Wind Symphony | 7:30pm
The Orpheum | Puscifer | 8pm

CONNECTIONS

Jobs, volunteering, musician and artist opportunities

• Volunteer to help pick-up southside with a community clean-up March 21.

• The Special Olympics is looking for a handful of volunteers to help with its track competition at Coconino High School April 7, including photographers and medical staff.

• The post office is looking for a city carrier assistant. Apply by April 1.

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