Flagstaff celebrates Earth Day Saturday with service projects from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and fun and learning projects beginning at 11:30. Service projects will be clean-up at Olivia White Hospice Garden, McMillen Mesa, Southside, N. Izabel, and Sunnyside. Starting at 11:30 and continuing to 4 p.m. on City Hall’s front lawn, you’ll find music, award presentations, and a lecture/exhibit. (Update: I'm told there will be great arts and crafts exhibits, too!) Music of all types will ring throughout the weekend in Flagstaff. On Friday night, Flagstaff Folk Project hosts Flagstaff-based classical guitarist Craig Yarbrough in concert. Works by Bach, Brouwer, Turina, Hunter/Garcia, and more will be performed at the Unitarian Church, 510 N Leroux St. beginning at 7:00 p.m. For some classical chamber music, Friday night, go to Ardrey Auditorium at 7:30 pm for the NAU Chamber Orchestra performance of Masterworks No.6 Bohemian Rhapsody. Saturday night, at Coconino Center for the Arts, you’ll find Sons and Brothers and their special guest Heart Prairie starting at 7:30 p.m. This performance is the last in a series presented by Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music in partnership with Flagstaff Cultural Partners. Also on Saturday night, David Hidalgo & Louie Perez, two of the founding members of Grammy-winning Los Lobos perform Stories and Songs. At the Orpheum at 8 p.m. Sunday night, Lowell Observatory astronomer Jeffrey Hall will give a presentation about global warming, seen from an astronomical perspective. This special event also features telescopes set up for viewing with Saturn as a featured object to view. 7 p.m.  Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon, NAU Theatre presents The Miser by Moliere, adapted by Miles Malleston. The Miser is Moliere's comic satire on materialism -- a story of cunning, guile and double-dealing. At the Clifford White Theatre – Performing Arts Building, Curtain 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Performances also on April 23, 24, 25 and 26. To purchase tickets call the NAU Central Ticket Office at (928) 523-5661. Meanwhile, at Theatrikos, Our Town, continues Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. For an earlier post about the performance, click here. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Flagstaff Exchange Club will be passing out literature about child abuse prevention this Saturday at local businesses. This is a part of a national effort by the club on Saturday, April 19, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Look for Exchange Club members at Safeway on Highway 89N, Homeco Ace, and Petland. (I’ll be at Petland!) | 
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