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Outdoor and Indoor Fun Will Fill Flagstaff’s Community

Tonight (Friday) join Santa and Flagstaff Mayor Donaldson to light the Holiday tree in Heritage Square in downtown Flagstaff. The lighting at the square will happen between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m. Celebrants will then move to Wheeler Park (west of Humphreys Street between Aspen and Birch) for festivities that will kick off at 6:00 p.m. and continue until 8:00 p.m. in the Wheeler Parking Lot. Holiday music, arts & crafts, hot beverages, and Santa Claus will help everyone ring in the holiday season. Mayor Joe Donaldson and Santa Claus will flip the giant light switch to turn on the amazing holiday light show in Wheeler Park at 6:30 p.m.You’ll have time to scoot to NAU’s Ardrey Auditorium for the <a title="FSO Nutcracker concerts" href="http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/concert.php?c=3" target="_blank">Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and NAU Prep Dancer’s performance of the Nutcracker</a>, beginning at 7:30 (reserve tickets in advance!). The performance will be repeated at the annual Lollipop Concert at 2 p.m. on Saturday. On Saturday, turquoise lovers at in for a treat at the Museum of Northern Arizona, <img alt="Example of turquoise artistry on display and for sale at MNS this Saturday" hspace="3" src="http://annheitland.smugmug.com/photos/227121836-S.jpg" align="right" vspace="3" border="0" />where a special trunk show will bring artists from Santa Fe and museum staff will be on hand to talk about Arizona turquoise. Bisbee, Morenci, and Kingman, Arizona turquoise mines will be discussed. Arizona sky stones are mined and processed into Native handmade jewelry. The <a href="http://www.musnaz.org/Shops/holidays2007.html">Saturday show</a> begins at 10 a.m. and continues to 4 p.m.  While you’re visiting the museum, you’ll have the opportunity to see the <a title="MNA Exhibit details and dates" href="http://www.musnaz.org/exhibits/trappings/index.html" target="_blank">Annual Trappings of the American West</a> and the continuing <a href="http://www.musnaz.org/exhibits/therizinosaur.html">Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur</a> exhibits, as well as the wonderful permanent displays. And, stop in on the Cowboy Poetry Gathering <a title="List of events related to Trappings of America West exhibit" href="http://www.musnaz.org/exhibits/trappings/index.html" target="_blank">"Riding the Rim"</a> from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday!Also on Saturday, take advantage of the unusual opportunity to visit some of Flagstaff’s historic downtown homes, a benefit for <a title="FFF organization website" href="http://www.friendsofflagstaff.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Flagstaff Future</a>. The self-guided tour begins at 2 and continues through 7:30 p.m. Homes will be decorated for the holidays and musicians will perform. Call (928) 556-8663 for tickets and reservations.Here is more to do in Flagstaff, coming up in December, <a title="December Events in Flagstaff" href="public/item/190484" target="_blank">check out this recent post</a>. And for more to do in Flagstaff this weekend and next week, check out the <a title="Community Calendar aggregate" href="public/blog/178523" target="_blank">Community Calendar.</a> 9 application/xml false downtown Flagstaff Events in Flagstaff Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra historic home tour holiday events in Flagstaff Museum of Northern Arizona Things to do in Flagstaff Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra website Get tickets and information about the two Nutcracker Performances this weekend in Flagstaff http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/index.php Museum of Northern Arizona Learn about this week-end's Flagstaff trunk show and Cowboy Poetry event as well as on-going exhibits http://www.musnaz.org/ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aheitland 24.121.32.9 false true false false true 178975 false false true false false false true 178441 blog blogsite/BestFlagstaffHomes/web