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     <title>Focus on Flagstaff Communities | Flagstaff Real Estate and Community News</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/blog/178441</link><description>Timely news and information about communities in Flagstaff and Northern Arizona&amp;nbsp; </description><atom:link type="application/rss+xml" rel="self" href="http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/rss/178441?"/><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2007 Team Heitland - Flagstaff Real Estate--All Rights Reserved -- This channel is part of the Flagstaff Real Estate and Community News blogsite--Powered by MyST Blogsite(tm).</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:45:34 -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:12:41 -0400</lastBuildDate><generator>MySmartChannels V3.0 (MyST Web Service Platform V5.00.0511)</generator><image><url>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/styles/blogsite/BestFlagstaffHomes/images/rss.jpg</url><height>31</height><width>88</width><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/blog/178441</link><title>Focus on Flagstaff Communities | Flagstaff Real Estate and Community News</title><description>Your comprehensive guide to Flagstaff real estate and community information</description></image>
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     <item><title>Weekend Things to Do in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/204294</link><description>Perfect weather forecast will set the scene in and around Flagstaff&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/86001?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared"&gt;National Weather Service&lt;/a&gt; says Flagstaff will have &lt;strong&gt;highs of 74&lt;/strong&gt; on Saturday and &lt;strong&gt;82&lt;/strong&gt; on Sunday &amp;ndash; with perfectly sunny, blue skies on both days. &lt;em&gt;Here are some fun ideas for things to do in this great Arizona mountain weather&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s a perfect weekend for &lt;a title="Bird Walks at The Arboretum at Flagstaff" href="http://www.thearb.org/birdwalks.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a bird walk at the Arboretum of Flagstaff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, or a hike, run, or bike trip anywhere else on our great trail system. The Arboretum-guided bird walks happen every Saturday morning from May through July, and again in September. Start at 7:30 a.m. &lt;a title="The Arboretum at Flagstaff - Bird Species list" href="http://www.thearb.org/ArbBirdList.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Here&amp;rsquo;s a list of species you may see on your walk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;If bird-watching seems a bit sedate for you, try a three-hour &lt;a title="Bike Road Trip in Flagstaff" href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=YzBqODk4N3Aza2EyZnJocmduNWtzNzdjbDhfMjAwODA1MTdUMTYwMDAwWiBhc3RyYTQzYzQ1bnRlNXVxbXBubTFkOW50MEBn&amp;ctz=America/Phoenix" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bicycle Road Ride around Morman Lake&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, beginning in downtown Flagstaff at 9 a.m. on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday &lt;/strong&gt;morning. Or, join the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mountaincharterschool.com/"&gt;9th Annual Run for the Mountain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; a fund-raiser for Mountain Charter School. 2k, 5 k, and 10 k runs with other fun on the side. This is the first of the summer &lt;a title="Northern Arizona Trail Runners" href="http://www.natra.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Trail Running Series&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s back up to &lt;strong&gt;Friday night&lt;/strong&gt; event options: &lt;a title="Heritage Square in downtown Flagstaff" href="http://www.heritagesquaretrust.org/history/history.html" target="_blank"&gt;Heritage Square&lt;/a&gt; will be alive with &lt;strong&gt;African dances&lt;/strong&gt; beginning at 6 p.m. Performers are from &lt;a title="FALA website" href="http://www.fala.apscc.k12.az.us/default.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy&lt;/a&gt;. At dusk, the &lt;strong&gt;movie &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a title="Madagascar trailor" href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/03/13/madagascar-the-crate-escape-movie-trailer/" target="_blank"&gt;Madagascar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; will show in the open air. (Bring jackets and blankets for our evening weather.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Also &lt;strong&gt;Friday night&lt;/strong&gt; (and Saturday and Sunday) the musical &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a title="About the event" href="http://www.flagstaffyouththeater.com/cal_ViewDay.aspx?d=37" target="_blank"&gt;Barnum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; continues to play with performances by &lt;a title="Flagstaff Youth Theater" href="http://www.flagstaffyouththeater.com/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Youth Theater&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;img alt="Ballet Image" hspace="4" src="http://annheitland.smugmug.com/photos/296176949_dQXLg-S.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="1" /&gt;For ballet fans, on &lt;strong&gt;Friday and Saturday nights&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;a title="NAU Music and Dance Academy website" href="http://www4.nau.edu/music/academy/general_information.html" target="_blank"&gt;NAU Community Music &amp;amp; Dance Academy&lt;/a&gt; presents the 3-act ballet &lt;a title="About the story" href="http://www.cinemavii.com/dizozza/copellia.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coppelia&lt;/strong&gt; inspired by a story written by E. T. A. Hoffman&lt;/a&gt;. Tickets may be purchased at the NAU Central Ticket Office 523-5661, &lt;a title="Buy Tickets" href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.TicketMaster.com&lt;/a&gt;, or at the performances.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday afternoon&lt;/strong&gt;, Flagstaff youth have the opportunity to &lt;strong&gt;mountain bike&lt;/strong&gt; in a safe, organized fashion, along the Schultz Creek and Fort Valley trails. Instructions for meeting up and preparation at the sponsor&amp;rsquo;s website: &lt;a title="Youth Mountain Biking in Flagstaff" href="http://flagstaffbiking.org/youth-mountain-bike/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Biking Organization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do with this lovely weekend in Flagstaff, have a great time! If your thoughts turn to real estate, a new home, or moving to this lovely place, visit our website to learn more about our &lt;a title="Flagstaff community information" href="http://www.bestflagstaffhomes.com/bin/web/real_estate/AR49005/LOCAL_INFO/Flagstaff/1209652599.html" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff community&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Get Serious about Flagstaff Real Estate" href="http://bestflagstaffhomes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff real estate&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a title="Flagstaff real estate agents" href="http://www.bestflagstaffhomes.com/bin/web/real_estate/AR49005/EXTRA2/Flagstaff/1209652599.html" target="_blank"&gt;Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties&lt;/a&gt; is ready to help when you are ready to move.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.natra.org/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Northern Arizona Trail Runners Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn about weekly running events in and around Flagstaff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://flagstaffbiking.org" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Biking Organization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn about this very active bicycling group in Flagstaff -- something for everyone!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thearb.org" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Arboretum at Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn about more fun things to do and learn at one of Flagstaff's treasured places&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www4.nau.edu/music/academy/general_information.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;NAU Community Music and Dance Academy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Northern Arizona University's musical talent invests in the future of Flagstaff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/204294</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:37 -0400</pubDate>
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   </item><item><title>Bike To Work Week in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/204024</link><description>A great kickoff on Monday is followed by snow blockade on Tuesday -- but it's not over yet!&lt;p&gt;This week is the &lt;strong&gt;6th annual Flagstaff Bike to Work Week&lt;/strong&gt;, sponsored by the &lt;a title="What is it?" href="http://www.flagstaffbiking.org/about/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Biking Organization&lt;/a&gt;. Bike to work week ran into a Spring snow storm on Tuesday, but many committed Flagstaff bikers went to work on their bikes anyway, knowing that the six inches that greeted them on the east side of town in the morning would be melted by the time it was time to pedal home in the evening. And, indeed, the late afternoon was glorious as only sunny Flagstaff can be after a winter storm. The snow-capped mountains were shining, but the streets were dry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow (Wednesday) if you are biking to work in Flagstaff, you can stop for a &lt;strong&gt;free &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a title="Bike to work week breakfast locations" href="http://flagstaffbiking.org/bike-to-work-week/bike-to-work-wednesday/" target="_blank"&gt;breakfast at any one of eight locations&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Then, on the way home, stop by City Hall for a Town Hall meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The intent of the &lt;strong&gt;Bicycle Town Hall Meeting&lt;/strong&gt; is to give the community an opportunity to learn what&amp;rsquo;s being done to make Flagstaff a better place for bicycles, and to help City officials and other agencies learn what&amp;rsquo;s important to the community regarding accommodation of bicycles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thursday, &lt;a title="Bike to School" href="http://flagstaffbiking.org/bike-to-work-week/bike-to-school/" target="_blank"&gt;biking to school&lt;/a&gt; is the emphasis of the day, with events at school locations. Thursday night is &lt;a title="Movie and Awards Details" href="http://flagstaffbiking.org/bike-to-work-week/bike-movies/" target="_blank"&gt;movie and awards&lt;/a&gt; night at the &lt;strong&gt;Orpheum Theatre&lt;/strong&gt; in downtown Flagstaff. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Friday night, celebrate a great week with other Flagstaff bicyclists at the ramada in Thorpe Park.&amp;nbsp; Bring a dish to share at the &lt;a title="Potluck details in schedule" href="http://flagstaffbiking.org/bike-to-work-week/schedule-of-events/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potluck Cyclo-Bration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/blog/191269" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Focus on Flagstaff Biking Organization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;More about the year-round activities of the Flagstaff Biking Organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://flagstaffbiking.org/bike-to-work-week/schedule-of-events/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Bike to Work Week Schedule of Activities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Bike to Work Week Is Organized by the Flagstaff Biking Organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/204024</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:21 -0400</pubDate>
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    </item><item><title>Spring Comes to Flagstaff This Weekend</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/203394</link><description>Movies at Heritage Square Kick-Off the Summer Season&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;Bring your jackets and blankets&amp;nbsp;for the opening show sponsored by Flagstaff's Downtown Business Association, Friday night at dusk at &lt;a title="Heritage Square in Flagstaff" href="http://www.heritagesquaretrust.org/events/events.html" target="_blank"&gt;Heritage Square&lt;/a&gt;. The movie is Disney's &lt;a title="Enchanted" href="http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/enchanted/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enchanted&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The Flagstaff High School band will play beginning at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at sundown. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saturday afternoon you can experience live traditional Mexican dance at Heritage Square beginning at 2:30. Or take in a whole day of &lt;a href="public/item/203229"&gt;Cinco de Mayo celebration activities&lt;/a&gt; in the Sunnyside neighborhood. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There will be dance performances by &lt;a title="Canyon Movement Company" href="http://www.canyonmovementcompany.org/biographies.html" target="_blank"&gt;Canyon Movement Company&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Friday night and Saturday afternoon&lt;/strong&gt; at NAU's Studio Theatre. Inspired by the beautiful, artistic quilts of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Canyon Movement Company has created dances reflecting the time and place represented by those quilts. Experience the story of the women who live there and how they survived the oppression, poverty and difficulties of the time. &lt;a title="Canyon Movement Company" href="http://www.canyonmovementcompany.org/events.html" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for details on the performances.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saturday is &lt;strong&gt;National Astronomy Day&lt;/strong&gt;! You can celebrate at Flagstaff's historic &lt;a title="Lowell Observatory public programs" href="http://www.lowell.edu/outreach/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lowell Observatory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, where telescope viewing, indoor presentations, historic exhibits, and prize giveaways will begin at 5:30 p.m.. At 7 p.m. Lowell docent Howard Israel presents, Myths &amp;amp; Legends of the Sky. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the streets and downtown will be filled this weekend with NAU graduates and their families -- this is &lt;strong&gt;Graduation Weekend&lt;/strong&gt; at Northern Arizona University. Congratulations 2008 grads!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canyonmovementcompany.org/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Canyon Movement Company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Read about this gracious Flagstaff dance company&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lowell.edu" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Read all about historic and present day Lowell Observatory&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heritagesquaretrust.org/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Heritage Square in Downtown Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;New Square, Old Place -- Downtown Flagstaff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/203394</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:31:28 -0400</pubDate>
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    </item><item><title>Cinco de Mayo in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/203229</link><description>The name means the 5th of May, but the celebrations will be this weekend in Flagstaff&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The &lt;a title="Sunnyside Neighborhood Association of Flagstaff" href="http://sunnysideneighborhoodassociation.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sunnyside Neighborhood Association&lt;/a&gt; of Flagstaff will host its &lt;a title="Cinco de Mayo in Flagstaff" href="http://www.sunnysideneighborhoodassociation.com/cincodemayo/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10th annual Cinco de Mayo Cultural Celebration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, beginning Friday evening and continuing through Sunday.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Enjoy a &lt;strong&gt;parade&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Saturday&lt;/strong&gt; beginning at 10:00 a.m. Throughout the weekend, find Mariachi music, atisan craft booths, Folkloric dancers, food, car and bike shows, and carnival rides. &lt;a title="Entertainment Schedule" href="http://sunnysideneighborhoodassociation.com/cincodemayo/tobeannounced.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for a schedule of stage performances.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a title="What is Cinco de Mayo?" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo" target="_blank"&gt;Cinco de Mayo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is a traditional Mexican victory celebration. In the United States, &lt;em&gt;Cinco de Mayo&lt;/em&gt; has taken on significance beyond that in Mexico. It has long been celebrated throughout the Southwestern U.S., but is also celebrated in Mexican-American communities throughout the country as a cultural event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have fun in Flagstaff this weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunnysideneighborhoodassociation.com/cincodemayo/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Cinco de Mayo -- Sunnyside Neighborhood Association Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;More details, car and bike show entry forms, schedule, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ddbstock.com/view_category.php?id=425&amp;page=1&amp;PHPSESSID=22e2799b1902e288bdd6411cc585e311" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Photos from past Cinco de Mayo events in Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Stewart Aitchison photos from past Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Flagstaff, AZ&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/203229</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:16:02 -0400</pubDate>
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     </item><item><title>Another Great Weekend in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202837</link><description>First Friday Artwalk kicks off the Flagstaff weekend fun&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Another great weekend in Flagstaff, beginning with &lt;a title="Flagstaff Art Walk" href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;First Friday Artwalk&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Here are four of the Flagstaff art walk &lt;strong&gt;hotspots&lt;/strong&gt; tonight (&lt;a title="First Friday Artwalk Map -- Flagstaff" href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/Docs/mapmay08.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;click here for a map of all 46 art walk stops&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Debbie Leavitt&lt;/em&gt; comes out of hiding again as part of the infamous &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EAST SIDE TEN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; at an UNDERCOVER exhibition at FCRS (old Unity space in Knoles Village Square), 2708 N 4th St/Ste E-1. Also see art by Bess Bennett, Rebecca Borowski, Ivan Bronston, Denise Dee, Elaine Dillingham, Mike Frankel, Grace Iverson, Betty Smith &amp;amp; Rachel Wilson and &lt;strong&gt;SPECIAL GUESTS&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Ballet Folklorico&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Electric Army&lt;/em&gt; from 6-9pm. (#41 on the &lt;a title="First Friday Artwalk Flagstaff Map" href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/Docs/mapmay08.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Map&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Shonto Begay opens his art studio upstairs on Aspen Avenue, featuring his newest artworks that are smaller and more affordable! This is a great time to start or add to your collection! (#11 on the &lt;a title="Flagstaff Art Walk Map" href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/Docs/mapmay08.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Map&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;LEANCY RUPERT's BFA graduate show is this Friday at Harton's BEAVER STREET GALLERY on South Beaver. (#18 on the &lt;a title="Artwalk Map - Downloadable" href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/Docs/mapmay08.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Map&lt;/a&gt;) See the culmination of years of growth and work - you might remember Leancy's year-long-stint as president of the &lt;a href="http://www.flagstaff-arts.org/"&gt;Artists' Coalition of Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Northern Arizona University&amp;rsquo;s chapter of &lt;a href="http://www.cens.nau.edu/Groups/EWB/"&gt;Engineers Without Borders&lt;/a&gt; will host &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Water is Life&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at 2 S. Beaver. This event includes art in several mediums, food, a silent auction, and folk music. Proceeds will benefit the chapter&amp;rsquo;s sustainability project in Ghana. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday night&lt;/strong&gt;, stop in and rest from your walk at 16 W. Cherry, where, beginning at 7:30 p.m., the &lt;a href="http://www4.nau.edu/insidenau/bumps/2008/4_30_08/choir.htm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NAU Shrine of the Ages Choir&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will be for its final performance of the season. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday and Saturday nights&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;a href="http://www.coconino.edu/finearts/calendar.htm"&gt;7th Annual Higher Elevation Student Dance Company&lt;/a&gt; will perform at &lt;strong&gt;Clifford White Theatre&lt;/strong&gt; on the NAU Campus. 7:30 p.m. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday and Sunday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, don&amp;rsquo;t miss the &lt;a href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/springfair.htm"&gt;Artist&amp;rsquo;s Coalition &lt;strong&gt;3d Annual Spring Art Fair&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a title="Map to Coconino Center for the Arts" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;sourceid=ie7&amp;rlz=1I7IBMA&amp;um=1&amp;q=cultural+partners&amp;near=Flagstaff,+AZ&amp;fb=1&amp;cid=0,0,9127787163485476511&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=local_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=image" target="_blank"&gt;Coconino Center for the Arts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday&lt;/strong&gt; from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., enjoy learning about &lt;strong&gt;migratory birds&lt;/strong&gt; at the Coconino Community College Lone Tree Campus. Free organic coffee and cookies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Flagstaff Public Library" href="http://www.flagstaffpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Public Library&lt;/a&gt; holds its &lt;strong&gt;book sale&lt;/strong&gt; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Thousands of Books, Books on Tape, Records, Videos, Vintage Magazines, DVD&amp;rsquo;s and CD&amp;rsquo;s.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; 300 W. Aspen. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday&lt;/strong&gt; afternoon beginning at 3 p.m. will be Flagstaff&amp;rsquo;s final opportunity of the season to enjoy the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="NAU Orchestra Schedule - Last Event" href="http://www.orchestra.nau.edu/" target="_blank"&gt;NAU Orchestra and Flagstaff&amp;rsquo;s Master Chorale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Ardrey Auditorium on the NAU Campus. &lt;strong&gt;Ticket prices:&lt;/strong&gt; Adult: $15, child: $8; NAU students with ID: free&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend in Flagstaff. If you want to buy a Flagstaff home, give us a call -- we're ready when you are ready to &lt;a title="Flagstaff real estate" href="http://bestflagstaffhomes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;get serious about Flagstaff real estate&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Cultural Partners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sponsor of First Friday Artwalk and the Art Show&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202837</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:05:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      </item><item><title>Another Busy Weekend in Flagstaff!</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202365</link><description>This beautiful Spring weekend in Flagstaff is filled with events&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The &lt;a title="More about the Northern Arizona Book Festival" href="public/item/202231" target="_blank"&gt;Northern Arizona Book Festival&lt;/a&gt; may be the highlight of the Flagstaff weekend, but there are lots of other things happening in Flagstaff this weekend, including an &lt;a title="Arbor Day at the Flagstaff Arboretum" href="public/item/202351" target="_blank"&gt;Arbor Day Celebration at the Arboretum&lt;/a&gt;, the annual &lt;strong&gt;Soar Into Spring Kite Festival&lt;/strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;and lots of music and art events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tonight,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a title="Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy" href="http://www.fala.apscc.k12.az.us/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Arts &amp;amp; Leadership Academy&lt;/a&gt; presents &lt;em&gt;TIMESTEP&lt;/em&gt; at &lt;a title="Sinagua High School location" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;q=Sinagua+High+School+map+to&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=35.19502,-111.598295&amp;spn=0.005813,0.010053&amp;z=17&amp;layer=c" target="_blank"&gt;Sinagua High School&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;7 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; In this annual spring dance concert, students perform African, Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Tap dances. There will also be a silent auction to raise funds for FALA's Dance program.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Also this evening, the &lt;strong&gt;NAU Percussion Ensemble&lt;/strong&gt; will perform in concert at &lt;strong&gt;7:30 p.m&lt;/strong&gt;. in Ardrey Auditorium. The concert will feature two significant works for percussion keyboard instruments, plus a concerto for marimba and percussion ensemble. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Tomorrow the 6th annual &lt;strong&gt;Soar into Spring Kite Festival&lt;/strong&gt; offers carnival games &amp;amp; rides, live family entertainment, arts &amp;amp; crafts, craft fair, food vendors, non-profit activity expo, bounce house, climbing wall, pony rides, petting zoo, and, of course, kite flying activities. &lt;strong&gt;Saturday 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM at &lt;a title="Map to Foxglenn Park" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=foxglenn+park&amp;sll=35.196226,-111.648532&amp;sspn=0.011608,0.020106&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=35.196256,-111.638947&amp;spn=0.092864,0.160847&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;Foxglenn Park&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;At the other side of town at the &lt;a title="Map to Coconino Center for the Arts" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=coconino+center+for+the+arts&amp;sll=35.196256,-111.638947&amp;sspn=0.092864,0.160847&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=35.22613,-111.638947&amp;spn=0.09283,0.160847&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;Coconino Center for the Arts&lt;/a&gt;, you can enjoy a day of &lt;strong&gt;Recycle Art Workshops and Demonstrations&lt;/strong&gt;. Beginning at 11 am Robert Zappanti creates &lt;em&gt;Duct Tape Sculptures&lt;/em&gt;, at noon find &lt;em&gt;Musical Playground&lt;/em&gt; with Bryan Cooperrider &amp;amp; Craig Merriwether make percussion instruments and compose music, and&amp;nbsp; 3 pm transfer black Recycled Art Logo onto t-shirts or fabric bags/sweatshirts!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Balloons will be launched &lt;strong&gt;Saturday afternoon&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;a title="Map to NWS in Bellemont" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=National+Weather+Service+in+Bellemont&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;National Weather Service in Bellemont&lt;/a&gt; during a free public open house. Learn how local area meteorologists create warnings and forecasts using the latest in weather forecast technology. Guided tours will be provided demonstrating weather tools (Advanced Computer Models, Lighting Observations and Satellite Imagery). &lt;strong&gt;Saturday from 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it football season?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; NAU seems to think so. They are holding a scrimmage and barbeque at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Skydome:&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Come check-out the new talent and the new turf in the dome!&amp;quot; $5.00 includes BBQ lunch.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;a title="Children's Chorale of Flagstaff website" href="http://www.childrenschoraleofflagstaff.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Children's Chorale of Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt; proudly presents: &amp;quot;Spring Serenade &lt;em&gt;Tales of the Tall Wind&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; at the &lt;a title="Museum of Northern Arizona" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Museum+of+Northern+Arizona&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=35.276876,-111.705551&amp;spn=0.092772,0.160847&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;Museum of Northern Arizona&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Features music from the Children's Chorale of Flagstaff, buffet style lunch catered by Simply Delicious, wine tasting and more! A silent auction will also be held featuring coveted pieces from local artists. $25 per person&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. for luncheon, auction, wine tasting; 2:30 concert.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;NAU &lt;strong&gt;Spring Festival of Choirs&lt;/strong&gt; happens &lt;strong&gt;Sunday afternoon&lt;/strong&gt; at Ardrey Auditorium. Performances by four NAU choir ensembles and the Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell choir. Adult: $12, faculty/staff/senior: $10; students w/ID: free.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;3-4:30 pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday evening&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;strong&gt;NAU Brass Ensembles&lt;/strong&gt; will be featured in concert. Ensembles include the trombone choir, horn ensemble, brass quintet and trumpet ensemble. &lt;strong&gt;7 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; at Ashurst Auditorium. Free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Miser&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Town&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; continue as &lt;strong&gt;dramatic features&lt;/strong&gt; in Flagstaff this weekend. &lt;em&gt;See&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a title="The Miser and Our Town performances in Flagstaff" href="public/blog/178441" target="_blank"&gt;last week&amp;rsquo;s post for details.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend! If you'd like to buy a &lt;a title="Search for Your Flagstaff Home" href="http://BestFlagstaffHomes.com" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff home&lt;/a&gt;, give us a call!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202231" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Northern Arizona Book Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;History, Events and Surrounding Events of this exciting Flagstaff tradition&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202351" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Arbor Day at the Arboretum at Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Details on all of the events this weekend at The Arboretum of Flagstaff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202365</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:34:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      </item><item><title>Arbor Day Celebration This Weekend in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202351</link><description>The Arboretum at Flagstaff opens its doors for FREE this Saturday to celebrate Arbor Day&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nearly every week there is something worth doing at &lt;a title="The Arboretum at Flagstaff" href="http://thearb.org/" target="_blank"&gt;The Arboretum at Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;. But this weekend is truly a special one: &lt;a title="Arbor Day at Flagstaff's Arboretum" href="http://thearb.org/arbor_day1.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arbor Day &amp;ndash; A Celebration of Trees&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Flagstaff got its start as a logging community in the 19th Century, so it is fitting that in the 20th Century &lt;a title="Frances McAllister and The Arboretum at Flagstaff" href="http://thearb.org/our_history.htm" target="_blank"&gt;one of Flagstaff&amp;rsquo;s great women&lt;/a&gt; contributed the land and an endowment to create &lt;em&gt;The Arboretum at Flagstaff&lt;/em&gt; to celebrate trees and other botanical wonders of the Flagstaff area. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;Here is a list of special programs for &lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#009966"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arbor Day at the Arboretum&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" style="WIDTH: 100%; 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Tour: &lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;General Tour of the gardens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 9.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="15"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;shape id="_x0000_i1029" style="WIDTH: 9pt; HEIGHT: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 11.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 11.25pt" alt="bullet" type="#_x0000_t75" /&gt;&lt;imagedata o:href="http://thearb.org/_themes/level/alevbul1.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\AHEITL~1.REM\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" /&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/imagedata /&gt;&lt;/shape /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 422.9pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="705"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;Noon&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Live Birds of Prey &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;demonstrations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; 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BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="15"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;shape id="_x0000_i1031" style="WIDTH: 9pt; HEIGHT: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 11.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 11.25pt" alt="bullet" type="#_x0000_t75" /&gt;&lt;imagedata o:href="http://thearb.org/_themes/level/alevbul1.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\AHEITL~1.REM\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" /&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/imagedata /&gt;&lt;/shape /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 422.9pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="705"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;1:00-3:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Book Signing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt; with squirrel expert Sylvester Alred&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 9.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="15"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;shape id="_x0000_i1032" style="WIDTH: 9pt; HEIGHT: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 11.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 11.25pt" alt="bullet" type="#_x0000_t75" /&gt;&lt;imagedata o:href="http://thearb.org/_themes/level/alevbul1.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\AHEITL~1.REM\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" /&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/imagedata /&gt;&lt;/shape /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 422.9pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="705"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;2:00 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Live Birds of Prey &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;demonstrations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 9.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="15"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;shape id="_x0000_i1026" style="WIDTH: 9pt; HEIGHT: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 11.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 11.25pt" alt="bullet" type="#_x0000_t75" /&gt;&lt;imagedata o:href="http://thearb.org/_themes/level/alevbul1.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\AHEITL~1.REM\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" /&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/imagedata /&gt;&lt;/shape /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 422.9pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" valign="top" width="705"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;3:00 - 5:00 p,m.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mass tree planting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;at &lt;place w:st="on" /&gt;&lt;city w:st="on" /&gt;Willow&lt;/city /&gt; &lt;state w:st="on" /&gt;Wash&lt;/state /&gt;&lt;/place /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;place w:st="on" /&gt;&lt;state w:st="on" /&gt;&lt;/place /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: #000066"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Special guest naturalist Dennis Jex will have a &lt;strong&gt;snake display&lt;/strong&gt; from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.&amp;nbsp; He will host educational games and quizzes and have live specimens for folks to see up close.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Learn about the venomous and non-venomous species&lt;/strong&gt; that you may encounter in the woods, canyons and grasslands of Arizona.&amp;nbsp; Dennis is a member of the &lt;a title="Tucson Snake Lovers" href="http://tucsonherpsociety.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Tucson Herpetology Society&lt;/a&gt; and maintains a collection of snakes for educational use.&lt;img alt="High Country Raptor Program in Flagstaff" hspace="6" src="http://annheitland.smugmug.com/photos/284874018_WjAhU-S.jpg" align="right" vspace="6" border="1" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, the &lt;a title="Raptor Demostrations in Flagstaff" href="http://thearb.org/birds_of_prey_demos.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daily Raptor Program at the Arboretum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is really taking off (pun intended). Each day from now through October, at noon and 2 p.m., hawks, owls, falcons and other raptors take flight under the guidance of their keepers from &lt;a title="High Country Raptors website in Flagstaff" href="http://www.highcountryraptors.com/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;High Country Raptors&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Usually, there is a small admission charge for the demonstrations, but they are part of the &lt;strong&gt;free&lt;/strong&gt; Arbor Day activities tomorrow. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had the opportunity to see one of the live raptor demonstrations at a meeting of the &lt;a title="Website of the Flagstaff Exchange Club" href="http://flagstaffexchangeclub.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Exchange Club&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Wow! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;Want to buy some &lt;a href="http://bestflagstaffhomes.com/"&gt;Flagstaff real estate&lt;/a&gt; this weekend?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;Contact us: &lt;a title="Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties" href="http://www.bestflagstaffhomes.com/bin/web/real_estate/AR49005/EXTRA2/Flagstaff/1208041735.html" target="_blank"&gt;Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://thearb.org/arbor_day1.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Arbor Day at the Arboretum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Events as posted on The Arboretum's own website&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202231" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Also This Weekend: Flagstaff's Outstanding Book Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;About the Northern Arizona Book Festival events and Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202351</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:37:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      </item><item><title>Literature and Literacy in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202231</link><description>Northern Arizona Book Festival Weekend is upon us and the Mountain Spelling Bee is coming up!&lt;p&gt;Flagstaff will be alive with&amp;nbsp;literature and literacy events over the next eight days. The &lt;a title="Northern Arizona Book Festival" href="http://www.nazbookfest.com/about.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Northern Arizona Book Festival&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was founded in 1998 by the &lt;a title="Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County" href="http://www.lvccreads.org/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County&lt;/a&gt; as a direct and tangible link between basic literacy efforts and ambitious literary endeavors. With the hyperbole to which book-lovers often seem inspired, the downtown Flagstaff book festival has been called the &lt;a title="About the Northern Arizona Book Festival" href="http://www.nazbookfest.com/about.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;ldquo;premier cultural event of the Northland&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a&gt; as well as the &lt;a title="About the Northern Arizona Book Festival" href="http://www.nazbookfest.com/about.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;ldquo;single greatest reason to live in Flagstaff!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; I think there are lots of other reasons to live in Flagstaff as well. Nonetheless,&amp;nbsp;the next week&amp;rsquo;s events certainly are some of the reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although the official festival begins Friday, our local bookstore, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title="Bookmans events" href="http://www.bookmans.com/Flagstaff.211.0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Bookmans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, will host a reading this evening by author &lt;strong&gt;Evan Handler&lt;/strong&gt;. The actor and critically-acclaimed writer is best known as Harry Goldenblatt from HBO&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Sex and the City&lt;/em&gt; and&amp;nbsp; is the author of the memoir &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title="Review of the book" href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291058,00.html" target="_blank"&gt;Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. The event runs from &lt;strong&gt;7 p.m. &amp;ndash; 8 p.m. Wednesday&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;There are several other similar events surrounding the festival this week and next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Throughout the weekend, beginning Friday, &lt;strong&gt;downtown Flagstaff will be filled with authors and their audiences for the main event&lt;/strong&gt;. Visit the Northern Arizona Book Festival calendar page for a &lt;a title="Flagstaff book festival events" href="http://www.nazbookfest.com/calendar.htm" target="_blank"&gt;full schedule of events&lt;/a&gt;. Enjoy workshops as well as book discussions, and head back to&lt;em&gt; Bookmans&lt;/em&gt; Sunday morning for a gathering of authors making themselves available for book-signings.&amp;nbsp;Proceeds from the festival benefit Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday, May 1&lt;/strong&gt;, Literacy Volunteers will host its annual &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://calendar.azdailysun.com/eventview.cfm?ID=32394,04/23/2008"&gt;Mountain Spelling Bee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; fund-raising event. RE/MAX Peak Properties has adopted &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lvccreads.org/index.htm"&gt;Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; as its community-giving target. Our agents contribute funds and time as tutors to the literacy effort. &lt;a title="Flagstaff real estate agents" href="http://bestflagstaffhomes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties&lt;/a&gt; will enter a team in the spelling bee &amp;ndash; last year we won the &amp;ldquo;Spirit Award&amp;rdquo; after coming close to taking first prize in the final round. This year, we have a spelling ringer and hope to win. Come see us at the &lt;a title="Radisson Woodlands Flagstaff" href="http://www.radisson.com/flagstaffaz" target="_blank"&gt;Radisson Woodlands&lt;/a&gt; on May 1 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., join in the fun and benefit a good cause. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nazbookfest.com/index.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Northern Arizona Book Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See the full calendar, author and writer biographies, details on events and locations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lvccreads.org/index.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Here's more information on this literacy advocacy group&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/202231</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:51:47 -0400</pubDate>
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       </item><item><title>Events in Flagstaff This Weekend</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/201944</link><description>Flagstaff celebrates Earth Day – and other Music, Drama, and Science Events throughout the Weekend&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Flagstaff celebrates &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00cc66"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Earth Day&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Saturday&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;a title="Flagstaff Earth Day Service Projects" href="http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=6904" target="_blank"&gt;service projects from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Earth Day Celebration at Flagstaff City Hall" href="http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=6914" target="_blank"&gt;fun and learning projects beginning at 11:30&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; 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&amp;rsquo;s front lawn, you&amp;rsquo;ll find &lt;strong&gt;music&lt;/strong&gt;, award presentations, and a &lt;strong&gt;lecture/exhibit&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;(Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm told there will be great &lt;strong&gt;arts and crafts&lt;/strong&gt; exhibits, too!)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc0066"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music of all types will ring throughout the weekend in Flagstaff.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; On &lt;strong&gt;Friday night&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a title="Flagstaff Folk Project" href="http://www.webari.com/ffp/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Folk Project&lt;/a&gt; hosts Flagstaff-based &lt;strong&gt;classical guitarist Craig Yarbrough&lt;/strong&gt; 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. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;For some &lt;strong&gt;classical chamber music&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Friday night&lt;/strong&gt;, go to Ardrey Auditorium at 7:30 pm for the NAU Chamber Orchestra performance of &lt;a title="NAU Orchestra Masterworks" href="http://www.orchestra.nau.edu/" target="_blank"&gt;Masterworks&lt;/a&gt; No.6 Bohemian Rhapsody.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday night&lt;/strong&gt;, at Coconino Center for the Arts, you&amp;rsquo;ll find &lt;a title="Sons and Brothers performance details" href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/sons.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sons and Brothers and their special guest Heart Prairie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; starting at 7:30 p.m. This performance is the last in a series presented by &lt;a href="http://www.ffotm.net/"&gt;Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music&lt;/a&gt; in partnership with Flagstaff Cultural Partners.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Also on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday night&lt;/strong&gt;, David Hidalgo &amp;amp; Louie Perez, two of the founding members of Grammy-winning &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="Los Lobos" href="http://www.loslobos.org/site/band.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;Los Lobos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; perform &lt;em&gt;Stories and Songs&lt;/em&gt;. At the Orpheum at 8 p.m. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday night&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a title="Lowell Observatory" href="http://www.lowell.edu/outreach/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;Lowell Observatory&lt;/a&gt; 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. &lt;img height="335" alt="The Miser" hspace="4" src="http://annheitland.smugmug.com/photos/281109713_mgFTv-S.jpg" width="340" align="right" vspace="4" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon, NAU Theatre presents &lt;a title="Plot Summary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miser" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Miser&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by Moliere&lt;/a&gt;, adapted by Miles Malleston. &lt;em&gt;The Miser&lt;/em&gt; is Moliere's comic satire on materialism -- a story of cunning, guile and double-dealing. At the Clifford White Theatre &amp;ndash; 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. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Meanwhile, at &lt;a title="Theatrikos - Our Town Performances" href="http://www.theatrikos.com/now_playing.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Theatrikos, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Town&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, continues Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. For an earlier post about the performance, &lt;a title="Our Town at Theatrikos" href="public/item/201594" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#3333cc"&gt;April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The &lt;a href="public/blog/180152"&gt;Flagstaff Exchange Club&lt;/a&gt; will be passing out literature about child abuse prevention this Saturday at local businesses.&amp;nbsp; This is a part of a &lt;a href="http://www.preventchildabuse.com/"&gt;national effort by the club&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday, April 19, from 11 a.m. &amp;ndash; 1 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; Look for Exchange Club members at Safeway on Highway 89N, Homeco Ace, and Petland. (&lt;a title="Petland.com" href="http://www.petland.com/" target="_blank"&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ll be at Petland&lt;/a&gt;!)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=6904" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Earth Day Service Projects&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn more about locations for volunteering for Saturday morning work projects for Earth Day&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=6914" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Earth Day Celebration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Schedule of events at Flagstaff City Hall on Saturday&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/201944</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:44:15 -0400</pubDate>
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       </item><item><title>NAU's Combined Choirs Highlight This Weekend in Flagstaff</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/201594</link><description>Friday night's Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra events are this Flagstaff real estate agent's picks for the weekend&lt;p&gt;Be there when the &lt;strong&gt;news is made this Friday night&lt;/strong&gt; at Audrey Auditorium, where the choice for new Musical Director of the &lt;a title="Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra" href="http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra&lt;/a&gt; will be announced. In addition, the night will feature what is sure to be a great performance with Flagstaff&amp;rsquo;s own &lt;a title="Dr. Edith Copley of NAU" href="http://www.cal.nau.edu/music/faculty/copley.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Dr. Edith Copley&lt;/a&gt; conducting &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="FSO Concert #7" href="http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/prognotes.php?w=britten_war_requiem&amp;c=concert.php?c=7" target="_blank"&gt;Britten's &lt;em&gt;War Requiem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Special soloists &lt;a title="Deborah Raymond of NAU in Flagstaff" href="http://www.cal.nau.edu/music/faculty/raymond.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Deborah Raymond&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Steven Spears bio" href="http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/bios/spears.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;Steven Spears&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Kurt Ollman bio" href="http://www.cabrillomusic.org/2002/ollman.html" target="_blank"&gt;Kurt Ollman&lt;/a&gt; will join the &lt;strong&gt;NAU Shrine of the Ages Choir&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra&lt;/strong&gt;. Performance begins at &lt;strong&gt;7:30 p.m. Friday&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a title="Ardrey Auditorium" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=ardrey+auditorium+at+nau&amp;sll=35.196226,-111.648532&amp;sspn=0.011748,0.020857&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;mrt=kmlkmz&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;NAU&amp;rsquo;s Audrey Auditorium&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a special treat, I recommend attending this week&amp;rsquo;s pre-concert lecture at &lt;a title="Ashurst Auditorium" href="http://www.cal.nau.edu/auditoria/aboutashurst.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Ashurst Auditorium&lt;/a&gt;. A buffet dinner will be served beginning at 5 p.m. Northern Arizona University College of Arts and Science faculty will discuss &lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Britten&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;War Requiem&lt;/em&gt; In Context.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt; Tickets for dinner and the panel discussion are $25.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title="Ticket information for Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra" href="http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/tickets.php" target="_blank"&gt;Click here for ticket information for both the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra performance and the pre-concert event&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also on Friday night, NAU will host a &lt;a title="NAU Japanese art exhibit info" href="http://www4.nau.edu/insidenau/bumps/2008/4_9_08/art.htm"&gt;reception for visiting &lt;strong&gt;Japanese artists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to celebrate the opening of an exhibit featuring their &lt;strong&gt;contemporary art&lt;/strong&gt;. This will be at the Old Main gallery on the NAU campus, beginning at 6 p.m. (Watch for traffic, this is right near Ashurst!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A kickoff, fund-raising event for this year&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a title="Northern Arizona Book Festival" href="http://www.nazbookfest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Northern Arizona Book Festival&lt;/a&gt; also happens &lt;strong&gt;Friday&lt;/strong&gt; night at Uptown Billiards (114 N. Leroux St., Flagstaff, Arizona) starting at 6 p.m. This will be a &lt;strong&gt;Celtic Poetry Reading and Scotch Tasting&lt;/strong&gt;. All proceeds from the tasting will benefit the 11th annual book festival, which is coming up later this month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday &lt;/strong&gt;at the &lt;a title="Flagstaff Cultural Partners and Coconino Center for the Arts" href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/default.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Coconino Center for the Arts&lt;/a&gt;, enjoy workshops and demonstrations about &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="Recycled Art Workshops" href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/recycled.htm#workshops" target="_blank"&gt;recycled art&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Up the road at the &lt;a title="Museum of Northern Arizona" href="http://www.musnaz.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Museum of Northern Arizona&lt;/a&gt;, you can hear a geologist talk about the Grand Canyon at 2 p.m. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Late Saturday afternoon, you can enjoy &lt;strong&gt;figure-skating demonstrations&lt;/strong&gt; by all age categories of the &lt;a title="Flagstaff Figure Skating Club website" href="http://flagstafffigureskatingclub.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Figure Skating Club&lt;/a&gt;. The event begins at 4:15 p.m. at the &lt;a title="Jay Lively Ice Rink in Flagstaff AZ" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Jay+Lively+Ice+Rink&amp;sll=35.196226,-111.648532&amp;sspn=0.011748,0.020857&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=35.216454,-111.64856&amp;spn=0.046982,0.083427&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;Jay Lively Ice Rink&lt;/a&gt;. Suggested donations to support the club are $3 per person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are several &lt;strong&gt;music options in Flagstaff Saturday night&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; consult the &lt;a title="Flagstaff Community Calendar" href="http://calendar.azdailysun.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Community Calendar of the &lt;em&gt;Arizona Daily Sun&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Performances of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="Theatrikos" href="http://www.theatrikos.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Our Town by Thornton Wilder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; continue this weekend at the &lt;a title="Doris Harper White Playhouse in downtown Flagstaff" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Doris+Harper+White+Community+Playhouse&amp;sll=35.199903,-111.64856&amp;sspn=0.011748,0.020857&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=35.20192,-111.64856&amp;spn=0.011748,0.020857&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;Doris Harper White Playhouse&lt;/a&gt; in downtown Flagstaff. This prize-winning classic is set in a small New Hampshire town as the U.S. came out of the Great Depression. Show times are 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. This &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Theatrikos&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; play runs weekends through April.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend in Flagstaff!&amp;nbsp; (&lt;a title="Flagstaff real estate" href="http://bestflagstaffhomes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ll be selling real estate&lt;/a&gt;&amp;hellip;. Call us if you need a Flagstaff home!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://flagstaffsymphony.org" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Presenting seven concerts this season and selecting a new music director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://calendar.azdailysun.com/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Community Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Events as submitted to our local paper -- the Arizona Daily Sun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.localendar.com/elsie?JSP=PublishedCalendar&amp;mode=PUBLISH_PUBLIC&amp;search_type=M0&amp;start_date=04/01/08&amp;calendar_id=36018&amp;rss_link=36018" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Flagstaff Calendar of Events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Events Posted on the April Calendar at FlagstaffCentral.com&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/201594</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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       </item><item><title>April Arrives in Flagstaff This Weekend</title><link>http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/201022</link><description>Whether or not it's Spring in Flagstaff, there is plenty to do in Flagstaff this weekend!&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Spring is trying to break though in Flagstaff, though the mountains still have snow and today we experienced a bit of freezing rain. But the gardens are open at &lt;a title="The Arboretum of Flagstaff" href="http://www.thearb.org/" target="_blank"&gt;The Arboretum of Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;, where you will find a full complement of exhibits and activities this time of year.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Saturday afternoon&lt;/strong&gt;, illustrator Diane Iverson of the children&amp;rsquo;s book &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rascal:&amp;nbsp; The Tassel-Eared Squirrel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; will be on hand from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to explain her techniques and for book-signing. The &lt;a href="http://www.thearb.org/exhibits.htm"&gt;Visitor Center&lt;/a&gt; will feature her illustrations throughout April and May. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;a title="What is " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Town&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Thornton Wilder&lt;/a&gt; opens Friday at &lt;a title="Theatrikos Current Season schedule of plays" href="http://www.theatrikos.com/current_season.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Theatrikos&lt;/a&gt; in downtown Flagstaff. This prize-winning classic is set in a small New Hampshire town as the U.S. came out of the Great Depression. &lt;strong&gt;Show times&lt;/strong&gt; are 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. This Flagstaff community theatre play runs weekends through April. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Another theatre option this weekend in Flagstaff, if any tickets are still available, is &lt;a title="Flagstaff performance announcement" href="public/item/199436" target="_blank"&gt;You're A Good Man Charlie Brown&lt;/a&gt;, performed by the Northern Arizona University&amp;rsquo;s drama team at NAU&amp;rsquo;s Studio Theatre. Performances are scheduled through Sunday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Kickoff the weekend with a linguistics lecture by a professor from my old alma mater, The University of Chicago. This is the last lecture in the series &lt;em&gt;Language Across the Univers(ity)&lt;/em&gt; and is entitled &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Is 'Message' in Meltdown in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign?&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; The lecturer, Michael Silverstein, is author of the book &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title="Talking Politics -- the book" href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15711.ctl" target="_blank"&gt;Talking Politics: The Substance of Style from Abe to &amp;quot;W&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The lecture begins at 3:30 Friday afternoon at the Business Auditorium at Northern Arizona University. &lt;a href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Map of First Friday Artwalk locations in downtown Flagstaff" hspace="4" src="http://annheitland.smugmug.com/photos/274487730_pCFeL-S.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s hope it&amp;rsquo;s warm Friday night for &lt;strong&gt;First Friday Artwalk&lt;/strong&gt;, sponsored by &lt;a title="Flagstaff Cultural Partners" href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/default.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Flagstaff Cultural Partners&lt;/a&gt;. (Of course, the event has made it through the winter, so it has to be warmer for this one than it has been for the last four!) Thirty-three Flagstaff locations will be open Friday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with local artwork on display. &lt;a href="http://www.flagstaffartwalk.com/Docs/mapapr08.pdf"&gt;Download a map with locations by clicking here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday morning&lt;/strong&gt;, you can begin your day with a delicious &lt;strong&gt;Mexican breakfast&lt;/strong&gt; at the &lt;a title="Map of location" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=American+Legion+Hall+Flagstaff+AZ&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ll=35.245619,-111.651306&amp;spn=1.484908,2.58728&amp;z=9&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"&gt;American Legion Hall in downtown Flagstaff&lt;/a&gt;, where you&amp;rsquo;ll see youth dancers of &lt;em&gt;Ballet Folklorico de Colores&lt;/em&gt; practice during their fund-raiser. From &lt;strong&gt;8 a.m. to 11 a.m&lt;/strong&gt;. For more information call 856-1538.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Or, if you&amp;rsquo;d like to start Saturday earlier, and take a two-mile &lt;strong&gt;bird-watching tour&lt;/strong&gt; with the &lt;a title="Northern Arizona Audubon Society website" href="http://nazas.org/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Northern Arizona Audubon Society&lt;/a&gt;, show up at Willow Bend Environmental Education Center at 7:45 a.m. for a walk south on the Flagstaff Urban Trail System to the I-40 wetlands. Take the bus, ride a bike, or take a hike to Willow Bend at 703 E. Sawmill Road. Bring a binocular, water, snacks.&amp;nbsp; Return time to Willow Bend is estimated at noon. Call Lauren for more details at 928-773-4866 or e-mail &lt;a href="mailto:lbh32@nau.edu"&gt;lbh32@nau.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Saturday night or Sunday afternoon, take in &lt;strong&gt;Handel&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Serse&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, to be performed by &lt;a title="Northern Arizona University Opera Company" href="http://www.cal.nau.edu/music/opera_season.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Northern Arizona University&amp;rsquo;s Opera Company&lt;/a&gt;. Performances are at Audrey Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Wrap up the weekend with a three-mile hike with the &lt;a href="http://www.coconino.az.gov/district4.aspx?id=12104&amp;terms=+Scalawag+Mountain+Climb"&gt;Scalawag Mountain Climbers&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;strong&gt;Sunday afternoon&lt;/strong&gt; beginning at 3 p.m., starting from the &lt;a title="Cave's Crater Trailhead in Northeast Rural Flagstaff" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Caves+Crater+Trailhead+off+of+Silver+Saddle+Road&amp;sll=35.196226,-111.648532&amp;sspn=0.011608,0.020213&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=1&amp;ll=35.270219,-111.53595&amp;spn=0.011597,0.020213&amp;z=16" target="_blank"&gt;Cave&amp;rsquo;s Crater Trailhead &lt;/a&gt;off of Silver Saddle Road in Doney Park.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coconino.az.gov/district4.aspx?id=12104&amp;terms=+Scalawag+Mountain+Climb" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Coconino County Scalaway Mountain Climbers Schedule for 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Start with a short hike this Sunday and end on top of Mt. Humphreys -- Arizona's tallest peak -- in October&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://blog.bestflagstaffhomes.com/public/item/201022</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:48:46 -0500</pubDate>
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