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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (April 10, 2008) — Molière’s satire on materialism, The Miser, will hit the stage at NAU’s Clifford E. White Theater for one week, beginning April 18.

Directed by Kathleen McGeever, chair of the theater department, The Miser is a story of cunning, guile and double-dealing. The outrageous satire plays out as a father, who rules his roost with an iron fist and plans to wed his children off to wealthy suitors, realizes their intended spouses are penniless.

NAU students performing in the show include Cy Brown as Harpagon, Chie Morita as Elise, Tony Latham as Cleante and Lauren Klein as Frosine.

The performance will adhere to principles of commedia dell’arte, or Italian comedy—an art form that uses fixed social types, such as foolish old men or devious servants. Physical comedy is used to heighten the humor. 

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Flagstaff, Arizona - March 29 Winners of the the 11th International Competition for Guitar Duos in Montelimar (France), the duo Giuseppe Caputo and Luciano Pompilio have received international recognition, imposing themselves on the attention of the press and the music experts.

Grand Canyon Guitar Society Presents Duo Caputo-Pompilio, Coconino Center for the Arts, 7:00 p.m., $18 advance, $20 at-the-door, 928-213-0752, www.canyonguitar.org. Grand Canyon Guitar Society presents Italian guitar duet Giuseppe Caputo and Luciano Pompilio in their first ever Flagstaff concert.

Duo Caputo-Pompilio, born in 1994 with the clear aim to search and go into the original repertoire for two guitars of 1800 and 1900, has recorded three CDs: “Works for guitar duo” dedicated to the repertoire of 1900; “Petit déjeuner” dedicated to the age transcriptions of 1800 for two guitars; and “Spanish Atmospheres” in cooperation with the English Soprano Anita Biltoo.

Duo Caputo Pompilio
March 29, 2008 • 7:00pm
Coconino Center for the Arts
www.duocaputopompilio.com

FlagstaffSimple yet beautiful handcrafted artwork is the focus of the It’s Elemental Fine Crafts Sale and Marketplace. Now in its eighth year, the sale features works by artists participating in the It’s Elemental Fine Crafts Exhibition, which runs through Dec. 20. Free. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff. Getting there: From Phoenix, take I-17 north. It becomes Milton Road as you enter Flagstaff. Stay on Milton and make a left at Humphreys Street (U.S. 180). Continue north on Humphreys to the third stoplight and turn left onto Fort Valley Road (U.S. 180). The Coconino Center for the Arts is about a mile north on the right, behind the Pioneer Museum.

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Young street urchins. Carolers. Tiny Tim. And a bad case of “bah, humbug.”

But the humbug is the harbinger of ghostly apparitions for the testy Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens classic tale of salvation through selflessness.

Theatrikos’ Christmas production of “A Christmas Carol” begins Friday night at the Doris Harper-White playhouse downtown….

….The play will have 8 p.m. performances on Friday and Saturday. Additional 8 p.m. performances will be Dec. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22. There are 2 p.m. matinees on Dec. 8 and 15. Opening night tickets are $17.50 and includes a reception with food and drinks and a chance to mingle with performers and crew. Friday and Saturday performances at the 99-seat theater are $14.

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Northern Arizona University invites alumni and friends, students, faculty, staff and community members to celebrate the school’s 83rd Homecoming in Flagstaff this weekend.

A number of events are planned for Homecoming Day, Oct. 27, that celebrate the close relationship between the university and the Flagstaff Community:

Homecoming Parade, 11 a.m., downtown Flagstaff
The perennial favorite starts at the corner of Elm and Beaver with the theme chosen by the student body: Lights, Camera, Axe-tion: NAU Goes Hollywood. The parade will travel south on Beaver to Aspen, proceed east to San Francisco and then north, finishing up at the corner of San Francisco and Cherry.

Parts of downtown will be closed to traffic until after the parade ends at 1 p.m.

For information, contact Paloma Ibanez of Blue Key Honor Society at pji2@nau.edu . 

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A once-in-a-lifetime find in 2000 by Museum of Northern Arizona paleontologists led to the discovery of the most complete therizinosaur skeleton ever found. The strange dinosaur will be on display through March 29, 2009, as part of the new exhibit “Therizinosaur: Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur” at the museum in Flagstaff, Ariz.

On display are 93-million-year-old bones excavated near Big Water in southern Utah. A freestanding skeleton cast from the original bones of the 13-foot-tall, 1-ton, sickle-clawed and feathered dinosaur is the first mounted interpretation of this long-lost animal’s stance and posture.

The Museum of Northern Arizona is three miles north of Flagstaff on Highway 180. For information on the museum, which interprets many aspects of the Colorado Plateau, go to www.musnaz.org or phone 928-774-5213.

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The author of the hugely popular book that examines what would happen to Earth if humans suddenly vanished from the planet will be speaking at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Cline Library Assembly Hall.

Alan Weisman, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Arizona, wrote The New York Times best-selling book, The World without Us, to demonstrate how Earth would respond if humans simply went away.

“Within two days, without pumping, New York’s subway would impassably flood,” he says. “Within twenty years, water-soaked steel columns that support the street above the East Side’s 4-5-6 trains would corrode and buckle. As Lexington Avenue caves in, it becomes a river. In the first few years with no heat, pipes burst all over town, the freeze-thaw cycle moves indoors, and things start to seriously deteriorate. Plugged sewers, deluged tunnels and streets reverting to rivers will conspire to waterlog foundations and destabilize their huge loads, toppling structures. Gradually the asphalt jungle will give way to a real one.”

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The 4th Annual Southwest Native American Film Festival will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Coconino Center for the Arts, October 5–6, 2007.

The film festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Native American video, film, and animation made by Indigenous filmmakers from throughout the Southwest. The fall festival this fall will also offer professional development opportunities through workshops for Indigenous filmmakers and youth.

The festival, presented in partnership by Indigenous Action Media, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Cultural Partners, Tacoho Productions, Native Movement and Outta Your Backpack Media, the festival seeks to provide an opportunity for audiences of all ages to further their understanding of Indigenous cultures today.

Screenings will be held at the Museum of Northern Arizona in the Branigar Hall and the Coconino Center for the Arts. Weekend festival passes that include admission to receptions with filmmakers can be purchased in advance for $18 ($14 for students) and general and student admission fees will be collected at the door. Passes can be purchased at Winter Sun Trading Co. the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Coconino Center for the Arts. Call 928/779-2300 for additional information or visit these festival partner websites for a schedule of events at www.indigenousaction.org, www.musnaz.org, and www.culturalpartners.org.

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Blues Traveler has postponed their appearance that was to take place at the Flagstaff Blues and Boogie Festival. They will be appearing instead at the Orpheum Theater on Friday November 2nd.

We are accepting any lawn seats sold for Blues Traveler for the Saturday Sept 22nd event with Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, and Hans Olson if you so choose.

Or if you purchased a lawn seat ticket to Blues Traveler, this will be honored at the Nov 2nd show.

If you purchased a reserved Blues Traveler ticket, please email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and we will provide you a reserved seat for the Saturday Sept 22nd event with Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, and Hans Olson if you so choose.

If you purchased a 2-Day Blues and Boogie Lawn Pass for $40, we are offering a total of 3 Lawn Tickets for the Saturday Sept 22nd event with Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, and Hans Olson if you so choose.

If none of these options will work for you, please email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and we will discuss other options with you.

The Flagstaff Blues and Boogies Festival will take place on Saturday September 22nd at 4:30pm with Robert Cray Band, Taj Mahal Trio, and Hans Olsen at the Pine Mountain Amphitheater in Flagstaff.

Thanks for your understanding and patience!
~MGMT

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Flagstaff, AZ (OPENPRESS) August 24, 2007 — Cool cars, cool pines and Route 66 have got all the makings of a great weekend getaway in Flagstaff. Celebrate the third annual Flagstaff Route 66 Days, September 7-9, in historic downtown.

This year’s Route 66 Days celebration is packed full of free activities, including an arts and crafts festival, a classic car show, continuous live entertainment, a beer pavilion and more.

The event kicks off Friday evening at 6 p.m. on Flagstaff’s Heritage Square with a special screening of the hit animated movie, “Cars.” The highly anticipated, Route 66 Charity Car Show, sponsored by the Route 66 Car Club, will take place on Saturday. A major crowd-pleaser, the Car Show will feature about 300 hot rods and other classic cars that are sure to stir up some fond memories, especially amongst the baby boomer crowd. 

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President John Haeger will jump-start the fall semester with a public forum to discuss a variety of issues and answer questions from staff and the public.

Haeger will discuss funding priorities, the university’s strategic plan, FY09 budget priorities and his vision of NAU in 2020. A question-and-answer session will follow.

The forum begins at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 29 in Ashurst Auditorium and will be webcast . Web participants may e-mail their questions to Inside@nau.edu .

Following the forum at 4:30 p.m. will be a reception where guests can network with administrators, colleagues and community members.

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Some say the Flagstaff music scene seems a little desperate - Flagstaff bands try to do a whole lot, but crowd response isn’t always there.

Tempe-based promoter Erika Delemarre wants to change all that with Rock Fest, which sees its fifth year Sept. 1.

Delemarre assembled a show with seven diverse bands, and she said she hopes to inspired kids to look beyond mainstream music and discover something new.
“You don’t have to listen to what everyone else is listening to,” Delemarre, 24, said. “You don’t have to listen to what MTV says is cool. You don’t have to listen to the radio and take that for all that it is. There’s so much more out there to be discovered and so much more out there to enjoy.”

Delemarre said she used to listen to only popular music, but after moving to Flagstaff to attend Northern Arizona University, she discovered local bands and started promoting her own events.

Rock Fest started as an NAU event and has since moved off campus. This year it takes place at Studio 111, one of the few all-ages venues in the city. Delemarre said making the show accessible to anyone was important to her.

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Navajo filmmaker Benny Klain will be center stage at the 58th annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture at the Museum of Northern Arizona Aug. 4-5.

MNA included Klain as well as a professor of philosophy and an author in order to expand the understanding of Navajo arts, cosmology and history at this year’s festival.

Dr. Robert Breuning, an MNA spokesman, said Navajos and non-Navajos come together during this festival to share perspectives, customs and artwork.

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Henry Rollins has announced dates for a two-month, 50-show spoken word tour of North America.

Provoked: An Evening of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling (phew!) launches September 14 at the Orpheum Theatre in Flagstaff, Ariz.

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A staunch maintainer of western traditions since 1886, Babbitt Ranches also has a strong presence in the 21st century. The new website, at http://www.babbittranches.com, leaves a tired trail of earth and leather tones, common in ranch designs, for a dramatic palette of golds and blues. The site also features some of the latest web technologies, including Flash animation and videos, and an online horse pedigree and auction database system.

Established in 1886, Babbitt Ranches is the award-winning producer of AQHA quarter horses, sold every July in the annual Hashknife Horse colt sale. The ranch lands, near Flagstaff Arizona and the Grand Canyon, host a variety of wildlife and grazing for quarter horses and cattle.

2007 Colt Sale:
Saturday July 14, 2007 - 11 AM
A BBQ lunch will be served following the sale.
For More Information Call: (928) 774-6199.

Auction Details: Click Here

The sale will be held at the Spider Web Camp on CO Bar Ranch Spider Web is located 35 miles Northeast of Flagstaff off of US Highway 89A. The ranch turn off is to the East between mile markers 450 and 451.

89A may be found by taking Route 66 East towards the Flagstaff Mall, or by exiting Interstate 40 at exit 201, and following the signs.

Come join Northern Arizona Homebrewers for an in-depth conversation with expert homebrewer and author John Palmer before going to this year’s Made in the Shade festival. John’s first book How to Brew is currently in it’s 3rd Edition and is one of the most popular titles in today’s homebrew shops. He is currently completing his newest book Brewing Classic Styles (Fall 2007) with homebrew guru Jamil Zainasheff. John writes regularly for Zymurgy magazine and has spoken at the most recent National Homebrewers Conference.

When - July 14th, 2007 from 12pm-2pm at the Pima Picnic Ramada at Ft Tuthill Fairgrounds.

Cost - $5 donation will be requested to help cover travel costs.

Directions: Take I-17 to Flagstaff Airport/Ft Tuthill Exit (Exit 337), turn West towards fairgrounds. At stop sign (89A) turn right and go one block to North fairground entrance. Turn left into fairgrounds and Pima Ramada is first parking lot on the right. Look for the sign.
For more information contact Thomas Vincent at 928-774-2499 or email outpost@homebrewers.com.

Brewers from around the Southwest will showcase their products at the Made in the Shade Beer Tasting Festival Saturday in Flagstaff.

Live music will play while participants have the opportunity to sample more than 50 beers from 3 to 7:30 p.m. All proceeds benefit Sun Sounds of Arizona, a reading and information-access service for people who are blind, or who cannot read because of a disability.

The $40 admission price includes a souvenir sampling mug and 24 sampling tickets. VIP tickets are available for $80 and also include early entrance, food and VIP seating area. Designated driver tickets cost $15 at the gate.

The festival is held at the Coconino County Fairgrounds in Fort Tuthill County Park, three miles south of Flagstaff off Interstate 17.

For more information, call 1-928-779-1775 or go to www.azbeer.com.

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Flagstaff Independent Business Alliance
Networking Event & Skills WorkshopMonday, April 9, 2007

5:30 – 7 p.m.

at Brandy’s Restaurant & Bakery
(In the Safeway Plaza at 1500 Cedar Ave)

What’s the Cost Per Customer Coming Through Your Door?

Presented by Ken Anderson, local businessman and
former executive with General Tire who spent years
researching the cost of bringing a customer through his
doors; he will share effective marketing and advertising
tools he used to compete with others.

Complimentary refreshments provided.

FIBA is a voluntary, cooperative effort of independent, local businesses who use education, networking, non-political advocacy and citizen involvement to help our community prosper andcontribute to a diverse, healthy and stable economy.

See the FIBA website for further information.

The National Park Service is soliciting public comments and ideas for improvements and projects for the coming decade, in conjunction with a plan to raise $3 billion nationally for parks.

Flagstaff’s national monuments and the Grand Canyon are seeking comments Monday about what should be improved or added over the next decade. There is an open house Monday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road. Local park superintendents will be present.

If you prefer to give comments via the Internet instead, go to www.nps.gov/2016.

In coordination with the National Association of Development Organizations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will participate in a two-day public workshop from this Thursday to Friday at the Northern Arizona campus in Flagstaff, Ariz.

The EPA hopes to educate cities, towns, redevelopment agencies and community members along the Route 66 corridor and northeastern Arizona on how to reuse and redevelop brownfields, abandoned or unused industrial sites with environmental contamination.

Nationally renowned and local speakers on Brownfields redevelopment will discuss how to identify, assess, fund, clean up and redevelop key Brownfields sites that will support community development goals.

The workshop is sponsored by the city of Flagstaff, Northern Arizona Council of Governments, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation, and EPA.

For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.nado.org/conferences/brownfields.php?con_id=65