Community Calendar

Join us at the Downtown Library for coffee, pastries, and a conversation about a special topic! For older adults age 55+.

Presented in partnership with AmeriCorps Seniors

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.

https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/16530780

Join our weekly writing group to practice your writing habit!

With the use of prompts, time allotments, and group sharing, Wily Writers will learn more about their writing and support others along the way.

Constructive and positive feedback is welcome and encouraged! Our ultimate goal is to make writing more accessible and approachable for everyone at any level. You bring your writing tools and we'll bring the fun!

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.

Join the Library's longest running book club on the 2nd Thursday of every month to discuss a new book! This month, we are reading West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. Copies are available at the Downtown Information Desk.

Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.

It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.

Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.

https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/16505773

Join us as we hike 2-3 miles along a section of the Waterline Trail to view areas burned during the Schultz Fire in 2010 and Pipeline Fire in 2022. On this hike expect to see the effects of flooding after a fire, structural mitigation efforts, and post-fire plant growth.

What you'll need: transportation to and from the trailhead, water, snacks, sun protection, and shoes for hiking. Please no dogs on this adventure.

How to get there: drive north out of Flagstaff on U.S. Highway 180 just beyond the Museum of Northern Arizona and turn right onto Schultz Pass Road (Forest Road 420). Follow this road, staying to the left when you get to the fork, just a half mile up. Drive 6 miles on FR 420, and park in the Schultz Tank parking area. We will meet you there, but if need be there is also parking in the Sunset Trail parking area.

*Event will be canceled if the forest is closed to public access. Last minute notices will be sent via remind text - text @efclad to 81010 to join. Standard messaging rates apply, must be 13+ to join.

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.

https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/15636150

Join our weekly writing group to practice your writing habit!

With the use of prompts, time allotments, and group sharing, Wily Writers will learn more about their writing and support others along the way.

Constructive and positive feedback is welcome and encouraged! Our ultimate goal is to make writing more accessible and approachable for everyone at any level. You bring your writing tools and we'll bring the fun!

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.

Ales with the Arb

Every third Wednesday · 6 PM · Mother Road Brewery

Science goes down easier with a cold pint in hand.

Join The Arboretum at Flagstaff at Mother Road Brewery for our monthly evening series where local experts, scientists, and naturalists pull up a barstool and share what they know. Each month brings a new theme — from pollinators to paleobotany, water science to wildlife — all in the laid-back setting of one of Flagstaff's favorite neighborhood breweries.

No lecture hall. Just good conversation, great beer, and the kind of curiosity that keeps a community connected to the natural world around it.

Free to attend. Just bring yourself — and maybe a friend who thinks they don't like science yet.

Join our weekly writing group to practice your writing habit!

With the use of prompts, time allotments, and group sharing, Wily Writers will learn more about their writing and support others along the way.

Constructive and positive feedback is welcome and encouraged! Our ultimate goal is to make writing more accessible and approachable for everyone at any level. You bring your writing tools and we'll bring the fun!

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.

Join Steve Munsell as he shares his inspirations behind his work as a collector of Navajo Weavings.
This presentation offers a history and interpretation of Navajo Weaving. The relationship between Navajo culture and Dine’ world view is explored as is the historical influence of anglo traders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Doors open at 6:30pm. The presentation starts at 7:00pm.

*The event is free, but space is limited, and registration is required. For those unable to attend in person, the talk will be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel.

Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/threads-of-culture-woven-by-design-presentation-by-steve-munsell-tickets-1996489873957

With the return of the monsoons, our gardens are looking their best — and just in time for our longstanding and biggest fundraiser of the year: the Summer Garden Party, Saturday, August 29th, 4:00–7:30 PM. As we work together to sustain the Arb, we invite our community to this wonderful evening to show your support for the important work we do.

We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker: Jack Dash

Join us in our gardens with Tucson-based writer, naturalist, and horticulturist Jack Dash. Jack is the gardens manager at Tohono Chul botanical gardens, a board member of the Arizona Native Plant Society, and coeditor of Plant Press Arizona. He regularly speaks on, writes about, and guides trips related to botany, horticulture, and natural history in the Southwest, and is a co-creator of Atascosa Borderlands, a visual storytelling project exploring a remote stretch of the US–Mexico borderlands in southern Arizona.

The night will feature local faire, wine by Oeno, specialty cocktails from Mother Road, plus a raffle, silent auction, and live music from Two Hand Union.

An enchanting evening among the gardens, in celebration of The Arboretum at Flagstaff

Join our weekly writing group to practice your writing habit!

With the use of prompts, time allotments, and group sharing, Wily Writers will learn more about their writing and support others along the way.

Constructive and positive feedback is welcome and encouraged! Our ultimate goal is to make writing more accessible and approachable for everyone at any level. You bring your writing tools and we'll bring the fun!

To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330. Three days prior notice is requested.