Community Calendar

Shades of Route 66 Panel Discussion 📷️⁠
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Join us at Coconino Center for the Arts for a powerful conversation with humanities scholars Ricardo Guthrie, Margaret Hangan, Ivan Pacheco, and David Purcell as they reflect on Shades of Route 66—an exhibition exploring race, representation, and the untold histories along the Mother Road.⁠
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Shades of Route 66 was produced and sponsored by Cline Library at Northern Arizona University and funded by the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona. Coconino Center for the Arts is honored to serve as a satellite venue.⁠
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025⁠
6PM | FREE

Six Meditation Practices to Change Your Life

Everyone wants to live a life with purpose, direction and meaning. In Buddha’s teachings we can find meditations, insights and practices that have the power to make our life truly meaningful. Join us for any or all of these weekly classes where we will explore the six main practices of a modern day ‘Bodhisattva,’ someone striving to reach their spiritual potential amidst the busyness of daily life for the benefit of their family, friends and finally, for the benefit of all beings.

$10 | $5 students | Free for members

Join our weekly writing group to practice your writing habit! Now starting at 5:30!

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

We aren't a critique group, but 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 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.

We aren't a critique group, but 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 The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. Copies are available at the Downtown Information Desk.

We will meet in person in the Downtown Library Community Room. If you need to attend by Zoom, please reach out to programming staff at libraryprograms@flagstaffpubliclibrary.org or call the Information Desk (928-213-2332) ahead of time. Please no later than Monday the week of the discussion.

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 The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. Copies are available at the Downtown Information Desk.

In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage along the River Thames, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young sister, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone—a fairy tale about a magical land, a secret place they can escape to that is all their own.

But the unthinkable happens when young Flora suddenly vanishes while playing near the banks of the river. Shattered, Hazel blames herself for her sister’s disappearance, and she carries that guilt into adulthood as a private burden she feels she deserves.

Twenty years later, Hazel is in London, ready to move on from her job at a cozy rare bookstore to a career at Sotheby’s. With a charming boyfriend and her elegantly timeworn Bloomsbury flat, Hazel’s future seems determined. But her tidy life is turned upside down when she unwraps a package containing an illustrated book called Whisperwood and the River of Stars. Hazel never told a soul about the imaginary world she created just for Flora. Could this book hold the secrets to Flora’s disappearance? Could it be a sign that her beloved sister is still alive after all these years?

We will meet in person in the Downtown Library Community Room. If you need to attend by Zoom, please reach out to programming staff at libraryprograms@flagstaffpubliclibrary.org or call the Information Desk (928-213-2332) ahead of time. Please no later than Monday the week of the discussion.

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

The Senior Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of every month at the Joe C. Montoya Community and Senior Center, located at 245 N Thorpe Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001.

All books provided are large print books for easier reading.

If you need to check out the current book, call 928-213-2380 or email libraryprograms@flagstaffpubliclibrary.org. You can also stop by the library and get your book there.

Next meeting books will be available at the Joe C. Montoya Community Center to check out after the meeting. You can also return the previous book then.

This month we are reading:

The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

Six Meditation Practices to Change Your Life

Everyone wants to live a life with purpose, direction and meaning. In Buddha’s teachings we can find meditations, insights and practices that have the power to make our life truly meaningful. Join us for any or all of these weekly classes where we will explore the six main practices of a modern day ‘Bodhisattva,’ someone striving to reach their spiritual potential amidst the busyness of daily life for the benefit of their family, friends and finally, for the benefit of all beings.

$10 | $5 students | Free for members

Join our weekly writing group to practice your writing habit! Now starting at 5:30!

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

We aren't a critique group, but 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 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.

We aren't a critique group, but 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.