Community Calendar

A morning walk through the gardens learning about the plants that call the Colorado Plateau home

Join our knowledgeable Arboretum staff on a morning walk through the gardens and explore the colorful varieties of native Northern Arizona wildflowers. Please bring water, a camera, and a comfortable walking shoes. Limited to 15 participants.

A morning walk through the gardens learning about the plants that call the Colorado Plateau home

Join our knowledgeable Arboretum staff on a morning walk through the gardens and explore the colorful varieties of native Northern Arizona wildflowers. Please bring water, a camera, and a comfortable walking shoes. Limited to 15 participants.

A morning walk through the gardens learning about the plants that call the Colorado Plateau home

Join our knowledgeable Arboretum staff on a morning walk through the gardens and explore the colorful varieties of native Northern Arizona wildflowers. Please bring water, a camera, and a comfortable walking shoes. Limited to 15 participants.

The 11th Annual Sedona Hummingbird Festival is a can’t-miss event! Located in the heart of Sedona’s red rock country, the festival features 13 different speaker presentations on various hummingbird topics, hummingbird garden tours, banding demonstrations, birding field trips, breakfasts with hummingbirds, a hummingbird marketplace filled with hummingbird-related supplies and gifts, an amazing raffle, a photo contest, a fun festival dinner, a Kids’ Day featuring crafts, activities, and live animals, and pre and post-festival workshops on hummingbird photography and painting.

Time(s) of the Event:

Friday and Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM

Sunday 10 AM - 4 PM

Festival Highlights

Free Events

• Photo contest display
• Hummingbird Marketplace featuring gifts, supplies, and art
• Kids’ activities (Saturday)
• Hummingbird viewing at Hummingbird Central

Fee for Admission

• Breakfasts with hummingbirds
• Hummingbird Garden tours
• Breakfasts with hummingbirds
• Art and photography workshops
• Hummingbird banding demonstrations
• Educational presentations given by hummingbird experts
• Birding field trips
  

Venue for Free Marketplace Central:

Sedona Performing Arts Center

995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road

Sedona, AZ 86336

Organization: International Hummingbird Society

The Artists' Coalition of Flagstaff FREE U.S. Military Veterans Art Program and Classes are available to ALL U. S. Military Veterans. Classes are led by long time professional local Flagstaff artists in many disciplines. For more information email acfexdir@gmail.com or visit flagstaff-arts.org/

Join us for guided nature walks at Hart Prairie Preserve this summer in Northern Arizona. The walks will take place on Sunday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning at the barn in the northernmost parking lot.

Learn about the natural and human history of the Flagstaff area, including its geology and the formation of the San Francisco Peaks, Aspen ecology, Bebb willows and TNC’s ongoing conservation work at the preserve. Hikers of all levels are welcome, but be prepared for the 2-mile walk on uneven terrain.

The walks are free and open to the public, but space is limited; registration is required. Sign up here or below before attending. Note: This is a guided walk limited to the nature trail, and members of the public will not have access to the historic buildings in the preserve.

Please bring sturdy shoes, a hat, sunscreen, plenty of water and binoculars, if desired. During monsoon season, in late July through August, be prepared for rain and bring the necessary equipment for inclement weather. When navigating, follow the Google Maps directions to "Hart Prairie Preserve" (there is no street address) and look for the front gate with a TNC logo on it.

For more information, email Anthony at anthony.chesney@tnc.org.

We invite you to volunteer at Riordan Mansion State Historic Park!

The duplex-style Riordan Mansion remains one of the finest examples of American Arts and Crafts-
style architecture open to the public today. Designed by the architect of the impressive El Tovar Hotel
at the Grand Canyon, Charles Whittlesey, the homes were built in 1904 with indoor plumbing, hot
and cold running water, central heat, and electric lights, reflecting the most modern technology and
design of the time.
Seen by guided tour only, the interiors of the Riordan family homes look essentially as they did in 1904.
The homes showcase original family belongings including fine examples of early Stickley furniture.

Volunteer opportunities available include Front Desk, Interpretive Tours, Grounds and Maintenance services.

Help us preserve history, learn and share the story of Flagstaff.

Contact the Park at 928-779-4395 for more information.

Want to learn to knit? Need help with a knitting project?

Members of the Fiber Artists of Northern Arizona Guild (FANA) will be available in the Downtown Library's Northwest Corner to teach beginners how to knit and help knitters who are stuck on a project.

Bring any supplies you have. We’ll also have extra supplies to get you started.

All skill levels welcome!

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

Monsoon season may or may not bring much-needed rain to the Colorado Plateau as it manifests cloud formations dry and ghostly (virga), threatening and inundating (nimbus), or whimsical (jellyfish). In his stunning photographs of Wupatki National Monument, on view at HeArt Box Gallery in Flagstaff, park ranger Stephen Bridgehouse focuses his time-lapse lens on the contrasts between the Indigenous peoples’ 800-year-old red-stone architecture and the blues and whites of the eternal Southwestern sky.

What does rain mean to you? Inspired by Bridgehouse’s images, and readings from the Hopi and other Southwestern writers, we’ll write to celebrate the sky and call down the rain. Prayers and blessings; poems and memoir; essays and fiction. The workshop is open to all writers, from curious to established, to express in any form. We look forward to seeing you at The HeArt Box. [Free to Indigenous writers!]

Camille LeFevre, B.A., M.A., lives on the unceded ancestral lands of the Hisatsinom (Hopi), Yavapai, and Apache in Northern Arizona. Her essay, “Body Topography,” published in The Dodge, was nominated for Best American Nature Writing and Best American Essays. Her work also appears in Hydration, Metphrastic, Fugue, Unleash Lit, The Winged Moon, Electric Lit, Brevity Blog, Bridge Eight, Thin Air, and The Ekphrastic Review. She teaches arts writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and writing workshops in art galleries. She’s an August artist-in-residence at Dorland Mountain Arts, and will be an artist-in-residence at Wupatki in Fall 2025.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Shoshana” showing July 25-31 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

From acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom comes the critically acclaimed drama “Shoshana”.

In this edge-of-your-seat thriller inspired by real events, a British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv. With British control over Palestine precarious and conflict inevitable, everyone is forced to choose a side.

“An intelligent romantic thriller.” — The Guardian

“A deft exploration of love and activism.” — The Hollywood Reporter

“A timely look at the birth of Israel.” — The Standard

“Shoshana” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre July 25-31. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Thursday, July 25, 26, 27 and 31 at 3:30 p.m.; and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 28, 29 and 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.