Community Calendar

Join us for a hands-on exploration of motion and engineering! In this interactive STEAM Lab, kids will build their own rubber band-powered cars using cardboard, skewers, bottle caps, and simple materials. Participants will test their cars on flat surfaces and ramps, make predictions about speed and distance, and experiment with different designs to see whose car goes the farthest and fastest. Along the way, we'll explore concepts like potential and kinetic energy, forces, motion, and how design changes can affect performance. Kids will collect data, analyze results, and make evidence-based decisions to improve their car designs, just like real engineers! This STEAM Lab is designed for kids in grades 2-5 and promotes hands-on discovery, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in a fun, engaging environment. Register online, at the Youth Desk, or call 928.777.1537. Prescott Public Library and Yavapai Exploration and Science are teaming up to offer school-age children a chance to experience STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) through interactive and engaging activities. Presented with funding from the Friends of the Prescott Public Library.

Get FREE one-to-one homework help for your child with the library's Homework Help service for youth in grades K-8! Local high school student volunteers are available to help with homework packets, studying for tests, reading practice, math practice, or similar school assignments that your child brings in. Homework Help is available by appointment on Thursdays in the Youth area. Call 928.777.1537 to sign up for a 45-minute appointment, starting at 4 pm or 4:45 pm. This free service is presented in partnership with North Star Youth Partnership and its Peer Assistance & Leadership (PAL) program.

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Life is Life” showing May 9-14 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

At the turn of the new millennium, on an unspoiled stretch of coast in southern Sardinia, Efisio Mulas, a solitary shepherd and custodian of times seemingly long past, defends his land from Giacomo, a developer determined to turn it into a luxury resort.

The foreman at the site, Mariano, tries to convince Efisio to sell, while his daughter Francesca is torn between her attachment to her roots and the urgent need for change that grips her community. When the dispute winds up in court, a local judge from the area, Giovanna, finds herself deciding the case.

“‘Life is Life’ is not only the story of a man who had the courage to say no. It is also the tale, based on a real-life case, of a community in our country forced to choose between respecting the land and giving people employment,” said director Riccardo Milani. “It is in stories like this that I seek out the humanity that is hidden in each of us, still.”

“Life is Life” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre May 9-14. Showtimes will be Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, May 9, 11, 12 and 14 at 4:00 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 13 at 7:00 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.

Edie Dillon’s recent mixed media sculpture offers thought provoking visual interpretations of the ideas that lead us away from the limiting frame of human exceptionalism: interdependence, reciprocity, and connection between humans and the more than human world.

The growing Rights of Nature movement – which advances nature itself as a body deserving legal rights – has the potential to significantly increase our chances of sustaining all life on the planet. The movement puts into practice our increasingly inclusive and multidimensional understandings of the more than human world – understandings that encompass both deep spiritual traditions and sophisticated scientific discoveries.

NHI Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday from 12-4:00 pm.

Ladies Night is every Thursday in the Gopher Hole at the Weatherford, where we always offer something special for the ladies, such as discounted craft cocktails, food sales, rotating events, and raffles.

Come grab one of our famous Giggle Waters for $5 and an exclusive item off our tapas menu made just for you, and let the tea spill! On the second Thursday of each month, we will feature KeriOKe with Kerri from 9:30pm to midnight!

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 Thursday Murder Club by Richard Ossman. Copies are available at the Downtown Information Desk.

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?

We will meet in person in the Downtown Library Community Room.

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

At the WORDS Book Club (We Often Read Delightful Stories) you can join in lively discussions of a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction.  Mad Honey (2022) by Jodi Picoult

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Eagles of the Republic” showing May 8-14 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

“Eagles of the Republic” was Sweden’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.

Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy (Fares Fares) is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.

“A brilliantly executed satire … deftly and daringly blending fact and fiction.” — Deadline

“Smart and timely … a clever lesson in how truth can be scarier than fiction.” — The Hollywood Reporter

“Fascinating!” — Indiewire

“Eagles of the Republic” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre May 8-14. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Thursday, May 8, 9, 10 and 14 at 6:30 p.m.; and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 11, 12 and 13 at 3:30 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.

Irish Night, a new addition to Charly's legendary musical array, will take place every Thursday, 7-9:30pm in Flagstaff's Weatherford Hotel. It features Wild World Irish Fiddle, a blend of authentic, dreamy melodies, stomping jigs, and reels with world and Latin twists, as traditional fiddler Kate Rose joins forces with masterful multi-genre guitarist Armand Ramirez. Result: an intoxicating fusion and original, deeply rooted musical experience. The icing on the cake: all the dancers out there will love getting down to the fiery sounds, as Kate teaches simple Irish dance moves and configurations to liven your party. There may even be drinking games or drinking dances. Lovers of Ireland and all things Celtic will connect with poetic interludes and stories from Kate's years in County Clare learning among the fiddling farmers. All ages are welcome, the food is tasty, the drinks are as unique as the historical venue itself. facebook.com/KateRoseWildIrishFiddle
wildirishfiddle@gmail.com 928-380-8489