Community Calendar

Art + Ideas Experience
May 1-3, 2026
Transforming Flagstaff into an Immersive Art Experience⁠
ARTx is a 3-day Multimedia Art Experience dispersed across Flagstaff in unexpected places, aiming to spark ideas, stimulate conversation, and inspire response.⁠

2026 Keynote Experience:
Guillermo Galindo Transonic Communities

ARTISTS & EXPERIENCES

Niko Bare Alder Sculpture
Bryan Cooperrider Flagstaff Incursion
Caleb Churchill (Belleau + Churchill) Stoop Gallery
Guillermo Galindo Transonic Communities – Register here
Jason Gallegos + MOCAF bloom[in]essence
Neal Galloway Tin Can Conversations
Chris Johnson Pedal-Powered Projections: Animations on the Move
Elias Marshall The Engine of Creativity
Cathy Tompkins Gumball Poet
Jill Sans Ephemeral Bloom: Weathered By Time
Laurie Shapiro We Are All Connected to Each Other Through Nature
Rachel Wilson Wind Dancers
Tim Westerhaus + NAU Choral Studies The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
Essie Windham I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Canyon Movement Company Native Flowers Dance for the Flower Moon
Flag Mountain Town Market + The Hive Radiance Community Arts & Music Market
Northern Arizona Book Festival The Bibliotrail
Mountain T’s Mountain T’s Live Screen Printing
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center Nature Tales: Puppets & Pollinators
LOCATIONS

The Arb, Buffalo Park, Coconino Center for the Arts, Heritage Square, Nackard Gallery, Phoenix Ave, Willow Bend & other unexpected Places…

Learn how to make a delicious traditional recipe with a modern, nutritious twist.

Instructor Darrell Yazzie Jr. is a Diné biologist and farmer from the Navajo Nation whose work bridges plant science, Indigenous agriculture, and community-based land stewardship. With nearly a decade of experience in seed revitalization and rangeland restoration, he is dedicated to strengthening food sovereignty and ecological resilience. As part of this work, his Blue Corn Parfait Workshop offers the tools and training to craft a dish steeped in culture that is both refreshing and sustaining.

Space is limited, and advance registration is required.

First Friday | May 1 | 6 - 8:00 PM

AZ Culture Connection at the Historic Ice House Downtown

All ages welcome!

Come create Shadow Boxes inspired by artist Joseph Cornell, and by the Book, Fuzz - what antics can you design for some shadow box animals? This is only one part of the From Wishcycling to Wonder Night at AZ Culture Connections!

Participants can display their art work at the Ice House throughout the month and pick it up at the Big Read Wrap party in May!

Free registration is required, all materials and snacks will be provided!

This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.

You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.

Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!

We bring together different culturally rooted, innovative, bubble-bursting, and masterful musicians to share the stage in a unique, community-focused series free, family-friendly, danceable, interactive, and welcoming to all!

Organized by the nonprofit Wild Steps. More info: wildsteps8@gmail.com. www.gowildsteps.org

Flagstaff Unified School District High Schools presents: Hadestown

HADESTOWN  takes you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two ancient greek mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone.

A deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, HADESTOWN invites you to imagine how the world could be.

This event, known as parkrun, takes place every Saturday morning - same time, same place, same 5K distance. Run, walk, jog, walk the dog, push the grandchildren in a stroller, or volunteer - this event is free, for everyone, forever. It is an opportunity to get outside into the fresh air with a bunch of like-minded folks. It’s is worldwide. Every Saturday about 350,000 people all around the world are doing their own local parkrun. Visit our website and complete a one-time registration so your parkrun efforts can be recorded. Please JOIN US! See you on Saturday - we start at 7:30am.

Join us for our 29th year! "See your neighbors. Meet your farmers. Know your food." The Prescott Farmers Market takes place Saturdays from 7:30am to 12:00pm at 900 Iron Springs Road (Dignity Health, YRMC Miller Valley lot at Iron Springs/Miller Valley) from April 4 through October 31, 2026. This market hosts local farmers, ranchers and food and craft vendors each week. Customers can find fresh specialty produce, meat, seafood, eggs, bread, baked goods, delicious ready-to-eat foods and more. As a vital part of the economy, the mission of Prescott Farmers Market is to support and expand local agriculture, cultivate a healthy community and increase access to affordable local food. We accept cash, credit, debit and FMNP coupons for WIC/CSFP, and DOUBLE EBT/SNAP benefits! *Pets/support dogs are not allowed at the market. ADA service animals specifically trained to aid a person with a disability are always welcome. For more information visit www.prescottfarmersmarket.org.

Stop by the NACA Oak Creek Overlook Vista for beautiful & authentic Native American crafts! Our Artisans can also be found at the Grand Canyon Tusayan Museum!

The Overlook Vista is open daily from 8 AM to 4 PM, depending on the weather. Crafts that can be found at our Artisans' tables include jewelry, ornaments, pottery, sculptures and much more! Check out the Oak Creek Overlook Facebook and Yelp pages for more info and up-to-date hours.

If you have questions or would like general information, please contact Pearl Tsosie at (928) 526-2968 ext.135 or email her at ptsosie@nacainc.org

Join us for an extra special Science Saturday to celebrate the importance of pollinators - the bees, bats, birds, and so many others that form the foundation of our ecosystems! Through art projects, demonstrations, and activities, you and your family will learn about the critical role pollinators play in the world around us.

No registration required—just come ready to learn, create, and have fun!

Science Saturday is an event held on the first Saturday of every month from 9:30am-11:30am. Each month is focused on a different theme, and each event offers fun and educational hands-on activities. Artists, scientists, and experts join us on occasion to provide extra special opportunities to learn and explore. There is no need to RSVP, and the events are drop-in format.

Thanks to generous funding from Flagstaff365, Creative Flagstaff, APS, and the City of Flagstaff BBB Revenues, this event is free and open to the public.

We’re excited to announce that Living History interpreters will be at the Ft. Whipple Museum on the first Saturday of each month from 10 AM to 3 PM, April through November.

Join us for our next Living History Day on Saturday, May 2, 2026.

Interpreters dressed in accurate period attire will discuss and demonstrate the use of military and medical artifacts from the time when Ft. Whipple was in operation. Demonstrations will include medical tools, firearms, and other items commonly found in the kit of a typical trooper stationed on the Arizona frontier.

As with Living History Adventure on the main Sharlot Hall Museum campus, Living History at Ft. Whipple Museum runs from April through November.
Admission to the Ft. Whipple Museum is free to the public, including during first-Saturday Living History days.

The Ft. Whipple Museum is open Fridays and Saturdays, 10 AM to 4 PM.