Flag Live - October 2022

FORGOTTEN BUTNOT

Emporiums

Emporium n. Pl. -iums, -ia. [L f. Gk emporion, f. emporos merchant, per to journey.] 1 A centre of commerce; a market. 2 A shop, esp one that sells unu sual or fancy goods. Chiefly joc.

“Where do I find this?” I asked a helpful clerk at the front. She typed the number into her phone, then displayed the coordi nates for me to see. “Just take a picture of my screen,” she directed me

Of all the impacts of the COVID pan demic, one of the most enduring is in my eyes an increased awareness of the churning of stuff in the world or the way material goods do or do not move around in response to human needs and desires Toilet paper shortages, a dearth of computer chips, ships anchored off Long Beach because they couldn’t be unloaded the rip ples moved through our economy and through our awareness with their own viral intensity, contributing the phrase “supply chain issues” to our ongoing list of anxieties.

Peter Friederici

I was thinking of the way stuff moves around last weekend when I took a short trip to southern Arizona to meet a cou ple of old friends and to conduct a quick family shopping errand to one of the big box stores that we don’t have in Flagstaff. Consider it a tale of two stores, two empo riums

Emporium 1: The old main street of Globe, Arizona: a once thriving and still surviving mining town whose downtown is lined with sturdy old brick and stone buildings that housed eateries and general stores, saloons and brothels. We heard about the 29 cramped working girls’ rooms above one of the bars as well as lingering stories of long past murders. The street now houses a few good Mexican American restaurants and a brand new wood fired pizza joint

But, the most mysterious and gratifying places were the storefronts that had no names, no hours of operation posted. The most tantalizing had in its main window a 10 foot long model of a black military ship and a handwritten placard indicating that it had been used in the making of a 1958 submarine flick Behind it loomed a five foot tall head of a smiling Richard Nixon that looked like it had been sculpted out of gold Styrofoam. Strewn in between were giant old wrenches and bolts and mysterious military surplus machineries of obscure purpose. The place felt halluci natory. How had all this stuff washed up in Globe, Arizona?

A couple of blocks farther down the street was an equally dusty and dimly lit store, but this time with its door open. We wandered in. “Come on in,” said a voice. It belonged to a tall, rangy man whose tousled hair lay on the color palette some where between blond and gray.

“I just got back from an estate sale in Miami,” he said “Hardly anyone showed up. That’s just the way it goes. People in Globe think Miami is too far away it’s only six miles!”

Whether the lack of audience was due to distance or disinterest, I couldn’t say.

But the prospects inside didn’t look par ticularly promising We shuffled in, sidling between a beat up iron chandelier and a cherry colored hardwood vanity that held a faded mirror. Up against the front win dow metal shelving units held a hodge podge of bric a brac: dusty cameras, chipped ceramics and a lineup of worn cowboy boots. My friend gravitated toward the cameras, I toward the boots

The owner told us he’d had the place for years. “The junk business is great,” he said, “until it isn’t.” He started telling us about deals he’d made, how visitors to town would trade him some antique they found almost worthless for an object he’d been trying to get rid of for years. I had a sense of this man as the real life version of a “Star Wars” trader, condemned to some arid third-rate planet where he eked a living hacking apart space scrap.

It was a sense that only grew stronger the next day when I visited Emporium 2: the big box store, the Scandinavian one that I’d only been in once before. That time I grew dismayed when I experienced how I had to wind my way through end less display rooms full of bedroom sets, sofas, desks and every imaginable flavor of kitchen furnishing before I could even work out how to get to the cashiers This time was easier because my wife had al ready texted me the precise product num ber representing the desk I was to buy.

That was good advice, for when I looked up, I saw that the aisles of shelving and cardboard boxes seemed to stretch on in definitely from behind the cashier stations like the bland federal archive that the Ark of the Covenant is wheeled into at the end of the first Indiana Jones movie. I needed those exact numbers that eventually, like loyal GPS coordinates, navigated me to the precise aisle and bin that held the object of our desire. I felt I had fallen into one of the nation’s many centers of global com merce, the endpoint of a process in which wood and steel and plastic from God only knows how many locales and countries are glued and screwed and laminated together, packed into cardboard and then shipped off in the multimodal containers that trav erse the Flagstaff cityscape on their BNSF cars, 24/7/365 It was efficient; it was hor rible. If the junk shop was Tatooine, the big box was Coruscant, an overdeveloped economic hub whose clockwork processes and quick wish fulfillment masked all the shortcuts that lay beneath.

I got out of there as soon as I could with my two modular desk halves secured in their cardboard sheaths, not even glancing at the exit aisle shelves full of preserved lingonberries and thin baked pep parkakor. I slid them into the back of the car and drove home without stopping but not without an occasional glance back into the rearview mirror, which gave me a view just low enough that I was able to see my other purchase proudly standing atop the cardboard.

I hadn’t left the Globe junk shop emp ty handed For the cost of a couple of Starbucks coffees I had bought a fine, used pair of cowboy boots, pre worked by some stranger’s feet. The leather felt supple, the soles looked almost new For someone who hates shopping I felt oddly gratified. For a little while, at least, I’d scrap picked value out of the rim of the economy. The desk would be helpful But the boots would mean more.

Peter Friedericiis a writer anda former itinerant fieldbiologistandtourguide who in his spare time directs the Master ofArts Program in Sustainable Communities atNorthern Arizona University

Hot

The dusty landscape of the Wild West serves as the backdrop for Flag Shakes’ fall production of the early-Shakespeare classic “The Comedy of Errors.” This hi larious adaptation tells the story of two identical twins and their servants (also identical) who are whisked away from each other at birth. Later, when one of the brothers and his servant find themselves in the home of their other halves, they are accused, wrongfully, of infidelity, theft, madness and even demonic possession. These wild mis haps paired with elegant poetry and farcical puns and wordplay make this story one of the greatest comedies ever committed to the stage. Directed by Katherine Mayberry of Pigeon Creek Shakespeare in Michigan and starring a stunning lineup of professional actors from all around the states, this Flag Shakes production is sure to knock your socks off Tickets are available for showings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at the Cocon ino Center for the Arts online at flagshakes.org.

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HANNAH FONTES

THE WAY OF WATER

Lots of people tend to discount art as something that is–for all intents and purposes–unnecessary; that it can’t make an impact on our social or polit ical landscape. But, for Open Doors: Art in Action, this idea is not only false but also a misconception that they are working to deconstruct, and with their current exhibition, “Waterways of the Colorado Plateau”, they are setting their sights on raising aware ness of issues relating to the rivers that feed the land on which life depends. This is a multimedia exhibit from the Rumble Arts Collective is filled with the art of local artists including Ed Kabotie, Andrew Baker, Jerrel Singer and many more, and at this First Friday Art Walk, filmmaker Diedra Peaches will be presenting her film, “Lifeways of the Little Colorado River” courtesy of Grand Canyon Trust Along with this showing, Hopi artisans Nuvadi and Mar vene Dawahoya will offer participants traditional baskets and carvings for sale and describe their process. Stop by this wonderful exhibit at The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany to enjoy some beautiful art and learn a bit more about the waterways that make life in this region possible.

“Waterways of the Colorado Plateau”is an ongoing multimedia art exhibit that runs until the end of November.

WEDNESDAY | 10.12

A MONSTER MOSH

GWAR, your favorite heavy metal monster band, is coming to the Pepsi Amphi theater to shred, scream and, at times, scare. Known most affectionately for their grotesque yet stunningly detailed costumes, this band has created a mythology that portrays them as vicious, intergalactic warriors hell-bent on conquering Earth. As a result, their shows can be an experience rife with bloody violence and scatalogical humor, and if you’re lucky–or unlucky you could find yourself in the splash zone for the copious amounts of fluid that tends to splash off stage. This experience is defi nitely not for everyone, but if you are a hard rock head with a love of shock and horror, GWAR may be a perfect, spooky season show to check out. Just remember to bring your poncho. The Pepsi Amphitheater gates open at 5 p.m., and the show starts at 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY | 10.15

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK – FIRE!

The first ever Flagstaff Bat tle of the Bands is coming to the Orpheum, and for one local band, this competition could make all the difference. Five bands will be selected to perform and compete live, and when the winner is decided they will go on to perform at the DUSK Music Festival in Tucson on November 11 and 12 where they’ll be showcas ing their talent alongside Griz, Alison Wonderland and Young the Giant. While the admission deadline has passed for bands, audience members can still buy tickets on the Or pheum’s website at orpheumflag.com with a portion of the proceeds going to local Flagstaff charities. This truly is a can’t miss event so get your tickets now and prepare for battle! The doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m.

ART BY ED KABOTIE

MIIKKA SKAFFARI Gwar will be performing at the Pepsi Amphitheater on October 12.

LUIS COLATO

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CELEBRATING THE DEAD

The Day of the Dead in Latine culture is often conflated with traditional Halloween celebrations, but for those communities that celebrate it as part of tradition, it is so much more than that. It’s a time to honor and elevate those who we have lost, and for Flagstaffians the best time and place to do that is at the Celebraciones de la Gente Festival hosted every year at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Going on its 19th year, this festival has become an autumn staple in Flagstaff, and this year, you can cele brate and enjoy life, music, dance, food and remembrance. Visitors will be able to browse the intricately decorated Ofrendas and gain insights into Mexican and Latine culture during special presentations by cultural experts. While Friday is a members-only preview, Saturday and Sunday will feature folklórico dancers, mariachi performers, sugar skull and papel picado workshops, lectures, arts and crafts vendors and a mural project. Don’t miss this fall event. It’s a special and fitting way to end the season.

BEN SHANAHAN, ARIZONA DAILY SUN

The Museum of Northern Arizona’s Celebraciones de la Gente Festival will be in full swing from October 28—30.

Four underseen horror movie recommendations for Spooky Season

MATTHEW HAYDEN

At my house, Spooky Season starts early.

No, we aren’t one of those houses that keeps the cobwebs and jack o lanterns out all year long, but we do maintain that spirit with a steady stream of horror movies to compliment our evening rest and relax ation. But, wait. Watching horror to relax? That makes no sense!

I agree When I think about our viewing habits, I am often baffled that my partner and I continue watching these movies when most of them leave us either disappointed or terrified, but nonetheless, we keep watching because well they’re fun. The collective experience of being scared or shocked is undeniable and slightly addicting, so as we venture into another season of ghouls, gob lins and gore, we’re going to offer a couple of recommendations that will be sure to en gross you out sorry.

But, to make this as interesting as possi ble, our recommendations will come from deep within the horror canon because while “The Exorcist” , “The Texas Chainsaw Mas sacre” and “Halloween” are all classics that you have to see I’m serious, stop what you’re doing and watch them now the four films listed below are criminally underseen and deserve to be viewed by a wider audi ence.

So, in no particular order, here are four horror films that will be sure to impress you this Spooky Season

»Revenge

TW // sexual violence/rape

Have you ever watched a movie that has so much blood in it that, during production, the prop department had to frequently re stock their supply?

Well this is your chance to watch one!

“Revenge” is a French, action horror movie released in 2017, and boy, is it a doozy

The film follows an aspirational woman

named Jen who goes on a hunting trip with her boyfriend and his two friends each of them wealthy, each of them married. After one of the men rapes Jen, the three of them try to pay her off, but when she refuses, they take matters into their own hands and push her to her death or so they think.

The rest of the movie is an acid dipped revenge story set in the cruel and rocky desert of some unknown land The story and its motifs are brimming with meaning, and the transgressive imagery deconstructs the androcratic mythos of the West and cinematic tradition. While it is certainly

disturbing at parts, the intention brought by its female director respects the protagonist’s trauma and flips the misogyny associated with rape revenge exploitation films on its head.

It’s a spectacular piece of modern ex ploitation that should be seen by anyone who can handle blood.

Stream “Revenge” for free on Shudder.

»Funny Games

Probably one of the most celebrated films on this list, “Funny Games” is Aus

trian filmmaker Michael Hanake’s 1997 home invasion thriller, but unlike most of the home invasion stories that came be fore, “Funny Games” relentlessly punishes the viewer for watching as a way of com menting on the exploitation of violence on screen in both film and TV culture

The story follows a bourgeois family while they’re on vacation in Austria, but things take a hard left turn when two young men, adorning bright, white jump suits insert themselves into the lives of this family and make them participate in a series of sadistic games that gradually escalate over the course of one long and horrifying night.

The unspeakable physical and psy chological torture that the characters are subjected to are often interrupted by the young men’s fourth wall breaking asides which are written in a way that entices and whets our appetites for more atrocity and destruction.

It’s a shocking and disturbing disserta tion on the way violence dilutes our appre ciation for and understanding of violence in real life.

Hanake did a shot for shot remake in 2007 for his English speaking audience, and though it has different actors and a new setting, it’s just as masterful and hor rifying as the original.

Stream the ‘97 version for free on the Criterion Channel or on HBO Max

»Near Dark

Move over “Twilight” and “The Lost Boys”, there’s a new leather clad vampire crew in town, and things are a bit more ominous with these blood sucking out casts

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (“Point Break” and “The Hurt Locker”) and noto riously difficult to stream, “Near Dark” is neo Western horror flick that is as enticing as it is shocking. It follows a young cowboy named Caleb who falls in love with a sultry woman named Mae, but when she turns out to be a vampire and bites him on the neck, their relationship gets complicated. His taste for blood paired with his fear of hurting his family forces him to join Mae’s gang of traveling vampires.

REVENGE

FUNNYGAMES

A story of love and family, good and evil, “Near Dark” is an intense and beautifully crafted film that’s going to blow your mind, but be warned: there’s an iconic bar scene that may not be suitable for the squeamish.

“Near Dark” is now streaming exclu sively on the Criterion Channel.

»Possession

The last film on this list is certainly not the least, but I’ll warn you, a call to your therapist may be needed after finishing this absolutely insane 1981 cult horror classic

Birthed out of a fascination for Lovecraf tian tales and the Cold War, “Possession”

POSSESSION

tells the story of a spy returning to his West Berlin home only to find his wife wanting a divorce. Confused and distraught, the spy sets out to find answers, and while answers are what he finds, they are unexpected, terrifying and stomach churningly ugly.

Despite its subpar release due to a heavily edited cut, the film gained cult status years later as it appeared in mid night showings at art houses across the nation. It’s a must see for anyone who well likes horror

While “Possession” is also notoriously difficult to stream, it has an exclusive home on the Metrograph Theater’s at home streaming service Search metrograph com and type in “Possession” to find it.

NEARDARK

Canvassing is impossible

Running for office was never really something I thought of as possible. I’m too mercurial to speak sagely with people with whom I fundamen tally disagree I mean, I can nod and say, “hmm, that’s interesting,” without roll ing my eyes too hard, but then I run away and call my friends who offer rehabilita tive support I do believe that most peo ple are good and that we can meet in the middle most of the time, but there are some subjects I’m too entrenched in to be persuaded. But, I am good at supporting people who I believe do good work and compromise about issues without com promising their values.

Four years ago, when David Garcia ran for governor, I campaigned for him my first time going door-to door to try to persuade people to do something. I had thought this kind of work would be im possible for me too. I don’t like to answer my door or my phone, so the idea that I should be the one calling or knocking seemed antithetical to my being. But, here’s the trick about canvassing very few people actually answer their door. You can leave literature for your candi dates on their porch and then run way After being ignored by so many, you actually get excited when someone an swers, and you can talk to them about the upcoming election and make sure the door-answerers plan to vote. They always say they will. And I believe them.

I’ve been knocking on doors for Kris tine Pavlik and Erik Sather who are running for FUSD school board. It’s a non partisan, fully-volunteer posi tion. Back East, school board members

are paid a reasonably salary, but with many districts in the education fund ing starved West, it’s only those who are truly committed who are willing to do this work.

It’s easy to campaign for people who you know are willing to work on behalf of students. Plus, sometimes you meet people like the older woman I met who was having her morning beer and plac ing football bets. Her dog was very small and very protective. The three of us are friends now.

I’ve known Kristine since she served on the Parent Teacher Organization at Puente de Hozho. She, who has three kids and a full time job, managed to make every meeting I made every third Maybe. I ascribed my inconstant attend ance to my job and kids. Kristine didn’t

make excuses. She knows as much about Arizona education policies as the authors of those policies know. And she knows how they affect students. This legislative season, our “representatives” did a num ber on education making laws about what could and could not be taught, what rules school boards and schools had to follow, and finding new and improved ways to scoop out funding from public schools. Kristine Pavlik can speak to each of these issues and in ways that advo cate for students.

Erik Sather, who also has kids in public schools, and, full disclosure, is married to me, is running with Kristine. His plat form is similar to Kristine’s: advocate for students, advocate for teachers, ad vocate for parents, stop the bulldozing of public school funding and promoting

the amazing stories of the work hap pening at FUSD. These good stories in clude: students who received full rides to Ivy League schools, have won athletic championships, have built robots and solar powered machines, have learned to speak Navajo, have taken dual enroll ment classes in English and/or Anatomy and Physiology, have won the Poetry Out Loud statewide contest and who get for ty-seven emails per day inviting them to apply to their colleges.

As I’ve written before, charter schools and vouchers are hard on public schools They scoop out funding and then point at the big hole in the ground and say, “look, there’s a no funding in that big exca vated hole” creating a perpetual cycle of scooping and pointing, pointing and scooping.

But as much as the state legislator, the governor who is sadly not David Garcia, and some others who are running for school board may want them to, Erik and Kristine and countless parents, stu dents and teachers, are not giving up In fact, they’re digging in creating more and better programs, finding new ways to teach dynamically and responsively and bringing more energy, creativity and hope to this already incredible school district.

I don’t know if it’s possible for you, dear reader, to canvass with me I too thought it was impossible but it really is kind of fun. And, if that does prove impossible, I hope you can spread the word about two incredible school board candidates Oh, and don’t forget to write the City Council candidates names in the blanks. Although Pavlik and Sather may be tricky names, their names are already on the ballot The good news is for City Council It’s easy enough to spell House.

Nicole Walker

NICOLE’S

Itruly believe there are lessons that we all learn at different points in our lives because we need to know them at that point in time for one reason or another.

In the few years I have spent as tech nically an adult I would say one of the biggest concepts I have worked on grasp ing is confidence. Though I do mean con fidence in the simplest way possible, I also mean it in every other sense of the word. I have learned, first and foremost, to have confidence in myself and my abilities. I have learned to stand up for myself even when challenging a figure of authority feels like a scary thing to do. Mustering up the cour age to have a mere 30 sec onds of confidence can do wonders, at least from my experiences. As cheesy as it sounds, confidence really is key to anything in life. I could almost guarantee you that everyone around you yes those people who seem so put together and on top of things they are operating on pure confidence most of the time; this is also where the phrase “fake it until you make it” comes into play. I live and breathe this phrase because it is the only way to give yourself a quick boost of mental confidence, especially in situations that scare you.

Don’t get me wrong. I am, by no means, a model citizen when it comes to un shakable individual confidence. I am still

working on all of this, myself, every day. If you ask any of those closest to me, they’d likely say that I am still not as confident in my own capabilities as I probably should be. It’s this type of low confidence that makes me scared to enter the “real world” when it comes to jobs, although I am likely perfectly qualified

Though, like I said, I am in no way bursting with confidence, there are some things I have picked up over the last few years that have helped me build up my confidence little by little.

Once again, this is going to sound cheesy and cliché but doing at least one thing every week that pushes your con fidence limit or scares you a little can really help. The more you do things of this nature, the more OK you’ll start feeling with them. It really is healthy to push your own comfort zones outside their normal parameters and I honestly feel like it is a great way to boost your confidence in the long run.

Believe me when I say, humans are ex tremely good at masking what is actually going through their heads Even those people who seem to have all the confi dence and charisma in the world, may ac tually be mentally freaking out and faking every move they make

I hope this was helpful to some of you because even if I can’t improve my own confidence in one fell swoop or column maybe I can help you improve yours along the way.

Camille Sipple

Forgotten BUT NOT GONE

Abandoned buildings on Highway 89 haunt a way of life

PAUL GARCIA

It occurred to me while driving north on Highway 89 that the long stretch of road is haunted. Not by wayward specters or ghastly apparitions, but by the long abandoned buildings that line the road like silent memorials to a time long since forgot ten and to a way of life that may be seeing its final days.

Of course this realization didn’t come to me suddenly or even recently, it had been brewing in my mind since I was a child when I would travel with my family from Dinétah (the Navajo Nation) to Flagstaff. During the long drive from our home in Halgaidi (White Valley) to Flag staff, we would go through Tuba City and down Highway 89 through Cameron and Gray Mountain before reach ing the city. I would watch the scenery pass as we drove down the highway where, inevitably, the old motel in Gray Mountain would always catch my eye.

The gradual decline of the motel was noticeable each time we passed. The sparse number of cars in the park ing lot began to be replaced with grass that grew from the cracks in the pavement. Then, one day, the windows were boarded up, and all signs of habitation were gone. While I was witness to the final days of the motel, I was also aware of the other buildings in the area that had also closed down.

Wauneta Trading Post is probably the most well known due to the interests of urban explorers. The trading post is mentioned in several online forums, and it has also been visited by a few YouTubers in the past. Wauneta is easily recognizable from the road side with its drooping roof and the billboard sign that has since been tagged by an artist to read “Radioactive pollution kills, it’s time to clean up the mines.”

A lonely sign is tagged with a declaration that says,“Radioactive pollution kills,it’s time to clean up the mines.”

PHOTOS BY PAUL GARCIA

A dedication to the Dinétah or Navajo Nation and to the memory of Geri Singer.

LEFT: This old Whiting Brothers motel has been reclaimed as the site of the Painted Desert Project and is at the center of a mission to beautify these abandoned buildings.

Despite the state of disrepair, the structure seems sound though I would strongly advise against crawling through the broken windows to have a look inside The interior is littered with various debris from broken furniture and shelves that have col lapsed either due to time or intruders.

Information about the trading post is scarce. What little I could find through peo ple local to the area and in public records could tell me little more than who the land was deeded to at the time of its operation However the YouTube channel Jessie’s Drone Adventures did yield some of the building’s history.

While the Youtuber was exploring the derelict shack that was, he happened to cross paths with a former employee that was passing through. The former employee, Bill Wilson, worked at Wauneta during the 1970s.

“[It was a] true trading post at that time, [it wasn’t a] tourist trap. We dealt with local people, buying and selling with them,” Wil son says in the video.“It was rare to have a tourist drop in.”

Wilson revealed that Wauneta was once a subsidiary in a chain of trading posts in the southwest. Wauneta bought and sold a va riety of goods ranging from pottery and rugs to meat and cattle. It was a marketplace for local people according to Wilson, but after years of operation, the couple that owned the trading post, Floyd and Rossie (no last names mentioned), tragically, passed away Rossie during surgery and Floyd two years later in a car accident not far from Wauneta. The trading post has been abandoned ever since.

This story is common among the aban

doned haunts scattered along this dusty highway, but like Wauneta, there is a di lapidated, Whiting Brothers motel in Gray Mountain that is being reclaimed by local artists as part of a beautification movement known as the Painted Desert Project

The Painted Desert Project was origi nally started by Chip Thomas in 2009 when he painted some pictures on abandoned structures in the area, but it soon grew into a large form public art gallery patched to gether in the open space by local and visiting Indigenous artists.

In 2020, the artists collaborated on paint ing several murals on the Whiting Brothers motel, adjacent buildings and the water tanks in the area. The stunning artworks have attracted the attention of tourists pass

ing through the area and are quite popular on the internet The vibrant color makes the structures pop against the desert background, and messages like “you are enough” and “American rent is due” make the once bland motel a topic of conversation and interest.

There are also several dedications from the artists to their loved ones Jerrel Singer, a local to Cameron, dedicated a painting to his aunt, Geri Singer and to the Navajo Nation. The southern pillar of the motel has the collective names of all the artists that participated in the creation of the murals. Paintings from the Painted Desert Project can be found all across Highway 89 on various structures

Across from the motel is another deteri orating trading post, but unlike Wauneta, there doesn’t seem to be a name attached to it.

Agnes Klade, a close friend, had a grand mother who was a weaver that dealt with the Gray Mountain trading post, but she has very little recollection of the establishment. All she could recall was that her grand mother used to sell the sash belts, blankets and rugs she wove to the trading posts in

Cameron, Gray Mountain and Wauneta.

Donna “Danimal” Tohonnie, another close friend, also had family members that either worked at the trading post or sold their products to them. To honnie has few memories of the place and family members that we reached out to also couldn’t remember who they dealt with at the shops as they often sold their products by commis sion and didn’t have a regular representative at the trading posts

This seemed to be a com mon issue I came across while interviewing locals Families like the Manns, the Knights and the Means all had dealings with the trading posts but couldn’t offer much more insight about the owners, managers or their daily operations. A former employee who now works at the Cameron Trading Post said that many of the old managers had moved out of the region or have since passed away The Gray Mountain trading post’s past is shrouded in mystery, and as time has told, it will remain that way.

The culprit behind each of these closures seems to be the economic decay that the na tion experienced in the 1970s and the 1990s. These now forsaken properties stand as a stark reminder of a way of life that vanishes day by day. For better or worse, trading posts have intricate ties with Navajo communities. They have served as a place of employment in an economic desert and as a venue for local artists to sell their wares. While the last closure happened nearly two decades ago, the after effects can still be felt by the people in the community today Most artisans in the area have been very entrepreneurial, estab lishing their own vendor stalls or creating their art based on commissions. However, with new closures on the horizon due to the safety concerns of these roadside locations, it makes me wonder if new ghosts will come to haunt this arid stretch of Highway 89.

ART

IMITATION

BEN HENNING

This is the question on the mind of Eric Retterbush, a local Flagstaff tintype artist, as he compares images produced by an AI computer software called Midjourney to those of his own making.

“I make objects, and [they] are chemical reflections of reality I make an accurate mirror image of real people or objects. Midjourney is a best guess,” he remarked,

referring to the software. He’s been using it to imitate his own creations, experimenting to see how close it might come.

A tintype is an antiquated photography technique that was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries using metallic particles to create an image on a sheet of lac quer-covered tin. The process involves sev eral steps of complicated chemical layering, and any variance in these steps can alter the final product—intentionally or not. It’s this multi-step process that drew Retterbush in.

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

“Is this real art, if there is no human maker?”

Local tintypist Eric Retterbush questions the role of artificial intelligence in the creative process

PHOTOS BY BEN HENNING

Tintype artist Eric Retterbush interrogates his own artistic medium in the face of artificially generated art.

“It’s labor intensive and produces re markable objects. Temperature changes the process, direct light, humidity and all these play a part in the many chemical re actions that go into making a tintype. It’s like being a detective; when something goes wrong, you gotta figure it out”

Retterbush began similar detective work when he acquired Midjourney. As he put in different prompts, he began to wonder where exactly the program might supersede him as far as quality of art. “My first thought with this was: Can it recreate a tintype, can it replace me, can it replicate my art?”

In his downtown studio, Retterbush searches for the answer to this question as he continues working on his process. Some of Retterbush’s projects include studio portraits, environmental portraits and a couple series on COVID frontline workers and doctors. One particular se ries he did for the Smithsonian caught my eye.

Titled “Female Doctors of the Navajo Nation,” it was about bringing awareness to Navajo individuals who served at the height of the pandemic. The project fo cuses on the contrast between these Nav ajo women in traditional historical garb versus modern medical scrubs These women bringing older customs into

awareness seem to highlight the fact of tintype as an archaic method that is being rediscovered and revitalized.

“Back then, the money was in por traits,” Retterbush explained, referring to the century past when tintypes were the primary form of photography and visual documentation. “Today, it’s fine art and experimentation. We [artists] want to stand out.” It seems that when it was in its prime, the photographic method was about simple utility. It allowed the rich to remember their families or immortalize themselves as an influential member of society without reaching to the bottom of their pockets.

I asked Retterbush about the limita tions of such an analog form in compari son to digital art or even painting, both of which allow the artist to experiment with color and subject in seemingly endless ways. He was far more enthusiastic about his medium “You can learn from the process and go backwards. The chemical process is nearly endless.

He described how much potential the simplest alterations hold when one merely tweaks the angle of lighting, dis turbs the lacquer application or switches the chemical recipes. Image layering is a possibility as well, which involves producing a new image over the top of

another. When he wants to try something new or when he notices a mistake in any process, he will retrace his steps and dis cover where he went wrong The whole thing keeps him on his toes with discov ery and anticipation of what any change might produce.

Yet, Retterbush was not so enthusias tic with his conclusions on Midjourney. While the resurgence of the tintype may bring the past to the present, the ques tion is whether we should be so generous with AI software bridging the present to the future. “[It’s a guess] by a computer about what somebody or a scene looks like But it is not real,” he said However, he wasn’t so staunch as to deny the soft ware any usefulness within the studio. “It can be used as an inspiration generator,” he continued, “and like many huge inno vations in the art world, this will acceler ate the ability and complexity of artists.”

The software continues to make na tional headlines as an artist recently won a state fine arts competition with an im age generated by Midjourney. The ques tion remains: Is it art or is it imitation? Perhaps, time will tell.

You can visit Eric Retterbush’s website to view his projects and book a session at ericretterbush com

Tintype is a complex process that has been used to capture images since the late 19th Century.

Masters of Brewtality gets metal in Taos before GWAR comes to the Pepsi Amphitheater

Welcome back to the crypt, boils and ghouls! This month, Mas ters of Brewtality is doing what we do best: completely disregarding any semblance of an actual regular format and, instead, focusing our unholy powers on tickling your funny bones and blowing your minds clean out of your skulls. For October, our focus is going to be heavy metal time traveling, with a retrospec tive on one of the South west’s newest and most exciting stoner/psychedelic/ doom festivals held at none other than the iconic Taos Mesa Brewing Company just next door in beautiful New Mexico and following it up with a preview of none other than the world destroying GWAR! It’s going to be nuts!

First off, Monolith on the Mesa. This was only the second time they’ve thrown this fest in the sun bleached desert out side of Taos and, despite being relative newcomers, it went off as smoothly as any we’ve attended. The staff here at Masters of Brewtality all bought tickets way back in the Before Time of 2019 for the next show; then, of course, 2020 happened. The metal scene was still in the grips of the global pandemic during 2021, but, finally, the stars aligned this year and we made the harrowing 450 plus mile drive last month. We can’t recommend this festival enough, especially considering how few large metal festivals there are in this region outside of Las Vegas and Austin. And, it’s at a brewery! In the middle of the desert! With camping! The lineup was ear shattering, with head lining acts Yawning Man, Mars Red Sky and Stoner. We tend to gravitate towards hide ous sludge down here in the crypt, so seeing Eyehategod, Oryx and Year of the Cobra was our everything. Our favorite though, was Daikajiu. Anyone that was at their show at Flagstaff Brewing Company a few years back will die when they remember the crowd surfing guitarist and the entire band setting their instruments and van on fire on Route 66. This year, one of Dark Sky’s brew ers helped crowd surf the drummer while he soloed for what seemed like two years, and that was pretty sweet. With music covered, onto the beer! Taos Mesa Brewing Company makes some damn fine beer We stuck with

their pilsners and strong IPA, appropriately named Motley Brue. Both delivered suste nance and relief during the hot, sunny days and frigid desert nights. To everyone’s sur prise, in a true show of class, they charged normal market prices for each pint, which alone makes Monolith on the Mesa worth checking out We can’t encourage Flag staff’s ever growing punk and metal scene enough to make the trip next year before this blows up beyond belief.

There’s an old joke about a group of peo ple sitting in a drinking circle, and one asks, after taking a long pull of rotgut whiskey, if anyone knew that time travel had been per fected There’s mumbles about how that’s a load of bull and whatnot. But he says, no, it’s completely true, and it’s drinking. “You start drinking on a Thursday and, all of sudden, it’s Sunday That’s time travel,” he says. Everyone takes a moment to ponder, as they’ve all had those types of long term blackouts, and he finishes it up with, “The only downside is that they put the other

end of the time machine in jail” And that’s our jump right here, except this time hop is putting us right into the Pepsi Amphitheater on Wednesday October 12, ready to die for GWAR For those that don’t know, GWAR is a collective of the most violent, dangerous space aliens ever to arrive on Earth. The live show leaves the audience covered in blood, bile, and other assorted bodily fluids and they are the only band that can accurately say they’ve killed every president dating all the way back to Reagan. And, as a hideous assortment of ghouls, freaks and geeks that reside in a sewer under a Flagstaff cemetery that subsists solely on craft beer and dark magic, we can say it’s all absolutely real. The project itself started way back in 1984 as a mix of performance art, political satire, low brow humor and punk rock and has managed to keep itself going through count less line up changes, several tragic deaths and a very public condemnation by the early ‘90’s conservative movement for the wan ton violence and gore universally present at

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their shows As anyone who has bore wit ness will tell you, GWAR is a spectacle not to be missed. Plus, they’re skipping Phoenix to play here and town pride alone means we all pretty much have to go

We’re obligated to mention the venue’s beer garden, as this is still a beer column. Pepsi Amphitheater always has a great full bar with a selection of both red and white wines, the ever present Budweiser prod ucts, and a reasonable array of local craft beer. We’ll be forever slugging Mother Road’s Tower Stations at any event that of fers it and we suggest you do, too. Drinks do get a little spendy, so we suggest pregaming a bit downtown before getting a sober ride out Tickets are still available online as of this article’s submission through a mil lion different outlets, but they will sell out fast. So, get on it if you know what’s good for you Alright, degenerates, that’s all for this month. Unleash yourself on the barren metal scape like the locusts you are. See ya in the pit!

Mike Williams

ONGOING:

MONDAY

Dark Sky Brewing: Locals Monday Every Monday from 6 8 p m enjoy $2 off non barrel aged pours 10oz and higher for Flagstaff locals

MuseumClub: Open Mic Night Every Monday night from 6 9 p m Bands welcome Many musicians have been asked back for paying gigs

Oeno Wine Lounge: Hospitality Night Every Monday, hospitality workers get 20% off their order Proof of em ployment required

Tappy Hour Monday Friday 12 4 p m All wine and beer taps are half off

TUESDAY

Museum Club: Line Dance Lessons Every Tuesday from 5 p m 8 p m

Karaoke Every Tuesday from 9 p m to close

Oeno Wine Lounge: Teacher Tuesday Every Tuesday educators get 15% off wines

Tappy Hour. Monday Friday 12 4 p.m. All wine and beer taps are half off

WEDNESDAY

EastFlagstaffCommunityLibrary: Family Storytime

Every Wednesday from 10:30 11:15 a m

Firecreek Coffee: Singer Songwriter Open Mic Share your original songs between 7 10 p m

Mead Hall: Trivia Night Themed categories, including visual and sound, and prizes for the winners 6 8 p m

Oeno Wine Lounge: Warrior Wednesday All active mil itary and first responders get 15% off

Tappy Hour Monday Friday 12 4 p m All wine and beer taps are half off

Weatherford Hotel: Blues Night at Charly’s Every Wednesday night from 7 9 p m

Uptown Pubhouse: Team Trivia Join them every Wednesday for what Flagstaffians are calling “the best trivia night in town!” 7:30 9:30 p m

THURSDAY

Mead Hall: GREENLAW Live Celtic music at the Mead Hall every Thursday at 7pm

Museum Club: Free Line Dance Lessons from 5 p m 8 p m

Free Country Swing Lessons from 7 p m to 8 p m Dimes with DJ FRSH Amazing drink specials from 8 p m to close

Oeno Wine Lounge: Wine Tastings. Stop by between 5 and 7 PM to enjoy $20 wine tastings and $5 tastings for club members

Tappy Hour Monday Friday 12 4 p m All wine and beer taps are half off

FRIDAY

Flag Tag AZ: Family Friday Laser Tag Get two games of laser tag for only $10 per person from 12 11 p m

MuseumClub: Acoustic Happy Hour Live country music

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from 5:30 p.m. 10 p.m. Check the schedule for shows and times

Oeno Wine Lounge: Tappy Hour Monday Friday 12 4 p m All wine and beer taps are half off

SATURDAY

Museum Club: Live country dance bands every week from 8:30 p m 1 a m

SUNDAY

FlagstaffCityHall: Flagstaff Community Farmers Mar ket Celebrate your community and the hard work of its regional small growers and small businesses at the farm er’s market every Sunday 8 a m 12 p m

DarkSkyBrewery: Pints and Poses: Yoga at the taproom every Sunday morning from 10:15 a m to 11:30 a m $15 fee per class

Sunday Funday Live music every Sunday at the DSB Beer Garden 4 6 p m

Museum Club: Latino Night Celebrating Latino and Spanish music every Sunday from 9 p m 2 a m

OenoWineLounge: Wine Education Night A 30 minute lesson on wine topics starting at 4:30 p m $20 per person

Thu/10.6

VARIOUS EVENTS

CoconinoCenterfortheArts:“The Comedy of Errors”

Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shake speare’s iconic play Show: 7 p m

Fri/10.7

MUSIC EVENTS

OrpheumTheater: Micky & the Motorcars This Red Dirt band from Idaho comes to Flagstaff to perform some of their alt country songs with attitude Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m

Museum Club: Patrick Todd Live country music from 5:30 7:30 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Downtown Flagstaff: First Friday Art Walk Join us be tween 5 9 p m for a series of special art exhibitions from local vendors, live music and more

CoconinoCenterfortheArts:“The Comedy of Errors”

Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shake speare’s iconic play Show: 7 p m

Theatrikos Theatre: “The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 7:30 p m

BrightSideBookshop: Local author book signing Julie Morrison signs from 5 6:30 for her memoir“Barbed”,and Shani Lee Wallis signs from 6:30 8 p m for her book“War with Myself”

Museum of Northern Arizona: Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce.Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting Either 9 a m 12 p m or 1 4 p m

Museum Club: Girls Night Out Traveling male exotic dancers perform from 8:30 p m to close

Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library: Friends of the Library Book Sale Annual book sale that helps provide supplemental support to library services 10 a m 1:30 p m

Flagstaff Visitor Center: Spirits with the Spirits Flag staff Freaky Foot Tours presents this haunted pub crawl for the Halloween season Starts at 4 p m

Mon/10.10

VARIOUS EVENTS

DarkSkyBrewing: Locals Monday Enjoy live music and $2 off all non barrel aged pours over 10oz

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Theatrikos Theatre Company’s production of“12 Angry Jurors”brought the famous play to Flagstaff audiences while also marking Theatrikos’50th season.

Sat/10.8

MUSIC EVENTS

MuseumClub: Kicked Outta Cottonwood Country dance band If you missed the after the rodeo,this is your chance to see them Show at 9 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Orpheum Theater: Coming Out Drag Show Join Flag staff Pride for a Coming Out Month Drag Show Doors: 8 p m | Show: 9 p m

CoconinoCenterfortheArts:“The Comedy of Errors” . Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shake speare’s iconic play Early show: 2 p m Late show: 7 p m

Theatrikos Theatre: “The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 7:30 p m

FlagstaffCityHall: Flagstaff Urban Flea Market Outdoor gathering of unique artisans,eclectic peddlers and (one of a kind) creators 9 a m 2 p m

Thorpe Park: 42nd Annual Northern Arizona 10s Rugby Tournament International competition that’s free and fun for the family

The Arboretum: Wild Weekends Come for an all ages storytime starting at 10 a m

Museum of Northern Arizona: Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting 1 4 p m

Sun/10.9

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater: Tribal Seeds San Diego based rock reggae group redefines the reggae genre Doors: 6 p m | Show: 7 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

CoconinoCenterfortheArts:“The Comedy of Errors” Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shake speare’s iconic play Show: 2 p m

Theatrikos Theatre: “The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 2 p m

MuseumClub: Open Mic Night every Monday night from 6 9 p m

Tue/10.11

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater: Matisyahu Reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer and alt rock musician Doors: 6:30 p m | Show: 7:30 p m

Yucca North: Man Man American experimental rock band based out of Philadelphia Show: 8 p m

Wed/10.12

MUSIC EVENTS

Pepsi Amphitheater: GWAR American heavy metal band that can easily be identified by their intense, myth ical costumes Doors: 5 p m | Show: 6:30 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Downtown Flagstaff: Downtown Community Market Outdoor evening market featuring food trucks,local pro duce, unique vendors, music and more 4 p m 8 p m

Mountain Sports: Dirty Boot Farm Bringing Flagstaff grown blooms, mason jar bouquets, mixed wraps, sun flowers and more 4 p m to 6:30 p m

Thu/10.13

MUSIC EVENTS

OrpheumTheater: Bonobo Fragments Live Tour British musician, producer and DJ based in Los Angeles Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m

YuccaNorth: Smells Like Nirvana A Nirvana tribute band from Chicago Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m

Fri/10.14

MUSIC EVENTS

PepsiAmphitheater: Jelly Roll.Country rap artist whose TikTok persona shot him into the national spotlight Doors: 6 p m | Show: 8 p m

Museum Club: Paul Garnes Live country music from 5:30 7:30 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

CoconinoCenterfortheArts:“The Comedy of Errors” . Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shake speare’s iconic play Show: 7 p m

Theatrikos Theatre: “The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same

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graveyard where her husband rests Show: 7:30 p m

Museum of Northern Arizona: Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting. Either 9 a.m. 12 p.m. or 1 4 p.m.

MuseumClub: Cindy Kaza Psychic medium performance Show at 8 p m

Sat/10.15

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater: Flagstaff Battle of the Bands. Flag staff bands compete for the chance to perform at the DUSK Music Festival in Tucson on November 11 and 12, 2022 Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m

YuccaNorth: Mark Farina American disc jockey and mu sician known for his Chicago house, acid jazz and down tempo beats Show: 9 p m

Museum Club: Jake Jacobson Must see country dance artist if you missed him at ZooFest. Show at 9 p.m.

VARIOUS EVENTS

ArizonaNordicVillage: The Flagstaff Marathon Runners may participate in a full marathon, half marathon or 10k while supporting the Coconino Community College Cross Country Comets 8 a m 3 p m

Coconino Center for the Arts: “The Comedy of Errors” Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shake speare’s iconic play Early show: 2 p m Late show: 7 p m

Theatrikos Theatre: “The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 7:30 p m

Flagstaff Visitor Center: Spirits with the Spirits Flag staff Freaky Foot Tours presents this haunted pub crawl for the Halloween season Starts at 4 p m

Museum of Northern Arizona: Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting 1 4 p m

Sun/10.16

MUSIC EVENTS

Yucca North:

The California Honeydrops American blues and R&B band that got its start playing in the subway stations in Oakland Show: 8 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Coconino Center for the Arts:

“The Comedy of Errors” Flag Shakes presents this Wild West adaptation of Shakespeare’s iconic play Show: 2 p m

Theatrikos Theatre:

“The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 2 p m

Mon/10.17

VARIOUS EVENTS

Flagstaff Public Library:

Dia de los Muertos Storytelling Zarco Guerrero celebrates this sacred holiday with stories accompanied by music 5:30 6:30 p m

Former Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra conductor Charles Latshaw (center) conducts a performance with Daniela Liebman on piano,Sept.27,2019.

Tue/10.18

VARIOUS EVENTS

Flagstaff Public Library:

Movie Tuesday Each month, the library showcases a new movie This month: John Carpenter’s “The Thing” 5:30 7:30 p m

Wed/10.19

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater: Ripe Boston based band that infuses their dance music with the spirit of rock,funk,R&B,jazz and pop Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Downtown Flagstaff: Geology Rocks Tour Monthly 45 minute walking tour show casing Flagstaff’s geological history 1 p m to 2 p m

Buffalo Park:

“Step Into Health” Walking Club Every third Wednesday of the month, join North Country HealthCare for a walk between 3:30 p m and 4:30 p m

Thu/10.20

VARIOUS EVENTS

Orpheum Theater:

“Magic Hour” Teton Gravity Research presents their new film with prize giveaways before and after the screening Doors: 6:30 p.m. | Show: 7:30 p.m.

Fri/10.21

MUSIC EVENTS Museum Club:

Ron Stutzman Live country artist music from 5:30 7:30 p.m.

D J Xtremo from 9 10 p m

Los Morros de la A Live Latino music starting at 10 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Theatrikos Theatre:

“The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 7:30 p m

Museum of Northern Arizona:

Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting Either 9 a m 12 p m or 1 4 p m

Sat/10.22

MUSIC EVENTS

Museum Club:

ZooKeepers Country dance band starting at 8:30 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Orpheum Theater:

Rocky Horror Picture Show A shadow cast performance of this cult classic alongside the film itself Early show Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m Late show Doors: 9:30 p m | Show: 10:30 p m

Wiseman Aviation:

Sippin’ with the Symphony Flagstaff Symphony Orches tra performs while surrounding the guests at this deluxe cocktail party 5 8 p m

Theatrikos Theatre:

“The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 7:30 p m

Flagstaff Visitor Center: Spirits with the Spirits Flagstaff Freaky Foot Tours presents this haunted pub crawl for the Halloween season Starts at 4 p m

Jim Cullen Memorial Park: Yard Games in the Park Play yard games like giant tumbling tower, Kubb, Bocce, Ladder Toss, and more 1 4 p m Museum of Northern Arizona:

Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting 1 4 p m

Sun/10.23

VARIOUS EVENTS

Theatrikos Theatre:

“The Cemetery Club” Theatrikos presents the story of a woman finding love at the same graveyard where her husband rests Show: 2 p m

Fri/10.28

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater:

Tiny Bird’s 8th Annual Evil Woodlands Creature Dress Up Dance Party Doors: 7 p m | Show: 8 p m Museum Club:

Kevin Rueb Live country artist music from 5:30 7:20 p m D J Xtremo from 9 10 p m

Los Morros de la A Live Latino music starting at 10 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Museum of Northern Arizona:

Celebraciones de la Gente Day of the Dead celebrations all weekend including cultural dances, art and delicious food All day

Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting Either 9 a m 12 p m or 1 4 p m

Sat/10.29

MUSIC EVENTS

Museum Club:

Cassandra Long Band Country dance band performing from 9 p m 1 a m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Museum of Northern Arizona:

Celebraciones de la Gente Day of the Dead celebrations all weekend including cultural dances, art and delicious food All day

Beginner’s Watercolor with Lisa Lee Pearce Learn about the basic fundamentals of watercolor painting 1 4 p m Flagstaff Visitor Center:

Spirits with the Spirits Flagstaff Freaky Foot Tours presents this haunted pub crawl for the Halloween season Starts at 4 p m

The Arboretum: Raptors Learn about raptors with the International Fal conry and Raptor Center from 12:15 4 p m

Sun/10.30

MUSIC EVENTS

Yucca North:

Hawthorne Heights Formerly A Day in the Life, this is an emo rock band from Ohio Doors: 6:30 p m | Show: 7 p m

VARIOUS EVENTS

Museum of Northern Arizona:

Celebraciones de la Gente Day of the Dead celebrations all weekend including cultural dances, art and delicious food All day

Mon/10.31

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater:

Dirtwire: Ghostcatcher Tour Back porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica and electro twang grooves Doors: 6:30 p m | Show: 7:30 p m

Wed/11.2

MUSIC EVENTS

Orpheum Theater:

Guster Alt/indie rock band with major hits from “Satel lite”to“One Man Wrecking Machine”Doors: 6 p m | Show: 7 p m

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