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LETTER FROM HOME

At the table inside my head

Storytellers mix worlds together

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emo to Mr. Zuckerberg: Why isn’t there a Facebook emoji for, “I appreciate this delicate ripple passing through my heart?” ‌Dear Shonto Begay, Peter Friederici, Darcy Falk, Laura Kelly and Tony Norris, I am cured of highway numbness when my smart phone tosses a two by three inch pebble of you into the blurry pond of my road fatigue.

It is a long reach to enter Uptown Pubhouse from a rest area somewhere in America, but your faces cause me to feel how a wood chair might scrape Jean to widen the circle around Rukkila a table to include me. My nose detects the sparkle when beer foams; I lean toward laughter as smooth as caramel whiskey. Your eyes make me whole again. Or maybe it is something about Shonto’s hat.

Could be we are like the opening of a joke: a fiber artist, a musician, a Fulbright-honored educator, a professor, a painter and a fire lookout walk into a bar … We tease that we are “The Homers,” we writers who have provided writing and art to page 4 of Flag Live for almost eight years.

Are we reclusive, inclusive, exclusive, elusive? All of the above, being brooding artists, I suppose. And unlike the legendary NYC columnists and poets who lunched daily at a round table in the Algonquin Hotel, we Homers meet infrequently, perhaps because we so often scatter to adventures away from our beloved basecamp of Flagstaff. Laura’s year abroad in Kyrgyzstan, Tony’s pilgrimages to a bright bay in Baja, Darcy’s explorations along a dirt road in Utah, and my peering east from a fire lookout outside of town mixes the elixir of distance into our tender embrace of local life. When we do get around to tapping glasses together, there’s little gossip, and not much politics. We laugh and trade nuggets of sights seen, voices remembered.

And then I feel a kind of tender conversation continuing as we write sincerely and read each other throughout the year. My dispatch from Maine (Oct. 15) murmurs to Peter’s rumbling diesels and corn stalks crunching. “The sound

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with our words we share art. There was Shonto’s painting, Sagebrush of High Desert (Dec. 1). And light on the cliffs of Marble Canyon from Peter (Nov. 26). And what a curious voyage made by a portrait of Utah Phillips in and out of Tony’s musings (May 7). Dainty cumulus clouds against blue were stitched into a textile called The Truth of this Place by Darcy (Sept. 17). Kate Watters gave us a poem fresh out of a typewriter on a street in Santa Cruz (Dec. 10). A white cloud bank of children filled an old car in a vintage photo plucked from Laura’s family history (Nov. 5). And wasn’t that a treat of a 3 a.m. vision of the Frances Short Pond with the first winter snow given to us by guest writer Molly Wood (Nov. 19).

“Better than 100 years ago Flagstaff, my rough and tumble town, had more saloons than churches,” wrote Tony.

“I’ll drink to that,” says I and wink at La Llorona in Tony’s column of Oct. 29.

If I could buy her a Bushmill’s whiskey maybe she’d wail a bit less and stop frightening children. She should be here with us puzzling through life and meaning and maybe taking Peter’s advice as he examines skunk tracks in the snow. “… when I get tired of what is too often Letter from Home writers Shonto Begay, Peter Friederici, Darcy Falk, Laura Kelly and our human media, it is welcome relief Tony Norris gather at Uptown Pubhouse. Photo by Andrew Wisniewski to head outside, no matter how deep the cold, to brush up on another, older vocabulary.” (Dec. 31).

Every Thursday we Homers nod to each We Homers take turns rubbing the fills the backyard, drowning out the other over our beers in newsprint. It is a present against compelling past. “Time birds and whine of cars and occasional gentle conversation that ripples through stood still as a master storyteller held sirens down on Route 66,” he writes readers near and far, a widening circle, a forth,” says Tony (Sept. 24). And though (Oct. 22). Darcy’s musings on artist Aggift that creates a glow at this table in my that is my impression of him, he is acnes Martin (Mar. 5) echo through my head where the Homers sit and lean to each tually writing about the late Dr. Henry reading of Laura’s descriptions of Maother in a world generous with its stories, Poore. Tony gives us Henry, and Laura ma-San in Japan (Mar. 26). so very pleasing with its smiles and wisBlending years and faces, we use words gives us her old friends Kevin and Joe. doms.

“They both seemed to be living feroto mix our deepest heart’s questions ciously, and I got to be near that and part into local whimsy. “The hunger of new of that.” (Oct. 21). Darcy helps an old places, people and experiences is too Editor’s note: Congratulations to the writers of powerful a drive to let pass,” says Shonto friend sort through a departed husband’s “Letter from Home” for their 2016 Viola nomina(Dec. 17). The hat he is wearing in today’s clothes, her hands tender with “the relics tion for excellence in storytelling. Winners will be of a well-lived life.” She concludes, “The announced by the Flagstaff Arts Council at the photo is different, I think, than the hat minute we’re born, we begin to die.” (July 8th annual awards gala at the High Country Conin Rites of Seasons, a painting he chose 9). We note the arc each life makes, and to illustrate a column about entering a ference Center on Sat, March 5. new year (Nov. 12). If I squint I can make why wouldn’t that cause us to peer into the hats come together and turn him into our drinks a moment, silent with our Arizona-born introvert Jean Rukkila writes from separate experiences of falling stars. a boy moving a sheep camp who says, fire lookouts and her travels between Flagstaff We are writers who have cartoon bub“My burro loaded with goat pelts, two and the mid-coast Maine farmhouse her grandbles over our heads filled with paintings miles of wagon trail is a gate to another father bought in 1917. See more of her writing at and fiber collages and photos, because season.” www.flagstaffletterfromhome.com.

LETTERS TO DUCEY

Compassion Meeting it head on Dear Governor Ducey, I was listening to NPR after the New Hampshire primary. The hosts were discussing Kasich, who they said is the last of the “compassionate conservatives like George W. Bush” and I was like, if George W. Bush, aka millions in Iraq killed over false reports of weapons of mass destruction, then we are in a more Orwellian double-speak bind than I thought. Still, when I see pictures of your face, you seem like a nice guy. I look at Wisconsin’s governor, whose face is full of spite, and think, Nicole well … at least Governor Ducey Walker smiles. But, it’s possible you’re just smiling because of the big checks the Koch Brothers deposit in your bank account. I wouldn’t write these letters, though, if I didn’t sense a compassionate streak. Nor would I write them if I didn’t believe in meeting compassion with compassion. My new friend John reminded me the other day that compassion and empathy is really the only way we’re going to make any changes.

John said he saw you at MartAnne’s the other day, here in Flagstaff. He and his wife sat right next to you. John told his wife, I’m going to talk to him, which made his wife walk as far away from John as possible in small MartAnne’s, understandably. Even though I write to you weekly, I think I’d get tongue tied to meet you in person. The gap between us is canyonesque.

I feel like opening my mouth would release a torrent of insults and apologies and stammerings that would be considered only “compassionate” when the nurses at the psych ward process my admission papers.

But John, possibly because he began with compassion, did not stammer or make strange bird noises at you. He said, “Governor, it’s nice to meet you. I’ve been reading about Proposition 132 and I hope it does what you say it will do to bring funding back to Arizona.

You know, I grew up in Louisiana where we would say we were always glad to have Mississippi next door—Louisiana always scored near the bottom of near everything, but Mississippi scored lower. We could always point to Mississippi as the real bottom. Now, I’m raising three boys here in Arizona where we are the new almost-bottom. I didn’t think I’d be pointing at Mississippi from here to say, ‘they’re worse.’ So I really do hope that this

new bill helps to bring the state’s education funding up, but I have to tell you, even with that hope, you see my wife over there, paying the bill, not looking at us? She’s worked for the public school system for nine years. And over those nine years she’s had a $1,000 raise. $1,000 over nine years.”

John says that the governor’s wife, over her plate of chiliquiles, puts her hand to her heart in sympathy. The governor shakes his head. It seems like there is compassion here. That these people understand that a $1,000 raise over nine years is $110/raise a year. They understand how little money that is to raise a family on. They seemed to get that teachers are the ones building Arizona’s future.

John meets compassion with compassion.

He doesn’t harp on the governor. Ducey’s kids are with him. John doesn’t want to embarrass the governor or the governor’s wife. John sympathizes with his fellow human, feels a little sorry that he must encounter an unhappy populace wherever he goes.

John meets compassion with compassion. He doesn’t harp on the governor. Ducey’s kids are with him. John doesn’t want to embarrass the governor or the governor’s wife. John sympathizes with his fellow human, feels a little sorry that he must encounter an unhappy populace wherever he goes. John empathizes with what must be the governor’s family’s disappointment: because people love to come up from Phoenix to marvel at the concept of cold and snow, he says. “Sorry there is no snow.” To which the governor replies, “No worries. We love Flagstaff, snow or not.”

I wish I could have said, if I had been there, if I had been as brave, not being as smart and measured as John, I might have added, “I hope you love Flagstaff’s students too.”

John jokes that he’s afraid the secret service had a bead on him the whole time. I told John that at Rita Cheng’s installation ceremony as president of NAU, Ducey was swarmed by secret service.

“I didn’t have a single secret service agent assigned to protect me,” I joke.

We laugh at the idea. People in Flagstaff don’t get, or need, secret service agents. We have snow and compassion to protect us.

Nicole Walker is an associate professor at Northern Arizona University, and is the author of Quench Your Thirst with Salt and a collection of poems, This Noisy Egg. She edited, with Margot Singer, Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction, and is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment from the Arts. The thoughts expressed here are hers alone and not necessarily those of her employer. This letter is from Feb. 28, 2016.

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From Civil War-era porch pickin’ tunes that still ring influential today to contemporary country hits, the hills of western North Carolina have produced gilded hymns for the ages. One of those treasures to pop out of the chest are the Steep Canyon Rangers. The orchestral string-centric sextet has carved a happy little niche in the hearts of many since they formed in 2000, drawing attention with their catchy bluegrass jams that adapt to their surroundings whether hill bending or burning the midnight oil in a recording studio. Legendary comedian and banjoist, Steve Martin, caught wind in 2009, and has since sported SCR as his backing band, while the music media suits turned a weather ear their way just a few years later when their 2013 solo cut, Nobody Knows You, earned the dudes a Grammy. Nine solo studio records into their star-studded career, the group’s latest offering, Radio (2015), has steadily climbed out of that steep canyon and up to the top spot on U.S. Grass charts.

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Spring has sprung, folks. And it’s not the lack of chill in the afternoon air or the wind picking up through the rustling ponderosas. With a welltuned ear to the ground, one knows its spring with the rumbling of tour vans zigzagging across America’s byways as they head to South by Southwest. Being a prime spot on the Mother Road, Flag is treated to a flurry of these temporarily vagabond musicians this time of year. Comin’ down the line is L.A.’s Feels. Comprised of three women—Laena Geronimo, Amy Allen and Shannon Lay—with Michael Rudes bashing drums and splitting vocal duties, this four-piece leads its pack dripping with and channeled toward grit and gusto. The quartet is also celebrating the fresh release of their debut, self-titled cut, which the specialist of all things wild with the unrelenting momentum of a perpetual motion device, Ty Segall, dug his hands in deep producing. With Burger and Lollipop Records in support, plus a definitive sound towing a melodic line in the punkish sand, but give any adoring fan or stranger on the street all those crazy tingles, Feels have the cure for what ails your aural spirit. Local Western surf-psych group Barrels, Four Cornered Room‘s dreamy grooves and the rhythmic rock of Sol Drop are hopping on the bill to round out the evening with Flag’s own garage-bred sampler platter. Flagstaff Brewing Co., 16 E. Rte. 66. 10 p.m. Free. 773-1442. Visit Feels on Facebook to learn more.

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With spacey effects and wandering lyricisms, FCR is guiding the local scene in a tripped out direction. Putting a different spin on this bill is Joy Wolf. The local post-hardcore outfit with a bent for engaging hooks will put their progressive spin while Tiny Bird showcases the hypnotic melodies of the energetic, driven melodic punk facet of the scene, and offers live listens of the tunes they’ll be releasing through their Facebook page all month.

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d was fast asleep over a glass of red wine, his head tipped down slightly, a faint, imperturbable snore whistling through his nose. In the home of a Chilean activist in the sleepy lakeside town of Puerto Bertrand high in the Andes, we were probably the loudest event for hundreds of miles. Drinking, laughter and music filled the small house. Our crew had just returned from a film project on glaciers and rivers Craig where Ed was one of the Childs videographers. As he slept through our revelry, somehow his face kept its weathered, beaming composure. He was still smiling, resting and celebrating at the same time.

I’d never met Ed before this trip, and ending up with him in Patagonia was pure serendipity. His first greeting felt like old friends, not a handshake but a hug, his wiry body easy to grab onto. With a video camera slung over his shoulder and gear on his back, he marched with us into the teeth of the Andes. We slept near the edges of glaciers and in the roar of rivers and waterfalls, seracs the size of office buildings falling and booming through the valleys. He seemed to be inhaling the entire time, open to whatever arrived, crouched in silence before the blood-red-crested Magellanic woodpecker, taking river rapids in the teeth.

At a rodeo in the Aysén ranching town of Cochrane, he twirled to music with Chilean women, boot-stomping and dancing like a rascal. When the axle busted on our trailer 10 miles down a dirt road, the rest of the crew ran around with orders and solutions, while Ed looked up into the castle-like crests and jags of ice-bound mountains above us simply admiring the view. No wonder he was tired that night in Puerto Bertrand, his wine glass upright in his lap, his body relaxed but present, eyes barely closed.

He looked as if he had been cooked by the sun, then worked like leather, his skin worn and almost soft. However hard life had been, I couldn’t see it in him, as if every hardship had been reshaped by his jovial, humble passion. We started calling him F***ing Ed George, because his common name was not enough. He needed an expletive, something to demonstrate that 8 | flaglive.com | March 3-9, 2016

he was no ordinary man. He made things happen, as if his initiation and intention was a magic wand that he fluidly pointed toward one task and another.

A thousand times the man I’ll ever be, I thought. There was no hardness in his face, his eyes smiling at everything. In his company, I tried to be him, I wished I was him. As unrestrained as wind or water, he became my unwitting mentor. Stories around the campfire were best when they came to him. He pulled us right out of those mountains and dropped us in New York City, telling us of one of his first photo gigs. It was a porn shoot upstairs from Zabars deli where—his face took on a satisfied expression in the firelight— they had the best bagels he’d ever tasted.

It wasn’t bad work, getting paid per climax, and he was happy for the money.

After that, he was swimming with sharks and traveling exposed among large predators in Africa, filming wherever he went.

He drank it all in, didn’t matter where or what. Everything had a beautiful taste that he could discern. He savored the air, the light. Sitting on a stump, on a rock, on the bare ground, he could be anywhere and he fit perfectly.

Ed woke without a start when it was time to leave. His eyes flew open as if he hadn’t missed a beat. We were all drunk and weaving as we tromped down the quiet, night-dark streets of Puerto Bertrand. Stars seared through the austral sky. I remember the slapping of Ed’s footfalls that night. The street was steep and he seemed to be in a controlled free fall.

He had told me he preferred downhill. He liked the way it made you move, gravity giving you a little air. I had heard his boot stomps in the mountains where he moved quickly every time we topped out and started downhill. He often seemed on the verge of flying.

That night, he might have flown. He didn’t need to spread wings, he sailed all the way home.

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Your urban soil A long day’s journey into trash

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on’t want to scold anyone ... not so much because I believe I’m high and mightier, but only because I don’t think it would do much good ... In fact, I’m pretty sure the people responsible don’t exist ... I can’t recall ever seeing anyone actually unleash fully blown-up convenience-stores-worth of bits, and clumps, and eddies of trash around town ... cerMcDaniel tainly not enough to explain Douglas By Douglas the extent to which the stuff McDaniel ... uh ... I mean just what, from an anthropological perspective, is going on here?

Despite its best intentions, consumer society, long ago gone amok, is now registering on a geological layer scale, in terms of the amount of dusty, drifting bits of artificial soil and disgust ... all sifted by the winds ... yes, yes ... caught in the breezes of that one capital word ... you

know it, one word: plastics ... Oh sure, there are other unnatural objects intermingling in the shrubs and bushes, in the city streets ... Oh, that great Tragically Hip line about “garbage bag trees!” ... alien stuff it is, yes?

I can actually prove that no people exist in Flagstaff who intentionally drop containers and lids and cig butts and plastic bags ...

First of all, I’ve never seen them ... unless I’ve somehow become blight-blind walking the streets ... all of it seems to collect in higher densities in the gutters and hedgerows, catching it all like spider webs around commercial, auto-oriented festivities ... like it’s all a big mad confetti parade of some kind ... mass production’s volcano burping it up ... absorbed into the very biological fabric of the earth ... cropping up like morning daisies each day ... as if in the night invisible goons, disintegrating consumer robots ... were walking the streets dishing out the stuff when no one was looking ...

... The proof, you ask? ... An invisible, perhaps invincible force, totally responsible ... not you, and, of course, not me ... and if it wasn’t you, and it wasn’t me ... neither dropping nor picking it up ... where, exactly, is there confirmation that we, as humans, would have anything to do with anything like that at all ... only something say, in a vehicle, a machine-mind passing through, feeling a blank disconnect with their surroundings ... only that sort of entity could do such a thing ... And so, if such a being did exist, it would be out of our real time, our real place ... and if they are that dislocated, from that place in time where the object is out of sight, out of mind ... certainly existing no more ... then of course it is alien ... flipping off the planet from an alternate reality to the surrounding natural beauty here.

The surprising thing about it is this Flagstaff is a home to serious people doing everything they can to stem the tide ... some willing to go to some real People’s Republic-type extremes ... Downtown it’s not so bad, so the city center is not responsible ... but along Route 66 ... Ahhah! It’s those machine-mind, sugar-sucking simulators driving by from Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas ... civilization confounding the do-gooders, the plastic bag haters ... forming its own storm, creating its own weather ... But

if it’s the ghosts along the roads who are responsible, how does that explain, say, the drifts of trash in interior neighborhoods, all sunk in to create a multi-colored potpourri in open fields, becoming a permanent part of the plant life on the lawns ... littering the retail rows’ trees and other fauna “beautifying” the parking lots.

Good people do all they can ... one woman who regularly picks up trash around her neighborhood says that when people see her doing it, they run quickly the other way ... one could only imagine that if more people were ethical enough to not only not drop trash around but also pick up ... the best lacking all conviction and all ... I told her she should use gloves when she does that ... She thought that it was a good idea, and, in fact, she just found gloves ... anyway, the people who actually consciously exist seem to be way outnumbered ... Meet your soil, signs of the invader leaving its mark ... non-perishables that won’t perish from the face of the earth ...

Douglas McDaniel has found a happy home in Flagstaff after being a journalist for 30 years. He has published creative non-fiction novels and numerous volumes of poetry, some of which was first published at his 15-year-old blog, www.mythville.blogspot.com.

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Power in the plucky Erin Shelley

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h, a true story about a plucky young lad who won’t be denied his dream.

We’ve seen it before, and as audiences love this kind of film, we’ll see it again.

I admit it, I’m a sucker for these kinds of movies—Rudy is one of my all-time favorite plucky-lad movies. Eddie the Eagle is the latest entry in this genre. An awkward boy who only wants to grow up and compete in the Olympics, and somehow actually fulfills his dream, is perfect for a feel-good film that we can enjoy. The story has charm, and the script and direction don’t get too much in the way.

Taron Egerton plays Eddie Edwards, an aspiring British ski-jumper determined to compete in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary.

Eddie is not the perfect athlete, but when learning that the requirements to represent Great Britain in the ski jumping competi-

Arcing the archetypes Adrienne Bischoff

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ust like the drug it refers to, D ‌ ope plays a lot with perception: perceptions of being a geeky suburban kid, a drug dealer, a young Black man, or an aspiring Harvard student. Writer and director Rick Famuyiwa has put all of those archetypes into one person, the film’s hero, Malcolm Adekanbi.‌ Played by Shameik Moore, Malcolm is an adorably earnest high school senior about to apply to Harvard. He and his friends, Jib (Tony Revolori) and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) are also geeks who, like Malcolm, live in the ‘90s even though the film is set in present day. Their clothes, hair, vernacular, and even entertainment choices—they own VHS tapes of Yo! MTV Raps—are firmly stuck in a 25 year-old time warp. This clearly is a gimmick but it does strikingly offset the three teens from their peers in their neighborhood in Inglewood, Calif., nicknamed “The Bottoms.”

It also makes for an awesome soundtrack.

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tion are minimal, he decides he can learn.

With help from his mum (Jo Hartley) and disgruntled rumblings from his dad (Keith Allen), Eddie follows his dream. Along the way he gets help from Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman), an ex-jumper with his own issues.

The plot is predictable, but is based on true events. The movie throws in the usual plot points: mocking athletes, disdainful ofEddie the ficials and moments of Eagle doubt. Throw in a side plot of Peary’s bad hisDirected by tory with the AmeriDexter Fletcher can coach (Christopher Rated PG-13 Walken) and you have enough tales of redempHARKINS tion and achievement.

THEATRES Director Dexter Fletcher does what he needs to do to tell the story. He has found a good way to show the thrill and danger of ski jumping with some wonderful point-of-view shots. Unfortunately, in keeping the movie to a tidy 105 minutes, it feels that some of the story was jettisoned.

The movie succeeds on the charm of the

leads. Egerton, who played the more dashing hero in Kingsman (2014), brings the awkwardness and naivety of Eddie to life.

It’s impossible to resist cheering on Eddie.

Jackman’s character is a less violent Wolverine and Jackman has no problem with the role.

Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good movie with enough charm that you do not mind any of the trite happenings. For every moment you may cringe, there are enough other moments that make you go “awww!” Yes, the plucky young lad’s dream will not be denied … in film after film and in Eddie the Eagle.

But gimmick gives way to a unique satire that presents a justifiably cynical view on race, wealth and privilege. At a birthday party for Dom (A$AP Rocky), a local drug dealer, a gunfight breaks out and, unwittingly, Malcolm takes home a backpack full of Molly and a semi-automatic, put there

by Dom for safe escape. Malcolm tries to get rid of it by giving it to who he thinks is the rightful owner. But luckily, Dom, from jail, Dope calls Malcolm seconds Directed by before he passes it off Rick Famuyiwa and tells Malcolm to run away immediately from Rated R either certain death or NETFLIX DVD imprisonment. Instead, Malcolm has to take the contraband to Dom’s boss, but that turns out to be difficult for two reasons, only one of which I’ll list. Dom’s boss tells Malcolm that the drugs still need to be sold and since Dom is in jail, Malcolm will have to do it.

And Dom’s boss makes a very fitting threat to make Malcolm oblige.

As Malcolm jumps hurdle after hurdle to get rid of the drugs and avoid being killed, he struggles with becoming a cliché, a product

of limited opportunity and endless danger.

It’s certainly a weighty topic, but the film is funny and original, only occasionally verging into heavy-handedness with an unnecessary voice-over and fourth-wall speech.

And aside from Lily (Chanel Iman), every

character is more than an archetype. Even Dom, before he gets arrested and, lamentably, disappears from the film, has a funny exchange with Malcolm in which he debunks the greatness of ‘90s hip-hop. It’s a real trip, man.

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EXTRA BUTTER

It’s on The great TV show explosion Dan Stoffel n 1979’s Pink Floyd album The Wall, Roger Waters wrote that there were “13 channels of s**t on the T.V. to choose from.” I remember that round television dial well; I can still hear and feel the click of surfing the shallow channel selection on the old RCA console. That dial has, of course, gone the way of the dodo, giving way to touch-screen universal remotes, computer mice, iPad icons, or if you’re really old-fashioned, physical buttons on a plastic remote control. As an entertainment junkie, I was thrilled when 13 channels became 45, then 200, then 500. Sure, there was more s**t, but often more Shinola as well. If you’re going to have to wade through piles of the stuff, you might as well have a wide variety of smells.

Then there were pay channels. HBO and Cinemax added quite a chunk to the cable bill, but it seemed worth it to see some boobies or hear some swear words on TV. Then more channels started cramming the cable and satellite spectra: HBO added HBO West and East, and HBO2, and HBO Comedy, Family, Latino, Signature … Fox begat FX begat FXX. Fine— bundle me! Throw them all into a Gold Premiere Diamond Extra Ultra package.

It’s worth it to get some superior original programming, and the good stuff is spread all across the virtual dial now, not just the two or three big pay channels. I want my Sopranos and my Dexter, but I

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also want my Fargo and my Justified.

Though Netflix originally solved a different problem—relieving us from having to put on actual clothes to trudge down to Blockbuster to return that DVD—everything changed in 2013 when House of Cards aired. Not just original programming from the upstart DVD mailer, but great original programming! Shows such as Orange is the New Black and Marvel’s Daredevil proved they weren’t a one-hit wonder. Amazon Prime followed suit with series like Bosch and The Man in the High Castle.

So, fine, I have to switch the video and audio source to pull up those services, but I’ve been paying for Netflix for years, and signed up for Amazon Prime for the free shipping many online Christmases ago. But now Hulu is airing (well, streaming) original programming. And Yahoo!

Screen. And Crackle, whatever that is.

I’m all for variety, competition, and resurrection (shows like Community have gotten new life on streaming services), but at some point they’ll bleed me dry. It’s common practice to skip an iffy movie at the theater and wait six months for it to show up on Netflix or HBO, but will that Hulu show end up on Amazon Prime when it’s past its … err … prime? Yeah, whatever then—sign me up for Hulu. But it’ll be a cold day in Hell before I Crackle!

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MUSIC

Ruler of the radio days

Gordon Lightfoot went head to head with the giants of the airwaves, and won Douglas McDaniel

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uring the days of the ‘70s when FM radio ruled as the central output for whatever was going on in music, when storytelling Jim Croce had his big bad Leroy Brown, Harry Chapin his cats in a cradle, and James Taylor his fire and rain, Gordon Lightfoot was right alongside them with such hits as “Sundown,” “Rainy Day People,” “Carefee Highway,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” and by far the best maritime disaster song of all time, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” They call it easy listening now, many of those FM radio hits that were ballads, but many of the best, in Lightfoot’s case, were drawn from gut-wrenching heartbreak and a general appetite for tragedy. Basically, some pretty dark stuff.

In a recent telephone interview from his home in Toronto, Canada, Lightfoot, now 77, was almost as good at telling the stories of his most famous songs as he is at singing the songs himself.

For example, he says “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” about the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, started out as a song when, a few weeks before the disaster happened, he remembered a melody from childhood.

“It was an Irish dirge I heard when I was 3,” he says of the original melody for the song. “It kind of sprung itself all of the sudden.”

The details for the “Edmund Fitzgerald” were realized for Lightfoot when he read a story in Newsweek magazine about the 29 crew members who were lost during the severe November storm.

“I remembered that night because there was a very strong wind in Toronto, and I was wondering how my sailboat was doing that night,” he says. “After I read the Newsweek article a few weeks later, the melody was already there and I wrote the song.”

Last year was the 40-year anniversary of the tragedy, and Lightfoot has kept in touch with the families of the victims over the years. A year ago he was throwing himself behind a preservation effort for the old church in Detroit referred to in the song. “I had to take care of that,” he says.

Lightfoot and Bob Dylan have had a mutual admiration society for decades, going back to when Lightfoot would occasionally visit Dylan at his songwriting office in New York, after Lightfoot got a management deal with Albert Grossman, who also represented Dylan.

“I can remember watching (Dylan) work on the typewriter,” Lightfoot says. “He was really large for me. He’s the main influence. I got into how he did it. How he got it done.”

He laughed about the week of Woodstock and how there were all of these stories about Dylan performing at the show in upstate New York, while Lightfoot knew all of the time he was at the Isle of Wight festival in England. Lightfoot says he was invited to go to Woodstock, to watch, that is, but he didn’t go.

Playing such a gig was discouraged by his manager, Grossman, who didn’t like the idea of his clients playing for free.

“He’d say, ‘Keep it for the concerts, keep your mystique

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Gordon Lightfoot performers at Ardrey Auditorium on Saturday night. Courtesy photo together,’” Lightfoot says.

Lightfoot grew up as a performing child prodigy, singing in public for the first time in the fourth grade, and he became quite used to being in front of audiences by the age of 10. He loved Bing Crosby and songs by the 19th century songwriter Stephen Foster, who wrote “Camptown Ladies,” among other American standards.

“I don’t know if I plagiarized him or not,” he jokes of Foster’s influence.

He got his career start in music in the late 1950s and early 1960s hosting shows featuring country music, first in Canada, then in England on the BBC, and by around 1964 his songs were being recorded by such artists as Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins and Peter, Paul and Mary. His first big American hit was “If You Can Read My Mind” in 1970. From that point on, Lightfoot was a heavyweight on the radio playlists.

“There was always competition,” he says. “There was always the Beatles or David Bowie in your face.”

He says it was during his early years that he’d found a way to write songs: finding solitude by asking people with empty homes or apartments in Toronto if he could go inside and play there for a while. With families, kids, all kinds of people in those coffeehouse folk days of Pete Seeger wannabes around him, it was the best way to get quiet and find the folkways going on in his head.

“I found an empty condo fine. You have to just completely remove yourself from everything,” Lightfoot says. “I had an odd thing about working in empty houses. They (the owners) would go outside and have a smoke, and by the time they were done I’d have a song,” he says.

By the late 1970s Lightfoot was a huge success in Canada and the U.S. with such singles as “Sundown” and “Carefree Highway,” the latter inspired when, on tour in Arizona, he came across a highway sign, literally, “Carefree Highway.” He wrote the two words down and threw the piece of paper into a suitcase, only to discover it later when he was in the spirit to write. The song is purported to be about a carefree life on the road, but Lightfoot loaded it with its main story about loss and longing. Equally edgy, from a relationship-song standpoint, is “Sundown,” about a man suspicious about his lover, a song that cuts so deep Lightfoot has to remind people that, hey, it’s only a song.

“I crossed paths with one guy who was totally convinced ‘Sundown’ was about him,” Lightfoot says. “He was so worried about it, I had to stand there and ease his fears.”

Enjoy an evening with Gordon Lightfoot on Sat, March 5, when he performs at Ardrey Auditorium, 115 S. Knoles Drive on the NAU campus. Doors for the all-ages show open at 6:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35–$87 and can be purchased online at www.greenhouseproductions.net. For more, visit www.gordonlightfoot.com.

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Jason First dropping in on a section of Sedona’s Hiline Trail. Photo by Colin Meagher

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“The experience of why we live here, and why we ride bikes here, and that whole vibe, we get to share that with anyone who wants to come from out of town.”

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magine there’s a mountain bike in front of you. It’s there, beckoning to be ridden. The only catch: it’s not assembled. Everything from the frame to the fork, handle bars, seat, pedals, sprockets, wheels and brakes down to the gears and chain are all right there, spread out

on the ground. All it needs is to be built up before it can be taken out on epic rides. Of course there’s much more to building up a top-notch mountain bike, but you get the idea. always thought it would be cool to have one that you could go to and In much the same way mountain bikes take shape to share your own trails,” Rainey says. “The experience of why we live become beautiful outdoor, trail-shredding machines, the festivals that welcome those bikes, their riders and those neck- here, and why we ride bikes here, and that whole vibe, we get to share deep in the sport, require the same kind of build up. The trails, that with anyone who wants to come from out of town.”

In its first year, Sedona MTB Festival saw roughly 1,000 attendees the community, the culture, all of it has to become one and cycle through, many from outside of Arizona. As they switch gears to flow in unison in order for the ride to happen. year two, First and Rainey note that there’s a big draw for these types Last year, Over the Edge Sedona Bike Shop’s Jason First of festivals. They plan on attendance numbers growing significantly, and Mike Rainey did just that: they surveyed the carved pulling even larger numbers from around the Southwest out, two-wheeled landscape of northern states, beyond, as well as right here at home, and Arizona’s forever-stoked mountain look to gain even more traction with bigbike family, waited for previous name vendors showing interest and taking festival attempts in the area up residence for the weekend. to dwindle, and decided “There’s always been an it was time to piece opportunity for it,” First says. “And it all back together not only is Sedona growing, but we with the inaugural always have the advantage of the Sedona Mountain weather, and it’s a great winterBike Festival. time destination, so we felt like What transpired, we could be one of the first major as Rainey says, mountain bike festivals to kick off the was “a threeyear for the spring season.” day mountain bike festival with exhibitors, bands and THE GOODS Photo by Jesse Martin. beer.” And, of course, and Among its many highlights, the festival, most importantly, riding. But the which will stake in at Posse Ground Park in Sedona from foundation of the festival was to share with March 4–6, will be an expo for some of the industry’s leading everyone their community, culture, and manufacturing, apparel, and food companies. Ibis and other brands bevy of pristine and unique trails. will be bringing newly released bikes, Troy Lee Designs will be “When we were brainstorming about launching new apparel, and Giant will be filming with their Olympic doing the whole thing, we used to travel pro-riding team, to name just a few. for our jobs to go to events like this, and “We have almost 50 bike vendors, clothing, and food companies I never had one in my hometown, and that are all in the biking industry,” Rainey says. “You can come walk March 3-9, 2016 | flaglive.com | 15

Jason First traversing a slick rock section of the Hiline Trail. Photo by Colin Meagher

around and see what they do and take out bikes from them.”

He notes that while the festival is free to attend, registering, which can be done at the festival upon arrival, allows attendees to demo any number of the bikes being exhibited at the festival.

It also allows riders to get on shuttles offered by Hermosa Tours—which will leave the festival grounds for numerous trail heads in Sedona—an unlimited amount of times.

The shuttle will even take riders to the top of Schnebly Hill. Outside of taking a Pink Jeep, which often means digging deep into the wallet, the Sedona MTB Festival is the only time permits are issued to journey up Schnebly, making it an extra-

Photo by Colin Meagher

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special time to break out the bike.

“It’s a super rugged dirt road that goes up to the top—without being on the peaks it’s the highest point you can drive to—so you can get dropped off and just let gravity bring you all the way back down,” Rainey says. “It’s just a cool thing. They’ve only done this so far for the festival and they’ll be opening shuttle permits in the coming years, but right now you get three days during the festival to go do it.”

On the flipside, one of the big concerns that First and Rainey say they regularly hear with mountain bike festivals is that people think the trails will be too crowded, which is not at all the case in Sedona.

“There’s so much mileage, it’s amazing,” Rainey says. “I think the Forest Service is pushing 300 or so miles of trails.

When we first moved here it was like 200, and it’s just been going up and up and up. Every month it seems like they’re opening something new. And you should be able to go to spots that don’t cause you a problem.”

In addition to vendors and shuttles, the Sedona MTB Festival will also include a number of clinics, group rides, a beer garden, live music in the afternoons, camping, and a raffle of donated parts and gear from various bike companies and more. Beer sales will support the Verde Valley Cycling Coalition, whose mission is to

improve the local bicycling environment and life in the region through trail building, safety and education, while money from the raffle will go to the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund for trail maintenance efforts.

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When it comes down to it, there aren’t a lot of mountain biking spots around that match Sedona. It’s one of the primary reasons First, from Southern California, and Rainey, from Pittsburgh, Pa.—who met through bike racing—made their respective moves five years ago. They had the passion for riding bikes and saw how it fit

Jason First and Nikki Rohan riding the Hiline Trail. Photo by Colin Meagher

their lifestyles and the potential for what could be and has now become. It started when the two were visiting the area six years ago and met with the guys of the Over the Edge bike shops in Utah and Colorado.

“They were talking about the bike shop opportunity here and one of the older shops closing down, and we both had this gut feeling that it was a really good opportunity,” First says. “We wanted to move back to this area, so over the course of six to eight months of planning we went for it, and opened up the shop partnering with Over the Edge.”

But when it comes to the Sedona MTB Festival, they’re quick to point out that it’s not an Over

the Edge event, but a Sedona event, and that it’s super community minded. An outdoor community that continues to blossom.

“The outdoor culture is really growing a lot in Sedona,” First says.

“Even five years ago when we first moved here it was a little bit more new age culture-wise, and that’s been declining a bit and the outdoor community has really grown.”

And at the end of the day, it’s all about leaving it on the trails and this one-of-a-kind biking landscape.

“Here ... it’s just ridiculous,” Rainey says. “There’s no trail that I have to drive to. The quality of the terrain—they built these trails with bikes in mind from

the beginning. So you don’t run into really weird stairs or any weird hiking trail features. It’s like a playground for bikes everywhere.”

First adds, “The landscape is certainly unique. But the proximity to trails is really special. There’s not too many places with over 200 miles worth of single track right from town. You don’t need to drive an hour outside of town and I think that’s what really sets it apart. You can just hop on the bike and do epic rides in any direction.”

And if for no other reason than putting the pieces together to bring fellow mountain bikers together, the Sedona MTB Festival looks to be another one of those epic rides.

The Second annual Sedona Mountain Bike Festival kicks off at 9 a.m. on Fri, March 4 and wraps up on Sun, March 6 at 4 p.m., and will take place at Posse Ground Park, 525 Posse Ground Road, in Sedona. Passes are $50 for a single day, $80 for a two-day pass, and $100 for a three-day pass. Registration is available all weekend on-site. For details, call 282-1106. For a full schedule of events, list of exhibitors and more, visit www.sedonamtbfestival.com.

The 2016 Sedona MTB Festival will feature a variety of close to 50 vendors all from within the biking industry.

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ARTS

On the Wall

And into the streets Diandra Markgraf

For other art venues, like Criollo Latin Kitchen, meet and greets with artists are one of visitors’ favorite aspects, and keep them flowing through the door. Maryjane Morse, a long-time Criollo employee, notes often people who are interested in a specific artist’s works visit in the window between hanging the show and First Friday.

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ach month, thousands of locals and tourists traverse Downtown and Southside streets, mingling among aisles of fine arts, food and more that fuel this city. No day on any calendar page regularly sees as much foot traffic as First Friday ArtWalk.

But has the event grown beyond spotlighting local art in exchange for a social gathering? Heading into the March 4 event and booming summer months, we examine the First Friday event some say may have matured too drastically.

Flagstaff’s ArtWalk has evolved dramatically since its start almost 20 years ago when Patty Ortiz, formerly of the Artist’s Gallery, gathered its members and tapped three more galleries to back the idea.

Artist’s Gallery Director and ceramicist, Joni Pevarnik, noted the original mission honored regular patrons, but morphed to be all-inclusive and a benefit for all.

By 2007, ArtWalk had become a hefty undertaking for the collective who handed it off to the Flagstaff Cultural Partners, now the Flagstaff Arts Council, in 2008.

Events for now and later

ArtWalk’s promotional arm, the Arts Council flexes marketing and advertising muscle, bringing thousands to the Downtown and Southside hubs using the Map and Guide to highlight individual business events like bands and featured artists.

Friday night events in Heritage Square also feed into the ArtWalk machine, and highlight revolving visual and performing artists. Elizabeth Vogler, Arts Council Deputy Director, explains hosting Heritage Square events help drive business to art venues and restaurants.

“It helps bring some balance to the event as a whole and allows for more offerings for visitors to enjoy,” she adds, noting the first Summer Nights event will be May 6 with acts announced in the coming weeks.

But some who appreciate this step also says augmented and dispersed participation would be a boon. ArtWalk participant, artist and founder of Indigo Art Market, Kayley Quick, noted performances would appeal to spectators throughout the city.

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Issues and ways to solve them

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grow. I think during the summer they do a good job of organizing at Heritage Square … I’d love to see more musicians with live painters and performers on corners,” she says, noting one suggestion.

Speaking as an artist, event founder and attendee, Quick explains her suggestions that stem from when she and a group of friends would spin fire on First Fridays.

Surprised and engaged spectators loved it, but the City shut them down for permitting reasons.

“I wish we could do that again. I feel like the city could do something to encourage this kind of participation: organizing street performers, waiving permits [or something similar],” Quick suggests.

“I also feel like performers need to start rallying themselves for creating this kind of artistic culture at ArtWalk, but rarely people do. I’m not sure if it’s shut down by the City or if performers aren’t interested in creating a scene like this for lack of payment, lack of desire or lack of inspiration.”

Incurring costs

Gallery participants consent ArtWalk incurs considerable costs. One slice feeds advertising—at $60 for a featured spot in the ArtWalk guide and $40 for a listing, newspaper ads, mailers and more. The gallery participants agree, though, the biggest sales day of the month and priceless exposure for artists are exchanged.

“It definitely is a lot of work. It is expensive and you do need at least four people on the floor to accommodate customers,” Pevarnik explains. “We stopped

giving so much fancy food because I think the kids saw that as a fun way to have a party. Restaurants can benefit because we’re doing less food. I think that’s a boon for them.”

Carolyn Young, owner of West of the Moon gallery, has been hosting ArtWalk events for 16 years. Though the expenses have climbed to $600 per event—which includes live music, finger foods, advertising and mailings—the long-time participant describes the event as her best single day in sales.

“There have been times when we’ve counted over 1,000 people walking through the door in three hours. That’s a lot of people and that’s the biggest challenge,” Young adds. “I think in a way it’s probably a good thing just the way it is, and I’m really pleased it’s grown.”

Incentive to return

The high volume of artists and visitors about town create a unique atmosphere, but what gives would-be buyers the incentive to return throughout the month?

Young says the “necessary beast” of ArtWalk establishes connections. Melanie Erickson, a jewelry maker and member of the Artist’s Gallery, also agrees the First Friday crowds offer insight for potential buyers.

“The bright spot is the exposure,” she adds. “They see how busy it is on an ArtWalk night, and come back throughout the month.”

Young echoes this sentiment. “They know they won’t be able to really see the art, so they come back when it’s not so busy.”

As is to be expected from such a large collection of events, certain issues have arisen due to ArtWalk’s growth. Galleries have witnessed the party atmosphere exacerbated with wine tastings. To tamp that issue, Young and the Artist’s Gallery are just two spots that have eliminated wine from the evening.

“Having wine is probably not a good idea—why take that risk?” Pevarnik posits. “There are bars downtown and I don’t know if that’s healthy to give out something they are trying to make a living off of. When we started it was not a problem, but it’s just not that practical anymore.”

On exceptionally rare occasions, items have disappeared from the sales floor. To combat theft, and simply to provide a better customer experience, galleries employ extra bodies on First Fridays.

But gallery owners agree the largest problem, though one that is not unique to ArtWalk, is parking.

Pevarnik adds some solutions could include a shuttle system from parking lots to downtown. Vogler notes with ArtWalk, visitors are savvy to prepare for parking challenges.

“Having the lot off of Beaver Street [and Phoenix Avenue] is great, and perhaps partnerships with transportation services in the future could alleviate some of the congestion. This is an issue that the galleries, the Arts Council and the City of Flagstaff can explore together,” she adds.

Yet, despite the costs and challenges, each source for this article agreed ArtWalk is something to be treasured for bridging connections between artists, businesses and the public.

Morse adds, “It’s really fun. We’ve learned to embrace the chaos because it is such an important part of the community.”

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hy are we Americans stuck with an out-of-date railroad system, while nations with a small fraction of our resources are cruising on High Speed Rail networks?

Because our leaders sold us out to corporate hucksters who destroyed our once-great passenger train system by telling us that we Americans deserve Jim the “independence” that Hightower comes from a glorious new doctrine of one-person/ one-car. Yeah—the independence of being stuck in traffic jams! As early as the 1930s, giant corporate consortiums formed to buy out more than 100 of America’s networks of streetcars and interurban train systems.

Not to run them, but to rip out the tracks and pave over the rail right-of-ways to make roads.

The biggest of these consortiums combined the enormous political and PR power of General Motors, Standard Oil, Firestone, and Mack Trucks. Likewise, corporate profiteers mounted a new offensive in the 1990s to undermine the higher-speed potential of Amtrak’s Acela trains, funding such Koch-headed front groups as Cato

Institute and Heritage Foundation to push hokey “analyses” branding Amtrak as a slow train to collectivist hell.

They also bought trainloads of politicians, who’re still promoting the fabricated studies and talking points of the petro-cabal to wreck as much of Amtrak as they can and derail fast-train proposals. Railroad executives themselves, preferring the oligopolistic and very profitable freight business to passenger travel, play along.

There is no economic, technological, geographic, budgetary or conceptual barrier to our country having the best, most effective, state-of-the-art HSR service in the world.

The reality is the U.S. is in the caboose of transportation innovation only because special-interest politics continue to thwart our national will, leaving us with a rail system that is a national embarrassment.

Jim Hightower is a best-selling author, radio commentator, nationally syndicated columnist and editor of The Hightower Lowdown, a populist political newsletter. He has spent the past four decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers that ought-to-be: consumers, working families, small businesses, environmentalists and just-plain-folks. For more of his work, visit www.jimhightower.com.

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Bartender Wisdom Problems Solutions I watched my country turn into a coast-to-coast strip mall and I cried out in a song: if we could do all that in 30 years, then please tell me you all— why does good change take so long?

— Greg Brown, from the song “The Poet Game”

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ast Saturday night I heard Greg Brown playing at the Coconino Center for the Arts. Mr. Brown is one of the most powerful voices of our times—a tremendous songwriter and singer who, in his oversized shades and baggy canvas coat, played to a packed house. His voice deep, resonant and baritone, his lyrics smart James and poignant, he marJay ries blues and folk with a wonderful dash of populism. For decades he’s traveled from town to town as this country’s uncrowned king of the American Troubadours.

In the crowd that night was a who’s who of Flagstaff musicians and literary types. Preeminent Celtic musician Ron Barton was there. Folk singer and populist songwriter Brad Gerver sat in the center of the room. Before the show I caught up with iconic musician and storyteller, Tony Norris. He described Greg Brown’s inspiration on his writing; with a smile he said something along the lines of his craft being so good that it makes you either want to double down on your song writing or just give up on it all together. Mr. Brown does have that uncanny ability to inspire and to awe—maybe even to the point of artistic paralysis. He works with humor and the small details of everyday life. He covers political issues and moves adeptly from the local to the national lens, dancing between the two beautifully through his decades of experience and the sincerity of his spirit.

Pretty incredible stuff, and there he was at the Coconino Center for the Arts, a fantastic venue with amazing sound.

He sat on his chair on the stage, and he began to ramble into the songs, a perfect set and the crowd was locked into the music.

The only thing, in fact, that seemed to be going astray was a plastic cup of red wine sitting on the table next to Mr. Brown. As his foot stomped to the beat and his bari-

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Various Events | Thu 3.3 tone voice vibrated throughout the room, it was too much for the light wine cup to sit still for and slowly and rhythmically, it bounced along the table heading directly for the edge. As the cup crawled along, everyone in the crowd could see it heading on its way inevitably down. Then, from the front row, Michael Falk hopped up quickly and repositioned the cup back to the center of the table. An NAU mathematics professor, Fulbright Scholar, and a key member of our community, Michael’s used to solving problems big or small. He wasn’t going to wait for Mr. Brown’s wine to vibrate onto the deck. It was practical and funny and he ended up having to hop on stage a couple of times throughout the show, along with another fellow from the front row, to keep the dancing cup upright. In the end the wine made it to Mr. Brown’s belly just fine, not a drop slipped.

Before intermission, Mr. Brown said he’d do one more song and then joked that we could all talk amongst ourselves for a while; solve the world’s problems as it were. We’d have 15 minutes to do so, then he’d start the second set. It was a funny challenge, but sitting amongst the various artists, musicians and educators in the intimate room, it almost seemed plausible. Perhaps the challenge was not so hyperbolic after all. That little cup of wine needing to be incessantly wrangled seemed symbolic of a community’s effort. If the venue held 10,000 people, would anyone take the lead on solving a small problem? Or would we figure there’s security, gaffers or someone else to solve the problem? I’m entertaining a hypothetical and making a plastic cup carry the weight of metaphor, so I understand there could be a hole or two in my argument. But the willingness of an individual or two to decide to solve a problem was a hopeful little gem in a night celebrating the tremendous power of the human voice. All solutions to problems are local. All start out small, fixing the particular, then spreading out from there.

Sometimes slow and steady. Sometimes coming out of nowhere with a surprising splash. Slainte.

For more than 20 years, James Jay has worked in the bar business from dishwasher, bouncer, bartender, bar manager to pub owner. He is the author of two critically acclaimed books of poetry and his poems have been selected for the New Poets of the American West anthology.

Wanderlust Brewing Co.: Sugar Still. Americana, roots, Gypsy jazz from Chicago. 6-8 p.m. Free. Taproom open from Coconino Center for the Arts: Youth Art Exhibition. 4-9 p.m. 1519 N. Main Street, #102. 351-7952 Featuring 300 artworks, including paintings, drawings, photography, ceramics and more from Flagstaff students and schools. Free. Runs through March. Gallery hours are Tue-Sat, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 2300 N. Ft. Valley Road. 779-2300 Downtown Flagstaff: First Friday ArtWalk. Monthly event celebrating local artists and galleries. 6-9 p.m.

Downtown Flagstaff: Flagstaff Eats. Walking food tours Various locations downtown and on the southside. www. in downtown Flag. Two-and-a-half hours of walking and flagstaffartwalk.com sampling food from seven different restaurants. Tours offered every weekend Thursday through Sunday. $40 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany: Taoist tai chi. Every per person. Sign up on www.flagstaffeats.com. 213-9233 Friday. 9-10:30 a.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 423 N. Beaver.

774-2911 Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Continuing Taoist tai chi and beginner class. Every Thursday. 5:30- Flagstaff Elk’s dge: Weekly all-you-can-eat Fish Fry. Fish 7:30p.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 400 W Aspen. 288-2207 fry begins at 6 p.m. $12. All proceeds benefit Elks Children Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Weekly Charities. Every Friday. 2101 N. San Francisco. 774-6271

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Mindfulness Meditation every Thursday. Room 24 upstairs.

6:30 p.m. instruction, 7-8:30 p.m. sitting and walking meditation. 8:30 p.m. discussion. Come and go anytime. Free and open to all. 400 W. Aspen. 814-9851

The Green Room: Indigo Art Market during First Friday ArtWalk. Featuring Kayley Monster in the gallery. Local artists selling jewelry, prints, ceramics and more. 5:308:30 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669

Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio: Individualized Lanning Gallery: “Nesting Together.” Spotlighting Phil kung fu instruction in xingyi, bagua and taji. Every Thursday. Lichtenhan found-wire nests and Bob Smith Raku ves6-8 p.m. www.flagstaffkungfu.org. 4 W. Phoenix. 779-5858 sels. 5-8 p.m. during Sedona’s First Friday ArtWalk. Runs Joe C Montoya Community and Senior Center: through March 13. 431 State Rte. 179. Hozho. Sedona. (928) Hour-long small group guitar classes. Ages 13 and up. Two 282-6865 sessions every Thursday from 3-5 p.m. Flexible format, Liberal Arts Building: 2016 Tournées French Film Festival. multiple styles. Registration required. $30 for five classes, “C’est un crime! / It’s a Crime!” Feb. 18 through March 4. and $5 materials. 245 N Thorpe. (505) 614-6706 Film screening: La Chambre Bleue / The Blue Room (2014).

Liberal Arts Building: 2016 Tournées French Film Festival. 7 p.m. Free. Room 120. North NAU campus. 523-8656 “C’est un crime! / It’s a Crime!” Feb. 18 through March 4. Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Yosemite.

Film screening: P’tit Quinquin / Li’l Quinquin (2014). 6 p.m. (4 p.m. Fri and Mon; 7 p.m. Tue, Wed and Thu, March 10.)

Free. Room 120. North NAU campus. 523-8656 Son of Saul. (7 p.m. Fri, Sun and Mon; 4 p.m. Tue, Wed The Museum Club: Line dance lessons. Every Tuesday and and Thu, March 10.) $12, $9 Sedona Film Fest Members.

Thursday night from 6-7 p.m. $3. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177

The Museum Club: Flagstaff Swing Dance Club presents Orpheum Theater: Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted dance lessons every Thursday night from 7-8 p.m. Different Festival of Animation. March 3 and 4. Doors open at dance style taught each month. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Second showing at Orpheum Theater: Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted Fes- 10 p.m. $10. Ages 18 and over. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 tival of Animation. March 3 and 4. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Posse Ground Park: Second annual Sedona show starts at 7 p.m. Second showing at 10 p.m. $10. Ages Mountain Bike Festival. Featuring a massive bike 18 and over. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 demo and expo with top cycling brands, beer garden Red Rock State Park: Guided nature walk at 10 a.m. with local and regional craft breweries, bike shuttles Guest speaker or a ranger/naturalist gives a 45-minute to all major trail heads from the festival site, live talk at 2 p.m. Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehicle. music, food trucks, camping and more. March 4-6.

Single day pass $50; two-day pass $80; three4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona. (928) 282-6907 day pass $100. Registration available all weekend onsite. 525 Posse Ground Road. Sedona. www. sedonamtbfestival.com. 282-1106 The Green Room: Blood on the Dance Floor. Dark pop from Turquoise Tortoise Gallery: “Weaving in the Orlando, Fla. Openers: Eryn Woods and Player vs. Environment.

Clouds.” Showcasing the latest collection of fine, Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $12 in advance, $15 hand-woven Zapotec Rugs from Escalante, Utah. the day of the show. Ages 18 and over. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 5-8 p.m. during Sedona’s First Friday ArtWalk. Runs Main Stage Theater: Weekly “Bottom Line Jam” with the through March 13. 431 State Rte. 179. Hozho. Sedona.

Bottom Line Band. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 282-6865 (928) 202-3460

Music Events | Thu 3.3

Monte Vista Lounge: Karaoke. Hosted by Ricky Bill. 9 p.m.

Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971

Music Events | Fri 3.4

Raven Café: Miss Tess and the Talkbacks. 8-9 p.m. Free. Ardrey Auditorium: Horizons Concert Series Presents: 142 N. Cortez. Prescott. (928) 717-0009 U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West. 7:30 p.m. Free The Spirit Room: Dan O and Rebecca. 8 p.m. Free. 166 (tickets required). Tickets at www.nau.edu/cto. 115 S. Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809 Knoles Drive on the NAU campus. 523-5661

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The Write Now Round 25 ‌Write now and be read! Flag Live invites you to submit your free-write for consideration for publication. With the first issue of each month we post a writing prompt followed by a 3/4 page of blank lines. You write (legibly, please!) a story, poem or creative non-fiction piece on the form or in a one-page, double-spaced Word document typed in Times New Roman, size 14 font. (Please note: submissions that exceed or do not meet the outlined criteria will not be accepted.)

You can use your smartphones, digital cameras or scanners to create an image document of your writing and send it—or your one-page, double-spaced Word doc—to Andrew Wisniewski at andyw@flaglive.com by Fri, March 18 at 5 p.m. Author and writing mentor Mary Sojourner will read submissions and choose a writer to be featured in Flag Live the last week of the month. The cycle will continue with a new prompt and new winner each month. Watch for it … and Write on!

Round 25 Prompt: “There are no characters in this prompt. Write a place—urban, wild, night, day, real, imagined.

Use details: color, scent, sounds, texture, the sense of the place. Let yourself imagine what might happen if humans discovered this place, but don’t bring them in.

Name: Mary Sojourner is a nationally published author and teaches writing in a private circle in Flagstaff, one-on-one and on-line. Go to www.breakthroughwriting.net for free weekly writing tips and exercises.

Note: Published submissions remain the rights of the writer. No compensation is offered for publication.

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Mia’s Lounge: Comedy Night with Mid Air. 9 p.m. Free.

26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315

Various Events | Sun 3.6

Music Events | Fri 3.4

Murdoch Community Center: Zumba class. Every Saturday at 9 p.m. $5. 203 E. Brannen. 226-7566

Canyon Dance Academy: Flag Freemotion. Ballroom dance lessons and dancing every Sunday. Learn social and ballroom dancing. 5-7 p.m. No partner needed. $8, $5 for students. 853-6284. 2812 N. Izabel. 814-0157

Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Feels. Psych, punk and grunge from East L.A. Openers: Sol Drop, Four Cornered Room and Barrels. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Electric Kingdom. Monthly First Friday dance party. Featuring DJs Sean Reya, Johnny Swoope, Elliot Tierney and Just Joe. Visuals by Jahmontee. Photography by Andrew Lantern and Taylor Mahoney. Face painting with Olivia Spencer. 9 p.m. $7. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: First Fridays with DJ ill.Ego. 9 p.m.

Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Supichaboi. Funk fusion from Flag. 9 p.m.

Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge:First Fridays with Enormodome. ’90s cover music. 9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco.

779-6971 The Museum Club: Theone Band. Folk-pop and country rock from Flag. 9 p.m. $5. Ages 21 and over. 3404 E. Rte. 66.

526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: The China Cats. 8 p.m. Free.

2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300

Studio Theater: Water by the Spoonful. Performances Sat at 7:30 p.m. and Sun at 2 p.m. $14 general public, $12 seniors and NAU staff, $8 children and $2 NAU students.

In the Performing Arts Building (bldg 37) on the NAU campus. www.nau.edu/cto. 523-5661 Orpheum Theater: Anger Management Stand-Up Comedy Show. Two shows. Evening show:7 p.m. All ages.

Late show:9 p.m. Ages 18 and over. Both shows $10.

Tickets available at the door. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 Posse Ground Park:Second annual Sedona Mountain Bike Festival. Featuring a massive bike demo and expo with top cycling brands, beer garden with local and regional craft breweries, bike shuttles to all major trail heads from the festival site, live music, food trucks, camping and more. March 4-6. Single day pass $50; two-day pass $80; three-day pass $100. Registration available all weekend onsite. 525 Posse Ground Road.

Sedona. www.sedonamtbfestival.com. 282-1106 Red Rock State Park: Saturday and Wednesday daily bird walks. 7 a.m. Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehicle.

4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona. (928) 282-6907

Raven Café: Hello Dollface Duo. 8-11 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez. Prescott. (928) 717-0009

Sunnyside Market of Dreams: Springing Youth and Families Forward Event. 1-4 p.m. Free. 2532 E. 7th Ave. 213-5900

The Spirit Room: Dog of the Moon Friday. 1 p.m. Free. Pat Beary. 8 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

Music Events | Sat 3.5

State Bar: Mother Road Trio. Americana and blues from Flag. 8 p.m. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282

Ardrey Auditorium: An Evening with Gordon Lightfoot.

Renowned Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. $35-$87. All ages. 115 S. Knoles Drive on the NAU campus. 523-4120

Various Events | Sat 3.5 Firecreek Coffee Co: Women’s and Gender Studies at NAU: Celebrating 30 Years. “Gender & Difference on Stage.” Featuring performing artists from NAU and Flag.

7 p.m. Free. 22 E. Rte. 66. 523-3300 Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. $5. 2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 Galaxy Diner: Swing Dance Club every Saturday. Lessons from 7-10 p.m. Free. 931 E. Historic Rte. 66. 774-2466 High Country Conference Center: Eighth annual Viola Awards. Community celebration of the arts in Flagstaff over the past year. Featuring performances from nominees, live music, three-course meal, awards gala and more. 5-9 p.m. As of press time this event is SOLD OUT. There are no ticket sales at the doors. 201 W. Butler.

779-2300 Jerome: First Saturday ArtWalk. Featuring various local and regional artists at various Jerome locations. 5-8 p.m.

(928) 649-2277 Marshall Elementary School: Continuing Taoist tai chi. Every Saturday 9-10:30 a.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org.

850 N. Bonito. 288-2207 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Met Live Opera: Menon Lescaut. 11 a.m. (live simulcast); 4 p.m. (encore). Preopera talk with Dr. Eric Gibson of the NAU Lyric Theater Department one hour before each performance. $20, $18 Sedona Film Fest Members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177

Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Elliot Tierney, Blake Brady and A*Naut. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Four Cornered Room. Melodic rock and blues. Openers:Joy Wolf, Tiny Bird and Supichaboi.

8 p.m. Free. Ages 21 and over. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: First Saturdays Blues Jam with Joe Neri’s Blues Dawg. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Monte Vista Lounge: Nathan Payne and the Wild Bores. Rockabilly from Jerome. 9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 The Museum Club: Theone Band. Folk-pop and country rock from Flag. 9 p.m. $5. Ages 21 and over. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Kenzo. 3-6 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Raven Café: Run Boy Run. 8-9 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez.

Prescott. (928) 717-0009 The Spirit Room: Jaime Wyatt. 2 p.m. Free. Johnny Lingo Trio plays First Saturday ArtWalk. 9 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

Firecreek Coffee Co: Pinestories. Story slam event in which participants share true stories (without notes) related to an ever-changing theme. Winners of each slam are chosen by audience vote and are advanced to a yearly grand slam making them eligible for special prizes.

First and third Sunday of the month. 4-6 p.m. $2. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy: Flag Freemotion. Conscious movement/freestyle dance.

Moving meditation to dance-able music. Minimum instruction and no experience required. Every Sunday.

10:30 a.m. www.flagstafffreemotion.com. 3401 N. Ft Valley Road. 225-1845 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Son of Saul.

7 p.m. Sun and Mon; 4 p.m. Tue, Wed and Thu, March 10. $12, $9 Sedona Film Fest Members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Big screen premiere from the National Theatre of London.

3 p.m. $15, $12.50 Sedona Film Fest Members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Trivia with Lindsay and Savanna.

Every Sunday. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Posse Ground Park: Second annual Sedona Mountain Bike Festival. Featuring a massive bike demo and expo with top cycling brands, beer garden with local and regional craft breweries,bike shuttles to all major trail heads from the festival site,live music, food trucks, camping and more. March 4-6. Single day pass $50; two-day pass $80; three-day pass $100. Registration available all weekend onsite. 525 Posse Ground Road.

Sedona. www.sedonamtbfestival.com. 282-1106 Studio Theater: Water by the Spoonful: 2 p.m. (final performance). $14 general public, $12 seniors and NAU staff, $8 children and $2 NAU students. In the Performing Arts Building (bldg 37) on the NAU campus. www.nau.edu/cto.

523-5661

Main Stage Theater: Speakeasy Sundays: Electro Swing Night. Classic cocktails. Classic movies. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: David Manning. 3-6 p.m. Free.

2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Southside Tavern: Mother Road Trio. Americana and blues from Flag. 4-7 p.m. Free. 117 S. San Francisco. 4405093 The Spirit Room: Jaime Wyatt. 2 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

Various Events | Mon 3.7 Charly’s Pub & Grill: Game night. 6-10 p.m. Free. 23 N. Leroux. 774-2731 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany: Taoist tai chi. Every Monday. 10:30 a.m.-noon. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 423 N Beaver. 288-2207 Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Monday. 6 p.m. $5. 2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 The Green Room: Adam Shimoni for Flagstaff City Council Presents: Inequality for All (2013). Film screening.

6-8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio: Tango classes. Fundamentals: 6-6:30 p.m. $5. Figures and Techniques: 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. (Both classes for dancers having completed a beginner dance series). Practica: 7:30-9 p.m. Practica included in price of class. 4 W. Phoenix.

773-0750 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Yosemite. (4 p.m.

Mon; 7 p.m. Tue, Wed and Thu, March 10.) Son of Saul.

(7 p.m. Mon; 4 p.m. Tue, Wed and Thu, March 10.) $12, $9 Sedona Film Fest Members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona.

(928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Mario Kart Monday with Sanchez. Play your favorite old-school video games on the big screen. Every Monday. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco.

779-6971

Social and Behavioral Sciences Building: Women’s and Gender Studies at NAU: Celebrating 30 Years. “Women’s and Gender Studies on the Edge: A Faculty Panel Discussion. Current and former WGS faculty, staff and students.

4 p.m. Free. Room 200. On the NAU campus (bldg. #70).

State Bar: Poetry Night hosted by Barley Rhymes. Every 523-3300 first and third (and occasional fifth) Sunday of the month.

7 p.m. signup. 7:30 p.m. start. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282 Uptown Pubhouse: Narrow Chimney Reading Series.

Jessica Martini and Beth Alvarado. For a complete list of Tranzend Studio: Flagstaff Latin Dance Collective. Lesseries authors, see Facebook. 7 p.m. Free. 21 and over. 114 sons: beginner and all level fundamentals, technique and N. Leroux. 773-0551 musicality. 7 p.m. Open dancing in main room with salsa, bachata, merengue and cha cha; side room with zouk and kizomba until 10 p.m. Every Sunday. $10 drop-in, $8 for students. 417 W. Santa Fe. 814-2650 Campus Coffee Bean: Open Mic night. Every Monday.

6-8 p.m. ccbopenmic@gmail.com. 1800 S. Milton Road.

556-0660

Music Events | Mon 3.7

Music Events | Sun 3.6

1899 Bar and Grill: Vincent Z. Acoustic world music. Every Sunday. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 307 W. Dupont. 523-1899

The Green Room: Karaoke. 8 p.m. Free. Every Monday. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669

Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Heartwood. Americana, folk, Hops on Birch: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8:30 p.m. blues and country from Flag. 2-5 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. sign-up. 9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 773-1442 Main Stage Theater: Karaoke Mondays. Hosted by Red Wanderlust Brewing Co.: Jeremiah and the Red Eyes.

Americana and blues from L.A. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Taproom The Green Room: Sunday Karaoke. 8 p.m. Free. Every Bear. Every Monday. 8 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. open from 2-8 p.m. 1519 N. Main Street, #102. 351-7952 (928) 202-3460 Sunday. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 State Bar: Sugar Still. Americana, roots, Gypsy jazz from Chicago. 7:30 p.m. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282

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THE PULSE NORTHERN A R IZONA’S DAI LY EVENT LI STI NGS » MARCH 3-9, 2016

» Pulse continued from page 24

Mia’s Lounge: Jazz Jam. 9 p.m. Free. Every Tuesday. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315

Music Events | Mon 3.7

Monte Vista Lounge: Karaoke with Ricky Bill. 9 p.m. Free.

100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971

Mia’s Lounge: Record Club. Weekly vinyl appreciation The Museum Club: Karaoke. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. night with host Cory Sheward. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Fran- 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 cisco. 774-3315 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Drumz and Dance Party. Free.

The Museum Club: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Free. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Orpheum Theater: Steep Canyon Rangers. Bluegrass Orpheum Theater: Atreyu. Heavy metal from Orange from Ashville, N.C. Openers: The Haymarket Squares. Doors County, Calif. Openers: Devil You Know, From Ashes to open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $13 in advance, $20 New and Cane Hill. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at the day of the show. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 6:30 p.m. $20 in advance, $22 the day of the show. All ages.

15 W. Aspen. 556-1580

Various Events | Tue 3.8 Cline Library Assembly Hall: NAU’s College of Arts and Letters Classic Film Series. “Cinematographers: British Academy of Film and Television Award Winners and Nominees.” Witness (1985). Cinematographer: John Seale.

Directed by Peter Weir. 7 p.m. Free. NAU campus. 523-8632 Gardner Auditorium: Women’s and Gender Studies at NAU: Celebrating 30 Years. “Trans* Life Now.” Presented by Susan Strycker from the University of Arizona. 6 p.m. Free.

Franke College of Business. On the NAU campus. 523-3300

Various Events | Wed 3.9

Firecreek Coffee Co: Poetry slam. Every Wednesday.

Signup at 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. start. $2. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff CSA and Market: Weekly Wednesday Meditation. Guided meditation and open discussion. Anyone is welcome to join. Every Wednesday. 9-10 a.m. 116 Cottage Ave. 213-6948 Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. $5. 2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 Lumberyard Brewing Co.: Extreme Wednesdays. Showing extreme sports videos. Free. 10 p.m. 5 S. San Francisco.

779-2739

Hops on Birch: Trivia night with Eric Hays. Every Tuesday.

Main Stage Theater: In-House Dart and Pool Leagues.

8:30 p.m. sign-up. 9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 6 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Jim’s Total Body Fitness: Line dancing. All levels. 5:306:30 p.m. First class free. Every Tuesday. 2150 N. 4th St. 606-1435 Majerle’s Sports Grill: Trivia night. Every Wednesday.

7 p.m. 102 W. Rte. 66. 774-6463 Jim’s Total Body Fitness: Yoga for Absolute Beginners with Sabrina Carlson. Six-week class. Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m. $97. Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Son of Saul.

Yoga mat and props provided. Signup at www.sabrinacarl- (4 p.m. Wed and Thu, March 10.) Yosemite. (7 p.m. Wed sonyoga.com/store/beginners. 2150 N. 4th St. 863-5002 and Thu, March 10.) $12, $9 Sedona Film Fest Members.

2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Son of Saul.

(4 p.m. Tue, Wed and Thu, March 10.) Yosemite. (7 p.m. Murdoch Community Center: Zumba class. Every Tue, Wed and Thu, March 10.) $12, $9 Sedona Film Fest Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. $5. 203 E. Brannen. 226-7566 Members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 The Peaks: Beginning ballroom dance lessons. 7-8:15 p.m.

The Museum Club: Line dance lessons. Every Tuesday. Every Wednesday. Free. No partner needed. Different dance starts each month and builds through the month. Next 6-7 p.m. $3. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 to the Museum of Northern Arizona. Held in the activity Ponderosa High School: Beginner Taoist tai chi. Every room. Dance calendar at www.flagstaffdance.com. 3150 Tuesday 5:30-7 p.m. Followed by continuing Taoist tai chi. N. Winding Brook Road. 853-6284 Every Tuesday. 7-8:30 p.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 2384 Red Rock State Park: Saturday and Wednesday daily N. Steves. 288-2207 bird walks. 7 a.m. Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehiTaala Hooghan Infoshop: Dharma Punx meditation cle. 4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona. (928) 282-6907 group every Tuesday. 8:15 p.m. 1700 N. 2nd St. www.taaUptown Pubhouse: Team trivia with Carly Strauss. lahooghan.org 7:30 p.m. Free. 114 N. Leroux. 773-0551 Uptown Pubhouse: Poet’s Den. Bi-weekly poetry and literary night. Hosted by Brittney Kay. Featuring the collective works of a new poet with each go ‘round. Signup at 7:30 p.m. followed by readings of the featured poet and an The Green Room: Soulective. DJs spinning funk, dance, open mic. Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. hip-hop and EDM. Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. Free 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Free. 114 N. Leroux. 773-0551

Music Events | Wed 3.9

Main Stage Theater: Bingo night. Hosted by Penny Smith. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202The Green Room: Honky Tonk Tuesdays. Featuring DJ MJ. 3460 Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Monte Vista Lounge: Paul Miller. Reggae and rock from Main Stage Theater: Karaoke Tuesdays. Hosted by Red Flag. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971

Music Events | Tue 3.8

Bear. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. The Spirit Room: John Zeigler hosts open mic night.

8 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809 (928) 202-3460

CLASSIFIEDS LOST AND FOUND LOST Cat, male, answers to Tux, black with white tummy, paws and chin; polydactyl, hasn’t been seen since January 14th in Continental - off of Mount Pleasant and Edgewood. 928699-0585 or 928-699-0670 FOUND - Black cat, male, one white whisker. Call Jennifer at (928) 6075283.

ACCOUNTING LMA Accounting Service, Tax prep for Businesses and Individuals. And Bookkeeping. Call 699-9183.

APPLIANCE REPAIR Appliance Repair in your home. Best in Flagstaff w/23 yrs Exp & Insured. Call Russ @928-863-1416

EQUIPMENT Annual Equipment Service Special Service most makes of Farm, Construction, & Lawn Equipment Pick up/Delivery Available 774-1969 www.flagequip.com

FIREWOOD Aspen & Juniper Firewood For Sale.

Ready to burn. Call for info: 7790581

HANDY PERSON Licensed Contractor for all Your Home Remodel or Repair Needs. ROC# 265086. (928)-525-4072 All Home Repair & Remodeling. (928)310-9800. Carpentry, decks, drywall, stone & tilework, painting, roofing, flooring, landscaping & maintenance.

Not a licensed contractor.

Father & Son Handyman Window Cleaning, Paint, Plumbing, Floors, Shingles & Yard Cleaning. Whatever You Want! 928-380-7021 Not a Licensed Contractor A1 Handyman! Call Mike’s Tool Box Decks, tile, doors/windows, paint.

Mike, 928-600-6254 Free Estimates Not a Licensed Contractor

HAULING Flag Hauling, Yard Clean Up, Haul Off Misc Debris, Metal, Wood, Batteries, etc. Fast, Reliable & Reasonable Rates, Lic/Ins 928-606-9000 A&V Handyman Bobcat, Plumbing, Framing, Painting, Electric, Roofing, Tile, Concrete Driveways, Decks, Maintenance. Adrian 928-607-0370 Not a Licensed Contractor

HOUSE CLEANING G&C Cleaning. Excellence Makes a Difference! 928-600-4186

LANDSCAPING Kiko’s Landscaping Pine Needles & Yard Clean-up Francisco Valdez @ 928-221-9877 or 814-4787 leave message. Not a licensed contractor

MASSAGE Natural Touch Massage: LCMT Sports, Swedish, Relaxation, Deep Tissue. Call Sue 928-606-5374 Receive a Massage or Reflexology session in the comfort of your home.

Call Gudi Cheff at 221-7474.

MISCELLANEOUS

Licensed & Certified Personal Caregiver/CNA/Companion. Excellent references. Non-agency in home care since 1997. Serving Flagstaff/ Williams/Parks/Sedona. Long shifts.

(928) 853-4437 Downwinders Cancer Cases www. cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office 928-774-1200 Now buying elk and deer antlers. 928853-1419 or 928-214-0242. CALL JEFF AND GET PAID!

MOVING Professional Moving Service call Quick Move Local/long distance or labor only. 928-779-1774

PAINTING “Nick the Painter”, 25 yrs exp. Top Quality, Low Prices Small Jobs OK. Ref Avail. Interior/Exterior 928-2552677 Not a licensed contractor.

PET SERVICES Gofer Girl Friday. Pet Care & Personal Assistant. 928-607-1951 All Things Possible, LLC

PLUMBING Plumbing Needs, Repairs, Add-ons & Remodels. (928)-890-8462 Not a licensed contractor.

SEWING SEWING BY CATHY One Day Service Dressmaking, Alterations & Repairs.

779-2385

SNOW REMOVAL Driveways, Sidewalks, Roofs, Bobcat and Blower Can Pre-Schedule. 928310-0419

HELP WANTED F/T Financ. Admin. Asst. w/specif. billing, A/R, A/P edu. or exp. College deg. reqd. Benefit pkg. avail. Salary based on exp. Submit resume to Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, PLLC, 123 N. San Francisco St Ste 300, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

SKILLED TRADE Electrician Wanted Responsible for performing maintenance activities on all equipment within the plant.

This includes but is not limited to preventive and predictive maintenance as well as performing breakdown repairs. This position will minimize equipment down time and perform small project activities. This position will adhere to all company policies and procedures. This position will work in a multitasking role with other maintenance mechanics and electricians to complete any given task within the confines of the individuals’ knowledge, experience and safety limitations at GYCB Operations.

Knowledgeable in the repair and maintenance of hydraulic/ pneumatic system, air cylinders and hydraulic solenoids. Reply by email to mhunt@ baits.com or mail resume to P.O. Box 1000, Page AZ 86040.

Goodman Electric is looking for Qualified Electricians & Service Technicians to begin work this month.

Please contact our office at (928)

526-0256 or by emailing: office@ goodmanelectric.net

MISC FOR SALE Forest Highlands Membership available, all you pay is a one time transfer fee of $1800 and the monthly membership dues and you and your family are full members. For details call 602-290-6989

MISC WANTED Wanted to Buy: VINTAGE GUITAR 1850-1900 Call 480/305-2014

HOMES FOR SALE FSBO Home on 5+ beautiful, serene acres, bordering Picture Canyon.

3bdrm, 2ba, built in 2013 with a 43’x43’ barn, Doney Park water, forced air heat, cistern tank, and wrap around deck. Owner will Carry, $675,000. Call 928-699-1746

MFG HOMES SALES Ashfork area, 4br/2ba home on 8 nicely treed acres with city water. Rent to Own or Owner Carry Preferred. $975/ mo. Mark O/A 928-856-1144 or email markjcooper1@gmail.com

white w/gray int., compare new w/tax & fees, approx. $36K asking $31,500 928-522-0057

BARGAIN CORNER 33” Kitchen sink, $90; 15” bar sink, $50; both include faucets; Gas cook top, 30”, $120 obo. All gloss black & in good condition. (928) 221-4653.

Zero Drop trail shoes, “VivoBareFoot”, size 37, $35; Head Lamp, “Black Diamond” brand $10; Electric hair rollers, set of 8, “T3” brand, $30. Call 928-774-0479 La-Z-Boy sofa and loveseat. 86x38x29 and 69x38x29. Both are sage color and in excellent condition. $300. Call 928-699-4128.

Canon inkjet cartridges: 1-250 + 3-251 combo pack. Cyan opened but not used; in ziplock bag. $50 Call 928526-6262.

Car 1995 Maxda 626, manual trans, 270K, mechanic owned, runs good,

$300. Call 928-255-9009.

DOGGY DOOR! Standard backdoor w/ large window & large-sized DOGGY DOOR. $200. For pictures email: surveyathomes@live.com 3 leather coats, sizes 8-10; 2 black and 1 brown, $30 each. Excellent condition.

Call 928-526-3048.

Wheeless trailer size 48”x72”, tilting uses class IV or class V 2” receiver hitch; $200. Ice machine, 36# /day,110 volts, new condition, $100. OBO Call 928-600-4520.

TOWNHOMES FOR SALE Highland Mesa townhome, 2 bdrm, 2.5 ba w/ loft, kitchen/dining area, fireplace in living room w/ vaulted ceilings. Nice, fenced backyard, int. paint coming soon. Close to shopping, trails, NAU, bus routes and more. $245,000. Call Coldwell Banker Dallas Real Estate at 928-526-5309 to see this home.

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED Studio apt., single occupancy, no pets.

Rent $725/mo. Deposit req’d. Call (928) 774-7727.

2bd/1ba in small complex on East Side, great condit., new carpet, freshly painted, view of the peaks, 2 parking spaces, you pay utilities, available 3/2.

Rent: $765, Sec. deposit: $765. (312) 286-8646 or (773) 779-6661.

MOBILE HOME Small 10’x45’ mobile for rent. 2 small bdrms, 1 bath;$600/month 2706 N. 3rd Street 928-310-9784 928-8908123 or 928-890-9941

TOWNHOME UNFURNISHED 3 bdrm/1ba, 1100 sq. ft. Duplex, Avail now, appliances incl. pets Ok, small fenced yard. 2315 N Center #2, $1100/ mo. 1 yr lease. $3300 move-in. Call 928-527-3787

DOMESTIC AUTOS Little Gem - 2004 Ford Taurus LX, red, 42,000mi., new tires, all the bells and whistles, great shape. $4700 obo. Call 928-310-2989.

HYBRIDS 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid $2500 62600 miles, silver, automatic, leather, navigation, sunroof, excellent condition, dach@netscape.com, 623-869-9090

SUVS 2016 Chevy Traverse AWD SUV, only 134 mi., V6, auto., XM radio, A/C, cruise, 3rd row seating, new portable Garmin,

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