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Uncharted water By Shonto Begay

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s I peered past the hard rain against my windshield, I saw multiple shades of gray composing my new world in a wiggly abstract. The Sierra disappeared from my rearview mirror and was replaced by beacons of headlights urging me forth. Welcome to the Golden State for this dusty Rez boy. I was definitely in uncharted water and there was no turning back. The award and acceptance letter from the art college in my glove compartment confirmed that. This was just another stage of life’s journey and transitions. That gave me a little semblance of cockiness. ‌I drove into the grayness of Oakland that afternoon with no idea where the school was located. I had to park precariously to find a phone booth and call the school. In this manner, I worked my way up to the California College of the Arts on the slope of the Oakland hills. The rain subsided as I stepped onto the lush campus where beautiful concrete architecture seemed to blend in well with the leafy environment.

This must be what it feels like to walk into a salad bowl—a verdant world dripping with the fragrance of the city’s dankness and the Pacific Ocean. It was not a large campus, and that offered comfort.

My Ford Comet and its contents were my only tie to the rolling Rez and known world I had left a few days back—my music, saddle and fabrics still clinging to the aroma of sage. I stood on the corner of the main arteries of Oakland and Berkeley, squinting into the haziness drizzle makes, with my Stetson wet and pliable on my head. The cafeteria ladies, cheery and curious, asked my origin as they served me a bowl of beans and crackers. “I am Navajo from Arizona.” I replied.” Well I’ll be! I thought you were all gone.

You all must be doing a rain dance now,” she said as she served me up another bowl. I think I will like this place, I thought.

Colors and shapes stood out boldly in the grayness. The admissions people provided me with an address where I could stay until I got my awards check. It was very hard to negotiate the avenues and streets of this strange new world.

In 1976 there were no cell phones or GPS of any kind. I had to rely on my indigenous GPS to get to the address in east Oakland, a very sketchy place I would have thought had I not come from Kayenta, where sketchiness had names like Chee’s

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Jungle and Silver Bullet, and bootlegged booze is often times served up with a beating. Where brown faces stare you down with clenched fists—a turn of a phrase that comes to blows.

Somehow the sleek high-rises and lighted marquees were more intimidating than the graffiticovered avenues of the city’s anatomy. I just had to smile into uncertainty.

The address provided turned out to be an American Indian Movement flop house where I ate another fine meal of hotdog and peanut butter sandwich. I had known some pseudo-AIM radicals back on the Santa Fe, N.M., campus. I had little to share with these folks—anger seemed to dominate the walls and voices. I came in peace.

I left that place in search of a place to rest my head. I had no idea where.

Like a sleek speed boat riding the waves, my chiddy (vehicle), rode the crests of the asphalt trough east Oakland back down into downtown where the most unexpected sight caught my attention: a native guy walking the street and from his back, I recognized him by his gait. Mike was a fellow student back at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. We were never close there by our company. He hung with the

urban “Indian” crowd, dressed impeccably, and I with my ragged bunch of Rez sheep camp ropers.

I pulled over and gave a shout. He flashed a recognizing smile, a big Lakota “Aaayy.” He climbed in and we proceeded into the unknown.

It turned out he was a student, one of the only two Native students at the art college. I was flabbergasted, beside myself with disbelief.

In this massive city and all its inhabitants, I had to run into him on Broadway. He was dressed in jeans and a paint splattered T-shirt—so unlike the guy I knew that wore a powder blue suit with bling. Now he was accessible, confined in my car blasting out the Grateful Dead.

Instead of going back to his apartment, we decided to go to a notorious “Indian” bar known as Hilltop. We drank and caught up on matters of our current situation. He was so happy to see a familiar face and now the third Native on campus. A few drinks later some words were exchanged and I ended up in a barroom brawl with another cocky Navajo. With a slight bruise on my forehead and trailing bravado, we left that night into the kaleidoscope of the city lights.

Somewhere, he got out and wandered off and the address he gave me was undecipherable. It

was a confusing place and all I wanted to do was find a place to rest my head. Eventually, I found a quiet place on a side street and fell asleep in my car.

Later in the night, I woke up to a sound— firecrackers or backfire. A man came rushing by, knocked on my window frantically and took off again. I saw more people milling about shouting angrily into the night. This was not a place of rest for me. I was in a risky neighborhood in west Oakland. I made my exit and drove further north into a more genteel area, well lit with manicured pastures. I parked off the curb and placed my saddle on the ground as a pillow and fell asleep under my Pendleton.

When I awoke, there were people all about and an angry security man was nudging me to get off the lawn in a threatening manner. It turned out I was camping on the greens of UC Berkeley. I left before other authorities got involved.

I also found the first of many parking tickets I was to collect.

With my trusty Rand McNally, I made my way back to the art college. It was still a few days before the semester began so I made my class list—art history being at the top. I was determined to get past this initial gauntlet of a new wilderness. My car had somehow sustained a noticeable dent in the front fender just past the hole in the windshield now covered with a piece of tribal campaign sticker. Fortunately, the driver’s side was clear. I don’t recall where this happened, maybe a post or something else solid.

By now, all longings to get back to the Rez’s familiarity dissipated and I was set to make the best of my situation.

In the light of a new day, it all seemed possible. Now, I had to go find my friend Mike.

Disheveled but still looking gorgeous and feeling good, I ventured forth with the prayers of the great Hero Twins in my heart.

To be continued, again …

A professional artist since 1983, Shonto Begay spends his time painting, writing and speaking to audiences of all ages. With an Associates of Fine Art degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M. and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts, his artwork has been featured in more than 50 shows in galleries and museums across the country.

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ach of these letters assumes one thing that I realize I cannot assume: Prosperity for all is a collective good.

There would be some truly cynical people (or times when even an optimist such as I becomes cynical) who would argue that perhaps you do not want the whole of the population to prosper. At the darkest times, I sometimes wonder if there is something to be gained from keeping people under-educated and in poverty. In poverty, you do whatever you have to do to get by—mine for minerals, dig ditches, clean public bathrooms, work the graveyard shift. To “economic-minded individuals,” you must rely on poverty. Someone has to clean the grease traps, so goes the argument. Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you.” But this is a pretty parasitic view of the economy. The rich sit in comfortable leather office chairs, spinning toward the full-length windows to look out across the horizon as the streetlevel workers scrub and sell and dig.

And I suppose, even in my most idealistic brain, that there will always be “levels” of work. I am embarrassed to ask the student workers in the office to print letters of recommendation for me, but I do it because I have 50 more letters to write. Some division of labor is necessary.

However, I do think there should be fluidity between these divisions. That if someone doesn’t want to work the graveyard shift anymore, there is a way for them to quit. That the swiveling leather chair isn’t guaranteed to the man who sits in it, and certainly isn’t guaranteed for his son to claim. That there should be some kind of symbiotic relationship between industries and its workers. That maybe you put some time in mopping floors but that time in counts towards a goal. When companies pay workers to go to college, there is symbiosis. You work doing a lessgreat job. We’ll pay you to go to school so

you can get a better job. Raising people up isn’t just socialism, it’s good business sense. When you have employees with a strong liberal arts background, they are more inventive, more creative, more communicative—as Loretta JacksonHayes, associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., wrote in The Washington Post in an article called “We don’t need more STEM majors.

We need more STEM majors with liberal arts training.”

To innovate is to introduce change.

While STEM workers can certainly drive innovation through science alone, imagine how much more innovative students and employees could be if the pool of knowledge from which they draw is wider and deeper. That occurs as the result of a liberal arts education. Or, even if employees just get advanced degrees for jobs they already occupy, the new insight and new skills attained make way for new inventions, plans and models.

If you are convinced that government should be run like a business, perhaps think of this symbiotic business model.

Raising people up isn’t just socialism, it’s good business sense. When you have employees with a strong liberal arts background, they are more inventive, more creative, more communicative.

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Don’t you think that your business-state would benefit from having someone who once washed windows invent a solar energy-gathering window device? If you think of the government as a separate entity from the people (as a business is from its employees), perhaps you can think of it as a symbiotic one.

Sometimes businesses/governments like to make metaphors from nature.

Think, The Wolf of Wall Street. But in the real forest, symbiosis is the underlying structure. Lichen, fungi, berries, ants and nurse trees all serve to help the forest grow. Even wolves, which in the movies need nothing or no one, appear to have a symbiotic relationship with ravens. The ravens spot potential food for the ravens.

The wolves tear open tough hides for the birds.

Go ahead and run your business like a real wolf. Tear open the expensive hides of higher education by returning state funding to the universities. Let the ravens eat.

They’ll signal more food for you later.

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.

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To many fans the world over, Mike Gordon is a saint in the scene. From his instrumental, vocal and writing work with the likes of Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman and Jeff Holdsworth—otherwise known as Phish—to his far-out solo ventures, the bassman’s riffs and creativity have uplifted and simultaneously prodded curious thought on the part of listeners. Since the early, early aughts, Gordon has been penning tunes and hitting the road with his eponymous gig that includes Scott Murawski on guitar, Todd Isler at the kit and Tom Clearly on keys with Craig Myers filling in percussion. Four studio records now exist, most recently with 2014’s Overstep; one that simultaneously furthered this “solo” endeavor while the man at the helm stepped away from his usual M.O. as creative maestro and let other hands dig into the musical dirt, primarily co-writer Murawski and producer Paul Q. Kolderie, who is known for his work with Radiohead and the Pixies. Overstep brought some new instrumentalists into the studio as well as opened the gate of Gordon’s musical stride as he rips from thundering bass to plucky banjo, and explores original tracks as well as Phish-era renditions. For local fans in need of a solid jam, it’ll be an eclectic evening at the Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance and $32 the day of the show. To learn more, call 556-1580 or visit www.mike-gordon.com.

Always on one of the last Saturdays of the month, the Flagstaff Foundry is ready to launch for the first time in the New Year, and after a tiny hibernation during the holiday season. The monthly night of performance art, hilarity, flexibility and free-flowing entertainment from local individuals and group acts is the single, super-spacious place to find some of the most creative happenings in town.

Flagstaff Aerial Arts dancers, Tiny Punches Improv, the Circlet Sisters and so many more have been a part of these variety shows, but it is open to anyone: poets, stand-up comedians, musicians, dancers, aerialists, jugglers, magicians, acro-balancers, pole performers, balloon manglers, poi spinners, trapeze artists, and any other creative being under the sun. To sign up to perform, just visit tiny.url. com/flagstafffoundry to answer some simple logistical questions and—BAM—you’re on the bill. For those who enjoy the art of the spectator sport, arrive ready to be entertained at the Circus Arts Studio, 1311 E. Butler, from 8–10 p.m. all for the super affordable price of $5. Learn more by visiting Flagstaff Foundry on Facebook.

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With California bleeding rivers and aquifers dry to the recent poisoning of Flint, Mich., residents via their own city/state government; further to fracking companies selling their wastewater to agribusiness (see Jim Hightower’s column on page 20 of this issue), and all the way back to the recent contamination of the Animas River—a tributary of the San Juan in Colorado—it is evident the water situation in this country is growing more convoluted by the day. Enter Rumble on the Mountain II. The gathering of musicians uniting for a common and locallyrelevant cause is back for a second year, this time to celebrate the sacredness of water. Interspersed between presentations on the devastating effects industrial mining pass down to Colorado River waters, an evening of rockin’ for a cause is in order. Musical accoutrement will be provided by Summit Dub Squad, Tha Yoties, Innastate, Sihasin, Kill Babylon Coalition, Ed Kabotie, and the Levi Platero Band. Add to that a fine art silent auction and the creative input of Bahe Whitethorne Jr., revelers are sure to leave with more than music in their ears. Hear the call at the Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen. Doors to this all-ages event open at 3 p.m., and the music kicks off at 4 p.m. $15. Tickets are available at the door. 556-1580. www.orpheumflagstaff.com.

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couple weeks back I sat down and watched the movie Dope. Going in with no knowledge of what it was about, I was happily surprised when the credits started to roll. Beyond it being a great film with a very real message addressing race and education, what caught my attention was the main character and the bond he and his friends shared over ’90s hip-hop music and culture.

It moved me to revisit some of my favorite hip-hop tracks and artists from that era, and those that I forgot about, glossed over or completely missed.

In the process of digging and then coming back to today’s hip-hop, I realized that much of what cycles through speakers now is devoid of scratching, one of the culture’s truest elements.

Another gem that I uncovered was the 2001 documentary, Scratch, written and directed by Doug Pray, which tells the history and story of scratching. At the beginning of the film, Grand Wizard Theodore, the widely-accepted founder of scratching, says on the difference between rap and hip-hop: “When you say rap, you say an MC and a DJ. When you say hip-hop, you say graffiti, you say break dancing, you say DJs, you say MCs, the way you dress, the way you talk—all the elements into one. That’s hip-hop.” And what a lot of people don’t know is before rapping on records, it was only a DJ and turntables.

In New York City in the early ’80s, Theodore introduced the “scratch” at a party after he discovered the technique while his mom was yelling at him for playing music too loudly. Intrigued by the sound vinyl made when manipulated back and forth, it cracked the door open for other NYC players like Afrika Bambaataa and the Universal Zulu Nation, Kool Herc (developer of the breakbeat), Jazzy Jay, Rob Swift and Grand Master DXT. Then, in 1983, Herbie Hancock’s Grammy Award-winning song, “Rockit,” featuring DXT on the decks, busted down the door and was the first exposure for many scratchers and mixers, inspiring them to go out and buy their own turntables.

From there, a slew of new DJs flooded the scene. Names like Mix Master Mike, QBert, Shadow, Premier, Steve Dee (beat juggling founder), Babu, Craze and Cut Chemist among many talented others all left their mark on the culture by developing new techniques and creating their own identities to push the movement forward. Above all others who elevated the art form was the Invisibl Scratch Piklz who—at a time when DJs kept secret what and how they were playing and covering up labels on

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records—revealed to the world what they were doing and how to do it. It was a way to allow new generations of aspiring DJs to continue to pave the way. As a result, they are highly regarded within the culture as the most influential DJs that have ever lived.

In the early ’90s as the scene grew and the industry fell in love with the rapper, DJs weren’t featured heavily on albums at the time. In much the same way DJs in the ’80s split from MCs to do their own thing, MCs were pulled in an opposite direction from DJs. As the decade progressed, DJs learned to be a part of a rap group, and over time it became a point of pride and a way to move the art form even further. And for many MCs, rapping to the DJ’s feeling is a massive part of not only the music, but culture itself.

In the present, it seems like some of that feeling is missing—at least with modern artists. As technology has become more prominent in music and producers continue to create their own beats with the definition of a DJ being spread thin, scratching has perhaps faded.

At the forefront of the movement, the culture created social awareness and turned negativity on the streets and NYC neighborhoods into something positive. Turntablism and scratching was born in bedrooms and quickly found its way to jam sessions in basements, garages and parties on the block. It was a completely original form of vocabulary, talking, intelligence, and is the first thing that grabs people. It involved endless digging for records and rocking crowds.

Forever before, and until then, records and turntables were something that should be left alone and not touched, but they became that. They became a musical instrument as long as it could be seen that way. It became an obsession.

As Grand Wizard Theodore says at the end of Scratch: “People today are realizing that what they doin’ now came from somewhere. And in order for it to go any further, it has to go around in a 360 in order for it to go even further. And I always say, you have to know where hip-hop’s been in order to know where it’s going. You have to.”

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want to believe. Really, I do. Surely, the truth is out there. But I’m wondering if The X-Files, when it returns to TV on Sun, Jan. 24, will be able to recapture the pre-millennial moods and mysteries that made it a cult hit in the 1990s. ‌Should we yearn for the days when an empty factory could be a secret base for otherwordly conspirators? When white unmarked vans were filled with shape-shifting apparitions of unspeakable menace? When that small town in the Midwest was the sinister nest for a psychic serial killer, thus making Area 51 the real dream destination for millions of fans of the show?

Fourteen years since its last show, The X-Files returns to television on FOX to reintroduce viewers to its supernatural darkness, with its own mythological arc, kept in the unlit basement of the American psyche. After more than a decade of only having re-runs, The X-Files

But will it still sizzle? is ready to spring again like a jack-in-the-box of ill-fated portents.

While Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) will return for a mere six episodes, they are most certainly doing a victory lap for the two beloved characters who embody the rational and irrational in all of us. One is left to wonder if the show might feel naive, out of place in an entertainment mecca overwhelmed by dangers reflecting a brutal world like in Game of Thrones, except without the dragons.

And so how can you top that?

Will the return of The X-Files really reflect the mysteries for our times?

The world has changed a lot since the show first aired on Sept. 10, 1993. The Internet had not yet been popularized, the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers were still standing, and the country had yet to face the worst economic collapse since

the Great Depression. The show petered out less than a year after Sept. 11, 2001, as the television universe moved into a more anti-terrorism narrative, but The X-Files creator Chris Carter says he sees potential episodes for the show by reading the news every day, and few could argue that the real world is far weirder than it once was.

The common view on the show was that it emerged out of the cynicism of the 1990s. However, I believe it really dug further into the roots of national paranoia going back to the 1950s, when Sen. Joseph McCarthy ratcheted up the Cold War with charges of communist infiltration. When people still believed aliens crashed near Roswell, N.M. And then the 1960s, when the unsatisfactory results of the Warren Commission turned theories about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy into a cottage industry for conspiracy theories.

By tackling marginal FBI cases where the paranormal was involved, agents Mulder and Scully rode the fear wave into the approaching century that, as some might remember, was likely to begin with all of the computers turning off across the world within the first minutes of 2000. That, of course, didn’t happen.

I have my doubts if all of those sewer monsters and hick vampires are going to scare anybody in an age of anthrax and super storms.

Global surveillance and cyber wars are certainly

cause for concern. However, do they make for good X-Files episodes? Sounds like a lot of looking at computer screens to me.

The X-Files was certainly a show for its time, but like bringing back the boys for that name brand band to go on tour again, the return of the show may make us feel sentimental for the good ol’ days when all that you had to worry about was whether some intergalactic fiend would inject you with a black fluid to turn you into some kind of alienEarth hybrid.

The truth is out there, sure. It’s in plain view.

It’s hanging out with Ebola and freaks like Bernie Madoff. Now I wonder if the masses are in the mood for an ever-expanding mystery. This time answers are in need, and somebody needs to tell that uncle who is into conspiracy theories to get real. That UFOs are swamp gas. That flying unidentified stuff tested at Area 51 years ago now flies over parades and football games to heighten the fun and celebration and excitement of modern aviation. That the white unmarked van parked outside the door was always, thankfully, just the caterer. Right?

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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on the challenges faced by the security team t’s a desperate time in Libya. After the during the conflict. This was a good direction deposal of Muammar Gaddafi the country for the film to go. It lets the audience identify is torn between warring factions. Virtually with the characters struggling to survive rather all foreign presences depart from Libya; the than debating what errors our government Americans only maintain two compounds may or may not have made in handling and a handful of personnel at that the whole affair. time. When Ambassador Chris 13 Hours is not necessarily Stevens comes to visit Libya 13 HOURS: THE hitting it out of the park, but it things begin to get a bit is very engaging and its downrocky. Libyan militants SECRET SOLDIERS sides wind up being pretty coordinate and conduct OF BENGHAZI mundane. The runtime feels an attack on both AmeriDirected by Michael Bay a bit bloated as there are a can compounds.

Rated R number of scenes early in Based on a true story, HARKINS THEATRES the film that don’t seem to go 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers anywhere or add to the overall of Benghazi goes on to depict story that is being told. Likewise the desperate stand that a small some of the dialog feels forced. That American security force makes being said the cast is still up to the task, against a tide of militants that are intent and the characters wind up being believable on overrunning the compounds. The film leaves enough to make us care about them when things behind much of the political controversy that start to really go awry. has surrounded this event and instead focuses

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In the end, 13 Hours winds up being tense and gritty, and not all that comparable to director Michael Bay’s other thrill-a-minute fare. Still, Bay’s influence can be seen in the film’s numerous firefights and action sequences. Say what you want about Michael Bay’s films, but the man knows how to shoot an action scene. While I am also a fan of his

other more explosive works (despite popular opinion I am still a big fan of the Transformers franchise), Bay shows here that he can make a film that is not larger than life and feels rooted in reality. Nevertheless, it makes me wonder if this could have been a much more meaningful film were it left in the hands of someone with a bit more subtlety.

The difference between troubled and eccentric Reviewed by Adrienne Bischoff

Ruffalo, as always, delivers a thoughtful, committed perforSanders Show and is married to Wally Wolomance unique from his other roles. The little girls who play his darsky, a former writer for The Simpsons. daughters, Imogene Wolodarsky (Forbes’ daughter) and Ashley Wolodarsky, along with star Mark Ruffalo Aufderheide, realistically express their complicated love for and J.J. Abrams, produced Infinitely Polar their troubled dad. The main problem is that he doesn’t seem Bear. That’s like a fantasy Mad Libs of the troubled, just eccentric. And living with someone with film world: Simply by association, bipolar disorder is not like living with Willy Wonka. the film should be incredible, Even in his worst moments, such as when Cam is shouldn’t it?

INFINITELY destroying a colleague’s office because his firm Eh, not so much. Rufwon’t hire Cam’s wife, the film stops short of falo, recently nominated POLAR BEAR showing the repercussions of such behavior. In for a Golden Globe for Directed by Maya Forbes fact, the film forgives him via his tirade against this film—also nominated Rated R nepotism. And most of the time, his illness is for an Oscar for SpotNETFLIX DVD portrayed alternately as a series of quirks (e.g. light—plays Cam Stuart, the walking around half-dressed, collecting bicycles, bipolar father of Amelia and buying junk cars) and talents (e.g. making deliFaith, and husband to Maggie. cious crepes, standing up for his family, fixing junk Even though Cam comes from a cars). And because he’s clearly a loving father, you very wealthy family from Boston, almost wish yours had bipolar disorder. he sees little of his inheritance. ComBy downplaying a serious mental illness, the film robs itself pounding his financial difficulties is his mennot only of authenticity, but of a story. Cam is no worse or bettal disorder, which prevents him from keeping a job. His wife, ter off than he was at the beginning of the film. His daughters Maggie, played by Zoe Saldana, makes the difficult decision to seem to love him as much as before. His wife still doesn’t reconleave their children in Cam’s care while she attends business cile with him. Not much has changed and, apparently, not much school in New York. Infinitely covers the 18 months that Cam needs to. It’s enough to drive you crazy. raised their daughters alone.

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A heap of treachery A noir film fest and new short film explore dark sides of cinema

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assion … Treachery … MURDER.” That says it all, doesn’t it? Movies about those subjects have entertained audiences since the first days of feature films.

This month, Flagstaff gets its fill of murderous intentions with two film-based activities: Northern Arizona University’s student-run UTV Studio is making a short film, This is Where You Die, and the Artist’s Coalition of Flagstaff is organizing the inaugural Flagstaff Film Noir Festival.

At NAU, UTV Films is a student-run film production studio, and produces one highquality short film each semester. This time they want to increase the production value, which requires more money—a problem many filmmakers face in the movie business.

They have created a Kickstarter campaign to earn enough for their short horror film, This is Where You Die. Needing $5,500, the Kickstarter campaign has started strong, but could use your help. You can find out more about the film, UTV, and how you can help at www.kickstarter.com/projects/utv62/thisis-where-you-die. The campaign ends on Thu, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m.

For old-fashioned murderous attentions, the Flagstaff Film Noir Festival offers those wonderful, atmosphere-filled B-movies about people living shady lives and making bad decisions. Brought to us by the Artist’s Coalition of Flagstaff, the festival will be held at the Arts Connection in the Flagstaff Mall and is scheduled to begin Fri, Jan. 22 and run through Sun, Jan. 24.

Foster Hirsch, author of 15 books on film and theater, including The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir and Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir, will introduce the films in the series. These kinds of movies have bad people doing bad deeds and star actors like Edmond O’Brien, Ann Savage, John Payne, and the always amazing Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.

The movies, and their poster’s taglines, are Blonde Ice “Blonde Svengali: Beautiful …

Evil … Be-Deviling … Daring!”; Hollow Triumph (The Scar) “His SCAR marked them both!”; Suddenly! “(Frank) Sinatra sears the screen as a snarling mad-dog killer!”; Scarlet Street “The Great Stars and Director of “Woman in the Window … ”; He Walked By Night “Savage … Searing … TRUE!”; Kansas City Confidential “The Picture that hits with BULLET FORCE and BLACKJACK FURY!”; The Hitch-Hiker “Who will be his next victim … You?”; Detour “He went searching for love but Fate forced a DETOUR to Revelry … Violence … Mystery!” Tension “In every two-timing kiss you will feel … TENSION”; The Strange Love of Martha Ivers “Fate drew them together … and only murder could part them!”; D.O.A. “A picture as excitingly different as its title!” Now those are great poster taglines.

You can purchase tickets for one film ($5), for the day ($10), or for the entire festival ($25). To learn more about the films, view the schedule and purchase tickets, visit www. flagstaff-arts.org/the-first-annual-flagstaff-filmnoir-festival.

It’s a fun way to start the year. Between helping finance a horror film and watching classic B-movies, you can be a part of all the murder, passion and treachery that these classic movies can offer.

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Masters of Brewtality The humble roots of an authentic specialty

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just sit around a fire with. That’s totally what this beer is all about. Just smelling on it, having some sips, and appreciating the complexity.

Gary: I like the fruity aspect of it. It has a very complex flavor; you get some different tastes from the yeasts. And these are very unique yeast strains. Plus, the alcohol is really disguised in it.

f you’ve ever enjoyed a craft beer in Flagstaff, extend some gratitude to Lumberyard’s head brewer Gene Almquist. From his days running the Homebrewer’s Outpost to his invaluable contributions in getting one of the city’s first breweries, Beaver Street, off the ground, the impact he’s had on the culture here is beyond measure. And, he’s a pretty funny guy, too.

Flag Live caught up with him and fellow brewer Gary Blazevich to chat about their delicious and wildly potent Belgian Trippel, the Coir A Bois— French for Lumberyard!

Serving temp?

Gene: I’d say low 40s. Not too cold, not too warm.

‌The breakdown Brewery: Lumberyard Brewing Co. Name of brewer: Gene Almquist and Gary Blazevich Beer name: Coir A Bois Type of hops used: Noble hops-Czech Saaz Type of yeast used: Abby, Monestary, Ardennes Type of malt: Two row, pilsner, small amounts of Munich and Vienna ABV: 10.1% IBU: 27

From the brewer Mike Williams: What should we pair with this?

Gary: It pairs well with fruits and cheeses … Maybe something softer, like Brillat-Savarin—lots of cream. I love that s**t!

Gene: Yeah, I think that’s an appropriate pairing there. We’re pretty laid back on the whole pairing thing. I’d say a burrito just because I love burritos and pretty much all beer. Ha! Brewing soundtrack?

Gary: Whatever Ollie has on his phone. Our tendency is classic rock, but if we’re brewing a Scotch Ale, I definitely throw some bagpipes on.

It makes the yeast happy.

Complimentary outdoor activity?

Gene: Nothing active … Sun tanning. It’s not really an active beer, like for canoeing or kayaking. It’s more a leisurely sipping beer.

The strength dictates that you’ll just kind of lie around.

Gary: Snowball fighting! It numbs you up, so when you get hit, no pain!

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Lead brewer, Gary Blazovich (left) and head brewer, Gene Almquist. Courtesy photo

Beer as a performance enhancing drug … Awesome! Indoor?

Gary: Sitting by a fire.

Gene: Sun tanning by a fire! Ha! Gary: Roasting marshmallows!

Worst place to drink it?

Gene: Jail.

Gary: Well, if you were in jail, it’d probably be the best on Earth to drink it. You’re already in jail. You’d want a drink.

Gene: True … Snooty coffee shop?

Gary: Barefoot in a snowbank?

Best place to drink it?

Gene: Anywhere!

Ideal container?

Gene: It’s on draft and bottle, and we’ve got bombers to go, but we’re not canning that beer.

You could, but it’s too large of a beer, as they say.

Gary: It’d also be $15 for a four pack.

Gene: Yeah, outside of the cost, I don’t know if you’d want to throw back a 10% beer from a can. People typically share the bombers because the price and percentage is a little bit higher than most beers. We also do growlers of it, but you’d definitely want a couple people around to help.

Your personal favorite thing about this beer?

Gene: I like sipping beers and that’s what I consider this. Just stronger beers that you can

How’d you start brewing?

Gene: I taught myself homebrewing almost 30 years ago then opened the Homebrewers Outpost here in Flagstaff in the early ’90s. I sold that and got on with Evan and Winnie Hanseth, who own Beaver Street and Lumberyard. They invited me to brew at Beaver and are definitely the reason we’re all even here. We honestly wouldn’t be sitting here today without their risk in this business.

They started all this in 1994 and there were maybe 300 breweries in the country. They really gave me the opportunity to do what I love for a living.

Gary: Actually, Gene taught me. I never owned homebrewing equipment. I’d done batches with other friends, but only one or two full-grains. I had a buddy up in Washington, when I lived up there, and he’d do a lot of partials, like extracts and tea steeped grains. But, honestly, Gene taught me everything I know.

I started at Beaver Street, did some back and forth, then was the brewer at Beaver for about three years, and then moved over to Lumberyard a couple years ago. And here we are!

Finally, our Masters of Brewtality bonus question: Is there beer in Hell?

Gary: We’re all going to be there, so probably!

Gene: Of course, and it’d be a high-alcohol sipping beer, just like the Coir A Bois!

Masters of Brewtality is a monthly feature that brings a Flagstaff-based craft brewery and one of their top beers to the table. Each month we’ll pick a new beer, sit down with one of the brewers, and pick their brain with a set of questions—both serious and funny—so we can learn more about some of our favorite local beers and the folks who brew it all up. On tap next month: Beaver Street Brewery

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n the course of calendar year a lot of great stuff happens at 7,000 feet.

And we’re not just talking about your run-of-the-mill elevation hike; we’re talking about Flagstaff, a place that, as years have passed, has become more and more culturally vibrant. We are a town that loves its outdoor activities: be it hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, running, skiing or snowboarding. We love our craft beer (we have seven great breweries in town, all with something unique to offer). We dig hard on art and music. And, among other things, we are also a college town.

Each year we put out a fall and spring student guide to help, well ... guide incoming students who are new to town. It goes without saying a majority of those fresh faces arrive at the beginning of the school year’s first semester, but nonetheless, we always like to share some of our favorite goings-on that are here to stay or just passing through. There are always events going on every week, many of which are not covered here and others that have yet to pop up, so please check out our new issues, pressed every Thursday, when they hit newsstands around town. Enjoy!

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Not-to-Miss Concerts

1. Agent Orange: Feb. 1 at the Green Room.

Hailed as the Kings of Skate Punk since the band’s inception in 1979, the legendary Agent Orange is still at it—and still skating.

While other bands of the era are slapping their logos on T-shirts at big box stores the world over, A/O is keeping it real, releasing skateboard decks with their famous neon insignia. It’s been decades since A/O pressed a record, but their surfy style of pure punk grind is alive and thriving, orange in the tooth and ready to gnaw on your earballs. Fore more, visit their Facebook page.

2. Saintseneca: Feb. 6 at the Green Room.

In 2011 this indie folk band from Ohio just showed up out of nowhere. And for those who were listening, it was the first song, “Acid Rain,” off of their debut album, Last, that grabbed people’s attention. In the years that followed they dropped 2014’s moodily stellar Dark Arc and last year’s Such Things, both showcasing the quintet’s arsenal of unlikely stringed instruments and rich, lustrous songs. Following the release of their sophomore album they made an impressive stop in town, and we’re excited to see them back through with a new set of tunes. To get an idea of what’s coming, check out their NPR Tiny Desk Concert, as well as their website at www.saintseneca.com.

Photo by Taylor Mahoney.

3. Naughty by Nature: Feb. 12 at the Green Room.

Sadly, we don’t see a ton of hip-hip come through Flagstaff. But when we do, it’s typically on point, and heads are rewarded—like when Souls of Mischief played their classic 93 ‘til Infinity album in full. Enter Naughty by Nature.

Most know them for their radio hits “Hip Hop Hooray,” “O.P.P.” and “Feel Me Flow,” but they have a solid catalog beyond that and were major players in ’90s hip-hop culture, which was just the best, really, so we can’t wait to see what they bring. www.naughtybynature.com.

4. Dr. Dog: Feb. 17 at the Orpheum Theater.

If there’s one national act that over the years has cemented themselves as a resident band here in Flagstaff, it’s got to be Dr. Dog. Having brought their rollicking East Coast indie rock ‘n’ roll to the Orpheum four times—soon to be five—in the past six years, and dropping new tunes every couple of years, they’re nothing if not consistent. For those who have never seen them in the live setting, let us just say it’s a musical experience worth taking in. And with the re-release of their 2001 debut album, The Psychedelic Swamp, on the horizon, that consistency looks to be alive and well. See more at www.drdogmusic.com.

5. The Wild Reeds: (TBA) at the Green Room.

One of the best up-and-coming Americana acts on the scene is the Wild Reeds. The L.A.based quintet is taking the three-part female vocal harmony to new and exciting levels—and penning smart and textured songs along the lines of Neko Case and Lucinda Williams. Their big breakout album, Blind and Brave, features songs that build to liftoff, with the highlights being the title track and the opener, “Where I’m Going.” They’ll swing back into town for a second

time soon after being one of the great shows that too many people missed in 2015. Make a date with them this year. Check them out on the NPR Tiny Desk Concert for a primer. www. thewildreedsmusic.com.

Get Out & Go Bask in the mountain backcountry.

The San Francisco Peaks are much more than a summer or fall destination, or downhill skiers’ playground. The winter backcountry offers some great adventures on cross country skis or snowshoes. With the right permitting, one can strike out into the snowy backwoods and soak in the wintry wonder. Even if you’re not a longtime outdoor veteran, you can pick up a permit for an easy route like Viet Spring, for a few miles on the skis or shoes. The big smart thing to do is to double check the latest info on avalanche risk and pack for all temperatures and known scenarios. Get more details at www.fs.usda. gov/coconino/ for the permits and www. kachinapeaks.org for the avalanches.

Grand Canyon in winter.

Throw your arms open wide and pull in the possibilities of a Grand Canyon visit in the winter. Go on, you know you should. With January and February the typical low point on the visitation numbers at one of the nation’s busiest parks, any visit during these months means that you almost kind of own it (well, you own it in a collective way already). A good trail to try in the winter is the Hermit Trail, which gets a bit more winter sun on the top section and is warmer (bring ice cleats anyway). Also, a trek along the rim trail already has the fewer aforementioned people and plenty of views— especially nice is the Rim Trail West out of the Village. So, go up there and take it in. www. nps.gov/gcra.

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Saddle up on Sedona’s mountain bike trails.

Flagstaff has a great mountain biking community. And when the trails up north get covered with snow and ice, those who prefer warmer temps and open trails head an hour south to Sedona. We should be so lucky. Why? Because it’s not only a quick escape, but has a seemingly endless amount of trails that accommodate and challenge just about every riding ability. There are so many to choose from, but for a nice intermediate intro, we recommend the Slim Shady Trail. From there, visit bike shops Over the Edge or Absolute Bikes for a trail map and good directions on where to go next. Also check out www.mtbproject.com.

Dust up the boots with Sedona hikes.

While Sedona is well known for its mountain biking and rock-climbing offerings, the loweradrenaline and head-clearing wonders of hiking the red rocks makes it a clear study break favorite.

With winter blowing and looming large in Flagstaff through about March (or April or May), boots on the ground in Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon provides a nice way of getting out there. If you haven’t already, take the one-mile huff up Cathedral Rock (part hike, part scramble). Work in Devil’s Bridge— high-clearance wheels gets you there, or use the Chuckwagon Trail—for stellar views and the chance to bask in the natural bridge. Try Doe Mountain for an easy climb with big rewards. Get the rest dialed in at www.redrockcountry.org.

Get your climb on.

While winter is not all the way ideal for rock climbing, the earliest signs of spring will often send the ascending kind to the wondrous warm locales to chalk up their hands and hit the walls. One of these is Jacks Canyon, located 30 miles south of Winslow. Around a thousand feet lower than Flagstaff and prone to sun, the route possibilities start to open up sooner than some

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MartAnne’s Breakfast Palace, now serving dinner. Photo by Jake Bacon of the walls closer to town. Also, areas to the south around Sedona start to get the sun shining and call for the big climbs in March and April.

There are several multi-pitch routes and butte and spire ascents to tempt the scramblers. Some are fairly easy ascents and others are gnarly and complex. We recommend getting the latest details, gear, and possibly guiding—don’t attempt this sport without the proper training and equipment—at Flagstaff Climbing Center. www. flagstaffclimbing.com.

Grub & Restaurants Tourist Home Urban Market.

Although it might seem a hit to the pocketbook at first, the Tourist Home Urban Market actually has a whole host of affordable eating options—like getting three gourmet pastries for $7 from their wonderful basket of possibilities. And it has top-notch but affordable coffees and lots of good to-gos from the salad department. The cool vibe and backstory to open the market in a oncederelict building that’s a historic landmark make it especially notable. And, did we mention doughnuts?

I don’t think we did. Drop in for the best doughnuts in Flagstaff. Impress your friends and study dates.

Great outdoor seating once the thermometer turns. www.tinderboxkitchen.com/tourist-home.

MartAnne’s Breakfast Palace.

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Pepperoni pizza from Il Rosso Italiane. Courtesy photo Francisco intersection. It is long celebrated for its signature chilaquiles, a plate piled with eggs, green or red chiles, chips, beans, rice, hash browns and at least three other things we’re forgetting. No one leaves hungry. Period. And guess what? MartAnne’s expanded this past year with a dinner menu and chilaquiles all dang day. If you haven’t let this culinary bomb drop on you, go for it. Anne Martinez and family have kept it going for a good spell. And stay for the ambiance and Emma Gardener art. Find ‘em on Facebook.

SoSoBa. Have the winter blues got you down? The soup is always on at SoSoBa—Flag’s best and only nonstop noodle shop. The savory, flavorful broth, noodle and meat/tofu dishes these expert chefs cook up and decorate are always in season.

From the miso-corn broth with ramen and katsu chicken to the so-tender-its-like-someone-alreadychewed-it-for-you Bulgogi beef bowl, or even the ever-changing Ramen Radio program, SoSoBa has just the thing to satisfy the most urgent of hunger pangs. www.nonstopnoodleshop.com.

The Toasted Owl. In just a short amount of time, downtown Flagstaff’s newest brunch spot has done nothing but capture the imaginations of those with an appetite. The Owl started out north of the tracks and garnered a loyalty following fast, and after moving and opening its doors in a larger location on Mikes Pike south of the tracks late last year, butts

continue to fill any one of the many eclectic chairs in the new space. Seriously, just about everything down to the cups is second hand which, aside from the good eats like the Smashed Avocado Toast (with a fried egg on top), provides a dining experience that fits our mountain town’s style to a T. There is also owl-everything everywhere, except for the menu. Discover more at www.thetoastedowl.com.

Il Rosso Italiane.

Ask anyone who’s been in Flagstaff for any length of time what their favorite pizza joint is, and chances are good you’ll get a list of varied answers. And, really, none of them are worth knocking—it’s all just a matter of preference.

But if you’re looking for good pizza as well as a healthy list of Italian food—like the Chicken Parm sub—done right, check out Il Rosso. Since opening their doors last year, word on the street has spread like owner Bob Verdarame’s family red sauce recipe all over a perfectly fired up pie. The staff is friendly and they’re open till 3 a.m. on weekends to accommodate the late night crowd. For more, see Il Rosso Italiane on Facebook.

Tasty Dranks Der Apfel at SoSoBa. If the holiday mealtimes were too full of dinner you had to skip on pie, SoSoBa’s cocktail menu has the remedy. A deliciously sweet and tangy mix of the Tempe-based distillery Caskwerks’ apple pie liqueur, bourbon, steeped

apple cider and house-made bitters, this cocktail is liquid dessert in a clear vessel. Not to mention, everything is better with booze—especially the sweet stuff. www.nonstopnoodleshop.com.

Coffee, coffee and more coffee.

Flag newbs and lifers alike know this town runs on caffeine. Coffee shops galore line the streets from the generic Starbucks level up the stairway to coffee heaven where local joints like Firecreek Coffee Co. and Macy’s European-style Coffee House sit at something like the right hand of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Each café has their perks, pulls and signature cups of jazzed-up Joe perfect for a snowy day or a summertime patio party. It’s hard to go wrong, but after a sip of sweet whiskey chai at Rendezvous, head over to Firecreek for a spot of their homemade spicy chai with a couple shots—it’s just what ya do.

Whisky chai at Rendezvous.

This one’s a no-brainer. Ask most any local in town that likes some sort of combo of whisky and tea (or coffee) and they’ll point you to the Hotel Monte Vista’s Rendezvous for a whisky chai. It’s a spendy $9, but between the people watching through the bar’s windows and the amount of goodness you receive (which goes down surprisingly fast), it’s one of the best go-to hot drinks to help thaw you out as winter turns to spring. Again, this one’s for the 21-and-over crowd only, and while we have you, they make a pretty darn good hot toddy, too. www.hotelmontevista.com.

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Bloody Mary at Lumberyard Brewing Co. Just about all of the top breakfast or brunch spots in town we can think of sling a quality Bloody Mary—and they all have their signature touch. But, we have it on good authority that the college crowd old enough to kick a few back loves to cure what ails them with Lumberyard’s Bloody Mary. Only served on weekends, this sucker is served in a fat mason jar with a slice of bacon (because you always lead with bacon), a slice of cheese and pretty much an entire garden on top.

And it only costs $6.95. They have a massive menu to boot, but yeah, for a solid morning remedy, order the Bloody Mary. www. lumberyardbrewingcompany.com.

Steep Leaf Lounge.

Aside from the many adult beverages we tend to gravitate toward, there’s always room for tea, especially in the colder months.

Still rather new to the downtown scene, Steep is a cozy little spot nestled comfortably on the corner of Leroux Street and Aspen Avenue—you can pick it out because the windows are typically fogged over. It’s a great place to grab a hot cup of herbal tastiness and sit down, socialize, read a book, study, or write the next great screenplay. We highly recommend ordering up a pot of the Serenity tea. You can thank us later. www.shop. leaflounge.com.

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Other Goodies Worth Checking Out Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival: Feb. 11-14.

Few things go to together like Flagstaff and environmentally and socially inspired filmmaking. Given this chocolate-peanut butter combo, the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival has been a celebrated event for more than a decade here in this mountain town. The big film event moves to February from October this year, but still features the same kind of great and inspired (the word epic comes to mind) outdoor and politically alert movies. It also brings in some fun animation and special guests that really give it a fun and diverse spirit. This year, the fest will bring 85 titles to the screens (primarily at the Orpheum Theater) that play out across four days.

Bring your movie and nature love and check it out. www.flagstaffmountainfilms.org.

Sixth annual Great Gatsby Night: Jan. 30 at Uptown Pubhouse.

It’s probably fair to say everyone is familiar with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. Well, setting the themes of resistance to change, social upheaval and taking caution in pursuit of the American Dream aside, Flagstaff has chosen to focus solely on the decadent party aspect told within. In its sixth year, this annual shindig is a great excuse to shine up like a new

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penny and strut your Roaring Twenties stuff.

Outfitted with dancing, costumes contests and more, this is one of the best parties in town all year, and it’s just around the corner in West Egg—err, Flagstaff. For more, see Facebook.

Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad: April 9 at Ardrey Auditorium.

Some of the greatest voices to broadcast on National Public Radio have visited local stages like Ira Glass and David Sedaris of “This American Life.” In the vein of airtime hit-makers Jad Abumrad, co-creator and producer of the award-winning radio segment “Radiolab,” will bend some ears at Ardrey Auditorium. Abumrad is a composer in his own right, and the 2011 recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant, and developed “Radiolab”—an idea Glass initially shafted—to highlight a different topic with each segment, from chemical weapons to sound therapy. www.radiolab.org.

Chuck D: April 27 at Prochnow Auditorium.

If you’ve seen the announcement declared just the other day, no you’re not hallucinating. Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known as Chuck D of the infamous, radical and one-million-more adjectives hip-hop staple Public Enemy, is set to speak at Prochnow on NAU’s north campus. Holy H-bomb, this could be the break we’ve all been waiting for.

Since the mid-’80s, Ridenhour and crew have been spreading socially and politically aware messages

with hip-hop as their vehicle for change. And the MC has since used his voice and stature to speak out against various injustices the world over from music to politics. Arizona, specifically, stuck like a nail in his sole—like it did for many other musicians—when the decision to pass the anti-Mexican legislation, SB 1070, came down from now-disgraced State Senator, Russell Pearce. We can only wait with bated breath to hear what Ridenhour has to say to Arizona students and community members this April.

Literary nights.

Another, and our final plume in the cap of this little mountain hangout, is the coterie of literary events that give local writers an outlet for their work as well as travelers just passing through. And just because the greats in this town are “local” doesn’t mean they’re not nationally—or even internationally—recognized. The Monday Narrow Chimney Reading Series is a prime example of that truth as two readers, one NAU MFA student and the other usually an award-winning or published author, read back-to-back. Flag Slam on Wednesdays and Poet’s Den on every second and fourth Tuesday of the month—plus Barley Rhymes on the first, third and sometimes fifth Sunday of the month—all satisfy multi-genre poetic urges.

Pinestories is the newest member of the group.

The slam-style story sesh requires no notes.

Rather, folks share a story from memory and riff on the theme of the night, like the last rendition of “Whoops!” stories. Learn more about each and how to get involved on their Facebook pages.

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The ultimate riverboat gang, revisited A special documentary rethinking the Powell Expedition hits Flagstaff

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ne of the most harrowing and vaunted human expeditions in history came when Maj. John Wesley Powell and nine men traveled three months down the Green and Colorado rivers and ultimately through the Grand Canyon in 1869. They became the first known people to make the journey down a virtually unknown river and sealed themselves tight as whiskey barrels in the annals of adventure history. ‌I t’s no wonder the Powell Expedition has received multiple documentary and film treatments that date back to the 1960 Disney film Ten Who Dared and continue through the present day. Recently, as part of this flowing continuum, a number of Flagstaff river-runners and film logistics crews worked on a new take on the Powell Expedition. Operation Grand Canyon is a two-part documentary filmed for the BBC2 network.

The special presentation has aired in Europe, but this week will be the first time it will be screened for the public in the U.S. when it presents at the Orpheum Theater on Thursday night.

The filming involved a variety of Flagstaff residents or others with connections to guiding companies here. AzRA guides Fred Thevenin, Adam Bringhurst and Tom O’Hara were the three river guides rowing the Powell boats. Longtime river-runner and river historian Brad Dimock was on the support crew, as was B.J. Boyle, Derrick Spice and Marieke Taney. They worked to help the production company bring the film to life.

Among these contributors is Harlan Taney, owner of 4 Corner Film Logistics, who helped the BBC plan and execute the 21-day trip and film project. The documentary involved the first-ever cable-cam footage shooting of the river scenes and a specialized solar-powered boat named “Cleopatra,” which provided the power source for the equipment. Arizona Raft Adventures also assisted and provided support for the project.

“The BBC2 out of Great Britain had a film project idea to re-create a story but not necessarily to replicate the John Wesley Powell trip,” Harlan Taney shares in a recent interview. “They wanted a little twist to 18

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Screenshot from Operation Grand Canyon. Photos courtesy of Harlan Taney

re-create the human experience. Their original concept was they wanted to bring nine people that had never been down the Grand Canyon and limited rowing experience. But that is something the park service doesn’t allow. So, we had one experienced Grand Canyon person in each of the boats and the other six had limited rowing experience.”

He continues, “The genre of the film falls under reality documentary. It’s as much a documentary as it can be. They went for unscripted and real-time events as they

unfolded. They need the drama and the cliffhangers, but they were hard to come by on the trip. The runs were clean. Other than small mishaps and setbacks, it went pretty well.”

Despite the trip going more on the smooth side, the $4.5 million film project had its share of issues. Taney notes that the film crew had all its hard drives crash. To continue the trip, they needed to have new hard drives overnighted to Flagstaff then curried down Diamond Creek only a few

hours before a major flash flood of historic proportions hit that side canyon.

The boats themselves, replicas of the Powell boats, experienced wear and tear along the way, as well. And, as part of the documentary, the repairs they did were using tools from 1869 or earlier. Repairing a boat involved tar and copper nails or handdrilling out the oarlock holes.

Taney is excited for the film screening, as it brings together a number of people involved in the project and puts a spotlight

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I think first and foremost, through all of human history, the Powell trip has to be one of the great exploratory expeditions ever. Maybe even bigger than Shackleton in Antarctica and Hillary on Everest … Anyone who has been influenced by the Canyon can pretty easily put themselves in that mindset to think, ‘What if I was the first person in this place, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World?’ — Harlan Taney

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In a May 31 column, Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times reported that the Pacific Institute and National Geographic have calculated how much water today’s industrialized food system sucks up. For example:  One little almond: 1 gallon  A single walnut: 5 gallons  A head of lettuce: 12 gallons  A cluster of grapes: 24 gallons But wait—America’s Big Oil frackers say not to worry, because they can offer a gusher of H2O to food producers. Believe it or not, they’re selling their fracking wastewater to agribusiness for irrigating fruit and vegetable crops.

This is water that ExxonMobil and other drillers mix with a witch’s brew of some 750 toxic chemicals before power-blasting it into underground rock formations. The drillers have had to reclaim and store this contaminated water, but—“Eureka!” someone shouted—rather than store it, put it on

America’s salads! It’s perfectly safe, the always-trustworthy oil industry tells us, because they treat the water to remove all the cancer-causing nasties. But studies have found toxins remaining in some of the “treated” water, and a California science panel found that state regulators have no adequate testing process, nor any controls in place to stop contamination of crops.

Fed up, California Assemblyman Mike Gatto has introduced a bill to require warning labels on all state produce that has been irrigated with fracking water. This would empower consumers, rather than Big Oil, to decide whether fracking chemicals belong on our families’ dinner plates. For more info, contact www.waterdefense.org.

Jim Hightower is a best-selling author, radio commentator, nationally syndicated columnist and editor of The Hightower Lowdown, a populist political newsletter.

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Bartender wisdom Raising a toast to language

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uld Lang Syne.” We all know the tune.

Some of the words sound odd and we might have to hum a chord or two or three. It’s been a few weeks since New Year’s Eve, but chances are the tune traditionally sung on that evening still is fresh to your ears. We all know the tune, but not as many people know its origin or why the particulars of its lyrics sound a bit odd to our singing sensibilities. (And it’s not just the bubbles in the champagne making you mutter.) Rather, it’s because the song is a Scottish tune, one dashed with a bit of a High Scots dialect. Its timeless author is Robert Burns, the unlikely poet ploughman from Scotland.

Although it’s often the case that I’m a little late when thinking about holidays, for me it is mid-January when I typically find myself going back to a Selected Poems of Robert Burns and browsing “Auld Lang Syne,” amongst many other noteworthy Burns songs and poems. My seeming tardiness stems from the fact that I’m preparing for the annual Robert Burns Supper. Often times I rotate with Celtic scholar and theologian Kenneth McIntosh in hosting the Burns Supper. So on these cold winter nights, I go back to long worn pages to see what I’ve missed, to find a new and intriguing angle from which to consider, from which to enjoy the poems and songs. Each year I’m not disappointed; as with any work of art or literature, the energy is inexhaustible.

To give you some background on Robert Burns, he was the poet laureate of Scotland. Born in the second half of the 18th century in rural Scotland, he didn’t manage to live to be 40 years old.

Brutal work as a farmer and growing up in constant poverty took its toll on his body, but during his brief lifetime he became internationally famous as a poet. His very contemporary ideas regarding democracy, philosophies, and his overall sensibilities forged during the Scottish Enlightenment somehow have endured for centuries beyond the last breath to be drawn in by his worn body. In his day, he was a celebrity. He would have easily been as popular as the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined. After his death, he became more famous.

For centuries, throughout Europe, Russia and the United States, folks have come together (typically at the end of January) each year to celebrate his life through toasts, haggis, poetry readings, and scotch.

I know of no writer from such meager means who is celebrated so widely.

This year, after perusing the books, one concept shines forth. It is this: Burns believes that

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language matters. Not only did he write a plethora of original poetry during his lifetime, but he also made a point to preserve the works of others. In particular, he collected songs and poems of anonymous Scots from the Highlands.

A long, oral tradition ran throughout the hillsides, and as British industrialism threatened to and eventually did thrash those highland clans, Burns believed those voices, their language, mattered. His eventual celebrity provided weight to this argument and he helped have many of those poems and songs printed in books and preserved as best as they could. Even though he was likely the most famous poet in the world, the fame of the writer was second fiddle to the poems themselves. Championing and protecting the old poems and songs of the Highlands was more crucial than any individual poet. Even Burns himself.

This notion seems to run in stark contrast to our dominant, current thinking in the United States regarding language. We have technology: texts, social media and e-mails that tell us our language isn’t very important.

The tools argue that our language is common, ubiquitous and disposable. Even the auto correct features on our computers and cell phones revise incessantly all that we have to say. Writers and artists become part of pop culture, and pop culture is designed to have no memory and our writing technology is in cahoots with this concept. The system is designed to help us make a lot of noise; there’s not so much action on the listening side of the conversation.

Robert Burns was an amazing listener.

He wrote in English, High Scots, and Scottish Gaelic, and could intertwine all of them, recalling and preserving songs, poems, ideas and the stories of his people. He believed that language mattered, and throughout the world for centuries his fans have toasted to this belief. This Saturday night I’ll be raising a single malt and adding an “aye” to the conversation. “Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?” Slainte.

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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.

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Coconino Center for the Arts: New exhibition, Southwestern Invitational.

Featuring 50 of Arizona’s finest artists, including seven from Flagstaff. Runs through Feb. 13.

Gallery hours are Tue-Sat, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

2300 N. Ft. Valley Road. 779-2300 Downtown Flagstaff: Flagstaff Eats. Walking food tours in downtown Flag. Two-and-a-half hours of walking and sampling food from seven different restaurants. Tours offered every weekend Thursday through Sunday. $40 per person. Sign up on www.flagstaffeats.com. 213-9233 Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Continuing Taoist tai chi and beginner class.

Every Thursday. 5:30-7:30p.m. flagstaff.az@ taoist.org. 400 W Aspen. 288-2207 Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Weekly 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: Science on Tap. “The Science of Beer and Wine Making.” Presented by John Scarbrough (Fire Mountain Wines/Cellar Dweller) and Nick Irvine (Dark Sky Brewing Co.) 6-8 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 High Country Conference Center: Plight of the Condor. New exhibit by Flag photographer John Sherman chronicling the endangered California Condors. Runs through April 30. Gallery hours are Mon–Fri 11 a.m.– 3 p.m. and 4–9 p.m., and Fri–Sat 4–11 p.m. 201 W. Butler Ave. 523-9521 Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio: Individualized kung fu instruction in xingyi, bagua and taji. Every Thursday. 6-8 p.m. www. flagstaffkungfu.org. 4 W. Phoenix. 779-5858 Joe C Montoya Community and Senior Center: Hour-long small group guitar classes. Ages 13 and up. Two sessions every Thursday from 3-5 p.m. Flexible format, multiple styles.

Registration required. $30 for five classes, and $4 materials. 245 N Thorpe. (505) 614-6706 Joe C Montoya Community and Senior Center: Guitar for absolute beginners. Short-term class teaches tuning, terminology, basic chords, melody and simple notation. Meets first three Thursdays of each month. $25 for three classes, and $4 materials. Ages 13 and up. Registration required. 245 N Thorpe. (505) 614-6706 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Life. 4 p.m. Anesthesia. 7 p.m. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 The Museum Club: Line dance lessons. Every Tuesday and Thursday night from 6-7 p.m. $3. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 The Museum Club: Flagstaff Swing Dance Club presents dance lessons every Thursday night from 7-8 p.m.

Different dance style taught each month. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Orpheum Theater: Film screening: Operation Grand Canyon. Local companies 4 Corner Film Logistics and Arizona Raft Adventures team up with the BBC to execute a 21-day expedition through the Grand Canyon in an attempt to re-create the human experience of the first descent in 1869 by John Wesley Powell. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., film starts at 7 p.m. $10. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580

JAN. 21–27, 2016 Red Rock State Park: Guided nature walk at 10 a.m. Guest speaker or a ranger/naturalist gives a 45-minute talk at 2 p.m. Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehicle. 4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona.

(928) 282-6907 Shepherd of the Hills Church: Northern Arizona Audubon Society Presents: “Snakes in Trouble: Snake Research in Northern Arizona and Abroad.” Featuring snake researcher Erika Nowak. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. 1601 N San Francisco. 213-0752

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | THU 1.21

Firecreek Coffee Co: The Hill in Mind. Indie folk from Phoenix.

Openers: Eric Dovigi and Natalie Eickmeyer.

8 p.m. $3. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Copywrite, Coolzey and Boombox Bros. Hiphop from Ohio, L.A. and Flag. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Kottonmouth Kings. Psychedelic hip-hop and punk rock from California. Openers: Marlon Asher and Chucky Chuck. Doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 the day of the show.

Ages 16 and over. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Sean Golightly. Gypsy folk from Flag. 9 p.m.

Free. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: Weekly “Bottom Line Jam” with the Bottom Line Band. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Viola and the Brakemen. Americana from Flag.

9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Karaoke. Hosted by Ricky Bill. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Old Town Center for the Arts: Live at Studio B. Featuring Larry Pattis. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. $10 at the door (cash only). Every second and fourth Thursday with a new artist. 633 N. 5th Street.

Cottonwood. (928) 634-0940 Raven Café: Bob Shimizu. 8 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez.

Prescott. (928) 717-0009 The Spirit Room: Jill Cohn. 8 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome.

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Arts Connection: Artist’s Coalition of Flagstaff Presents: Flagstaff Film Noir Festival. Featuring 11 films over three days with guest presenter Foster Hirsch. Fri, Jan. 22 through Sun, Jan. 24. Festival begins and first film screens at 1 p.m. on Fri. Single film: $5; one day pass: $10; three-day pass: $25. Located in the Flagstaff Mall. 4650 Hwy 89. 522-6969 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany: Taoist tai chi. Every Friday. 9-10:30 a.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 423 N. Beaver. 774-2911 Flagstaff Elk’s Lodge: Weekly all-you-can-eat Fish Fry. Fish fry begins at 6 p.m. $12. All proceeds benefit Elks Children Charities. Every Friday. 2101 N. San Francisco. 774-6271 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Live production of Tru. Starring Tom Frye.

Meet-and-greet with Frye after the show.

7 p.m. Fri and Sat; 2 p.m. Sun. $15, $13 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177

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JAN. 21–27, 2016 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Johnny Cash: American Rebel.

4 p.m. Fri, Mon and Tue; 7 p.m. Wed. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177

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Altitudes Bar and Grill: Delta Blues Band. 7-10 p.m. Free. 2 S. Beaver.

214-8218 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Dusty Green Bones Band. Newgrass from San Francisco. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Trebuchet. Desert lounge surf rock from Flag.

Openers: Nothing Add All and Killer Wail.

8 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Dub & Down with the Blues. Hip-hop and blues from Flag. 9 p.m. Free. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: DJ Johnny K. 9 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Sex Prisoner, Deadbeat and FleetwoodMacDre. Rock. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: The Effects. Rock, reggae and ska from Phoenix. 9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco.

779-6971 The Museum Club: Stateline. Country music from White Cone.

9 p.m. $5. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Divom. 8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive.

Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Raven Café: Dutch Holly. 8 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez.

Prescott. (928) 717-0009 The Spirit Room: Dog of the Moon Friday. 1 p.m. Free. Mountain Stranded Time. 8 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809 State Bar: Paul Miller. Roots, rock and reggae from Flag.

8 p.m. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282

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Arts Connection: Artist’s Coalition of Flagstaff Presents: Flagstaff Film Noir Festival. Featuring 11 films over three days with guest presenter Foster Hirsch. Fri, Jan. 22 through Sun, Jan. 24. Single film: $5; one day pass: $10; three-day pass: $25.

Located in the Flagstaff Mall. 4650 Hwy 89.

522-6969 Circus Arts Studio: Flagstaff Foundry. Monthly community comedy show presented by the Bacchus Arts Collective.

Featuring live music, aerial dance, stand-up comedy and more. 8 p.m. $5. Every last Saturday of the month (except for this month).

Submit your act at tinyurl.com/flagstafffoundry.

1311 E. Butler. 306-3200 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 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: Live production of Tru. Starring Tom Frye.

Meet-and-greet with Frye after the show.

7 p.m. Sat; 2 p.m. Sun. $15, $13 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona.

(928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: “Staring an Arts Non-Profit: Three Who Did.” Panel discussion. 1 p.m. Free. In conjunction with the screening of the documentary “The Nature of Modernism: E. Stewart Williams, Architect.” 4 p.m. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Murdoch Community Center: Zumba class. Every Saturday at 9 p.m. $5. 203 E. Brannen. 226-7566 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

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | SAT 1.23

Altitudes Bar and Grill: Jill Cohn. Singer-songwriter from Seattle.

7-10 p.m. Free. 2 S. Beaver. 214-8218 Firecreek Coffee Co: Paleo, Eric Dovigi and Ben Velazco. 8 p.m. $3.

All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Nitehawk. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: InnerSpace: Animation. Two-year celebration.

Featuring music by Majitope, Roy Evans, Jeremiah Green and Emmett White, and performance and living art. 8 p.m. $10. Ages 21 and over. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Paul Miller. Rock and reggae from Flag. 9 p.m.

Free. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: Brother 2 Brother Band. 9 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Sun Dog, the Heebie Jeebies and Barrels.

Rock music from Flag. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Something Like Seduction and the Hourglass Cats. Alt-rock and reggae from Phoenix.

9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 The Museum Club: Trailer Queen. Classic country and honky tonk from Phoenix. 9 p.m. $5. 3404 E. Rte. 66.

526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Darius Lux. 3-6 p.m. Free. Open mic with James Turner. 8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive.

Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Old Town Center for the Arts: Moscow Nights. Featuring three musicians and 12 dancers from Russia. 7 p.m. $18 in advance, $20 at the door, $25 priority. 633 N. 5th Street.

Cottonwood. (928) 634-0940 Orpheum Theater: Rumble on the Mountain II. All-ages concert to celebrate the sacredness of water. Featuring music by Summit Dub Squad, Innastate, Tha Yoties, Sihasin, Kill Babylon Coalition, Ed Kabotie, and the Levi Platero Band, and art by Bahe Whitethorne Jr. Doors open at 3 p.m., show starts at 4 p.m. Tickets available at the door. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 Pulse continued on page 24

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Raven Café: Keith Okie and Friends. 8 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez. Prescott. (928) 717-0009 The Spirit Room: Combo Deluxe. 2 p.m. Free. The Rudy Boy Experiment. 9 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome.

(928) 634-8809 State Bar: The Sir Harrison Band. Blues, funk and soul from Arizona. 8 p.m. $5. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282

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Arts Connection: Artist’s Coalition of Flagstaff Presents: Flagstaff Film Noir Festival. Featuring 11 films over three days with guest presenter Foster Hirsch. Fri, Jan. 22 through Sun, Jan. 24. Single film: $5; one day pass: $10; three-day pass: $25.

Located in the Flagstaff Mall. 4650 Hwy 89.

522-6969 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 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: Live production of Tru. Starring Tom Frye.

Meet-and-greet with Frye after the show.

2 p.m. $15, $13 for Sedona Film Fest members.

2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Trivia with TJ and Claira. Every Sunday. 9 p.m.

Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Tranzend Studio: Flagstaff Latin Dance Collective. Lessons: beginner and all level fundamentals, technique and 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

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1899 Bar and Grill: Vincent Z. Acoustic world music. Every Sunday.

6:30-8:30 p.m. 307 W. Dupont. 523-1899 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Lucky Lenny. Bluegrass and folk from Flag.

2-5 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Super Sunday Karaoke. 8 p.m. Free. Every Sunday. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Elwood. 8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive.

Sedona. (928) 204-1300 The Spirit Room: Combo Deluxe. 2 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | MON 1.25

Charly’s Pub & Grill: Game night. 6-10 p.m. Free. 23 N. Leroux.

774-2731

JAN. 21–27, 2016 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: Weekly trivia night hosted by Martina. Every Monday. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 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: Johnny Cash: American Rebel.

(4 p.m. Mon and Tue; 7 p.m. Wed.) The Treasure.

(7 p.m. Mon and Tue; 4 p.m. Wed.) $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Mario Kart Monday with Javi. Play your favorite old-school video games on the big screen. Every Monday. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Uptown Pubhouse: Narrow Chimney Reading Series. Elizabeth Hellstern and Jane Armstrong. For a complete list of series authors, see Facebook. 7 p.m.

Free. 21 and over. 114 N. Leroux. 773-0551

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Campus Coffee Bean: Open Mic night. Every Monday. 6-8 p.m. ccbopenmic@gmail.com. 1800 S. Milton Road.

556-0660 Firecreek Coffee Co: Interference Series 4.3: Transcending the Limitations of Language. Elizabeth Soflin performs the music of Stuart Saunders Smith.

7:30 p.m. $3. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 The Green Room: Karaoke. 8 p.m. Free. Every Monday. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8:30 p.m. signup. 9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: Karaoke Mondays. Hosted by Red Bear. Every Monday. 8 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood.

(928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Record Club. Weekly vinyl appreciation night with host Cory Sheward. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 The Museum Club: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8 p.m. Free.

3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434

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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.” Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Cinematographer: Conrad Hall.

Directed by George Roy Hill. 7 p.m. Free. NAU campus. 523-8632 Hops on Birch: Trivia night with Eric Hays. Every Tuesday.

8:30 p.m. sign-up. 9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch.

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May sweet, sweet Carol never learn that I co-wrote the lyrics to “Hotel California,” based on actual Uncle Larry events. I just remembered my mistress at the time, how her mind was Tiffany-twisted, how she, in fact, had the Mercedes-Benz. And she also had, as I recall, a lot of pretty, pretty boys she called friends. There was dancing in the courtyard, of course, and much sweet summer sweat involved. And like all my stays at the HC, mirrors on the ceiling It’s so sad to learn and pink champagne on ice. The usual. that Glenn Frey passed away this weekend. I know some people like to say not nice things about his band The Eagles, but I kind of like their breezy Southern California folk music. It was always so relaxing and great music to just unwind to.

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Jim’s Total Body Fitness: Line dancing. All levels. 5:30-6:30 p.m. First class free. Every Tuesday. 2150 N. 4th St. 606-1435 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Johnny Cash: American Rebel.

(4 p.m. Tue; 7 p.m. Wed.) The Treasure. (7 p.m.

Tue; 4 p.m. Wed.) $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 The Museum Club: Line dance lessons. Every Tuesday. 6-7 p.m. $3.

3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Ponderosa High School: Beginner Taoist tai chi. Every Tuesday 5:307 p.m. Followed by continuing Taoist tai chi.

Every Tuesday. 7-8:30 p.m. flagstaff.az@taoist. org. 2384 N. Steves. 288-2207 Taala Hooghan Infoshop: Dharma Punx meditation group every Tuesday.

8:15 p.m. 1700 N. 2nd St. www.taalahooghan. org Shuvani Studio: Unplug and Recharge Meditation. Unplug from distractions and recharge through movement and meditation with qi-gong. Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. 7-8 p.m. $5-$10 suggested donation. Next to Mama Burger, corner of Fort Valley Road and Humphreys Street.

(951) 781-9369 Uptown Pubhouse: Poet’s Den. Bi-weekly poetry and literary night.

Hosted by Molly Wood. 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 open mic. Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Free. 114 N. Leroux. 773-0551

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The Green Room: Pissing Razors. Groove metal from Texas.

Opener: Murkocet. 8 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 the day of the show. Ages 18 and over. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: Karaoke Tuesdays. Hosted by Red Bear. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood.

(928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Jazz Jam. Weekly house band jam session hosted by Ron James, Brad Bays and Chris Finet 9 p.m. Free. Every Tuesday. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Karaoke with Ricky Bill. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 The Museum Club: Karaoke. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Drumz and Dance Party. Free. 6:30 p.m. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | WED 1.27

Firecreek Coffee Co: Poetry slam. Every Wednesday. Signup at 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. start. $2. 22 E. Rte. 66.

774-2266

JAN. 21–27, 2016 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 Liberal Arts Building: The NAU International Film Series presents: “Great Authors: Playing with Form.” Film screening: The Taming of the Shrew (U.S./Italy, 1967). Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. 7 p.m. Free.

Room 120. North NAU campus. 523-8656 Lumberyard Brewing Co.: Extreme Wednesdays. Showing extreme sports videos. Free. 10 p.m. 5 S. San Francisco.

779-2739 Main Stage Theater: In-House Dart and Pool Leagues. 6 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: The Treasure. 4 p.m. Johnny Cash: American Rebel. 7 p.m. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona.

(928) 282-1177 Majerle’s Sports Grill: Trivia night. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. 102 W. Rte. 66. 774-6463 Murdoch Community Center: Zumba class. Every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. $5.

203 E. Brannen. 226-7566 The Peaks: Beginning ballroom dance lessons. 7-8:15 p.m.

Every Wednesday. Free. No partner needed.

Different dance starts each month and builds through the month. Next to the Museum of Northern Arizona. Held in the activity room.

Dance calendar at www.flagstaffdance.com.

3150 N. Winding Brook Road. 853-6284 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 Uptown Pubhouse: Team trivia with Carly Strauss. 7:30 p.m. Free.

114 N. Leroux. 773-0551

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | WED 1.27

The Green Room: Soulective. DJs spinning funk, dance, hip-hop and EDM. Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. Free 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: Bingo night. Hosted by Penny Smith. 7 p.m.

Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Monte Vista Lounge: The Centuries. Rockabilly from Phoenix.

9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 The Museum Club: Ty One On. Country music from Flag. 8 p.m.

Free. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Orpheum Theater: An Evening with Phish Bassist Mike Gordon.

Rock music from Vermont. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $30 in advance, $32 at the door. All ages. 15 W. Aspen.

556-1580 The Spirit Room: Llory McDonald hosts open mic night. 8 p.m.

Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

To have an event included in the Pulse calendar e-mail calendar@flaglive.com or mail info to Flagstaff Live, Attn: Pulse Calendar Submissions, 1751 S. Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001. The deadline is every Friday by 5 p.m. for the following week’s issue. All events are subject to change, subject to editing, and may have to be cut entirely due to limited space in Flag Live. For more info, call 779-1877.

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Classifieds LOST AND FOUND

SEWING

LOST! BLACK PHONE CHARGER in the neighborhood of AquaPlex. lostandfound78@yahoo.com

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

779-2385

APPLIANCE REPAIR

SNOW REMOVAL

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

Affordable Snow Removal 24/7 Driveways, Walks & Decks. Prescheduling avail. 928-853-9009 Driveways, Sidewalks, Roofs, Bobcat and Blower Can Pre-Schedule. 928310-0419 Snow Removal Driveways & Sidewalks Francisco Valdez @ 928-221-9877 or 814-4787 leave message Not a licensed contractor A&V Handyman Snow Removal, Bobcat, Plumbing, Framing, Painting, Electric, Roofing, Tile, Concrete Driveways, Decks, Maintenance. Adrian 928-6070370 Not a Licensed Contractor

AUTO SERVICE FIX A DENT! Save 25%. Savings & Satisfaction! Call (928) 606-6944.

CHILD CARE Experienced & Dependable, Infant to 5yrs.

Certified w/ Nutrition Progr. Call Sylvia at 928-779-5275

CONCRETE Accel Construction Group offers The Best Concrete Work for the Best Price. Free Estimates. ROC# 219882. 928-5271257

FIREWOOD Ramirez FIREWOOD FOR SALE Call 928-310-0012

HANDY PERSON A1 Handyman! Call Mike’s Tool Box Decks, tile, doors/windows, paint.

Mike, 928-600-6254 Free Estimates Not a Licensed Contractor Licensed Contractor for all Your Home Remodel or Repair Needs. ROC# 265086. (928)-525-4072

HOME IMPROVEMENT Huff Construction LLC All home improvement, repairs, remodeling & additions.

ROC #230591 928-242-4994 Mr. Man The Handyman Licensed Contractor/HandyMan w/ 30 yrs experience 928.300.7275 bradluky@gmail.com ROC #235891

LAWN CARE Yard Clean-ups, mowing, tree and shrub pruning, hauling, odd jobs. Quality work/ Free Est. Michael@ 928.699.1906

MASSAGE Receive a Massage or Reflexology session in the comfort of your home. Call Gudi Cheff at 221-7474.

MISCELLANEOUS Downwinders Cancer Cases www. cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office 928-774-1200

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 928-255-2677 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.

HELP WANTED Career Opportunity! Front Office Insurance Receptionist. Property, Casualty, Licensed Preferred But will train and license. Fax resume: 928-526-0407 Admin Operations Assist-Part Time USGS-SW Biological Science Cntr Timekeeping, travel support, record keeping, purchasing & data entry. Apply@usajobs.gov, job# DEN-2016-0038 (DEN-2016-0039 current/former perm fed employees) Full Time Cashier Wanted. High pace gas station at HWY 64/180. Exp preferred, will train right person. 928-635-2008 or Fax resume 928-635-5983 Flagstaff Golf Maintenance Company Seeking Assistant Mechanic. $12-$13/ hr w/ benefit pckage. Drug free wkplace.

Looking for entry level mechanic willing to learn & assist equipt mgr w/ golf course equipt. Apply in person at 2461 N Oakmont Dr. 7am to 3pm.

RECEPTION & CLERICAL Busy OB/Gyn office seeking full-time receptionist. Appointment scheduling, heavy phones, and authorizations exp. preferred. Wages DOE. Send resume to fobgyn@yahoo.com, attn: Debbie.

MISC FOR SALE #6 Liquor License, (2) Blodget Ovens, Globe Mixer for sale. Call 928-3808604

AUCTIONS Auction Online ONLY. Welding trucks, shop equipt., & much more. www.uallc. us or call Jeff 907-299-7326 United Auctioneers LLC

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Ludwig 5 piece, drumset, Zildjian cymbals & stands, base drum pedal; $2500. Call 928-635-2309

BUSINESSES FOR SALE Self Serve Bagged Ice & Water Vending Machine. Only one in Flagstaff, Established location, Work 5 hours a week, 100K OBO 17% ROI (405) 820-5917

COMML & INDUST PROPERTIES Charter School Building 2301 N. 4th St., 8,000 sq.ft. Selling for Appraisal price of

$750K. 928-526-0300

HOMES UNFURNISHED 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

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 3bd/2.5bath-917 W. Summit. All appliances. TONS of storage. Great views. 2 car garage. Deck. Close to Downtown.

N/P. $1,695/mth + utilities. Call 7796211, ext. 102 or 109.

2bd/1ba apt. for rent in 6-plex, new carpet, freshly painted, 2 parking spaces, available 2/1. Rent: $765, Sec. deposit: $765. (312) 286-8646 or (773) 779-6661.

CONDO FURNISHED Completely Furnished Country Club Condo All you need are your clothes!

Spacious 1 bdrm, 1ba, W/D, FP, Private Balcony, NP, NS, Short Term OK. $1275/mo Includes Utilities. 928-6073365

STORE AND OFFICE RENTALS Various Sizes of Store and Office Space on 4th St & 7th Ave, Some with Utilities Included. 928-526-0300.

Jewelry Store, 2300 N. 4th St 2600 sq. ft, $1,700/month Water & Garbage Provided. Call 928-526-0300

WANTED TO RENT Jeffe & Carrie Aronson would like a home to rent for the end of March thru mid September. 2 bdrm min., need wifi, close to downtown, westside preferred but flexible. Clean, quiet, responsible with references. Please pass the word and email to: jeffe0101@gmail.com.

WAREHOUSE OFFICE/WAREHOUSE 3000 sq.ft., Westside, 3 phase electric; Jim 928-699-2897

SUVS 1992 Mazda Navajo. V6, 4x4, 5speed, Runs good, Needs tires. $850 OBO 928-255-3189

TRUCKS 1983 Chevy Truck. 8 cylinder 350 engine, $2500 OBO. Need to sell ASAP. 928-225-9220

Stove, Wood/Coal $199. Triple Wall Stove Pipe $75 for 3 foot. Single Wall Pipe, 5 foot for $25. 928-774-7114 Flagstaff Like New! Custom Floral w/ Blue, California King Bedset. 3 Euroshams, Duvet, Skirt, Table Round, 2 Toss Pillows, Originally $1,200. Now $280.

928-526-3860 New Clark shoes, Black, Semi dress, Women’s 10-1/2 Medium. $40. Nearly New Yard Machines Snow Thrower, 2 stage 300 series, needs repair. $200.

928-774-6852 (1) New Chef Mate refrigerator w/ inside light, (thermo-electric), with owner’s manual and adjustable shelves, white, $60 obo. Call 928-600-4520 Black Leather Rocker, Swivel, Recliner, Excellent Condition $100. Oak Entertainment Center $35. Call/Text 928-8533017 or 928-699-1253 Meyers Snow Plow. 6 foot with Angle Hydraulics No Controls. $200 OBO 928-607-1932 Weight distribution hitch, used once, $250. Call 928-853-1124 New Adidas Supernova Riot running shoes, woman, size 9, $60. Call 928310-8702 Small early American telephone table w/ shelf, $40. Bedroom dresser w/beveled glass top & mirror, $65. Old mahogany fold-down table; 28x12 folded, 28x24 open, $70. Maple kitchen table w/ white tile top & 2 chairs, $80. Call (928) 526-1981.

Lane Queen Size Sofa Sleeper, $150; Coffee/end tables, oak, $75; Queen mattress/box springs, $50; 4-Wicker dining chairs, $50. Call 928-607-3365.

Nordic Track C1800 Treadmill, excellent condition, $450. Hummingbird Fish-Finder, LCR 4ID, $40.

Dirt Devil Cyclonic Vacuum, bagless, powerful, works perfect, $35; Large doghouse, weather resistant, sturdy, $35. Call 526-1089.

ENGINE ONLY. Fits 1996 Ford Explorer, 4.0 V6. $300. 928-255-3189 Sorel Men’s Caribou winter boot, Size 14, like new/lightly used, -14 rating, waterproof, black, $80. Call (623) 694-2691.

4 WHEEL DRIVE 1986 Jeep Wrangler Soft Top High performance transmission 350 Big Block Engine, $6800 Steve 928-5254183 or Dorothy 928-526-0300 or cell 928-266-2884 EXPERT PAINT & BODY REPAIR Savings & Satisfaction 928-606-6944

RV TRAVEL TRAILERS 2012 Chalet Takena 1865EX 18ft Excellent condition, 3’x6’ slide, Sleeps 5, fully loaded, added trekking package, slide motors replaced 2014, $19,500 obo Call 928-225-6200 for more info – serious inquires only please

BARGAIN CORNER Tippman Pro/Carbine CO2 paintball gun with air canister, mask and 300 paintballs; $40.00. Call 928-526-2560

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