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By Jean Rukkila

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n a mood for big city recently, I scooted down to Phoenix in my little truck and noted with pleasure the sparkle of the Agua Fria downhill from Sunset Point. I took the exit to Rock Springs not to have pie but to have a closer look and sure enough, curley cues of snow melt laced together rocks under the bridge. I paused an hour for a walk on the Black Canyon National Recreation Trail, and after enjoying the smell of wet creosote and the curves of big saguaros, I motored on into the billboards, shopping centers, and lively intersections of the sixth largest city in the U.S. There I did urban things like showing a gal Jim Turrell’s Knight Rise at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and having lunch at the Rain Forest Café in Tempe. An animatronic silver-backed gorilla beat its chest and nodded its head over the table where we ate skewered coconut-encrusted shrimp. Imitation lightning flashed through outbursts of a faux monsoon storm.

Returning to the northland later, I thought about children taking selfies with fake elephants and it occurred to me maybe that is why Phoenix people flock to Flagstaff in droves. Maybe they’re seeking a cold dose of something real after too much grazing in theme restaurants. And then there it was, the Peaks beaming a beauty that is not a product of drawing board or corporate design. And doesn’t she look elegant dressed in January white.

Curious how Flagstaff’s recent snowfall ranked, I went to that Facebook Public Group page with almost 2,000 followers: Locals who still believe in Flagstaff’s weatherman, Lee Born. Lee recommended the details at www.wrh.noaa.gov/ fgz where you can click the tab, “El Nino Monitor.”

The Flagstaff accumulated precipitation from Oct. 1, 2015 to Jan. 10, 2016 was 10.27 inches, third place behind 12.08 inches in 1965-66 and 17.48 inches in 1972-73.

This data nudged me into a pleasant reverie about how both weather and memory fluctuates.

I was in college at ASU in that wet winter of ’73. I remember how we Phoenix hiking types feasted on the cleaned-out swimming holes we found on weekend pilgrimages to favorite canyons. And for several snow-rich years we always went cross country skiing on Super Bowl Sunday because it

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But when did we build igloos? The ’83–’84 winter was another year of above average snowfall and maybe that is when my gang of outdoor-loving pals drove north eager to experiment. I remember we parked along 180 where we could get well off the road. We brought waxless skis to trek through deep shadow and bright sun and to help us manage being wobbly with backpacks of gear, and we settled in the woods far enough to be out of sight of the highway but not so far we would be worn out by the trekking.

One of the gang climbs onto a sturdy perch the morning after a night in A climber, a couple of an igloo. pilots, and rangers went into the woods and someone knew to tamp down the was such a treat to find the highway less traveled snow with our ski boots. Someone had brought and the woods near empty while other Americans a snow shovel and an ice saw to cut the blocks. clustered in living rooms to watch violence on TV.

We wannabe Eskimos low on the totem pole hauled the blocks to whoever had the right eye to grow the walls. Turned out we didn’t angle the blocks inward enough to avoid making quite a tall igloo, which meant maybe we cut more blocks than necessary, but at least we could stand up to peel off sweaty layers before putting on long underwear for bed. How snug it felt to be inside with candle lanterns and propane stoves as night surrounded and temperatures dropped. It was charmingly different than snow camping in a tent with a mere layer of fabric between sleeping bag and freezing. And going outside to take care of business brought the fun view of a glowing snow cone under a host of stars. Magical!

The collective breaths from our laughing and storytelling caused the igloo to melt a bit and refreeze solid overnight. The next morning we took turns climbing on top for pictures. We cut out a slice to proudly show off our architecture.

We considered coming back another weekend to spend more time in our igloo where hillsides curved white against green woods and trees stroked each other with blue shadows and animals wrote poems with their tracks.

That’s Owen Baynham, who some of you knew as a river guide at Arizona River Runners for years, standing on top looking at the Snow Bowl side of the Peaks. I imagine he is scratching his head, marveling that people would drive all the way from Phoenix to pay money and stand in line at a crowded ski lift instead of embracing quiet woods in good and inventive company. It would never occur to us to pay to play in the woods, much less spend a day inside watching football when we could be outdoors. Or maybe he’s thinking, where’s my coffee? What’s for breakfast? And where is my camera to capture this ragtag collection of eccentrics out doing their own thing again. So far from the maddening crowd. So close to taking the next hero shot but with no place to post it in those days except in the fond warm hearts of our long memories.

Arizona-born introvert Jean Rukkila writes from fire lookouts and her travels between Flagstaff and the mid-coast Maine farmhouse her grandfather bought in 1917. See more of her writing at www.flagstaffletterfromhome.com.

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think I wrote you about this before. Our dog Cleo died last April. She was a big German Shepherd/Malamute mix who had hip dysplasia when she was a puppy. She had surgery on each hip, readjusting it, lifting the socket so the joint fit inside properly, pinning the bones together so she could walk. The veterinarians weren’t sure she would avoid arthritis. They weren’t even sure she would live to be three years old. But she lived for 13-and-a-half years and, until the last year or so, lived pretty happily. Eventually, she didn’t have enough strength in her hips to stand up. We had to carry her outside every morning. She lay on her dog bed and ate biscuits until she wouldn’t even eat those anymore.

I have missed her a lot. I imagined her coming around the corner of the house or hear waiting at the back door or scratching at the front.

I told Erik that I couldn’t get another dog until I stopped seeing visions of Cleo. A month or so ago, Erik started sending me pictures of dogs at the Humane Society. Those visions began to layer in my brain. I would ask him, “Why this dog instead of all the rest?”

When he finally convinced me to go to the shelter I said, “How could we choose just one?”

So we didn’t. We chose two: a German Shepherd-mix puppy (Oh my god, who gets a puppy?) and a sweet 1-year-old German Shepherd-mix.

Apparently, German Shepherds speak to me. Or the visions of Cleo have turned imaginary to real.

I am still a little resistant to this idea. I have three books to finish! I don’t have time to let a puppy outside every six minutes. I don’t have time to carry the mad cats over the dogs so they can get to their litter box and food.

But Erik says we have enough love for more, and I said, “Yes, that is true.”

So, two dogs, two cats, two kids and two saps live together in our three-bedroom house and yard with no fence.

To keep the dogs from bugging the cats and from peeing in the house all day, I’ve been snowshoeing in the forest behind our house. This forest is State Trust land. It is well-loved in that there are probably too many trails and we run into many other dog-walkers and snowshoers, but it’s the greatest thing about Flagstaff—that out my door and over one block is the beginning of the largest contiguous pine forest in the United States. In the forest, red-tailed hawks eye you from branches. I think I saw an owl yesterday. An osprey-like creature hangs out in a big snag close to the little man-made lakes. One morning, I smelled something musky. I looked up and a heard of elk hung their heads in the early morning mist. Deer, rabbits, squirrels, and yes, humans and their dogs. I could walk to the Wupatki ruins in Walnut Canyon in just 10 miles.

Every time I see a tractor or a dump truck parked at the end of the street, I get nervous. Who did they sell the land to? I begin to wonder. Why would they destroy this best thing? This is why I live here.

I could walk nearly forever in this large, contiguous pine forest.

State trust land is a weird thing. Unlike Forest Service land, it’s saleable. Every time I see a tractor or a dump truck parked at the end of the street, I get nervous. Who did they sell the land to? I begin to wonder. Why would they destroy this best thing? This is why I live here. If they start digging to put in more student housing, well, there would be no point in staying here.

Puppies are saleable too but, as indicated by the Humane Society, there are enough puppies already. And, it seems that the state actually has enough money in its Rainy Day Fund and its surplus to restore the budget cuts of 2015 to higher education, to commit to raising the salaries of public school teachers and lower the classroom size without selling any of this state trust land. Selling land to pay for education is shortsighted. There is only so much land. Like puppy populations, human populations continue to grow. There has to be a more sustainable model, like perhaps raising taxes just a little on this ever-expanding cohort of humans as opposed to selling something that is rare and only as valuable as it remains contiguous and vast and available, not just to a single developer but to every single person who would like to snowshoe and dog-walk on state trust land.

Nicole Walker is an associate professor at Northern Arizona University, and is the author of Quench Your Thirst with Salt and a collection of poems, This Noisy Egg. She edited, with Margot Singer, Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction, and is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment from the Arts.

The thoughts expressed here are hers alone and not necessarily those of her employer. This letter is from Jan. 15, 2016.

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Imagine if one day a shocking family secret revealed itself entirely by accident. In 2008, then 38-year-old Jennifer Teege was perusing the Central Library in Hamburg, Germany, near her home. Out of thousands of books, one dust jacket caught her eye. Born to a German woman and a Nigerian man, Teege had lived in an orphanage from infancy until she was adopted at 7 years old. She remembered her mother, Monika Hertwig, from brief contact with her and her grandmother, Ruth Irene, as a child.

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As mentioned on the next page in our blurb on Pinestories Story Slam, another literary mainstay affectionately known as Barley Rhymes offers readers the non-judgmental, laid-back opportunity to lend poetic tribute. Hot off the heels of its third anniversary, the celebration of poems and beer has taken to letting the poets out to play the first, third, and sometimes fifth, Sundays of every month. However, this Thursday, the Barley Rhymes folks are instating a special Shindig for Literacy.

Fans, readers and beer drinkers will enjoy the same sonnets, odes, sestinas, free-verse and omnivorous (why not?) kinds of poetry they’ve come to love and specialize in, but an added twist of philanthropic proportions sends off 25 percent of all proceeds to The Literacy Center right here in Flagstaff.

The local non-profit’s mission is geared toward adults, teens and families. Volunteers work daily to improve their English language and literacy skills to improve the quality of their personal, economic and community lives. So drink up, sign up and enjoy the musical stylings in between readers knowing you’re celebrating a fruitful cause. In the industry, this is what is called a win-win. Give a little bit at the State Bar, 10 E. Rte. 66. Readers start signing up at 7 p.m., performances start between 7:30–8 p.m.

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Why worry?

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worry my aunt, like so many dying of cancer, knows more pain than any human ever should.

I worry refugees fleeing their war-torn, impoverished countries will never find homes.

I worry about the polar bears drifting away on ice floes toward their imminent extinction.

I worry Americans will forcibly see an insane person prone to inflammatory rhetoric sworn in as the next leader of the “free world” because the president who campaigned on change didn’t deliver to the extent voters hoped.

But why worry when the belief is our futures are in another’s hands? That one person’s trip to the ballot box on a blistering November morn will cancel out the others?

Why worry about change when it is an inevitability, both progressive and backward?

For me, I vote because of all the women who sat isolated in prisons far before I was born. I vote for the women who were ruined, who bled—who died—to give me the right to enact my civic duty as a female member of the American populous. I vote because I want to contribute to a large-scale attempt to believe in change, even if it means weathering the accusatory glances and, conversely, highfives while sporting my silly “I voted” sticker until the glue no longer sticks.

I worry the politics of business will prevent me from giving a stranger a crisp $100 bill like a kind Flagstaff man handed me one night in my kitchen.

I worry about never being able to afford living without a roommate, or two, let alone one day having the distinct pleasure of turning the key in the lock of my very own home.

I worry we will all, for the rest of our natural lives, live in fear of forgetting to lock the door in the first place.

But why drag around this deep-seated notion of fear? This complex emotion is one all animals have evolved to carry in the most primitive part of the brain since the primordial soup congealed. For humans, fear kept us from the snapping jaws of mammals and poisonous, horned reptiles much stronger than us. Fear, even still in this modern age, keeps us alive—however barely. It builds walls to bar largely invisible threats from gaining access to

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our homes, our neighborhoods and, even larger still, our countries. We see it on the news and on billboards. We see it devour the faces of the rightly frightened people who narrowly escaped walls erected to protect us from the threat of violence.

But the fear which blazes from technology’s eyes is not one in the same.

As we learn of shootings in schools and churches—institutions one should never dread or arm themselves to enter—we have developed a fear of the state of mental health, politics and militarization. But do we fear the gun itself?

My worries for the starving, waterlogged polar bears; for the lost refugees; the freezing homeless on the streets of Flagstaff who didn’t make it to a shelter, or for some, jail—these are not solely personal. We share them. We are empathetic humans with a primitive compulsion to err on the side of compassion. These worries instill great anxiety that without a standas-one commitment to positive change, and the courage to exercise that right, we will never live to see the day it finally arrives. But it is not fear.

The world in which we live causes me tremendous anxiety that amplifies with every switch of the radio dial to NPR as I listen to Rachel Martin weep while she interviews the uncle of drowned 3-year-old Syrian refugee, Aylan Kurdi, who washed ashore on a Turkish beach. It accumulates with every click on Twitter’s latest trends, where some spew hate in the wake of frustration and ignorance. I worry that those who wish to exercise their compassion daily and civically will not show en masse when we need to collect ourselves the most.

The world in which we live causes me maddening, anxious worry. But I am never fearful.

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ith the beginning of spring semester at NAU, I have a fresh batch of students to face four days a week. I’ve just about learned their names, which will replace placeholders like, “The Girl Who Will Be Guillotined Right after Class” or “The Guy Who Clearly Thinks I’m In Charge of ISIS,” who sits across from her.

Most students don’t have such agonized faces. Most of them appear to be, “The Kids Who’ve Chosen This Very Moment to Become Avid Birdwatchers.”

Whether I’m in front of a classroom, on stage, or searching for friends at the movies (because I like to arrive after the previews), I struggle with the phenomenon I’m coining “Resting Audience Face.”

RAF, not to be confused with the Royal Air Force, affects all socio-economic classes. No one is immune to it. A layman’s definition of it is: the

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temporary forgetting that one is still visible when part of an audience.

Granted, I’m extending this definition to any group of people when I include the amphitheater of spectators that literally look down upon you when you walk into one of Harkins’ larger theaters. You can’t help it; the entrance is midtheater, which means you’re standing below most everyone in the room. (Except for the weirdos who like to sit really close to the screen.)

It’s a harrowing experience. There you are, feeling diminutive and lost, as everyone else— who, in retrospect, is infinitely smarter than you because they arrived early—rests in their rocking, luxury seats, staring at you over the crown of their popcorn buckets. Silently, you plead, “Please for the love of God let my friends see me and wave at me.” But until you find those friendly faces, you have to scan countless RAFs, whose expressions

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Recently, I was in a play where I spoke directly to the audience. I’m not sure if I’d rather speak directly to an audience while clothed or be naked but able to look away. I remember making eye contact with a few of my friends in the audience. But, it was like one of those dreams where your friends are your friends, but, like, not your friends. Like when they’re insect people just wearing your friends’ faces. Anyhow, I averted my eyes immediately when I saw they, too, had been stricken with RAF. It was a mild case to be certain.

Not in the advanced stages like my students. As soon as the lights came up, the pod people must have scurried beneath the stairs because my dear friends had returned.

When I took public speaking in college, the best piece of advice my teacher gave us was that, as listeners, we were as actively involved in the speech as the sad sack in front of the class talking about marijuana, the death penalty, or some other cliché topic that we all thought we’d discovered. My professor reminded us that if we could see the speaker, the speaker could see us, so we should be equally mindful of how we presented ourselves. Lean forward, maintain eye contact, and smile with your eyes if not your mouth to encourage the speaker. (And to pass the class.)

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Back Wall is there for you. Back Wall pays attention. Back Wall never judges. But if you rely on Back Wall too much, your audience will likely turn around just to see what the hell you’re looking at on the back wall. Use Back Wall sparingly. Like garlic.

Probably the best advice for combatting RAF is to just get over it already. As an accused Resting B***h-Facer, I resent the pressure to always smile. What if I want to look mysterious? Or deep in thought? Or gassy? It’d be hypocritical of me to demand that of others. Plus, it’s not like I’ve been forced at gunpoint to perform or teach, although I may unconsciously wear that face too.

But if you happen to find yourself listening to a speaker, a teacher, or a performer—and you weren’t forced there by threat of an antique French weapon—remember that a little nod or smile or friendly eye contact goes a long way. But don’t smile too big: only weirdos do that.

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The elephant and the Room

Reviewed by Adrienne Bischoff

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from industry-approved shortcuts like glorified ast October, in an interview on KCRW’s rape or violence, the story is loyal to Joy and podcast, The Business, director Lenny Jack, not the kidnapper. And as skeptical as I Abrahamson said of Room, “If this has any was about the film because of its tragic setchance for success, it has to be really good.” up—I feared I’d have to buy in to a “life is great That’s not as obvious of a statement as it even when imprisoned” philosophy—the may seem. script, the cinematography, and the actBased on the bestselling novel, ing tell an undeniably superb story. the subjects of the film are a ROOM The script respects the effects young woman, Joy, and her Directed by of growing up confined to one 5-year-old son, Jack, whom she Lenny Abrahamson room, from the pallor of Jack’s had after being raped by her Rated R skin to his tenuous understanding kidnapper. The title refers to the HARKINS THEATRES of reality. (How do you understand locked room that Jack has spent the difference between TV and realhis entire life in. Joy has been ity when TV is more realistic than your there for seven years. own world?)

It’s a dark premise that AbrahaThe cinematography should have been mson knew would turn audiences off unless it nominated for an Oscar. The framing of the was executed authentically and thoughtfully. shots (i.e., the short depth of field, the negaThat meant turning down opportunities to tive space) creates gentle portraits of mother work with stars bigger than Brie Larson, whose and, especially, child that echo the fragility performance is honest and unadorned. Simiof their situation. Yet the visuals aren’t so larly, novelist and screenwriter Emma Donoself-conscious as to pull focus from the acting, ghue chose to work with Abrahamson—whose which is what really makes this an unforgetmost recent film was the sweetly odd Frank table film.

(2014)—instead of bigger directors because he As Joy, Brie Larson is stoic. Far past the knew how to visually embrace the story on its initial shock and terror of her situation, Joy own terms, not Hollywood’s. keeps her desperation at bay as she focuses The result is a moving, redemptive film on raising her child. She doesn’t have time for about two people saving each other. Refraining

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histrionics, but her exhaustion and pain is evident. As is her hope.

And I don’t know what planet Jacob Tremblay, who plays Jack, came from—OK, it’s Canada—but the success of the film rests

The vibrations are, in fact, good S Dano shows us the sweetly naïve Wilson, tormented by a critiome of the sunniest rock music ever made came from the cal father (Bill Camp), reluctant to tour, and devoted to creating Beach Boys, yet the creator of most of the Beach Boys music innovative musical techniques. Dano gives Wilson an internal life led a far from sunny life. Love & Mercy gives us a look at of an artist that hears music and arrangements that other musiBrian Wilson, the tortured musician behind the band, by focusing cians cannot. When Wilson starts hearing voices and his obsessive on two points in his life: the 1960s and the 1980s. Using two behavior gets out of hand, it hurts to see. Later in his life actors to play Wilson at these two different time periods, we see the damage done. Cusack plays this unsure Love & Mercy shows us the emotional and mental LOVE Wilson. When he meets Melinda Ledbetter (Elizabeth demons that Wilson faced and the love and salvation & MERCY Banks) at a car dealership, we begin to see Wilson he would eventually find.

Directed by Bill Pohlad try to find room for someone to love. It doesn’t help In the ’60s Brian Wilson (Paul Dano) was Rated PG-13 that Wilson’s life is under the control of overbearing feeling great. Wilson wrote music that led to the NETFLIX DVD therapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti).

Beach Boys becoming one of the greatest bands in This back and forth between two periods in Wilrock history. Yet, by the ’80s, after several nervous son’s life could be irritating, but both sections work and breakdowns and mental issues, later-life Wilson (John feed off of each other. The talented cast also helps. Banks Cusack) barely had a life. These two stories intertwine brings more to the film than the typical “supportive woman” within the movie, skipping back and forth from the younger, performance. It is her role that is the highlight in the 1980s sections creative Wilson, winningly played by Paul Dano, to the older, of the film. Both Dano and Cusack, though so dissimilar in appeardamaged Wilson, effectively portrayed by John Cusack. Throughance, manage to make Brian Wilson a fully fleshed single character. out, we get the chance to hear those wonderful songs created Giamatti does his usual good job as an untrustworthy character.

by Wilson.

squarely upon his little thespian shoulders.

Stripped of artifice and precociousness, his performance is nuanced, complex, and utterly endearing. Blame him for the tears you will inevitably shed.

Reviewed by Erin Shelley

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Love & Mercy is heartfelt and entertaining. With two wonderful performances of one man, plus an excellent supporting cast, the film succeeds as a unique musical biography.

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The sad double whammy

Bowie and Rickman, in memoriam

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n the last couple of weeks, many of us felt a great disturbance in the arts, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in sadness and were suddenly grieving. We knew something terrible had happened. Musician/actor David Bowie passed away on January 10 and actor Alan Rickman just a few days later on the 14th.

Their bios are all over the place, so I’ll just throw some of my favorite performances into the mix.

I was already a huge fan of Bowie the rock star when I saw him in the early ’80s in a campus film showing of director Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Bowie is perfectly cast as an alien who comes to our planet searching for water. Slow and contemplative, it showed that Bowie could hold his own on a different medium, while his character is both out of place and slightly superior to those around him … not too far from reality. The Hunger (1983), Tony Scott’s vampire romance (before that was a thing), isn’t a great movie, but to see the musician go tooth-to-tooth with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon is its own kind of bloody treat. And in another role that seems ready-made for a man ahead of his time, Bowie plays the mysterious genius Nikola Tesla

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in Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film The Prestige.

Again, it’s not a superb movie, but it’s fun to think of both the character and the actor who plays him as being almost inexplicably brilliant.

Alan Rickman didn’t have a pesky superstar musician career to compete with his acting, but it’s still surprising that he didn’t make his first film appearance until he stole the show at 42 years old as villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). That remains one of the great bad guys of all time, and may have typecast him a bit as he went on to play the antagonist in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and of course the dark, scheming Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise. But he was no slouch in comedic roles either, playing both the androgynous archangel Metatron in Kevin Smith’s Dogma and embittered actor Alexander Dane in the Star Trek spoof Galaxy Quest, both in 1999; and the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in 2005.

January has been tough for fans of these unique artists, but we’re fortunate that these and many other roles live on in celluloid (or zeros and ones). Do yourself a favor and have a little Bowie/Rickman Film Fest some weekend.

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BY LARRY HENDRICKS

Fight to be free Art auction supports Austrian Refugee Integration Project

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ar. Violence. Persecution. Natural disaster. ‌They flee their home countries for safety, with hopes of a better life.

They are called refugees.

In recent months, hundreds of thousands have fled homes in the Middle East, Northern and Central Africa and the Balkans to escape violence and bloodshed, and they have ended up in countries all over the world. Countries in Europe have borne the brunt of this exodus of people, Austria in particular.

This summer, faculty and students from Northern Arizona University plan on taking a trip to Austria to study and film what is happening with various refugee groups as they learn to integrate into Austrian society. To get there, the small group from NAU will need financial help.

On Saturday there will be an art auction to help raise the $20,000 needed for the group to make its way to Austria for a month-long visit.

“The recent refugee crisis in the European Union will change the reality within the continent,” says Kiril Kirkov, NAU Socio-cultural Anthropology undergraduate student and filmmaker. “I am interested in studying the social processes that will be caused by the crisis, and the consequences for refugees and local communities during the coming decades.”

The project, called “The Austrian Refugee Integration Project,” will include: Dr. Miguel Vasquez, Ph.D., NAU Professor of Anthropology; Maria Marina Castillo de Vasquez, B.A., Traditional Knowledge Scholar, NAU Applied Indigenous Studies Program; and Amy Foust, NAU graduate student in Applied Socio-cultural Anthropology.

Kirkov says the inspiration for the project began with a conversation between him and a friend of his living in Vienna, Austria, Dessislaw Pajakoff, who is being trained to help refugees integrate into Austrian society. Kirkov brought the idea to Dr. Vasquez and the other members of the team, and the project began to take shape.

“I’ve always been interested in refugee and immigration issues,” Vasquez says, adding that countries can respond by bringing out the best or the worst in people when it comes to refugee issues.

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Offer training workshops in Rapid Assessment, Response and Evaluation. RARE is used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the World Health Organization and other international organizations to compile information from the refugees on the circumstances they face. The findings can then be incorporated into the CICI mission.

Offer workshops in cultural competency by using anthropological approaches to raise levels of self-awareness and alter emotional responses in cultural differences for better understanding.

Offer workshops that give a crosscultural perspective on refugee resettlement by comparing American approaches with European approaches to come up with “best practices.”

From left: Austrian Refugee Integration Project’s Kiril Kirkov, Miguel Vasquez, Maria Marina Castillo de Vasquez and Amy Foust. Photo by Larry Hendricks

“And I like to think the former,” Vasquez says. “So when Kiril approached me, I said, ‘Yes, let’s do this.’”

Castillo de Vasquez, who has worked in the trenches with refugee groups, particularly in the area of health and nutrition, says, “I really feel we can contribute with something to this project.”

And Foust says, “I’ve always been interested in working with marginalized populations, particularly refugees.”

She adds that she appreciates the importance of one-on-one, face-to-face human support, and she wants to be a part of a solution to respond with empathy and compassion instead of fear. She understands the challenges of the refugee experience.

“It’s incredibly difficult,” Foust says. “Even when there is support.”

According to the United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees, there were 60 million refugees worldwide in 2014, the highest number since World War II. In the Middle East alone, in countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, millions are displaced by war and violence.

The NAU team will travel to Vienna to assist a local Austrian integration organization, called the Coaches for Intercultural Cooperation and Integration, as the country faces a rapidly expanding refugee population.

According to the project’s proposal, “This Austrian organization trains coaches to help with the integration of refugees into Austrian society by supporting refugees in self-empowerment and gainful employment.”

While CICI has seen success on a small scale, it is now faced with the need to address integration on a much larger scale with the growing influx of refugees, according to the proposal.

The project has four objectives: Film and photograph the integration training procedures to identify what works well and what does not. Documentary films can then be shared to help with the development of similar programs in other countries facing integration issues with expanding refugee populations.

According to the group’s proposal, “Every day, thousands of people flee their war-torn home countries for the relative safety of Europe. In our global society, assisting these groups is a shared responsibility. Instead of succumbing to fear and misunderstanding, our project seeks to be a part of the solution by supporting an Austrian organization that seeks to help these refugees.”

Kirkov says of his part, “I would like to present my visual research to an academic audience, in various classes, and to make students and faculty think and take action in terms of what can be done when facing such a humanitarian disaster.”

Although the group is working on securing funding from other sources, including a GoFundMe site, the art auction will help in raising the required funds for airfare, lodging, meals and transportation needed for the project.

Among the renowned artists who will be donating items for auction are Bahe Whitethorne Sr., and his son Bahe Whitethorne Jr., Shonto Begay, Randall J. Wilson, Jerrel Singer, Mayan baskets by Marina Vasquez, and canvas prints by Kirkov. The items will be auctioned

by Col. Russell Mann of Flagstaff Auctions.

Live music will be provided by Matt Hall and Chase Coleman.

The art auction will start at 5 p.m. on Sat, Jan. 30, at Campus Coffee Bean, 1800 S. Milton Road. For more info on the project, or to donate, visit www.gofundme.com/jta5nvnw.

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Story by Dapper Dre Photos by Cameron Clark

Uptown Pubhouses annual Great Gatsby Night pours another

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t started on a snowy night six years ago.

There had been a real sockdollager of an art exhibit, some surrealist dreamscape kinda guy, think he went by the tag of Sorren. Anyway, all those cute kittens and hip cats were togged to the bricks, flappin’ their lips about this and that while they snacked. Eye candy all around between the wall decor and all those be-draped specimens of humanity— plenty of beautiful things to get distracted by.

As I was perusing the paint strokes and fine folks, I ran into some gabbers by the outhouse and as we passed the flasks everyone asks, “So what’s next?” Well we had heard about this wise-guy, James Jay (heavy on the wise, good on the guy), and his equally elegant and eloquent lady love, Aly Jay, and how they were puttin’ on some soirée in the heart of town, Uptown that is. Word around the egg was that they were paying tribute to that legendary lothario of literary lore, Jay Gatsby, and that it would be an air-tight night, so we decided to scoot on down to Uptown. 

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 Uptown Pubhouse owner James Jay with his wife, Aly, during 2014’s Great

Gatsby Night. With a venue that has long supported the literary arts and good times, and a bug in his ear from a buddy up Seattle way, James brought life to the shindig to pass the slow hours at the bar during those deep winter months.

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 Decadence and quixotic passion is the name of the game as revelers immerse themselves as characters from the book to become players on a speakeasy stage.

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So we saunter in just past 10 p.m. and belly up to that bar, copper-coated and ready for all the glasses to be passed to all the passengers of party as they readied themselves to depart on their booze cruise. All the pool sharks were circling those short green seas and the billiard buzzards eyed bank-shots as if they were cornerpocket carrion—they had attended for the intended dip in the pool, but they were about to witness a veritable hooch hurricane!

The cellar smellers started counting their coins for a Sidecar ride and more than one bouncing bunny beckoned a bartender for a Boilermaker. Gallons of Gin Rickeys were gushed, garnished, grabbed, guzzled and given back … only to be re-quested, re-filled, re-drunk and then re-turned. Rye Highballs dripped into eager lips as easily as Algonquins were admitted to arid esophagi. A myriad of other spirits and distillations, ferments and libations began to bubble, fizz, mix, mingle and tingle nimble noggins.

Hotsy-totsy tunes of big band and jazz started floating through the speakers and all the flappers and dappers continued to lace up their boogie shoes with liquid courage. Before you knew it, the juice joint turned into quite the frolic pad! The floor was hoppin’ with hooch heads and boppin’ with boozehounds and they all had that shimmy and shake, wiggle and giggle, jump and jive while the snow drifted on by outside. That small expanse of tile started slowly surviving the onslaught of wobbly wingtips and toe-tappin’ T-straps while fringe and pinstripes glided in the stride of the ossified.

My peepers couldn’t help but veer to all the vixens, but my thoughts began to drift through the fog of fantasy … and I found myself wondering why a summer-set story would be celebrated in the winter? Why not wait for the warmth to return to get wild?

Because of the dream.

Because, like Gatsby himself, we were all dreaming of our ultimate summer love. We all wanted to hop that time-travel train and ride the rowdy rails and hear the Roar of that decadent decade! We all wanted to soak up the sun of each other’s smiles inside, as falling ice diamonds danced outside. Although none of the attendees were even close to scraping the bee’s knees of the Twenties, all of us were there to try and catch a glimpse of that alcohol-soaked epoch.

We all wanted to stare into the eyes of a Daisy, take a sip and spin with Jordan, talk and gawk with Tom, swap a story with Nick and maybe, if we got really lucky, get to gab with the Great Gatsby himself.

I was attempting to charm a choice bit of calico into a little petting session when I was interrupted by Tim the Commissioner saying, “You look a little absent, how about some Absinthe?” I had no choice but to acquiesce to his request and match the flutter of my heart with a burn in my chest. We tossed one down the hatch and soon enough the Green Fairy’s kiss had put a slur in our smile and a stutter in our steps! That’s when I spied a dolled-up, doe-eyed Daisy and took my chance to dance. We jitterbugged just right, were proper Lindy-hoppers and then Charlestoned till I almost charffed!

After all that toe-tappin’ I was really burning with a blue flame and

 Sharpshooter Dapper Dre cuts a rug with drink and hat in hand during 2014’s Great Gatsby Night. that’s when the trophies made their way to the stage.

Three revelers were about to be recognized for their glad rags in the categories of Most Gatsby, Best Dressed and the Eyes of Eckleburg. James Jay and his crew put heavy consideration into who had put on the most Ritz and assessed the glitz of those sequin-y smarties and well-suited sheiks.

The crowd could only speculate who would take home those awards for aesthetic achievement. Would the Best Costume go to a respectably draped ritzy ragtimer, or a pearl-swinging pretty peach with plenty of pizzazz? Would Most Gatsby be considered for his quixotic longing and quiet reserve, or would it be the confidence and bravado that would ultimately win the night? And what of Eckleburg and his eyes? No, really, I would imagine none of us had even the foggiest inclination as to how that award was decided.

Luckily no Bronx cheers went up when the winners were announced, and I found my hands heavy with the trophy for the Most Gatsby! Megan Anderson was a perfect vision

of jazz-age attire in cream lace with just the right amount of sass, and the Eyes had it for Martin Sommerness and his observational skills akin to Eckleburg himself. We gathered at the bar for a hi-hat salute to the hooch, but when it came time to pay, we realized how much mazuma had made its way out of our pockets.

We had turned over greenbacks like pages, liquids had slid past our lips like secrets, and we realized the reward of our revelry. This was the time of night when guys and dolls started looking goofy with the prospects of a little late night nookie. You also had those dudes who had turned to duds and baby vamps that turned into bug-eyed Bettys, zozzled and zigzagging when they should have been zippin’ their lips.

The tick-tock clock said it was the time when the taps needed to be shut and the whiskey caps needed closin’. We sashayed away sweetly spifflicated, seduced by a story of a time praised on pages, energetically enchanted by our experience of an era gone-by.

I awoke the next morning still in my cat’s pyjamas, reeking of a delicate mix of coffin varnish, perfume and licorice. The rattling in my head sounded like a tap dancer skipping down Tin Pan Alley accompanied by a drum line. As I shuffled about the house doing my best to be a dewdropper, I had a smile ear to ear thinking about next year.

The Sixth annual Great Gatsby Night goes down on Sat, Jan. 30 at Uptown Pubhouse, 114 N. Leroux. The good times take shape at 8 p.m. sharp featuring 1920s tunes and cocktails, dancing and a costume contest, so dress in your Roaring Twenties best. Entry is free. For more info, buzz 7730551 or peep the event’s Facebook page.

The above narrative is special to Flag Live, and is a recounting of the events of the inaugural Great Gatsby Night back in 2011 as told by, and through the eyes of, Andres “Dapper Dre” Adauto.

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BY DOUGLAS McDANIEL

The Wolf Survived Los Lobos has endured as a crossover band in two languages

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ew bands have found more ways to get their music out than Los Lobos, a Grammy Awardwinning act nominated to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame last year. During the 43 years since David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Louie Perez and Conrad Lozano first formed in 1973, they have put out 24 albums and their music has appeared in numerous compilations and soundtracks.

They’ve scored a number-one hit with a cover of “La Bamba,” and have even made an album of songs from Disney films. The title track for their first major-label album was inspired by a National Geographic article, “Where Can the Wolf Survive?” The band has said in years since that the The Grammy Award-winning band, Los Lobos, plays the Orpheum on Friday night. Courtesy photo title track off their 1984 album, How Will the Wolf Survive?, was about trynational, rather than One thing is for ing to maintain commercial viability while keepregional, sensation. sure about Los Lobos: ing true to their Mexican roots.

“I was not with The “Wolves” are ever‌When Los Lobos broadsided the pop-laden them when Los Lobos changing and always video age of the 1980s with a tight and tough was forming, so my on the move.

“Don’t Worry Baby,” they were already grizzled experience was as a Baritone sax man music veterans, having been together since sideman at that point and keyboardist Berlin the 1970s as a band out of East Los Angeles. of my life,” Berlin says. came out of the L.A. But if there’s one thing about the group that “It was an exhilaratpunk and roots-rock has remained constant since their first majoring time to be in L.A. scene and is a former label release in 1984, it’s the way their sound is making music for member of the Blastalways evolving. sure. I was ‘in’ about ers and the lesser With each tour, each show, you really have to 10 bands back then known band, the Flesh keep a sharp eye on the description of what kind and it wasn’t unusual Eaters. He joined Los of show it’s going to be. Is it going to be a full-on for me to have two to Lobos in time to be rock show, an acoustic event, a Tex-Mex revival? four gigs on any given part of one of the This time around they are playing a lot of night. Things were great albums of the shows called “Los Lobos Disconnected”—which cheap then so I was 1980s, How Will the is not necessarily unplugged. Instead, it’s able to support myself as a working musician Wolf Survive? His baritone sax adds body to the described as acoustic guitars, bass, keyboards relatively easily. My heart goes out to anyone band’s electric guitars, and his keyboard work and some very loud drums. trying that now ... I’m sure my little garage in creates a kind of avant-garde sensibility that “The Flagstaff show will be our ‘DisconVenice is renting for about 10 times what it cost really came to the forefront for the Kiko album, nected’ show so we will touch on a little of me then.” a highly experimental record that achieved critieverything, albeit somewhat quieter than usual,” How has the band managed to survive after cal acclaim. says band member Steve Berlin. “It’ll be fun.” all this time?

For Berlin, now a much-sought-out proThe following night at a concert in Chan“We are lucky enough to do something in ducer and arranger who lives in Portland, Ore., dler, they will be doing what they call Fiesta which the sum is almost always greater than a 32-year relationship with anybody is quite México Americano, which is, according to their the simple addition of the constituent parts, an achievement. When he started out, prior to website, “an evening celebrating the Mexicanand I think we all realize it,” Berlin says. “And we his days with Los Lobos, he was playing with American experience through song and dance almost never look back or count the score. And numerous L.A. acts before he became one music with Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carwe try to always move forward.” of the mainstays of the band as it became a los Moreno.”

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The new record Gates of Gold, released last fall, is a testament to the band’s versatility. The opening track, “Made to Break Your Heart,” is a free-flowing guitar-oriented rocker that moves into an extended jam, then follows with an experimental jazz noir track reminiscent of work from the adventurous 1990s album Kiko. That song is then followed by “Mis-treater Boogie Blues,” which features propulsive ZZ Top-style guitars. The song “Gates of Gold” features mandolin and has a warm, folksy feel. The band also includes pure Tex-Mex tracks and songs sung in Spanish on the album, such as “Poquito para Aqui.” Indeed, jumping from Neil Young and Crazy Horsestyle rock to Latin-tinged world music, Gates of Gold is a display of the many channels of sound the band has pursued over the decades. But they are always looking for something new to keep it fresh.

“I’d say it’s pretty much exactly the record we set out to make,” Berlin says. “We were able to mine a few ideas from a few years back that weren’t quite ready for fruition, and we came up with a few new ones we are quite fond of. It doesn’t get one bit easier to make records that don’t sound like our past efforts, but I think this one pulls that off.”

Roots rock with cultural diversity: That is the essence of Los Lobos, a band that has found a sweet spot in two languages.

“I don’t think we’ve ever really worried about it (pursuing genres in our music) with the possible exception of Kiko,” he says. “We’ve always simply tried to make the best record we could at each juncture of our careers and thought that somehow there would be an audience for it somewhere.”

Catch Los Lobos when they play the Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen, on Fri, Jan. 29.

Doors for the all-ages show open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 the day of the show, and can be purchased in person at Rainbow’s End, Aspen Deli and Anima’s Trading Co, or online at www. greenhouseproductions.net. For more info about the show, call 556-1580. To learn more about the band, visit www.loslobos.org.

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VARIOUS EVENTS | THU 1.28

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: Mystic Circus Presents: Matthew Silver, Specialhead, Rush Hicks, Lydia Wilts and guests.

Freakshow from Phoenix. Doors open at 8:30 p.m., show starts at 9:30 p.m. (sharp). $8 in advance, $10 at the door. 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: 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 The Museum Club: Shadows Benefit Comedy Night. Featuring Billy Ray Bauer and Tara Brown. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. $10. 3404 E. Rte. 66.

526-9434 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 Prochnow Auditorium: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Families Nazi Past. 7:30 p.m.

Free for NAU and CCC students, faculty and staff; $10 general public. On the NAU campus. Tickets are required. www.nau.edu/cto 523-5661 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

JAN. 28–FEB. 3, 2016

Hijacking High-Speed Rail hurts America’s future

MUSIC EVENTS | THU 1.28

Firecreek Coffee Co: Stormbringer, Cryptic Void and Godawfulnoise.

8 p.m. $3. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Hops on Birch: Jeff Nickell. Americana 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 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. Einstein’s Missing Sons. 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: Drew Hall and Anton Teschner. 8 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez. Prescott. (928) 717-0009 The Spirit Room: Gina Machovina. 8 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome.

(928) 634-8809

VARIOUS EVENTS | FRI 1.29

Beasley Gallery: Two exhibits: The Junior Show and New Series of Mustard Seed Garden Model Books—Watercolored Woodcut Works from Xing Jin. Opening receptions from 5-7 p.m. Free. Runs through Feb. 19. Located on the second floor of the Performing and Fine Arts building. Gallery hours Tue, Thu and Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1115 S. Knoles Drive, on the NAU campus. 523-4612 Doris Harper-White Community Playhouse: Theatrikos Theatre Co. Presents: Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike. Directed by Jan Rominger.

Performances Fri and Sat at 7:30 p.m. and Sun at 2 p.m. Runs through Feb. 14. $16-$19 for evening shows and $13-$16 for Sun matinees. 11 W. Cherry. www.theatrikos.com. 774-1662 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: Film screening: Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary. 7 p.m. Fri, Sun, Tue and Wed; 4 p.m. Mon and Thu, Feb. 4. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members.

2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Oscar-nominated short films. Live action program: (4 p.m. Fri and Tue; 7 p.m. Sat and Mon.) Animated program: (4 p.m. Wed; 7 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4.) $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members.

2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177

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eople like trains. Whether taking a long trip or making the daily commute, riding the rails, without the hassles of airports and the tensions of driving, can be the most sensible and pleasurable way to get from here to there. Americans have been doing just that for 188 of the USA’s 226 years—on horse-pulled rail carriages in the 1830s; then going west on the steamshrouded iron horse of the 1870s; next riding the Zephyr and other sleek streamliners of the 1930s; and today, taking the electric, high-speed Acelas running on some of Amtrak’s routes.

More than just another mode of transportation, trains have represented our people’s can-do spirit and our yearning to go beyond where we are. And though the 19th-century push to span the nation with rails came with huge human consequences— decimating native tribes and virtually enslaving many immigrant workers—the resulting system tied the country together and unified the economy.

A century later, however, our national passenger rail system is a wreck. Highway builders, auto lobbyists, and airline monopolists have hijacked America’s transportation

By Jim Hightower

policy. As a result, our mobility future has been clogged with their self-interest, blocking the rail-travel alternative. It’s shameful how our corporate and governmental masters of transportation have sidetracked what not so long ago was a world-leading, cross-country train system and reduced it to an underfunded hodgepodge that is an insult to the traveling public and wholly inadequate for a nation with pretensions of greatness.

Despite attempts to kill the notion of a national passenger rail system, trains are only getting more popular. The U.S. HighSpeed Rail Association has a map of what a national rail system could look like. Check it out at www.ushsr.com/ushsrmap.html.

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

He has spent the past four decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers that ought-to-be: consumers, working families, small businesses, environmentalists and just-plain-folks. For more of his work, visit www.jimhightower.com.

As I’ve said before: every zoo is a petting zoo … if you’re not a sissy.

MUSIC EVENTS | FRI 1.29

Altitudes Bar and Grill: The Porchlights. Americana and folk from Colorado.

7-10 p.m. Free. 2 S. Beaver. 214-8218 Firecreek Coffee Co: Sole Drop, Mrs. Howl and Tiny Bird. Punk rock from Flag and Phoenix. 8 p.m. $3. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66.

774-2266 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: YOGOMAN. New Orleans-style dance band from Seattle. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442

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Railroaded

State Bar: Shindig for Literacy. Fundraiser for the Literacy Center of Flagstaff. 25 percent of all proceeds will be donated to the Literary Center. 7 p.m. signup.

Poetry and music starts between 7:30-8 p.m. Free.

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The Write Now Wars without and within

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t the beginning of the month we launched the 23rd call for entries for our monthly Flag Live writing contest, The Write Now, and were rewarded with two standout pieces of writing. ‌As always, the contest was blind-judged

by Flagstaff author Mary Sojourner, who also gave us this prompt for writers to follow: “S/

he/I couldn’t remember how s/he/I had gotten here—crouched under a bridge near a frozen trickle of river.”

The winner couldn’t be narrowed down to just one, so this month we have a tie between two first-time entrants and winners. The first, titled “The Refugee,” comes in from Harrison Baker, to which Sojourner writes: “I’m not only

drawn by fierce writing, I’m captured by writing about what matters, writing that isn’t the winsome story of the gilded horrors of a privileged life, writing that moves across the globe and faces us—many of us—with our American privilege.” The second, titled “Here I Am,” comes in from 15-year-old Brennen Transier. Sojourner notes: “The writing in this piece is strongly lyrical.

I was drawn sentence by sentence. It could be the beginning of a larger work.”

For newcomers to The Write Now, we’ll have our new prompt next week (the first issue of every month). Submissions should be received no later 5 p.m. on Feb. 19 for our next round. Keep the good words coming. And good luck!

The Refugee

Here I Am

How did I get here? Huddled under this crumbled bridge for shelter, surrounded by unnamed thousands, already ravaged by war, struggling to stay warm, starving. Our pilgrimage has gone horribly wrong. You hear children cry, but there is no comfort for them, soon they will die. Many will die. By this frozen trickle of river, lost in Serbia, night is a scoundrel. We rest knowing what tomorrow brings. Morning, a crimson sunrise, no more the promise of a fertile day. Now we count the dead; ancient wisdom frostbitten, youthful innocence stone cold.

I am lucky for now, I cannot lose anymore. Our home was destroyed by mortar shelling two years into the war. They told us this war would be quick, that it would never reach us. Shortly after, my wife Amel (Hope) was taken from me in Homs, Syria. Shrapnel tore through her face as she returned from mosque. I could not see her face nor kiss the lips of my sacred treasure. Only the pendant I bought for our wedding identified her. A week later, while playing with his model airplane, my only son was caught in a cross fire. His leg was blown off and his torso riddled with bullets. I was a surgeon. Years I had studied to fix people, to help them, but I couldn’t save my own son. Drenched in his blood I told him everything would be alright. I held him as his eyes became glassy. I felt his last breath cold on my cheek.

They told us this war was for our future, but most of ours have already been taken from us.

I can’t remember how I got here—crouched under a bridge near a frozen trickle of river. All I can remember is the way she felt, the way she laughed, the way she blushed, the way she made me feel as if she were my world.

When I looked at her, the surroundings were a blur. I focused on the way her eyes burned with fire, an everlasting, ember-glowing, heart-stopping fire. Her glare was irenic.

She was like a drug, a drug that was far too inviting, telling me, “I can get away.”

She took me away. She took me off my feet.

I floated through the clouds of her wondrous mind. In her mind I saw colors. I saw flashbacks of my childhood when everything was OK, when everything was pure.

Rain fell for her. Music played for her. My heart yearned for her.

One day I opened my eyes, sober from her. No longer in euphoria. As it turned out she didn’t love as much as she used to.

Her feelings for me were fading, while mine were as pure as ever. She took her valediction.

Here I am, each candle burning my memories of her, the smoke of the flame consuming me. Here I am, motionless, panicked from the loss of love.

Here I am, crouched by a trickle of river, listening to the sounds of water, constantly being reminded of her voice. Here I am, drifting away.

– Submitted by Harrison Baker Our Round 23 The Write Now Co-Winner

– Submitted by Brennen Transier Our Round 23 The Write Now Co-Winner

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MUSIC EVENTS | FRI 1.29

Drugs in Flagstaff: An update Heroin isn’t a major scourge, but meth and marijuana continue to take their toll

Read about it exclusively in the Arizona Daily Sun.

The Gopher Hole: Dark Skies. David Bowie Tribute featuring DJ Marty Marr and Reymont Cantil with special guest DJ FEAST. 9 p.m. Free. 23 N. Leroux. 774-2731 The Green Room: Full of Hell. Death metal from the East Coast.

Openers: Sleep Money and Cloak. 8 p.m. Ages 16+ (21 and over: free / under 21: $5). 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Viola and the Brakemen. Americana from Flag.

9 p.m. Free. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: Third annual Battle of the DJs. Hosted by DJ. ill.

Ego. $500 cash 1st place / $250 cash 2nd place / $100 cash 3rd place. 9 p.m. (sharp). $5 cover charge.

Email Becca at beccariffel@gmail.com to enter. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Meganoke, AOTA, Boombox Bros. and Kip Killagain.

Hip-hop. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Le Trebuchet album release party with Planet Sandwich and Liquid Mountain Light Show. Alt-rock from Flag. 9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco.

779-6971 The Museum Club: Country Road 5 Band. 9 p.m. $5. 3404 E. Rte. 66.

526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Ray Rossi and the Delta Blues Band. 8 p.m. Free.

2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Orpheum Theater: Los Lobos. Grammy Award-winning rock from East L.A. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $40 in advance, $45 the day of the show. All ages. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 Raven Café: The Cheek Tones. 8 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez.

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

6:30–8:30 p.m. Free. Taproom open from 4-9 p.m.

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VARIOUS EVENTS | SAT 1.30

Campus Coffee Bean: Art auction. Proceeds benefit the Austrian Refugee Integration Project. 5 p.m. Free. For more info, or to donate, visit www.gofundme.com/jta5nvnw. 1800 S. Milton Road. 556-0660 Doris Harper-White Community Playhouse: Theatrikos Theatre Co. Presents: Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike. Directed by Jan Rominger.

Performances Fri and Sat at 7:30 p.m. and Sun at 2 p.m. Runs through Feb. 14. $16-$19 for evening shows and $13-$16 for Sun matinees. 11 W. Cherry. www.theatrikos.com. 774-1662 Downtown Flagstaff: Fifth annual Dew Downtown. Featuring a ski and snowboard competition, snow play festivities, New Belgium beer garden, vendor village, live music and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun. Free and open to the public. For more info, visit www. dewdowntownwinterfestival.com 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: Met Live Opera: Turandot. 11 a.m. (live simulcast); 4 p.m. (encore). Pre-opera discussion one hour before each performance. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177

JAN. 28–FEB. 3, 2016 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Oscar-nominated short films. Live action program: (7 p.m. Sat and Mon; 4 p.m. Tue) Animated program: (4 p.m. Wed; 7 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4.) $20 general admission, $18 Sedona Film Fest members, $15 students. 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 Shuvani Studio: Monthly Sound Meditation. Crystal and brass bowls with drums. Safe environment. Doors open at 6 p.m., meditation runs from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Minimum $5 donation suggested. Bring yoga mat, pillow and blanket for comfort. Every last Saturday of the month. Next to Mama Burger, corner of Fort Valley Road and Humphreys Street. (951) 781-9369

MUSIC EVENTS | SAT 1.30

Altitudes Bar and Grill: The Porchlights. Americana and folk from Colorado.

7-10 p.m. Free. 2 S. Beaver. 214-8218 Coconino Center for the Arts: An Evening with George Winston. SOLD OUT. Standing room only tickets available at the door the night of the show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages. 2300 N. Ft. Valley Road. 779-2300 Firecreek Coffee Co: Muskellunge. Bluegrass from Flag. 8 p.m. $8. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Live music TBA. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66.

773-1442 The Green Room: Drag Show. Featuring Candy, Coco, Aries and Vicky with music by DJ Emtron. 9 p.m. $2. 15 N. Agassiz.

226-8669 Hops on Birch: The Regrettables. Bluegrass from Flag. 4 p.m. Free.

22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: Rockabilly Night. 9 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: BLUME. Beats and cinema. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Shanda and the Howlers. ’60s-style rock, soul and R&B from Las Vegas. 9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 The Museum Club: Ty-One-On. Country music from Flag. 9 p.m. $5.

3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Kenzo. 3-6 p.m. Free. Open mic with James Turner.

8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Orpheum Theater: Tribal Seeds. Roots, rock and reggae from California. Openers: The Skints and the Steppas.

Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $19 in advance, $22 the day of the show. All ages. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 Raven Café: Blaine Long. 8 p.m. Free. 142 N. Cortez. Prescott.

(928) 717-0009 The Spirit Room: D.L. Harrison Band. 2 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809 Vino Loco: Daniel Isle Sky. Alt-country singer-songwriter.

4-6 p.m. during Dew Downtown. Free. 22 E. Birch.

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Saturday, March 5, 2016 Viola Cocktail hour • 5 – 6pm Awards Gala & Dinner • 6 – 9pm

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VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | SUN 1.31

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 Doris Harper-White Community Playhouse: Theatrikos Theatre Co. Presents: Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike. Directed by Jan Rominger.

Performances Fri and Sat at 7:30 p.m. and Sun at 2 p.m. Runs through Feb. 14. $16-$19 for evening shows and $13-$16 for Sun matinees. 11 W. Cherry. www.theatrikos.com. 774-1662 Downtown Flagstaff: Fifth annual Dew Downtown. Featuring a ski and snowboard competition, snow play festivities, New Belgium beer garden, vendor village, live music and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun. Free and open to the public. For more info, visit www. dewdowntownwinterfestival.com Firecreek Coffee Co: Pinestories. A story slam event in which participants share true stories (without notes) related to an ever-changing theme. This week’s theme: “I Used to Think …” Winners of each slam are chosen by audience vote and are advanced to a yearly grand slam making them eligible for special prizes.

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

Minimum instruction and no experience required.

Every Sunday. 10:30 a.m. www.flagstafffreemotion. com. 3401 N. Ft Valley Road. 225-1845 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew. On the big screen. 4 p.m. $15, $12.50 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary. 7 p.m. Sun, Tue and Wed; 4 p.m. Mon and Thu, Feb. 4. Q&A with director Gay Dillingham after the film. $12, $9 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

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | SUN 1.31

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.: The Porchlights. Americana and folk from Colorado.

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.: The Prochlights. Americana and folk from Colorado.

2-5 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Orpheum Theater: The Devil Makes Three. Bluegrass, folk and country from Santa Cruz, Calif. Opener: Parker Milsap.

Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $22.50 in advance, $25 the day of the show. All ages. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 The Spirit Room: Green Light Band. 2 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome.

(928) 634-8809

JAN. 28–FEB. 3, 2016

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | MON 2.1

Charly’s Pub & Grill: Game night. 6-10 p.m. Free. 23 N. Leroux. 774-2731 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany: Taoist tai chi. Every Monday. 10:30 a.m.-noon. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 423 N Beaver. 288-2207 Firecreek Coffee Co.: Speak Up! Bridging the gap between local people and local politics. Forum for Flag residents to connect with local politics. 4:45-6:30 p.m. Free. Every first Monday of the month. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 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: Oscar-nominated short films. Live action program: (7 p.m. Mon; 4 p.m. Tue.) Animated program: (4 p.m. Wed; 7 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4.) $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary. 4 p.m. Mon and Thu, Feb. 4; 7 p.m. Tue and Wed. Q&A with director Gay Dillingham after the film. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Mario Kart Monday. 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. Bryan Asdel and Sandra Dihlmann. For a complete list of series authors, see Facebook. 7 p.m. Free. 21 and over.

114 N. Leroux. 773-0551

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | MON 2.1

Campus Coffee Bean: Open Mic night. Every Monday. 6-8 p.m. ccbopenmic@gmail.com. 1800 S. Milton Road. 556-0660 The Green Room: Agent Orange. Legendary punk/surf rock. Opener: In the Whale. 7 p.m. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Ages 16 and over. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8:30 p.m. sign-up.

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

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | TUE 2.2

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.”

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971). Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond. Directed by Robert Altman.

7 p.m. Free. NAU campus. 523-8632

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VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | TUE 2.2

Firecreek Coffee Co: Women Empowering Northern Arizona: Group of women in Flag with the goal to get 100-plus women together, each bringing $100, vote on a local charity, and present the winning charity with $10,000. 5:30 p.m. All ages. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Hops on Birch: Trivia night with Eric Hays. Every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. sign-up. 9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 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 Jim’s Total Body Fitness: Yoga for Absolute Beginners with Sabrina Carlson.

Six-week class. Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m. $97. Yoga mat and props provided. Signup at www.sabrinacarlsonyoga.com/store/beginners. 2150 N. 4th St. 863-5002 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary. 7 p.m. Tue and Wed; 4 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Oscar-nominated short films. Live action program: (4 p.m. Tue.) Animated program: (4 p.m. Wed; 7 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4.) $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 5:30-7 p.m.

Followed by continuing Taoist tai chi. Every Tuesday. 7-8:30 p.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 2384 N. Steves. 288-2207 State Bar: High Bar Stand-Up Comedy Night. Hosted by Barley Rhymes’ Davey Latour. Flagstaff’s finest and funniest take the stage for an evening of stand-up comedy. Every first and third (and occasional fifth) Tuesday. All are welcome to participate. 7 p.m. signup, 8 p.m. start. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282 Taala Hooghan Infoshop: Dharma Punx meditation group every Tuesday.

8:15 p.m. 1700 N. 2nd St. www.taalahooghan.org

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | TUE 2.2

Ardrey Auditorium: An Acoustic Evening with Travis Tritt. Renowned country music from Georgia. 7:30 p.m. $25.25$60.25. Original tickets honored prior to the show’s date change will be honored. 115 S. Knoles Drive on the NAU campus. 523-5661 The Green Room: Honky Tonk Tuesdays. Featuring DJ MJ. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 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

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VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | WED 2.3

Firecreek Coffee Co: Poetry slam. Every Wednesday. Signup at 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. start. $2. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff CSA and Market: Weekly Wednesday Meditation. Guided meditation and open discussion. Anyone is welcome to join.

Every Wednesday. 9-10 a.m. 116 Cottage Ave. 213-6948 Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. $5. 2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 Liberal Arts Building: The NAU International Film Series presents: “Great Authors: Playing with Form.” Film screening: Man of La Mancha (U.S./Italy, 1972). Directed by Arthur Hiller. 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 Majerle’s Sports Grill: Trivia night. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. 102 W. Rte. 66. 774-6463 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Oscar-nominated short films.

Animated program: (4 p.m. Wed; 7 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4.) $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary. 7 p.m. Wed; 4 p.m. Thu, Feb. 4. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 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 2.3

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: Miller and the Other Sinners. Blues, soul and gospel from Buffalo, N.Y. 9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 The Spirit Room: Don Cheek 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.

Classifieds LOST AND FOUND Small Blue Purse, Looks like 3 pouches w/ shoulder strap. 9” long, 5” high, 3 “deep. Image of tree on side. REWARD. 928-814-2615

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 Aspen & Juniper Firewood For Sale.

Ready to burn. Call for info: 779-0581

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

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.

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

779-2385

SNOW REMOVAL Affordable Snow Removal 24/7 Driveways, Walks & Decks. Prescheduling avail. 928-853-9009

Driveways, Sidewalks, Roofs, Bobcat and Blower Can Pre-Schedule. 928-3100419 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

HELP WANTED 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 The Flagstaff Arts & Leadership Academy is seeking a F/T Special Ed. Teacher to work with our dynamic & loving student population. Must possess a special ed. degree and cert. through the State of Arizona, experience with special ed. teaching or counseling. Please send resume and letter of interest to Loretta Donovan at ldonovan@flagarts.com.

Housekeepers Needed-Merry Maids hiring Residential Cleaners. Must be avail M-F 8:30-5pm. Must have own reliable car.

Call 928-522-0197

INSTRUCTION AND SCHOOLS Correctional Education Program Teacher Winslow, AZ $37,192 - $63,135 The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) is seeking an Arizona Certified Elementary or Secondary Education Teacher to provide instruction in various academic subjects to inmates who have not achieved a high school diploma. This position is located at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Winslow. This is a full time, year round position. We offer great benefits! Please apply at www. azstatejobs.gov and search for Job ID 19229.

AUCTIONS January 30th, 10am. Eight storage units to be auctioned, misc household goods, furniture, etc. Total Self Storage, 2480 E Huntington Dr

SPORTING GOODS Ski Equipment for Sale. All top end!

Olympic ski team clothing, skis, boots, goggles, bags, plus spyder wear. Call for price. 928-649-8889

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

3 bdrm/2bath, 2.5 acres, Horse Property.

1st and Last month’s rent plus deposit.

928-205-3752

1989 Chevy CK 1500 P/U, 4WD, Standard cab & bed, 100k mi. Manual trans. $1350.

928.853.4187

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

RV TRAVEL TRAILERS

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.

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

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

TOWNHOUSE RENTALS Railroad Springs Townhome. 3bed/3bath, $1695/mo. Lots of upgrades. Lex928.699.1944 @ Jackson Associates R.E. for a showing or additional information.

FOR LEASE 1800 sq ft Retail Space. Available on Rt 66 in Williams, AZ. Space ready to rent Feb 1, 2016. Call Gordon @928-635-5326 or 928-821-0089

ROOM FOR RENT Furn. Bdrm in smoke free home. No alcohol. 15 min to Dwntn. Doney Pk Quiet. $500/mo. 928-814-9600

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

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 2016 Chevy Traverse AWD SUV, only 134 mi., V6, auto., XM radio, A/C, cruise, 3rd row seating, new portable Garmin, white w/gray int., compare new w/tax & fees, approx. $36K asking $31,500 928-522-0057

TRUCKS 1983 Chevy Truck. 8 cylinder 350 engine, $2500 OBO. Need to sell ASAP. 928225-9220

4 WHEEL DRIVE 1986 Jeep Wrangler Soft Top High performance transmission 350 Big Block Engine, $6800 Steve 928-525-4183 or Dorothy 928-526-0300 or cell 928-2662884

BARGAIN CORNER 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.

John Deere snowblade for John Deer tractor/mower, brand new, w/weights & chains; $280. Call (928) 522-0607.

Company Store’s cozy, down bedjacket, worn twice, dusty rose, $20; Juice extractor, Swiss Moulinex like new, $25; Wii Mario Cart disc, no case, $20. Call 928.774.3277 Small Oak Armoire - Holds 32” TV Plus Storage. $100. 480-759-2826 (1) Rebuilt 1/2 ton, six lug, front axle corporate 10 bolt, $125; Ice Machine 36#/ day, near new, stainless look, $75 obo.

928.600.4520 Kincaid solid hardwood beveled glass mirror, 37”x37”, root beer brown. Originally $120, sale for $50. Call (928) 707-1213.

Hoosier $300 Player Piano Refurbished.

Collectible. No player. $225. Call 928699-2136 Sears Snowblower, 4 cycle, 3 yrs old.

Works Excellent! $100. 928-649-8889 3/4 drive Flex Handle $15; Southwest style Table 24”x21 &1/2”x18 & 1/2” high, $25; H.D. Pully & Bearing Puller $15; Paint Sprayer Air Comp. $40; Call 928-5260698, Raymond 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 Weight distribution hitch, used once, $250 or Trade for 10-22. Call 928-853-1124 Stove, Wood/Coal $199. Triple Wall Stove Pipe $75 for 3 foot. Single Wall Pipe, 5 foot for $25. 928-774-7114 Flagstaff

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7 E. Aspen Ave. Ste 6 / 865.806.5710

18 N. Leroux St. / 928.213.1572

“The Back of Beyond” A solo exhibition by local artist Nancy P. Robertson, featuring original oil paintings of surrealistic otherworldly landscapes. Please join us for the opening reception with the artist.

2. Shane Knight Gallery

5 E. Aspen Ave. / 928.556.1563

Wherever he travels, Shane Knight draws his passion and inspiration from the nature around him. Specializing in horse and landscape photography, Shane perfectly captures the light, color, and grandeur of the southwest.

3a. Aspen Loft Artists

7 E. Aspen Ave. / 865.806.871069

3c. Northern View Artist Studio 7 E. Aspen Ave. / 928.699.4396

3d. 12.12 Studio

7 E. Aspen Ave. / 928.699.9606

Mark your calendar for the opening of COMPANIONS, Feb 12th 6–9pm.

RSVP at www.companionsrsvp.com and you may win a print of ‘looking to your eyes’.

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Handmade Gallery

13 N. San Francisco St. / 928.779.3790

How ‘bout Hearts!

Welcoming Flagstaff’s Elaine Dillingham’s contemporary and evocative paintings & heart pins. Heart art pumped gallerywide. Music & much chocolate.

6. West of the Moon Gallery

14 N. San Francisco St. / 928.774.0465

4. The Artists’ Gallery 17 N. San Francisco St. / 928.773.0958

Our 6 talented potters will be featured this month. See new work by Angie Bray-Widner, Karen Myers, Joni Pevarnik, Sandy Quintanilla, Natalie Ree-Goehl and Stuart Wolf.

“Random Hearts” Our 4th bi-annual all artist,heart related show, in honor of Valentine’s Day! Come share the love & meet the artists!

Look for the heart icon next to locations participating in the annual Chocolate Walk

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Wine provided by: Arizona Stronghold Chocolates by: Chocolatree, Lulu’s Chocolates and Chocolita Coconino Center for the Arts 2300 N. Fort Valley Rd.

Flagstaff Live is Northern Arizona’s only weekly arts & entertainment publication and website!

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Hungry Hearts Cabaret & Love Advice Show 2/13 8pm & 2/14 5pm The Green Room Tix $15. $12 advance

FEATURING: Dance, aerial arts, and your love queries answered by a live panel of local love advice experts and sexperts!

This show features Adult Content 21+ • A production of the Bacchus Arts Collective

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Rendezous Coffee & Spirits

100 N San Francisco St. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (928) 779-6971

Featuring a large variety of freshly prepared favorites.

1st Friday Artwalk featuring the artwork of

Molly Holland 15 Minutes East of Flagstaff

RESTAURANT GUIDE Bigfoot BBQ 120 N. Leroux St. / 928.226.1677 All hand-made sauces and rubs Collins Irish Pub 2 N. Leroux St. / 928.214.7363 Fresh pub food and Hi-Def Television

RESTAURANT SPONSORS Mix 120 N. Leroux St. / 928.774.8200 Fast and fun fine dining Monsoon Chinese Bistro & Sushi 6 E. Aspen Ave. # 100 / 928.226.8844 Fresh sushi bar and patio dining

Rendezvous 100 N. San Francisco St. / 928.779.6971 Historic downtown bar and cafe Vino Loco 22 E. Birch Ave. / 928.226.1764 Local Arizona wine retailer

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107 W. Phoenix Ave. / 928.774.9409

Gifts made with love for the ones you love! Featuring many local artists, eclectic jewelry, unique cards, ceramics & more.

Come see what’s new at ZANI!

8. The Golden Hive

8 W. Rte. 66 / 928.440.5030

Come in and smell the sweet aroma of beeswax. Enjoy homemade organic salves containing bee products. Local honey, bee pollen propolis and royal jelly.

9. The State Bar

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13. Criollo Latin Kitchen

We are happy to present Heather Kadar!

She has worked as a portrait photographer, newspaper photojournalist, event photographer, corporate photographer, in-house product photographer, wedding photographer, and artist!

16 N. San Francisco St. / 928.774.0541 Local photographers Amy Martin, James ‘Q’ Martin & Andrew Paffrath join together bringing an exciting Grand Canyon photo exhibit in conjunction with Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival.

12. INCAHOOTS Vintage Clothing & Costumes 9 E. Aspen Ave. / 928.773.9447

14. Rendezvous

16 E. Rte. 66 (upstairs) / 928.699.5131

Love, Love Me Do...Come Nibble Chocolate, Sip Wine & Indulge Your Sweetheart With Our Sexy Specials, Romantic Vintage Styling & Dreamy Assemblages by John Stebila... Love Is All You Need!

10 E. Rte. 66 / 928.266.1282

“Savoir” An all-nudes group exhibition celebrating flesh, form, and figure. A dozen local and national artists representing the timeless theme of the nude in photography, painting, and drawing. Live blues all evening at the all-Arizona beer & wine bar.

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16. Collins Irish Pub & Grill 2 N. Leroux St. / 928.214.7363

Stop into Collins and enjoy our fresh pub food, your favorite sports games on our HD TVs, and live music performed by The Knockabouts every First Friday from 7-10pm. Amazing drink specials every night of the week.

17. The Speakeasy

Come by to view the hauntingly beautiful paintings by the imaginative Molly Holland.

This show will feature a retrospective collection of 2005 through 2007

Stop by The Speakeasy, a hidden treasure. Intimate atmosphere, knowledgeable staff and innovative, worldclass cocktails Wed-Sat night.

Home of the traditional absinthe drink and live, all-request piano Thur-Sat.

1 E. Rte. 66 / 928.213.2951 Featuring a local artist market and live music! Swing by the train station to register a day early for the 2nd Annual Chocolate Walk, held February 6th 11-3 p.m.

17 N. Leroux St. Ste. 101/ 928.774.1717

All-natural bath products handcrafted in our boutique & all-natural Antonym Cosmetics packed in our signature boxes are perfect Valentine’s Day gifts! Stop by for chocolate!

20. Monsoon Chinese Bistro

100 N. San Francisco St. / 928.779.6971

15. Flagstaff Visitor Center

19. Fizzy Bella Bath Boutique

6 E. Aspen Ave. #100 / 928.226.8844

10 N. Leroux St. / 928.774.0299

18. Zombies Smoke Shop 17 N. Leroux St./ 928.266.0494 Flagstaff’s premier smoke shop features author Alissa Oliverson. New book, “Hooray!

HighKu!” on sale. Write with Alissa! Free wine; diverse range of products. Shop local!

Asian Fusion at its finest! Enjoy our classic Chinese kitchen, an outstanding sushi bar, and enticing cocktails indoors or on our illustrious patio. A wonderful, affordable experience awaits... Happy Hour, 3-7pm Mon-Fri!

21. Babbitt’s Backcountry

12 E. Aspen Ave. / 928.774.4775 Big sale on all winter gear - 25-60% off

10. Rainbow’s End

12 E. Rte. 66 / 928.774.5535

Fall in love this Art Walk! Rainbow’s End will be hosting artist Walter Salas-Humara and his happy, colorful dog portraits.

Chocolates and refreshments provided by Mountain Oasis!

SHOWCASE

A SHOWCASE CELEBRATING THE NOMINEES OF THE 2016 VIOLA AWARDS

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Thursday, February 4, 2016 • 7pm $10 • Orpheum Theater • FlagArtsCouncil.org

Interactive Mobile Map: FlagstaffArtWalk.com • To Reserve an ArtWalk Listing, Call: Elizabeth Vogler at (928) 779-2300 x109 or Email: evogler@flagartscouncil.org

February 5, 2016 • 6 – 9pm Downtown Flagstaff Arizona FlagstaffArtWalk.com

The Flagstaff Arts Council has partnered with

Flagstaff Live!

To produce the NEW First Friday ArtWalk Map. Same great guide to galleries, restaurants, and everything First Friday, but BIGGER! You’ll also see the map out earlier, helping you plan your ArtWalk to make sure you can see it all.

PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON THE MAP!

Reach thousands of local readers who are actively looking to participate in the ArtWalk.

No First Friday event? No problem! Advertising in the map is open to all businesses looking to support the ArtWalk and reach those who are engaged in the community.

For map listings, contact Elizabeth Vogler at the Flagstaff Arts Council (928) 779-2300 x109 For advertising, contact Darren Weigl at (928) 913-8617