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UPCOMING EVENTS
February 16 - February 22
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Join NAU Piano and Kitt School of Music for a Faculty recital with Tiantian Liang. Works by Haydn, Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Yi Chen and York Bowen.
Monday | February 16, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Free and open to the public
#CALisMusic #NAUpiano #KittSchoolOfMusic
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Thursday | February 19 | 7 PM | Cline Library Assembly Hall
Join NAU History for Black History Month with visiting professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland of the University of Illinois - Chicago. She specializes in urban history, African American history and the history of education and has written extensively on black political reform with an emphasis on black teacher unionism from the civil rights era to the present. Her talk will focus on the black organizing tradition and how to response to current crises in the spirit of the public good, including public education.
Rread more about her: Todd-Breland, Elizabeth | History | University of Illinois Chicago
#BlackHistoryMonth #NAUhistory #CALisHistory #ElizabethToddBreland #Organize
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This is a Black History Month event featuring the historian and activist Elizabeth Todd-Breland. She is a professor of history at University of Chicago-Illinois where she specializes in urban history, African American history and the history of education. She has written on black political reform -- with an emphasis on black teacher unionism -- from the civil rights era through the 2010s. Her talk will focus on the black organizing tradition and how to respond to current crisis in the spirit of the public good, including public education. Here is a link to her bio: https://hist.uic.edu/profiles/todd-breland-elizabeth/
Thursday, February 19
"History Rhymes: Black Organizing, Current Crises, and Education for the Public Good"
7 pm in LA 120 - there is confusion, waiting to hear which location is acucrate -nope its in cline 25 lp
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Thursday | February 19
6:30 - 9:30 PM
1899 Bar and Grill
Limited Non-Dining Seating
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Cline Lecture Series
An Evening with the Pulitzer Prize Winning Author of The Sympathizer:
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Tuesday | Feb 17 | 7 PM
Cline Library
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by MSI, NAU Honors, CCS, and Richard A Wood Professorship in Philosophy
Nguyen's prize winning novel has been met with popular and critical acclaim, and translated into a recent HBO series. The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. In dialogue with but diametrically opposed to the narratives of the Vietnam War that have preceded it, this novel offers an important and unfamiliar new perspective on the war: that of a conflicted communist sympathizer.
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. His stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, TriQuarterly, Narrative, and the Chicago Tribune and he is the author of the academic book Race and Resistance. He teaches English and American Studies at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.
#CALisNovel #CALisCreative #CALisPolitical
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Join Kitt School Of Music and NAU Jazz for NAU Jazz Festival 2026!
Guest Artist Concert
Warren Wolf with NAU Jazz Ensemble One - Check out Wolf here: Warren Wolf
Friday, February 20 - 8:00pm
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
$20 adult
$15 students/faculty/staff
#CALisMusic #KSOM #NAUJazz #NAUJazzFestival #WarrenWolf
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The SPArCS program solicits applications from full-time NAU undergraduate students in the arts, letters, humanities, photography, and film. The SPArCS program encourages undergraduate students to pursue academic interests outside of their regular coursework by providing funding that will enable them to work on special projects of their own design.
Applications will be accepted February 1 – March 1, 2026.
Announcements about the 2026-2027 SPArCS award recipients will be sent by April 7.
INFO SESSIONS:
February 12, 2026 | 12:30 - 1:30 PM
SAS Building (#60) | Room 434
February 18, 2026 | 4 - 5 PM
SAS Building (#60) | Room 434
#NAUSPARCs #NAUstudentresearch #CALisCreative #CALisInterdisciplinary
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Date: February 19th, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Bright Side BookshopJoin us for an evening with NAU’s own Nicole Walker, celebrating their latest book, How to Plant a Billion Trees: A Memoir of Childhood Trauma and the Healing Power of Nature. The event will begin at 6:00 PM.
About the Book: When Nicole Walker was molested and had an abortion at age 11, the distance between her and the world grew until she couldn't imagine a future place for her anywhere. In How to Plant a Billion Trees, Walker tries to understand why her whole life didn't fall apart, as was predicted. As she pieces together her story, she finds that it was thanks in no small part to her mother, her sisters, her friends who did not let the sexual abuse to define her. In this candid portrayal of a young girl, Nicole Walker writes about how, thanks to her family, her friends, and the mountains of the Wasatch, Cascades, and San Francisco Peaks, she reknit herself into the fabric of a supportive culture.
Employing the forest as a model to understand how to reconnect her life with the world, Nicole studies the way that ecosystems anticipate, react, and support each small part of the whole. As she learns more about ecology, she discovers that in a healthy forest, even the gritty, decaying elements contribute to the health of the forest. The process of rebuilding the self into a community parallels the process of a forest's growth. To apply that lesson to the human ecosystem, Nicole realizes that even the hard-to-stomach stories need to be told, and, with air, that grit is transformed into something alive and new.
About the Author: Nicole Walker is the author of Processed Meats: Essays on Food, Flesh and Navigating Disaster (2021) Sustainability: A Love Story (2018) and the collaborative collection The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet. (2019). She has previously published the nonfiction collections Where the Tiny Things Are (2017), Egg (2017), Micrograms (2016), Quench Your Thirst with Salt (2013), and a book of poems, This Noisy Egg (2010). She edited for Bloomsbury the essay collections Science of Story (2019) with Sean Prentiss and Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction (2013) with Margot Singer. She is the co-president of NonfictioNOW and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award and a noted author in Best American Essays. Her work has been most recently published in the New York Times, Longreads, and Ploughshares, among other places. She teaches at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ and serves as the Crux Series Editor for University of Georgia Press.
Books will be available for purchase at the event. We encourage attendees to buy their copies from Bright Side Bookshop to support the author and our local literary community.
This event is free and open to the public! No RSVP required.
#CALisEnglish #NAUEnglish #NicoleWalker
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NAU Chamber and Symphony Orchestras in Concert
Sunday | February 22, 2026 | 3 PM
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
Join us for an exciting afternoon of orchestral music!
Our dynamic program spans centuries and styles. We open full of energy and expressive color.with Logan Wilson’s Catching Moments for string orchestra. Then featured soloist, Jonathan Bergeron, will bring brilliance and lyricism to Alexander Glazunov’s Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra. Next we will share the vibrant overture to Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. The concert culminates with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9, a bold, witty, and unexpected masterpiece. Come experience live orchestral music designed to engage the entire family!
#CALisMusic #KittSchoolOfMusic #NAUChamberOrchestra #NAUSymphoniOrchestra #NAUbands
February 23 - March 1
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Faculty Recital: Kelsi Doolittle, Clarinet
Monday | February 23 | 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Featuring Latin American Composers Including:
Carlos Guastavino | Argentina
Astor Piazzola | Argentina
Paquito D’rivera | Cuba
Mauricio Murcia Bedoya | Colombia
E. Villani-Cortez | Brazil
Manuel de Falla | Spain
#CALisMusic #NAUwoodwinds #KittSchoolOfMusic
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Join Comparative Cultural Studies for the first film in the 2026 Better World Film Series!
Dolores
This is a biographical documentary about a 1950’s working-class Latina wife and mother of eleven children,l Dolores Huerta, who helped to establish a farmer's union which later developed into a platform for feminism and gender equality as well as environmental justice.
Watch the trailer here: DOLORES (2017) | Official Trailer HD | PBS Distribution
Wednesday | February 25 | 6:30 PM
Liberal Arts Building | Room 120
#CALisCulture #CALisCreativity #CALisStory #CALisJustice
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Screening and community discussion
Tuesday | February 24 | 7 PM
Cline Library
Free and Open to the Public
The CAL Film Series is back! Enjoy classic and contemporary films from 8 different directors who we identify as outsiders in the industry. All screenings are free and open to the public, and include a short introduction from the Pauls—Drs. Paul Helford of Communications and Paul Donnelly of Comparative Cultural Studies—they have been running the film series for years. They love movies and they will help you love them too! After the show, stay for a friendly community discussion about the film.
Our fourth film this semester is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, directed by Gore Verbinski and released in 2006. Watch the trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3077572377/?ref_=tt_vids_vi_1
The CAL Film Series is brought to you by the College of Arts and Letters, NAU Cline Library, and the School of Communications.
#CALisCulture #CALisInterdisciplinary #CALfilmSeriues #FreeMovies #CALisCommunity
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CAL Career February 26 | 4 PM | Zoom
Join to learn how to update your linkedIn page and using it for networking.
Gokcen Chamberlin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Gokcen Chamberlin's Personal Meeting Room
Join Zoom Meeting
Join our Cloud HD Video MeetingMeeting ID: 551 413 6255
Password: 405838
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Join The NAU Symphonic Band and the Flagstaff High School Symphonic Band led by Conductors: TJ Mack, Oscar Osoria, Dr. Rick McEnany for a wonderful evening of music featuring Julie Giroux’s “Khan” as well as works by Alfred Reed, Kelijah Dunton, John Mackey, and Jaime Texidore.
Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 PM
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
#CALisMusic #KSOM #NAUbands
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Join us Wednesday, February 25th, for Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland, the award-winning 2011 German comedy-drama film that explores the question of identity and belonging as it follows the experiences of a Turkish guest worker and multiple generations of his family in Germany.
Film in German with English subtitles.
Part of the GELL Center Global Film Series
"Stranger in a Strange Land"Free and open to the public.
Trailer: WELCOME TO GERMANY - Official Trailer (German w/English Subtitles)
#CALisGlobal #FreeFilm #German
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Join NAU Philosophy for Traveling to Animal Worlds with Dr. Andrew Lopez, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Lopez will be discussing the phenomenology of animal worlds - that is the world from the animal's perspective - and how humans can relate to these worlds.
Location: Liberal Arts 209
Time: Thursday February 26, 2026, 4pm to 530pm
Dr. Andrew Lopez discusses the phenomenology of animal worlds and how humans can relate to these worlds.
#NAUphilosophy #CALisPhilosophy #AnimalWorlds
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Thursday | February 26 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Bookmans Cafe
Last month Flagstaff writers enjoyed a workshop with writing prompts themed around real world animal-human interactions. This month we are hosting an open mic for those who participated last month as well as other writers - all around the theme of animals and humans sharing the world around us - truth?fiction?poetry? Give us what you’ve got and lest tell some stories together!! Meet up with your community, read or listen to your friends and neighbors sharing their writing. Historic is offering some beer discounts just for us and we have free food for all non-bears!
Open to adults of all ages.
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#FlagBigRead2026 #Fuzz #FlagWriters #MaryRoach #FlagWrites #OpenMic #WritersShowcase
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The Dumbwaiter and Los Vendidos
NAU Theatre
The Studio Theater
Feb 26-28 | 7:30 PM
Feb 28 and March 1 | 2 PM
By Harold Pinter and LOS VENDIDOS by Luis Valdez
Directed by Jaclynn JuttingThe Dumbwaiter** is best described by the New York World-Telegram & Sun : "In the basement of a long-abandoned restaurant, two [men] nervously await their next assignment. Barred from daylight and living public contact by the nature of their work, they spend their waiting time bickering. So eerie is the situation that everything becomes comic, or grotesque, or both.” Pinter’s classic One Act play employs the ideas of Comedy of Menace which is described as “highlighting the play's use of fear and a sense of unease to create humor.” Pinter’s play transcends the fourth wall without ever breaking it.**
Los Vendidos** was first staged by El Teatro Campesino in 1967. The play is set in Honest Sancho’s Used Mexican Lot and Mexican Curio Shop. Miss Jiménez, who represents the governor's office, is there to see if she can find a "Mexican type" for the governor’s gala event. Sancho and Miss Jiménez tour the shop as he demonstrates the “floor models” such as farm worker, Mexican revolutionary, pachuco, lowrider and none are acceptable until she is introduced to the newest model, “fresh, clean Mexican American” in a business suit and glasses. Miss Jiménez purchases the automated floor model and the two drive off to attend the Governor’s event. In the silence following her exit, what will happen?**
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Join NAU Art Museums at the beautiful Clara M. Lovett Art Museum on the 2nd floor of historic Old Main for an exhibit highlighting the works of the School of Art and Design faculty.
The show will be open February 17, through April 25, 2026.
The Artist Reception is February 26 | 5 - 7 PM
#CAlisArt #NAUArt+Design #FacultyExhibition #NAUArtMuseums #ClaraMLovettArtMuseum
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Speaker Series: Holocaust and Beyond: Weaponizing Hunger
Weaponizing Hunger in Africa in the Great Lakes Region
with Dr. Evelyn Mayanja
Thursday | February 26 | 7 PM
Liberal Arts Room 120
Free and open to the public.
Join visiting professor, Dr. Evelyn Mayanja for an evening considering Hinger as a weapon in Africa.
She is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Dr. Namakula’s interdisciplinary research follows trajectories of critical analysis, decolonization, and African Indigenous philosophy at the intersection of global political economy, natural resources, race, politics, and governance. Namakula’s primary area is focused on the struggle of those marginalized by colonial and neocolonial systems of oppression and exploitation, neoliberal authoritarianism and political repression. Her research site is Cost of Going Green.
#MartinSpringerInstitute #CALisInterdisciplinary #History #HolocaustAndBeyond
March 2 - March 8
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Join NAU Latin American Studies for: Fascism in Global and Transnational History with Dr. Federico Finchelstein, University in Exile Research Professor and Professor of History at The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. What is fascism, why is it in the news in 2026, when and where has it been so commonly brandished in political discourse?
March 2 | 6 PM | Cline Assembly Hall
Free and Open to the Public
#NAULatinAmericanStudies #CALisCulturalStudies #NAUccs
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Join Kitt School of Music and NAU Piano for the 2026 Piano Extravaganza! Enjoy a Live multipiano experience with singing and dancing this year! You wioll see between 4 and 18 hands playing 1-4 pianos and even explore disco piano!
PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA: A Multi-Piano Experience SING & DANCE!
Monday | March 2 | 7:30PM | Kitt Recital Hall
Works by Chabrier, Brahms, Ravel, and a bonus Disco Medley
Faculty and Visiting performers:
Staci Dickens
Aimee Fincher
Christine Graham
Tiantian Liang
Andrew Needhammer
Silvan Negruțiu
Kenneth Osowski
Ricardo Pereira
Allen Saunders
Student performers:
Eli Diemert
Claire Gosch
Cambria Graff
Heidi Johnson
Mia Mazza
Noa Mihalik
Niko Mulligan
Meredith Papez
Collin Turley
Alec Wilkes
Riley Wolkowinsky
#CALisMusic #KSOM #NAUpiano #Extravaganza
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Women’s History Month Lecture: Fitness History as Feminist Practice with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
The history of exercise in the United States is by no means limited to women’s stories, but the act of writing the history of fitness draws on the work of feminist scholars who expanded the realm of historical study to include the body, fashion, pop culture, and more. In this talk, historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela will both trace the rich history of American fitness culture from a strange subculture to a social imperative and reflect on the process of researching and writing her book, Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession, drawing on over more than two decades spent in and around gyms and other exercise spaces.
Tuesday | March 3 | 7 PM | Liberal Arts 120
Free and Open to the Public
For parking information: Visitor Parking | University Transit Services
#CALisHistory #NAUhistory #WomensHistory #FitnessHistory
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Join Ktt School of Music for Noctuary with NAU Wind Symphony
Stephen Meyer, conductor
March 5, 2026 | 7:30 PM | Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
Including the following works:
Rachmaninoff/Morita: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Nicole Piunno: “Seeking the Golden Light” from Sunflower Studies
Paul Dooley: Yellow Red Blue
Shannon Spark: The Joy You Feel (World Premiere)
Will Healy: Noctuary for Adé
Dennis Llinas: La Chancla
For parking information: Visitor Parking | University Transit Services
#NAUbands #KittSchoolOfMusic #CALisMusic
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Join NAU English for the McKenzie Fellowship for Democracy Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Engels. Engels will speak about his upcoming book On Mindful Democracy. The work is described as “An antidote to political burnout and civic despair: drawing on mindfulness and modern wisdom to cultivate resilience, healthy engagement, and skillful presence in turbulent times.”
March 3 | 6:30 PM | Cline Library Assembly Hall
Free and Open to the Public
#CALisEnglish #CALisDemocracy #CALisLiterature
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Fred Rogers was best known for his children's TV program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. His life philosophy has the potential to help people of all ages feel better about ourselves and be kinder to each other. In the Fredliness Group, we enjoy discussing the life and wisdom of Fred Rogers in a casual format that Fred would refer to as "guided drift." We really hope you'll join us, just the way you are to explore being our neighbor!
Lets make the world kinder more loving place for ourselves and for our neighbors.
Every First Friday at 10 AM in the Liberal Arts Building, room 110.
See you soon!
#Fredliness #Mr.Rogers #CALisCommunity
March 9 - March 15
March 16 - March 22
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Into karaoke and foreign-language songs? Come sing with us on Thursday, March 19th at 7pm in the GELL Center (BAA 107)! Join in with what we’ve got, bring your own YouTube links for any non-English songs you want to sing, and we’ll make some noise! Snacks, karaoke machine, and microphones provided!
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Join the Big Read Coalition and Bookmans in the Bookmans Cafe for a rousing second round of Bookmans Goes Wild Flagstaff Big Read ANIMAL BINGO!
All ages welcome, come ready to compete for generous Bookmans credit certificates using your knowledge of tooth, claw, literary animals, keen observation, and Fuzz (the book)!
Friday, March 20, from 6 - 7 PM in the Bookmans Cafe!
Generous prizes provided from Bookmans!
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#FlagBigRead2026 #Fuzz #AnimalBingoII #MaryRoach #FlagReads
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Screening and community discussion
Japanese with English Subtitles
Tuesday | March 17 | 7 PM
Cline Library
Free and Open to the Public
The CAL Film Series is back! Enjoy classic and contemporary films from 8 different directors who we identify as outsiders in the industry. All screenings are free and open to the public, and include a short introduction from the Pauls—Drs. Paul Helford of Communications and Paul Donnelly of Comparative Cultural Studies—they have been running the film series for years. They love movies and they will help you love them too! After the show, stay for a friendly community discussion about the film.
Our fourth film this semester is Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1950. Watch the trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi240959001/?ref_=tt_vids_vi_1
The CAL Film Series is brought to you by the College of Arts and Letters, NAU Cline Library, and the School of Communications.
#CALisCulture #CALisInterdisciplinary #CALfilmSeriues #FreeMovies #CALisCommunity
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Join KSOM in welcoming the ZelenArch Duo to Kitt Recital Hall for a faculty recital.
Kristen Zelenak, saxophones
Nathan Arch, piano
Kitt Recital Hall
Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 PM
Music by David Maslanka, Jenni Watson, Jeanine Rueff
#KSOM #CALisMusic
March 23 - March 29
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Join NAU Opera and Kitt School of Music for A thrilling adventure designed to captivate all ages!
Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel brings the beloved fairy tale to life with beautiful, singable tunes, including the beloved “Evening Prayer.” Follow Hansel and Gretel on their thrilling adventure in the woods. What delicious dangers does the forest hold? Can the brave siblings work together to find their way home? Beautiful music, familiar melodies, a favorite story and a happy ending - a perfect, magical treat for the whole family!
Experience a free hour-long children's version of the musical fairytale:
Saturday | March 28 | 2:00 PM | Ardrey Auditorium on the NAU Campus.
Register for free here: https://forms.gle/riVszg6TCood5pFG8
Curriculum and lesson plans available on our website: https://www.naucalevents.org/educational-materials
Or attend a full-length showing of the opera:
March 26, 27 and 28 | 7:30 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
March 28 | 3 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
**Tickets at **nau.edu/cto
#CALisMusic #NAUopera #KittSchoolofMusic
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Join NAU Opera and Kitt School of Music for A thrilling adventure designed to captivate all ages!
Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel brings the beloved fairy tale to life with beautiful, singable tunes, including the beloved “Evening Prayer.” Follow Hansel and Gretel on their thrilling adventure in the woods. What delicious dangers does the forest hold? Can the brave siblings work together to find their way home? Beautiful music, familiar melodies, a favorite story and a happy ending - a perfect, magical treat for the whole family!
Experience a free hour-long children's version of the musical fairytale:
Saturday | March 28 | 2:00 PM | Ardrey Auditorium on the NAU Campus.
Register for free here: Hansel and Gretel Matinee
Curriculum and lesson plans available on our website: Educational Materials — NAU Cal Events
Or attend a full-length showing of the opera:
March 26, 27 and 28 | 7:30 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
March 28 | 3 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
**Tickets at **nau.edu/cto
#CALisMusic #NAUopera #KittSchoolofMusic
March 30 - April 5
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Screening and community discussion
Tuesday | March 31 | 7 PM
Cline Library
Free and Open to the Public
The CAL Film Series is back! Enjoy classic and contemporary films from 8 different directors who we identify as outsiders in the industry. All screenings are free and open to the public, and include a short introduction from the Pauls—Drs. Paul Helford of Communications and Paul Donnelly of Comparative Cultural Studies—they have been running the film series for years. They love movies and they will help you love them too! After the show, stay for a friendly community discussion about the film.
Our fourth film this semester is Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, directed by Jim Jarmusch and released in 1999. Watch the trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3735617817/?ref_=tt_vids_vi_1
The CAL Film Series is brought to you by the College of Arts and Letters, NAU Cline Library, and the School of Communications.
#CALisCulture #CALisInterdisciplinary #CALfilmSeriues #FreeMovies #CALisCommunity
April 6 - April 12
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Flagstaff Big Read and Flagstaff City Coconino County Public Library Present:
Library Gone Wild! Prescott Zoo at the Downtown Library!
Join Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary for a visit with live animal residents of the zoo! All ages are welcome! Come hang out with some of our Northern Arizona Animals and learn about being a good wild lands neighbor!
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#FlagBigRead2026 #Fuzz #AnimalsattheLibrary #MaryRoach #FlagReads
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Join us at the PEP Career Fair to explore jobs and student teaching opportunities and network with school districts throughout Arizona.
Friday, April 10
9 AM - 12 PM
This in-person event will be held at the NAU Fieldhouse in Flagstaff, AZ.
1050 Knoles Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Register here:
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Join in the games at the Spring '26 Global Game Day! Test your gaming skills in a new language! Featuring international carnival-style games and authentic social activities from across the globe, Global Game Day is a fantastic way to explore gaming across other cultures, practice a language, and have a ton of fun! So join us on April 10th from 9:30-11:30am in the International Pavilion to get your Global Gaming Passport stamped, experience a taste of global culture, and discover your new favorite game!
April 13 - April 19
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Screening and community discussion
Sung In French with English Subtitles
Tuesday | April 14 | 7 PM
Cline Library
Free and Open to the Public
The CAL Film Series is back! Enjoy classic and contemporary films from 8 different directors who we identify as outsiders in the industry. All screenings are free and open to the public, and include a short introduction from the Pauls—Drs. Paul Helford of Communications and Paul Donnelly of Comparative Cultural Studies—they have been running the film series for years. They love movies and they will help you love them too! After the show, stay for a friendly community discussion about the film.
Our fourth film this semester is Umbrellas of Cherbourg, directed by Jacques Demy and released in 1964. Watch the trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1544469017/?ref_=tt_vids_vi_1
The CAL Film Series is brought to you by the College of Arts and Letters, NAU Cline Library, and the School of Communications.
#CALisCulture #CALisInterdisciplinary #CALfilmSeriues #FreeMovies #CALisCommunity
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Join Comparative Cultural Studies and SUN Entertainment for the third film in the 2026 Better World Film Series!
Wall-E
The beloved story of a robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth, meets another robot, and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
Watch the trailer here: WALL-E (2008) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers
Thursday | April 16 | 7 PM
Prochnow Auditorium
#CALisCulture #CALisCreativity #CALisStory #CALisLove #Wall-E
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Flagstaff Big Read Team Trivia II
Friday | April 17 | 6 - 7 PM
Bookmans Cafe
All ages welcome, come ready to compete for generous Bookmans credit certificates using nothing but your knowledge of tooth and claw!
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#AnimalTrivia #MaryRoach #FlagReads #TeamTrivia #Fuzz
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Join Comparative Cultural Studies and SUN Entertainment for the fourth film in the 2026 Better World Film Series!
The Lorax
In a riff on Dr. Seuss’s eco-justice picture book, this film follows a 12-year-old boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Watch the trailer here: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax - Theatrical Trailer
Friday | April 17 | 7 PM
Prochnow Auditorium
#CALisCulture #CALisCreativity #CALisStory #CALisLove #Unless
April 20 - April 26
April 27 - May 3
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Screening and community discussion
Tuesday | April 28 | 7 PM
Cline Library
Free and Open to the Public
The CAL Film Series is back! Enjoy classic and contemporary films from 8 different directors who we identify as outsiders in the industry. All screenings are free and open to the public, and include a short introduction from the Pauls—Drs. Paul Helford of Communications and Paul Donnelly of Comparative Cultural Studies—they have been running the film series for years. They love movies and they will help you love them too! After the show, stay for a friendly community discussion about the film.
Our last film this semester is The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy and released in 1973. Watch the trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi695053849/?ref_=tt_vids_vi_1
The CAL Film Series is brought to you by the College of Arts and Letters, NAU Cline Library, and the School of Communications.
#CALisCulture #CALisInterdisciplinary #CALfilmSeriues #FreeMovies #CALisCommunity
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Come shake off the stress with Makerspace Stress-Free Storytime Crafternoon
Thursday | April 30 | 5 - 7 PM
All ages welcome, come ready hang out with your friends and neighbors while you craft with the magical maker lab tools and listen to stories of our wild world! It's a read-aloud and craft blitz specially designed to slice through the end of semester stress!
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#AnimalTrivia #MaryRoach #FlagReads #FlagCreates #Fuzz
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Animal Antics Shadow Box Workshop
First Friday | May 1 | 6 - 8:00 PM
AZ Culture Connection at the Historic Ice House Downtown
All ages welcome!
Come create Shadow Boxes inspired by artist Joseph Cornell, and by the Book, Fuzz - what antics can you design for some shadow box animals? This is only one part of the From Wishcycling to Wonder Night at AZ Culture Connections!
Participants who would like to participate can display their Art Work at the Ice House throughout the winter and pick it up at the Big Read Wrap party in May!
Free registration is required, all materials and snacks will be provided!
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#FlagBigRead2026 #Fuzz #FlagCreates #MaryRoach
May 4 - May 10
May 11 - May 17
May 18 - May 24
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Saturday | May 23 | 9 - 11 AM
Mt. Eldon
All ages welcome, come ready to hike while learning new things about local flora and fauna! Pick up a free copy of FUZZ! Bring water and wear good shoes, and don’t forget to dress in layers!
Directions: From the East Flagstaff Community Library at 3000 N. 4th Street, turn right onto 4th Street. Continue through the roundabout, and up 4th for approximately ½ mile, then turn right onto Andes Street (35.22358° N, 111.61213° W). This is where we'll park to meet before heading out for a stretch of the Forces of Nature Trail at the base of Mt. Elden.
This season's Flagstaff Big Read is asking us all to take a walk on the wild side with Mary Roach’s book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law! It is a collection of stories about the many many times that non-human animals and human animals have had to learn how to get along - or are still learning.
You can pick up a free copy of Roach’s book at the Flagstaff Public Library, Cline Library, The Riles Building at NAU, the Murdoch Center, or Culture Connect AZ! Join one of our programs between January and May 2026 to engage with your community while learning more about animals and how we live with them all around the world.
Go to Flagstaff Big Read Coalition to learn more about our free community events, check-out reading lists and at-home activities, or learn more about Fuzz!
#MaryRoach #FlagReads #FlagHikes #Fuzz
