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October 4 - October 10
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October 4 - October 10 〰️
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![CAL Film Series Cabaret Vintage movie poster]()
| CAL Film Series | Cabaret | October 6 | 7 PM | Cline Library | free and open to the public
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![Drawn Together September 29 – December 5, 2026 Reception: Thursday | October 8, 2026 5 – 7 PM This exhibition celebrates drawing as a shared practice rooted in collaboration, and creative exchange. Artists affiliated with the Hozhoni Foundation, a]()
Drawn Together September 29 – December 5, 2026 Reception: Thursday | October 8, 2026 5 – 7 PM
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![Come on down to Liberal Arts room 120 for a flash from the past with FROGS - when nature gets her revenge! It’s a 1970’s horror flick aiming to kick start the environmental movement and possibly take a shot at anyone everyone who enjoyed high schoo]()
Better World Film Series: Frogs! Wednesday October 7 | 6 PM | LA Room 120 | Free and open to the public
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![Join us Wednesday, October 7, at 7 PM in the Liberal Arts Building Room 136or 大鱼海棠 (Big Fish & Begonia), 2016: Inspired by Chinese mythology and folklore,]()
Global Film Series | 大鱼海棠 - Big Fish & Begonia | October 7 | 7 PM | LA Room 136 | Free and open to the public
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![NAU Symphony Orchestra concert of the year with: Army of Brass Sunday, October 4, 2026 | 3 PM Ardrey Memorial Auditorium Featuring: Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Karlos Rodriguez, Cello Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3,]()
Army of brass | October 4 | 3 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
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![Rock Orchestra by Candlelight Performing the music of Metallica, LInkin park, Evanescence, Guns N Roses, My Chemical Romance and more]()
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight at Ardrey Auditorium | October 6 | 8 PM
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![NAU Jazz Combos @ Firecreek With Special Guests: Clark Gibson, saxophone Chris Davis, trumpet Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:30pm - Firecreek Coffee Co. 22 Historic Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 $10 General Admission]()
NAU Jazz Combos @ Firecreek | October 8 | 7:30 PM | Firecreek Downtown
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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 discuss]()
Fredliness Meeting | October 5 | 1 PM | Liberal Arts Room 110
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![text replicated below - career sign with black cat and pumpkin]()
Career Resources and getting Started with Handshake | October 7 | 5 PM | Virtual
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![Northern Arizona University, Seven Generations Indigenous Knowledge Center. NAU & TCU Faculty Exchange Program presents, Honoring Every Journey: Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Indigenous Student Well-Being by Sheila Hammer, Associate Clinical Pro]()
Honoring Every Journey: Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Indigenous Student Well-Being by Sheila Hammer | October 9, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (MST). Location: Tohono O’odham Community College Gewkdag Son Ki: Rm. 1 & 3. or virtually at link below
October 11 - October 17
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October 11 - October 17 〰️
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![click for full text pop art style western scene with truck on highwayt]()
Mother Road: A modern grapes of Wrath in reverse. Coming October 16-25, 2026
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![Anton Nel Piano Recital Saturday, October 17 | 7:30 PM in Kitt Recital Hall Works by Haydn, Schubert, Chaminade, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Chopin. Free and open to the public]()
Anton Nel Piano recital October 17 | 7:30 PM Kitt recital Hall free and Open to the Public
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![Come on down and get creative at the piano at the Northern Arizona Piano Summit with an exploration of The Creative Process Saturaday, October 17 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Kitt Recital Hall (& live-stream) Register HERE Free and open to the public!]()
Northern Arizona Piano Summit | October 17 | 10 AM - 5 PM | kitt recital Hall | Free and open to the Public |Live Stream at NAU Auditoria on YouTube
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![Alternative text from flyer: Northern Arizona University Seven Generations Indigenous Knowledge Center. Cultural Land-based Experiential Learning Program presents a trip to Monument Valley Tribal Park. Join us for an immersive day of learning and con]()
A Trip to Monument Valley Tribal Park | October 16 | 7:30 AM - 8 PM | Open to all NAU students
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![WindSync Wind Quintet is coming to NAU’s Kitt School of Music for a residency this October!Wednesday, October 14th 1:50-3:10 PM Entrepreneurship masterclass KRH for KSOM students 6:30-8:00 PM Chamber music masterclass KRH for KSOM students Thursda]()
WindSync Wind Quintet Residency | October 14 & 15 Masterclass for KSOM students
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![WindSync Wind Quintet is coming to NAU’s Kitt School of Music for a residency this October! The entire community is invited to a free concert featuring WindSync and NAU Faculty from KSOM on Thursday evening October 15 at 7:30 PM in Kitt Recital Hall]()
WindSync Wind Quintet Residency Concert | October 15 | 7:30 PM | Kitt Recital Hall | Free and Open to the Public
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![Into karaoke and foreign-language songs? Come sing with us on October 15th at 7pm in the GELL Center (BAA 107)! Join in with what we’ve got, bring your own YouTube links, or share them with the document linked in the QR code for any non-English song]()
Global Karaoke | October 15 | 7 PM | GELL Center (Babbit Academic Annex Room 107) Free and open to the public
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![Join us Wednesday, October 14, at 7 PM in Liberal Arts room 136 for Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio]()
Global Film Series | Pinocchio | October 14 | 7 PM | LA Room 136 free and open to the Public
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![NAU Wind Symphony & NAU Symphonic Band Present: Autumn Winds: Music in Motion October 11, 2026 | 3 PM Ardrey Memorial Auditorium Stephen Meyer, conductor TJ Mack, conductor Oscar Osorio, graduate student conductor Michelle Fletcher, bassoon]()
Autumn Winds: Music in Motion | October 11 | 3 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
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![Date: October 11th, 2026 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Location: Bright Side Bookshop, 18 N. San Francisco St. Join us for an author event with the author (Gary Paul Nabhan) and illustrator (Robert J. Long) of Sonoran Desert Bestiary. The event will begin]()
Author and Illustrator Talk with Gary Paul Nabhana nd Robert J. Long, October 11 | 6 PM | Brightside Book Store
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![NAU Big Band Jazz Concert Jazz Ensembles II & I Directed by Dave Scott and Chris Finet Tuesday, October 13, 2026 7:30pm - Kitt Recital Hall (Standard ticket prices) Performing the music of: Count Basie, Thad Jones, Matt Harris, Bob Mintz]()
NAU Big Band Jazz Concert October 13 7:30 PM | Kitt Recital Hall
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![Join NAU’s Comparative Cultural Studies, Sustainable Communities Program and Springs Stewardship Institute for an author talk with Gary Paul Nabhan, author of: Water in the Desert: Building Multicultural Conservation Collaborations to Safeguard the M]()
Gary paul Nabhan Author Talk | October 12 | 7 PM Liberal Arts Room 120
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![Fall Festival of Choirs Kitt School of Music Ardrey Memorial Auditorium Sunday, Oct 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM (AZ) Featuring: University singers, Harter Memorial Handbell Choir, Vox Astra, Vox Montes, and Shrine of the Ages Choir, Conducted by: Carol]()
Fal Festival of Choirs | October 18 | 3 PM | Ardrey Auditorium
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Sons of Survivors | October 13 | 7 PM | Liberal Arts Building Room 120
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![English Ed Program Game Night | October 14 | 5:30 PM | Liberal Arts Room 123]()
English Ed Program Game Night | October 14 | 5:30 PM | Liberal Arts Room 123
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![Northern Arizona University Office of Indigenous Student Success (OISS), Center for Native American and Indigenous Futures (CNAIF), Seven Generations Indigenous Knowledge Center (7GEN), and Indigenous for Peoples Living Learning Community (IPLLC) pre]()
Spam Fest | October 12 | Noon |CNAIF Gathering Room on NAU Campus
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![NAU Office of Native American and Indigenous Advancement, Fall 2026: NAU Tribal Consultation Presentations. Learn about NAU’s Tribal consultation policy, when consultation is needed, and how the process works. Open to all students, faculty, and staff]()
NAU tribal Consultationpresentations | Second presentation | October 15 | on teams, click below to join
October 18 - October 24
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October 18 - October 24 〰️
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![CAL Film Series The Exorcist Vintage movie poster]()
CAL Film Series | The Exorcist | October 20 | 7 PM | Cline Library | free and open to the public
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![Join us in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the publication of Howl, a controversial often banned poem by celebrated beat poet, Allen Ginsberg. Read the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl Wednesday | October 21 | 5:30 PM]()
Howl Celebration
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![Join us Wednesday, October 21, at 7 PM in LA Room 136 for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth]()
Global Film Series | Pan's labyrinth | October 21 | 7 PM | LA Room 136 | Free. and open to the public
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![See Text below - pop art style western scene with truck on highway]()
Mother Road: A modern grapes of Wrath in reverse. Coming October 16-25, 2026
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![Celebrating 25 Years of the Martin-Springer Institute - click for full text]()
Celebrating 25 years of Martin-Springer Institute | October 20 | 5:30 PM | Ballard Spahr Law | Phoenix
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![NAU Seven Generations Indigenous Knowledge Center and the NAU Department of English. Visiting Artist Program presents Sherwin Bitsui’s Poetry Book Launch. Join us for the release of Sherwin Bitsui’s latest poetry book, The Next Sky, featuring a live]()
Bitsui Poetry Book Launch | October 22 | 4:30 PM | CNAIF Gathering Room NAU Campus
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![NAU Seven Generations Indigenous Knowledge Center and the NAU Council of Indigenous Ambassadors. Call for NAU Indigenous Artists. We are inviting Indigenous artists from the NAU community (students, faculty, and staff) to share, display, or demonstra]()
Call for Native Artists! Entries due by October 22!
October 25 - October 31
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October 25 - October 31 〰️
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![Join in the games at Global Game Night! Test your gaming skills in a new language! Featuring international board games and authentic tabletop games in their original languages, Global Game Night is a fantastic way to explore gaming across other cul]()
Global Game Day | October 30 | 7 PM | GELL Center (Babbit Academic Annex Room 107) | Free and Open to the Public
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![Join us Wednesday, October 28, at 7 PM in LA Room 136 for Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht,]()
Global Film Series | Nesferatu | October 28 | 7 PM | LA Room 136 Free and open to the Public
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![Dia de los Muertos at NAU! Tuesday, October 27 | 4 PM Cline Library Maker's Space 4:00-4:45 PM: Roundtable on Dia de los Muertos in Latin America with Lucero Radonic and Armando Medinacelli from The Department of Anthropology, Diana Calvo Martinez]()
Dia de los Muertos | October 27 | 4 PM Cline Library maker's Space
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![CAL Career Hacks and Snacks | October 27 | 5:30 PM | Riles third Floor | Open to everyone! Come talk with professional artists, nonprofit managers, writers, musicians, linguists, lawyers, philosophers, journalists , librarians, archivists, and more!]()
CAL Career hacks and Snacks | October 27 | 5:30 PM | Riles Building third Floor
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![What would it mean yto think of death as a presence? picture of skeletons, text replicated below]()
On the thereness of Death: Jose Revueltas and the Mexican Philosophy of Death | October 29 | 4 PM | Liberal Arts Building Room 204
November 1 - November 7
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November 1 - November 7 〰️
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![CAL Film Series 3 Days of the Condor Vintage movie poster]()
CAL Film Series | 3 Days of the Condor | October 6 | 7 PM | Cline Library | free and open to the public
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![Make Your Mark Community Drawing Experience Friday | November 6, 2026 5 – 7 PM Create collaborative artworks inspired by the Drawn Together exhibition! Visitors of all ages are invited to contribute to a collaborative drawing that will continue t]()
Make Your Mark Community Drawing Experience Friday | November 6 | 5 – 7 PM | Clara M. Lovett Art Museum
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![What is the fuss around bears Ears? Come find out! Who will be heard in the fight to preserve our public lands and valuable habitat right here in our backyard? Free and open to the public Wednesday | November 4 | 6 PM | Liberal Arts Building | Roo]()
Better World Film Series | Battle Over bears Ears | Wednesday | November 4 | LA room 120 | free and open to the public
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![Join Kitt School of Music and visiting artist Antoinette Perry for a November Piano Recital Sunday, November 1 | 3 PM | Kitt Recital Hall Works by Bevan Manson, Beethoven, and Schubert. Free and open to the public. masterclass Monday November 2]()
Perry Piano Recital | November 1 | 3 PM | Kitt Recital hall | Free and open to the Public
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![Join NAU History with visiting professor and author, Jennifer Eaglin of Ohio State University. She will be discussing her book: Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol. Learn more about Brazils sugar-cane based ethanol]()
Sweet Fuel | Virtual Author talk | November 6 | 2:30 PM | LA Room 204 | Free and Open to the Public
November 8 - November 14
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November 8 - November 14 〰️
November 15 - November 21
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November 15 - November 21 〰️
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![CAL Film Series Klute Vintage movie poster]()
CAL Film Series | Klute November 17 | 7 PM | Cline Library | free and open to the public
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![Join Comparative Cultural Studies and the College of Arts and letters for a special showing of Satoshi Kon's Millenium Actress for this semester’s edition of Let’s Anime! Enjoy Japanese snacks and discussion with other anime enthusiasts! Let's Anim]()
Let's Anime! Millenium Actress Screening | November 18 | 5:30 PM | LA 136
November 22 - November 28
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November 22 - November 28 〰️
November 29 - December 4
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November 29 - December 4 〰️
NAU’s Kitt School of Music presents our annual holiday concerts: join five choirs, the Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell Choir, and the Chamber Orchestra to ring in your holidays in either Phoenix or Flagstaff!
Both concerts feature a festive pre-concert reception with refreshments and caroling, included with your ticket price, as well as our cherished traditional Candlelight Carol and an invitation for all alumni to sing “Still, Still, Still” with us in the glow of candlelight.
Flagstaff’s multi-lobby reception includes photo stations and a holiday boutique. The Flagstaff concert is followed by an optional catered dinner at the 1899 Restaurant with holiday music, a warm fireside hearth, and holiday cocktails.
All proceeds benefit NAU Choral Studies student programming.
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![CAL Film Series Taxi Driver Vintage movie poster]()
CAL Film Series | Taxi Driver | Dec. 1 7 PM | Cline Library | free and open to the public
