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April 27 - May 3
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The Kitt School of Music proudly presents a faculty piano recital by Aimee Fincher, and Kenneth Osowski! Admission is free and open to all.
April 27, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
Music by:
Judah Adashi
J.S. Bach
Frédéric Chopin
Aaron Copland
Francis Poulenc
Ann Southam
Jacob ter Veldhuis
The event will also be available via livestream at NAU Auditoria
#CALisMusic #KSOM #NAUpiano #CALisCommunity
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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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The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
NAU Chamber Orchestra and Shrine of the Ages
Vlad Vizireanu and Timothy Westerhaus, conductors
Saturday, May 2, 2026, 7:30 pm
Coconino Center for the Arts
Pre-Concert Discussion at 7:00 pm
Northern Arizona Audubon Society
Caroline Morgan, guest presenter
Presented as part of Flagstaff ARTx Festival: Art + Ideas Experience
NAU ensembles present an ecological concert in the stunning acoustic and gallery of Coconino Center of the Arts, opening with J. S. Bach’s festive Gloria in excelsis (Cantata 191). Christopher Tin’s GRAMMY-nominated work The Lost Birds forms the centerpiece of this concert experience, with poetry by women writing during the Industrial Revolution. With music that pulls at our heartstrings, this experience invites us to engage with aviary beauty, the changing natural world around us, and our potential human response.
As part of Flagstaff’s ARTx Festival, this concert is offered FREE. Gallery doors open at 6:30 pm, and early arrival is recommended to enjoy the migration exhibit, “EVER PRESENT: Guillermo Galindo & José Luis Sotero, and to secure seating.
#CALisMusic #CALisArt #KittSchoolOfMusic #FlagstaffArtX #CALisInterdisciplinary #CALisCommunity
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Thin Air Workshop - Storytelling with Mare Schumacher!
Tuesday | April 28 | 5:30 - 7:30 | Lowell Observatory Steele Visitor Center
Parking located in the lot labeled "Employee Parking"
Join award-winning storyteller Mare Schumacher who will help you craft a 5-minute autobiographical true story. She'll show you:
how to keep it simple
how to add just enough color to make it interesting
find the "stakes" in a story
how to tell it without memorizing it
how to have a little fun with it
If you've already got an idea for an autobiographical, true story, bring it with you. If you don't, Mare will give you some prompts to help you think about a good topic, event, emotion, or...?
Questions about the workshop? Feel free to contact Mare at mare.insights@gmail.com.
#CALisCreative #CALisEnglish #ThinAirMagazine
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Composition Studio Recital
April 30, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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Join Kitt School of music on Saturday May 2 for:
NAU Low brass Day
Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba players in 8th through 12th grades (and community College) are invited to play in trombone choir or tuba/euphonium ensemble, hear our guests play a recital, attend masterclasses, visit exhibits and have a great time at NAU.
Featuring Guest artists from the Phoenix Symphony:
Noah Eder, trombone
Harry Gonzalez, trombone
Derek Mitchell, bass trombone
Cristina Cutts, tuba
Register here or at the door, registration is $10!
- https://forms.gle/Qkmm2vQiwZpB1mkx6
#CALisMusic #KittSchoolOfMusic #NAULowBrass
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NAU Jazz Combos @ Firecreek Coffee Co.
Tuesday, April 28th - 7:30pm
22 Historic Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
$10 General Admission
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NAU Concerto Competition Winners
NAU Symphony Orchestra
Sunday | May 3, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
Experience an afternoon of virtuosity and drama as the NAU Symphony Orchestra showcases its rising stars in the NAU Concerto Competition Winners concert.
Hear the vibrant rhythms of Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba & String Orchestra and the electrifying energy of Takashi Yoshimatsu’s Saxophone Concerto, Cyberbird performed by this year’s outstanding student soloists.
The program culminates in the sweeping intensity of Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 4, The Tragic, delivering a powerful and unforgettable musical end to the 2025-26 season.
Featuring:
Emmanuel Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba & String Orchestra
Takashi Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto, Cyberbird
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Tragic, D. 417
Josiah de la Huerta, Saxophone
Corben Short, Marimba
#CALisMusic #KSOM #CAlisCommunity
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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
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TRIUMPH IN TRAGEDY: STORIES OF COURAGE AND CONNECTION
Exhibition Opening and Reception
Sunday May 3 | 2:30 PM
NAU Cline Library
Learn about the intersecting lives of Holocaust survivors and Germans, featuring Doris Martin and Edward Gastfriend.
Created by the Martin-Springer Institute and NAU’s Honors College in close cooperation with an Arizona-wide project by the AZ Jewish Historical Society and the Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center.
#MartinSpringer #CALisCommunity #CALisHistory #CALisCulture
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Job and Internship Search Strategies April 30 at 5:30 - 6 on Zoom
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We're excited to let you know that we are hosting a MayDay artist market Friday during ArtWalk! This event will take place on May 1, 2026, 5-8 pm. This is right before Mother's Day, so it's a great opportunity for attendees to purchase art as gifts!
Downtown Flag at the Historic ice House
May 4 - May 10
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May 8, 2026
3 PM
Sky DOme
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Beaver Street Theatre presents:
The Nash Super Band
Sunday | May 10 | 3:00 PM
Beaver Street Theatre - 11 S Beaver St #2, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
$15 Students/$30 Adults
Clark Gibson, alto
Brice Winston, tenor
Ashlin Parker, trumpet
Paul Bollenback, guitar
Pat Bianchi, B3 organ
Lewis Nash, drums
#CALisMusic #CALisCommunity #KittSchoolOfMusic #NAUJazz #Nash #BeaverStreetTheatre
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
May 25 - May 31
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Flagstaff Big Read Carnival
Saturday | May 30 | 12 - 2 PM
Flagstaff Downtown Library lawn
All ages welcome!
Come Celebrate reading and community with classic carnival games, prizes, and food trucks!
Help pick next year’s Big read Book and wind up the celebration of this year’s book, Fuzz by Mary Roach.
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 #Carnival
June 1 - June 7
June 8 - June 14
June 15 - June 21
June 22 - June 28