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April 20 - April 26
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Love on the Wind: An Evening with the NAU Middle East Ensemble
Tuesday, April 21st at 7:30pm
Coconino Center for the Arts
$20 general admission/$10 for students
Founded in 2023, the NAU Middle East Ensemble is a group of twenty Northern Arizona University students, faculty, and Flagstaff community members, directed by Dr. Lillie Gordon. The ensemble performs music from throughout the Middle East. Join us for an evening of lively classic and popular songs and instrumental pieces from Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran and more. For this performance, our repertoire focuses on the concepts of love and wind, two words with a close relationship in Arabic poetry and song lyrics. We are pleased to be joined by world-class guest dancer Carrie Konyha for an extended set.
For tickets, visit: NAU Middle East Ensemble .
This performance is supported by NAU's Honors College, Kitt School of Music, and College of Arts and Letters, as well as the Coconino Center for the Arts managed by Creative Flagstaff.
#CALisMusci #CAlLsCommunity #CALisCulture
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Saxophone Studio Recital
April 22, 2026 | 4:30 PM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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Join NAU Philosophy Professor, Elizabeth Brake, for a free lecture:
Emotional Abuse
Despite the now common use of the concept in everyday life, emotional abuse has been almost completely ignored by philosophers. In this talk, Prof. Brake aims to define emotional abuse, and then explore the ways in which emotional abuse morally wrongs the victim.
Thursday | April 23 | 4 PM
Liberal Arts Building | Room
#CALisPhilosophy
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Join NAU Wind Symphony for Celebrations!
Stephen Meyer, conductor
Patricia Hoy, guest conductor
Richard McEnaney, guest conductor
Kristen Volta, graduate student conductor
Wyatt Wilburn, trumpet
April 24, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
Featuring:
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5
Grace Baugher: Remembering the Remarkables
Oskar Böhme: Concerto in F Minor
Gustav Holst: Suite in E-flat
Helen May Butler: Cosmopolitan America
Leonard Bernstein: Slava!
John Mackey: The Frozen Cathedral
#NAUWindSymphony #CALisMusic #KittSchoolOfMusic
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Global Film Series: La Plaga
Join us Wednesday, April 22nd, for La Plaga (The Plague), the 2013 Catalan docudrama set in the suburbs of Barcelona, following five real-life people — a farmer, a wrestler, a prostitute, a nurse, and an elderly woman — as they navigate personal and economic struggles, focusing on their resilience amidst the "plague" of modern economic crisis and isolation.
Film in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free and open to the public.
Trailer: LA PLAGA - trailer - Dir: Neus Ballús (Espanya, 2013)
Part of the GELL Center Global Film Series
"Stranger in a Strange Land"#CALisGlopbal #Spanish #FreeFilm #GlobalLanguagesAndCultures
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NAU Symphonic Band with the Flagstaff Community Band
Conductors - TJ Mack, Oscar Osorio
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Ardrey Memorial Auditorium
7:30 PM
The NAU Symphonic Band and Flagstaff Community Band are excited to welcome the Flagstaff Community for a wonderful evening of music featuring “Danzón No. 2” by Arturo Márquez. Included on the program are works by John Barnes Chance, Michelle Fernandez, Aaron Perrine, Omar Thomas and a Consortium Premiere of 'Dancing Crane’ by Benjamin Barker.
#CALisMusicl #KittSchoolofMusic #Danzon #CALisCulture #FlagstaffCommunityBand #NAUSymphonicband
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April 22 zoom 5 - 5:30 PM
How to Interview Effectively
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Shakespeare's Birthday
at the Blue Mountain Rose
A CELEBRATION OF THE BARD
JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF POESY,
PERFORMANCE & RIGHT MERRIE REVELRY.
FEATURING JULIE HAMMONDS & HER BOOK:
Blue Mountain Rose: A Novel in Five Acts
THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD
6 - 8 PM at Uptown Pub in Downtown Flagstaff
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Join NAU’s Global Engagement and Language Learning Center as they host author and activist, Dora Rodríguez for an author talk and reading from her memoir, Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain.
Rodriguez escaped war torn El Salvador in 1980 and was later found with 12 other survivors near death on a brutal crossing through the Sonoran Desert. She later became a leader in Tucson’s Sanctuary movement.
Dora educates communities about the harsh realities migrants face in the desert, and works to inspire transformative changes to immigration policy and the injustices plaguing our border towns.
She lives in Tucson and is the Founder and Director of Salvavision, a nonprofit offering aid and support to migrants and deportees.
April 23 | 4 PM |Liberal Arts Building room 120
Free and open to the public
#CALisCulture #CALisGlobal #NAUGLC
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Don’t miss the NAU Big Band Jazz Concert
Jazz Ensembles II & I
Directed by Dave Len Scott & Chris Finet
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kitt Recital Hall
Featuring the music of Sinatra & Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn, Maria Schneider, & more.
#CALisMusic #KSOM #NAUJazz #CALisCommunity
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String Chamber
+ Cello Studio Recital
April 22, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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Clarinet Studio Recital
April 23, 2026 | 4:30 PM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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THE IMAGINARY INVALID** by Molière, translated by Miles Malleson**
Directed by Kathleen M. McGeever
April 17-25 at The Clifford E. White Theatre
Molière was a comic genius fully transforming the ancient theatrical form, Commedia dell’ Arte for the traditional stage. His satiric commentary on the foibles of society stung with a laugh. "The Imaginary Invalid" tells the tale of Argan, a self-absorbed hypochondriac with miserly tendencies. The high cost of medicine has Argan over a barrel, and to feed his obsession with illness, he devises a scheme to marry his daughter to a doctor. The household is in an uproar and mayhem ensues.
The Imaginary Invalid is the last play Molière ever wrote opening on Feb. 10, 1673, at the Palais Royal Theatre with Molière as the title character. Ironically, Molière was gravely ill at the time the play opened collapsing in the middle of the fourth performance and dying an hour later.
#CALisTheatre #Moliere
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BFA Capstone Exhibition
SOA+D/Beasley Gallery
Duration: April 24-May 1. Opening Event Fri. April 24: 5:30-7pm
Join us for the opening event of the BFA Capstone Exhibition, where graduating School of Art + Design students showcase the culmination of their creative research through artist statements and fully realized bodies of work. Spanning all areas of the Studio Arts BFA program, the exhibition highlights a diverse range of media, perspectives, and practices.
#CALisArt+Design #CAlisCommunity #CALisArt
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Trumpet Studio Recital
April 25, 2026 | 9:30 AM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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Flute Studio Recital
April 26, 2026 | 9:30 AM
Kitt Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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Join Kitt School of Music for the Spring Festival of Choirs featuring our Chamber Vocal Ensemble, Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell Choir, University Singers, Vox Astra, and Vox Montes
Conducted by: Caroline Bergren, Marshall Voit, Ryan Holder, and Undergraduate Student Conductors
NAU Choirs presents a picturesque spring concert, featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’s whimsical setting of Shakespearean texts, “In Windsor Forest.” Also featuring the premiere of, “Ozark Reverie,” by NAU M.M. Composition student, Zachary Curtis.
Proceeds from this concert support NAU Choral Studies by offsetting costs of music purchase, facility rental, collaborating musicians, and exchanges with composers.
Concert duration is approximately 2 hours with intermission. Families, children, and alumni are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Tickets Available: In-Person or Virtual
Parking: Complimentary parking is available (Parking Instructions)
#CALisMusic #KSOM #NAUChoralUnion #CALisCommunity
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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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:
Jason Crimi, trombone (his headshot is the one in Korean script)
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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Job and Internship Search Strategies April 30 at 5:30 - 6 on Zoom
May 4 - May 10
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May 8, 2026
3 PM
Sky DOme
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