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300 W. Aspen Ave.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001 United States Get Directions
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Diné Bikéyah, Bee Hózhó (From Beauty is the Land) – Writing Workshop

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

What is our relationship to the land? How is our relationship affected by climate change? Join us for an interactive writing workshop about the past, present, and future of Dinétah, with poet and artist Amber McCrary and creative writing professor Shaina Nez. We will explore how writing can help us understand the environmental challenges shaping […]

FREE

Sarah Porter

Growing Arizona: Water for the Future with Sarah Porter

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Water has played a vital role in the long history of thriving agriculture in Arizona. For generations, agricultural production was the linchpin of the state’s economy, and cotton, cattle and citrus production had a significant influence on how Arizona communities grew. Water continues to support farming, ranching, and more recently, urban population growth. As Arizona […]

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A Free Press: Cornerstone of Democracy with Gail Rhodes

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects press freedom. Freedom of the press is important because it plays a vital role in informing citizens about public affairs and monitoring the actions of government. But what happens when public trust in the media is eroded by sensationalism, foreign influences or bots, fake news, and business […]

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The Magic of the Middle Ages: Lessons from the Past

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

The Middle Ages were not a dark ages, which is really just a modern myth. This presentation will highlight some of the glorious and mysterious aspects from that time, working with fascinating texts, images, music, architecture, magical arts, philosophy, and religion, as well as addressing problematic issues and conflicts. Some of those pertain to the […]

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School Choice in Arizona – Flagstaff

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Dr. Angelina Castagno, Northern Arizona University, Educational Foundations Arizona is one of the nation’s most “choice friendly” states regarding educational opportunities at the K-12 level. "School choice" is a term for K–12 schooling options in the U.S. describing a wide array of alternatives to public schools, including charter schools. The expansion of charter schools and vouchers […]

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 Rising from Invisibility:  Indigenous Arizona Women – Flagstaff

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

In many Southwestern matrifocal cultures, Indigenous women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Among some tribal cultures, rites of passage celebrate female creativity and the transformative nature of women, hence there was not a need for the concept of feminism. Nevertheless, Indigenous women’s lives […]

Free

Hot Topics Cafe – Should Politicians Trust Us?

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Join the upcoming Hot Topics Cafés discussion Why Should Politicians Trust Us? : and other questions of trust in politics. Discussions about trust and politics often focus on our trust in politicians. For this event, we’ll flip the focus and ask: why should politicians trust us? Americans have historically low trust in their government, but they have even less […]

Free

ONEBOOKAZ Writing Workshop (Flagstaff)

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Join ONEBOOKAZ for a free writing workshop with author and teacher Kristen Kauffman! This workshop will cover: the creative process of writing using journaling techniques for poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction beginning any form of writing with a dream or with art, and learning to trust the writerly intuition setting writing goals, developing ideas into […]

Free

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