Stargazer Collaborative Theatre presents: Gypsy, a Fable Musical
2024-03-16 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Regarded by many theatre professionals as the finest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’ success – while secretly yearning for her own. Set all across America in the 1920s and 30s, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, Arthur Laurents’ landmark show explores the world of two-bit show business with brass, humor, heart and sophistication.The celebrated score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim boasts one glorious hit after another, including “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You,” “Some People,” “You’ll Never Get Away from Me,” “If Momma Was Married,” “All I Need Is the Girl,” “You Gotta Get A Gimmick,” “Small World” and “Together Wherever We Go.”
Directors: DeLano Hays & Dani Commanda
Music Director: Sarah Casey
Choreographer: Caitlin Burd
Stage Manager: Shari Snodgrass
Accompaniment: Chase Coleman
Costuming & Props: Kylee Skelton & Landon Gilcrease
Cast:
Alex Benavidez
Astrid Purcell
Ava Rios
Bekah Tindall
Caitlin Burd
Chase Coleman
Kathleen Leatherwood
Leslie Baker
Lexi Barber
Lilliana Roccaforte
Liv Scott
Lucy Morales
Mark Hanson
Patrick Penland
Scarlett Morales
Sofya Hanah
Addison Rosario
Stargazer’s 2024 season is kindly sponsored by the Art Flores Memorial. For more information about Gypsy or the remainder of the 2024 season, please visit http://www.stargazercollaborativetheatre.com.
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Flagstaff Music Theatre Presents: Urinetown
2024-03-29 19:00, 2024-03-30 19:00, 2024-03-31 17:00, 2024-04-05 19:00, 2024-04-06 19:00, 2024-04-07 17:00 | AZ
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A sidesplitting sendup of greed, love, revolution (and musicals!), in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms.
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.
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FRANCISCO GONZÁLEZ CASTRO: DOES NOT SAY «I», BUT DOES «I»: BODIES, LIMITS & TRANSGRESSIONS
2024-04-13 - 2024-06-09 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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FRANCISCO GONZÁLEZ CASTRO: DOES NOT SAY «I», BUT DOES «I»: BODIES, LIMITS & TRANSGRESSIONS
APRIL 13 – JUNE 8, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, APRIL 13

Members Preview 5 – 6 pm
Artist Talk 6 – 6:30 pm
Public Reception 6 – 8 pm

Mixing genres of video, performance, and drawing, Francisco González Castro’s work examines problems related to territorial borders, social inequalities, and bodily transgressions. The project title refers to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) existentialist quote that begins, “The body is a great intelligence,” (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883), and infers that the human body and soul are one. This title is illuminated in Castro’s own artistic philosophy, which confronts the body, people who reject the body, and how the body is approached as subject and identity. Castro’s personal bodily transgressions and tests of endurance are vehicles for his discourse about geographic landscapes and political borders. It is within this integration of life-and-art, body-and-spirit, that we intend to immerse the audience in this physically ambitious and psychologically profound exhibition by Castro at Coconino Center for the Arts.

FREDERICA HALL: One Blood at the Precipice
2024-04-13 - 2024-06-09 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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FREDERICA HALL: ONE BLOOD AT THE PRECIPICE
April 13 – June 8, 2024 in the Project Gallery
Performance: Mysterious Orphic Songs of Whales, April 13, 6 pm
Artist Talk: June 6, 6:30 pm

Flagstaff artist Frederica Hall engages a multi-disciplinary approach to visual arts and performance art, informed by reflections on challenging matters of present times.

“As a creative I look for an inquiry that is relevant to myself and the state of the world, something that can engage me deeply. In 2000 I had the opportunity to go to Australia, camping and painting for a few months, I went to Uluru and met the grandson of the head of the Uluru tribe and spent a day following him around Uluru stopping at sacred sites where he traditional could share some ancient stories with me and my husband. His stories taught me that there is only ‘One Blood’ between all species, and that we are all woven together in this living breath of the creator. Every being is equally essential in this great dream time tapestry.”

FRANCISCO GONZÁLEZ CASTRO OPENING RECEPTION AND ARTIST TALK
2024-04-13 18:00 - 18:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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FRANCISCO GONZÁLEZ CASTRO: DOES NOT SAY «I», BUT DOES «I»: BODIES, LIMITS & TRANSGRESSIONS
APRIL 13 – JUNE 8, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, APRIL 13

Members Preview 5 – 6 pm
Artist Talk 6 – 6:30 pm
Public Reception 6 – 8 pm

The Political and the Cultural Frontera

Chilean artist Francisco González Castro, Ph.D., presents an artist talk on the multi-genre project Bodies, Limits & Transgressions. The presentation will discuss the artist’s philosophy, which confronts the body, people who reject the body, and how the body is approached as subject and identity in his creative practice that utilizes video, performance art, and drawing. The artist will be joined by cultural historian Marco Cabrera Geserick, Ph.D., to provide the broader Latin American political and geographical context on the topics that González Castro is pursuing in his work. Cabrera Geserick, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Latin American Studies Program Coordinator at Northern Arizona University.

Living Traditions Presents: Old Blind Dogs
2024-04-19 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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The musical evolution of Old Blind Dogs began in Aberdeen in 1992 with roots that grew from the eclectic music scene that flourished in the Granite City during the early 90’s. Four musicians from very different musical backgrounds came together to create a full-time professional touring band with the aim of showcasing the rich tradition of songs and tunes of the North East of Scotland on an international stage.
Like many of the early flag bearing Scottish folk bands, the Old Blind Dogs line up has faced inevitable changes over the years but the core values at the band’s musical heart continue to beat strong. The current band line up has been settled for several years now and consists of four of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians at the top of their game. Original member Jonny Hardie (fiddle/vocals) is joined by Aaron Jones (cittern/guitar/vocals), Ali Hutton (pipes/whistles) and Donald Hay (percussion/vocals) and collectively they comprise one of the hottest live tickets on the traditional Scottish music scene today.
As recent inductees to the BBC ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Trad Music Hall of Fame’ the ‘Dugs’ will celebrate thirty years on the road in 2022 by launching their fourteenth studio album ‘Knucklehead Circus’ in Winter 2021. A joyous, uplifting and fun album full of compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm on which ‘OBD’ continue to innovate within their tradition while faithfully revealing its essence. Here’s to many more years of Old Blind Dogs!
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Up Next Flagstaff: Sleep Stampede and Prawn Party
2024-04-20 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Up Next Flagstaff is a new series at Coconino Center for the Arts that is proud to showcase local emerging artists
Sleep Stampede a singer-songwriter folk duo based in Flagstaff, Arizona. Their sound has been described as “the feeling you get after a good long day in the mountains,” which reflects their love for wild places that bring them inspiration. Sleep Stampede’s imagery-rich songwriting, intimate performances, and community-centered events evoke familiarity, hope, and sadness, bringing listeners into a dream-like state of both comfort and heartbreak.
Jacqueline and John, the team behind Sleep Stampede, are both frequently covered in dirt, fond of early mornings, and feel most themselves while songwriting over coffee. Jacqueline is a guide, teacher and facilitator focused on nature reconnection and creativity, and John manages river restoration projects in Arizona. Their original music continues to grow and change with the tides of their inspirations.
Prawn Party is an emerging indie band based out of Flagstaff, AZ. Formed in March of 2024, the group consists of Kevin Coronado (Guitar/vocals), Marley Wall (Bass/vocals), Preston Luce (Drums/wizardry), and Anthony Chesney (Guitar/vocals). As a newborn Frankenstein monster of psychedelic sounds, they have formed an alliance to perform open heart surgery on your mind and bring you medium octane, low fidelity music designed to make you dance while existentially contemplating the void.
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Interference Series Presents: Positive Knowledge (Oluyemi & Ijeoma Thomas)
2024-04-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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The Interference Series is honored to present Bay Area-legends Positive Knowledge for a multi-day residency.
“Positive Knowledge” is a performance duo that features multi-instrumentalist Oluyemi Thomas (bass clarinet, saxophones and percussion) and Ijeoma Thomas (voice and percussion).Their compositions emerge from a long, intense, and ongoing involvement with American improvisational and jazz traditions, as reconfigured through their participation in the musical life of other cultures. Both performers have undertaken extended musical travels, in sub-Saharan and northern Africa, the Middle East, and South America (particularly Brazil), as well as Europe and North America. For many listeners, their performances themselves resemble a journey, though not to any known places. The works of “Positive Knowledge” undertake an ecstatic quest of the spirit, seeking the uncommon sounds of sense, correspondence, and borderless harmony. While in Flagstaff, the duo will collaborate with NAU students and Flagstaff community members in various events, including this featured concert at Coconino Center for the Arts. This residency is supported by a generous contribution from John and Lynn Schiek.
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Lying Down to Face Power / Enfrentando al poder—acostado
2024-04-25 18:30 - 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Lying Down to Face Power / Enfrentando al poder—acostado
Thursday, April 25, 6:30 pm

Robert Neustadt, Ph.D., Professor of Global Languages and Culture at Northern Arizona University presents an engaging and informative lecture on performance art and activism that places Francisco González Castro’s work in a contemporary global context.

Live from France: Pierre Bensusan
2024-04-26 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album “Encore”, voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll, winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album, Pierre Bensusan is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century.
When Michael Hedges titles one of his compositions “Bensusan”, you know that the inspiration behind it must be special and Pierre Bensusan certainly is. Guitarists from Leo Kottke to Larry Corryel, to Tuck Andress, Tommy Emmanuel, Mark Knopfler, Andrew York, Andy Timmons, to Steve Lukather… have sung his praises, and Steve Vai released three Bensusan albums on his label Favored Nations. And it’s not just guitarists who are so inspired by Pierre’s music, as a recent studio collaboration with him on Donny Osmond’s latest album “Start Again” goes to show.
If World Music means the fusion of traditional, contemporary, jazz, classical and pop music, then Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time. A pianist in his beginnings then self-taught on the guitar, the originality of his style makes him one of today’s greatest guitarists and composers for the instrument. Also called “The Prince of DADGAD”, his story is far from trivial and it is on stage that this artist has earned his stripes: among others, the Rose d’Or of the Montreux Festival, and being elected Best Guitarist of World Music by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine! His triple album “Encore” won the Grand Prix of the Independent Music Awards in the category Best Live Album… Since his first performances in 1974 in France, the guitarist has sold half a million albums and given thousands of concerts around the globe, both solo and through numerous collaborations.
Born in French Algeria, Pierre Bensusan is an adventurer of unusual lands. His almost “sacred” music is an intimate and orchestral hymn, a solo crossing on a multi-shell Lowden guitar subjected to the natural elements with sound molecules and finger pulp on an ebony fingerboard for open tuning – an unique and transparent technique, under the fingers of an adventurous pilgrim. Big emotion guaranteed.
“For me, Pierre can only justly be compared to someone of the stature of Keith Jarrett; so total is his mastery of the solo instrument, his dazzling harmony, his many innovations, and his deft command of counterpoint, the jazz idiom, folk expression, and all genres between and beyond. An entire history unfolds as he plays. But really, like Jarrett, the emotional depth – and this is where true artistry often likes to live – of many of his songs and compositions is all, well, breathtaking. With only his steel-string-acoustic guitar – and sometimes his rich, affecting voice – Mr Bensusan can disassemble your heart and hand it back to you restored and renewed. As he did to mine tonight. A true giant.”
-James Volpe Rotondi (editor at Guitar Player Magazine)
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Self-Cinematics Workshop with Happy Accidents! Media Production
2024-04-27 - 2024-04-29 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Instructor: Kelsey Lee & Urian Lee
Date/Time: Saturday, April 27 11 am – 5 pm AND Sunday, April 28, 11 am – 5 pm
FREE: Registration required
Self-Cinematics Workshop by Happy Accidents! Media Production LLC, hosted by Coconino Center for the Arts. A free workshop on the basics of videography focusing on filming oneself. Framing, lighting, sound and editing are the elements that make a video. In this workshop, paricipants will learn the basics of setting up lighting, microphones, framing a camera, and editing to create self-cinematics.
FREE. Limited availability. Register now to reserve your space.
Participants should be available for BOTH days:
Saturday, April 27, 11am – 5pm
Sunday, April 28, 11am – 5pm
Francisco González Castro: Bodies, Limits and Transgressions

Panel Discussion with Francisco Gonzalez Castro, Victor Diaz, David Parada, Lucy Quezada, and Robert Neustadt
2024-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Panel Discussion with Francisco Gonzalez Castro, Victor Diaz, David Parada, Lucy Quezada, and Robert Neustadt
Tuesday, April 30, 6:30 – 8 pm

This panel discussion brings together Francisco González Castro’s colleagues from Santiago, Chile and Flagstaff, AZ to share their impressions about the artist’s exhibition. Their reflections will be informed by the panelists’ expertise as cultural historians. The informal conversation with audience participation will offer diverse perspectives on the exhibition. Moderated by Francisco González Castro, panelists include Lucy Quezada, David Parada, Víctor Díaz Sarret, and Robert Neustadt.

Off the Rails Poetry Series - The Final Installment
2024-05-03 17:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
Join us for an evening of poetry, art, and music. Hosted by Youth Poet Laureate Micaela Merryman. Event is pay-what-you-can and open to the public. Sponsored by Northern Arizona Book Festival.

Mariee Siou
2024-05-10 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Mariee Siou has been a fixture in the Neo-folk scene since her 2007 debut “Faces in the Rocks”—now acclaimed as a cult classic in the indie music world. She is revered for her delicate finger picking and poetic mysticism, often drawing, as from the ether, immense feeling through a voice of soft potency and otherworldly wordsmithing. She is known as a healing singer and as being a visionary artist, channeling and transmitting medicinal qualities through her music. Mariee Siou has extensively toured Europe and the US, and opened for acclaimed artists like Mazzy Star, Buffy St. Marie, Bert Jansch, Brightblack Morning Light, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, and Joanna Newsom. In 2021 she played Le Guess Who? In Utrecht, Netherlands, at the invitation of Phil Elverum of The Microphones/Mt. Eerie, and she continues to tour the US and Europe.
Save 10% with membership! Members use MS24 as their promo code prefix (followed by unique member number). Household members receive two tickets at a discount and individual members receive one. To learn more about membership and how to find your discount code, visit: https://www.coconinoarts.org/member-discount
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Youth Art Workshop - Textured Animal Portraits (Ages 8-10)
2024-05-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Instructor: Erika Tsouras
Date/Time: Saturday, May 11 from 11 – 12 am
FREE: Registration required
Join us to view and draw inspiration from the current CCA gallery exhibit by Frederica Hall which explores endangered animals! We will create watercolor animal portraits using fun texture techniques and learn about value, shading, and monochromatic color schemes. This is a free one-hour workshop and no experience is necessary! All supplies are provided.
Frederica Hall: One Blood at the Precipice

Youth Art Workshop - Textured Animal Portraits (Ages 11-16)
2024-05-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Instructor: Erika Tsouras
Date/Time: Saturday, May 11 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm
FREE: Registration required
Join us to view and draw inspiration from the current CCA gallery exhibit by Frederica Hall which explores endangered animals! We will create watercolor animal portraits using fun texture techniques and learn about value, shading, and monochromatic color schemes. This is a free one-hour workshop and no experience is necessary! All supplies are provided.
Frederica Hall: One Blood at the Precipice

FREDERICA HALL ARTIST TALK
2024-06-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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FREDERICA HALL: ONE BLOOD AT THE PRECIPICE
April 13 – June 8, 2024 in the Project Gallery
Artist Talk: June 6, 6:30 pm

Flagstaff artist Frederica Hall presents an artist talk on her current exhibition One Blood at the Precipice and discusses her multi-disciplinary approach to visual arts and performance art, informed by reflections on challenging matters of present times.

Larry & Joe
2024-06-13 19:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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These two virtuosic multi-instrumentalists fuse their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on the harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, upright bass, guitar, and maracas to prove that music has no borders. Their engaging bilingual (esp / eng) program includes storytelling, humor, singalongs, and dancing.
Larry & Joe were destined to make music together.
Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe, after a decade in South America, got stranded back in his stomping grounds in the pandemic. Larry worked construction to make ends meet. Joe’s acclaimed “latingrass” band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, and he shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Then Larry met Joe.
Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no borders. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend of their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that music and social movements coalesce.
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Pride Film Showcase: Women & Non-Binary Individuals In Film
2024-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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FREE EVENT! RSVP is encouraged.
Welcome to the first Flagstaff Pride Film Showcase at Coconino Center for the Arts.
Presented by Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, Arizona Women’s Film Festival, and NAU Women & Non-Binary Individuals in Film. Join us to celebrate 28 years of Flagstaff Pride with a FREE film night celebrating the LGBTQIA2S+ community in film from around the world.
Doors open at 6pm, show 7-9pm.
Film lineup: This lineup includes youth film, and three local filmmakers including NAU graduates. Mama Has a Mustache, 10 min (2021) A short animated documentary about identity and family outside of the traditional gender binary, as seen through children’s eyes.
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Miles to Go, 8 min (2022)
Trans trail runner Perry Cohen forms a team with fellow trans men with the aim to compete in trail races in states proposing and passing hateful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
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Revelucien, 5 min (2021) // LOCAL
Revelucien AKA Revel Lucien is a drag performance artist and painter who lives and works in Flagstaff, AZ. With stages and in-person events closed during the Covid-19 lockdowns Revel took their performances to the streets.
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SHRED, 12 min (2023)
A group of queer Latinx skaters struggle with crippling mental health and societal expectations in Southern California. In their local skate community, they find cathartic release, chosen family and mastery of empowerment.
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Femme Rage, 3 min (2023)
A rally cry to all QTBIPOC Femmes, across the gender spectrum, to unleash their rage about living, surviving, and thriving within a cishetero-capitalist-white supremacist-patriarchy.
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Fade to Blue, 10 min (2023) // LOCAL
Follow the story of Jason Libby, a Trans man who found his home through the world of Drag where he transforms into the remarkable “Jay Blue.”
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All Dressed Up, 14 min (2022)
Leo, a man in his early twenties, decides that he wants to try doing drag. When he confides in his friend Dani, the two make a deal to perform on the same night and help each other prepare for the show. However, Leo’s confidence is shaken when those around him begin to seem suspicious, so he turns to the local drag queens to find the strength within himself to explore uncharted territory.
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The Right to Joy, 20 min (2022)
Trans-masculine cyclist Izzy Sederbaum survived a cougar attack near Seattle in 2018, facing hateful rhetoric and trauma. Despite struggles with anxiety and self-doubt, he finds solace and support in the Seattle cycling community, reigniting his passion for the sport. The film documents Izzy’s journey as he advocates for diversity and trans inclusion in cycling nationwide.
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TransGenerations, 10 min (2023)
In the face of rising anti-trans hate, trans actress and singer Brady Peeti embarks on a journey of discovery to chart the future by learning lessons from the past. In this eight part series Brady spends time with trans New Zealanders, ranging in age from their 70’s to their 20’s, to uncover how each generation built something beautiful and valuable for the next.VIP Tix RaffleBring some dollars for the raffle! There will be two VIP tickets up for grabs! VIP tix includes: meet and greet with headliners, massage, dinner, 4 free drinks, free after party at the O & glorious schwag!Not to be missed, let’s celebrate 28 years of Flagstaff Pride supporting, uniting and strengthening our LGBTQIA2S+ community.

CUMULUS: The Art of Meteorology
2024-06-29 - 2024-09-29 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
CUMULUS: The Art of Meteorology
June 29 – September 28, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 29, 6-8 pm
Keynote Presentation by Lee Born with Jurors Shonto Begay, Christine Cassano, and Jaewook Lee: 6 – 6:30 pm⁠
Performance: Monsoon by Jayne Lee, 7:45 pm⁠
CUMULUS: The Art of Meteorology is an international juried art exhibition at Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona. CUMULUS explores the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, through art. This exhibition coincides with the Southwest U.S. summer monsoon season to celebrate the iconographic regional weather patterns, while including national and global meteorological perspectives on weather in a rapidly changing climate.
We are honored to announce co-curator legendary Flagstaff meteorologist Lee Born; and three renowned artist jurors: Shonto Begay (Flagstaff, AZ), Christine Cassano (Santa Fe, NM), and Jaewook Lee (Flagstaff, AZ); who selected artwork from an international pool of submissions. $2500 in jurors’ awards will be announced at the opening reception.
Image credit: Vivian McAleavey | TURMOIL | digital photograph | 16” x 20”

Christine Cassano: QUADRIVIUM
2024-06-29 - 2024-09-29 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
CHRISTINE CASSANO: QUADRIVIUM
June 29 – September 28, 2024 in the Project Gallery
QUADRIVIUM is a sound instrument as well as a soundscape installation. A light push from the hand engages the forty-nine suspended bronze pieces to play sound and create a mediative environment—a space where matter, energy and vibration connect. The installation can be experienced by walking around it, sitting nearby or by laying back on the seated platform underneath it. Its title, “Quadrivium” is the Latin word meaning “where four roads meet—a crossroads” and references a curriculum established during the Renaissance era consisting of four subjects: Arithmetic, Geometry, Harmonics & Astronomy. View Christines website here.

CUMULUS OPENING RECEPTION
2024-06-29 18:00 - 18:30 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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CUMULUS: The Art of Meteorology
June 29 – September 28, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 29, 6-8 pm
Keynote Presentation with Jurors Remarks: 6 – 6:30 pm⁠
Performance: Monsoon by Jayne Lee, 7:45 pm⁠

CUMULUS: The Art of Meteorology is an international juried art exhibition at Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona. CUMULUS explores the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, through art. This exhibition coincides with the Southwest U.S. summer monsoon season to celebrate the iconographic regional weather patterns, while including national and global meteorological perspectives on weather in a rapidly changing climate.
We are honored to announce co-curator legendary Flagstaff meteorologist Lee Born; and three renowned artist jurors: Shonto Begay (Flagstaff, AZ), Christine Cassano (Santa Fe, NM), and Jaewook Lee (Flagstaff, AZ); who selected artwork from an international pool of submissions. $2500 in jurors’ awards will be announced at the opening reception.

Jayne Lee Performance Monsoon
2024-06-29 19:45 - 20:15 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Jayne Lee Performance Monsoon
June 29, 2024

Born in Wales, Jayne trained in London at The Place, and at The Juilliard School in NYC, and has danced and choreographed for London Contemporary Dance Theatre for 10 years. Jayne moved to Flagstaff to become a Grand Canyon River Guide and still guides river trips in the summers. Monsoon is a solo performance piece created after a particularly impressive monsoon season in Grand Canyon. The piece is directly inspired by an event in which there were waterfalls pouring off the steep Muav walls and the river and side streams swelled massively in volume and turned a thick, dark red brown. Thunder cracked and echoed through the canyon, we humans felt small and insignificant.

Jodie Hollander: Ekphrastic Poetry
2024-07-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Instructor: Jodie Hollander
Date/Time: Saturday, July 27 from 1-3 pm
Experience art at a new level and use it to inspire your writing with Poet Jodie Hollander. In this workshop, participants will respond poetically to Coconino Center for the Arts’ new exhibition Cumulus: The Art of Meteorology. Students will study examples of celebrated poems that respond to or were inspired by art and will be led through a variety of writing activities, ultimately leading to a draft of an original poem. Students will discuss poetic techniques such as the use of vivid imagery, the importance of sonics, how to shape a poetic line as well as techniques for drafting and revision.
Bio: Jodie Hollander’s work has appeared in journals such as The Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine, The Yale Review, The Harvard Review, Poetry, PN Review, The Kenyon Review, Poetry London, The Hudson Review, The Dark Horse, The New Criterion, The Rialto, Verse Daily, The Best Australian Poems of 2011, and The Best Australian Poems of 2015. Her debut full-length collection, My Dark Horses, was published with Liverpool University Press & Oxford University Press. Her second collection, Nocturne, was published with Liverpool & Oxford University Press in 2023 and was longlisted for the Laurel Prize in nature writing. Hollander is the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship and a Fulbright fellowship in South Africa. She is also the originator of ‘Poetry in the Parks,’ in conjunction with several National Parks and Monuments in the US. She currently lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Youth Art Workshop - Creative Clouds!
2024-08-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, United States
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Instructor: Erika Tsouras
Date/Time: Saturday, August 3, 10 – 11 pm or 11:30 – 12:30 pm; Ages 7-14
FREE: Registration required
View the amazing CUMULUS art exhibit at Coconino Center for the Arts and create your own cloud art! Artist and educator Erika Tsouras will guide students to create two fun projects: an imaginative painted cloud creature and a beautiful chalk pastel cloudscape. This is a FREE one-hour workshop and no experience is necessary!
All supplies are provided.
CUMULUS: The Art of Meteorology
