Youth Art Workshop - Monotype & Collagraph Printmaking
2025-03-08 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-03-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Phoenix) | 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, March 8, 11:30 – 12:30 pm or 1 – 2 pm; Ages 7-14
FREE: Registration required
In celebration of CCA’s annual Youth Arts Show, come get a little messy and try out two different kinds of printmaking! Monotype involves adding and removing ink from a flat surface and pressing paper on it to create a single unique print. In collagraph printing, we build up the printing surface with raised shapes and then roll ink on it like a stamp to make multiple prints! Both are easy and so satisfying! The images you create with these methods are entirely up to you, the artist.
All supplies are provided.

Youth Arts 2025: Primary Expressions

Wild World Irish Fiddle: Immigrant Solidarity Concert for St. Patrick’s Day
2025-03-15 17:00 - 19:30
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Pay-What-You-Will – $20 suggested donation. All proceeds to benefit Northern Arizona Immigration Legal Services.

Interactive activity: 5:00pm – 5:30pm
Music & Dance: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Panel discussion and talkback to follow performance: 7:00pm – 7:30pm
Irish Tunes with Latin Beats. 19th-century Ireland saw massive emigration to the U.S. by people fleeing starvation, poverty, and oppression. They took great risks to gain better lives for their children. Many of us are their descendants. How can we honor what they endured? By extending empathy to those struggling today at our borders!
Join us for a musical expression of connection. When we travel deeply into the roots of specific cultures, we reach a deep place where all our human roots intertwine. Drawing from Kate’s heritage and years of learning fiddle and dance in the traditional way in County Clare, Ireland, and Armand Ramirez’s masterful and wide-ranging guitar experience in jazz, classical, flamenco, and Latin rhythms, this new, innovative sound will be sure to move you in body and soul!
Kate Rose learned a rooted, earthy, living tradition of fiddle-playing from farmers on the west coast of Ireland, gathering tunes and stories from the older generation in the 1990s. Her shows engage the audience, teaching dance steps, telling stories, and bringing the community together. Believing that all our roots connect when we go deeply, she journeys into vibrant, complex, and universal experiences through melody, mostly on fiddle but also some mandolin and Irish whistle, song, lilting, and dance.
Armand Ramirez’s masterful and wide-ranging guitar experience in jazz, classical, flamenco, and Latin rhythms, this new, innovative sound will be sure to move you in body and soul!
Panelists:
Luis Fernandez, PhD, Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice at NAU
Eva Putzova, Leader of Catch Fire Movement of Flagstaff
Grace Vaughan, Legal Services Program Director at NAILS

Mastering Canva: Design Basics for Small Business and Creatives
2025-03-22 10:00 - 14:00
Mastering Canva: Design Basics for Small Business and Creatives
Date/Time: Saturday, March 22, 10am-2pm
Want to create eye-catching graphics, social media posts, flyers, or presentations but don’t know where to start? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use Canva, a user-friendly design platform, to create stunning visuals with ease. Whether you’re a small business owner, educator, artist, or simply someone looking to up your design game, this session will guide you through Canva’s essential tools and features.
It is encouraged that you bring your own laptop in order to follow along with instruction.
Limited laptops available at CCA, please email drc@coconinoarts.org to reserve.
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Stargazer Collaborative Theatre Presents: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
2025-03-28 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-29 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-30 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-04 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-04-05 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-04-06 14:00 - 17:00
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Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life’s great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes and celebrate the joy of friendship.
Happiness is great musical theatre! With charm, wit and heart, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. This revue of songs and vignettes, based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip, is the ideal first show for those who would like to do a musical. Musical numbers include “My Blanket and Me,” “The Kite,” “The Baseball Game,” “Little Known Facts,” “Suppertime” and “Happiness.” Guaranteed to please audiences of all ages!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangementwith Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
Stargazer Collaborative Theatre’s 2025 Season is Sponsored by the Art Flores Memorial
Production Team:
Co-Directors: Nathan Henderson and John Propseter
Music Director: Sarah Casey
Choreographer: Leslie Ptak BakerStage Manager: Newton McDaniel
Conductor: Chase Coleman
Cast:
Charlie Brown: Scott Seaman
Snoopy: Rin Nerdahl
Sally Brown: Shaye Barber
Lucy Van Pelt: Bekah Tindall
Linus Van Pelt: Doug Riddle
Schroeder: Lucas Morais
Lucy & Schroeder Understudy: America Fregozo
Sally & Snoopy Understudy: Nettie Jahn
Charlie & Linus Understudy: Nathan Henderson
The role of Lucy Van Pelt will be played by America Fregozo and the role of Sally Brown will be played by Nettie Jahn on Sunday, March 30th.
The role of Schroeder will be played by America Fregozo and the role of Snoopy will be played by Nettie Jahn on Friday, April 4th.
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Stargazer Collaborative Theatre Presents: Dog Sees God
2025-03-28 19:00 - 2025-05-02 14:00
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When CB’s beloved dog dies, he’s thrown into a spiral of grief, big questions, and unexpected discoveries about love, friendship, and identity. Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is an unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving play that reimagines familiar childhood characters as troubled teens navigating bullying, sexuality, mental health, and belonging. Both irreverent and heartfelt, this cult favorite asks: what happens when innocence ends and growing up gets complicated?
Dog Sees God contains mature themes—drug and alcohol use, bullying, sexuality, mental health struggles, and strong language. Because of that, the performance is recommended for teens and adults.
Stargazer’s 2025 season is proudly sponsored by the Art Flores Memorial.
Directed by DeLano Hays
Stage Managed by Kate Carroll
CAST:
CB – Jordan Galvan
Beethoven – Alex Casady
Matt – Al Armitage
Van – America Fregozo
CB’s Sister – Maryn Hart
Tricia – Savannah Jerumbo
Marcy – Sasha Charls
Van’s Sister – Liv Scott
DOG SEES GOD: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal
DOG SEES GOD was first presented by Sorrel Tomlinson / File 14 Productions at The 2004 New York International Fringe Festival, a production of The Present Company.
Originally produced Off-Broadway, in a limited engagement, by Sorrel Tomlinson.
Subsequently produced Off-Broadway by Dede Harris and Martian Entertainment in association with Sharon Karmazin, Michelle Schneider, Mort Swinsky.

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Interference Series Presents: Mother Told Us To Dance
2025-03-28 22:00 - 23:59
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Album Release “Warehouse” Party for Betsy Vee
Join us this Friday for a late-night dance party in the empty gallery space! Get ready to move with electrifying EDM sets from Betsy Vee, Quick Kay, and Kalt.
16+. Everyone will be carded at the door.
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THE FUTURE IS INDIGENOUS: Messages to the Seventh Generation
2025-04-12 18:00 - 20:00
Opening Reception Saturday, April 12, 2025

Members Preview 5 – 6 pm
Public Reception 6 – 8 pm
Panel Discussion 6:30 pm

There is no doubt we live in challenging times. The impacts of climate change are being felt by more people than ever before. We are witnessing major challenges to long held frameworks and systems – like colonization, capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy – as well as the backlash to these challenges. Much like Mother Earth, these frameworks have reached their limits. Today’s context calls for abilities, skills, and frameworks that most of us have not been equipped with. Thankfully, they are available and ready for us to pick up.
THE FUTURE IS INDIGENOUS claims this reality. Indigenous cultures and frameworks offer important contributions on the pathway through recovery, and to a healed and balanced world. One such framework is the Seventh Generation Principle, which asks the current generation to make decisions that will benefit not only us, but also the seven generations after us.
The contemporary indigenous artists participating in this exhibition not only showcase Indigenous excellence in the arts, but will also offer their grounded, unique, and courageous messages to us and the next seven generations. – Jihan Gearon, Curator
Image credit: Corey Begay, Taìcheeh (Sweatlodge), Acrylic on canvas, 30″x30″

Earth
2025-04-17 19:30 - 21:30
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Over the course of their thirty trips around the sun, Earth has remained diligent in their commitment to monolithic minimalism. The sonic vocabulary may have changed—from their early years churning out seismic drone metal on albums like Earth 2 (1993) to the dusty Morricone-tinged comeback album Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005) to the meditative rock approach of Primitive and Deadly (2014)—but the underlying principle of austerity and restraint remains a constant. With their latest album Full Upon Her Burning Lips, Earth purges the layers of auxiliary instrumentation that embellished some of their previous records and deconstructed their dynamic to the core duo of Dylan Carlson on guitar and bass and Adrienne Davies on drums and percussion. In the process, they tapped into the Platonic ideal of Earth—an incarnation of the long running band bolstered by the authority of purpose, where every note and every strike on the drum kit carries the weight of the world.
Full Upon Her Burning Lips opens with “Datura’s Crimson Veils”, a twelve-minute opus that adheres to Earth’s 21st century approach with Carlson’s sepia-toned Bakersfield Sound guitars lurching across a barren landscape while Davies punctuates the melodies with death knell drums. It’s a sound that harkens back to the riff-constructed vistas of their Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light albums, but stripped of their ornateness. “It was definitely a very organically developed record,” Carlson says of the process. “I limited the number of effects I used. I always like the limiting of materials to force oneself to employ them more creatively. Previous Earth records were quite lush sounding, and I wanted a more upfront and drier sound, using very few studio effects.” In less capable hands, these kinds of limitations might diminish the aural scope of the compositions, but Carlson and Davies have always thrived on reductive methods.
The stripped down approach had another advantage. “I really wanted the drums to be present,” Carlson says. “I felt with previous Earth records that other instrumentation took up so much of the sonic space that the drums were kind of pushed to the side.” This tactic helps highlight Davies’ ability to elevate the drum kit beyond its mere metronomic functions and allows it to serve as an expressive, nuanced, and tonally rich component to Earth’s arsenal of sound.
In addition to scaling back on their ranks, Earth altered their previous trajectory by entering into Full Upon Her Burning Lips without a conceptual arc to guide the process, relying instead on their collective subconscious to hone in on the overarching muse as the songs developed. “In the past I’ve usually had a strong framework for an album,” Carlson says. “This one developed over the course of writing and recording. It just felt like ‘Earth’—like just the two players doing their best work at playing, serving the music.” The absence of a pre-existing narrative guiding the compositions meant that the songs were more open and intuitive, often resulting in more terse musical vignettes like the richly harmonic “Exaltation of Larks” or the dreamily itinerant “Maidens Catafalque”. Yet subconscious impulses gradually created their own subtext for the album. “I wanted this to be a ‘sexy’ record, a record acknowledging the ‘witchy’ and ‘sensual’ aspects in the music… sort of a ‘witch’s garden’ kind of theme, with references to mind altering plants and animals that people have always held superstitious beliefs towards. A conjuror or root doctor’s herbarium of songs, as it were.”
The ten tracks on Full Upon Her Burning Lips came together in bits and pieces. Songs like “Cats on the Briar” and “Mandrake’s Hymn” stemmed from a handful of musical phrases and repeating patterns concocted in moments of downtime during their 2017 tour schedule. “Descending Belladonna” came from a live soundtrack project. Other songs came from rehearsals in the months leading up to recording or in moments of divine inspiration in the studio. The record was engineered, mixed, and mastered by longtime associate Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli. Knowing their process and their sound, Dettmer helped harness, shape, and document the songs in a manner that highlights the depth of Earth’s sparse components, capturing hidden dimensions much like the veiled images residing in the Magic Eye prints from the ‘90s. For the patient listener, the cyclical nature of the songs “She Rides an Air of Malevolence” or “An Unnatural Carousel” reveal new forms with repeated listens, with the subtle variations between passes creating a kaleidoscope of auditory activity.
“I feel like this is the fullest expression and purest distillation of what Earth does since I re-started the band,” Carlson says in reflection of Full Upon Her Burning Lips. And indeed, anyone that’s followed Earth on their journey will bask in the unadulterated hums, throbs, and reverberations conjured by Carlson and Davies. Sargent House is proud to offer up the album to the world on May 24th, 2019 on 2xLP / CD / digital formats.
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Etran de L'Aïr with special guests maya ongaku
2025-04-20 19:30 - 21:30
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Playing for over 25 years, Etran de L’Aïr has emerged as stars of the local wedding circuit. Beloved for their dynamic repertoire of hypnotic solos and sun schlazed melodies, Etran stakes out a place for Agadez guitar music. Playing a sound that invokes the desert metropolis, “Agadez” celebrates the sounds of all the dynamism of a hometown wedding.
Etran is a family band composed of brothers and cousins, all born and raised in the small neighborhood of Abalane, just in the shadow of the grand mosque. Sons of nomadic families that settled here in the 1970s fleeing the droughts, they all grew up in Agadez. The band was formed in 1995 when current band leader Moussa “Abindi” Ibra was only 9 years old. “We only had one acoustic guitar,” he explains, “and for percussion, we hit a calabash with a sandal.” Over the decades, the band painstakingly pieced together gear to form their band and built an audience by playing everywhere, for everyone. “It was difficult. We would walk to gigs by foot, lugging all our equipment, carrying a small PA and guitars on our backs, 25 kilometers into the bush, to play for free…there’s nowhere in Agadez we haven’t played.”
From the days of the Trans-Saharan caravan in the 14th century to a modern-day stopover for Europe-bound migrants, Agadez is a city that stands at the crossroads, where people and ideas come together. Understandably, it’s here where one of the most ambitious Tuareg guitar has taken hold. Agadez’s style is the fastest, with frenetic electric guitar solos, staccato crash of full drum kits, and flamboyant dancing guitarists. Agadez is the place where artists come to cut their teeth in a lucrative and competitive winner-take-all scene. Guitar bands are an integral part of the social fabric, playing in weddings, baptisms, and political rallies, as well as the occasional concert.
Whereas other Tuareg guitarists look to Western rock, Etran de L’Aïr play in a pan-African style that is emblematic of their hometown, citing a myriad of cultural influences, from Northern Malian blues, Hausa bar bands, to Congolese Soukous. It’s perhaps this quality that makes them so beloved in Agadez. “We play for the Tuareg, the Toubou, the Zarma, the Hausa,” Abindi explains. “When you invite us, we come and play.” Their music is rooted in celebration, and invokes the exuberance of an Agadez wedding, with an overwhelming abundance of guitars, as simultaneous solos playfully pass over one another with a restrained precision, forceful yet never overindulgent.
Recorded at home in Agadez with a mobile studio, their eponymous album stays close to the band’s roots. Over a handful of takes, in a rapid-fire recording session, “Agadez” retains all the energy of a party. Their message too is always close to home. Tchingolene (“Tradition”) recalls the nomad camps, with a modern take on traditional takamba rhythms transposed to guitars. The dreamy ballad Toubouk Ine Chihoussay (“The Flower of Beauty”) dives into call and response lyrics, and solos that dance effortlessly over the frets. On other tracks like Imouwizla (“Migrants”), Etran addresses immigration with the driving march parallels the nomads’ plight with travelers crossing the desert for Europe. Yet even at its most serious, Etran’s music is engaged and dynamic, reminding us that music can transmit a message while lighting up a celebration. This is music for dancing, after all.

Hailing from the seaside communities surrounding Enoshima, a small island located 50 km southwest of Tokyo, maya ongaku is a ragtag collective of local musicians whose brand of earthy psychedelia transcends widely beyond the roots of their inner souls. The name derives not from any kind of ancient civilization, but rather a neologism defined as the imagined view outside one’s field of vision. The band—currently a trio of Tsutomu Sonoda, Ryota Takano, and Shoei Ikeda—finds sanctuary at the Ace General Store, a beachy vintage shop and salon-like space just hidden from sight from the bustling, touristy riverside Subana Street. Between discussions on music and art, curating the vinyl section and manning the register, and chatting up with locals young and old, the members find time to jam and record their spontaneous ideas in the studio tucked away in the back. It’s in this unlikely setting where maya ongaku finds its origins, the culmination of what Sonoda describes as 自然発生 (shizen hassei), meaning spontaneous generation, or the supposed production of living organisms from nonliving matter.
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Interference Series presents Catherine Sikora & Eric Mingus (NYC)
2025-04-27 19:30
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Catherine Sikora and Eric Mingus create music that lives in the bones and breath—where improvisation becomes language, and sound becomes a vessel for history, place, and presence.
Catherine Sikora is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, composer, and improviser whose playing carries the deep imprint of natural landscapes and sonic exploration. From the moment she first heard the wind singing through a metal gate as a child, she has been captivated by the magic of resonant air. Her devotion to the saxophone is both spiritual and fiercely disciplined, informed by years of study, practice, and international performance. With sixteen albums as leader or co-leader, Sikora’s work spans collaborations with artists such as Susan Alcorn, Brian Chase, and Ursel Schlicht. She is a member of the soprano saxophone quartet Chaos Theory (led by Sam Newsome) and the improvising trio Eris 136199. Her music has been featured on BBC’s Freeness, Free Jazz Blog, and festivals including Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon), Vision Festival (NYC), Documenta 15 (Germany), and the Adelaide Festival of the Arts.
Eric Mingus is a vocalist, composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist whose career defies categorization. With a voice that can move from thunder to lullaby, and a creative lineage rooted in the legacy of Black American music, Mingus works at the intersection of jazz, blues, punk, poetry, and performance art. He has collaborated with artists including Howard Johnson, Elliott Sharp, Hubert Sumlin and Levon Helm, while developing his own multidisciplinary works such as The Mill—an ongoing project that explores ancestral memory, survival, and storytelling in the Great Smoky Mountains. He leads the Sacred Routes Vocal Ensemble, using words and melody to trace the roots of our human connection. In addition to private coaching of musicians, Eric teaches at The New School, is a judge and educator at the annual Charles Mingus High School competition, has lectured at Berklee, Harvard, UC Irvine, the Banlieues Blues Jazz festival (Paris, France) and the In Situ Arts Society (Bonn, Germany). He taught vocal improvisation classes and a Charles Mingus workshop at London’s Community Music House.
As a duo, Sikora and Mingus build landscapes in real time—improvised dialogues where breath, voice, and instrument move together through terrain that is sometimes ecstatic, sometimes aching, always alive. Their work reflects their distinct cultural lineages—Ireland and the Black American South—and honors both the intimacy of collaboration and the expansiveness of improvisation.
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Interference Series presents Paul Livingstone & Partho Sarothy
2025-04-30 19:30
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Leading sarod player of India, Partho Sarothy and American sitarist Paul Livingstone are disciples of the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar and have been performing together for over 20 years giving concerts in India, Mexico and the United States. Their sensitive approach to the dynamics of raga alaap emphasizes an exploration of emotional depth. Their interactive approach then transitions into the excitement of rhythmic intensity through improvisations typical of the Maihar gharana tradition and the jugalbandi style made famous by their guru and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Their international work together demonstrates their sonic unity and compatibility that artists from different cultures can bring forth within the rigorous form of classical raga music. As soloists they have played with most of the leading tabla players of India, Pakistan and Nepal including Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya, Ustad Bashir Khan among many others.
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Coffee with Digitals: Conversations on Creative Technology
2025-05-02 10:00 - 12:00
FREE event, but space is limited. Please register in advance to secure you spot.
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Coffee with Digitals is a free, informal morning meetup for creatives working with digital tools—from animation and AI to 3D printing and motion graphics. Led by Professor Chris Johnson, each session invites open conversation about creative workflows, new technologies, and the evolving landscape of visual storytelling. Whether you’re an artist, educator, designer, or just curious, stop by, grab a cup of coffee, and connect with others exploring digital creativity in Flagstaff.
About the Host
Christopher S. Johnson is a Professor of Visual Communication at Northern Arizona University. As a motion designer, animator, and educator, his work bridges traditional storytelling with emerging technologies. Through projects spanning augmented reality, 3D animation, and AI-enhanced workflows, Johnson’s creative practice often highlights ecological and social themes. His work has been exhibited internationally and integrated into both classroom and community spaces.
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Artwork Photographic Documentation
2025-05-03 09:00 - 12:00
Professional Development Workshop Series: Artwork Photographic Documentation
Date/Time: Saturday, May 3, 9am-noon
FREE EVENT; Registration Required
Instructors: Julie Comnick, Interim Executive Director, Creative Flagstaff; Jay Gallegos, Venue Manager and Lead Graphic Designer, Creative Flagstaff
Nothing matches the visceral experience of viewing artwork in-person. But in reality, original artwork is most often viewed through reproduction—websites, social media, print catalogs—and professionally photographed artwork is critical to the success of artists who are applying for grants, exhibitions, residencies, fellowships, and other creative opportunities. Professional photography can be expensive for an artist to document their entire portfolio.
This workshop teaches the artist to professionally photograph their own work—paintings, drawings, and sculpture—along with post-processing, editing, and formating for digital platforms and professional applications. Camera equipment and editing software available for participant use at Coconino Center for the Arts.
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Community-Based Learning: Opportunities to Engage NAU Students in Non-Profit Organizations
2025-05-17 09:00 - 12:00
Community-Based Learning: Opportunities to Engage NAU Students in Non-Profit Organizations
Date/Time: Saturday, May 17, 9am-noon
FREE EVENT; Registration Required
Join Northern Arizona University for a discussion on how to engage with students through experiential learning opportunities such as volunteering, internships, project-based learning, and research experiences. NAU team members will provide an overview of current programs and services related to experiential learning and will lead a workshop on designing a mutually beneficial experience for students and your organization. Speakers will also discuss collaborative opportunities, such as campus recruiting, joint funding, and community engagement.
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Greenhouse Productions Presents: Never Come Down
2025-05-20 19:30 - 21:30
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Formed in 2017, Never Come Down was born from the vibrant if not occasionally overlooked music scene of Portland, Oregon. Much like the city that inspired them, they’re a smart, charming, off-beat amalgam of varied backgrounds and tastes. In today’s paradoxical world where honoring tradition is often pitted against exploration and innovation, the band confidently walks the line between the modern and the tried-and-true. They’ve gained a loyal following and continue to win over audiences everywhere from Reykjavik’s Iceland Airwaves to San Francisco’s acclaimed Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. They’ve gained the attention of industry veterans, and toured in support of notable acts such as Yonder Mountain String Band and The Travelin’ McCourys, among others. Never Come Down’s live performance never disappoints- with showmanship, originality, songwriting and musical prowess far beyond their years.
FREE VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP FOR TICKET HOLDERS! 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Whose Note is it Anyway?: Three-part Vocal Harmony
(Crystal Lariza, Kaden Hurst & Joe Suskind of Never Come Down)
The nuts and bolts of three part harmony! Learn how to find notes, blend with others, and not go crazy trying.
Appropriate for all levels.
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Contemporary Indigenous Artisan Market
2025-05-24 10:00 - 14:00
Contemporary Indigenous Artisan Market
Date/Time: Saturday, May 24 | 10am – 2pm
Join us at Coconino Center for the Arts for a vibrant celebration of Indigenous creativity and craftsmanship!
Shop handmade goods, jewelry, textiles, prints, and more from talented contemporary Indigenous artists and makers. This special event is presented in partnership with Mountain-Town Market—bringing community, culture, and creativity together.
Support local Indigenous artisans and find something truly one-of-a-kind!
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S.E. Willis
2025-05-24 19:30
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S.E. Willis moved to Flagstaff, Az in 1967 and began his career as a musician shortly afterwards. He’s been a significant presence in Northern Arizona ever since, returning regularly during his 35 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Willis is a multi-instrumentralist, starting with organ and harmonica and later adding piano and accordion. He was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1994, and has since received a Bay Area Music Award (Bammy) and a Blues Foundation Award for Band of the Year (Elvin Bishop Band). He has released 10 albums of his own music and appeared on a number of other recordings with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the great New Orleans drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, Bishop and many others. His latest release is the recording “S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland, CA” from a show on May 5, 2024. He has been a featured soloist on many of the Legendary Blues Cruises and toured in Europe, North America and Japan. He has also appeared on stage with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins, Albert King, George Thorogood, John Nemeth and many more.
S.E. (Steve) Willis has dedicated his working life to preserving and advancing traditional American music, perhaps most clearly with his 2007 release “Taproot: Songs of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams” and 2014’s “Turtle Dove Bounce,” a tribute to the piano players who defined 100 years of Blues piano style, in particular Pinetop Smith, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo Meriweather and Leroy Carr. His original compositions respect and advance that tradition.
Willis is known for tight, high energy shows and masterful vocals and instrumentalism.
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The Living Room
2025-05-25 16:00 - 18:00
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Presented by Kappé Rousseau and Armand Ramirez, The Living Room is a performance series designed to offer space for artists who may be underrepresented in the Flagstaff area. Expect a house concert–style event, centered around a warm, intimate setting—much like gathering in a spacious living room. One might even think of it as a modern-day salon.
More than just a performance, The Living Room invites the audience into a shared experience—a space where connection, curiosity, and deep listening come alive. It’s about breaking down the divide between performer and audience, creating moments of spontaneity, intimacy, and collective expression.
The evening will highlight original works, creative expression, and a diverse lineup of songwriters and musicians, featuring different musical modalities and instruments—some familiar, some unexpected—with an emphasis on storytelling, artistry, and connection. The goal is to create an experience that feels personal, alive, and truly reflective of the richness of our artistic community.

Stargazer Collaborative Theatre Presents: Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
2025-05-30 19:00, 2025-05-31 19:00, 2025-06-01 19:00, 2025-06-06 19:00, 2025-06-07 19:00
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Please note, this performance is presented outdoors under the tent in the upper parking lot of Coconino Center for the Arts. Rain or Shine.
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. In Tom Stoppard’s best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, where reality and illusion intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.
Winner of the 1968 Tony Award® for Best Play.
Directed by Anne Cuevas
Cast:
Rosencrantz – AJ Maniglia
Guildenstern – Nathan Henderson
The Player – Matthew Windham
Tragedian – Eleni Ownes
Tragedian – Banyan Suess
Tragedian – Alex Cohen Gray
Hamlet – Parker McGraw
Ophelia – Savannah Jerumbo
Claudius – Deborah Swift
Gertrude – Alex Cohen Gray
Polonius – Alexander Casady
Fortinbras – Eleni Owens
Horatio – Banyan Suess
Ambassador – Savannah Jerumbo

Creative Camp: Drawing + Painting
2025-06-02 09:00 - 2025-06-06 17:00
Creative Camp: Drawing + Painting
Date/Time: June 2-6
Get ready to create and explore with Flagstaff’s premier arts educators at Coconino Center for the Arts!
CCA is thrilled to launch Creative Camps, a new way for your child to immerse themselves in the arts, with professional arts educators guiding their experience.
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