This Fine Fall Flagstaff Weekend!

EVENTS IN FLAGSTAFF!!!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Friday & Saturday 8pm
Sunday 2pm
Through October 16
Dorris Harper-White Playhouse

As wickedly hilarious today as when it first shocked audiences, "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is an ingeniously funny play that will leave audiences staggered. Wh...at starts as verbal sparring at an impromptu cocktail party, devolves into a no-holds-barred battle of wits and wills. With brilliant writing and some of the greatest characters ever created for the stage, Albee set a new standard for American theater with this sharp, vicious, Molotov cocktail of a play.

774-1662 or visit theatrikos.com


Flagstaff Oktoberfest
Saturday 11-8 at
Wheeler Park

A community celebration for all of Northern Arizona. This year we'll be featuring a Mug Root Beer garden for kids with help from Brookside Chocolate! Free Root Beer Floats! We have teamed up with the local YMCA to provide fun and games.

The Flagstaff Oktoberfest wouldn't be true to its name without a complete with a constant flow of great beer! With a polka line-up on the stage, the Oktoberfest packs the traditional 16 day festival into one beautiful Flagstaff Saturday!

606-7600 or visit flagstaffoktoberfest.com


Flagstaff Festival of Science
September 23 - Oct 2, 2011
A ten-day family event with open houses, hands-on activities, lectures, in-school presentations, hikes and excursions and more!!

The 2011 Flagstaff Festival of Science is illuminating science in the far reaches of the solar system, from ancient underground lava tunnels, into the forest, and back in time. Through shredded supernovas, celestial fireworks and icy dwarf planets to moon maps, Mars rovers and volcanoes, let scientists, engineers and innovators light the way to archaeological sites, wetlands and tomorrow’s jobs. With more than 70 FREE activities, the Flagstaff Festival of Science promises to ignite and excite your sense of discovery!

FRIDAY:

Night Visions IV Exhibition
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Coconino Center for the Arts
Explore the beauty of the night sky through this nationally juried art exhibit and elebrate the 53rd anniversary of Flagstaff adopting the first city lighting ordinance to preserve our dark skies.

Open House/Discovery Room
Willow Bend
Noon – 6 p.m., 703 E. Sawmill Road
Explore the Discovery Room and its focus on sustainability. Enjoy activities centered on ponderosa pine ecosystems, including a recycled art activity to help kids learn how saving paper saves trees!

CCC Celebration in Science
6 - 8 p.m., Coconino Community College
Join the CCC science department in a celebration of science through rocks that talk, orensics, micro life and chemistry magic shows!

SATURDAY:

Illuminating the Past
Archaeology Day Camp
9 a.m. – noon & 1 – 4 p.m.
Wupatki National Monument
Join archaeologists for family learning in one of two day camps. Fourth through sixth graders are invited to explore a prehistoric site alongside archaeologists; meantime parents can enjoy a forest hike. For reservations and directions call 928-679-2365.

Fantastic Voyage
Noon - 4 p.m.
Flagstaff Medical Center
Explore a medical helicopter and ambulance, discover how your voice works, learn about germs, look deep into your ear canal, listen to a baby’s heartbeat and examine X-rays. This Fantastic Voyage is the perfect adventure for tomorrow’s doctors and everyone who wants to know more about how the body works!

Apollo Astronauts Training Ground
Field Trip
1 - 5 p.m., Cinder Hills
Bring your 4 x 4 on a field trip to the Cinder Hills where America’s trip to the moon began. See where the Apollo astronauts learned to drive through craters and how to select the most useful rocks to bring back to Earth. For reservations and directions all 928-556-7002.

Fall Open House
The Arboretum at Flagstaff
1 - 5 p.m., 4 miles south on Woody Mountain Road
Spend a fall day exploring the Arboretum’s extensive grounds featuring native plants of the Colorado Plateau. Join in a scavenger hunt and other hands-on family activities. Participate in fall-themed garden tours at 1 and 3 p.m., and a 2 p.m. wildlife program!

SUNDAY:

Meteor Crater Open House
8 a.m. – 5 p.m., I-40 east to Exit 233
See and experience the world’s best-preserved and most accessible impact crater. Learn how craters are formed, create your own galactic chaos or take a guided hike. For ages 12 and up, sign up for a rarely offered two-and-a-half mile guided rim tour. Reservations required for the full-rim hike, 928-289-5898.

Stories To Life: Enchanted Skies
6 - 7:30 p.m., Coconino Center for the Arts
Enjoy spoken word artists reading from celestial works and ethereal musical selections by The Ponderosa Players through this collaboration with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, Flagstaff Public Library and Flagstaff Cultural Partners.

Campus Sky Viewing
7:30 - 10 p.m., NAU Campus Observatory
Explore the night sky through the 20-inch Barry Lutz Telescope for Education and Training.