For Your Winter Enjoyment

I absolutely cannot believe how quickly 2012 is approaching, but as the adage goes, time flies when you're having fun. So many great things have been happening here at the Coconino Center for the Arts, like the Semi-Annual Navajo Rug Auction we held last weekend and the installation of the 11th Annual It's Elemental Fine Crafts Exhibition. The Holiday Spirit is floating around the Center already, and we are more than excited to be able to bring Flagstaff so many great concerts and events in this season.

As always, the First Friday ArtWalk next month is going to be extra special and wintery. With a Chili Cookoff, you will stay nice and toasty as you patronize Downtown galleries and businesses. December's HotSpot, Animas Beads, is bringing you more than great gift ideas. They're bringing you tasty local brewed beer from Cosmo Brewery.

In conjunction with It's Elemental Fine Crafts Exhibition is the annual Fine Crafts Sale and Artists' Marketplace. The first weekend of December you can find all your holiday gifts (and maybe a few things for yourself) from Northern Arizona's fine craft artists. Jewelry, ceramics, woodwork, glass art, fiber art.. the Fine Crafts Sale has it all. Come by the Center from 10:00am-4:00pm on Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4.

As part of the Fine Crafts Sale, you'll also enjoy hot cider and a FREE Stories to Life Event: Gifts From the Heart on Sunday, December 4 at 1:00pm. Join in with Arizona Mountain Chorale as they sing all your favorite Christmas Carols. Listen, also, to the nostalgic class Christmas stories read by spoken word actors. The Flagstaff City- Coconino County Library is presenting this fun winter event.



Saturday evening, December 3, come back to the Center to hear the Grammy award-winning Irish singer/songwriter, Susan McKeown in concert. With 12 albums, Susan is sure to provide an incredible performance in the listening theater at the amphitheater in the Center for the Arts. Susan's music is perfect for the intimate venue. Flagstaff local, Aly Jay, is opening.


Human Nature Dance Theater is bringing their latest work to the Center on Friday and Saturday, December 9-10. "One Was the Other" is a dance performance that explores the intimacy of human relationships in the midst of uncertainty. Combining the beauty and creativity of dance with music and real life circumstances will resonate with every member of the audience.



Saturday, December 10 at 1:00pm, Orchestra Northern Arizona is performing a FREE Holiday concert in the amphitheater at the Center. Come in for holiday classics by Flagstaff's community orchestra.


The Coconino Center for the Arts will be showing It's Elemental Fine Crafts Exhibition through December 17. Come in and view the artwork, maybe even take a piece home. You can get more information and tickets to all of the above events by coming in to the Center (2300 N. Fort Valley Road), by visiting our website at culturalpartners.org, or by dialing (928) 779-2300.

Happy Holidays, Flagstaff!