El Capitan serves authentic, fresh Mexican food including enchiladas, chimichangas, giant burritos, adobe grilled shrimp, stuffed bell peppers and fajitas. Satisfy your hunger after a hard day on the mountain.

Located in the Green Tree Plaza, 1800 S. Milton Rd. (928) 774-1083. ElCapitanFMG.com

Josephines is offering a 3 course menu for $50.00 per person and a special wine pairing for $20.00. Please call early for reservations this is one of their most popular occasions.
Valentine 2008
A Night for Sweet Hearts
Appetizers
~Mixed Seafood Ceviche
~Sea Bass, Shrimp and Scallop and Crab Ceviche
~Layered with a Chipotle Avocado Guacamole and Corn Chips
(Serves Two)
Or
~Smoked Duck Breast and Organic Baby Greens
~Tossed with Plum Dressing, Won Ton Skins and Julienne Asian Vegetables
Or
~Artichoke and Asparagus Tartlet with Arugula Pesto and Pine Nuts

Entrees
~Oscar Filet Mignon - Certified Angus Filet Topped with Alaskan King Crab and Hollandaise
Served with Roasted Shallot Mashed Potatoes
Or
~Seared Muscovy Duck Breast - With Foie Gras Sun-Dried Cherry Demi-Glace and with Shitake Wild Rice Cakes
Or
~Pecan Encrusted Sea Bass and Seared Diver Scallops - With Butternut Squash Risotto, Calvados Beure Blanc
~Stuffed Roasted Apple and Baby Vegetables
Or
~Venison Rack With Sweet Caramelized Onion Jack Daniel Demi-Glace
~Roasted Jalapeno Cheddar Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes and Baby Vegetables
Or
~Balsamic Grilled Vegetable Napoleon
~Eggplant, Yellow and Green Squash, Red Onion and Carrot Marinated and Grilled
~Stacked with Boursin Cheese and Served with Roasted Red and Yellow Pepper Coulis

Desserts
~Guava Tres Leches - Lemon Pound Cake Layered with Guava Preserves
~Soaked in “Three Milk” Sauce and Patron Tequila
Or
~Layered Espresso Chocolate Mousse Cake
~Layered with Raspberry Preserves and Grand Marnier - With Belgium Milk Chocolate Mousse Frosting

For more information, call 779-3400 or visit the website.

presented by
Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music (FFOTM) and
Flagstaff Cultural Partners (held at the Coconino Center for the Arts), Friday, January 18th.

With the unique combination of harp and guitar - among other instruments - Deb Gessner and Don Charles form the dazzling duo, D-Squared. Natural storytellers with a sly wit, D-Squared weaves a tonal fabric of poignant lyrics, earth-rooted melodies and stark, hypnotic rhythms.

The Springfed Band, the night’s opening act, features Flagstaff’s own Tony Norris, Bill Burke, Fred Coon, Megan Buchanan, and Elena Gonzales.

Learn about the plants and animals of the Colorado Plateau from experts and share your love of our region by leading tours in the gardens. The three-month class meets once a week on Tuesday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Volunteer educators lead tours of the gardens during the growing season from April through October.

Arboretum staff and local experts will cover topics such as plant identification, touring techniques, forest health, and indigenous uses of plants. Field trips to regional botanical gardens are included as part of the training. There is an initial fee of $75 with $50 reimbursed after 25 hours of service has been completed.

An introductory session will take place on January 29 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. RSVP by January 25. For more information about The Arboretum at Flagstaff visit www.thearb.org or call (928) 774-1442, ext. 110.

The Arboretum is a 200-acre botanical garden, research center, and nature preserve dedicated to educating the public about the plants and plant communities of the Colorado Plateau. It is located four miles south of Route 66 on scenic Woody Mountain Road in West Flagstaff.

Jan 19th: Flagstaff’s Navajo and Hopi World War II Story
John Westerlund, Flagstaff Historian
When eight thousand workers were needed immediately for the Army’s massive construction project ten miles west of Flagstaff in the spring of 1942, almost four thousand Navajo and Hopi workers and their family members signed on. They left the reservations for good-paying jobs. Conditions were deplorable for the first Indians workers. Bootleggers lurked in the shadows, selling their liquor. The first commander faced a myriad of organizational and employee problems and quickly decided to invite the Navajo and Hopi laborers and their families to build an “Indian Village” of their own on the military base. Tribal representatives accepted the invitation and soon, for the first time in American history, a community of about 3,750 Native Americans voluntarily settled onto a military installation. Working Indian women were part of the enormous cultural experiment brought about by good army jobs.

This presentation illustrates how the regular wages heightened expectations for both Navajos and Hopis and created an image of post war opportunities. It shows how the Indian Village experience set the mold for future Navajo tribal leadership and why, for many Indian families, Bellemont was just a stopping point on their migration from the reservations into nearby Flagstaff. The wartime experience exposed thousands to a life beyond the reservation and today the word “Bellemont” remains a part of Navajo and Hopi family history.