Flagstaff, AZ: Renowned local Photographer, Debbie Leavitt is showing her “Bodies of Work” through November at La Bellavia, 18 S. Beaver. There will be a free art party on Friday, 11/7 between 5:30 & 9pm. Get out to La Bellavia and check it out!

Flagstaff, AZ: Hosted by the Coconino Center for the Arts (2300 N. Fort Valley Road). The Fine Craft Exhibition opens November 21st and features the work of over 50 regional artists. Crafts in the exhibit include glass, clay, wood, fiber and metal among other mediums.

Eduardo Fernandez , classical guitarist is also coming on the 21st at 8pm. In fact, there are so many interesting things going on this month at the Center - you should really go to their website and look at their events. And to stay on top of things in the future - subscribe to their newsletter while you’re visiting their website.

Please note that we are now on our Winter hours, open daily 10:30a.m. - 5:00p.m. with tours beginning at 11:00a.m. and continuing throughout the day at the top of the hour, the last tour of the day is always 4:00p.m.

Evening Slide Presentation Series, 7pm RSVP Free!
(Program is Free. Reservations are recommended due to limited availability.)
Nov 8 Edward F. Beale, The Forgotten Giant
Richard and Sherry Mangum, Flagstaff Historians Many northern Arizona residents know about Edward Beale because he built the Beale Wagon Road, the path of which is followed by I-40 and the railroad, or they may think of him as “The Man with the Camels.” Beale was much bigger than that, one of the leading Americans of his time. He was a war hero, pathfinder, humanitarian and more. Beale was the man that US officials called on to carry dispatches between California and Washington, in the 1840s-50s, when the trip was a dangerous test of a man’s courage and resourcefulness, and he always delivered the goods. If a man is known by his friends, then consider Beale’s list: John Fremont, Thomas Hart Benton, Kit Carson, Commodore Robert Stockton, Ulysses S. Grant and others. When he died in 1893 the nation mourned.

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On-Going Series of Brown Bag Lunch Lectures, 2nd Tuesday of Each Month 12:15pm, Free!

Nov 11 Naval Observatory and NOFS in America’s Dark Sky City: The History and Role of Your Navy in Arizona’s Ponderosa Highland
Paul Shankland, Director, U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station Established after 20 years of deliberations in Washington, D.C. over the best night skies in the country, the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (or “NOFS”) began operating in 1955 with a 40″ aperture telescope, still in use today. Far from any classic Navy port, NOFS is known as “the Navy’s Dark Sky site”. The NOFS staff consists of two dozen astronomers, engineers, and support staff, and together they perform key astronomy which supports a broad number of defense programs as well as pure science research. Prominent among the instruments in use are the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI) on Anderson Mesa next to Lake Mary, and the 1999 addition of a 1.3-meter aperture wide-field telescope.