BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
Alpacas, llamas, sheep, goats and Tibetan yaks are part of the free family fun offered at the Flag Wool and Fiber Festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2. Watch energetic professionals in the animal shearing areas; discover heritage crafts such as blacksmithing, candle making, and weaving; or create your own designs at the DIY indigo scarf dyeing station. Kids ride carts pulled by miniature ponies at Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum in Flagstaff during this wild and wooly event. Entries for fiber arts competition are due by May 28. Visit flagwool.com.
CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY
Celebrate diversity on Saturday, June 22 when Pride in the Pines comes alive at Thorpe Park softball fields. Join the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) community of Northern Arizona for music, adult beverages by Miller/Coors, Mother Road Brewery and Barefoot Winery, plus a food court, vendors and educational exhibits. The exciting festival has grown to over 4,500 attendees since its inception in 1996. Call 928-213-1900 or visit flagstaffpride.org.
LIVING CULTURE
Talk with Navajo artists, eat authentic native food, and enjoy the music and pageantry of hoop and social dances during the Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture. The festival, which typically draws over 80 award-winning Navajo traditional and contemporary artists, has been happening for 70 years at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff. The Navajo Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4 is one of four vibrant Heritage Festivals hosted by MNA. See the full schedule at musnaz.org/heritage or call 928-774-5213.
ROCKET MAN
Flagstaff’s scientific involvement in the Apollo Moon missions is taking center stage during the 30th annual Flagstaff Festival of Science. A keynote presentation by Apollo 16 Lunar Module pilot General Charlie Duke launches the 10-day event. General Duke is the 10th and youngest person to ever walk on the Moon and like all those moon-walking astronauts, he trained in Flagstaff. Flagstaff Festival of Science, which runs Sept. 20-29, provides more than 100 free public science education activities that connect young people with scientists and create interactive experiences
for all ages. For the festival schedule, visit scifest.org.
THIS MONTH IN FLAGSTAFF
MAY 5: NAU Chamber Orchestra and Faculty Soloists: “New Beginnings,” Kitt Recital Hall; events.nau.edu/event/nau-chamber-orchestra-and-faculty-soloists-new-beginnings
MAY 9: Comedian Sean McBride, Orpheum Theater; orpheumflagstaff.com/event/1815713-sean-mcbride-flagstaff
MAY 25-26: Zuni Festival, Museum of Northern Arizona; musnaz.org/heritage/zuni-festival
Stacey Wittig is an award-winning travel writer and author located in Flagstaff, Arizona. For more travel & world-wide adventures visit Stacey’s website at unstoppablestaceytravel.com.
