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Reading tracks All the prints that fit the news

By Peter Friederici

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sually I skip the nightly news. It’s not out of lack of interest, but because there are too many other things to do: work to catch up on, a kitchen to clean, lunch to prepare.

Or it’s because it’s too cold out, or because once I do decide to pay attention the signs on grass and hard-packed dirt and sidewalk are simply too hard to catch, demanding too much patience and slowing down. ‌But once in a while conditions are just right and the show is irresistible. Like this week: 8 inches of snow during one day, and then that night as the sky was clearing to the coldest night of the year another inch of powder fell, the most perfect and finest snow of the season, seemingly as light and as dry as the sky from which it fell.

And so the next morning in every place where we in the neighborhood had cleared the previous day’s snow there was an inch-deep canvas inscribed with the movements of every resident that had been roaming the night.

The whole neighborhood was stitched together by the dainty trails of cats. Back in the chicken run, the busy scribblings of mice and juncos after the corn. Around the corner, the surprisingly stately march of a skunk whose marks always look like they were made by a little bear. Down the block, the spring of a fox heading off the sidewalk and into the deeper snow of a yard and the skinny hoof prints of three deer, animals we never see right around here by day. A side street held the scratchings of a small flock of collared doves that must have been looking for seeds—or maybe the grit they swallow to help them grind up the seeds—and near the dumpster by the townhouses the tracks of ravens and a torn Jack-in-the-Box bag were an obvious reminder that most of this coming and going is about food. Each trail is a kernel of a story—a tale invisible to most of us, but of absolute importance to the neighborhood resident who made it.

The headline, for those who don’t want to bother with all the details: On a cold night houses are closed up tight, but streets and yards teem with life.

Back when I was younger and underemployed and lived in the Midwest near a creek and a beach I was a regular news junkie, an investigator, combing mud and sand and fresh snow with the ardor of a forensic detective. I’d draw the tracks, being sure to get the size and shading just right. I can remember how excited I was to find coyote tracks—I knew that’s what they were, not dog tracks, because I’d seen the coyote, which was an unusual sighting back in those days, in the suburbs. Now they’re everywhere.

Here in Flagstaff I keep my eyes open for signs of the more unusual animals too. A coyote would be no big deal to me, though its presence would surely be important news for the cats. The roadrunner that was, sure enough, running on our road between snowbanks a couple of winters ago stood out,

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kind of like the unprepared tourists strolling around the cold sidewalks in sandals because, well, it’s Arizona, and who knew there’d be cold weather there? More recently a neighbor up the street saw a couple of javelinas gorging on windfall apples, and from elsewhere in town there were reports of coatis. Animals from the south, moving north: that’s real news, something beyond the day-to-day comings and goings of the locals, just as the report from Paris about how the nations of Earth have achieved at least some agreement about reining in the use of fossil fuels is real, historic, a welcome relief from the tedious and endless flood of polls and rebukes and counterclaims that makes up the political scene in this country. The latter is the kind of news that invigorates the partisans and exhausts most everyone else—no wonder so many people simply turn away from the whole spectacle.

It’s a funny thing about the ordinariness of daily news.

The details don’t really matter. The skunk traipsed through the neighbors’ yard rather than ours; it was three deer, not four. No, those details aren’t truly important. On another night they’re likely different. But I’d argue that learning to read those details is important—not because of what the tracks themselves reveal, but because it is always good practice to learn a variety of ways of being in the world. Reading the nightly news, outdoors, is like learning a second language, an unspoken diction of place. And so when I get tired of what is too often in our human media it is welcome relief to head outside, no matter how deep the cold, to brush up on another, older vocabulary.

Peter Friederici is a writer and a former itinerant field biologist and tour guide. He teaches journalism at Northern Arizona University in between bouts of camping, gardening, and fixing up an old house.

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New normal

By Kelly Poe Wilson

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wo days after my daughter, Clementine, left for college her brother moved into her room. In all fairness, it is the bigger room. I didn’t move her remaining stuff into Clyde’s room, however; I put her stuff in boxes, and turned Clyde’s old room into a guest room. And when Clementine came home for Christmas break that is where she stayed. In the guest room.

As my guest. Because, from now on, that is what she will always be in this house: not a resident, but a guest. This is, as they say, the “new normal.”

I know that, in this, I am a little harsher than all of her friends’ parents, who have maintained their children’s rooms like shrines, with the same posters on the walls, clothes in the closet, and maybe even half-read book on the nightstand (as if they had just “stepped out, and will be right back”). However, I didn’t realize how harsh I was in comparison to other parents until Clementine relayed to me what one of her professors said in class the other week when he was trying to make a point about relationship expectations. What he said was, “Just imagine how you would feel if you went home for winter break and discovered that your mom had turned your room into a guest room.”

Goodbye bedroom, hello guest room There were gasps of shock and horror from all across the room. And, I’m sure, nearly audible eye-rolling from Clementine, who has had to endure years of hearing, “Dude, your mom is so mean.” That is, when she hadn’t heard, “Dude, your mom is so cool.”

What her friends didn’t understand (but hopefully Clementine did), was that both attributes—mean and cool—are just different sides of the same coin. That the mom who is “cool enough” to let her 17-year-old daughter go to London on her own is the same mom who is also “mean enough” to turn her 18-year-old daughter’s childhood bedroom into a guest

room. That the two actions are just the upside and the downside to independence. In other words, you cannot simultaneously prepare someone to both succeed, and to fail.

I’m not saying that all of those parents out there who are keeping their kids’ room unchanged are preparing their kids to fail, but at the same time they’re not exactly preparing them to succeed, are they?

Moving onto the next stage of your life—whether it is to a new school, a new job or even a new relationship—is always going to be a leap of faith. And the one thing that is true of all leaps is that you can never leap very

What her friends didn’t understand (but hopefully Clementine did), was that both attributes—mean and cool—are just di�ferent sides of the same coin.

far if you’re always leaving one foot on the ground. Or, in this case, in your old room.

Look, of course Clementine will always be welcome to come home, whether we have a bedroom for her or not. But I think that it should be just as difficult for her to return as it was for her to leave; just as wrenching and just as uncomfortable and, ultimately, just as much of a huge pain in the a**.

She confided to me, when she got home for break, that watching several of her friends drop out and return home before they had even reached the halfway point in the semester had caused the same thought to cross her own mind. What pushed it aside was the sheer difficulty it would involve. Her exact words were, “But what would I do with all of my stuff?”

“I dunno,” I replied. “What would you do with it? It’s sure not going in my new guest room,” because I’m mean like that. Either that, or really, really cool. I guess only time will tell.

Kelly Poe Wilson has lived in Flagstaff since 1985. She lives with her wonderful husband, Jim, and her dreadful children, Clementine and Clyde. More of her work can be found at www.kellypoewilson.com.

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A BLUEGRASS BOUQUET‌ One of those all-out parties breaks out at the Orpheum, a venue always tacking on a twangy tinge to the night. This year, we get to hang out with Rose’s Pawn Shop, a five piece out of Los Angeles’ big fat metropolis. A couple years ago, Flag Live ran a piece on L.A.-based punkgrass group Old Man Markley. In speaking with the drummer, the question came up as to why L.A. seems to be a hotbed of bluegrass; a super-distant ventricle of the beating heart of Appalachia. As it were, country themes have an incredible foothold in the City of Angels. Rose’s Pawn Shop falls deeply into that category, penning tunes of heartbreak, loss and loneliness. Even their name is based on singer Paul Givant’s ex-girlfriend, Rose, who in a kniving turn, stole the band’s gear and brought it down to the pawn shop. At least their story got better from there. Joining the bill is hometown country heroes, Viola and the Brakemen and the Dave Logan Band, who will pepper in their toe-tapping, party time tunes. Ring ‘er in at the Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen. Doors for the all-ages show open at 7 p.m. and the hits start coming at 8 p.m. Tickets are only $11.

Children 12 and under are free. 556-1580. www. rosespawnshop.com.

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Flagstaff’s Great Pinecone Drop in 2014. Courtesy photo

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ey oh, Flagtown! It’s that time of year when we stuff ourselves into an incredible amount of layers (or some silly people who apparently forgot it’s January at 7,000 feet) and gather beneath the humungous metal idol heralding the New Year, aka that big ol’ Pinecone. 2015, you were alright—there were ups and downs; people lost and others found.

But we can all probably agree, 365 days later, the year has run its course and it’s time to welcome the downside of the millennium’s second decade. It seems 365 days is such an arbitrary number, never mind our planet’s revolution. Maybe some of us were over it back in April.

Others may wish the year contained a couple more weeks, as if Punxatawny Phil could decide.

Maybe it really is all downhill from here. See for yourself at the base of the Weatherford Hotel, 11 N. Leroux, with two—count ‘em—two drops. One for the kiddos and early-to-bed folks at 10 p.m.—the East Coast ball drop, and another at the midnight witching hour. Pack your parkas, stack up the gloves and long johns, it’s going to be a chilly eve with a low of eight degrees. Before and after the great Pinecone Drop, a number of noteworthy events will keep New Year’s Eve revelers out of the cold, and here are a few of our top NYE picks.

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The celebration of a new calendar year wouldn’t be complete without a spot to let loose and shake some booty—or whatever the kids are doing these days. Enter DJ P Phunk. For more than 10 years, this Flagtown original, and current Phoenician, has been hitting the turntables hard, bringing a varied mix of hip-hop, electro dance and R&B to dance floors around this great state and beyond, and opening for heavyweight acts like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Afro Man, Hieroglyphics and Coolio. But jockeying discs isn’t this guy’s only motivation, and his adamant music is much more than a flared-up beat suited for bopping around. Instead, the groovalicious vibrations are made to be valued as a means of accessing nirvana, and feeling the soul-bound relief of each purposefully-placed note. It’s music, pals, get with it. So if you want to get a little bit higher (and not ever come down), then DJ P Phunk has your jams stacked to land punches on the inner ears of Flag’s would-be dance enthusiasts. Slap on those foxy kicks and get to stepping at the Monte Vista Cocktail Lounge, 100 N. San Francisco, and party till you can party no more. Music starts at 9:30 p.m.

779-6971. Check out the Cocktail Lounge on Facebook.

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Rose’s Pawn Shop. Courtesy photo

The crowds are stupid dense on New Year’s Eve in Flagstaff— that’s just a fact. But luckily there are a number of venues offering more than a holiday-style good time. Revelers can look for one party down one cozy little Flagtown alleyway at the Green Room where the trio known as the Ladies of Wax will be up from Phoenix with their Valley of the Spun Wax to entertain throughout the evening with “Tighten” Up. Specializing in a vinyl-only set that mixes ’60s soul, ska, reggae, garage rock and punk, these ladies know how to jive and get the crowd hoppin’.

It’ll be funky, fresh and entirely free all night—all that is asked is ya’ll dress to impress—and enjoy drink specials into the morning’s wee hours with a champagne toast at midnight and a balloon drop. Whoop it up at the Green Room, 15 N. Agassiz.

The night cranks into gear at 8 p.m. Free. 226-8669. Check out Ladies of Wax on Facebook.

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Southside will be hopping as well on the home side of the turntable with DJs Marty Marr and Emmett White, also the reigning mixmasters of Payback and a number of other instrumental events, handling the wax all night long during Mia’s Lounge New Year’s Eve 2016. The dynamic duo is comprised of double-time masters in their respective, eclectic favorites that run the gamut from funk and soul to punk, electro, pure pop and beyond. But on top of that, their professionalism shines with seamless transitions from one track to the next that won’t skip a beat in this night-long bash. There will be fine times had with friends and happy drinks of all sorts as dancing and wonderment ensues to ring in the New Year with a big, bad bang. After all, they say how you spend the New Year sets the tone for the following revolution around the sun. Kick it off right at Mia’s Lounge, 26 S. San Francisco, starting at 9 p.m. Free. To learn more, call 774-3315 or peep the Facebook event page.

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Not all of the evening’s festivities are lined up downtown. No sir, there’s a whole lot more to this mountain town than a fourblock radius, and one of those guaranteed good times is sure to be had on the East Side with one of the newest groups of musicians to plug in and play. And by that, don’t think the five guys of Arizona Hired Guns aren’t worth the sum of their parts.

With a combined total of a century of experience—and that’s a conservative estimate—this five-piece southern blues outfit has the chops to set any mustang out to pasture. They make the classics look easy as they’ve amassed an all-cover repertoire that offers the hits we all love and groove to while displaying one hell of a challenging catalog of styles and genres both vocally and instrumentally. With an array of guitar chops from shredding electric with a little slide thrown in for measure, a bassline that’ll have you grooving till 2017, keys and bangin’ drums, these professionals work through the hits from the Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker and much more.

Saddle up to the Timberline Tavern & Corner Café, 9001 N. U.S. Hwy 89, from 9 p.m.–1 a.m. Champy toast at midnight between tunes. Free. 522-5817. Check out Arizona Hired Guns on Facebook.

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The deep-down losses By Andrew Wisniewski

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arly last week the Flagstaff community stood idle as two of its own, Chris Harris and Sunfeatha Tea, unexpectedly made their way to the Great Gig in the Sky. In the wake of their passing, I received the following letter from one of Chris’s best friends, Sharece Phillips, which she kindly asked that I share with our readers. As he was a wellknown fixture in the downtown scene and friend to so many, it only made sense. For those who knew them, they represented the best in all of us—a reminder to be true to your friends, and always be the one they can count on. Chris and Sunfeatha, we’ll miss you both, and no doubt see you again one day.

Lived like William Burroughs, died like Jackson Pollock. Somewhere on the other side, a man is hauling a** at a million miles an hour through the big rhinestone-studded sky. Glory bound and screaming, “Look out Vegas, here I come!“ Darkness has been piling up like playing cards in the town of Flagstaff. Many lives plucked away by the dictating hands of time. One person of which, Chris Harris, took the long way home on December 20, a beautiful winter’s night in Flagstaff. Chris, who was born July 29, 1971, was an artist of many trades: writer, poet, photographer, podcaster, film buff, foodie, intellectual, and a rock star. He enjoyed a good glass of whiskey, could make a mean moonshine, and was dazzled by the power and softness of nature.

Known for his wit, infectious laugh, and taste, he was also an adventurer, a techie, a slick gun shooter, philosopher, an art director, a believer of miracles (if it could be proven), a tenderhearted son, an a**hole, and among many other things, Chris was my best friend. Witnessing these darker moments brings us all to a realization that the most noteworthy parts of being human is having to let go of the people that we love.

Chris was the kind of guy that could hold a drink and an even better conversation if you were into it. The kind of guy you could spend all night talking to about art, science and what is right and honest with the world. He was the kind of guy that would invite you to dinner, and always pay.

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that moment on, Chris Harris would not only impact many people’s lives within the Flagstaff community, but also wherever else he decided to roam.

Chris and I spent many a day fueling each other’s burning passions, pondering life as we know it, and the spreading of beauty to all. Writing poetry, attending shows, and watching film and the wine bottle empty. We were Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, chasing poetry nights like dragons, and sleighing them down by the sheer words of our work.

During a time when my leg and spirits were broken he was there for me and would pick me up to take me to the free film nights at NAU. We were together many Sunday mornings at Criollo, with a Bloody Mary and Mimosa in hand, talking about our dreams of owning a gallery together, a large industrial space with high ceilings and windows with infinite potential for partition and space.

I had met Chris almost five years ago, and I loved him dearly. The beauty of these memories is that they are true and eternal, and that every single person who knew Chris will have their own reality of who he was.

Chris was a gifted man filled with love and light, and I know his own words of truth and beauty in the world will fill many people with the incredible joy he felt for life. Within the joyful embraces we will all have in his honor, cherish the knowledge and wisdom he told, and repeat them over and over so they will never weaken. Hold onto the best moments and spread his light so our memory of him will never dim. Long live the warm brilliance that comes down, through and onto all of us here in this magical mountain town.

Chris spent his whole life trying to debunk truth, and his last awakening teaches us that it is all subjective, and nothing in the world makes sense. And that security is mostly a superstition.

Avoiding danger is no safer at the end of the day than the outright revealing of it.

Life is either a miraculous adventure or nothing at all. So we must continue turning over stones, breaking rules, dancing all night, practice critical thinking, share ourselves with others, take another shot when we think we’ve had enough, and hold on.

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The spread of worry Dear Governor Ducey, Yesterday, I went to drop off some books I wrote at NAU’s president’s office so she could showcase NAU research, perhaps in a bid to stave off more budget cuts: “Alert. Alert. We’re doing work here,” she wants you to see.

On the door was a poster for NAU Alerts.

You can sign up to get text-messages alerting you to immediate threats facing the NAU community. When I first started working at NAU, the alerts rang for the swine flu. NAU was all over that, installing Purell stations in the hallway, handing out surgical masks, inviting us to the health center for any symptoms. I signed up for the alerts then. I signed up for the vaccine administered by county health services. NAU was on top of it. The state was on top of it. The swine flu never got that bad because, maybe, people recognized the danger and stopped it.

But yesterday, as I noted the NAU Alerts Poster and remembered the alert I got only six or so weeks ago about the shooting on NAU’s campus, I watched on the TV screen in the office about the San Bernardino shooter.

My friend Julie lives in the mountains above San Bernardino. I texted her to say, “Oh

my god, are you all right,” because that’s what you ask even though you know your people are probably safe but you still want to check because you never really know.

Julie texted me back, “Hi darling, thank you so much for checking in. We are all OK. I am shaken because the boys stayed home with low fevers today and I was supposed to go in for service stuff and I was going to bring the boys to campus, which is effectively on lock down (it’s very close to the facility where the shooting occurred). Also the ‘lock down’ is not official in the sense that it’s not being called that, but

there are police at all the entrances and the president has stated that people not leave campus as the freeways are not secured. But as you know it’s an open campus that backs up on foothills and the suspects are still loose. Pretty badly shaken have referred so many to the planned parenthood right around the corner and am fielding some panicked calls from folks who feel stuck on campus. Thank you for your good thoughts, Nicole. Thank you for checking in. It’s awful how much the townspeople are venting about Middle-Eastern folks—I don’t see confirmed anywhere on the news sites that the shooters have been reported as Middle-Eastern.

We have a strong Middle East program in world languages and we have many visibly Muslim students and faculty; I hope they are not the victims of prejudice and violence. OK. Am pulling self together and going to play board games with the boys. Much love. XOXOXO, Julie.”

See how the worrying expands? I am worried about her; she is worried about her kids. She is worried about her students. She is worried about her family and Planned Parenthood, after the shooting in Colorado less than a week ago, and she is worried about her Muslim

This slow terror spreads. You can track it like you track the spread of the �lu. I’m checking my phone for alerts but Arizona is not providing inoculations for this terror. The state is saying you are on your own.

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students and Muslim fellow-faculty after the hate-spike post the November 13 attacks in Paris. This slow terror spreads. You can track it like you track the spread of the flu. I’m checking my phone for alerts but Arizona is not providing inoculations for this terror. The state is saying you are on your own. The people, especially in this state, are as locked and loaded as a humananimal-hybrid flu. You have no natural resistance. Purell won’t get you anywhere.

The swine flu didn’t end up killing very many people. Not nearly as many people in that year as guns have this year. The swine flu killed 3,433. Guns killed 12,220 according to GunViolenceArchive.org. I don’t know if that includes the 14 people killed in San Bernardino yesterday or the four people killed in Savannah, Ga., earlier that morning.

I remember how grateful I was to wait in line at the King Street Health Clinic to get mine and Zoe’s flu shot. Relieved and grateful knowing that the community, the state, the feds, the World Health organization had come together to say this is scary. We got this. How possible it was to take this on. How once we recognized a health threat, we sounded the alarm.

Here’s the new and seemingly forever flu: 12,220 in 2015 alone. Alert. Alert.

Nicole Walker is an associate professor at Northern Arizona University, and is the author of Quench Your Thirst with Salt and a collection of poems, This Noisy Egg. She edited, with Margot Singer, Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction, and is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment from the Arts. The thoughts expressed here are hers alone and not necessarily those of her employer. This letter is from Dec. 3, 2015.

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the hoarse voice of justice in a fraudulent f you don’t know much about the housing crisis of 2008, not world. He joins Vennett more to stick it to to worry: director Adam McKay—co-creator of Funny or Die the man than to make it rich. But instead and director of both Anchorman films—creatively explains of feeling victorious, he suffers from survithe difficult concepts behind the crisis to ensure, first and forevor’s guilt, indelibly etched into his face. most, an entertaining film.

An almost unrecognizable Brad The Big Short follows a handful of outsiders who Pitt is Ben Rickert, a former recognized that in the early 2000s the housing market banker who believes the whole was inundated with loans that were doomed to THE world, not just the banking fail. Assuming homeowners would pay their mortBIG SHORT industry, is a toxic place. As gages, the banking industry made increasingly Directed by Adam McKay a realistic pessimist, he can risky bets on that assumption. At the height of Rated R profit off the collapse of the their avarice, the banks were throwing money HARKINS THEATRES global economy just as easat any schmoe without income, assets, or job. (I ily as he can sympathize for totally missed that opportunity!) Blinded by comits victims. petition and financial opportunity, most investors Together, these men make didn’t bother to check the emperor’s new clothes. the perfect antiheroes in this frightMichael Burry, played by Christian Bale, was one of eningly true story about greed blinding us the first people to take a closer look and realize he could make to common sense. (There are a few wellmoney betting against the market. Bale, per usual, transforms executed “blind” metaphors in the film.) To into his character, an antisocial hedge fund manager who likely help explain the financial concepts, McKay suffers from Asperger’s. But it’s his inability to conform that has random celebrities like chef/author Anthony Bourdain saves him. describe them in simple language. He also has characters break Catching wind of Burry’s plans is Ryan Gosling as Jared the fourth wall to explain what was and wasn’t dramatized Vennett, a scrappy investor who convinces trader Mark Baum within the script so that you can both laugh at and trust the story. to help him bet against the banks. As Baum, Steve Carell is

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The repeated montages of lavish lifestyles and the stylized camera moves were distracting at times, but you can’t fault McKay for being ambitious. He proves that with a catastrophe such as this one, you need someone like McKay to help find the funny.

Or else you’ll just die.

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mop with a mess-free wringer and detachable head, she fights irector and writer David O. Russell had a nice little streak patent challenges, competitors, her family and her own fears to from 2010 to 2013, releasing The Fighter (2010), Silver Lincreate an empire. ings Playbook (2012) and American Hustle (2013), and earnSounds inspiring, right? Think again. Though she does what ing Oscar nominations for all three (though he didn’t win any she can with what she has to work with, Lawrence can’t of them). Well, consider that streak over with his two 2015 elevate a lackluster script and mediocre direction into films. Accidental Love, which came out in February but anything memorable. The laughs are few and far was filmed years ago, was so bad that Russell used JOY between; instead, Joy is full of anything but, with a fake name in the credits. His current film may Directed by characters to whom you at first feel like you should not be quite that bad, but considering its expecDavid O. Russell be endeared, but who eventually become frustrattations, Joy is a severe disappointment.

Rated PG-13 ing and annoying. Bradley Cooper in particular, as Jennifer Lawrence, who was also nomiHARKINS THEATRES the head of the fledgling QVC network, seems out nated for American Hustle and who took home of place and almost bored, as if Russell needed to the Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook, is back in find a place for him in the movie (let’s keep the gang another Russell film. This time she takes the solo together!) and shoehorned him into the part. lead as Joy, based mostly on Joy Mangano, the single There are a few directors who have yet to make a mom entrepreneur and inventor of the QVC sensation bad movie; Alejandro González Iñárritu and Paul Thomas AnderMiracle Mop. Surrounded by a quirky family including her goodson come immediately to mind. With his last couple of outings, hearted grandmother (Diane Ladd), her shut-in, soap-opera David O. Russell isn’t in that club (and I Heart Huckabees in 2004 addicted mother (Virginia Madsen), her looking-for-love father was borderline). It’s a shame that the anticipation many of us (Robert De Niro) and her live-in ex-husband (Édgar Ramírez), had for Joy didn’t pay off. Perhaps he should give some new Joy struggles to raise two kids while maintaining a dead-end actors a shot. job. When an a-ha moment moves her to invent a new floor

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olidays and movies go together like candied fruits and nuts. And among the holidays that get prominent motion picture treatment is New Year’s Eve. Here are some favorites that break out NYE as a crucial moment or plot point to glorious effect.

When Harry Met Sally | 1989 Although it came out a handful of years before I started college, When Harry Met Sally became a dorm favorite. I mostly dug the comedy, but the scene of Harry (Bill Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) at New Year’s always touched me. It has the syrup that comes with any movie penned by Nora Ephron, but Crystal keeps it out of deep saccharine mode. In particular, I love his ponderings of “Auld Lang Syne” in the NYE scene. “What does this song mean? My whole life, I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot?’ Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances, or does it mean if we happened to forget them, we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot?”

The Hudsucker Proxy | 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy—one of the Coen Brothers’ more dismissed films, which is sad— is set in a stylish 1950s business world where grunt Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) invents the hula hoop. The invention is supposed to

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become part of a scheme to sink the company, but instead the company becomes more successful. There is a giant clock on the company’s building, and the climax plays out on the clock during New Year’s Eve and the stroke of midnight. This particular scene, and a number of them leading up to it, play incredible tribute to many classics, including films by Preston Sturges, Frank Capra and Fritz Lang. Film buffs who haven’t seen Hudsucker or dismissed it out of hand should give it a second look and watch for the nods it makes to the greats.

Boogie Nights | 1997 While a number of other great movies use New Year’s Eve to good effect, I wanted to drop in a wild card here with 1997’s Boogie Nights. The P.T. Anderson film that looks at the porn industry in the 1970s has one of the most amped up New Year’s Eve parties. The party at Jack Horner’s (Burt Reynolds) house ends when Little Bill Thompson (William H. Macy) catches his wife having sex with another man.

He shoots both of them and then puts the gun in his mouth. The last gunshot cues the title slide: 1980. That becomes one of the sharpest pivot points in the movie, where the carefree hedonism shifts to dark overtones. It’s interesting to see a NYE scene serve as the launch point for the downward spirals that come after. Happy New Year!

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On the Wall With ArtWalk taking five, a chance to reflect on ’15

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With his right arm in full use, Seronde didn’t need to rely on splicing time to paint into his schedule. He concentrated on his technique—the strokes he’s developed his entire life growing up in Flagstaff and studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston— gesturing deliberately in layers on each canvas.

By late spring, Hope and Hopeless emerged, the title painting as well as his entire solo show last July at Criollo, and encompassed the last two years of his Flagstaff-based work.

Almost a year later, not much has changed as far as this artist’s consistent exploration of technique and bright, new ideas.

The rest of the year swells with plans—some that Seronde is keeping secret—but will land sometime in May. And as one of the driving forces behind the traveling gallery exhibition, MOCAF, that showing of front-runners in the local arts scene will emerge in its latest incarnation down South at the Sedona Arts Center later in September.

In the meantime, he will still make marks.

As he said earlier this year, “I feel like my paintings are still and always have been a mapping of personal marks both emotional or dreamscape but also of my technical ability—learning how to paint, still. Playing with paint and learning how to make marks better, more genuine, more deliberate, more contemplated; making sure there’s nothing that’s just arbitrary and if it is arbitrary, it’s as honest and free as I can.”

Examine the marks and learn more about the artist at www.overwaves.com.

iven the relatively small size of Flagstaff, we are fortunate to have access to a talented coterie of painters, photographers, ceramicists and more who channel the images on the converse side of their minds’ eye and bring forth images to stir or simply entertain. These people, more often than not, pour their hearts and souls on the daily, and show their stuff each First Friday during ArtWalk. ‌While the monthly walking buffet of all things creative is taking a break this month due to the holiday’s proximity, we wanted to remind the dear art lovers out there of a trio of excellent showings during the past year that helped set the artistic bar high.

Extra grounded Photographer Greg Brown has a history of capturing a moment in time at the intersection of fortune and circumstance.

From his small aircraft and his subsequent adventure column called “Views from the Flying Carpet,” Brown continues to dazzle readers of Flight Training magazine. Since his Marylandbased editor insisted the photographer’s colors were off after seeing the photo Edge of the Painted Desert, Brown has taken to providing perspective with something identifiable to the unsuspecting eye as he sets the steering to bank and rolls past a mobile home smack in the white sands of Death Valley or captures the mountainous topographic shifts in the mineral-rich Painted Desert.

Though he still has a strong presence up in the air, Brown maintains he is an artist who flies, not a pilot who shoots photos. And lately, he has ventured back to the terrestrial landscape with his new series “Down to Earth.” The competition is stiff down here, Brown says, but viewers have taken to his bright shots of downtown Flagstaff, with its blazing neon, reflecting off slick, rainy streets.

With the latest series, Brown is adapting more shots into metal prints, and has developed a terrestrial version of his signature calendar. He also is discovering the tricks of shooting hand-held in the dark or at dusk— when the light is perfect. “You make some compromises, but you capture the energy,” he says. “The energy in these photos I’m 12

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realizing grabs people—you can feel it. It’s not something I set out to do, but it’s something I enjoy doing.”

Explore all angles at www.gregbrownflyingcarpet.com.

Landing on hope Last March, Jacques “Cazo” Seronde was left with a broken collarbone, unable to work at his usual coffee roasting, boat rowing and drumming. But he was able to make marks in oil paint.

And they were If anyone in Flagstaff demonstrated girls’ predisposition for raw power, it was the artists who participated in A Force to be Reckoned With, the all-female exhibition in May at the State Bar. Eva Rupert of the bluesiest beer bar on Route 66 has a passion for women’s empowerment. A survivalist and artist herself, she put the call out to other female artists in February for the opportunity to populate the venue’s exhibition, and strut their strength, creativity and individuality.

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hile more and more people trace their steps to the base of the San Francisco Peaks and developers bum-rush northern Arizona with blueprints for the next new project that will almost inevitably appear overnight, there are still those old buildings that remain intact, forever representing an important part of our town’s rich history.

One such building is the Orpheum Theater.

As Flagstaff continues to grow, for many of the revelers who currently call Flagstaff home, the Orpheum on Aspen Avenue downtown is the nexus for catching the next big concert rolling through town, or that building that now wears one of, if not the largest mural in the state. But what many of those folks may not know is that it wasn’t always called the Orpheum Theater, and it hasn’t always been standing—at least from the real day one.

Constructed in 1911, the longtime downtown landmark was originally named the Majestic Opera House (often called the Majestic Theatre). When it first opened its doors, John Weatherford, owner of the Weatherford Hotel, used it to show Flagstaff’s first movies. And in the years to follow, not unlike today, it was a hot spot for the public to enjoy a wealth of entertainment including picture shows,

plays, dances and musical productions.

Then, in 1915, 100 years to the day on New Year’s Eve, one of the largest snow storms in Flagstaff’s history crippled the Majestic. As 61 inches of snow fell, that night’s event was cancelled and, as legend has it, the theater collapsed overnight under the weight of the snow. It wasn’t until two years later, in 1917, that Weatherford rebuilt the theater and renamed it the Orpheum.

In the decades to follow the newly improved theater was Flagstaff’s home for entertainment before it closed its doors in 1999 when the owners left town. For three years it lay dormant, until 2002 when life was breathed into it once again—with months of extensive renovations. Under the new ownership of the Orpheum Presents, the Orpheum reopened its doors as a venue geared toward hosting concerts, festivals and community gatherings, ready to entertain a new generation of Flagstaff residents and visitors. 

Owners Charles Smith (left) and Chris Scully standing at the Orpheum’s box office. Photo by Taylor Mahoney

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“I find New Year’s Eve and its history a significant part of the Orpheum Theater. Personally, I’ve been deeply involved in the NYE festival here in town and fully believe in keeping the history and tradition alive within the community.” — Chris Scully

1944 Orpheum Theater War Bond Drive. Photo courtesy of the Flagstaff Public Library

Today, the Orpheum, owned and operated by Chris Scully and Charles Smith, continues that long tradition of bringing top-level entertainment to a town thirsty for all of the tireless excitement it can get.

To celebrate a century’s passing since the short-lived Majestic Theatre fell to ruin, along with the continued success of

1915 NYE snow storm that collapsed the Majestic Theatre.

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the Orpheum Theater, the Orpheum will host a New Year’s Eve party that will look to bring down the house (metaphorically, of course) featuring L.A.-based Americana and bluegrass five-piece Rose’s Pawn Shop, with local support by Viola and the Brakemen and the Dave Logan Band. (See our Hot Pick on page 6 of this issue for more info on the show.)

We also took it upon ourselves to dig up a bunch of old (and some new) photos and newspaper clippings from throughout the decades. There wasn’t a ton floating around, nor were they easy to track down, but nonetheless, we hope you enjoy!

The Orpheum Theater is located at 15 W. Aspen. For more info and a list of upcoming shows and events, visit www.orpheumflagstaff.com.

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Sticking the year in your ear A look back at our favorite albums from the tunage of 2015 She had a breakout 2015 with her debut record which dropped days after she tore up this year’s South by Southwest festival. But more than her musicianship and positive sound, her lyrics are at front and center. She delivers her words in a rambling, deadpan singing style that is entrancing. If there’s one female rock artist to check out this year, she’s it.

Only by the Dawn by Shannon & the Clams. ‌Music history, like that of the world, is going to repeat itself. And the moment it dawns on people to dive back into ’50s doo-wop, Shannon & the Clams will be there—oh they’ll be there—to whack you in the face with their lo-fi take on the genre. The trio led by Shannon Shaw made a masterpiece this summer with their fourth studio cut, Gone by the Dawn. The intricately carved arrangements showcase Shaw’s churning baritone that’s like going to church with a choir of angelic hollow body guitars leading the way to nirvana.

The Deslondes by the Deslondes.

Barely two years into their work as the Deslondes and the ragtag group out of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward have given even those who abhor country a reason to swoon. Named for a street in the neighborhood (and an actual person), this fivepiece backed by New West Records is a throwback to the olden days of smoky bars filling the streets with toe-tapping tunes. Their self-titled debut record mixes jazz, blues and even zydeco that belies their relatively young age, and delivers a fullbodied musical experience worth a million spins. ‌Reviews by Diandra Markgraf

Big Dark Love by Murder by Death.

Murder by Death—sounds like a metal band. Well, no. Though their energy rivals any headbanger’s ball, they are a quad shot of rock ‘n’ roll caffeine in the way they make use of their members’ penchant for weird instrumentation and singer Adam Turla’s unparalleled lyricism. Their seventh record represents a step away from their usual macabre material like the all-out operetta that was 2003’s Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Instead, Big Dark Love runs the gamut of genre-bending love songs, death songs and in-betweeners that show exactly why this band is leading the list of those making music at this very moment.

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Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett.

There are two frames of mind when it comes to music: those who favor musicality and those who favor lyricism. Well, for those who meet in the middle, Courtney Barnett is the real deal.

In Colour is beautiful no matter what angle it’s viewed from. There are a few weird looks, but they are still quality. For the sheer range and ability of this guy alone, not to mention what he might pull off in the future, he’s worth checking out if you haven’t already.

Reviews by Andrew Wisniewski Painted Shut by Hop Along.

In early spring these guys made a big leap forward with the release of their second full-length album. And since popping it in the rotation for the first time, it has not left. Based out of Philly, this four-piece indie rock outfit is fronted by lead singer Frances Quinlan.

With an evocative voice that is as good as it is scratchy and muscular, she might just have the best voice in rock music today. The album itself plays like a diary entry turned anthem—one where vulnerability transitions to power. For those who find their way to this band, note that they’ll be opening for Dr. Dog on February 17 at the Orpheum here in town. They alone are worth the ticket.

In Colour by Jamie xx.

When I first heard the dizzying single “Loud Places” off English producer Jamie xx’s debut album, I was hooked. It has since become one of my favorite songs of the year, and the rest of the album holds true to form, acting as a study in perspective. From the abstract house feel of “Gosh” or the breezy dancehall pop confession “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times),” featuring Young Thug and Popcaan,

Teens of Style by Car Seat Headrest.

If one album caught my ear and did not let go this year, it would be Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Style. The brainchild of a guy named Will Toledo, Car Seat worked as a prolific underground music-making machine, releasing 12 albums in four years before landing a record deal with Matador and releasing this fuzzy-poprock-guitar gem in 2015. The low-fi psychedelia buries some of the songcraft that surfaces with

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Momentary Lapse of Happily by Adult Mom. The music of Adult Mom carries a mix of broken-affair musings and bigger questions on getting older but possibly not wiser. Adult Mom is really Stephanie Knipe, who crafts poppy postpunk in our strangely post-secret world. Her second album, Momentary Lapse of Happily, features catchy melodies pushed against stark-honest words. “I cure the pores of my skin/I leave no room for anything/I survive because I have died,” Knipe sings in in her lilting voice on “Survival.”

On the swaying rock ballad “Sorry I was Sorry,” she slips into an almost-country croon where she sings, “Sorry for writing all those love songs for you/Is that suffocating to you, too?” Another highlight among the 13 tracks is “Meg Ryan,” which pushes around in that strange territory of relationships and trajectories with lines like, “I see you with a juice box screamin’ that you miss me.”

Everbody’s a Good Dog by Diane Coffee.

Here’s a strange and unlikely top artist and album for this year. Diane Coffee is really at its core a man named Shaun Fleming, drummer for the alt-rockers Foxygen. His first record with Diane Coffee was a low-key affair that involved recordings on his iPhone. But Everbody’s a Good Dog is Fleming and company in full studio glory.

While it’s nothing new to embrace 1970s rock ethos in alternative music circles, Diane Coffee takes it to new and wondrous heights by marrying glam rock and swagger with infusions and flavors of 1970s Motown and soul (highly recommended is watching Diane Coffee’s NPR Tiny

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Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes.

In 2012, Alabama Shakes stormed onto the scene with their album Boys & Girls. Lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard showed that she was a force to be reckoned with, and her stage presence really drove the band to major heights. Three years later, they released their sophomore effort, Sound & Color. They easily could have followed the template of their first record and had a megahit.

Instead, they opened the door even wider to their influences and created a more eclectic and deliciously idiosyncratic album. The title track is a soulful ballad that sets up the driving funk of “Don’t Wanna Fight,” while “Dunes” and “Gimme All Your Love” sound like lost Led Zeppelin tracks. “The Greatest” plays like a slick rocker Jack White wish he had wrote, while “Gemini” channels David Bowie in its spacey-sonic weirdness. It all plays a love letter to the power of music. How could we resist?

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or thrilling sports action on television, it’s hard to top the sheer excitement of bowling, isn’t it?

No, not that game of 10-pins, but the passion and pageantry of college football’s bowl season! America’s elite, powerhouse teams are rewarded for their successful seasons by traveling to various sunny vacation spots to play each other in such memorable “classics” as the GoDaddy Bowl, the Outback Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and of course the Quick Lane Bowl (which actually sounds more like bowling than football).

In fact, the proliferation of bowls has become so ridiculous that even teams with poor seasons are playing in them. Who could resist watching the Cure Bowl, for example, pitting Georgia State (which lost half of its games this season) against San Jose State (which had a losing season)? There are now more than 40 bowls games, with three featuring teams that lost more games than they won, while nine include blah teams that won six and lost six.

The real game, however, is not on the field, but the gaming of our tax laws by the corporate sponsors. Practically every one of these bowls has a brand-name corporation behind it, using the highly-hyped matchups

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to draw TV viewers, who’re then blitzed for three hours or so with the sponsor’s ads. All of this is hinged on a trick play— the IRS allows the sponsoring corporation to treat these self-promotion telecasts as a cost of doing business, wholly deductible from its tax bill. The upshot is that bowl games that wouldn’t be able to pay for themselves through free-market ticket sales are artificially sustained by a corporate hustle that relies on a huge unwarranted government subsidy.

There’s even one game called the TaxSlayer Bowl sponsored by a dot-com outfit that specializes in—guess what?— teaching people and businesses to dodge taxes. How’s that for unintended irony?

Jim Hightower is a best-selling author, radio commentator, nationally syndicated columnist and editor of The Hightower Lowdown, a populist political newsletter. He has spent the past four decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers that ought-to-be: consumers, working families, small businesses, environmentalists and just-plainfolks. For more of his work, visit www. jimhightower.com.

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On the Wall continued from page 12 Rupert’s colleague and friend, local artist Amy Martin, gathered submissions from 17 artists of all career stages offering a near-perfect split between photography and paintings which spread across the entire bar area in a diverse and aesthetically pleasing buffet.

One image from locally-based adventure photographer Dawn Kish was snapped in contrasting black and white on a 2008 assignment for Backpacker magazine. On this trip, Kish connected with the Havasupai, the people of the blue-green water, and took home this image of the late river guide, Shana Watahomigie, whose feathered black hair dips toward the rippling river—rays of sun reflecting back as her outstretched fingers stir a gentle wave.

“We did some of my best portraits of a river guide that day,” Kish says of her friend.

“I’ll never forget Shana for that gift. The photograph is our beautiful connection to the river and to each other.”

Love and beauty pervaded at this show, and added an eclectic feel in between, like with Laura Franke’s multi-colored piece, Voodoo Woman, that contrasts Kish’s black and white image with neon pink and bold orange hand-outlining photographs of sassy ladies in bondage attire.

“One thing that is so cool with this show is I feel like having this variety of artists brings a freshness to the space, a new energy and so much excitement,” Rupert says.

And if we can make an educated guess, we’d say there will be more exhibitions like this in the future. To keep up with the current artistic showings, visit the State Bar on Facebook.

First Friday ArtWalk will return on February 5. To learn more, visit www.flagartscouncil.org/ artwalk.

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Tours offered every weekend Thursday through Sunday. $40 per person. Sign up on www.flagstaffeats.com. 213-9233 Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Continuing Taoist tai chi and beginner class.

Every Thursday. 5:30-7:30p.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 400 W Aspen. 288-2207 Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Weekly Mindfulness Meditation every Thursday.

Room 24 upstairs. 6:30 p.m. instruction, 7-8:30 p.m. sitting and walking meditation.

8:30 p.m. discussion. Come and go anytime. Free and open to all. 400 W. Aspen. 814-9851 High Country Conference Center: Plight of the Condor. New exhibit by Flag photographer John Sherman chronicling the endangered California Condors. Runs through April 30. Gallery hours are Mon–Fri 11 a.m.–3 p.m. and 4–9 p.m., and Fri–Sat 4–11 p.m. 201 W. Butler Ave. 523-9521 Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio: Individualized kung fu instruction in xingyi, bagua and taji. Every Thursday. 6-8 p.m. www. flagstaffkungfu.org. 4 W. Phoenix. 779-5858 Joe C Montoya Community and Senior Center: Hour-long small group guitar classes. Ages 13 and up. Two sessions every Thursday from 3-5 p.m. Flexible format, multiple styles.

Registration required. $30 for five classes, and $4 materials. 245 N Thorpe. (505) 614-6706 Joe C Montoya Community and Senior Center: Guitar for absolute beginners. Short-term class teaches tuning, terminology, basic chords, melody and simple notation. Meets first three Thursdays of each month. $25 for three classes, and $4 materials. Ages 13 and up. Registration required. 245 N Thorpe. (505) 614-6706 The Museum Club: Line dance lessons. Every Tuesday and Thursday night from 6-7 p.m. $3. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 The Museum Club: Flagstaff Swing Dance Club presents dance lessons every Thursday night from 7-8 p.m.

Different dance style taught each month. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Red Rock State Park: Guided nature walk at 10 a.m. Guest speaker or a ranger/naturalist gives a 45-minute talk at 2 p.m.

Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehicle. 4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona. (928) 282-6907 Simply Spiritual Healing: Thursday night meditation. Every Thursday.

6-7 p.m. $20. All are invited. 105 E. Birch.

779-6322

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | THU 12.31

Flagstaff Brewing Co.: New Year’s Eve Party. Featuring Liquid Mountain Light Show with DJs Blake Brady and Sanka.

10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: “Tighten” Up. New Year’s Eve featuring Phoenix’s the Ladies of Wax spinning ska, reggae, new wave, soul, garage rock and punk. Dress sharp!

Champy toast and balloon drop at midnight.

8 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: NYE Masquerade Ball with the Bottom Line Band and DJ ill.Ego. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: New Year’s Eve Dance Party with DJs Marty King and Emmett White. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315

DEC. 31, 2015–JAN. 6, 2016 Monte Vista Lounge: New Year’s Eve with DJ P-Phunk from Phoenix.

9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: New Year’s Eve Party with the Naughty Bits.

8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300 Orpheum Theater: New Year’s Eve with Rose’s Pawn Shop.

Americana and bluegrass from L.A. Openers: Viola and the Brakemen and the Dave Logan band. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $11 (ages 12 and under are free). All ages. 15 W. Aspen. 556-1580 The Spirit Room: Hank Erwin Band. 9 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809 State Bar: New Year’s Eve with Black Lemon. Contemporary acoustic music from Flag. 8 p.m. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282 Timberline Tavern & Corner Café: New Year’s Eve with the Arizona Hired Guns.

Cover band from Flag. 9 p.m. Free. 9001 N. U.S. Hwy 89. 522-5817

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | FRI 1.1

Episcopal Church of the Epiphany: Taoist tai chi. Every Friday. 9-10:30 a.m. flagstaff. az@taoist.org. 423 N. Beaver. 774-2911 Flagstaff Elk’s Lodge: Weekly all-you-can-eat Fish Fry. Fish fry begins at 6 p.m. $12. All proceeds benefit Elks Children Charities. Every Friday. 2101 N. San Francisco.

774-6271 Lanning Gallery: “New Year, New Art.” Opens with champagne and chocolates. 5-8 p.m. during Sedona’s First Friday ArtWalk. Runs through Jan. 10. 431 State Rte. 179. Hozho. Sedona. (928) 282-6865 Turquoise Tortoise Gallery: “A New Year Dawns.” Showcasing the gallery’s newest Native American and Southwest art.

5-8 p.m. during Sedona’s First Friday ArtWalk.

Runs through Jan. 10. 431 State Rte. 179.

Sedona. (928) 282-2262

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | FRI 1.1

Flagstaff Brewing Co.: Heartwood. Americana, folk, country and blues from Flag. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Electric Kingdom. Monthly First Friday dance party. Featuring Blake Brady, Johnny Swoope, Ellito Tierney and Just Joe. Visuals by Jahmontee. Performances by Flagstaff Aerial Arts. Photography by Andrew Lantern and Taylor Mahoney. Face painting with Megan June and Olivia Spencer. 9 p.m. $7. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: First Fridays with DJ ill.Ego. 9 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Monte Vista Lounge: First Friday ’90s cover night with Enormodome.

9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Buddhist Priest. 8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive.

Sedona. (928) 204-1300 The Spirit Room: Dog of the Moon on New Year’s Day. 1 p.m. Free.

166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809 State Bar: Mother Road Trio. Americana and blues from Flag. 8 p.m. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282

Hope and Hopeless, oil painting by Jacques “Cazo” Seronde.

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VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | SAT 1.2

Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. $5.

2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 Galaxy Diner: Swing Dance Club every Saturday. Lessons from 7-10 p.m. Free. 931 E. Historic Rte. 66. 774-2466 Marshall Elementary School: Continuing Taoist tai chi. Every Saturday 9-10:30 a.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 850 N. Bonito. 288-2207 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Janice: Little Girl Blue. 4 p.m. Sat and Mon; 7 p.m. Sun and Wed. $12, $9for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona.

(928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Sedona Poetry Slam. 7:30 p.m. $12. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Murdoch Community Center: Zumba class. Every Saturday at 9 p.m. $5. 203 E. Brannen. 226-7566 Red Rock State Park: Saturday and Wednesday daily bird walks. 7 a.m.

Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehicle. 4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona. (928) 282-6907

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | SAT 1.2

Stellar Citizens Flagstaff’s 2015 Citizens of the Year stand tall for their community.

Read all about them this Sunday exclusively in the Arizona Daily Sun.

Flagstaff Brewing Co.: DJ A*Naut and Friends. 10 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66. 773-1442 The Green Room: Tyrell Sweeten Element. Roots, rock and soul from Sedona. 9:30 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz.

226-8669 Main Stage Theater: First Saturdays Blues Jam with Joe Neri’s Blues Dawg. 7 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood.

(928) 202-3460 Monte Vista Lounge: Fayuca. Latin rock and reggae from Phoenix.

9:30 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Kenzo. 3-6 p.m. Free. Open mic with James Turner. 8 p.m. Free. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona.

(928) 204-1300 The Spirit Room: The Mods. 2 p.m. Free. Johnny Lingo Trio on ArtWalk Saturday. 9 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | SUN 1.3

Canyon Dance Academy: Flag Freemotion. Ballroom dance lessons and dancing every Sunday. Learn social and ballroom dancing. 5-7 p.m. No partner needed. $8, $5 for students. 853-6284. 2812 N. Izabel. 814-0157 Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy: Flag Freemotion. Conscious movement/freestyle dance. Moving meditation to dance-able music.

Minimum instruction and no experience required.

Every Sunday. 10:30 a.m. www.flagstafffreemotion.com. 3401 N. Ft Valley Road. 225-1845 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Janice: Little Girl Blue. 4 p.m.

Mon; 7 p.m. Sun and Wed. $12, $9for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Jane Eyre. Live big screen premiere from the National Theatre of London. 3 p.m. $15, $12.50 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Trivia with TJ and Claira. Every Sunday. 9 p.m.

Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971

DEC. 31, 2015–JAN. 6, 2016 Tranzend Studio: Flagstaff Latin Dance Collective. Lessons: beginner and all level fundamentals, technique and musicality. 7 p.m. Open dancing in main room with salsa, bachata, merengue and cha cha; side room with zouk and kizomba until 10 p.m. Every Sunday. $10 drop-in, $8 for students. 417 W. Santa Fe. 814-2650

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | SUN 1.3

1899 Bar and Grill: Vincent Z. Acoustic world music. Every Sunday.

6:30-8:30 p.m. 307 W. Dupont. 523-1899 Flagstaff Brewing Co.: The Prowlers. 2-5 p.m. Free. 16 E. Rte. 66.

773-1442 The Green Room: Super Sunday Karaoke. 8 p.m. Free. Every Sunday.

15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 The Spirit Room: Cheap Sunglasses. 2 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | MON 1.4

Charly’s Pub & Grill: Game night. 6-10 p.m. Free. 23 N. Leroux.

774-2731 Episcopal Church of the Epiphany: Taoist tai chi. Every Monday. 10:30 a.m.-noon. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 423 N Beaver. 288-2207 Firecreek Coffee Co.: Speak Up! Bridging the gap between local people and local politics. Forum for Flag residents to connect with local politics. 4:45-6:30 p.m. Free.

Every first Monday of the month. 22 E. Rte. 66.

774-2266 Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Monday. 6 p.m. $5. 2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 The Green Room: Weekly trivia night hosted by Martina. Every Monday. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz.

226-8669 Human Nature Dance Theatre and Studio: Tango classes. Fundamentals: 6-6:30 p.m. $5.

Figures and Techniques: 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10.

(Both classes for dancers having completed a beginner dance series). Practica: 7:30-9 p.m.

Practica included in price of class. 4 W. Phoenix.

773-0750 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Janice: Little Girl Blue. (4 p.m.

Mon; 7 p.m. Wed.) Hitchcock/Truffaut. (7 p.m.

Mon and Tue; 4 p.m. Wed.) $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona.

(928) 282-1177 Monte Vista Lounge: Mario Kart Monday. Play your favorite old-school video games on the big screen. Every Monday.

9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | MON 1.4

Campus Coffee Bean: Open Mic night. Every Monday. 6-8 p.m. ccbopenmic@gmail.com. 1800 S. Milton Road. 556-0660 The Green Room: Karaoke. 8 p.m. Free. Every Monday. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8:30 p.m. sign-up.

9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch. 774-4011 Main Stage Theater: Karaoke Service Industry Night. 8 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Record Club. Weekly vinyl appreciation night with host Cory Sheward. 9 p.m. Free. 26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Pulse continued on page 24

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The Write Now Round 23 ‌W

rite now and be read! Flag Live invites you to submit your free-write for consideration for publication. With the first issue of each month we post a writing prompt followed by a 3/4 page of blank lines. You write (legibly, please!) a story, poem or creative non-fiction piece on the form or in a one-page, double-spaced Word document typed in Time New Roman, size 14 font.

(Please note: submissions that exceed or do not meet the outlined criteria will not be accepted.) ‌You can use your smartphones, digital cameras or scanners to create an image document of your writing and send it—or your one-page, double-spaced Word doc to Andrew Wisniewski at andyw@flaglive.com by Fri, Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. Author and writing mentor Mary Sojourner will read submissions and choose a writer to be featured in Flag Live the last week of the month. The cycle will continue with a new prompt and new winner each month. Watch for it … and Write on!

Round 23 Prompt: “S/he/I couldn’t remember how s/he/I had gotten here—crouched under a bridge near a frozen trickle of river.”

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MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | MON 1.4

The Museum Club: Open mic night. Every Monday. 8 p.m. Free. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | TUE 1.5

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The Green Room: Science on Tap. Bruce Hungate presents: “Climate Change: What’s New?” 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Hops on Birch: Trivia night with Eric Hays. Every Tuesday.

8:30 p.m. sign-up. 9 p.m. start. 22 E. Birch.

774-4011 Jim’s Total Body Fitness: Line dancing. All levels. 6:30-7:30 p.m. First class free. Every Tuesday. 2150 N. 4th St. 606-1435 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Hitchcock/Truffaut. 7 p.m. Tue; 4 p.m. Wed. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: But Not for Me. Special Q&A with Elena Urioste who is featured in the film. 4 p.m. $12, $9 for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 The Museum Club: Line dance lessons. Every Tuesday. 6-7 p.m. $3.

3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Ponderosa High School: Beginner Taoist tai chi. Every Tuesday 5:30-7 p.m.

Followed by continuing Taoist tai chi. Every Tuesday. 7-8:30 p.m. flagstaff.az@taoist.org. 2384 N. Steves. 288-2207 Taala Hooghan Infoshop: Dharma Punx meditation group every Tuesday.

8:15 p.m. 1700 N. 2nd St. www.taalahooghan.org Shuvani Studio: Unplug and Recharge Meditation. Unplug from distractions and recharge through movement and meditation with qi-gong. Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. 7-8 p.m. $5-$10 suggested donation. Next to Mama Burger, corner of Fort Valley Road and Humphreys Street. (951) 781-9369 State Bar: High Bar Stand-Up Comedy Night. Hosted by Barley Rhymes’ Davey Latour. Flagstaff’s finest and funniest take the stage for an evening of stand-up comedy. Every first and third (and occasional fifth) Tuesday. All are welcome to participate. 7 p.m. signup, 8 p.m. start. Free. 10 E. Rte. 66. 226-1282

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | TUE 1.5

The Green Room: Honky Tonk Tuesdays. Featuring DJ MJ. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: Karaoke Tuesdays. Hosted by Red Bear. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood.

(928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Jazz Jam. Weekly house band jam session hosted by Ron James, Brad Bays and Chris Finet 9 p.m. Free. Every Tuesday. 26 S. San Francisco.

774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Karaoke with Ricky Bill. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco. 779-6971

DEC. 31, 2015–JAN. 6, 2016 The Museum Club: Karaoke. Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. Free. 3404 E. Rte. 66. 526-9434 Oak Creek Brewing Co.: Drumz and Dance Party. Free. 6:30 p.m. 2050 Yavapai Drive. Sedona. (928) 204-1300

VARIOUS ‌ EVENTS | WED 1.6

Firecreek Coffee Co: Poetry slam. Every Wednesday. Signup at 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. start. $2. 22 E. Rte. 66. 774-2266 Flagstaff CSA and Market: Weekly Wednesday Meditation. Guided meditation and open discussion. Anyone is welcome to join. Every Wednesday. 9-10 a.m. 116 Cottage Ave. 213-6948 Flagstaff Recreation Center: Zumba class. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. $5. 2403 N. Izabel. 779-1468 Lumberyard Brewing Co.: Extreme Wednesdays. Showing extreme sports videos. Free. 10 p.m. 5 S. San Francisco. 779-2739 Main Stage Theater: In-House Dart and Pool Leagues. 6 p.m. Free. 1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Majerle’s Sports Grill: Trivia night. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. 102 W. Rte. 66. 774-6463 Mary D. Fisher Theatre: Film screening: Hitchcock/Truffaut. 4 p.m. Janice: Little Girl Blue. 7 p.m. $12, $9for Sedona Film Fest members. 2030 W. Hwy 89A. Sedona. (928) 282-1177 Murdoch Community Center: Zumba class. Every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. $5.

203 E. Brannen. 226-7566 The Peaks: Beginning ballroom dance lessons. 7-8:15 p.m.

Every Wednesday. Free. No partner needed.

Different dance starts each month and builds through the month. Next to the Museum of Northern Arizona. Held in the activity room.

Dance calendar at www.flagstaffdance.com. 3150 N. Winding Brook Road. 853-6284 Red Rock State Park: Saturday and Wednesday daily bird walks. 7 a.m.

Park is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 per vehicle. 4050 Lower Red Rock Loop. Sedona. (928) 282-6907 Uptown Pubhouse: Team trivia with Carly Strauss. 7:30 p.m. Free. 114 N. Leroux. 773-0551

MUSIC ‌ EVENTS | WED 1.6

The Green Room: Soulective. DJs spinning funk, dance, hip-hop and EDM. Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. Free 15 N. Agassiz. 226-8669 Main Stage Theater: Bingo night. Hosted by Penny Smith. 7 p.m. Free.

1 S. Main St. Cottonwood. (928) 202-3460 Mia’s Lounge: Open mic night. Weekly talent showcase with host Jeff Nickell. 9 p.m. Free. Every Wednesday.

26 S. San Francisco. 774-3315 Monte Vista Lounge: Heather Nation. Singer-songwriter from California. 9 p.m. Free. 100 N. San Francisco.

779-6971 The Spirit Room: Don Cheek hosts open mic. 8 p.m. Free. 166 Main St. Jerome. (928) 634-8809

To have an event included in the Pulse calendar e-mail calendar@flaglive.com or mail info to Flagstaff Live, Attn: Pulse Calendar Submissions, 1751 S. Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001. The deadline is every Friday by 5 p.m. for the following week’s issue. All events are subject to change, subject to editing, and may have to be cut entirely due to limited space in Flag Live. For more info, call 779-1877.

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COmICS

Tarantino has yet another movie out. I can’t believe that guy still gets to make movies.

I hear they’re so violent. And why do they always seem to come out around the Christmas season? Such depravity!

Proudly presented by the staf at

May sweet, sweet Carol never learn of how the Q-man and I have co-written a number of scripts over the years. Some of my favorites—though note that they’re working titles—include, Dude Gets Shot a Hundred Times and Slowly Dies While He Flashbacks to How It All Went Wrong, Guy Who Played Pimps in the ’70s Is Tortured and Says Honky A lot Vol. 2, Untitled George Washington I saw that Quentin Revenge Biopic and Death Weasels.

Larry &Carol

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HOUSE CLEANING

Lost Lhasa Opso dog in Continental area on 12/14. 20 lb. 10 yr. old. White and tan fur. Collar with “Richie” nametag.

Lucky Dog Rescue ID chip. Needs eye medication. Reward available. (928) 526-0862.

Squeaky Clean House Cleaning Services.

Professional, reliable, detail-oriented cleaning. Call Katie and Pamela at 928-310-4613

APPLIANCE REPAIR Appliance Repair in your home. Best in Flagstaff w/23 yrs Exp & Insured. Call Russ @928-863-1416

LANDSCAPING Kikos Landscaping Pine Needles, Yard Clean-up & Snow Removal Francisco Valdez @ 928-221-9877 or 814-4787 leave message Not a licensed contractor

AUTO SERVICE

LAWN CARE

FIX A DENT! Save 25%. Call (928) 606-6944.

The Garden of Bob does yard cleanup.

Leaf and Pine needle removal, pruning, and light handy man services. Call Robert with the Garden of Bob at (928) 600-2850.

CONCRETE Accel Construction Group offers The Best Concrete Work for the Best Price. Free Estimates. ROC# 219882. 928-5271257

EQUIPMENT Annual Equipment Service Special Service most makes of Farm, Construction, & Lawn Equipment Pick up/Delivery Available 774-1969 www. flagequip.com

FIREWOOD A&H Firewood, Oak Only. Split or non-split.

Full cords $260 Truck load 1-1/2 cord.

928-310-9876 Aspen & Juniper Firewood For Sale.

Ready to burn. Call for info: 779-0581 Ramirez FIREWOOD FOR SALE Call 928-310-0012

HANDY PERSON A&V Handyman Snow Removal, Bobcat, Plumbing, Framing, Painting, Electric, Roofing, Tile, Concrete Driveways, Maintenance, Decks. Adrian 928-607-0370 Not a licensed contractor A1 Handyman! Call Mike’s Tool Box Decks, tile, doors/windows, paint. Mike, 928-600-6254 Free Estimates Not a Licensed Contractor

HAULING Flag Hauling, Yard Clean Up, Haul Off Misc Debris, Metal, Wood, Batteries, etc.

Fast, Reliable & Reasonable Rates, Lic/ Ins 928-606-9000

HOME IMPROVEMENT Mr. Man The Handyman Licensed Contractor/HandyMan w/ 30 yrs experience 928.300.7275 bradluky@gmail.com ROC #235891 Huff Construction LLC All home improvement, repairs, remodeling & additions.

ROC #230591 928-242-4994

MASSAGE Natural Touch Massage: LCMT Sports, Swedish, Relaxation, Deep Tissue. Call Sue 928-606-5374 Receive a Massage or Reflexology session in the comfort of your home. Call Gudi Cheff at 221-7474.

MISCELLANEOUS Downwinders Cancer Cases www. cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office 928-774-1200

MOVING Professional Moving Service call Quick Move Local/long distance or labor only.

928-779-1774

PLUMBING Plumbing Needs, Repairs, Add-ons & Remodels. (928)-890-8462 Not a licensed contractor.

SEWING SEWING BY CATHY One Day Service - Dressmaking, Alterations & Repairs.

779-2385

TREE SERVICE Tree Removal Free Estimates. References. Chris 928-255-3548 Not a Licensed Contractor

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM COMFORT INN is Hiring! FRONT DESK. Wkends a must! Please pick up application at 2355 S. Beulah Blvd NO PHONE CALLS

RECEPTION & CLERICAL The CPA firm of West, Christensen, DeGomez & Ignace, PLLC seeks a receptionist/office administrator to perform the following duties: welcome clients, answer, screen and route phone calls, manage client workflow and documentation, maintain office appearance and supplies and assemble tax returns. In addition, the candidate will prepare letters, schedule appointments and perform other administrative duties as assigned by the tax professionals. Skills include, proficiency with Excel, Word and Outlook. Bookkeeping and QuickBooks experience preferred. Candidate will be expected to articulate instructions to and interact well with clients, present a positive first impression of the firm and be able to communicate professionally. Send Resumes To: 705 N Beaver

Street Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Or by Email: westchristensen@nazcpa.com

PETS Oxley needs a home.14 mo Shprd/ Heeler Mix. House Broken. Kennel Trained.Great w/ kids & dogs. Free Oxley needs your love.9288538071

SPORTING GOODS Call 928-525-4566 or come see us at 7975 N US Highway 89. We have great deals on tactical & camping equipment & much more. Mention this ad for 10% off any purchase! Prices for every budget.

Smith & Wesson 500 mag revolver, CZ and Ruger 223 bolt action rifles, 928864-6580

HOMES FOR SALE 3bdrm/1bath Ranch Style House in Doney Park on 1 acre. Windows, doors, paint and floors less than 7 years old. Mature trees, shade house, rear of lot open w/ lrg shed. 7885 E. Gemini Drive $240,000.

928-310-6898

COMML & INDUST PROPERTIES Charter School Building 2301 N. 4th St., 8,000 sq.ft. Selling for Appraisal price of $750K. 928-526-0300

HOMES UNFURNISHED 3 bdrm/2bath, 2.5 acres, Horse Property.

1st and Last month’s rent plus deposit.

928-205-3752 2bd/1ba, $775/mo w/water, near NAU, email luvscdl@aol.com for more info.

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED Kachina Village, 2bd/2ba, spacious vaulted ceiling, wood floors, all appliances & W/D hook-up, fenced yard, 1 dog ok, 2.5 parking spaces. $975/mo + sec. dep.

928-600-3921

MANUFACTURED HOMES 2 bdrm/1ba in Munds Park, furnished, new flooring & int. paint, fenced yard, lrg shed, pellet stove, covered deck, plenty of parking, $900/mo, $900 dep. Pets xtra dep. NS. Call 602-803-0129

ROOM FOR RENT 31 Mike’s Pike. $400/month. $200 unrefundable deposit. Utilities included.

928-779-7868

STORE AND OFFICE RENTALS Various Sizes of Store and Office Space on 4th St & 7th Ave, Some with Utilities Included. 928-526-0300.

Jewelry Store, 2300 N. 4th St 2600 sq. ft, $1,700/month Water & Garbage Provided. Call 928-526-0300

DOMESTIC AUTOS Buy my Hooptie! 1988 Lincoln Towncar, 120K miles, runs good, new water pump, new belts/hoses, tires, $1200 Contact 928-863-5030

SUVS 1992 Mazda Navajo. V6, 4x4, 5speed, Runs good, Needs tires. $850 OBO 928-255-3189 2007 Audi Q7 Best $11,500 SUV Ever.Metallic Grey 4.2 and Loaded! One Owner.

Winter Package.

4 WHEEL DRIVE 1995 Ford F150 4WD Manual Transmission. 110k miles. Dual exhaust, racing wheels. $7,200 OBO Call Ed 928-380-1666 1986 Jeep Wrangler Soft Top High performance transmission 350 Big Block Engine, $6800 Steve 928-525-4183 or Dorothy 928-526-0300 or cell 928-2662884

COLLECTOR & ANTIQUE AUTOS 1968 Chevelle Sedan, 454 motor, 4-speed, serious inquiries only, $28,000, obo. Call 928-774-1012.

CAMPERS Leer P/U shell for 2001 Dakota short bed, $500. 928-526-5683

BARGAIN CORNER White Kenmore Refrigerator. Excellent condition. Side-by-side. Water dispenser.

Ice maker. Dimensions: H 69 1/2 D 29 3/4 W 35 1/4. Call (480) 326-2623.

Hoover “Platinum” series hand-held vac.

HEPA filter. Extra long cord. Like new.

Great for stairs & cars. $20. Call (928) 773-1890, land line.

Werner 32’ Extension Ladder with Stabilizer, Type 1 Heavy Duty, Blue Tip, straight and true, never dropped, retails $418 selling $200. Call 928-774-1221 Kirby Vacuum $150 obo; Women’s snowmobile suit, $25; Call 928-814-2615 Bissell upright vac. w/attachments.

Lightweight. Works perfect. $30. King mattress pad. New, never used. $20, originally $40. Call Marjorie at (928) 526-1089.

One new never-used 15.5 gal. Coors Lite keg untapped, ready for New Years? $50 obo. Call 928-600-4520 Wood coal stove $199. Aluminum snow shovel $20. Plastic snow shovel $5.

Stove spark arester $35. 928-774-7114 Flagstaff

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