Past Events | Program in Community, Culture, and Environment

Scott Russell Sanders, A Private History of Awe

Mar 15, 2006 - 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm

An Indiana University English professor, Sanders is the author of over two dozen books on place and community, including Hunting for Hope (Beacon, 1998), The Country of Language (Milkweed Editions, 1999) and The Force of Spirit (Beacon, 2000). His latest work, A Private History of Awe, is due out in March, 2006.

Co-sponsored by the Master of Liberal Studies Program, Center for Sustainable Environments, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program, Program in...

Flagstaff Children’s Museum Coloring Contest and Reception

Mar 15, 2006 - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

The Flagstaff Children's Museum, together with guest artist Tisha Cazel, invites you to color, paint, sculpt, papier-mache, or even weld your entry for the 4th Annual All Ages Coloring Contest. Entry forms and coloring sheets are available at many local businesses, including Pay'n'Take and New Frontiers Natural Foods Marketplace. Entries will be accepted until March 10. There will be an artist's reception and awards presentation for all entrants and their...

Dance Safari: Inspired by Africa

Mar 11, 2006

Dancers and musicians from schools all over Flagstaff wow the audience with their lively tribute to African drum and dance culture. Please join us for this exciting event. Proceeds benefit the Youth Celebrate Art & Culture program.

Youth Celebrate Art and Culture is presented by Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the Museum of Northern Arizona, NAU’s Program in Community, Culture & Environment, the City of Flagstaff, and APS.

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Borders: An Evening with Andrei Codrescu

Mar 8, 2006 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join this prolific author and NPR commentator for Borders: An Evening with Andrei Codrescu. Following the lecture, Mr. Codrescu will sign his new book, a collection of twenty years of writing in and about New Orleans entitled New Orleans, Mon Amour (Algonquin Books, 2006).

Admission to this lecture and book signing is free. Seating is limited.

For advance tickets, please call the NAU Ticket Office at 523-5661 or the Department of Humanities,...

Improv Workshop

Feb 26, 2006 - 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

NAU Drama Alumni Anna Schoner will lead the group through a variety of fun improvisational drama activities that will invigorate your creativity! This exciting afternoon is for youth ages 11-16. Register at 779-2300 ext. 105.

This event is part of Youth Celebrate Art and Culture Month.

Youth Celebrate Art and Culture is presented by Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the Museum of Northern Arizona, NAU’s Program in Community, Culture & Environment, the City...

Bats, Caves, and the Mighty Earthworm

Feb 25, 2006 - 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Through pictures and videos, travel dark, mysterious caves of bats and weird, unusual cave animals. Then experience Worm Drive, a hilarious show with mad-cap skits, puppets and real worms! Have fun discovering the importance of bats and earthworms to our environment. These shows are presented by J. Judson Wynne, Wildlife Ecologist/US Geological Survey and Biological Sciences/NAU and Farmer Ron and Worm Boy Gavin of WormDriveMusical.com. This special performance is a fundraiser...

Sim Van der Ryn, Design for Life

Feb 16, 2006 - 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Sim Van der Ryn, president of Van der Ryn Architects, is a renowned leader in sustainable architecture. For over thirty-five years, his design, planning, teaching and public leadership has advanced the viability, acceptance and knowledge base of ecological principles and practices in architecture and planning....

Barry Lynn, Unmade in America: The Global Industrial Commons

Nov 29, 2005

Barry Lynn is the author of the recent book, End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation and former Global Business executive editor. Lynn spoke about the dangers of an out-sourced economy and addressed the challenges of living in a world where an isolated political or natural disaster can disrupt basic systems on which we all depend.

This was the first event NAU’s lecture series on the "global commons." Co-sponsored by NAU’s Master of...

Flagstaff International Festival 2005

Nov 14 to Nov 19, 2005

Detail from photo by John Running (left).

This week-long celebration of culture and diversity coincided with the national International Education week and brought together partners from the university and community. CC&E was instrumental in planning the Saturday, November 19th International Fair, which included a diverse array of live music and dance performances, martial arts demonstrations, international food, country displays, foreign film shorts, cultural...

Places of the Heart 2005 and cARTography

Oct 1 to Nov 5, 2005

In October, the Program in Community, Culture and Environment and NAU’s Master of Liberal Studies Program presented two exhibits exploring our experience with place. cARTography and Places of the Heart were featured at the Coconino Center for the Arts from October 1, 2005 through November 5, 2005.

The Fourth Annual Places of the Heart Exhibit mapped Flagstaff through art and story! This month-long non-juried exhibit invited the public to exercise their creativity and celebrate...

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