The 4th Annual Southwest Native American Film Festival will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Coconino Center for the Arts, October 5–6, 2007.

The film festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Native American video, film, and animation made by Indigenous filmmakers from throughout the Southwest. The fall festival this fall will also offer professional development opportunities through workshops for Indigenous filmmakers and youth.

The festival, presented in partnership by Indigenous Action Media, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Cultural Partners, Tacoho Productions, Native Movement and Outta Your Backpack Media, the festival seeks to provide an opportunity for audiences of all ages to further their understanding of Indigenous cultures today.

Screenings will be held at the Museum of Northern Arizona in the Branigar Hall and the Coconino Center for the Arts. Weekend festival passes that include admission to receptions with filmmakers can be purchased in advance for $18 ($14 for students) and general and student admission fees will be collected at the door. Passes can be purchased at Winter Sun Trading Co. the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Coconino Center for the Arts. Call 928/779-2300 for additional information or visit these festival partner websites for a schedule of events at www.indigenousaction.org, www.musnaz.org, and www.culturalpartners.org.

Date: October 6th 2007 (Saturday)
Location: Coconino Center for the Arts 300 N. Fort Valley Road in Flagstaff, AZ Schedule:
9:30 - 9:00 a.m. check-In
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. workshop
Cost: $10 per person ($5 for students, free for Indigenous youth) Payable in advance or at the door.

USA. Artist: Janet Essley. Photo: Paul Woolery. 

Help guarantee that your tax dollars do not support abusive labor practices.

Tonight, City Hall, 7:30pm.

Come to this city council meeting, where organizers Ryan and Keith will be speaking on the subject of banning clothing from Flagstaff that is made in sweat shops. I’m planning on going.

sweatfree.org

Contact: sweatfreeflagstaff@gmail.com

UPDATE: So when I peddled my ass on over to City Hall tonight, the lights were all off and the doors were all locked. I saw some of you there, equally perplexed. I’m not sure what the score is either… If I find out, info will be in the comments.

Kinda spendy, but note: NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS!

This is in support of Howard Shanker for Congress. It’s getting harder and harder to support politicians these days, but this guy is on top of his game.

Northland Family Help Center

Presents~

Youth ACTIVISM working with the ideas of healthy relationships and sexual violence prevention to create art in motion~
On September 15, 2007~
we invite you to come and see a FREE show featuring:

Out of Your Backpack (OYB) Media
presenting: a film on Date Rape

Followed by….

(these students rock)

Also featuring:
A YOUTH ART SHOW
inspired by healthy relationship training
Saturday- September 15, 2007
Coconino Center for the Arts
Doors open at 6:30pm
Questions? call myra-(928) 233-2202

FREE Tune Up Day with COSMIC RAY.
Sept 10th, 9a.m.-2p.m(outside the Bookstore)

Cosmic Ray, local bicycle expert and trail guide author, and Dennis Paprocki,
owner of Flagstaff’s Coffee Pedaler, bike and coffee shop, will both be on
hand with bicycle repair stands to offer free oil, adjustments and
adviceoutside the Bookstore Sponsored by the NAU Bookstore

ESTEVAN ARELLANO
Sept 11th, 7p.m.-9p.m. Gardiner Auditorium School of Business.

Environmental historian, farmer and activist, Estevan Arrellano, will lecture
and then sign his book ANCIENT AGRICULTURE: ROOTS &
APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING. Representatives from the NAU
Bookstore will be on hand to provide copies of the book. This event is
sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Environments.

“Turquoise Rose” that will be showing at the Cline Theatre on Campus.

Friday Aug. 31st @ 7:30
Saturday Sept. 1st @ 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 & 8:00 pm.

Learn more here.

I really need to update my calendar

My friend Chris has some of his artwork up at Bookmans; check it out while you still can!

Speaking of great art, I will soon host a virtual artshow and interview of a good friend of mine that does amazing collage-work. Look for it in the next week or so (Andy, email me!).

Flagstaff, AZ

On Wednesday, May 30th the United States Department of Justice on behalf of the Forest Service filed for a rehearing and appeal “en banc” in the case to protect the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled in favor of Native American tribes and environmental groups on the grounds that a proposed ski area development and expansion would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

The Peaks, which are held holy by more than 13 Native American Nations, have been at the center of a legal battle that has pitted tribes and environmental groups against the U.S. Forest Service and a small private ski area. The Arizona Snowbowl ski area has been attempting an expansion and snowmaking with treated sewage effluent on the sacred mountain. The US Forest Service, which leases the land to Snowbowl, approved the decision but was faced with lawsuits by the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the Yavapai-Apache Tribe, the Havasupai Tribe, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Flagstaff Activist Network.

Info:
The Save the Peaks Coalition also has called for a demonstration on Monday, June 4th at the Coconino National Forest Service office in Flagstaff Arizona. The protest will be held from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm. The Forest Service office is located at 1824 S. Thompson St. (off of W. route 66, across the street from the Daily Sun).

I know I usually leave the music up to robothouse, but I wanted to underscore the hyper-radness of xbxrx and especially their new album, Wars, which has remained spining in my cd player since I got it weeks ago. This album, in this blogger’s opinion, is way better than their last one, Sixth in Sixes. Though that album was great for bike riding–not crashing though–nothing is good for that. Maybe xbxrx will sell beer-coozies like Red Fang (another fantastic band) did last week…as if pbr can get any more punk rock. Yeah! ..Oh.

Here is a sample: Center Where Site

xbxrx w/
this runs on blood
anomic suicide

@ inner beach

7-10pm