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Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library Weekly Happenings 1/12/2026

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"Library Weekly Happenings" weekly newsletter banner, winter edition. the libray log o is in the bottom right hand corner. ice blue cartoon images of a deer, an elk, ice skates, a mitten, a beenie, and a tree.
January 12th, 2026
Adult & All-Ages Events
https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/calendar?cid=8542&t=m&d=0000-00-00&cal=8542&ct=79633&inc=0
Flyer titled “Climate Conversation: The Water–Energy Nexus.” The event takes place Tuesday, January 13, from 6:00–7:30 PM at the East Flagstaff Community Library. The flyer invites the public to join the Climate Resilience Project for a discussion on water conservation and its role in reducing emissions, led by Emily Melhorn, Water Conservation Specialist for the City of Flagstaff. Contact information and the library website are included. The design features illustrated people participating in a discussion at the bottom of the flyer.
Warm-toned flyer for Senior Coffee Hour at the Flagstaff Public Library. Text states that the program takes place the second Wednesday of every month at 10 AM at the Downtown Library, northwest corner, with coffee and snacks provided. The January 14, 2026 session features Alyson Jones, Training and Volunteer Librarian at the Flagstaff City–Coconino County Library. The background shows a softly blurred outdoor scene with golden light and sparkles, creating a welcoming atmosphere.
Flyer for “Wily Writers,” a weekly writing group. Text explains that the group focuses on building a writing habit through prompts, timed writing, and group sharing. Meets every Wednesday at 5:30 pm in the Downtown Library Northwest Corner. The design resembles lined notebook paper with playful doodles, pencils, tabs, and handwritten-style text, and includes a note indicating a new start time.
Youth Events
https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/calendar?cid=8542&t=m&d=0000-00-00&cal=8542&ct=79633&inc=0
Flyer titled “Winter 2026 Storytimes at the Flagstaff Downtown Library.” It lists four programs: Bouncing Babies on Mondays at 9:15 am (Jan 5–Mar 2), Toddler Tales on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9:15 am (Jan 6–Mar 4), Preschool Express on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am (Jan 6–Mar 4), and Saturday Story Stop year-round at 10:30 am. Notes that programming pauses March 9–13 for spring break.
Colorful flyer for LEGO Builders at the Flagstaff Downtown Library. Large text reads “LEGO Builders” with a LEGO-brick border in red, yellow, blue, green, and orange. Winter 2026 sessions meet Mondays from 3:45–4:45 PM on January 12, January 26, February 9, and February 23. Program is for ages 5 and up. A small LEGO minifigure appears stacking bricks.
Bright flyer for Lego Club Winter 2026. Text reads “Lego Club Winter 2026, Ages 5–11” and “East Flagstaff Community Library.” Sessions meet Tuesdays from 3–4 PM on January 13 and 27, February 10 and 24, and March 10. The design features a blue background with colorful LEGO-style bricks scattered around a white center panel.
Flyer for “Bards & Nobles: Dungeons & Dragons for Teens,” Winter 2026. The program is for ages 12–18 and meets biweekly on Wednesdays from 3:45–6:00 pm, January 7 through March 4, at the Downtown Public Library. The design features fantasy-style artwork of adventurers in action and colorful dice illustrations.
Illustrated flyer for Family Storytime Winter 2026 at the East Flagstaff Community Library. Text states that storytime takes place Thursdays at 9:30 AM from January 15 through March 12. The design features rows of colorful illustrated books at the top and bottom, with a note indicating a new day and time.
Retro-style flyer for Game Day 2026 at the East Flagstaff Community Library. Large pixelated text reads “Game Day 2026.” The event takes place Thursdays from January 15 to March 12, 3:30–5:00 PM, for ages 8–17. The flyer highlights video games and tabletop games. The design features a pixel-art aesthetic with silhouetted characters in front of a castle-like background and bold, arcade-style text.
Comic-style flyer for Comic Creation Winter 2026 at the Flagstaff Downtown Library. Text reads “Comic Creation,” for ages 8–18. Sessions take place Thursdays from 3:45–4:45 PM on January 15, February 19, and March 19. The flyer invites participants to draw, collaborate, write, and create their own comics, with beginners welcome. The design features bold comic-book lettering, speech bubbles, a pencil illustration, and bright yellow and blue backgrounds with “wow” and comic sound effects.
Colorful flyer for Teen Lounge Fridays at the East Flagstaff Community Library. Text states the program meets every other Friday on January 16 and 30, February 13 and 27, and March 13, from 1–2:30 PM, for ages 13–17. The flyer invites teens to hang out after school in the community room to craft, paint, play board games, make custom buttons, and more. The design features playful pixel-style graphics, including a UFO, dice, headphones, sparkles, and bright pastel colors.
Upcoming Book Clubs

Pick up your copy at the Downtown Library today!
A flyer for the Thursday Night Book Club, which meets on the second Thursday of each month. The top shows an illustration of stacked books and a coffee mug. The featured book is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, shown with its cover. A blue box lists: “January 8 @ 6 PM – Demon Copperhead.” Another box lists: “February 12 @ 6 PM – The Time Traveler’s Wife.” The background has a hand-drawn mountain pattern, and the bottom text reads: “visit tiny.cc/TNBC for more information.”
A flyer for the Nonfiction Book Club featuring the book Empire of AI by Karen Hao, shown with its cover. The background uses blue digital circuit and data imagery. A text block describes the book as an inside look at the tech arms race and its global impact. The meeting date and time are listed as Wednesday, January 14th, 6:00–7:00 PM.
Flyer for the Banned Book Club featuring Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The design has a gray background with red accent lines and a “Banned Book Club” logo incorporating a prohibition symbol. Event details read: January 22, 2026, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at the Downtown Library Community Room. On the left is the book cover for Brave New World, showing a stylized figure with raised arms and mechanical imagery. On the right, text poses questions about anti-religion, anti-family, and blasphemous content, and describes the novel as a vision of a technologically advanced, unequal future marked by genetic engineering, social indoctrination, and loss of freedom. The flyer invites participants to discuss the novel along with themes of free speech and censorship today.
A flyer for the Southwest Reads Book Club featuring Rim to River by Tom Zoellner, shown with its cover. Text notes the book’s essays about Arizona as an indictment, love letter, and homecoming story. A blue banner shows the meeting time, 6:00 PM, and another banner lists the date, Jan 28. The background is a map of Arizona. The bottom states the club meets the 4th Wednesday of every other month at 6:00 PM in the Downtown Library Community Room.
Flyer promoting a Poetry Book Club. The background shows a blue-gray mountain and glacier landscape. At the top, text reads “Poetry Book Club.” In the center is the book cover for Meltwater by Claire Wahmanholm, featuring an abstract icy image. Text at the bottom reads “February 5th at 5:30 PM” and “Downtown Library Community Room.”
The Flagstaff Big Read 2026

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, by Mary Roach

In collaboration with the College of Arts & Letters and multiple Flagstaff organizations, including the Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, read a book along with the rest of your Flagstaff community!

Discussion taking place February 11th

FREE copies available at both Downtown and East Flagstaff libraries.
Flyer for a Big Read Book Discussion titled Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach. The event takes place Wednesday, February 11, from 6:00–7:00 PM in the Downtown Library Community Room. The flyer notes it is part of the Flagstaff Big Read and that copies of the book are available at both Downtown and East Flagstaff Community Libraries. The design features a dark green pine-needle background with the book cover displayed on the left.
Technology Help
Free Technology Instruction and Resume Help. 30-minute,one-on-one instruction sessions available for help with introductory software, creating email accounts, downloading eBooks, résumé development, online job applications, and more. Click here to see available dates. Registration is required for all sessions.
To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, please call 928-213-2330 (Downtown Library) or 928-213-2348 (East Flagstaff Library). Three days prior notice is requested.

For all other event questions, email libraryprograms@flagstaffpublibrary.org
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