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Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library Weekly Happenings 1/19/2026

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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 19th, 2026
Photo of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial statue against a partly cloudy sky. Overlaid text announces that the Downtown and East Flagstaff libraries will be closed on Monday, January 19, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Adult & All-Ages Events
https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/calendar?cid=8542&t=m&d=0000-00-00&cal=8542&ct=79633&inc=0
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.
Colorful flyer for Knitting Hour at the library. The design features crossed knitting needles over a ball of yarn on a soft pastel background with subtle knitted stitch patterns. Text invites participants to join a relaxing and creative knitting session.
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.
Illustrated flyer for Makers’ Lab Winter 2026 at the Downtown Library. The program meets Tuesdays from 3:45–4:45 PM on January 6 and 20, February 3 and 17, and March 3. Makers’ Lab is open to ages 3 and up and invites participants to design, build, and create at the library. The design features an illustration of hands crafting at a table, along with icons and text encouraging exploration, creativity, and making.
Illustrated flyer for the Nonfiction Expedition Program, Winter 2026. The flyer invites families to join library staff for a journey through the nonfiction collection followed by a creative craft. The program takes place Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM and is for ages 3–12. The design features children climbing a stack of oversized books topped with snow, against a light blue background.
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.
Colorful, game-themed flyer for Game Time Hang Time, Spring 2026. The program invites teens and tweens ages 8–18 to join for friends, games, and snacks. Activities include VR headsets, Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox One, and board games. The event takes place every other Friday at 1:30 PM on March 20, April 3 and 17, and May 1 and 15. The design features bold blue and yellow colors with playful illustrations of game controllers, dice, stars, and lightning bolts.
Upcoming Book Clubs

Pick up your copy at the Downtown Library today!
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.”
Warm-toned flyer for Thursday Night Book Club at the Downtown Library. The design features a sunset wheat field background with an illustration of stacked books and a steaming mug. Meeting dates and titles are listed: February 12 at 6 PM, The Time Traveler’s Wife; March 12 at 6 PM, The Frozen River; and April 9 at 6 PM, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. The flyer notes that participants can pick up a copy of the book at the Downtown Information Desk and that meetings are held in the downtown 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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