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Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library Weekly Newsletter 1/26/2026: Check It Out!

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Library Weekly Newsletter
January 26th, 2026
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Adult & All-Ages Events
https://flagstaffpubliclibrary.libcal.com/calendar?cid=8542&t=m&d=0000-00-00&cal=8542&ct=79633&inc=0
Sketch & Chill flyer. Teal and blue illustrated design with drawings and art tools. Text reads “Sketch & Chill,” Adults 18+, 2026. Tuesdays: Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 17, and Mar 3, from 6–7:00 pm. Description reads, “A social gathering for artists of all skill levels. Get your creative juices flowing with fun drawing prompts.” Held at East Flagstaff Community Library.
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.
Lego Builders Winter 2026 flyer with a light blue background and colorful Lego brick border. Large text reads “Lego Builders.” Event details list Mondays from 3:45–4:45 pm on January 12 and 26, and February 9 and 23. Held at Flagstaff Downtown Library. Ages 5 and up.
Lego Club Winter 2026 flyer with a blue background and colorful Lego brick graphics. Text reads: “Lego Club Winter 2026,” ages 5–11. Held at East Flagstaff Community Library. Tuesdays from 3–4 pm on January 13 and 27, February 10 and 24, and March 10.
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.
Teen Lounge Fridays flyer with a pastel, pixel-style design and playful icons. Text reads: “Teen Lounge Fridays at the East Flagstaff Community Library.” Held every other Friday on January 16 and 30, February 13 and 27, and March 13, from 1–2:30 pm. For ages 13–17. Description says teens can hang out with friends after school in the community room to craft, paint, play board games, make custom buttons, and more.
Bilingual Beginnings Spanish Storytime flyer with a soft green background and illustrated children gathered around an adult reading a book. Text reads: “Saturday, Jan. 31st: Spanish Storytime.” Title says “Bilingual Beginnings.” Event details note all ages welcome at 10:30 am.
Upcoming Book Clubs

Pick up your copy at the Downtown Library 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.
Senior Book Club flyer with a dark teal background and floating leaf accents. Centered is the book cover for In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. Text reads “Senior Book Club.” Event details say: Join us for a lively discussion on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 2:00 pm at the Joe C. Montoya Community & Senior Center.
Nonfiction Book Club flyer with a brick wall background. A green banner at the top reads “Nonfiction Book Club.” Text says: Join us Wednesday, March 11th at 6 PM at the Downtown Library Community Room. The book cover shown is Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader, featuring a stylized red and black mountain illustration with silhouetted figures.
NEW – Mobile printing for Library patrons 

Service through Princh
Downtown Flagstaff Library print pricing graphic with an illustration of a blue printer. Text lists prices: Black and white printing is $0.15 for single-sided and $0.20 for double-sided/duplex. Color printing is $0.25 for single-sided and $0.30 for double-sided/duplex. Printer ID shown as 112635.
Instructional graphic explaining how to print at the library using Princh. Blue and white design with icons of a laptop, tablet, and smartphone, and a blue “Learn More” button with a hand cursor. Left side explains how to print from a laptop: go to print.princh.com, enter the printer ID, upload documents and adjust settings, then pay at the library’s print station. Right side explains how to print from a phone or tablet: scan the QR code or visit print.princh.com, enter the printer ID, upload documents and adjust settings, then pay at the print station. A note at the bottom recommends installing the Princh mobile app to print webpages or emails from a phone.
East Flagstaff Community Library print pricing graphic with an illustration of a blue printer. Text lists prices: Black and white printing is $0.15 for single-sided and $0.20 for double-sided/duplex. Color printing is $0.25 for single-sided and $0.30 for double-sided/duplex. Printer ID shown as 112636.
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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