In a rare moment, and after waiting three years, mixed media painter Kellie Day is coming to Flagstaff to put on her first Mixed Media Painting Art Retreat since COVID began. Day mentors women all over the U.S. and Canada and encourages them to move past their fears and barriers to express their unique creative voices through her online course. “The beauty of painting in person with an artist that you love is that you get to experience the energy of being right there with all the materials … [Read more...] about International Art Mentor Comes to Flagstaff for Mixed Media Painting Art Retreat
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Shelters Seeing Uptick in Pet Adoptions
Spring is a great time for new beginnings, and for thousands of homeless animals across the country, it may be just the right time to find loving, responsible forever families. That’s because the national 2023 Tour for Life event runs through April in collaboration with shelters and rescue partners in 66 cities and towns across 39 states. For example, four dogs are settling into a happy home life with families who have just adopted them. Lotus, a Basenji fox terrier mix; Poncho, a Bernese … [Read more...] about Shelters Seeing Uptick in Pet Adoptions
Arizona Snowbowl On Pace for Longest Operating Season
Arizona Snowbowl is set to make history this month with its longest operating season ever. With 390 inches of snowfall this winter and the third snowiest ski season since 1991-92, Snowbowl will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through April, for the first time. “This is an incredible milestone for skiers and snowboarders in Arizona,” said General Manager Rob Linde. “We’re extremely proud that we can provide our guests with the freedom to ski and offer 172 days of riding this … [Read more...] about Arizona Snowbowl On Pace for Longest Operating Season
Lowell, Scientists, Community Celebrate Pluto
Lowell Observatory, scientists and guests officially dedicated the Tombaugh Telescope during the fourth annual I Heart Pluto Festival, Feb. 18-20. Two pre-festival events – a Cheers to Pluto/Astronomy on Tap program at Mother Road Brewing Company and a Pluto Pub Crawl involving 10 bars and brewhouses – also received strong participation. The keynote Night of Discovery event at the Orpheum Theater featured Astronaut Nicole Stott and a space art display by the International Association of … [Read more...] about Lowell, Scientists, Community Celebrate Pluto
Media Insider Teaches How to Be Your Best in an Interview
There have never been more opportunities to be in the spotlight and get your message out there than now. Wouldn’t it be good to know that you are showing up as your best self, prepared to give a compelling interview? Publicist, author and media insider Joanne McCall offers tips for how to overcome fear, gain visibility and become a Media Darling on Zonie Living. Watch now at: … [Read more...] about Media Insider Teaches How to Be Your Best in an Interview
Restaurateur Promotes Plant-Based Dining at Plantasia Eatery
She’s at it again, only this time, Toasted Owl restaurateur Cecily Maniaci has made her new culinary escapade a bit more down to earth with the recent opening of Plantasia Eatery. Featuring fine dining entrees clad with plant-based, vegan and vegetarian ingredients, Maniaci has a lot of healthy reasons for venturing into the health-based culinary arena, like diabetes and high blood pressure, which she battled for years. “I changed my diet about 19 months ago and it changed my life,” said … [Read more...] about Restaurateur Promotes Plant-Based Dining at Plantasia Eatery
Common Future Providing Support for Native Businesses
It’s not yet springtime, but Change Labs, a Native-led non-profit located in Northern Arizona, has just received a grant that will help it further its work to close the racial wealth gap in Native American communities. With headquarters in Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, the mission of Change Labs is to create transformative change by removing the social, financial and political barriers for Native American entrepreneurs doing business on sovereign Native land. The grant comes from the … [Read more...] about Common Future Providing Support for Native Businesses
Flagstaff’s Past Revisited Through Ghost Adventures
A young bellboy continues to stand duty, a caring doctor walks the street outside his office and a bride and groom remain united in the afterlife. U.S. Ghost Adventures brings a whole new perspective to “Till death do we part,” and lists Flagstaff among the nation’s most haunted cities. The company initially launched on the East Coast with tours in 20 locations before the pandemic. In December, it added 12 more cities, including Flagstaff. “Flagstaff has two very vague types of hauntings, … [Read more...] about Flagstaff’s Past Revisited Through Ghost Adventures
Cancer Support Community Helps with Wigs, Resources
When Karen Beeson was told in July 2021 that she had Stage 4 ovarian cancer, it was hard for her to even hear the word “cancer.” The reality of her diagnosis did not take hold until she began losing her hair as a side effect of treatment. Not long after that, she heard about Cancer Support Community Northern Arizona, the only source of free wigs for cancer patients north of Phoenix. She might have visited Cancer Support Community Northern Arizona in search of a wig, but she found much … [Read more...] about Cancer Support Community Helps with Wigs, Resources
Feel the Fear, Do It Anyway, Ignore the Lily Pads
Can you remember back to a time when you could twirl, leap and sing with abandon? Not only that, if someone were watching, you might have loved it even more! Sadly, that wild, uninhibited freedom of feeling completely alive, joyful and spontaneous seems to get trained out of most of us, probably when we start integrating with more people and feeling their judgement and their disapproval. And now as adults, many of us have developed a thing called: Fear. We fear being criticized. We fear being … [Read more...] about Feel the Fear, Do It Anyway, Ignore the Lily Pads