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Uncommon Ground

[ June 25, 2010; 7:30 pm; June 28, 2010; 6:00 pm; July 1, 2010; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
CLASSES AT STUDIO LIVE!
All are open to the public

Susannah Martin will be starting NEW A CAPELLA GROUP SINGING CLASSES beginning Tuesday, July 6 from 6:30 – 7:45pm.  It will be ongoing every Tuesday and participants are invited to pay per class.  Join in the Circle of Song!
For information email susermartin@yahoo.com

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Prescott College Offers An Introduction to Legal Reasoning

Prescott- Ever considered law school? Interested in the legal process? Prescott College’s Lifelong Learning Center is offering An Introduction to Legal Reasoning, a two-day course with attorney Gerald Lee Hicks, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on October 16 and 23, in the Ironwood Building, Room B. Tuition is $125. Registration deadline is October 1. [...]

New Frontiers Natural Marketplace Presents “Raw Food Transition”

[ June 26, 2010; 11:00 am; ] What:   An Un-cooking class and tasting

When: Saturday, June 26

Time:   11 am

Where: New Frontiers Natural Marketplace,

320 S. Cambridge Lane (Butler Ave. at Sawmill Rd.)

Who:  Sunny Lee Savage, Raw Food Chef

Cost:   $15

Flagstaff, AZ.

Learn how to transition into a raw food diet the easy way!

Meet raw food chef, Sunny Lee Savage at New Frontiers

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New Frontiers Natural Marketplace Presents “Energy Healings: Advantages and Limitations”

[ June 23, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] What:   A talk about meditation

When:  Wednesday, June 23

Time:    6 PM

Who:    Julian Lynn, certified energetic practitioner

Where: New Frontiers Natural Marketplace,

320 S. Cambridge Ln., Flagstaff

Flagstaff- What is energetic healing?
Join Julian Lynn, Wednesday, June 23, 6pm at New Frontiers Natural Marketplace and find out what constitutes energy work and what it can and cannot do for you.

Whether [...]

Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library

[ June 19, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. June 26, 2010; July 10, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. July 14, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. July 17, 2010; July 31, 2010; ] Clarkdale- Clark Memorial Library presents an Every Child Ready to Read Early Literacy Program.

This program is designed to teach parents, grandparents, caregivers, babysitters and/or child care professionals the six pre-reading skills that children need in order to learn how to read. Everyone is welcome to attend. The program will be presented in two formats: adult [...]

Finding Your Memoir with Maureen Van Wallegan at Prescott Public Library on Friday, June 18 at 9:30 a.m.

Prescott- Turn your personal narrative into an interesting story. Facilitator Maureen VanWalleghan demonstrates how to use fine memoir writing skills and techniques in this expansive workshop. Register once before June 18 to reserve your place in all six sessions (June 18, June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16 and July 23).

Back by popular demand, [...]

Prescott College Presents First Annual Kids Adventure Camp

Prescott- Prescott College staff and faculty will provide fun, educational, and creative classes at the 2010 Kids Adventure Camp at Prescott College for two weeks this summer. The week-long camps for students ages 7 to 13 run from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the College, located at 220 Grove Avenue. Tuition per camp is $140. Registration needs [...]

Prescott College Announces Academic Courses Open to the Community

Prescott- Prescott College has opened to the public two academic courses through the Lifelong Learning Center. Although community members do not receive academic credit, the same level of course rigor and faculty expertise is provided. Courses offered this summer include: Tai Chi and the Sense of Self with Gret Antilla and Screenwriting with Melanie Bishop.

“These [...]

MNA OFFERS A SUMMER OF DISCOVERY FOR AGES 4–18

Flagstaff- The Museum of Northern Arizona’s Discovery Program inspires Flagstaff’s youth to explore the Colorado Plateau during a summer of unforgettable experiences. In each of the 39 classes offered for youths ages 4–18, campers are immersed in the region’s traditions of fine arts, natural sciences, Native cultures, and ecology. These [...]

PFAA Summer Youth Theatre Session One

Prescott- PFAA Summer Youth Theatre Session One (June 14-25) for [...]

Kids Squared Children’s Program

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Prescott College featured in National Guide to 286 Green Colleges

Princeton Review, US Green Building Council team up to highlight nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges and universities

Prescott- Prescott College is one of the country’s most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com).  The education services company selected Prescott College for inclusion in its first environmental colleges guide, The Princeton Review’s Guide [...]

Prescott College Presents Kids Adventure Camp

Prescott- Prescott College staff and faculty will provide fun, educational, and creative classes at the 2010 Kids Adventure Camp at Prescott College for two weeks this summer. The week-long camps for students ages 7 to 13 run from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the College, located at 220 Grove Avenue. Tuition per camp is $140. Registration needs [...]

Prescott College Bicycle Ambassadors Pave the Way for Safer Streets

Prescott- Responding to reports of bicycle crashes and near misses, the Prescott College Bicycle Ambassadors have launched a campaign to improve the bicycling environment around the campus. Prescott College Bicycle Solutions is a comprehensive campaign and program to create a safe and supportive cycling and walking environment for students and neighborhood residents. Besides ongoing [...]

Summer Theatre Programs for Kids

[ June 14, 2010 to June 25, 2010. June 28, 2010 to July 9, 2010. ] PFAA SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM

The Prescott Fine Arts Association (PFAA) has expanded its Children’s Theatre Workshop into the Summer Youth Theatre Program, that features new and expanded workshop sessions for local youth this summer.

Session I is open to children ages 6-14 and is set for June 14 to June 25, from 1-4 pm at the PFAA, [...]

Prescott Public Library Now Gives Users the Ability of Check Out and Download Audiobooks and More on the Go

Prescott- Did you know that with your Prescott Public Library card you can download audio books from your library’s website? Now, Prescott Public Library offers even greater access to this popular download service, http://overdrive.yln.info, through a mobile device-optimized website coupled with software for downloading and listening on the go.

“It’s exciting,” [...]

New Exhibit Shows Ordinary Layers of Rock Reveal Ancient Earth Landscapes

[ January 10, 2010 to August 29, 2010. ] Flagstaff- Geologists who study ordinary layers of limestone, sandstone, and shale in the high desert country of the Colorado Plateau are able to describe the ancient environments that once existed in this region and how those environments evolved. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, a new exhibit [...]

Prescott College Electronic Forms Reduce Paper Flow, “Green Up” Administration

Prescott- Prescott College dramatically reduced paper usage in its low-residency and graduate programs this past academic year through implementation of electronic forms which replaced paper documents and physical routing. This effort was funded in part by the College’s sustainable initiatives program.

According to Kistie Simmons, faculty Coordinator of E-learning for the [...]

Helios, Prescott College offer Native American ECE Scholarships

Prescott- Helios Education Foundation is investing $608,000 over four years in Prescott College’s Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs in Arizona’s rural areas. The program will focus on recruiting students of the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona and the Tohono O’Odham Nation in Pima County.

“The grant gives Prescott College the opportunity to [...]

Registration Now Open for Arboretum Summer Camps

Children explore nature in a 200-acre botanical garden and nature center.

Flagstaff- The Arboretum at Flagstaff is now registering children for the 2010 Summer Adventure Programs.  Nature-themed camps are designed especially for children aged four through fourteen.  A maximum of twelve participants and two adult leaders will spend their time [...]

Prescott College Announces Graduate Teaching Assistanceship Program

Prescott College has announced a limited number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships are now available for masters students in the fields of Adventure Education, Counseling Psychology, Cultural and Regional Studies, and Education and Environmental Studies. Graduate Teaching Assistants receive a tuition grant valued at $6,000 for the first year and will [...]

Prescott College Presents Kingdom of Nepal Cultural Trek with Tom Whittaker

Prescott College presents a Kingdom of Nepal Cultural Trek with world renowned mountaineer and Prescott resident, Tom Whittaker from May 8 to 22, 2010.  Tuition for the program is $5,000. More information and registration form can be found at www.prescott.edu/lifelonglearning or by contacting Cheryl Schwartz 928-350-4110 / lifelonglearning@prescott.edu .

About the Kingdom of [...]

Prescott College Presents Fifth Annual Kids Cooking Camps

Prescott College Chefs Molly Beverly and Mark Montague will challenge local youth with opportunities for culinary creation in the College’s fifth annual Kids Cooking Camps for four weeks this summer. The week-long camps for students ages 7 to 13 run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the College’s Crossroads Café, located [...]

Mountain Artists Guild Art Scholarship Competition

Mountain Artists Guild Art Scholarship Competition

The Mountain Artists Guild will be awarding five $1,000.00 scholarships to qualifying Quad Cities art students to assist with their college education. Dead line is April 9, 2010.

To apply please contact your high school or college art department or check our website at; www.mountainartistsguild.org

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Mountain Artists Guild Kids ArtFest 2010

Mountain Artists Guild Kids ArtFest 2010

Summer art program

5 days of mixed media art instruction

Ages 8 and up

2 sessions to choose from:

June 21-25 or July 19-23

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. M-F

Plus reception for kids art at 4th Fri. Artwalk

Cost: $200 for nonmembers; $150 for members

Location: Mountain Artists Guild

228 N. Alarcon, Prescott AZ 86301

(928) 445-2510

[Additional info [...]

Prescott College Cafe offers Adult Cooking Camp: Breads Around the World

Prescott- Prescott College Chef Molly Beverly will provide area adults with a culinary creative opportunity in the College’s first Adult Cooking Camp. The week-long camp on Breads Around the World runs from 6 to 9 p.m. June 28 through July 2, 2010 at the College’s Crossroads Café, located behind the College’s main [...]

New Oregon Permaculture Website

www.beaverstatepermaculture.com is now online. It is an interactive social networking site that is associated with Oregon State University’s Horticulture department and Permaculture program.

It is a venue where people practicing and interested in Permaculture can post photos, videos, music, and blogs of their work and of other interesting projects and links. There is also an “Ask [...]

Solar Power at the Library

Prescott- Prescott Public Library  (PPL), 215 E Goodwin St. in Prescott, AZ, is a local leader in solar powered municipal buildings. The 63 solar panels installed on the library roof came on line December 2. While there is no observable difference inside the library, the environmental savings are already there. You can get a visual [...]

Urban Planning Innovator Paolo Soleri Presents Work at “3D City: Future China” Exhibit in Beijing

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Arcosanti-Architect Paolo Soleri will speak at the opening of an exhibition featuring his work at the Beijing Center for the Arts, which will run from November 29, 2009 – February 28, 2010.

Arcosanti, Arizona, November 25, 2009 – On November 28, 2009, architect Paolo Soleri will speak at the Beijing Center of the Arts (BCA) [...]

Local AmeriCorps VISTA Program Expands with Grant Through Prescott College

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Prescott- The Yavapai County VISTA Project will expand in 2009 from 16 to 36 AmeriCorps VISTA members, reports Maggie Garvey, Program Director for the Yavapai County VISTA Project. The expansion will be funded by a grant from the Corporation for National Community Service awarded in early July to Prescott College for $266,014. A similar grant [...]

Prescott College Included in 2010 Fiske Guide to Colleges

Prescott- Selecting a college that coincides with a student’s particular needs, goals, interests, and personality is one of the most important decisions any young person will ever make. With more than 2,200 four-year colleges in the United States, prospective students are overwhelmed with information, and often find it difficult to find a school that fits. [...]