Flagstaff Festival of Science/Picture Canyon events
Posted: Aug 28 2009 12:09 am
The Flagstaff Festival of Science (September and October) has several events involving Picture Canyon--Flagstaff's only natural waterfall and petroglyphs can be found here. Here is a link to more information: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009 ... 202471.txt
The events are free, the weather should be great and the aspen will be turning. Come on up for the fun.Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Efforts to protect Picture Canyon will be the focus of upcoming hikes and lectures centered around this fall's Flagstaff Festival of Science celebration.
The following is a list of September/October Activities designed around Picture Canyon: -- Sept. 8, 10 a.m.: Wildcat Hill Waste Water Treatment Plant dedication. Ceremony for completion of the $40 million plant upgrade to Class A water and the Picture Canyon Meander Restoration Project site tours.
-- Sept. 15 - Oct. 9: Exhibit at City Hall. Picture Canyon Meander Restoration Project displays in the City Hall lobby.
-- Sept. 22, 4:30-7 p.m.: Flagstaff City Fest manned booth and display of Picture Canyon Meander Restoration Project at City Hall.
-- Sept. 26, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Science in the Park (Wheeler Park) Picture Canyon Restoration and Protection Efforts manned booth with displays.
FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE
-- Oct. 2, 7 p.m.: Picture Canyon: Rocks, Water and Ancient Art at Lowell Observatory. Scientists Marie Jackson, Bob Mark, Evelyn Billo and Stephanie Yard will be there to answer questions
-- Oct. 3, 9 a.m.: Picture Canyon interpretive hike. Starts along the road between the Wildcat Waste Water Treatment Plant and the El Paso Gas Company. A walk of about four total miles to see the "Historic Place" plaque, Flagstaff's only waterfall, the lake wetland above the canyon, the petroglyphs, the excavated ruin, the location of the Arizona and Loop Trails, wildlife. The hike is organized by Jack Welch, who will follow behind experts who will explain what we are seeing.
The Picture Canyon restoration and protection efforts exhibit will be on display at the downtown library for the remainder of August.
See highlights of Ken Burns new national parks film
Flagstaff residents are offered an exclusive sneak peek of highlights from Ken Burns' new PBS film "The National Parks, America's Best Idea." The free sneak peek will be offered on Sept. 10 at the Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen Ave. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the film starts at 7 p.m. Seats available on a first come, first serve basis.
The showing is co-sponsored by KNAU (Arizona Public Radio), National Parks Conservation Association, Western National Parks Association and Grand Canyon Association.
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than 30 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated "Brooklyn Bridge" in 1981, he has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including "The Civil War," "Baseball," "Jazz" and "The War."
"The National Parks: America's Best Idea," which was written and co-produced by Burns's long-time partner Dayton Duncan, is slated to air on PBS starting Sept. 27. The film is the story of a radical idea: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
This compelling narrative traces the birth of the national park concept from its evolution nearly 150 years ago. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in any of his films, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction. It is simultaneously a biography of compelling characters and of our American landscape.