Looking for something to help beat the winter blues?  There is always plenty to do in Prescott – from education to theater to art exhibits and cultural events.  Take a look at some of the events happening this week in January:

Weekly Wine Tasting at the Hassayampa Inn
January 27, 1927 Salon
$19.50 for each food and wine pairing
122 Gurley Street
928.778.9434

Smile High Toastmasters Communication & Leadership Seminar
Learn to give effective presentations and develop leadership skills
January 27, 1028 Willow Creek Road, 7pm
www.smilehigh7860.com, $25

Big Chino Pipeline and the Verde River: Your Water, Your River, Your Future
A panel discussion where eight experts make brief presentations about the proposed Big Chino Pipeline
January 28th, Prescott College Crossroads Center
5:30 – 8:00 pm
928.772.8204

Free Energy Teach In Series on Heating and Solar
Learn how to cut energy costs the easy way!
January 28th, Prescott Valley Civic Center
5:30 – 7pm
928.778.0040

Cody Lundin Talk: Following Your Bliss
Author of “When All Hell Breaks Loose”
January 28th, 7-8:30 pm
Prescott Public Library
www.prescottwriters.com

Preschool Story Time
January 30th
Prescott Public Library
928.777.1537

Youth Basketball League Scrimmage
January 31st, 2-5 pm
Watch the Roughriders battle Glendale
Yavapai College Gym
928.445.7221

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This New Year’s Eve after the hockey game at Tim’s Toyota Center the Sundogs will host a “Skate with the Team” event as part of the Prescott Valley New Year’s Eve Celebration!  You can buy vouchers for five dollars during any Arizona Sundogs game at the sales table behind section 201/202 on the main concourse.  The fee include skate rentals, but sizes are limited.

For ice skating and hockey enthusiasts, public skating season at Tim’s Toyota Center is well underway!  Open skating sessions are available for skaters of all ages.  Two hour sessions happen at various times during the week.  Check the schedules for more information!

December Skate Schedule

January Skate Schedule

Admission is $2 for children 12 and under and $4 for ages 13 and up.  You can rent skates for $3 or get your own sharpened for $5.  This is a perfect venue for Prescott holiday fun.  Adult skate and Open Hockey are also offered at various times for $4 or $7 with skate rental.

So get on out there and have some old fashioned family fun and recreation in Prescott!  For more information call the skating hotline at 775-3165.

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Monday, April 28:

What: Prescott Art Docents Presentation: A String of Pearls
When: 10:30am
Where: PFAA Theater, 201 N. Marina Street
www.prescottartdocents.com

Wednesday, April 30:

What: Women’s Bike
When: 6:30pm
Where: High Gear Bikeshop, 505 E Sheldon St.
Women’s Bike Maintenance Clinic, 445-0636

Thursday, May 1:

What: "Bike the Beat"
When: 6:30pm
Where: Granite Creek Park
Learn about the special training Prescott’s finest ‘men in blue’ have received

What: Author!Author!
When: 7:00pm
Where: Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin
Al Bates presents "Jack Swilling: Arizona’s Most Lied-About Pioneer." Talk and book signing

Saturday, May 03:

What: The Beginning of the Spring Classic Golf Tournament
When: May 3 and 4

What: 27th Annual Cinco de Mayo Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament
When: May 3 and 4
Where: Pioneer Park
Aeromechanics Athletic Club: Larry Stephan 928.533.5255
http://www.cityofprescott.net/_d/cinco_de_mayo_08.pdf

What: 30th Annual Prescott YMCA Whiskey Row Marathon
When: 6:00am – 12:00 pm
Where: Courthouse Square to Thumb Butte Park
Laura Winniford, Race Director, 928-445-7221 laura@prescottymca.org www.prescottymca.org

What: Mad Mud Run
When: 8:00 am
Where: Kiwanis Park, Tempe 6111S
www.MadMudRun.com

What: Learn The sSience Of Safe Cycling
When: 8:30am
Where: Yavapai College
Call 708-0911 to register : cost $35

Sunday, May 4:

What: Lecture Series – Fuel for Growth: Water Challenges Facing Arizonas Urban Environment
When: 1:00 pm
Where: Sharlot Hall Museum Center Gallery, 415 W. Gurley
The challenges of water resource development faced by Flagstaff, Phoenix and Tucson are discussed in this PowerPoint presentation

What: Lecture Series – Circling the Canyons Rim: A Photographic Tour of Well-known and Secret Canyon Viewpoints
When: 1:00 pm
Where: Sharlot Hall Museum Center Gallery, 415 W. Gurley
Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Jack Dykinga shares his experiences and favorite locations for photographing the majesty and wonder of the Grand Canyon

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Monday, April 14:

What: Prescott Art Docents Presentation: The China Silk Road – Art Along the Trade Route
When: 10:30am
Where: PFAA Theater, 201 N. Marina Street
www.prescottartdocents.com

Tuesday, April 15:

What: Smile High Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Workshop
When: 7:00 – 8:30pm (Tuesdays, April 15 – June 3)
Where: Aztlan Masonic Lodge, 1028 Willow Creek
$25, includes training manual.  Develop confidence with your speaking and presentation skills! Speechcraft is introductory course in public Speaking and communications skills.

Wednesday, April 16:

What: After School Astronomy
When: 2:30-4:30pm
Where: Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin Street
Explore the NASA/NightSky Network Tool Kit! Star Counting and Cloud Observations & more!

What: The Drake Equation: Search for Life on Other Worlds
When: 6:30 – 8:00pm
Where: Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin
Join Ed Anderson of the Northern Arizona University Physics & Astronomy Department

Thursday, April 17:

What: Star Talk with Prescott Astronomy Club
When: 6:30 – 8:00pm
Where: Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin
"Putting Astronomy into Science Fiction" with acclaimed sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster

Friday, April 18:

What: AYSO Mile High Youth Soccer Classic (Friday – Sunday)
Contact Janelle Reidl at 717-9444 for more information.

What: Hopi Quilting Workshop
When: 9:30am (all day)
Featuring Hopi quilters Karen Tootsie and Marlene Sekaquaptewa, and author Carolyn O’Bagy Davis.

What: Chamber Music
When: 4:00 pm
Where: Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin
The Angelorum Choir of Yavapai College, Dr. Will Fisher, Director, and a clarinet quintet.

What: New Opera Production of The Mikado
When: 7:30pm
Where: Yavapai Community College Performance Hall
Tickets: $35/$33/$31
A faithful re-creation of the original authorized Savoy production of 1885

Saturday, April 19:

What: Spotlight on the Stars
When: 10 – noon
Where: Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin
Multi-Media High Altitude Balloon Launch & Ham Radio At the Edge of Space

What: Astronomy Workshops for Teachers
When: 10 – noon
Where: Prescott Library
Teachers Workshop with NASA handouts, science teacher prizes and workshop activities with NASA’s Mary Lara & Stacy DeVeau

What: 2008 Wildfire Expo
When: 10:00am – 3pm
Where: Courthouse Plaza
A family event!

What: The Search for the Well Dressed Soldier
When: 10 am
Where: Fort Whipple Museum, Bldg 11
The Search for the Well Dressed Soldier Living history interpreters describe how the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department struggled to clothe soldiers from 1863 to 1913, when Fort Whipple was an active military post

What: Victorian Wedding Fashion Show
When: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Where: Elks Theater
Tickets $18
The Prescott Victorian Society invites you to attend the Command Performance of a Victorian Wedding Fashion Show. The program features ladies and gentlemen in fashions from 1860-1910

Sunday, April 20:

What: A Life in the National Park Service
When: 1:00 pm
Where: Sharlot Hall Museum Center Gallery, 415 W. Gurley
Take a wild and revealing and sometimes shocking journey into the realities of life as a ranger

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Thursday, April 3:

What: Young Star Musical Theater presents The Music Man
When: 7:00 pm
Where: Elks Opera House
Buy Ticktets:
http://brushfire.e-vent.info/events/ElksOperaHouse/Tickets.aspx?Event=20813

$12 advance, $15 at the door

Friday, Apri 4:
What: David Gonzales, The Frog Bride
When: 7:30pm
Where: Yavapai College
Tickets $20/$15, (928) 776-2000

Saturday, April 5:

What: John McCain Rally
When: 10:00 am
Where: Yavapai County Courthouse Steps, Downtown Prescott
RSVP: aevans@mccain08hq.com or call 602.840.3145

What: Water-Quest For the Solution
When: 10am opening
Where: Sharlot Hall Museum Center, 415 W. Gurley Street
An exhibit examining the history of water management in Arizona.  www.sharlot.org, $5 adults/ kids free

What: Bill Cosby
When: 4:00 and 7:30 pm
Where: Yavapai College Performance Hall
Tickets $84/$82/$80

Sunday, April 6

What: Local Healers, Proprietary Medicines, and Frontier Docs:Womens Health in Territorial Arizona Presented by Ann Hibner Koblitz
When: 1:00pm
Where: Sharlot Hall Museum, 415 W. Gurley Street

Spring fun continues in Prescott, Arizona.  Step out with family and loved ones to enjoy our beautiful surroundings and incredible cultural events!

Monday, March 24:

Spring Volleyball league begins – check your team schedule!

4:30 – 6:30pm
What: SNAP Sign Language Classes
Where: Grace Sparks Activity Center.  FREE!  Call Cindy Rowan for more information 777-1554
Program Flyer

Tuesday, March 25:

3:30pm
What: Nature Detectives Club.  Learn about Mountain Lions.  Ages 5+ Public Library,
Where: 215 East Goodwin Street

Thursday, March 27:

3:30pm 
What: Crafts at the Library with Miss Joyce, Ages 5-12, 777-1537
Where: Prescott Public Library, 215 East Goodwin St

Friday, March 28:

11am – 3pm 
What: Lucky Club Dog Adoptions
Where: Petco, Frontier Shopping Center, 1931 SR-69
Come find your new best friend! prescottdoghouse@aol.com

7:30pm 
What: Romeo and Juliet Ballet
Where: Yavapai College Performance Hall
Tickets: $32/$30/$28 (928) 776-2000
Peformed by the Moiseev Russian Classical Ballet

Saturday, March 29:

11am – 3pm Lucky Club Dog Adoptions
Where: Petco, Frontier Shopping Center, 1931 SR-69
Come find your new best friend! prescottdoghouse@aol.com

7:30pm 
What: I Love a Piano
Where: Yavapai College Performance Hall
Tickets: $35/$33/$31 (928) 776-2000
A musical journey seen through the eyes of Irving Berlin featuring a nine peice band!

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Looking for some fun spring events?  Take a peek at some events on the upcoming community calendar for March:

March 10:

What: A Love Affair with Art: Secrets of a Satisfied Docent
When: 10:30 am
Where: PFAA Theater, 201 N. Marina St
Presentation by Barbara Meyerson, Museum Consultant
www.prescottartdocents.com

What: SNAP Sign Language Classes
When: 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Where: Grace Sparks Activity Center
Joing the Special Needs Activities Program to learn more about sign language!
Contact Cindy Rowan: 777-1554

March 11:

What: Library Book Club
When: 10 am – Noon
Where: The Prescott Public Library, 215 East Goodwin St.
Discussing "Flight" by Sherman Alexie

March 12:

What: Learn to Scrapbook
When: 2-4pm
Where: Prescott Public Library, 215 East Goodwin St.
Bring your photos and ideas – space is limited, call 777-1506 to reserve

March 14:

What: Duke Ellington Orchestra
When: 7:30pm
Where: Yavapai College Performance Hall, 1100 E Sheldon St.
Come see one of the greatest jazz bands of all time! 
Tickets: $35/$33/$41 – (877) 928-4253

March 16:

What: SMOKI Lecture Series
When: 1-4 pm
Where: Smoki Museum
Featuring Alex Sando, Program Coordinator for Native Seed/SEARCH – Find out how Native is saving seeds and preserving the crop heritage of the native peoples of the southwest

Have fun and enjoy a beautiful spring season!

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The temperate climate in historic Prescott makes recreating a breeze.  Adults and children alike will enjoy everything from hiking, biking and golfing to hot air ballooning and much more!  Tour Prescott by jeep, horseback, foot or helicopter to view nearby Grand Canyon or the historic Old Senator Highway.  How about a trip to one of Prescott’s many resort area casinos?  There are tons to choose from!  Tourist attractions in the Prescott area are endless – try experiencing the many nature and wildlife parks, authentic Western experiences, arts & science attractions, sightseeing opportunities, historical landmarks, state parks and recreation areas.  Some famous attractions include: Prescott’s Whiskey Row, the Old Courthouse, Courthouse Plaza and of course, the nearby Grand Canyon!  

Prescott is also a golf mecca with many options for public, private and resort play.  Sunny days, a stunning Arizona landscape and perfect weather provide an ideal recipe for golf perfection.  You will also find many opportunities for instruction schools, golf lessons, private instruction and golf workshops in the Prescott Valley.  Prescott fine arts and museums will fill your day with family fun and historic education – local history spans the last century

There are a plethora of resources and many family friendly activities that children and adults alike will love in the Prescott Valley.  

Please visit our Prescott Area Guide for more information and links to Prescott Area Resources!