February, 2012

*          Calling all young authors! Prescott Public Library and the Professional Writers of Prescott present the 2012 Youth Short Story Contest. Youth, grades 3-12 are invited to submit their short stories now through April 1. Entry are available at the Youth Services Desk or at Prescott library.info and clicking on Kids or Teens.

(Wednesday, February 22)

Romance writer KRIS TUALLA will give a free talk about the importance of Brand Development for writers at 7 Wednesday at the Prescott Library.

Write your family history or autobiography with free help from author LINDA WEAVER CLARKE at 5:30 Wednesday at the Prescott Valley Library.

(Thursday, February 23)

A free community MEMORY AND ALZHEIMER support group meets at 3 Thursday at Las Fuentes Resort Village on Scott Drive in Prescott.

Sharlot Hall Museum’s Blue Rose Theater presents “Dear Alice,”  an original historical production about frontier Colonel Benjamin Grierson, who commanded the Fort Whipple barracks, and his beloved wife, at 6:30 Thursday; 7:30 Friday, and 2 and 7:30 Saturday. Tickets are $10 in advance and $14 at the door. Call 445-3122 for tickets and information.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s famous musical, CAROUSEL, comes to the Prescott Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 2 Sunday, February 26. Tickets by calling 445-3286, or online at pca-az.org

Don’t miss BINGO at noon Thursdays and Sundays at the Prescott Adult Center. [weekly]

(Friday, February 24)

A LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER and WELLNESS CLINIC is 8 to noon and 1 to 5 Friday at the Yavapai Humane Society in Prescott. For more information go to yavapaihumane.org or call 771-0547. [every Friday]

The 22^nd annual free CAREER AND JOB FAIR is 10:30 to 2 Friday at the Yavapai College Prescott campus.

          The famous folk group, THE LIMELITERS, perform at 7:30 Friday at the Yavapai College Performance Hall.

(Saturday, February 25)

The YAVAPAI FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTERS’ Every Child Deserves a Childhood luncheon fundraiser is 11 to 3 Saturday at the               Wyndham Garden Hotel on Highway 69 in Prescott. For details, contact Bethatyfac.org

Take a free tour of the Museum at 1 Saturday. Meet at the Lawler Exhibit Center. Information at 445-3122. [every Saturday]

Test your luck at CLUB BINGO at 1:30 Saturday at the Boys and Girls Club on 335 E. Aubrey Street in Prescott. [every Saturday]

          Centennial Canvas: Paintings by Prescott Artists is on display at Sharlot Hall Museum’s beginning Saturday [through September 3].

(Sunday, February 26)

Bringing Them Home: The Chautauquas, 2 p.m., Sharlot Hall Museum’s Blue Rose Theater. Prescott Judge Henry Fleury performed by Parker Anderson. Members $3, nonmembers $5, under 18 free. Call 445-3122 for reservations, or go to www.sharlot.org.

          Watch the 84^th annual ACADEMY AWARDS for free with the Prescott Film Festival Sunday beginning at 4 at the Springhill Suites in Prescott, or you can see them on the Yavapai College Performance Hall big screen for free, too.

(Monday, February 27)

Auditions for Family Theatre’s THE NIGHTINGALE, are Monday, February 27, and Tuesday, February 28, from 5 to 7 at the Prescott Center for the Arts Theatre.

United Animal Friends’ is collecting donations of dog, puppy, cat and kitten food to help low-income families in the community so their pets will not go hungry. Donations can be dropped off at Olsen’s Grain in Prescott and Chino Valley; C-A-L Ranch Store, Merchandise Mart, Petco, and N.O.A.H. Thrift Store in Prescott; Prescott Valley Animal Hospital, Boot Barn and Safeway in Prescott Valley. Monetary donations can be sent to UAF at P.O. Box 11133, Prescott, AZ 86304, or can be made via “PayPal” online. For more information, call UAF at 778-2924.

          The Sharlot Hall Museum gift store is raffling gift baskets with at least one out-of-print book about Arizona and its history included. The store will draw the seven winners February 14, the state’s 100th birthday.

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Rid your house or barn of mice and other pests the environmentally safe and efficient way by adopting a BARN CAT from United Animal Friends. More information, by calling, 776-3018.

Donations for the UAF FOOD BANK FOR PETS can be dropped off every Sunday from noon to three at the Petco in Frontier village, or food and blankets can be left in the collections boxes at any of the Olsen’s Grain stores in the tri-city area.

RESCUE PUPPIES AND KITTENS are ready for new homes, including pug, Border collie, blue heeler, and golden retriever mixes. Call 899-3942 or unitedanimalfriends.org for more information.