Festival at Flagstaff museum celebrates all things Navajo

In Navajoland, the old and the new, the traditional and the contemporary, exist side by side. And so they will also at the 61st Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture, when traditional music and dance will be performed alongside modern forms of expression such as documentary films. The festival will take place 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 7-8 at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Ariz.

More than 75 artists -- weavers, jewelers, painters, potters and basket makers --will bring their creations to market here. Two days of programming will highlight music from the region, a traditional dance group and talks by area experts.

The Museum of Northern Arizona is three miles north of downtown Flagstaff on Highway 180. Festival admission is $7 adults, $6 seniors (65+), $5 students, $4 American Indians, $4 children (7--17), and free to museum members.

For more information, go to musnaz. org or call (928) 774-5213.