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At the Highlands Center for Natural History’s James Family Discovery Gardens, people of all ability levels have been able to enjoy nature and learn about the natural world around them.

The Granite Mountain Bel Canto Singers, classical musicians and opera singers living in the Prescott area, are putting on their Summer Serenade on the Sea at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. Featuring light comic operettas, the concert benefits the Prescott Community Cupboard.

Slide down Union Street on a massive water slide this weekend for the Monsoon Festival, put on by Prescott Events.

Art2 (Art Squared), 120 W. Gurley St. mezzanine, Prescott, 928-499-4428. On Facebook at Art2Prescott. Sculpture, pottery, photography, paintings, jewelry, wearable art, glass, gourds, wood and more.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads). 928-775-7444; www.harkins.com.

Sedona International Film Festival is the official host of the “Deconstructing the Beatles” series, joining hundreds of theatres around the country for this special event.

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It's hard to have huge expectations for a movie called "The Angry Birds Movie 2." After all, it's not even a movie based on a smartphone game. It's a SEQUEL to a movie based on a smartphone game.

The late Cynthia Rigden, local rancher and Western artist, supported the Phippen Museum with her enthusiastic encouragement, donations of artwork to support fundraising, and her expertise as juror and judge during the annual Western Art Show & Sale.

Art2 (Art Squared), 120 W. Gurley St. mezzanine, Prescott, 928-499-4428. On Facebook at Art2Prescott. Sculpture, pottery, photography, paintings, jewelry, wearable art, glass, gourds, wood and more.

As the Mountain Artists Guild continues to celebrate 70 years this year, this weekend sees its 69th annual Fine Art & Crafts Festival, Prescott’s oldest downtown art festival.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

Khris Dodge Entertainment brings international performer Katherine Byrnes back to Prescott on Saturday, Aug. 10, to perform “Tapestry: The Album: The Music of Carole King” at the Elks Theatre and Performing Arts Center, 117 E. Gurley St.

The eighth annual Mile High Brewfest, an event benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Central Arizona, is set for Saturday, Aug. 10, with some fun things alongside all the participating brewers, organizer Molly Fernow said.

The film adaptation of "The Art of Racing in the Rain," in theaters Friday, seems to have been designed by an algorithm to maximize appeal for a certain demographic of women around 30 and older.

Though Jen’s Seventh Avenue Café has been open for only six months, owner Jen Greene said she was pretty much born and raised in a restaurant.

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A collection of photos from the 45th annual Prescott Antique Auto Club Watson Lake Car Show Saturday, August 3, 2019, in Prescott. The show continues Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Among the rocks, gems and minerals in the Findlay Toyota Center on Saturday for the Prescott Gem & Mineral Club’s 16th annual Prescott Gem & Mineral Show was Tony Znaniecki and his rocks with animal scenes painted on them.

More than 40 cowboy poets and musicians are moseying into Prescott next week to share their talents as well as their heritage and the culture of the American cowboy.

The Prescott Summer Concert Series continues, with more to come in the following week.

This weekend is the time to learn some western history, more specifically Southwestern history, at the 16th annual Western History Symposium Saturday, Aug. 3, co-sponsored by Sharlot Hall Museum and the Prescott corral of Westerners International.

Your guide to art and gallery happenings this week.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads), as of press time. 928-775-7444; www.harkins.com.

Everything else that's happening in the Prescott area this week.