(Film Screening
Thursday, October 26
6pm - 9pm
Join us for a special screening of the film More Than Frybread. Director and producer Travis Holt Hamilton (Turquoise Rose) will introduce the film, and following the screening, he will conduct a Q&A period. More Than Frybread follows twenty-two Native American frybread makers, representing all twenty-two federally recognized tribes in Arizona, as they convene in Flagstaff to compete for the first ever, first annual, state of Arizona Frybread Championship! The film takes a larger than life turn as four contestants battle their way to compete for the title in the championship round. This is the frybread competition unlike any you have ever seen, and the movie you can almost taste!
Don’t forget to join us at the library Friday night for our own fierce frybread cookoff!
Friday, October 27
6pm - 9pm
Frybread Contest (click here to register)
Day 2 of our More Than Frybread celebration features a frybread cookoff. The competition will begin at 6 pm in the library’s south parking lot on Friday, October 27st. Contestants must complete a registration form and supply their own cooking setup, ingredients and utensils. Frybread must be made from scratch on premises. More Than Frybread director Travis Holt Hamilton will be here to help judge participants’ entries. For more information please contact the Reference Desk at
599-1272.
Frybread Rules and Regulations
- All contestants must be registered by Thursday, October 26, 2017.
- The library may need to close registration early if the maximum number of contestants is reached.
- All contestants must check in by 5:30pm on Friday, October 27, 2017.
- The library is not liable for any injuries incurred during the contest.
- Contestants will provide their own cooking set-up, ingredients, and cooking utensils.
- The library is not liable for any possible damage to cooking set-ups or cooking utensils.
- Frybread must be made from scratch on premises.
- Contestants have a time limit of 1 hour from the announced start of cooking to turn in their piece of frybread.
- Plain frybread will be judged - no toppings may be put on frybread after cooking.
Frybread will be judged on the following criteria:
- Taste
- Appearance
- Texture
All judges’ decisions are final. Prizes will be awarded for
- 1st - $200.00
- 2nd - $125.00
- 3rd - $ 75.00
People’s Choice prize - $200.00
The People's Choice prize will be awarded by library patrons voting for the best frybread. Please have samples available for tasting.