Fall programs are starting to pick up across the state!
Reading Wyoming: Pine Bluffs
Tuesday, September 1, 7:00-8:30 PM
Pine Bluffs Branch Library
Women of Mystery series
Craig Arnold Celebration
Wednesday, September 2, 5:00-7:00 PM
UW Art Museum
“As many of you know, English professor Craig Arnold died this spring while hiking a volcanic mountain in Japan. A university and town community celebration [...]
It strikes me that, while history tends to peer around the hoopskirts of my posts, I haven’t written anything about online resources that address history head on! So here we go:
Footnote.com is an online archive of digitized historical documents and images that, well… I’ll let them say it:
Footnote.com is a place where original historical documents [...]
The was frost on my window this morning, and for many of us, the school year has begun. So summer is waning… but, on the plus side, our fall programs are starting to ramp up! It’s a particularly big week for Reading Wyoming!
UW MFA Reading Series: Rebecca Curtis
Monday, August 24, 7:00-8:30 PM
Second Story Books, Laramie
Free [...]
This week, I thought I’d highlight a few online projects/resources that explore this great nation of ours, state by state.
The 50 States Project is an online photographic tour of the country, courtesy of 50 photographers, one in each state. From their website:
Each photographer lives in one of the 50 states and during the year long [...]
Reading Wyoming: Riverton
Monday, August 17, 7:00-8:30 PM
Riverton Branch Library
Community and the Western Landscape series
Northern Arapaho Experience
Wednesday, August 19, 6:30-8:30 PM
Wind River Casino, Riverton
We invite you to experience Indian Country through the eyes of the Northern Arapaho People. Celebrate our native heritage through song, dance and storytelling.
Reading Wyoming: Sundance
Thursday, August 20, 5:30-7:00 PM
Crook County Library
Family Photographs [...]
So after I blogged about Capitol Words, I got curious. Surely Congress’s words aren’t the only ones being tracked!
Sure enough, twistori and Visible Tweets are keeping up-to the moment tabs on what people are twittering about. At Visible Tweets, you can plug in a word — or a phrase, your name, whatever — and any [...]
This week in Wyoming humanities:
Reading Wyoming, Saratoga
Wednesday, August 12: 2:00-3:00 PM
Saratoga Public Library
Today’s post is a program review, courtesy of Wyoming Humanities Council Grants Coordinator Jenny Ingram! Here’s what she has to say:
Both the Wyoming Humanities Council and the Wyoming Arts Council sponsored a March presentation of The Cancer Monologues by Denver’s El Centro Su Teatro. The play, hosted in Laramie by La Radio Montañesa KOCA 93.5 [...]
Well, it’s officially August, which means summer is speeding to a close! Even for those of us who aren’t in school, it’s hard to resist a little twinge of regret that it’s almost over. So this week, I’ve included a couple summer exhibits at Wyoming museums, in case you haven’t found the time to see [...]