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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Humanities Matter! Update: “Possible Worlds” and “Getting Started in Second Life,” with Brock Dubbels

One of the things the council learned as we traversed the state last fall was that faculty and humanities professionals across Wyoming wanted Humanities Matter! to give them the chance to talk tech. So for three of the four times when concurrent sessions are going on, one session will focus on technology and learning. Which [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, September 28- October 4th

Don Delillo Reading
Monday, September 28, 5:00 PM
University of Wyoming Union Ballroom, Laramie
Acclaimed author Don DeLillo will read from his most recent novel, Falling Man. He will sign books following the free presentation. Falling Man depicts the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Critics call the novel “the clearest vision yet of what it felt like [...]

Humanities Matter! Update: Special Grant Initiative

The Wyoming Humanities Council does not consider Humanities Matter! to be an isolated event; it is the starting point for an ongoing statewide conversation. To that end, the council has created the Humanities Matter! grant initiative, which will kick off at the conference.
So at Humanities Matter!, after we’ve heard about innovative projects that incorporate the [...]

Humanities Matter! Update: Gallery Walk with Sara Wiles

We were thrilled to learn that Sara Wiles’s photographs will be on display at Central Wyoming College’s Arts Center Gallery during Humanities Matter! We were even more delighted when she offered to lead a gallery walk for our conference participants!
Since 1973, Sara Wiles has worked on the Wind River Reservation, home of the Northern Arapaho [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, September 21-27

Around Wyoming Fall Film Series
Film:  Shane
Monday, September 21st, 6 PM
Niobrara County Library, Lusk
Campbell County Public Library Used Book Sale
September 22-27, Early Bird Special September 22,  4:00-8:45
1$ paperbacks, 2$ hardbacks
“Bag Days” September 26- 27, All books 5$ per bag
Gillette and Wright
Benjamin Franklin : Film Series- Part One
Tuesday, September 22, 6:30 PM- Willow Room
Laramie County Library, Cheyenne
Discovering [...]

Humanities Matter! Update: The Art of Regional Change

Continuing our sneak peek at the upcoming Humanities Matter! conference, October 23-24 at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, today I would like to introduce an exciting panel: Humanities Engaged: The Art of Regional Change, which will be led by four representatives from the Art of Regional Change (ARC) program at the University of California, Davis. [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, September 14-20

Exhibit: Jack Rosenthal Map Collection
Now through September 27
Fort Caspar Museum
“Regional, territorial, and Wyoming state maps from the 1850’s through the early 20th century.  Enjoy tracking the development of Wyoming during the pre-territorial, territorial, and statehood periods. ”
Book Discussion: Not Buying It:  My Year Without Shopping, by Judith Levine
Monday September 14th, 6:30 PM
Natrona County Library, Casper
Reading [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, September 8-13

Here’s this week’s calendar: go out and enjoy  the humanities!
Reading Wyoming: Laramie
Tuesday, September 8, 2:00-3:30 PM
Eppson Center
Books that Endure series
Film Series: “All I need is a Lobotomy and Tights”: A John Hughes Retrospective
Film: Sixteen Candles
Tuesday, September 8, 7:00 PM
Carbon County Public Library, Rawlins
County- wide reading: One Book, One Community
Lincoln County Library
Book: Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth [...]

Humanities Matter! Update: Service Learning in the Humanities

As we move into fall, my days have been filled with preparations for our upcoming Humanities Matter! conference, which will take place October 23-24 at Central Wyoming College in Riverton. There are so, so many exciting sessions!  I thought it behooved me to tell you all about them instead of keeping them to myself. So [...]