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 to live through that day.”
Humanities Forum: My Horse, My Gun, My Library
Monday, September 28, 6:30 PM
This Humanities Forum program is presented by Lynne Swanson.
Goshen County Library, Torrington
Read Out Loud
Tuesday, September 29, 6:00 PM
Join other members of the community in celebrating the freedom to read- by reading out of your favorite banned book and discussing the freedom to read.
Carbon County Library, Rawlins
Don Delillo Reading
Tuesday, September 29, 7:30-9:00 PM
Teton County Library in the Center for the Arts, Dancers Workshop Studio 1, Jackson
Don Delillo is widely regarded as one of America’s most important novelists. Delillo will give a traditional reading from his new book Falling Man. Author of 15 critically acclaimed novels, including White Noise, the winner of the National Book Award in 1985, and the Underworld, which was runner-up on the New York Times survey of the best American fiction of the last 25 years. Salman Rushdie has called him an “American master.” Do not miss this tremendous opportunity.
Banned Book Story Time
Wednesday, September 30, 5:00 PM
Carbon County Library, Rawlins
NIC at Noon: Richard Cohen and Friends
October, 2, 12:00-1:00
This event is the museum’s informal, monthly concert series where visitors are invited to bring in their lunch and hear performances by local musicians.
Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center, Casper
Opening Reception: I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff In American Art
Friday, October 2, 6:00 PM
Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center, Casper
Movie: Fahrenheit 451
Saturday, October 3, begins at 1:00 PM
Carbon County Library, Rawlins
Book Sale
Saturday, October 3, 9 AM-4 PM
Park County Library, Cody
Saturday University
Saturday, October 3
This series is designed to both encourage consideration of important public policy issues and to provide an opportunity to just plain have fun participating in college level discussions of interesting topics. Presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council and the University of Wyoming, with the Teton County Library and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. The schedule is as follows:
9-10:30 AM - Jeff Lockwood, author of Six Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War, will be discussing the ways insects have been used as weapons of war.
11:30-1:00 PM- Ingrid Burke, an ecosystem scientist, teaches about environmental change and what we need to know in order to avoid irreversibility.
1:30-3:00 PM – Susanna Goodin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, discusses how alchemy was once studied to unlock the secrets of nature in hopes of coming to understand the mind of God. She will be questioning how theology, economics, culture, social trends and philosophy shape science.
3:30-4:30 PM- Roundtable Discussion with all three presenters in an informal wrap-up discussion tying together the topics.
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