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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, November 23-29

Reading Wyoming: Ranchester
Monday, November 23, 7:00-8:30 pm
Women of Mystery series
Tongue River Branch Library, Ranchester
Faces of Addiction: Casper
Monday, November 23, 5:30 pm
Join us for light supper or refreshments and a four part film discussion series
Natrona County Public Library, Casper
Wednesday Movie
Wednesday, November 25, 2:00 pm
Featured Film: Race to Witch Mountain (PG), for kids 0-12
Carbon County Library System
Reading [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, November 30- December 6

Wednesday Writers
Wednesday, December 2, 10:00 am
A “Wednesday Writers” group will meet for discussion.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper
Wyoming Author Book Signing: Amy Puetz
Wednesday, December 2, 2:00 pm
Don’t miss your opportunity to have an autographed copy of Countdown to Christmas by Wright’s own Amy Puetz.
Wright Branch Library, Wright
Reading Wyoming: Medicine Bow
Wednesday, December 2, 3:30-5:00 pm
Canine Companions Series
Medicine [...]

Historical Preservation Grants Available!

The Wyoming State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) has 5 grants of $1000 available for training on management and preservation of historical records. The first deadline to apply is December 1, followed by two subsequent deadlines at six month intervals. The grant application appears to be brief and straightforward.
Funds may be used for paid staff [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, November 16-22

Guys Read: Grovels
Monday, November 16, 7:00 pm
Grades 9-12, Registration required. Call 307-634-3561
Laramie County Public Library, Cheyenne
Wyoming Humanities Council’s Faces of Addiction
Monday, November 16, 5:30 pm
Addictions can take many forms, from risk addiction, to food, to methamphetamine. Learn more about how addictions affect individuals and society as a whole through a new film and discussion [...]

Things, in terms of other things

I love metaphor, and all its family members: synecdoche, metonymy, simile. Anything that talks about one thing in terms of something else. So today, I’d like to bring together a few sites that do the same thing!
The tag line for David McCandless’s blog Information Is Beautiful is “Ideas, issues, knowledge, data – visualized!” And what [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, November 9-15

Reading Wyoming: Riverton
Monday, November 9, 7:00-8:00 PM
Community and Western Landscape series
Riverton Branch Library, Riverton
Faces of Addiction: Casper
Monday, November 9, 5:30 PM
Join us for light supper or refreshments and a four-part film discussion series.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper
Reading Wyoming: Laramie
Tuesday, November 10, 2:00-3:30 PM
Books that Endure series
Eppson Center for Seniors, Laramie
Family Pizza & Movie Night
Tuesday, November [...]

Feeling Presidential

Our Humanities Matter! conference was a great success! I’ll be writing a program report soon, I’m sure, and I also hope to include reports from those of you who were there (any volunteers?). In the meantime, let’s turn our attention to the White House, just for fun!
The rhetoric of how the president presents himself is [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, November 2-8

Faces of Addiction: Casper
Monday, November 2, 5:30 PM
Join us for dinner and a four part film discussion series
Natrona County Public Library, Casper
Lecture by Young Adult Author S. L. Rottman
Monday, November 2, 7:00 PM
Join us for dinner and a four part film discussion series
Campbell County Public Library, Gillette
Pictures of a Doctor’s Life in Afghanistan
Tuesday, November 3, [...]