Today and tomorrow, the University of Wyoming is hosting two public events with eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath! Here are the details:
Inside the Ethnographers Studio: A Dialogue with Shirley Brice Heath
Monday, March 29
5:00 p.m.
Art Museum
University of Wyoming Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive Laramie, WY
Signifying on Bravo’s popular craft seminar, Inside the Actors Studio, the literacy education [...]
Humanities Forum: Stories, Songs and Sodbusters: Thermopolis
Monday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.
When settlers came west, they sang of hope, adventure and Eden on the plains. They wised up quickly, and soon their songs featured alkali, snakes and stampedes. Presented by Bill Rossiter.
Hot Springs County Museum, Thermopolis
MFA Student Reading
Monday, March 29, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Katie Schmid, poetry
Stephanie Dugger, poetry
Sara [...]
Register now for this year’s Summer Classics Institute, June 13-18, 2010, at the University of Wyoming! This year’s theme is Making Rome Great: How Roman Culture and Power Grew.
Institute Description
Over the course of seven centuries, Rome went from being a small town on the banks of the Tiber to having a remarkably effective and durable [...]
Humanities Forum: Loveliness to Sell: Cheyenne
Tuesday, March 23, 1:00 p.m.
Dorene Ludwig presents powerful and entertaining readings from the works of women poets of the United States, from Colonial times to present day.
Bureau of Land Management, Cheyenne
Mystery Book Discussions
Wednesday, March 24, 6:30 pm
Register and pick up a copy of the book at the Library’s 2nd floor [...]
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Awards of up to $6000 support preservation related collection assessments, consultations, training and workshops, and institutional [...]
Humanities Forum: Why We Took Off Our Corsets: Cheyenne
Monday, March 15, 1:00 p.m.
In this presentation Melanie O’Hara looks at East Coast women who traveled West, settled, and in the process, declared their independence from undergarments that impeded their new-found freedoms.
West Gate Club House, Cheyenne
Writers Workshop: “Getting to the End”
Monday, March 15, 7:00 p.m.
Laramie County Library, [...]
The Wyoming Humanities Council, a statewide, nonprofit grantmaking and programming organization with a staff of six, seeks a field development professional to assist with new development initiatives in Wyoming including major donor cultivation, solicitation, and recognition programs; solicitation of corporate sponsorships and other support; and the development and management of a planned giving program, including [...]
Book Discussion
Monday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.
This month’s book is The Honk and Holler Opening Soon.
Natrona County Library, Casper
Genealogy Class: Intermediate
Wednesday, March 10, 7:00 p.m.
Laramie County Library, Cottonwood Room, Cheyenne
School’s Out Movie
Wednesday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.
School’s out, so students are invited to a screening of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs at the library.
Natrona County Public [...]
The Wyoming Humanities Council invites proposals for the 2011 Humanities Forum from anyone with professional training in the humanities, including professors, teachers, museum or library staff, and independent researchers. The deadline for proposals is May 31.
Forum presenters travel near and far in Wyoming, interacting with adult and youth audiences and engaging them in a humanities [...]
Canine Companions: Story
Monday, March 1, 6:30 p.m.
A reading discussion series of memoirs about the relationship between man and dog, facilitated by Norleen Healy.
Story Public Library, Story
The Alzheimer’s Project: Memory Tapes
Monday, February 1, 6:00 p.m.
Cottonwood Room, Laramie County Library, Cheyenne
Read Across America
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 p.m.
The National Education Association’s eleventh annual “Read Across America” day falls [...]