Humanities Forum: Stories, Songs and Sodbusters: Buffalo
Monday, April 5, 7:00 p.m., Johnson County Library
When settlers came west, they sang of hope, adventure and Eden on the plains. They learned quickly, and soon their songs featured alkali, snakes and stampedes. Presented by Bill Rossiter.
Reading Wyoming: Canine Companions: Story
Monday, April 5, 6:30 p.m., Story Public Library
A reading discussion series of memoirs about the relationship between man and dog, facilitated by Norleen Healy.
CJ Box Reading and Signing: Laramie
Monday, April 5, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
American Heritage Center
Wednesday Writers: Casper
Wednesday, April 7, 10 a.m.
Natrona County Public Library
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) 2010 Annual Conference and Bookfair
Wednesday, April 7-10th, Hyatt Regency Denver & Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
Each year, AWP holds its annual conference in a different region of North America in order to celebrate the outstanding authors, teachers, writing programs, literary centers, and small press publishers of that region. The annual conference typically features 350 presentations: readings, lectures, panel discussions, and forums plus hundreds of book signings, receptions, dances, and informal gatherings. The conference attracts more than 8,000 attendees and more than 500 publishers. It’s one of the biggest and liveliest literary gatherings in North America.
Refer to http://www.uwyo.edu/creativewriting/showevent.asp?eventid=29045 for event details.
Wyoming, The Energy State: Casper
Wednesday, April 7, 2:00 p.m., Platte River Restaurant
This presentation by Duane Keown explores the history of energy development in Wyoming and looks to the future of Wyoming’s energy economy.
Humanities Forum: Pronghorn Passage: Cody
Thursday, April 8, 12:15 p.m., Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Emilene Ostlind and Joe Riis tell their story of walking the 150-mile migration corridor of the pronghorn antelope to document one of hte world’s greatest long-distance animal migrations.
The Natural Step: A Strategic Framework for a Sustainable Society: Jackson
Friday, April 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Teton Public Library, Ordway Auditorium
Sustainability is becoming a mainstream concept, but it can also be vague, complex and poorly understood. Duke Castle is one of the original organizers of the Oregon Natural Step Network, a scientific framework to guide sustainability initiatives. He will talk about how the method is being used in Portland, Ore., and throughout the U.S. He will also talk about how it might apply to our Energy Sustainability Project or Comp Plan. Complementary refreshments will be provided.
The Swedish developed approach is being used worldwide by a variety of organizations including Nike, Starbucks, Electrolux and Whistler, Canada – co-host of the recent winter Olympics – and even the U.S. Army. Castle’s business experience includes 10 years as a marketing manager at Hewlett Packard and 15 years as a strategic planning and sustainability consultant. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in marketing from Stanford.
Retrieving the Past: Photos from the Archives: Cody
Now on View, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
These 68 images are highlights from the digital collections of Jack Richard, Charles Belden and the Buffalo Bill Online Archives. The photographers Richard and Belden each captured moments of energy and action in their respective genres. Richard, a photographer from Cody, worked in the Yellowstone area from the 1940s to the 1980s, where his crisp, superbly composed images captured the Western way of life. Belden’s images were taken in the 1920s and 1930s on the legendary Pitchfork Ranch at the base of the spectacular Absaroka Mountains near Meeteetse, Wyoming. By photographing cowboys and cattle against this spectacular backdrop, he created some of the classic images of the American West.
The historic photographs taken from the Buffalo Bill Online Archive show the changing face of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917) from young man living and working on the frontier to Wild West entrepreneur to aging businessman. Cody has been call one of the most photographed figures of the 19th and early 20th century – and the Buffalo Bill Archive is indeed proof to that claim.
Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection Preview: Cody
Now on View, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Eighteen beautiful objects from the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection are now on view in the Plains Indian Museum Land of Many Gifts Gallery. This is the second round of objects from the collection, totaling over 2,000 artifacts, to be displayed.
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008: Laramie
January 30- May 8, University of Wyoming Art Museum
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 2008 is a small retrospective that features signature works and conveys how the artist has considered and resolved various approaches to integrating video into temporal and spatial experiences.
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