Humanities Forum: Stories, Songs, and Sodbusters: Lander
Monday, June 28, 7:00 p.m., Lander Library
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.
Humanities Forum: Stories, Songs, and Sodbusters: Sinks Canyon State Park
Tuesday, June 29, 7:00 [...]
The journal Lapham’s Quarterly recently created a nifty chart called “Friends, Lovers, and Family” that traces the connections between notable writers, artists, actors, etc. It’s mostly writers, really, which makes it a sort of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” for the literary set — except that, in a wonderfully sly move, Kevin Bacon is actually [...]
Humanities Forum: The High Life: Laramie
Tuesday, June 22, 6:00 p.m., Wyoming Territorial Prison
In this dramatic series of first-person portrayals, Dorene Ludwig traces the role of alcohol and substance abuse in American life from colonial days to the present.
Impressions on Wyoming Lecture Series: Casper
Wednesday, June 23, 7:00 p.m., Fort Caspar Museum
“Forts of Wyoming,” with Jeff [...]
When I was growing up, my dad had a stack of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1950’s. These fascinated me. My favorite articles presented things like the “kitchen of the future,” which, if I recall correctly, included disposable plates that dissolved in hot water after use. Oh, how I wish I could find that picture!
If [...]
If you’re in Laramie this week, be sure to take advantage of our Summer Classics Institute Public Lecture Series, which runs nightly through Thursday, June 17! Here are the details:
Women and Wealth in Republican Rome
Monday, June 14, 7:00 p.m.
UW College of Law, room 186, Laramie
Marilyn Skinner from the University of Arizona.
Celebrating a Trojan Ancestry
Tuesday, June [...]
Please join the Wyoming Humanities Council for humanities “in the open air”! Northwest Wyoming has a rich history of significant contributions to the conservation movement in America. This series of four outdoor lectures will cover different issues related to America’s conservation movement and the preservation of historic cultural resources in the Jackson Hole area. Bring [...]
Filed in Events
|
Tagged AMK ranch, Geraldine Lucas, Grand Teton Climbers Ranch, Humanities Al Fresco, Jackson Hole, Ken Thomasma, Mary Humstone, Murie Center, Pete Simpson, Robert Righter, Sherry Smith, Teton Science Schools, UW-NPS
|
On June 12, the Wyoming Humanities Council, the University of Wyoming, and the Teton County Library present the summer ‘term’ of Saturday University, the free one-day college education! Classes will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., in Cook Auditorium at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Each Saturday U term features lectures from three [...]
Reading Wyoming: Living With Violence: Saratoga
Wednesday, June 2, 2:00 p.m., Saratoga Public Library
A reading and discussion series that explores conflict and community in contemporary cultures, facilitated by Stephanie Jeffers.
Humanities Forum: My Horse, My Gun, My Libraries: Big Piney
Saturday, June 5, 2:00 p.m., Green River Valley Museum
As Mabel Wilkinson, Lynne Swanson describes some of the adventures [...]