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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, August 30-September 5

Reading Wyoming: Women of Mystery: Medicine Bow
Wednesday, September 1, 3:30 p.m., Medicine Bow Senior Center
This series features tough, smart, female private investigators who solve crimes involving social issues.  Margaret Garner leads the discussions.
Humanities Forum: Why We Took Off Our Corsets: Devils Tower
Saturday, September 4, 7:30 p.m., Devils Tower National Monument
In this presentation, Melanie O’Hara [...]

Video + Thought

I had only ever seen clips of “Stealing Beauty,” a short by Israeli video artist Guy Ben-Ner that was exhibited at Postmasters Gallery two years ago. But now my internet wanderings have unearthed all eighteen minutes! The film is all at once a family drama (starring the artist’s actual family), a slapstick comedy, and a [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, August 23-29

 
Reading Wyoming: Writing Wyoming: Ranchester
Monday, August 23, 7:00 p.m., Tongue River Branch Library
The books in this series depict what it means to live in Wyoming and explore the myth and the reality of the people and the place.  Norleen Healy leads the discussions.
Reading Wyoming: Canine Companions: Pine Bluffs
Tuesday, August 24, 7:00 p.m., Pine Bluffs Branch [...]

Apply for a Wyoming Humanities Council Grant!

With the council’s Regular Grant deadline only six weeks away, it’s time to start preparing your grant applications! With that in mind, it seemed like a good time to remind everyone of the many kinds of grants the Wyoming Humanities Council awards and their deadlines and guidelines. So here you go!
The Wyoming Humanities Council’s board [...]

Wyoming Humanities Calendar, August 16-22

Reading Wyoming: Writing Wyoming: Laramie
Tuesday, August 17, 7:00 p.m., Education Annex, Room 315
The books in this series depict what it means to live in Wyoming and explore the myth and the reality of the people and the place. Angela Jaime leads the discussions.
Reading Wyoming: Distant Neighbors: Upton
Thursday, August 19, 7:00 p.m., Upton Branch Library
These books [...]

Jim Leach, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to Visit Wyoming

On September 18, the public is invited to participate in events honoring Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, who will visit Wyoming as part of his fifty-state civility tour. Wyoming welcomes Leach to Heart Mountain Relocation Center at 10:30 a.m. for a public ceremony and tour, followed [...]