Remember the craze for magnetic poetry a few years ago? It seemed like everyone’s refrigerator was covered in tiny words, rearranged by friends drifting in and out of the kitchen. I was never any good at fridge poetry, myself, but if you miss it, there’s isnoop.net’s Magnetic Words, a virtual fridge covered with words just [...]
Courtesy of friends and internet rambling, I’ve seen a number of interesting book sites this week. So I thought I’d pass a few along to you!
An offshoot of the Reading the Past blog, Reusable Cover Art is a collection of book covers that incorporate the same image into their cover art. Some of the juxtapositions [...]
Fall programs are starting to pick up across the state!
Reading Wyoming: Pine Bluffs
Tuesday, September 1, 7:00-8:30 PM
Pine Bluffs Branch Library
Women of Mystery series
Craig Arnold Celebration
Wednesday, September 2, 5:00-7:00 PM
UW Art Museum
“As many of you know, English professor Craig Arnold died this spring while hiking a volcanic mountain in Japan. A university and town community celebration [...]
Check out the variety of humanities events in Wyoming this week!
Tie Hack Tour, Dubois
Monday, July 27: 7:00 PM
Dubois Museum, 909 W. Ramshorn St., Dubois
Museum Education director leads a driving/hiking tour to tie hack ruins on Union Pass.
Meet at the museum at 7 p.m. and be prepared to carpool.
Summer Film Series: The Good, the Bad, and [...]
I was all set to post about something international and expansive, and I will, but today I found myself looking instead at the work of a few photographers whose work is very circumscribed: a town, a daughter, a life. And despite these seeming limitations, I found them to be just as expansive as anything else [...]
Today’s post is all about Russia. Why? Because I adore the blog English Russia, whose tag line is “Because something cool happens daily on 1/6 of the Earth’s surface.” And what’s not to love? The blog has a quirky sensibility. Awkward English. Images of long lines and emerging punk fashion in Soviet and post-Soviet days. [...]
Ever since Jenny Venn, the graphic design professor at the University of Wyoming, mentioned that most of her students’ initial interest in graphic design comes from their experience with graphic novels and Japanese anime and manga, I’ve been thinking about the way comics reflect culture. Here are a few nifty sites I encountered as I [...]
Here’s the scoop on humanities events across the state! If you happen to be in or near Cheyenne on the evening of Friday, May 1, be sure to swing by the Civic Center for the opening reception for the baseball exhibit Sugar Beet Fields to Fields of Dreams, which highlights the contributions of Latino players [...]
We’ve been focusing so much on the visual lately that it seemed a sensory switch was in order. And since R&D has yet to find a way to get Pat the Bunny up onto your monitors, for today’s globally-themed post, I’ll ask you to lend me your ears instead.
Forvo bills itself as the largest pronunciation [...]
So far, we’ve talked quite a lot about high art. But what about the history of design, say? Or folk art? Or out-and-out kitsch?
Enter The Museum of Online Museums, a clearinghouse of collections big and small. Sure, they’ve got links to heavy hitters like the Rijksmuseum and The Art Institute of Chicago, but they also [...]