Reading Wyoming: Minority Experience in America: Sheridan
Tuesday, April 20, 7:00 p.m., Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library
Katie Curtiss leads the discussions.

Reading Wyoming: Crime and the Cultural Landscape: Kemmerer
Tuesday, April 20, 7:00 p.m., Lincoln County Library
The books in this series – mysteries – provide readers with the opportunity to examine the beliefs and mores of different communities and eras.  Discussion leader: Katie Beppler.

Indie Film: Casper
Tuesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m., Natrona County Library
The Drummer – Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles (Hong Kong/Taiwan/Germany)
Sid, the rebellious son of Kwan, a savage Hong Kong triad boss, escapes to Taiwan upon enraging his father’s adversary, a powerful underground business leader. Hiding out in the mountains, Sid encounters a group of Zen drummers. Their mesmerizing art, rigorous training, and austere way of life pique the hostile young man’s interest and he asks to join the group. Although Sid despises his father, he is turning out to be a younger version of him: wild and defiant. Immersion in the world of the Zen drummers gradually converts him into a focused young man. Sid’s independence from the triad life and his father is profoundly challenged, however, when a twist of fate forces him to choose between loyalty to his family and his newfound faith in himself.

Family Night: Meet Author Pam Flowers: Casper
Wednesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m., Natrona County Public Library
Pam Flowers was in her 40s when she decided to quit her job to mush dogs across the arctic. She believes you’re never too young to have a dream and never too old to fulfill it.  Pam will share slides and stories from her solo 2,500-mile dog mushing expedition across the arctic from Barrow, Alaska to Repulse Bay, Canada.

Reading Wyoming: Rural in America: Cheyenne
Wednesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m., Wyoming State Museum
All of the books in this discussion series offer both romantic and realistic views of rural life.  Rose Wagner leads the discussions.

Humanities Forum: Wyoming, The Energy State: Laramie
Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m., UW Classroom Building, Room 310
In this presentation, Duane Keown explores the history of energy development in Wyoming and looks to the future of Wyoming’s energy economy.

Humanities Forum: Heart Mountain Relocation Center: Hulett
Thursday, April 22, 7:00 p.m., Hulett Branch Library
This presentation by Ladonna Zall explores the human experience of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during their incarceration at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II.  Zall will also discuss the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation and its plans.

Humanities Forum: Pronghorn Passage: Saratoga
Thursday, April 22, 7:00 p.m., Saratoga Public Library
Emilene Ostlind and Joe Riis tell their story of walking the 150-mile migration corridor of the pronghorn antelope to document one of the world’s greatest long-distance animal migrations.

What’s News: Special Guest Promotes Open Government: Jackson
Thursday, April 22, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Teton County Public Library
The Wyoming Press Association and Wyoming Coalition for Open Government offer a free, public workshop to explain how state laws guarantee public oversight of state government. Wyoming Press Association Director Jim Angell delves into the Wyoming Open Meetings and Public Documents acts.

Undergraduate Reading: Laramie
Thursday, April 22, 7:00 p.m., Carriage House- 1408 Ivinson Ave.
The Undergraduate Creative Writing Program will present the final evening of student readings.  This event is free and open to all.

Classic Conversations: Cheyenne
Friday, April 23, 12:00 p.m., Laramie County Library
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra Conductor William Intriligator will talk about the upcoming performance, “Symphony & Opera In-Concert” featuring music from the event.  You bring the lunch; we provide the entertainment.

Humanities Forum: Loveliness to Sell: Basin
Friday, April 23, 7:00 p.m., Basin Arts Center
Dorene Ludwig presents powerful and entertaining readings from the works of women poets of the United States, from Colonial times to present day.

Humanities Forum: Heart Mountain Relocation Center: Sundance
Friday, April 23, 7:00 p.m., Crook County Library
This presentation by Ladonna Zall explores the human experience of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during their incarceration at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II.  Zall will also discuss the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation and its plans.

Humanities Forum: Happily Ever Aftering on a 1920s Cattle Ranch: Kaycee
Saturday, April 24, 7:00 p.m., Kaycee Branch Library
When bestselling Wyoming novelist Caroline Lockhart decided to retire to her very own homestead, she set in motion a conflict: the happy endings of her romantic fictions and the realities of a single woman running a drought-ridden ranch. Presented by John Clayton.

Brad Watson: Aliens Among Us reading and book signing: Laramie
Sunday, April 25, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Albany County Library
In prose so perfectly pitched as to suggest some celestial harmony, he writes about every kind of domestic discord: unruly or distant children, alienated spouses, domestic abuse, loneliness, death, divorce. In his masterful title novella, a freshly married teenaged couple are visited by an unusual pair of inmates from a nearby insane asylum—and find out exactly how mismatched they really are.”

Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection Preview: Cody
Now on View at the 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, UW 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.

Independent Film Series

Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, February 16, 6:30- 8:30 pm
Book discussion group
Uinta County Library, Evanston

Reading Wyoming: Canine Companions, Laramie
Tuesday, February 16, 6:30 pm
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod, by Gary Paulsen
Albany County Library, Laramie

Reading Wyoming: Minority Experience in America, Sheridan
Tuesday, February 16, 7:00 p.m.
Katie Curtiss leads the discussions.
Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan

Reading Wyoming: Rural in America, Cheyenne
Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 p.m.
All of the books in this discussion series offer both romantic and realistic views of rural life.  Rose Wagner leads the discussions.
Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne

Reading Wyoming: Living Between Fences, Basin
Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 p.m.
The books in this reaading and discussion series consider fences and divisions both in their visible form on the landscape and as metaphors for the barriers that separate us.  Claire Dunne leads the discussions.
Big Horn County Library, Basin

Reading Wyoming: Community and the Western Landscape, Casper
Thursday, February 18, 6:30 p.m.
A reading and discussion series that explores the West’s diverse areas and history, facilitated by Nicole Bryant.
Fort Caspar Museum, Casper

What’s News: Jackson
Thursday, February 18, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Bring a lunch and join us from noon to 1:30 at the Teton County Library, tracking print and online news with local editors and occasional visiting editors, journalists, and scholars.
Teton County Library, Jackson

Humanities Forum: Pronghorn Passage
Thursday, February 18, noon
Emilene Ostlind tells the story of walking the 150-mile migration corridor of the pronghorn antelope to document one of hte world’s greatest long-distance animal migrations.
Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Grand Teton National Park

Edward P. Jones Reading
Thursday, February 18, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Join us for a reading and conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edward P. Jones.  The reading is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing sponsored by the University of Wyoming Bookstore.  A variety of his books are now available at the UW Bookstore for 25% off. Don’t delay, get your copy today!
Wyoming Union, Yellowstone Ballroom, Laramie

Yak!
Thursday, February 18, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Featured film will be Weird Science.
Albany County Library, Laramie

Frankenstein Film Series
Thursday, February 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The featured film will be Young Frankenstein.
Albany County Library, Laramie

Popular Fantasy Author Talks ‘Imagination’
Thursday, February 18, 6:30-8 p.m.
Teton County Library presents award-winning young adult and children’s author Brandon Mull, writer of the best-selling Fablehaven series, for a talk and book-signing.  Mull will talk about the writing process and how he engages his imagination to create fantastical characters in his stories. He encourages students to strengthen their imagination through reading and writing during his “Imagination Can Take You Places” tour, which has reached more than 215,000 elementary school students to date.
Colter School Cafeteria, 1855 High School Road

Humanities Forum: Aama’s Journey, Big Piney
Friday, February 19, 7:00 p.m.
In 1992, an 84-year-old village woman from the Himalayas with no exposure to a Western civilization made a pilgrimage to the United States. Broughton Coburn tells her story, based upon his books.
Big Piney Branch Library, Big Piney

Saturday University: Jackson
Saturday, February 20, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
One-day seminar with UW faculty members.  Free and open to the public.
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson

Author Book Signings- Alyson Hagy
Sunday, February 21, Ghosts of Wyoming- Short stories
Albany County Library, Laramie

Retrieving the Past: Photos from the Archives
Now on View
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.
Buffalo Bill Cody Historical Center, Cody

Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection Preview
Now on View
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.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody

Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008
January 30- May 8
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.
UW Art Museum, Laramie

Retrieving the Past: Photos from the Archive
Now on view
In the photography exhibition, Retrieving the Past: Photos from the Archive, 68 images were selected for exhibition to reveal the diversity of the collection to the public, as well as the capabilities of the library’s new digitization program.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody

Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Preview
Now On View
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.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Plains Indian Museum, Cody

African Perspectives: Through the Eyes of Nancy-Carroll Draper
Now On View
Featuring more than thirty images taken by Nancy-Carroll Draper (1922-2008), African Perspective: Through the Eye of Nancy-Carroll Draper – A Tribute to Vision, is an interactive, digital experience presented on a 47-inch monitor. The exhibition allows visitors to select and view images; see the details and further deepen their experience of the beauty and wildness of Africa.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Draper Museum of Natural History, Cody

Let it Snow Reading Program
December 10, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Read or listen to 10 or more library books to complete the program.  Everyone who finishes the program will receive a flexible reading light.  Read 5 more books and enter a drawing for a grand prize.  Come to the “Let it Snow Somewhere Else Party” just for participating.
Lincoln County Library, Kemmerer and Star Valley Branch Library, Star Valley

Book Discussion- The End of Baseball
Monday, December 14, 6:30 pm
The Natrona County Public Library is playing host to the traveling exhibit Pride and Passion: the African-American Baseball Experience, offering citizens the chance to learn something new about America’s favorite pastime. In conjunction with the exhibit, a book discussion will be held covering the fictional story, “The End of Baseball” by sportswriter Peter Schilling.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Around Wyoming Film Series- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Monday, December 14, 6:00 pm
Dinner and Film Series facilitated by Deane Tucker, Professor of Humanities at Chadron State College.
Niobrara County Library, Lusk

JH Land Trust Panel on Ranching 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 6:00 pm
The panel will feature local ranch managers and agricultural producers.  The public conversation, led by the Land Trust, will shed light on the current state of ranching in Teton County, and speak to how conservation easements work to preserve working ranches.  Panel members will discuss some of the challenges to ranching in the modern era as well as share stories of days gone by.  The discussion accompanies a photography exhibit by Anne Muller entitled:  “Land. Trust. Ranching in Their Hands” that will be on display at the library from December 14-January 28th.
Teton County Public Library, Jackson

Independent Film Series
Tuesday, December 15, 6:30 pm
Featured Film: The Pope’s Toilet. It’s 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II.  50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will make them rich.  Petty smuggler Beto thinks he has the best idea of all – to build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use.  His efforts bring about unexpected consequences, and the final results will surprise everyone.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Mystery Book Discussions
Wednesday, December 16, 6:30 pm
Black Cherry Blues, by James Lee Burke is this month’s featured book.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

What’s News: Jackson
Thursday, December 17, 12:00 pm
Bring a lunch and join us from noon to 1:30 at the Teton County Library, tracking print and online news with local editors and occasional visiting editors, journalists, and scholars.
Teton County Library, Jackson

Powell Movie Night for Adults
Thursday, December 17, 6:30-9:00 pm
The featured movie will be on Jane Austen in honor of her birthday.
Powell Branch Library, Powell

Movie: The Polar Express
Saturday, December 19, 11:00 am
Laramie County Library, Cottonwood Room, Cheyenne

Christmas Movie for Families
Sunday, December 20, 1:00 pm
A Christmas Movie, Gremlins will be shown for families on the big screen in the Crawford room.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Faces of Addiction: Casper
Monday, November 9, 5:30 PM
Join us for light supper or refreshments and a four-part film discussion series.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Reading Wyoming: Laramie
Tuesday, November 10, 2:00-3:30 PM
Books that Endure series
Eppson Center for Seniors, Laramie

Family Pizza & Movie Night
Tuesday, November 10, 6:30 PM
The featured film will be A League of Their Own, and it will be shown in preparation for a new exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Native American Heritage Month
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 PM
Featured Film: PBS documentary, We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes.  This first episode begins in New England in the 1620s, at the time of the so-called first Thanksgiving. In March of 1621, Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag, negotiated a diplomatic alliance with a band of English settlers for the benefit of his people. For a time, the natives and colonists existed in relative peace. Fifty years later, the peace was broken and the Wampanoag were at war with the English and their native allies.
Rock Springs Library, Ferrero Room, Rock Springs

Humanities Forum: Rails and Shutters
Thursday, November 12, 7:00-8:00 PM
This presentation by Chavawn Kelley explores the role of early photographers such as A.J. Russell, William Henry Jackson, and F.J. Haynes in the development of Wyoming and the West.
Dennison Lodge, Dubois

Faces of Addiction: Torrington
Thursday, November 12, 6:30 PM
Join us for dinner and a four part film series.
Eastern Wyoming College, Torrington

Stories of the Hunt
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 PM
Laramie County Library, Cottonwood Room, Cheyenne

Pride & Passion: Opening Reception
Thursday, November 12, 6:30 PM
An opening reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the library’s main floor, featuring former negro-leagues player Mack A. Pride Jr. who played baseball with the Memphis Red Sox and the Kansas City Monarchs.  Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office, Chicago.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Author Mikaelsen visits
Thursday, November 12, 6:30-8:00 PM
Noted children’s author, Ben Mikaelsen speaks.
Park County Library, Cody

Teen Movie Night
Friday, November 13, 5:00 PM
Enjoy a pizza & movie night at the library.  A baseball movie will be featured in preparation for a new exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame coming to your library this winter.
Natrona County Public Library, Casper

Faces of Addiction: Powell
Friday, November 13, 6:30 PM
Join us for refreshments and a four-part film discussion series.
Park County Library, Cody

What’s News?
Friday, November 13, 7:00-9:00 PM
Join reporters and journalists for a series of current events discussions via videoconferencing.  This session takes place in Afton, Baggs, Evanston and Laramie.  Facilitators are Renny MacKay and Katie Beppler.
Visit WHC on the web for more information about this program.
Location varies.

Ingredients Film Uncovers Delicious, Sustainable Agriculture
Friday, November 13, 6-8 PM
See how farmers and chefs are working together to bring great tasting, healthy food back to the table and raising consumer awareness about benefits of eating local. Teton County Library and Slow Food of the Tetons present an evening screening of the documentary film Ingredients: The Local Food Movement Takes Root. Ultimately, the film explores how sustainable agriculture operates and how it might run in the future. Topics such as community supported agriculture (CSA) shares are covered, as well as whether or not it would be possible to serve the entire country via local food.
Teton County Library, Jackson

Faces of Addiction: Casper

Lecture by Young Adult Author S. L. Rottman
Monday, November 2, 7:00 PM
Join us for dinner and a four part film discussion series
Campbell County Public Library, Gillette

Pictures of a Doctor’s Life in Afghanistan
Tuesday, November 3, 7:00-8:30 PM
Laramie County Library, Cheyenne

Reading Wyoming: Pine Bluffs
Tuesday, November 3, 7:00-8:30 PM
Women of Mystery Series
Pine Bluffs Branch Library, Pine Bluffs

Reading Wyoming: Medicine Bow
Wednesday, November 4, 7:00-8:30 PM
Canine Companions Series
Medicine Bow Branch Library, Medicine Bow

Reading Wyoming: Lusk
Wednesday, November 4, 7:00-8:30 PM
Canine Companions Series
Niobrara County Library, Lusk

Faces of Addiction: Laramie
Thursday, November 5, 5:15 PM
Join us for refreshments and a four-part film discussion series
Eppson Center for Seniors, Laramie

Faces of Addiction: Rock Springs
Thursday, November 5, 5:30 PM
Join us for refreshments and a four-part film discussion series
White Mountain Library, Rock Springs

Reading Wyoming: Cody
Thursday, November 5, 7:00-8:30 PM
Distant Neighbors Series
Christ Episcopal Church, Cody

Faces of Addiction: Torrington
Thursday, November 5, 6:30 PM
Join us for dinner and a four-part film discussion series
Eastern Wyoming College, Torrington

Humanities Forum: “Remembering Sunrise Mine and Its Community,” by Mary Humstone and Sophia Beck
Friday, November 6, 7:00 PM
Crook County Library, Sundance

What’s News? Wyoming Connects
Friday, November 6, 7:00 PM
Join reporters and journalists for a series of current events discussions via videoconferencing.  This session takes place in Greybull, Lander, Laramie and Lusk.  Facilitators are Jordan Dresser and Gracie Lawson-Borders. Sponsored by a grant from the University of Wyoming Outreach School.

April 6, 6 p.m.
Sheridan, Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library
American Journeys film series

April 6, 6:30 p.m.
Story, Story Woman’s Club
Reading Wyoming

April 8, 7 p.m.
Dubois, Dennison Lodge
Humanities Forum: Why We Took Off Our Corsets by Melanie O’Hara

April 8, 7 p.m.
Newcastle, Weston County Library
Reading Wyoming

April 8, 7 p.m.
Rock Springs, White Mountain Library
Reading Wyoming

April 9, noon
Jackson, Teton County Library
What’s News? newspaper discussion

April 9, 7 p.m.
Cheyenne, Wyoming State Museum
Humanities Forum: Rails and Shutters by Chavawn Kelly

Here’s the scoop on humanities programming across the state this week. If you’re in Casper, make sure to stop by Casper College’s annual Humanities Festival. If you have an upcoming humanities-related event, let me know, and I’ll announce it here!

March 16, 7 p.m.
Kemmerer, Lincoln County Library
Reading Wyoming

March 18, 2 p.m.
Meeteetse, Meeteetse Branch Library
Reading Wyoming

March 18, 6:30 p.m.
Laramie, Albany County Library
Reading Wyoming

March 18, 7 p.m.
Rock Springs, White Mountain Library
Reading Wyoming

March 18-21
Casper College
Humanities Festival

March 19, noon
Jackson, Teton County Library
What’s News?

March 19, 6 p.m.
Cheyenne, Laramie County Library System
American Journeys Film Series

March 19, 7 p.m.
Casper, Casper College
Humanities Forum: How Women Made the West by Dorene Ludwig