Uncategorized | Posted: December 30, 2008
Two talented Wyomingites — Andy Nelson (shown in photo) of Pinedale and Chuck Larsen of Saratoga — will be performing at the Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering Jan. 13-18 at the Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities in suburban Denver. Andy is on the Wyoming Arts Council’s artists’ roster. Here’s the line-up: Award-winning Utah singer/songwriter
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 30, 2008
This press release comes from Lisa Icenogle at Casper College: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Casper College will host the Second Annual Burns Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Nicolaysen Art Museum. Tickets are on sale through Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the traditional Scottish dinner and entertainment. The evening
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 29, 2008
From a Teton County Public Library press release: They have more cardholders than VISA, more items than FedEx and more outlets than McDonald’s. Meet America’s librarians when Teton County Library shows, “The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film,” followed by a Q&A with Film Director and Librarian Ann Seidl. Watch how this full-length
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 29, 2008
Cheyenne’s Wyoming Tribune-Eagle launched a series in today’s edition that will follow Central High School students as they prepare for the school”s 2009 musical “Anything Goes” by Cole Porter. The series is by reporter Becky Orr. Today’s installment looks at the audition and rehearsal processes. Here’s an excerpt: The cluttered stage looks nothing like it
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 29, 2008
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University “is intended to fund collaborative work between a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project.”Submissions on any subject are welcome. At the end of one year, prizewinners are invited to come to Durham, N.C., to
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 29, 2008
Uncategorized | Posted: December 29, 2008
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 29, 2008
In November, Filmmaker Magazine reported that “They Killed Sister Dorothy,” a film by Daniel Junge, who grew up in Cheyenne, has been named to the shortlist of 15 titles in the best documentary category for the Academy Awards. The five finalists will be announced Jan. 22 and the awards show will air on Feb. 22.
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Uncategorized | Posted: December 22, 2008
The blog editors will be off for the rest of the week, so no more postings after today. We here at the WAC hope you all have a great Holiday season!
Uncategorized | Posted: December 22, 2008
American Life in Poetry: Column 195 by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006. “Here is a poem, much like a prayer, in which the Michigan poet Conrad Hilberry asks for no more than a little flare of light, an affirmation, at the end of a long, cold Christmas day.” Christmas Night by Conrad Hillberry Let
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