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Current U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is coming to the Tetons to give a free talk on May 21. Limón is the first Latina to hold the prestigious title and is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur “genius grant.” She’s published six books of poetry, including “The Carrying,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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More than 30 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show posters produced over 100 years ago are part of a new exhibition at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Wyoming Public Radio’s Olivia Weitz spoke with Assistant Curator Sam Hanna about the new exhibit and the careful steps taken to display the posters for the show.
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Wyoming author Shelley Moore grew up in Memphis in the 1960’s. Her memoir, “Through a Blue-Eyed Lens,” describes the experience of a middle school White girl, the Black student who sent her a love note, and a city going through one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Wyoming Public Radio’s Jordan Uplinger sat down with Moore.
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Two young musicians competed in and won the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist Competition recently. The winners applied in very different ways and will now get to play with the professional orchestra.
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Betsy Gaines Quammen is the author of a new book titled "True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America." The book explores polarization, extremism, and the impact of the pandemic on the landscapes and communities of the West. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hannah Habermann spoke with Quammen about what she learned in the process of writing the book.
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An Indigenous author recently released a children’s book on the Jingle Dress Dance, which is a ceremonial dance of healing and prayer.
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Remy Coste and his 10 sled dog team whipped around a hairpin turn through some snowy switchbacks near Driggs, Idaho. He gave them calls in a distinctively French accent, making their way through the final leg of the Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race.
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On a Wednesday night in a church basement, nine members of the improv comedy troupe Laff Staff danced in a circle as they practiced a parody song. For the members of the comedy group in Jackson, improv is more than just something to do after work. It’s a family – and together, they’re getting ready for their 15th anniversary show on February 16 at the Center for the Arts in Jackson.
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Delbert Anderson is rallying musicians from the Four Corners region and online to perform his compositions, where one note comes every few months. In Farmington, New Mexico, Anderson teaches community members about the historical impact of the Long Walk of the Navajo.
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Ghanaian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako sculpts visions of the far future and the distant past, imagining what could be, and what might have been, in Black and African history. He crafts these visions out of Legos, inviting his audience to imagine along with him. Nimako’s 15-foot diptych sculpture Asamando is now on display in the University of Wyoming’s Visual Arts Building. The artist spoke with Wyoming Public Radio’s Jeff Victor about found objects, speculative history and the role imagination plays in the struggle for liberation.
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Although Jackson is known for its country swing dance scene, other kinds of dance are taking the region by storm.
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On an unseasonably warm January morning, people gathered by the Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race finish line in the Upper Green, just north of Pinedale.“And here he is, our current leader. Remy Coste from France. Welcome back Remy,” Dan Carter, Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race director, announced over a microphone.