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Steven CarrollA Wyoming Public Media podcast on where humans and our habitat meet has come back after a two-year hiatus. HumaNature's new season is currently underway. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska spoke with the new HumaNature host and producer Megan Feighery on how the podcast was revived and her personal connections to the show. -
Alan O'HashiOn November 29, 1864, Colorado’s third cavalry descended on a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho, mostly women, children and elders. The massacre that ensued is often considered one of the worst in U.S. history. Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper has apologized for the massacre, but the Northern Arapaho tribe is now negotiating with the City of Boulder for other reparations: some land where the troops trained. Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards spoke with Alan O’Hashi, a documentary filmmaker who just released a film about the negotiations.
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Grady Kirkpatrick talked with project producer Carl Gustafson from Laramie about "MOJA: A Music Saga." It's the story of African-influenced music through seven generations. -
The NHSFR after its venue in Kansas City was unable to host it in those years. The Cam-plex facilities, which have hosted the NHSFR on and off since 1993, were scheduled to host the National Junior High School Finals Rodeo in those years before it was was relocated to an Oklahoma venue on a long-term contract. The Cam-plex will host the 2023 NHSFR, which marks the rodeo's 75th anniversary.
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UW celebrates 'UW in Scotland' this week. Events include lectures, exhibitions, a film festival, and a fundraiser.
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Joy Harjo, a Ucross alumna and the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate and Larry Mitchell, a Grammy Award-winning musician and Harjo's longtime musical collaborator, will perform at the WYO Theater on Feb. 25. This is the first time Ucross has hosted a U.S. Poet Laureate as they celebrate their 40th anniversary with events throughout 2023.
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Director of Harvard’s Native American Program to Give Lecture at UW
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"Grounded: Restoring our world through a Sacred Harmony with the earth and each other" is currently on exhibit at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper. If features the work of 15 Native American artists from several tribes from the Great Plains. It will tour six locations in communities throughout the state before heading out-of-state, including Washington, D.C. and internationally for the next two years.
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A new archaeological discovery announced in November has rocked the Basque community. The hand of Irulegi, found on a dig near Pamplona is shedding new light on the origins of the Basque language and its people who wasted no time turning the artifact into memes.
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Through an ARPA - Wyoming Arts Council grant, a music therapist led songwriting workshops with healthcare workers at the Jackson hospital to address work related stress and burnout due to the pandemic. Four groups of health care workers shared stories and processed work-related trauma to write songs about their experiences. Four songs were officially released.
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The concert will feature guest pianist Steven Lin, a Taiwanese-American musician who has performed at venues worldwide and who's making his third appearance in Wyoming. The concert is part of the orchestra's 73rd season.
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The OSPA Wyoming tour is performing at the Rockpile Museum on Jan. 5 and will also perform in Sheridan, Buffalo, Casper, Laramie, Cheyenne, Rock Springs, and Jackson. The band promotes traditional and contemporary Basque music and dance and celebrates the mixed musical heritage of the Basque diaspora, which has a presence in parts of Wyoming and the Mountain West.
