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Mar 18 Monday
Western Wyoming Community College (Western) will be hosting an exhibition of art by Sweetwater County local artist, Shane Steiss in Western’s Art Gallery. The artworks on display will demonstrate Shane’s unique works of mixed media painting, which are rooted in the natural world, and carry personal significance as evidence of familial bonds forged in nature. The exhibition, titled Memories in Nature, will be on display from March 8, through April 16.
An educational Smithsonian poster exhibition that explores how movement has impacted America will be on display at the University of Wyoming’s Coe Library beginning Monday, March 18.
“Journey Stories” will be located on the main level of Coe Library across from the Student Innovation Center. It will be available to view through Friday, April 19.
The exhibit highlights how human movement shaped the nation's demographics and cultural diversity.
According to the Smithsonian website, “it takes a broad look at American expansion and migration, from the earliest European settlers and Native American displacement, to the effects of transportation advancements on modern mobility.”
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with Teaching Tolerance, “Journey Stories” encourages engagement and dialogue in classrooms and communities about the impact of movement in America. The organization encourages others to share their story through the Stories from Main Street project. On the Museum on Main Street website, readers can find thousands of stories from people all over the country.
The City of Laramie Recreation Center is running an adult coed indoor volleyball league, starting Monday, March 25th to Thursday, May 16th. Registration to create or join a team ends on Monday, March 18th. You can sign up online through cityoflaramie.org, or give the front desk a call at 307-721-5269. For any additional questions, please email parksandrecinfo@cityoflaramie.org.
UW Music invites you to join the critically-acclaimed Harley-Fadial Duo in a concert of great English music for violin and piano, “Solace in Times of War,” on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.
The concert is free and the public is cordially invited.
Eminent Artist and English pianist Andrew Harley, and faculty violinist John Fadial, present a program of early 20th century music by English composers John Ireland, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Gerald Finzi, Frank Bridge, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, and Edward Elgar.
Harley is an internationally-recognized performer and pedagogue specializing in instrumental chamber music and song literature. He has been heard in live broadcasts on national radio and television, as well as on numerous recordings.
Fadial has appeared on four continents as chamber musician, soloist, and pedagogue. He was a Grammy semifinalist for best Chamber Music Performance in 2007.
Mar 19 Tuesday
For this Explore History program, professional archaeologist Bill Matteson will tell us about Caesar, a fossilized Allosaurus discovered by Sheridan College students during a dig near Buffalo in the 1990s. Bill will tell us all about the little details that go into bringing such a large animal to life. You will also learn about paleontology and stories about how the students discovered and excavated such an incredible find!
Explore History is free to attend and open to all.
Mar. 19 - Cheyenne Audubon program: The Dawn Chorus: Birdsong i.d. with Barb Gorges
Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free talk by Barb Gorges, author of “Cheyenne Birds by the Month,” about “The Dawn Chorus: Learn to i.d. birdsong,” Mar. 19, 7 p.m., in the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave.
Barb will review how to identify common Cheyenne birdsongs—the sounds of the songbirds. If you recognize many birdsongs already, come share the techniques and resources you use to learn them.For more information about this and other Audubon activities, please see www.CheyenneAudubon.org.
Mar 20 Wednesday