Community Calendar

Join us Wednesday, October 28th, at 5:00 p.m. for our final Life and Times before the museum closes for the season! We’ll share a meal before exploring The Open Archives, a Little Snake River Museum project dedicated to digitizing historic photographs and making them more accessible to the public. We’ll take a closer look at photos from our archives, share stories, and discuss the history captured in these images. Come enjoy an evening of good food, local history, and community as we wrap up the season!

**Meet the Local Candidates — Albany County 2026**

**They Want Your Vote. Ask Them Why.**

Join the University of Wyoming Staff Senate, ASUW, and Faculty Senate on October 28, from 5:00–8:00 p.m., at the UW Arts & Sciences Building Auditorium for a free, nonpartisan candidate forum.

Hear directly from candidates running for city, county, and state offices ahead of the November 3 election. Audience members can submit questions for candidates during the moderated forum, scheduled from 5:30–7:30 p.m., followed by an opportunity to meet the candidates.

**Free and open to the public. No registration required.**

Join Sarah Wilzbacher, Anam Cara Caregiving Founder and Director of Care, for a community conversation about caregiving through dementia. We’ll talk about strategies for approaching dementia with a spirit of curiosity, and how to offer grace on both sides of the caregiving relationship. This evening combines our regular series "In Caring Company" with our Caregiver Gathering for a dedicated conversation on navigating memory care. Everyone is welcome to this open community discussion at Trinity Episcopal Church.

Paul Taylor, acclaimed Australian performing artist, will treat the audience to a presentation on Aussie birds, including calls and songs. Paul is a member of Laramie Audubon and is well known for his artistic work with students in schools around Wyoming.

The rededication of Wyoming’s historic Spanish-American War Memorial will take place on Thursday, October 29, at 1:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Barrett Building in Cheyenne. Originally dedicated in 1905, the memorial honors Wyoming National Guard soldiers who served during the Spanish-American War. Following its removal during the Capitol restoration and rehabilitation project, the memorial has undergone conservation and will return to public view at its new location at 2301 Central Avenue.

The rededication ceremony will include remarks from Governor Mark Gordon and Major General Greg Porter, Wyoming adjutant general, and a wreath-laying ceremony. The Wyoming National Guard honor guard will present military honors.

Descendants of First Sergeant Christian Hepp will lead the pledge of allegiance. Hepp served in Company C, 1st Wyoming Volunteers, and was a Color Sergeant early in the deployment. He and Edmund Geyer raised the 1st Wyoming colors over the Luneta Barracks in Manila.

A reception will follow in the Wyoming State Museum. Wyoming National Guard flags from the Spanish-American War and World War I, as well as a Wyoming Spanish-American War uniform, will also be on exhibit in the Museum.

Award-winning author Percival Everett is coming to UW. Everett, whose novel James won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Education Auditorium. The free, public event includes a book signing following the talk.

A screening of American Fiction, based on Everett’s novel Erasure, will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Studio City UW. The screening is also free and open to the public.

"The ghosts are all whispering, the shadows grow tall, Strange things are stirring beyond the old wall, Come join us if you dare on this dark autumn night, For a spooky good time that's a ghoulish delight!"

The Center for Global Studies and International Students & Scholars are teaming up with the American Heritage Center, Art Museum, and UW/Laramie community to bring you a night of global goosebumps from around the world.

Stop by to hear ghost stories, join activities, and learn how the supernatural manifests across regions and cultures. All are welcome!

Email cgs@uwyo.edu for more info.

Join us for a spooky Discover and Discuss Night at the Old West Museum! Curator Mike Kassel will share some of the darker, stranger, and downright spooky stories from Cheyenne’s past. Hear tales of local legends, mysterious happenings, and the history that might just give you chills.

He's back! Adapted by local playwright Evie Lewis and co-directed by Evie Lewis and Josh Griffith, Bram Stoker's Dracula comes to the Pink Garter Theatre this Halloween season from Tumbleweed Creative Arts and Jackson Community Theater. When Count Dracula leaves Transylvania for England, an ancient darkness seeps into the life of everyone he meets, and those drawn into the fight must face an evil older and more powerful than they can imagine. This immersive production leans into the gothic suspense, seduction, and psychological terror that have gripped audiences for more than a century.

Recommended for ages 13 and up.

Stay after the Saturday, October 31 matinee for a talkback with the cast and crew, followed by a tour of the stage and backstage.

Performances
Oct. 29 - 31 and Nov. 5 - 7, 2026

UW Symphony Orchestra
Michael Griffith, conductor
Brittany Toohey, oboe soloist