Community Calendar

In the 1920s, hundreds of Mexican and Mexican American families traveled to Wyoming’s beet fields, recruited by the Great Western Sugar Company to do the difficult hand labor that powered one of the state’s most important agricultural industries. Known as Betabeleros, these workers thinned, weeded, irrigated, and harvested sugar beets across the Big Horn Basin and other parts of Wyoming. Yet despite their importance to the state’s economy and rural communities, their stories have often remained at the margins of Wyoming history.

This lecture brings those stories back into view through La Página en Español, a Spanish-language page published in the Powell Tribune for one season in 1927. At first glance, the page looks like a warm community bulletin: it reported births, weddings, illnesses, baseball games, dances, recipes, agricultural news, and celebrations of Mexican Independence Day. But it also carried messages about productivity, respectability, obedience, and assimilation. In other words, it welcomed Spanish-speaking workers into Wyoming public life, but only under certain conditions.

By reading this remarkable newspaper page alongside the history of Mexican labor in Wyoming’s sugar beet industry, this talk explores a more multilingual and multiethnic version of Wyoming’s past. It asks: Who gets remembered in local history? Who is left out? And what can a single forgotten newspaper page teach us about labor, belonging, family, and community in the American West?

We're easing into summer by throwing open the doors and the backyard at Railtown's West Side location. Come find your next favorite thing -- vintage wares, houseplants, local art and craft -- and stay a while for cold beer and good company.

Nearly 50 invited artists are given one day to create new masterpieces en plein air (outside). They paint from the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Sculpture Trail with stupendous views overlooking the National Elk Refuge. All visitors are welcome to watch the painters, and collectors are invited to browse and bid on the fresh artworks. All proceeds will benefit the Museum and participating artists. Enjoy free admission from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

9:00 a.m.: Event Kickoff
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Live Music from Derrik & The Dynamos
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Food for Purchase from Palate
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.: Silent Auction

Two participation categories for the artists: plein air and al fresco

The plein air category allows artists to paint any regional scene of their choice, and they may begin their painting anywhere in the vicinity. All artists will be on the Sculpture Trail by 10 a.m. to finish their piece live and in person. Al fresco is interpreted more broadly, where artists enjoy painting outside using reference photos of any subject. The “Best in Show” award winner will be picked from the plein air category, while the al fresco category is not judged.

The Teton Mudpots Summer Sale and annual fundraiser for the Art Association of Jackson Hole takes place this June 17, 18 and 19, at 240 S Glenwood. This three-day summer sidewalk sale features artisans who create handmade pottery, prints, paintings, jewelry and more in the Art Association's studios. Find mugs, bowls, platters and bargain pottery starting at just five dollars. Every purchase supports the Art Association studios and local artists.

The Teton Mudpots Summer Sale and annual fundraiser for the Art Association of Jackson Hole takes place this June 17, 18 and 19, at 240 S Glenwood. This three-day summer sidewalk sale features artisans who create handmade pottery, prints, paintings, jewelry and more in the Art Association's studios. Find mugs, bowls, platters and bargain pottery starting at just five dollars. Every purchase supports the Art Association studios and local artists.

Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869, decades before the rest of the country. As we mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, join us in celebrating the role Wyoming played in the greatest expansion of voting rights in American history - women's suffrage. The example of Wyoming inspired women across the nation as they fought for the right to vote.

Our state is home to the first woman justice of the peace, the first enfranchised woman elected to public office, the first Black women to vote, the first woman governor, and many more remarkable leaders. Many of these women, including Esther Morris, Amalia Post, Melvina Arnold, Therese Jenkins, and Lucy Phillips called Cheyenne home.

Join historian Jennifer Helton as we honor the work of these courageous women.

The Teton Mudpots Summer Sale and annual fundraiser for the Art Association of Jackson Hole takes place this June 17, 18 and 19, at 240 S Glenwood. This three-day summer sidewalk sale features artisans who create handmade pottery, prints, paintings, jewelry and more in the Art Association's studios. Find mugs, bowls, platters and bargain pottery starting at just five dollars. Every purchase supports the Art Association studios and local artists.

Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional artists in the legacy of painting on-site outdoors while exploring Wyoming State Parks.

Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional artists in the legacy of painting on-site outdoors, all while exploring the rich landscapes of Wyoming. This partnership program began in 2018 at Sinks Canyon State Park and has become a very anticipated annual event. Artists are invited to participate through one or all of the days, and the public is invited to explore and talk to artists throughout our time at the park, which culminates with a reception, show, and sale. At the reception artists are able to show their works completed during their time in the park while guests can browse, talk with the creators, and purchase artwork. Cash prizes are selected by outside jurors, and a People’s Choice Award is selected by attendees of the reception.

The reception will be held on June 28th at the Guernsey State Park Museum from 3-5 PM.

Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional artists in the legacy of painting on-site outdoors while exploring Wyoming State Parks.

Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional artists in the legacy of painting on-site outdoors, all while exploring the rich landscapes of Wyoming. This partnership program began in 2018 at Sinks Canyon State Park and has become a very anticipated annual event. Artists are invited to participate through one or all of the days, and the public is invited to explore and talk to artists throughout our time at the park, which culminates with a reception, show, and sale. At the reception artists are able to show their works completed during their time in the park while guests can browse, talk with the creators, and purchase artwork. Cash prizes are selected by outside jurors, and a People’s Choice Award is selected by attendees of the reception.

The reception will be held on June 28th at the Guernsey State Park Museum from 3-5 PM.

Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional artists in the legacy of painting on-site outdoors while exploring Wyoming State Parks.

Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional artists in the legacy of painting on-site outdoors, all while exploring the rich landscapes of Wyoming. This partnership program began in 2018 at Sinks Canyon State Park and has become a very anticipated annual event. Artists are invited to participate through one or all of the days, and the public is invited to explore and talk to artists throughout our time at the park, which culminates with a reception, show, and sale. At the reception artists are able to show their works completed during their time in the park while guests can browse, talk with the creators, and purchase artwork. Cash prizes are selected by outside jurors, and a People’s Choice Award is selected by attendees of the reception.

The reception will be held on June 28th at the Guernsey State Park Museum from 3-5 PM.