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Sep 13 Saturday
Enter the Wyoming Public Media 2025 Photo Contest (September 1-30)!
Wyoming Public Media invites Wyomingites to get out and take photos they think reflect Wyoming’s history, while sharing their stories in the process.
Post your Wyoming photos below for a chance to have your snapshot featured on the Wyoming Public Media website, calendars, note cards, and other media at the station. Merely type in your picture’s caption, your name, and e-mail address.
To submit, please read the Photo Contest rules and then click at the end of the rules page.
Sep 14 Sunday
Cheyenne Audubon is hosting a Greenway cleanup event, Saturday, September 14, at 10 a.m. The public is invited to help. The starting location is the Greenway parking lot by the intersection of Van Buren Avenue and Laramie Street. Work will proceed to the north along Dry Creek and should take a little over an hour.Trash bags and light-weight gloves will be provided. Participants should wear sturdy footwear (preferably waterproof) and heavy gloves and bring rakes and hoes, if available, for fishing trash out of the creek.For more information about the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society, please visit https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
Come join us at Plein Air in the Parks: Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park and Independence Rock State Historic Site from September 10th -14th! Enjoy the stunning vistas of Wyoming while creating artwork from any media for the Show and Sale we'll have on Sunday the 14th at ART321 at 3 PM. $2,000 of cash awards will be announced during the Show and Sale. We'll also have a variety of programs throughout the event where artists can mingle and learn more about the park.
Sep 15 Monday
The University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) invites the public to the opening of its newest exhibition, “Armed in the Wilderness: An Exhibit About Outdoor Recreation, Conservation, and the Women and Men Who Built the Literary Genre.” The exhibit examines literary works on outdoor recreation from the Toppan Rare Books Library dating back to 1704, which illustrate how hunting, fishing, and conservation topics have changed over time, including African hunting expeditions of elite Americans like Osa and Martin Johnson.
The evening will also feature speaker Conrad Froehlich, who served as director of the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, KS for 36 years He is currently working on a book about the Johnsons.
Sep 16 Tuesday
Come explore the artifacts that pertain to the historical sites of the Big Goose Creek walking tour. Museum at the Bighorns Museum Director, Carrie Ida Edinger will share visuals of photographs, objects and other items from the museum’s collection that relate to the Sheridan Brewery, Sheridan Manufacturing Company Flour Mill, the Mandel Cabin, and Big Goose Creek. This presentation will share a portion of the museum’s collection as well as tell Sheridan’s history, culture and Big Goose Creek as an essential natural resource to our area.
SCLT Explore History is free to attend and open to all.
The 15th annual Memory of the 8 is a community event held to remember and honor the 8 University of Wyoming Cross Country runners who lost their lives in an accident caused by a drunk driver 24 years ago and to remind the community of the dangers of impaired driving.The event includes a 5K Walk/Run, an 8-Mile run, and a Kids Run, beginning and ending at M&K Oil, 901 S. 4-J Rd. in Gillette. Registration is free and can be done online at: runsignup.com/Race/WY/Gillette/Memoryofthe8Gillette or on-sight beginning at 4:00 the day of the event. A barbecue and social time will be held after the run. Donations are accepted and shirts and hats will be available for purchase.
We are doing an end of summer barbecue for Veterans, their families and caregivers