Community Calendar

Join us for our Dia De Los Muertos celebration at The Nicolaysen Art Museum! This special event honors the beautiful tradition of remembering and celebrating loved ones who have passed.

The evening will feature a vibrant Aztec altar and ofrendas created by students from the Natrona County School District, traditional dancers, and art activities for the entire family. Attendees are encouraged to bring framed photos of their loved ones to contribute to our community altar until October 25th.

While the event is free to attend, donations are appreciated to help us continue creating and sharing meaningful art experiences with our community.

Mark your calendars and join us for an unforgettable celebration! Stay tuned for more details.

Sponsored by UniWyo

Refreshments provided by Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant

Come write with us! The annual Jackson Hole Writers conference will help you bring your writing into the world with guidance from top agents, editors and authors on every step of the creative journey.

For more than thirty years, writers in all genres and with all levels of experience have gathered at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference. Writers attend craft classes, panels, and keynote addresses at the Center for the Arts to increase skills in both writing techniques and publishing strategies. Optional manuscript critiques offer opportunities for one-on-one feedback from faculty on attendees’ writing projects. And there is plenty of time both at the Center and the Virginian Lodge, the conference hotel, to have fun, socialize and make new friends while networking with authors, editors and agents. Wherever you are in your writing process, from idea to publication, the Jackson Hole Writers Conference has you covered. Register today at jhwriters.org/conference/registration.

Campbell County Public Library is excited to welcome Brian Yazzie, aka Yazzie the Chef (Diné/Navajo), to your library November 1 and 2. This two-day event will feature a cooking class, an evening presentation, and a pop-up lunch. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from this talented chef about the ancestral knowledge he uses to create delicious and beautiful modern indigenous cuisine.

Friday, November 1

12pm: Cooking with Chef Yazzie: This free family-friendly class (kids age 7+ accompanied with grownup) is limited to 40 students. Sign up today!
5:30pm: Indigenous Food Sovereignty presented by Chef Yazzie: Don't miss this free public event!

Saturday, November 2

12:30pm: Pop-up Lunch: We're turning the CCPL Wyoming Room into a temporary restaurant! Stop by your library to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by Chef Yazzie! This is a first-come, first served event!

Chef Yazzie is from Dennehotso, Arizona and is based out of Saint Paul, MN. He has a degree of Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Culinary Arts from Saint Paul College, 2016. Yazzie is delegate of Slow Food Turtle Island Association, and a team member at I-Collective: a collective of cooks, chefs, seed keepers, farmers, foragers, and scholars, focused on bringing awareness to the cultural appropriations of indigenous foods of the Americas.

Brian and his Fiancée, Danielle Polk (Hoonmana Polk) are the Founders/Owners of Intertribal Foodways, a culinary mission specifically working with and for the betterment of tribal communities, wellness, and health through Indigenous foods. They travel internationally and are available for catering, private dinners, pop up dinners, chef demos & cooking classes, collaborations, and presentations on indigenous food sovereignty.

Thanks to The Library Foundation Inc. for sponsoring Chef Yazzie’s visit to CCPL.

Celebrate your loved ones that have passed and learn about the traditions and history of the Day of the Dead!

Join us at 9:30 am for an Ofrenda de Danza (Dance Offering) and a Capitol City Car Club cruise. Learn about and create your own delicious sugar skulls (or “Calaveras”); Create beautiful Papel Picado (or “pecked paper”) decorations to take home; Watch a dance performance from Las Angelitas Unidas y los Rayos del Sol at 10 am and a performance from El Grupo Como la Flor at 12:30 pm; Discover how the annual monarch butterfly migration creates an important connection between the living and the dead; See altars (or “Ofrendas”) set up by community members and students; Create paper cup lanterns for your own altars; And eat delicious foods from local vendors!

Register FOR FREE here: bit.ly/WSMfamilydays

Learn about all 11 community-wide events here: https://wyomuseum.wyo.gov/index.php/public-programs-list/324-dia-de-los-muertos-2024

Celebrate those who have passed on and learn about the culture, traditions, and history of the Day of the Dead. You can find events across town throughout October and into the first week of November!

Día de los Muertos is a 2-day holiday that began in Mexico and is traditionally celebrated across Latin America and beyond. During these two days, it is believed that the passage between the real world and the spirit world opens, allowing deceased loved ones to come back and visit their living relatives. Traditions and customs vary in places, but the base beliefs remain the same.

This holiday offers a unique and colorful perspective on death that turns a sad fact of life into something beautiful. In partnership with a committee of community members, the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Laramie County Public Library, Wyoming State Museum, and Cheyenne Depot Museum are hosting community celebrations to share the significance of this holiday and provide welcoming spaces for people to celebrate their culture. Everyone is welcome to enjoy these community celebrations and open their eyes to cultures and traditions they might have never known about.

Saturday, November 2nd
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens 10 am-5 pm
- Find all the beautiful La Calavera Catrina statues throughout the gardens.
- Bring in items to add to the community ofrenda. Please only bring copies of photos as we are not responsible for misplaced originals.
- Take in the beautiful flower display and learn about the history of the celebration.

Enjoy a performance by Como La Flor dance group at 10:30 am

Enjoy the performance by Las Angelitas Unidas y Los Rayos del Sol dance group at 2 pm

Get delicious treats and food from local food vendors
La piña loca/ fruit desserts, and Queso's Kitchen
-Take-home kids activity kits will be given out.
-Paint your terracotta pot in the classroom. While supplies last.
-Make a Marigold art project in the Paul Smith Children's Village 11 am-2 pm.

Community events will be taking place at all locations listed

The Art Association of Jackson Hole is pleased to announce our upcoming locals’ favorite Teton Mudpots Fall Sale, Thursday, Friday and Saturday October 31-November 2, in the Art Association’s Gallery and Loft, 240 S Glenwood St in the Center for the Arts.

This much anticipated three-day sale offers pottery, prints, paintings, jewelry, and more from artists who create in the Art Association’s studios. Among the participating artists of this season’s sale are Kris Batchelder, Erika Jostad, Rachel Kunkle, Lisa Laurie, Sylvie Polonsky, Maria Sengle, Jamie Shulander, Alice Pang, Emily Yeates, Sandy Ostdiek and more.

Patrons shopping the sale at lunchtime will be able to purchase a bowl of hot soup between 11am and 1pm each day of the sale.

In addition to the individual artists’ tables, the ever-popular Mudpots table, featuring works donated by studio artists, staff and students, will be overflowing with a variety of ceramic forms at great prices starting as low as $3. Proceeds support the Art Association studios.

We are thrilled to announce a new and culturally enriching festival for downtown — Día de los Muertos. This event will feature live mariachi, traditional foods, sugar skulls and crafts.

Day of the Dead evolved from Aztec and Indigenous Mexico traditions influenced by Catholic holidays of All Saints Day (Nov. 1), a day to honor saints and children who have died, and All Souls Day (Nov. 2), a day to honor all the adults who have passed away.

Campbell County Public Library is excited to welcome Brian Yazzie, aka Yazzie the Chef (Diné/Navajo), to your library November 1 and 2. This two-day event will feature a cooking class, an evening presentation, and a pop-up lunch. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from this talented chef about the ancestral knowledge he uses to create delicious and beautiful modern indigenous cuisine.

Friday, November 1

12pm: Cooking with Chef Yazzie: This free family-friendly class (kids age 7+ accompanied with grownup) is limited to 40 students. Sign up today!
5:30pm: Indigenous Food Sovereignty presented by Chef Yazzie: Don't miss this free public event!

Saturday, November 2

12:30pm: Pop-up Lunch: We're turning the CCPL Wyoming Room into a temporary restaurant! Stop by your library to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by Chef Yazzie! This is a first-come, first served event!

Chef Yazzie is from Dennehotso, Arizona and is based out of Saint Paul, MN. He has a degree of Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Culinary Arts from Saint Paul College, 2016. Yazzie is delegate of Slow Food Turtle Island Association, and a team member at I-Collective: a collective of cooks, chefs, seed keepers, farmers, foragers, and scholars, focused on bringing awareness to the cultural appropriations of indigenous foods of the Americas.

Brian and his Fiancée, Danielle Polk (Hoonmana Polk) are the Founders/Owners of Intertribal Foodways, a culinary mission specifically working with and for the betterment of tribal communities, wellness, and health through Indigenous foods. They travel internationally and are available for catering, private dinners, pop up dinners, chef demos & cooking classes, collaborations, and presentations on indigenous food sovereignty.

Thanks to The Library Foundation Inc. for sponsoring Chef Yazzie’s visit to CCPL.

The Young Adult Department offers open-play gaming for teens in grades 7-12 Saturday afternoons. Gamers sign up for turns, and cooperatively choose games from the library’s collection.

Please join us on November 2, 2024, National Bison Day, for a film screening of an award-winning film documentary, A Buffalo Story. Produced by Colin Ruggiero and the National Wildlife Federation, the film is centered on buffalo and the efforts of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes to bring buffalo back to their lands, communities, and cultures. This film shares the story behind Wyoming buffalo restoration, led by Indigenous ecologists, community leaders, and conservation partners. A Buffalo Story shows the tremendous dedication and sustained commitment to restore buffalo, a species that brings together and interconnects the protection of Tribal identity and culture, wildlife, and people.