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Mar 28 Thursday
The third annual Wild and Working Lands Film Festival will show on March 28 in Laramie, Wyoming. The festival, which is free and open to the public, features a program of seven short films exploring relationships between people and the landscapes where we live, work, and play.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m. at the Gryphon Theatre, 710 E. Garfield St. The festival is presented by the University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.
Mar 29 Friday
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.
CALLING ALL ART STUDENTS! The University of Wyoming Visual Arts Department encourages and welcomes UW art students to apply to exhibit work in the THIS/THAT Galleries at the UW Visual Arts Department for the Fall semester, 2024. Applications are due Friday, April 19th at 5PM. Please find further details on applying in the poster. You can also follow the link here: https://universityofwyomingvisualartandarthistory.submittable.com/submit
Hillery Lynn and Box of Rocks
wAHb performs at The Ruffed Up Duck with J Shogren opening!
Mar 30 Saturday
Breakfast buffet with the Easter Bunny at The American Legion Post 14 -417 E Ivinson on 30 Mar 2024 from 8am to 10am with an Easter Egg hunt to follow. Cost is $10 for 1 trip through or $15 for all you can eat. Kids 12 and under eat for $5. This event is open to the public. Proceeds will benefit Post 14 Veteran and Youth programs.