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May 11 Saturday
May 11 will start with two free local field trips (need not be registered for the dinner). The first will be to look for grassland birds in eastern Laramie County. Participants will leave at 8 a.m. from the Pilot parking lot, 8020 Campstool Road. The second begins at noon at the Wyoming Hereford Ranch’s office, 1114 Hereford Ranch Road. For field trip questions, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024.
For more information about Cheyenne Audubon and the 50th Anniversary Dinner (May 5 - last day to buy tickets), see https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
It's the 3rd Annual Sheepherder's Event in Gillette, WY! This free event (along with FREE museum admission) will feature several sheep wagons, dog trials and demonstrations, lamb petting area for children, sheep and wool vendors, presentations from the Basque Dancers, the Billings Caledonian Pipers and Drummers, and David Romtvedt, American poet, historian and musician. Come out and enjoy the day learning about the rich culture of sheepherding and sheepwagons in Wyoming. Everyone is welcome! For more information, please contact Heather Rodriguez at (307) 682-5723 or heather.rodriguez@campbellcountywy.gov
Elegant Mom and Me Mother's Day Tea with punch, tea and cookies. Saturday, May 11, 9am-10:30am at Frontier United Methodist Church, 1888 East Four Mile Road, corner of Four Mile and Powderhouse, in Cheyenne. Free and everyone is welcom.
The exhibit “Stan Lee: Beyond the Book” opens this Wednesday, May 1, 2024 and runs to the end of October, 2024 at the American Heritage Center (AHC) at the University of Wyoming. This highly anticipated exhibition honors the legendary comics creator, author, editor and Marvel visionary, Stan Lee.
The exhibition itself is drawn from the AHC’s “Stan Lee Papers” collection. Researched and curated by three University of Wyoming students—Rhiannon McLean, Hazel Homer-Wambeam and Liam Leslie—it provides the first deep-dive into the collection. It displays drawings, documents, photographs and artifacts that have not been preserved elsewhere
The “Stan Lee, Beyond the Book” exhibition invites visitors to explore the life, work and enduring legacy of a true visionary. For more information about the exhibition and related events, visit the AHC website at www.uwyo.edu/ahc/exhibits.html , or email the Center at ahcref@uwyo.edu.
The classic opera, Madama Butterfly by Puccini, will be seen at the Lander Public Library. This is a live HD transmission in real-time of the Metropolitan Opera performance.
The Jackson EcoFair has celebrated simple and sustainable living in the Tetons every spring for over 20 years. EcoFair provides a platform from which local and regional organizations, businesses, and government entities showcase their environmental stewardship and action in sustainability efforts. Featuring sustainability-focused participant exhibits, green power, local food and beverage, engaging demonstrations, the EcoKids discovery zone, recycling education, and much more, EcoFair is a fun space for everyone to learn and become inspired, all operating within a zero waste model.
The 3rd Annual Local Con will have you drooling over creations by the most incredible artists, crafters & makers!! Every year this event it gets better & better. So, don your favorite cosplay outfit to get 10% off purchases when you join in the fun for a two-day special vendor fair event. The co-sponsors are The Great Untamed and Insomnia Cookies so you'll be able to snag an amazing cookie & a glass of mead or soda to enjoy as you explore every incredible little thing these tremendously talented artists, authors & tarot readers have to offer. There will also be a lemonade stand curated by two phenomenal young men along with special treats for Moms & Grads. AND you'll have the opportunity to help The Dragon & Phoenix expand their wings even further with a silent auction full of one-of-a-kind creations generously donated by the vendors. You won't want to miss this 'Purely Laradise Experience'!!
May 11 – Cheyenne Audubon 50th anniversary celebration
Cheyenne Audubon invites everyone to help celebrate their 50th anniversary on May 11 with dinner at Laramie County Community College at 5 p.m. Dinner tickets, $38 (including all fees), and menu descriptions are available at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/cheyenne50th/cheyenne-high-plains-audubon-society-50th-anniversary-dinner.
“From the Grass Up” is the title of the talk to be given by guest speaker Chris Madson, award-winning retired editor of “Wyoming Wildlife” magazine. Door prizes include a guided birding trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and a pair of binoculars, model C.1, built and donated by Lander Wyoming’s Maven Outdoor Equipment Company. Everyone attending will get two door prize tickets.
The day will start with two local free field trips, details to be announced soon.For more information about Cheyenne Audubon, see https://cheyenneaudubon.org/.
The Naughty Pines are Laramie's own Women's Flat Track Roller Derby League, and the first Roller Derby Team in Wyoming. Competing in their first home bout (game) of the season against the Pikes Peak Roller Derby Slamazons! Open to all ages, tickets are sold at the door for $10. A portion of our ticket sales is going to our bout partner charity for this bout: the Laramie Animal Welfare Society
Join us on May 11th at 6pm for our first home bout of the season against the Pikes Peak Slamazons! Doors at 6, game starts at 7! Tickets for sale at the door, $10 🌲
The final concert of the season, Passage, closes our symphonic journey with the high school and collegiate division winners from WSO’s Young Artist Competition in their symphony rite of passage, performing their concertos with the orchestra. The Young Artist Competition fosters young talent and celebrates our rich musical landscape in Wyoming. As we end the season, we are excited to perform Amy Beach’s Symphony No. 2, “Gaelic,” the first symphony composed and published by a female American composer. Gaelic begins with a low, chromatic rumble that builds into the romantic style of this symphony. Gaelic themes are introduced and the melodies become slow in nature before ending on a brisk and thematic note.