In conjunction with the Wyoming Book Festival Sept. 14-15 in downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming Public Television is airing two bookfest-related programs tonight (Sept. 13). Both shows are being aired 30 minutes later than originally scheduled, due to President Bush's Iraq War speech.
Here's the schedule:
7:30 p.m.: "Nellie Tayloe Ross: A Governor First." The story of the nation's first female governor, Wyoming's own Nellie Tayloe Ross.
The bookfest offers these Ross events:
- See the documentary and talk with Gov. Ross's grandson, William Bradford Ross III, starting at noon on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Laramie County Library.
- Also see W.B. Ross as part of our special, "The West in Fact and Fiction" panel at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 at the Historic Cheyenne Depot Museum.
- Did you know Gov. Ross was also the first woman to head the U.S. Mint? It's something to celebrate as we roll out the new Wyoming state quarter on Friday. Stop by the Wyoming Quarter Tent on Saturday to learn more!
8:30 p.m. "Willa Cather: The Road is All." This showing of the acclaimed documentary about Cather kicks off "The Big Read: Wyoming Reads MY ANTONIA."
The bookfest offers these Cather/Big Read events:
- Get your free copy of MY ANTONIA while they last at the Big Read tent on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m.
- Join us at 10:30 a.m. for a keynote address on Willa Cather by Wyoming's past poet laureate Robert Roripaugh, followed by a living history performance by Lynne Swanson.
- Check with your local library for Big Read events across the state, or visit http://www.WyomingBigRead.org.
