Saturday night in Casper. Went to the fundraiser late, so missed the vocal and instrumental stylings of Cory and the Crew and Jeff Finlin and Amy. Didn't mean to, but mother's birthday dinner and grandkids that had to be put to bed and listened for until they fell asleep...it was a good plan to take them swimming for two-and-a-half hours that afternoon...
Stepped out the door as soon as I could, and to the Parkway just as the last set had begun. The Three Twins and Broadband were playing. I'm listening to a 2008 recording of the subdudes on YouTube at the Irvington Town Hall Theatre in Irvington, NY as I write this. As Amy said in her email, "there are lots of synergies between them and Jeff Finlin as well as Cory...old friends, co-writers etc., which is why the lineup fell together as it did, and why Eric [Moon] and Cory ended up playing with them at the end of the night."
If you want to hear some great blues rock, not to mention some funk and blues and just a great groove, let me say, you have got to catch The Three Twins and Broadbend somewhere, somehow. There's a horn section--trombone, trumpet, sax--lead guitarist, bass, drummer, keyboardist and robust female singer who could growl with the best of them. People were up on their feet; a standing o, and they played "I Always Cry At the Movies" as an encore, which had everybody up dancing at their tables, or on their tables, I'm not tellin. Eric Moon and Larry Neeff, both kickin' keyboardists, played the upper register while the keyboardist twin played lower. Cory had already been up there for three or four songs, and was laying in some smokin blues riffs on his guitar. They played until almost the witching hour, and nobody really wanted to go home.
Can we get them here to Cheyenne for something, sometime? Amy says, "so of course any possibilities for multi-band things, twins headlining with Jeff/Cory whatever as opening act, would be especially cool :-)" Yep, definitely.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Call for entries: NPR's "Three-Minute Fiction"
Enter your story (600 words or less) to NPR's "Three Minute Fiction" contest.
Each round, our judges throw out a challenge. This time, your story must begin with the line, "Some people swore that the house was haunted." It must end with, "Nothing was ever the same again after that."
Author Michael Cunningham is the judge (and he also came up with the opening and closing lines.
FMI: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129752769
Each round, our judges throw out a challenge. This time, your story must begin with the line, "Some people swore that the house was haunted." It must end with, "Nothing was ever the same again after that."
Author Michael Cunningham is the judge (and he also came up with the opening and closing lines.
FMI: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129752769
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Still time to sign up for next UW Art Museum 20:20 event on Sept. 20
From the University of Wyoming Art Museum blog:
Save the date for the fifth 20:20 event to be held at the UW Art Museum on Monday, September 20, 7 p.m. 20:20 is a fast paced presentation format where presenters are allowed to show only 20 images/slides, and each image is shown for only 20 seconds, which results in a 6 minute and 40 second presentation! Each 20:20 event focuses on a specific group in order to highlight a wide range of artists in the state. This coming 20:20 is open to artists, arts organizations, and arts educators from the Southeast region of the state.
This is an opportunity to share with colleagues your latest artwork, projects, or accomplishments. The goal of this program is keep communication open among artists in the state and to provide an opportunity to network. Advance sign up is required and is on a first come, first to present basis. If you have presented at a previous 20:20, you are welcome to present again, but new images or work must be shown. Images/slides must be in a PowerPoint format and submitted by Sept. 17.
For more information, or to sign up, please contact Assistant Curator Rachel Miller at 307.766.6621 or rmiller@uwyo.edu.
Save the date for the fifth 20:20 event to be held at the UW Art Museum on Monday, September 20, 7 p.m. 20:20 is a fast paced presentation format where presenters are allowed to show only 20 images/slides, and each image is shown for only 20 seconds, which results in a 6 minute and 40 second presentation! Each 20:20 event focuses on a specific group in order to highlight a wide range of artists in the state. This coming 20:20 is open to artists, arts organizations, and arts educators from the Southeast region of the state.
This is an opportunity to share with colleagues your latest artwork, projects, or accomplishments. The goal of this program is keep communication open among artists in the state and to provide an opportunity to network. Advance sign up is required and is on a first come, first to present basis. If you have presented at a previous 20:20, you are welcome to present again, but new images or work must be shown. Images/slides must be in a PowerPoint format and submitted by Sept. 17.
For more information, or to sign up, please contact Assistant Curator Rachel Miller at 307.766.6621 or rmiller@uwyo.edu.
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Find out more about "Walkabout Gallery" project at Buffalo's "Business After Hours" Sept. 16
This was in the September issue of the Johnson County Arts & Humanities Council newsletter:
A "Call for Artists" was published in local media and mailed to more than 50 local artists last spring.
Louise Anderson's oil painting, "Elgin Park," was the first work to be completed for the project, and can be seen on the door panel of the historic Shaver Building on Main Street, home to the Holistic Health Center.
Project Coordinator Dollie Iberlin, who has been meeting with artists and building owners throughout the summer, says, "The selection committee was so pleased to be able to accept all ten artists who applied for the project. The response from the building owners has been great."
Other artists who will install their paintings, cereamic relief, mosaics, sculpture and poetry on downtown buildings this year are Haylee Bolinger, Dave Donahue, Amber Green, Pat Marton, David Romtvedt, Bonnie & David Schlesselman, Susan Sorenson, Becky Spencer and Mary Sue Williams.
Find out more at "Business After Hours" on Thursday, Sept. 16, 5-7 p.m., at Cooley's Images, 28 S. Main Street, Buffalo. Beverages will be provided. Bring light refreshments to share.
FMI: 307-684-2402.
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UW Symphony launches new season Sept. 16
From a UW press release:
The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra's (UWSO) season begins Thursday, Sept. 16, with a 7:30 p.m. performance in the UW Fine Arts Center concert hall.
Tickets cost $10 for the public, $6 for students and $7 for senior citizens. Call (307) 766-6666 to order tickets. Tickets are also available at www.uwyo.edu/finearts, or at the Fine Arts and Wyoming Union box offices. Season tickets for the entire UWSO season are also available.
UW faculty member Anne Guzzo has composed a new work to mark the occasion: "Scenes of Love and Hate for Solo Viola and Orchestra."
UW Professor James Przygocki, principal violist of the Cheyenne Symphony, will be the soloist for the performance. As an encore, Przygocki will play "Romance for Viola" by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Professor Michael Griffith begins his 22nd year as the UWSO's director. He's chosen Prokofiev's suite from the film, "Lt. Kije" for opening night. The score includes two Russian songs, wonderfully sung by UW Professor Larry Hensel.
Borodin's "In the Steppes of Central Asia" will open the evening. This short curtain-raiser contains music later used in the Broadway show "Kismet." The concert will close with Enescu's brilliant "Rumanian Rhapsody," full of fiery gypsy music for a rousing ending to the evening.
Photo: Violist James Przygocki will be the soloist for the UW Symphony's opening concert Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the UW Fine Arts Center concert hall.
The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra's (UWSO) season begins Thursday, Sept. 16, with a 7:30 p.m. performance in the UW Fine Arts Center concert hall.
Tickets cost $10 for the public, $6 for students and $7 for senior citizens. Call (307) 766-6666 to order tickets. Tickets are also available at www.uwyo.edu/finearts, or at the Fine Arts and Wyoming Union box offices. Season tickets for the entire UWSO season are also available.
UW faculty member Anne Guzzo has composed a new work to mark the occasion: "Scenes of Love and Hate for Solo Viola and Orchestra."
UW Professor James Przygocki, principal violist of the Cheyenne Symphony, will be the soloist for the performance. As an encore, Przygocki will play "Romance for Viola" by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Professor Michael Griffith begins his 22nd year as the UWSO's director. He's chosen Prokofiev's suite from the film, "Lt. Kije" for opening night. The score includes two Russian songs, wonderfully sung by UW Professor Larry Hensel.
Borodin's "In the Steppes of Central Asia" will open the evening. This short curtain-raiser contains music later used in the Broadway show "Kismet." The concert will close with Enescu's brilliant "Rumanian Rhapsody," full of fiery gypsy music for a rousing ending to the evening.
Photo: Violist James Przygocki will be the soloist for the UW Symphony's opening concert Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the UW Fine Arts Center concert hall.
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"Poetry Box" meets weekly at Natrona County Library
From April Szuch at the Natrona County Publlic Library in Casper:
Do you enjoy reading or writing poetry? The Natrona County Public Library is starting up a new discussion group just for poetry lovers! “Poetry Box” will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the library, Fridays, September 10, 17 and 24 and then monthly thereafter.
The group will discuss attendees’ original poems, read and discuss published poetry, and do creative exercises for poetry writing. Each attendee is encouraged to bring a short poem to share (either original or published). Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Library. For more information, call 577-READ ext 2.
Do you enjoy reading or writing poetry? The Natrona County Public Library is starting up a new discussion group just for poetry lovers! “Poetry Box” will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the library, Fridays, September 10, 17 and 24 and then monthly thereafter.
The group will discuss attendees’ original poems, read and discuss published poetry, and do creative exercises for poetry writing. Each attendee is encouraged to bring a short poem to share (either original or published). Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Library. For more information, call 577-READ ext 2.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
PW Select to feature self-published books
From Publishers Weekly, via a Colorado Independent Publishers Association post on Facebook:
Self-publishers writers: What do you think of this?
We are returning to our earliest roots. PW dates to 1872, when it was first known as Trade Circular Weekly and listed all titles published that week in what was then a nascent industry. We have decided to embrace the self-publishing phenomenon in a similar spirit. Call it what you will -- self-publishing, DIY, POD, author-financed, relationship publishing, or vanity fare. They are books and that is what PW cares about. And we aim to inform the trade.
To that end, we are announcing PW Select, a quarterly supplement announcing self-published titles and reviewing those we believe are most deserving of a critical assessment. The first supplement will appear in our year-end issue in December. Each quarterly will include a complete announcement issue of all self-published books submitted during that period. The listings will include author, title, subtitle, price, pagination and format, ISBN, a brief description, and ordering information provided by the authors, who will be required to pay a processing fee for their listing. At least 25 of the submitted titles will be selected for a published review. There will also be an overview of the publishing trends that can be identified from among the titles from that reading period. We will also focus on the opportunities that the self-pub world offers. A resource directory will accompany the section offering names of companies providing services in the DIY space.
--snip--
The first reading period for self-published books will be from September 1 until the end of October. All submitted titles will be registered online by the publisher at www.publishersweekly.com/diy; a processing fee of $149 will be charged. Once the registration process is completed, shipping instructions and a confirmation code will be issued. Additional copies of the supplement will be available for distribution.
--snip--
Titles submitted for our first supplement must have been published in 2010 and have a valid ISBN. We will not accept manuscripts or e-books (this time). Only final bound galleys or finished books will be accepted. Books cannot be returned; once finished the copies are donated to Housing Works Thrift Shop, a worthy local charity.
Please, please send your book in a bio-sensitive package (i.e., no bubble wrap or plastic envelopes). Also, please use packaging appropriate to the book you are submitting: no boxes full of packing peanuts or paper stuffing. We recommend reusable and recycled paper envelopes. An acknowledgment of the book's arrival will be issued via e-mail upon receipt.
We look forward to finding the gems worthy of attention, the sleeping indie giants—after all, books are our business.
George W. Slowik Jr.
President
P.S. The $149 processing fee also includes a 6-month subscription to the digital edition of PW.
Self-publishers writers: What do you think of this?
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Deadline Oct. 8 for Governor's Arts Awards nominations
The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting nominations for the 2010 Governor’s Arts Awards, an annual honor presented to citizens, organizations, businesses or communities in the Cowboy State that make substantial contributions to the arts.
The awards are presented based on accomplishments that reflect substantial contributions made to the arts in Wyoming, and exemplify a long-term commitment to the arts. Nominations must be postmarked no later than October 8, 2010.
To request a nomination form, selection criteria and a list of previous Governor’s Arts Awards recipients, contact the Wyoming Arts Council office at 307-777-7742, or via email at ebratt@state.wy.us. Forms may also be accessed on the Arts Council’s web site http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/.
Previous Governor’s Arts Award recipients are not eligible; however, nomination of previously unselected nominees is encouraged.
Established in 1982, the Governor’s Arts Awards recognize excellence in the arts or outstanding service to the arts in Wyoming. These awards were first made possible by an endowment from the Union Pacific Foundation in honor of Mrs. John U. Loomis, a life-long patron of the arts.
Over the years, individuals and organizations from throughout Wyoming have been honored for their dedication to the arts in Wyoming. This year is the 29th anniversary of these prestigious awards. This year’s recipients will be honored at a dinner and awards ceremony in Cheyenne, February 11, 2011.
More info available through future blog posts and on the WAC web site.
The awards are presented based on accomplishments that reflect substantial contributions made to the arts in Wyoming, and exemplify a long-term commitment to the arts. Nominations must be postmarked no later than October 8, 2010.
To request a nomination form, selection criteria and a list of previous Governor’s Arts Awards recipients, contact the Wyoming Arts Council office at 307-777-7742, or via email at ebratt@state.wy.us. Forms may also be accessed on the Arts Council’s web site http://wyoarts.state.wy.us/.
Previous Governor’s Arts Award recipients are not eligible; however, nomination of previously unselected nominees is encouraged.
Established in 1982, the Governor’s Arts Awards recognize excellence in the arts or outstanding service to the arts in Wyoming. These awards were first made possible by an endowment from the Union Pacific Foundation in honor of Mrs. John U. Loomis, a life-long patron of the arts.
Over the years, individuals and organizations from throughout Wyoming have been honored for their dedication to the arts in Wyoming. This year is the 29th anniversary of these prestigious awards. This year’s recipients will be honored at a dinner and awards ceremony in Cheyenne, February 11, 2011.
More info available through future blog posts and on the WAC web site.
It's never too late to create
A new exhibition featuring the work of 93-year-old artist Martyl will open at the Ucross Foundation Art Gallery on Saturday, September 11, with an artist’s reception that day from 4-6 p.m. Presenting 30 paintings by this acclaimed artist whose career spans six decades, "Martyl’s West" includes work that was inspired by her 2008 residency at Ucross.
Ucross Foundation is located at 30 Big Red Lane just off Hwy. 14-16 between the towns of Ucross and Clearmont.
Ucross Foundation is located at 30 Big Red Lane just off Hwy. 14-16 between the towns of Ucross and Clearmont.
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WyAA block-booking conference No. 7-9 in Laramie
The 2010 Wyoming Arts Alliance Block Booking Conference will be held in Laramie on November 7-9. The WyAA annual conference is an unparalleled opportunity for performing and visual artists interested in reaching the emerging market of presenting opportunities in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, and other contiguous areas with which Wyoming presenters seek to build block booking opportunities.
The 2010 conference will include performing artist showcases; visual artist and arts organization presentations; a variety of art-centered, professional development workshops; block booking sessions; and numerous networking opportunities.
For further information and to register for the conference, visit http://www.wyomingarts.org/. Completed registration paperwork should be mailed to the address below.
Wyoming Arts Alliance
Annual Block Booking Conference
1058 Indian Hills Drive
Laramie, WY 82072
Please direct any questions you may have concerning the block booking conference to Conference Administrator, Jill Schulze, by calling (307) 766-5139 or by e-mailing jrenae@uwyo.edu.
The 2010 conference will include performing artist showcases; visual artist and arts organization presentations; a variety of art-centered, professional development workshops; block booking sessions; and numerous networking opportunities.
For further information and to register for the conference, visit http://www.wyomingarts.org/. Completed registration paperwork should be mailed to the address below.
Wyoming Arts Alliance
Annual Block Booking Conference
1058 Indian Hills Drive
Laramie, WY 82072
Please direct any questions you may have concerning the block booking conference to Conference Administrator, Jill Schulze, by calling (307) 766-5139 or by e-mailing jrenae@uwyo.edu.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Open House for painter Susan Durfee Thulin Friday and Saturday
If you're traveling in Jackson Hole this weekend, drop by the studio of artist Susan Durfee Thulin.
Her studio will be open on Friday, Sept. 10, noon until 5 p.m., and on Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
It's located at 400 North Bar Y Road. From Albertsons, take Hwy. 22 for approximately 2 miles. Take right on Bar Y Road (after the Teton Science School entrance). Go up .9 miles, driveway is on the right.
FMI: http://www.susandurfeethulin.com/ or durfee.thulin@yahoo.com
Image: "Alien," Susan Durfee Thulin, acrylic, 16x20 inches.
Her studio will be open on Friday, Sept. 10, noon until 5 p.m., and on Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
It's located at 400 North Bar Y Road. From Albertsons, take Hwy. 22 for approximately 2 miles. Take right on Bar Y Road (after the Teton Science School entrance). Go up .9 miles, driveway is on the right.
FMI: http://www.susandurfeethulin.com/ or durfee.thulin@yahoo.com
Image: "Alien," Susan Durfee Thulin, acrylic, 16x20 inches.
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"Lost Boys of Sudan" talk at UW cancelled
From a UW press release:
A talk by one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," that was scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the University of Wyoming has been cancelled.
Valentino Achak Deng had been scheduled to speak as part of a statewide lecture series sponsored by the UW International Studies Program. Deng returned to Africa to deal with a personal emergency.
UW professor Jean Garrison says the talk has not been rescheduled.
For more information, contact Jeanette Reisenburg, (307) 766-3415, e-mail jeanette@uwyo.edu.
A talk by one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," that was scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the University of Wyoming has been cancelled.
Valentino Achak Deng had been scheduled to speak as part of a statewide lecture series sponsored by the UW International Studies Program. Deng returned to Africa to deal with a personal emergency.
UW professor Jean Garrison says the talk has not been rescheduled.
For more information, contact Jeanette Reisenburg, (307) 766-3415, e-mail jeanette@uwyo.edu.
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September Art Design & Dine Art Walk tonight in Cheyenne
Art Design & Dine will be held in Cheyenne on Thursday September 9 (tonight!) from 5-8 p.m.
Participating galleries:
Artful Hand Studio and Gallery
Ewe Count
Unitarian Universalist Church
Laramie County Library
Prairie Wind
Nagle Warren Mansion
Deselms Fine Arts
The Link Gallery
Glen Garrett
Clay Paper Scissors
The Quilted Corner
Participating restaurant is Shadows Pub & Grill next to Depot Plaza.
Participating galleries:
Artful Hand Studio and Gallery
Ewe Count
Unitarian Universalist Church
Laramie County Library
Prairie Wind
Nagle Warren Mansion
Deselms Fine Arts
The Link Gallery
Glen Garrett
Clay Paper Scissors
The Quilted Corner
Participating restaurant is Shadows Pub & Grill next to Depot Plaza.
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Call for entries: Matter Journal's "Animal" issue
Matter Journal is looking for writing, photography, and artwork that speaks to the animal in all of us. We like well-written stuff best, especially if it comes with something interesting to say and strives for deeper meaning. Prose that howls us into seeing the world a new way. Poems that knock our zebra-striped socks off. Photographs, illustrations, and paintings to drool over.
See our submission guidelines on our web site and then send your best work to Matter, P.O. Box 814, Fort Collins, CO 80522, attn: Matter 14 Animal. It can take 3-6 months for us to respond, so please be patient.
Matter 14: Animal Fiction Prize
If you would like your short story to be considered for the Animal Fiction Prize, include something to that effect in your cover letter and on the envelope, a $5 reading fee, and an SASE or e-mail address for notification purposes. Award is $250, publication, and 2 complimentary copies of the issue in which your work appears. All contest submissions will be considered for publication as well.
Deadline for both submissions and contest: Wednesday, October 15, 2010, postmark date.
See our submission guidelines on our web site and then send your best work to Matter, P.O. Box 814, Fort Collins, CO 80522, attn: Matter 14 Animal. It can take 3-6 months for us to respond, so please be patient.
Matter 14: Animal Fiction Prize
If you would like your short story to be considered for the Animal Fiction Prize, include something to that effect in your cover letter and on the envelope, a $5 reading fee, and an SASE or e-mail address for notification purposes. Award is $250, publication, and 2 complimentary copies of the issue in which your work appears. All contest submissions will be considered for publication as well.
Deadline for both submissions and contest: Wednesday, October 15, 2010, postmark date.
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Meet the Equality State Book Festival presenters: Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Jaimee Wriston Colbert is one of the presenters for the Equality State Book Festival Sept. 24-25 in Casper.
Here's some info about Jaimee:
Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of a new novel, Shark Girls, nominated for the ALA Notable Books of 2010 List and a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards; a linked stories collection, Dream Lives of Butterflies, which won the gold medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Awards; a novel in stories, Climbing the God Tree, winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize; and the story collection Sex, Salvation, and the Automobile, winner of the Zephyr Publishing Prize. Her stories have appeared in numerous journals, including TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, Tampa Review, Connecticut Review and New Letters, broadcast on “Selected Shorts,” archived in “New Letters on the Air,” and anthologized. Two recent stories won the Jane’s Stories National Short Story Award, 2008, and the Isotope Editors’ Fiction Prize, 2009. Originally from Hawai’i, she is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at SUNY, Binghamton University.
Jaimee will wrap up the festival with “Stories that Bite Back: A Reading from Shark Girls” from 8-9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, in the Aley Fine Arts Center, Durham Hall, Casper College. The event is free and open to the public.
Shark Girls has been nominated for the ALA Notable Books of 2010 List and as a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards. The novel takes place in Hawai’i and follows the lives of two sisters, from Hawai’i to Maine, in the aftermath of a shark attack in Oahu. Books will be available for purchase and signing at this event.
For a full schedule of bookfest events, go to http://www.equalitystatebookfest.com/
Here's some info about Jaimee:
Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of a new novel, Shark Girls, nominated for the ALA Notable Books of 2010 List and a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards; a linked stories collection, Dream Lives of Butterflies, which won the gold medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Awards; a novel in stories, Climbing the God Tree, winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize; and the story collection Sex, Salvation, and the Automobile, winner of the Zephyr Publishing Prize. Her stories have appeared in numerous journals, including TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, Tampa Review, Connecticut Review and New Letters, broadcast on “Selected Shorts,” archived in “New Letters on the Air,” and anthologized. Two recent stories won the Jane’s Stories National Short Story Award, 2008, and the Isotope Editors’ Fiction Prize, 2009. Originally from Hawai’i, she is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at SUNY, Binghamton University.
Jaimee will wrap up the festival with “Stories that Bite Back: A Reading from Shark Girls” from 8-9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, in the Aley Fine Arts Center, Durham Hall, Casper College. The event is free and open to the public.
Shark Girls has been nominated for the ALA Notable Books of 2010 List and as a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards. The novel takes place in Hawai’i and follows the lives of two sisters, from Hawai’i to Maine, in the aftermath of a shark attack in Oahu. Books will be available for purchase and signing at this event.
For a full schedule of bookfest events, go to http://www.equalitystatebookfest.com/
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"Metal Show" reception at AVA Sept. 9
Free public artists' reception for the "Metal Show" will be held at the AVA Center in Gillette on Thursday, Sept. 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join us for appetizers and meet the artists!
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Ron Franscell's new book tracks "Outlaw Texas"
"The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Texas" is a new book by Wyoming expat author Ron Franscell, who nows lives and works in San Antonio, Texas. Ron's a Wyoming Arts Council creative writing fellowship recipient (1996) and former editor of the Gillette newspaper. Many Wyomingites read his true crime book "Fall" about the infamous 1973 killing and rape of two Casper girls.
Ron sends word that the book is set to hit the shelves in two months (just in time for Christmas shopping), but you can pre-order at a discount from Amazon and B&N. Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Crime-Buffs-Guide-Outlaw-Texas/dp/0762759658/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271290160&sr=8-8
Here's a blurb about Ron's new book:
A fascinating journey through the Lone Star State’s unruly past -- with maps, photos, and more
Texas rightfully claims a celebrated place in the “wildest” West of both myth and reality—which makes it truly stranger than fiction that The Crime Buff’s Guide to Outlaw Texas is the first-ever travel guide to the many sites related to the Lone Star State’s renowned rambunctious past, complete with GPS coordinates that put you at the scene of the action.
From outlaws like Sam Bass and John Wesley Hardin to Bonnie & Clyde and Houston’s notorious Candy Man killer, Texas has dozens of places where true-crime buffs can actually stand close to history. For many readers, the attraction to these sites—some well-known, some obscured by time—is irresistible.
Written with the same fast-paced, gripping style that marked the author’s widely praised earlier work, The Crime Buff’s Guide to Outlaw Texas is an indispensable resource for both criminal-history enthusiasts and travelers. Each site description includes a concise summary of the location’s significance, historical context, maps, directions, and photos.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
UW Faculty Recital Series presents Riner, Bogard and Turpen on Sept. 19
UW Faculty Recital Series presents Nicole Riner on flute; Theresa Bogard on piano, with J. Scott Turpen on the saxophone. They will be performing Bach, Pierne, Schubert, and works by composer-in-residence, Jennifer Higdon.
At the University of Wyoming Fine Arts Concert Hall, Sunday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m., in Laramie.
Tickets are $7 general, $5 students and seniors. Purchase from the box office at http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/FINEARTS/ .
FMI: Contact Nicole Riner, nriner@uwyo.edu, for more information or visit http://www.nicoleriner.info.
Nicole will also be performing as part of as part of New Frontiers Contemporary Music Festival:
September 20: performing Emily Doolittle's Aubade on Microconcert: New Chamber Music ; UW Fine Arts Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
September 25: open rehearsal with composer Jennifer Higdon, artist-in-residence; UW Fine Arts Auditorium, 11 a.m.
September 25: performing Jennifer Higdon's Dash for flute, soprano sax, and piano at UW Art Museum, 3 p.m.
At the University of Wyoming Fine Arts Concert Hall, Sunday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m., in Laramie.
Tickets are $7 general, $5 students and seniors. Purchase from the box office at http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/FINEARTS/ .
FMI: Contact Nicole Riner, nriner@uwyo.edu, for more information or visit http://www.nicoleriner.info.
Nicole will also be performing as part of as part of New Frontiers Contemporary Music Festival:
September 20: performing Emily Doolittle's Aubade on Microconcert: New Chamber Music ; UW Fine Arts Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
September 25: open rehearsal with composer Jennifer Higdon, artist-in-residence; UW Fine Arts Auditorium, 11 a.m.
September 25: performing Jennifer Higdon's Dash for flute, soprano sax, and piano at UW Art Museum, 3 p.m.
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