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Greeley is trying to close an $18M budget hole. Museum workers aren’t sticking around to see how they’ll do it.
GREELEY — If JoAnna Luth Stull had to pick her favorite object at the Greeley History Museum, where she worked for almost three decades, it would have to be the letters sent to Nathan Meeker in 1869 by Easterners hoping to snag a spot in his community out West.
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Cheyenne All-City Children’s Chorus to launch new season this weekend
CHEYENNE, Wyo. –– The venerable Cheyenne All-City Children’s Chorus is kicking off its next half-century with its first concert of the new season this coming weekend. The first concert for its new season is titled “Deep in the Roots” and will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Laramie County School District 1 Administration Building Auditorium. The concert will be livestreamed on the group’s Facebook page.
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Why Leslie Jones, whose comedy career began in Fort Collins, is a terrible liar
Comedian and actor Leslie Jones’ time in Colorado wasn’t long, but it was consequential. She’d transferred to Colorado State University in the mid-1980s to follow a basketball coach. But after entering a comedy competition in Fort Collins, she traded the court for the stage. Those first jokes...
Wyoming News
'Pines of Rome' is no afternoon tea: Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra begins its “Masterworks Tour” with Brahms, Respighi
CHEYENNE — A respected mentor-mentee relationship. A bridge. An asylum. A lonely wife with eight kids. A 14-year age gap, but a mutual attraction. Want to know more? Behind each composition, there is a story. Fictional, or an account from the composer’s life … perhaps epic enough to deserve representation in a dramatic piano concerto. Over the phone, Maestro William Intriligator retold the background of an “incredibly dramatic, incredibly beautiful (and) incredibly original” piano concerto with an ease that made its complicated origins feel effortless and engaging to follow. “Piano concertos at the time were not this big and not this ambitious,” said Intriligator. “With this piece, (Brahms) was kind of staking his claim on being part of this tradition, but also he was already expanding it. He was saying, ‘I’m going to write the biggest, baddest concerto ever written.’” At the time, it was the longest concerto ever composed, as well as one of the most demanding from the orchestra. And that opening line? According to Intriligator, this piano concerto is the beginning of a true story from a composer’s life — one involving a dashing young man, 20, no beard (yet), thrown into a love triangle. There is
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Jonelle Matthews was 12 when she returned home from a Christmas choir concert in Greeley, Colorado, on December 20, 1984. #TrueCrimeStories
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Northern Colorado Artists Celebrate Fall Show
FORT COLLINS — Northern Colorado’s creative community takes the spotlight this week as the Northern Colorado Artists Fall Show gives residents a chance to explore work from artists across the region. The show is being held at the Colorado Creative Center in Fort Collins, offering an accessible way...
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Who Knew? University Of Wyoming Has Original Script And Score For ‘Sound Of Music’
LARAMIE — Polaroid shots of actors Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and their young “Sound of Music” co-stars have not faded in associate producer Saul Chaplin's personal scripts of the award-winning movie musical. They have sat in a file at the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center for...
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Cheyenne events Aug 21-22: improv, dueling pianos and other weekend picks
This weekend in Cheyenne offers a mix of family activities, live entertainment and hands-on classes—perfect for planning a short outing or a full day of events. Whether you want an early-morning farmers market, an improv show at The Lincoln or a pottery-inspired art class, here are the highlights and practical details to help you choose.
Wyoming News
UW’s Clark included in international exhibition at National Museum of Women in the Arts
University of Wyoming faculty member Kayla Clark will represent Wyoming in “Women to Watch 2027: A Book Arts Revolution,” an international exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C., April 14-Aug. 8, 2027, as well as in a related state-level traveling exhibition this year. Clark — an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism with a joint appointment in the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources — is one of 16 artists selected for the international exhibition at the NMWA and one of four artists selected for Wyoming’s statewide exhibition. Her creative practice combines visual communication, typography, letterpress printing and experimental book forms. Clark and fellow Wyoming Women to Watch artists Jodie Atherton, Oakley Boycott and Katie Christensen will attended an opening celebration for the statewide exhibition Friday at the Laramie Plains Civic Center with artwork on view in Gorgon Gallery until Oct. 22. “I knew the ‘Book Arts Revolution’ was an excellent fit for my experimental, interactive and often mischievous work. Wyoming has a rich community of book artists and storytellers, and I’m truly grateful to be selected alongside Katie, Jodie and Oakley to advocate for and showcase printing, typography
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Cheyenne’s Historic Airport Terminal Faces an Uncertain Future as Preservation Efforts Stall
CHEYENNE — An effort to place Cheyenne’s historic airport terminal on the National Register of Historic Places has been stalled as the Cheyenne Regional Airport Board weighs the building’s future and the estimated millions of dollars needed to rehabilitate it. The 1960s-era terminal, which closed to the...
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Cheyenne Happenings (9/25, 9/26): Indian Relay Races, ‘Shrek: The Musical,’ more
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The weekend is almost upon us, which means you made it through another week. You should be proud of yourself, and you should treat yourself to the myriad of activities happening throughout Cheyenne this weekend. From the Championship of Champions Indian Relay Races to “Shrek: The Musical” and more, this is what’s happening this weekend in Cheyenne.