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MADE IN WYOMING: Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More
We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More of Wheatland LeRoy Jons, Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More, LLC Wheatland, WY 307-322-3389 lostcowboys@q.com LeRoy Jons grew up in the Old Battle Town area. He has always liked the “old west” mining towns. Having spent a good amount…
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ART IN WY: Jackson’s Trailside Galleries Prepares for Summer Show
Jackson’s Trailside Gallery has a variety of wonderful shows and events to enjoy this summer. For beautiful art, for the discriminating collector, be sure to visit them online and when in Jackson, visit their gallery at 130 East Broadway. CONTACT TRAILSIDE GALLERIES: email: media@trailsidegalleries.com website Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Trailside Gallery Show Schedule, 2014: High Country Summer Show, June 16-29, 2014 – Artists’ Reception 6/19/14 Masters in Miniature Invitational, July 21 – August 2, 2014 – Artists’ Reception 7/24/14 Ian Ramsey Showcase, August 4-10, 2014 Western Classics Show, August 11-24, 2014 – Artists’ Reception 8/21/14 Fall Gold Show, September 1-14, 2014 – Artists’ Reception 9/13/14 Logan Maxwell Hagege Showcase, Tim…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Country Creations by Elaine
We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Country Creations by Elaine Country Creations by Elaine — Elaine Francis, Lusk, WY 307-334-3139 esfrancis@hughes.net Elaine thought greeting cards were getting expensive, so she started drawing her own scenes for cards to send to family and friends. As happens with many of our small…
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Free Historic Photography of Laramie Open House @Ludwig Photography May 31 10 A-Noon
We greatly appreciate Ludwig Photography for hosting an open house featuring over a century of their family’s photography of the Laramie and Southeast Wyoming area. This free event runs from 10 AM – noon on Saturday, May 31 and is a neat opportunity to experience the history of Laramie up close. visit our website to purchase tickets The open house is one of many events during the Food + Photo Festival in Laramie May 30 & 31. Other events include: Friday, May 30 — Free Open House, Alice Hardie Stevens Center: View photography submitted in the photo competition 7-10 PM Saturday, May 31 — Free Open House, Historic Laramie Photography…
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WY MAIN STREETS: Rawlins Wins National Award, Laramie Mural Project Competition
Rawlins Receives National Main Street Award at Conference in Detroit The Rawlins Downtown Development Authority/Main Street program received a One to Watch Award at this year’s National Main Streets Conference on May 18 in Detroit, Michigan. The award recognizes exceptional communities working on very innovative projects, and that are poised on the cusp of major transformation. They exemplify the idea that any great Main Street is an ever-evolving work in progress and offer inspiration for other Main Street programs. It is the first time the award has been given. Middlesborough, Kentucky also received the One to Watch Award. “Rawlins DDA/Main Street is thrilled to win the One to Watch Award.…
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Mountain West Track & Field Championships at UW
visit our website & read the current issue The University of Wyoming Track & Field program has hosted the Outdoor Track & Field Championships – and they wrap up this weekend! The snow is melting and the games are fierce – if you’re in Laramie this weekend, check it out!
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ART IN WYOMING: Plein Air Elk Refuge, The Culture Trip Visits Cheyenne, GTNP Art, Laramie Mural Project
Click the image at left for tickets, info, schedule & more for our Food & Photo Festival, May 30 & 31 in Laramie! Plein Air Painters at Natl Elk Refuge Visitor Center May 13 A group of painters will use the backdrop of the National Elk Refuge as artistic inspiration on Tuesday, May 13, giving visitors an opportunity to watch and ask questions as the artists create their works. The artists are part of the Teton Plein Air Painters, a group of artists who meet once a week from May – October in the Teton environs. Starting with two people during the summer of 2012, the group now has…
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Beauty & the Beast Rodeo in Ten Sleep + Special Beauty & Beast Gear from Outlaw Rodeo Wear!
visit our website & read the current issue Click the Food & Photo Festival image to be connected with our festival schedule & ticket sales! UPDATES ON THE BEAUTY & THE BEAST RODEO!! Check out the update from the Beauty & the Beast Rodeo held in Ten Sleep over Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 24, 2014! Call 307.366.2311 for more info – and visit their website at www.tensleeprodeo.com! Bulls and bareback are full! Barrel racing still open: prizes to 6th place and $1000 added money! Kids events: barrel racing and mutton bustin’. WILD HORSE RACE!! AND!!! Outlaw Rodeo Wear is offering a limited edition Beauty & the Beast hoodie…
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MADE IN WYOMING – Rawhide Studio
We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Rawhide Studio of Cheyenne David & Georgia Rowswell, Rawhide Studio @ Artful Hand Gallery, 301 E 1st Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001 (307) 229-5183 rhsjewelry@gmail.com www.rawhidestudio.com David and Georgia Rowswell are the owners and designers behind Rawhide Studio, which began as a way to use small scraps of rawhide…
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EXPLORE WY: Wind River Country Dances & Pow Wows 2014
Visit our website & read the current issue Make Your Mother’s Day Special with gifts from Tom Balding Bits & Spurs – in addition to their bits & spurs, they offer jewelry, clothing, scarves, keychains and much more! Click the image for their website! Photo credit – Jennie Hutchinson Wyoming’s Wind River Country has released the summer 2014 Native American Dances & Pow Wows schedule! Read on for dates, locations & more – and for the TBA events, stay tuned to their Facebook page and website, www.windriver.org. May 2014 2 Riverton – United Tribes Club Spring Social Powwow. 1 p.m. Gourd Dancing (Veterans) 6 p.m. Grand Entry – Central Wyoming College gymnasium, 2660…
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C.J. Box, SHOTS FIRED: Stories from Joe Pickett Country
We’re always excited to see a new book from C.J. Box arrive in our mail! We announced the debut of Box’s newest Joe Pickett novel, STONE COLD, in March, and now there is a new book of short stories from Box heading to stores in July 2014! Read on for more info from Putnam, Box’s publisher… From New York Times-bestselling author C.J.Box comes SHOTS FIRED: Stories from Joe Pickett Country, a memorable collection of crime and suspense stories about the Wyoming Box knows so well – and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there. Over fourteen Joe Pickett novels and four stand-alone books, C.J. Box has…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Last Loop Rope Art
We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring Chele Needens Last Loop Rope Art 209 Klondike Road Buffalo, WY 82834 307-684-7843 twoeyedbaker@hotmail.com lastloopropeart.com On Facebook — Last Loop Rope Art Last Loop Rope Art was started in 2000, when a very dear friend of Chele’s that made rope items passed…
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Sara Pinson, RD, LD: Can Do Weekly Resolutions
We’re thrilled to add another guest blogger – Sara Pinson, RD, LD, who will provide us with tips on eating & staying healthy. Certainly something that is applicable to everyone! Sara Pinson is a Registered Dietitian, Wellness Coach and Type I Diabetic. As the owner of Sustainable Wellness, she works with individuals and organizations to help people make health changes simple, not hard. Sara Pinson, RD, LD foodladytalks@gmail.com How do you want your 2014 to “taste”? Build Your Base by Practicing “You Can Do” Weekly Resolutions Compliments of Sara Pinson, RD, LD Sustainable Wellness: One Bite @ a Time! “The little train went roaring on, so fast,…
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MADE IN WYOMING: High Country Horse
We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits! This week we are featuring High Country Horse of Laramie, WY Oliver “Ollie” Hill, High Country Horse Laramie, WY 307-745-4553 Ollie_wy@hotmail.com www.highcountryhorse.net Ollie Hill got started because of his love for horses and hunting and fishing trips in the back country of Colorado and Wyoming. His first high country experience was during a…
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Liberty Lausterer: Hitch Your Wagon to the Stars
visit our website & read the new Sprinter 2014 issue! Our guest blogger, Liberty Lausterer, is back with another introspective look at our square state. Liberty moved to Wyoming within this past year, and offers us her perspective at life in the Cowboy State from a new resident’s eyes. HITCH YOUR WAGON TO THE STARS Here’s a scary thought. According to Tyler Nordgren, author of Stars Above, Earth Below: Astronomy in the National Parks, 50% of children born this year will never see the Milky Way. I’m no astronomer, but I’d say that’s pretty tragic news. At a recent talk Nordgren gave at UW, he shared how light pollution…
