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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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Winemaker’s Dinner Teams Table Mtn Vineyards + Altitude Chophouse in Laramie
click here for tickets & information on our Food + Photo Festival, May 30 & 31 in Laramie! click here to vote for the People’s Choice in our photography competition! Voting closes May 28! Table Mountain Vineyards creates amazing Wyoming wine, from the grapes to finished product — and you can sample their wine + a special menu at Altitude Chophouse & Brewery selected to perfectly accompany it. Join us for our Winemaker’s Dinner, part of our Food + Photo Festival, on May 30 at 6:30 PM. Tickets must be purchased ahead of time, and purchases close Thursday, May 29. Tickets are available on our website — click here! The…
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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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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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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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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: Maura Jacobsen Pottery
visit our website & read the winter issue – spring issue is coming soon! 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 Maura Jacobsen Pottery of Cheyenne Maura Jacobsen Cheyenne, WY 970-629-9478 maurajacobsen@yahoo.com www.maurajacobsen.com Maura Jacobsen started her business in a two room cabin in Riverside, Wyoming after she graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1993. It…
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ART IN WY: Sheridan, Cheyenne, Casper, Lander, Laramie
SHERIDAN: SAGE COMMUNITY ART CENTER FEATURES STATES & WUERKER DEAN STATES “SEVEN YEARS PLUS”: The SAGE Exhibit Gallery features lifelong Sheridan area resident Dean States, whose exquisite colored pencil drawings will be exhibited during his “Seven Years Plus” show, which runs March 1st-31st. An artist’s reception and gallery talk will be held March 13 at the Main Street SAGE Exhibit Gallery (at Sheridan College’s Main Street location), 171 N. Main, in Sheridan, WY. As always, the public is invited and refreshments will be served. More of States’ work can be seen at Dean States Studio, located at 637 W. Loucks in Sheridan. This project is supported in part by a…
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Wilson, WY’s Answer to the Winter Doldrums – by Liberty Lausterer
visit our website & read the current issue — Sprinter issue (Spring + Winter) will be coming before long! Liberty Lausterer, our guest blogger, is back with another look at life in Wyoming from a new resident’s eyes. We greatly appreciate learning what our state looks & learns like to someone new – always keeps the perspective fresh! Wilson, Wyoming’s Answer to the Winter Doldrums by Liberty Lausterer As a newcomer to Wyoming I have paid close attention when someone…
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Valentine’s Day Fun in WY – Singing Flowers in Laramie, Wintry Fun in Green River…
Laramie’s Fresh Flower Fantasy Brings Harmony to V-Day In Laramie and looking for something fun & unique for your sweetie on Valentine’s Day? Fresh Flower Fantasy offers singing valentines! Have your beautiful roses or other flowers delivered by some very talented musicians – and you can even name your tune! Delivery charges are tiered, from the non-musical variety to a selection from the list below…or add your own for just a little extra! Details — call 307-742-7616! A list of the selections you can choose…or name your tune for just a little extra: “1, 2, 3, 4” by the Plain White T’s — “It Only Takes a Moment” from the musical…
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C.J. Box Releases “Stone Cold”
visit our website & read the current issue I was thrilled to receive my copy of C.J. Box’s newest book, Stone Cold, published by Putnam. The 14th novel in Box’s acclaimed series about Wyoming game Joe Pickett, will publish on March 11. C.J. Box is a long-time resident of Wyoming – I was beyond thrilled to interview him for our Sprinter 2012 issue of WLM! A graduate of Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, and a reporter for the Saratoga Sun, C.J. Box discusses topics that are sympathetic to the west and Wyoming. “My goal is that with every book, readers are exposed to different points of view on controversial issues…
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“Mama, Rock Me Like a Wagon Wheel…”
Thanks to our contributing blogger, Liberty Lausterer, for a look into square dancing! Thought of as country past times, square dancing and line dancing can be found throughout Wyoming. Liberty takes a look into the art of square dancing… by Liberty Lausterer Square Dancing Caller to Dancers: “Bow to your partner. Corner too. Circle left. Heads up to the center and back. Sides, Grand Square. Turn a corner. California Twirl. Dosados and swing your partner!” Old Crow Medicine Show If this square dancing speak reads a little like a foreign language, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Up until two months ago I had no idea what most of these calls meant. But…
