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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…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Wyoming Silvers
visit our website & read the new Winter 13-14 issue of Wyoming Lifestyle Magazine 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! These week we are featuring Wyoming Silvers of Upton, WY Jill & Dennis Hendrix, Wyoming Silvers PO Box 872 Upton, WY 82730 307-630-4166 wyomingsilvers@yahoo.com www.wyomingsilvers.net Jill & Dennis Hendrix began selling wholesale to gift shops and state parks across the…
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MADE IN WYOMING: 307 Soapworks
visit our website & read the current issue 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 307 Soapworks of Bar Nunn, WY Lynn Hazen, 307 Soapworks 307-262-7409 307soapworks@gmail.com www.soapguildstores.com/307soapworks Lynn Hazen started making soap after she and her sister had a conversation about home-based businesses. Handmade soap was on the list of businesses. At first Lynn thought it…
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ART IN WY: WY Film & Cardinal Matters, Casper’s Corridor Gallery Event
WYOMING FILM IN DUBOIS: The 2013 Wyoming Short Film Contest winner, Mark Christian, is working towards a film shot in Dubois, Wyoming — Cardinal Matter — and they’re going to the people to help put together their budget! They’ve just got 13 days left and $12,000 at stake…can you help them out? Read on for a letter from Mark… My name is Mark Christian, winner of the 2013 Wyoming Short Film Contest, held by the Office of Tourism and Wyoming Film Office and was awarded $25,000 to make a film to be shot in Wyoming. I am reaching out to you because we are trying to spread the word of…
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ARTS IN WY: Cheyenne Art, Design & Dine Dec 12
visit our website & read the current issue Arts Cheyenne features a wonderful, regular Art, Design & Dine event – and their next event happens December 12, from 5-8 PM! Check out the following venues for displays throughout the December event… 2013 Art Design & Dine venues. Click on a link to get more information about the venue and any featured artists or events they might have planned for the art tour. Special features will be posted as they come in so check back often! Castilleja D. Edington Artful Hand Studio & Gallery– 302 East 1st Ave. 229.546.5183 Prairie Wind-1916 House Ave. 307.632.3082 Nagle Warren B&B- 222 East 17th St. 307.637.3333…
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Handmade in WY
Thanks to Liberty Lausterer for a look into gift giving this holiday season. Liberty moved to Wyoming a few months ago, and in that time has been on a quest to learn more about herself and her new home. I appreciate the viewpoint that she brings to her writing that we can share here – learning about our state from a new resident’s perpsective! HANDMADE IN WYOMING — by Liberty Lausterer “But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith’s.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gifts What handmade gift might you make this holiday…
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MADE IN WYOMING: Petit Secret Chocolate
visit our website & read the current issue 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 Petit Secret Chocolate of Jackson, WY Laurance Perry, Petit Secret Chocolate PO Box 6536 Jackson, WY 83002 307-690-7483 lauranceperry@gmail.com www.getmorechocolate.com Laurance Perry brought to America a love for all things chocolate. She wanted her two children to experience the same…
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ART IN WYOMING:
from “The Road Not Taken,” www.landerartcenter.com LANDER ART CENTER: “The Road Not Taken,” National Juried Show, November 1 – December 7 — FREE and open to the public LANDER ART CENTER: Around Town — Native American Art Show to Open This Friday Public reception: Friday, November 8 6-8pm at the Middle Fork, 351 Main Street November is Native American Heritage Month and is set aside to honor and recognize the significant contributions of the first Americans. The Lander Art Center has teamed up with Native artists from Fremont County to celebrate Native American heritage through a unique collection of local artists’ work. This collaborative art show represents Native artists mainly…
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MADE IN WYOMING: North Wind Fiber Arts
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 North Wind Fiber Arts of Lusk, WY Lynne Boas, North Wind Fiber Arts PO Box 206 Lusk, Wy 82225 307-340-0286 northwindfiberarts@yahoo.com www.northwindfiberarts.com Lynne Boas started as an art major in college and then became interested in microbiology. Her goal was to make a living creating art; however, the…
