ON THE CALENDAR: March 22, 2013

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CHEYENNE: WY State Museum New Exhibit

From Arts Cheyenne:  “Wyoming Passage,” a new temporary exhibit utilizing contemporary photographs and paintings, has opened at the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne. The exhibit combines images relating to transportation and the varied Wyoming landscape.

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CASPER: Casper College Dance Classes

 

ROCK SPRINGS — Community Fine Arts Center Celebrates Youth Art Month

From the Community F.A. Center:  YOUTH ART MONTH Student Exhibits have started at the Community Fine Arts Center! Rock Springs Junior High art students filled the gallery with great art through March 16th. Now the Rock Springs and Independence High Schools art students’ work is on display through March 30.

 

CAPSER — Nicolaysen Art Museum classes for April 2013

CHEYENNE — Mark your calendars! 17th Street Arts Festival

The 17th Street Arts Festival will be held August 16-17, 2013 in Cheyenne — stay tuned to Arts Cheyenne’s website or Facebook page for more info as it approaches!

LARAMIE — Downtown Laramie in need of summer volunteers!

From Downtown Laramie:  “Volunteers needed! Planning has begun for summer’s hottest events! If you’d like to be a part of Farmer’s Market, Brewfest or Laramie Jubilee Days, either as a sponsor or volunteer, contact us at downtownlaramie@gmail.com for a list of opportunities. We are looking for volunteers with a variety of skills, from marketing, education, design, management and outreach to assist in organizing these events.”

 

ON THE TABLE — foodie news from Wyoming…

ELK MOUNTAIN — Elk Mountain Hotel Easter event

Easter Sunday Luncheon at the Elk Mountain Hotel is set to be scrumptious! Menu is below — be sure to contact them if you have food allergies/intolerance so they can design a delicious menu just for you.

To beginspiced popcorn & pretzel mix, chicken soup with a herb biscuit, Easter spring salad

mesquite rubbed flank stank  — served with lime chipotle butter, steak fries & vegetable 27.5

spiced honey & pineapple glazed roast ham — served with mashed potatoes or apricot rice & vegetable 24.75

Mediterranean braised lamb  — served with apricot rice & vegetable 26.95

grilled salmon — served with wild rice & cranberry, ginger & herb relish 22.5

Easter dessert — classic dark chocolate mousse & chocolate dipped strawberries 5.99

Children’s menu (ages 5-10) — chicken fingers & fries, vegetable, salad, chocolate mousse 

20% gratuity added to parties of 6+; splitplate charge 5.00

Visit their website for more information.

 

LARAMIE — Altitude & Lovejoy Specials

marinated chicken breast — served over roasted artichoke and lemon scalloped potato gratin. Finished with roasted cranberries and brussel sprouts. 15.

hickory smoked salmon — paired with couscous studded with zucchini, squash and grape tomatoes. Topped with a creamy honey and red pepper sauce. 16.5

pub sirloin — six ounce cut of Certified Angus Beef® sirloin, grilled to your liking; served with hand made hop-infused pasta with a stone ground mustard sauce. 17.

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portuguese chicken wings — plump chicken wings drenched in a spicy Portuguese pepper sauce. Served with your choice of ranch or bleu cheese dressing for dipping. 8.

hillbilly philly — sliced beef, sauteed mushrooms, banana peppers and onions tossed in our signature hobo sauce. Tucked in a hoagie and topped with melted pepperjack cheese. Served with fried, chips and salsa, creamy mashers, cottage cheese or a dinner salad. 9.

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Wyoming Whiskey makes a video appearance

John Kirlin and the High Plains Drifters included Wyoming’s own bourbon in their new video… take a look!  

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WYOMING FIRST: Casper Glass

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This week we are featuring Casper Glass of Casper, Wyoming

Melanie Myron 14560 S Lone Tree Rd  Casper, WY 82604  307-237-5292  Melanie@casperglass.com  www.casperglass.com

Melanie started working with traditional stained glass techniques almost 15 years ago as part of a home-remodel project.  It became a business for her a few years later, then a wholesale business about six years ago.  She’s always been a pack-rat and likes to use materials that others think of as trash, so it wasn’t a big jump for Melanie to experiment with ways to treat broken window glass.  Now, most Casper Glass products are made from rescued window glass tumbled to sea glass turned into wine accessories and other treasures.

The most popular Casper Glass wine accessories in this part of the world are wine glass charms and bottle stoppers featuring a stained-glass art rendition of the Wyoming Bucking Horse & Rider(tm) made from rescued window glass.  Their most popular gift items for many years now have been Silly Stars – one-of-a-kind dancing, stained-glass stars made from scrap glass.  The newest offering is a line of jewelry products also made from rescued window glass, some of which also feature the Wyoming Bucking Horse & Rider(tm).

 

Casper Glass sells primarily to the wholesale market, so items can be purchased at various outlets, depending upon what people are looking for.  A sampling is available at Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Wyoming State Fair through the Business Council.  Otherwise, people can contact Casper Glass through the website – www.casperglass.com, the Myron’s can direct customers to a retail store near them depending on what they would like to purchase.

 

Custom wine products are also available (like wine glass charms with family photos).  Contact Casper Glass directly for more information.

Because Melanie sells wholesale now, the prices are set by the retailers.  Contact Casper Glass directly to find out where you can purchase your wine accessories, jewelry and Silly Stars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTS: Celtic Festival in Evanston, Corridor Gallery Casper

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5TH ANNUAL CEILI AT THE ROUNDHOUSE IN EVANSTON MARCH 22-23

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image by Goitse

Young Musicians, Inc. of Evanston presents the Ceili at the Roundhouse Celtic Festival 2013. In its fifth year of providing a rich cultural experience to Southwest Wyoming, the festival is poised to continue its explosive growth.

The Ceili at the Roundhouse Celtic Festival was first held Feb. 2009, as the product of a conversation between Carolee Bowen, Executive Director with Young Musicians, Inc. and then Evanston City Mayor, Will Davis.  Mayor Davis has always been impressed with the Oyster Ridge Bluegrass Festival in Kemmerer, and wondered if Evanston could ever create a festival on that caliber. “I had been thinking about starting a Celtic festival for a few years,” Carolee Bowen says. “I presented the idea, indicating that there wasn’t currently a Celtic festival in the region.” Carolee offered that her organization, Young Musicians, Inc. was looking to create a large festival event in order to do some fundraising.  “The Mayor helped get the festival started by contributing to help pay for top notch headline entertainment,” Carolee adds.

image by Uinta County Herald

The festival has quickly become a community production.  “Since 2009, other local organizations have jumped on board to help, including the Evanston Irish Session, the Fiber Arts Guild, and others,” Carolee says.  The expansion of entertainment, authentic food, educational workshops, storytelling, arts & crafts and much more have contributed to this growth and helped to make Ceili at the Roundhouse Celtic Festival a well-rounded cultural experience.

A great Celtic festival features lots of good music, and Evanston’s event doesn’t disappoint. In 2013, exciting headlining groups (such as Battlefield Band from Scotland, Lunasa, and Goitse from Ireland), join regional performers and topnotch talent. A craft fair also joins the event, as well as pre-festival events:  March 20 – 6 pm, catch “Lúnasa” in Concert at Suds Brothers Brewery (ticket required); March 21 – 7 pm “New Time Ensemble” performs at Main Street Deli (free). Be sure to check out Ceili at the Roundhouse in Evanston this coming weekend, March 22-23 in Evanston!

CORRIDOR GALLERY, CASPER WELCOMES GABRIELLE REEVES

The Corridor Gallery is excited to announce “Hüzün: Memories of Istanbul,” an upcoming guest artist show opening on March 29th at 7pm featuring the work of Casper artist, Gabrielle Reeves. “Hüzün: Memories of Istanbul” is a body of original artwork to define the root of the show’s title by imagery. After living, working and studying in Istanbul, Turkey, Reeves acknowledged, analyzed and embraced “Hüzün,” a visceral Turkish state of mind more common to Istanbul than many know. “Hüzün: Memories of Istanbul” will ONLY be showing through Sunday, April 1st. Please contact the Corridor Gallery with any questions.

all images in this section by Gabrielle Reeves

Hüzün:  Memories of Istanbul

Artist Statement:  Hüzün, the Turkish word for melancholy is among the most mysterious concepts I have ever come across.  Hüzün has an Arabic root, and in one sense refers to a type of spiritual anguish, suffered when we grow in attachment to worldly pleasures, and in turn experience a distance from God and spirituality.  However, the modern concept of hüzün goes far beyond the history of the word.  It is not only a spiritual affliction experienced by devout Muslims, but also a much more ambiguous emotion felt by the residents of Istanbul.  Turkish author Orhan Pamuk described hüzün as “the emotion that a child might feel while looking though a steamy window.”  Hüzün is not the melancholy of a single person, but a dark mood shared by millions of people together, by the entire city of Istanbul.  Although a grim concept, hüzün is central to Istanbul culture; it binds Istanbullus together, and is shared with pride throughout the community.

To a newly arrived visitor, the deepest presence of hüzün may go unnoticed, or simply described as a mysterious presence or air about the city.  I myself, emerging as a new resident of Istanbul, was ignorant to the strong effect hüzün has over the city.  In the first months, I characterized the feeling as a magic, or dream-like quality that possesses every detail of the strange and beautiful city.  Indeed, it is a kind of magic, a type of collective awareness that is unique to Istanbul.  However, as the months wore on, and winter settled over the Bosphorus, I felt the presence of hüzün so tangibly I could almost touch it, and I experienced the heavy weight of Istanbul for the first time.  These works are my hüzün, my Istanbul, my surreal world.

Gabrielle Reeves Biography:  Gabrielle Reeves is a visual artist currently based in Wyoming.  After receiving her Associates of Fine Arts Degree from Casper College she moved to Laramie, where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.  Throughout her work as an undergraduate, Gabrielle participated in several study abroad programs including a semester in London and a summer drawing class in Turkey.  Gabrielle has participated in a number of juried and solo exhibitions in and outside of the University.  Several of her paintings have been commissioned and purchased by the University of Wyoming and can be viewed in various buildings throughout the campus. Upon graduation in 2010, Gabrielle completed a one year Post Baccalaureate Program when she assisted in both the drawing and painting departments.  At this time, she was also working as an art educator at the University Art Museum, as well as at a local preschool.  In June of 2011, Gabrielle moved to Istanbul, Turkey where she worked as a freelance artist and English teacher.  During her time in Turkey, she also balanced art with a job working in a local carpet shop doing web design and correspondence.  Gabrielle is now living and working as an artist in Casper, Wyoming, and plans to attend graduate school in the near future.

Event: Hüzün: Memories of Istanbul, Original Works by Gabrielle Reeves Opening Reception: Friday, March 29th at 7pm

Admission Cost: Free Show

Showing Through: Mar 29th 7pm-midnight, Mar 30th 10am-5pm, Apr 1st noon-4pm

Accommodations: Cash bar

Information: For more information, please contact Gabrielle Reeves via email at Gabrielle Reeves gabbyreeves85@yahoo.com or The Corridor Gallery at (307) 333-7035, Reed at (307) 259-8001 or visit www.thecorridorgallery.com

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ON THE CALENDAR: March 8, 2013

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CHEYENNE: WY State Museum New Exhibit

From Arts Cheyenne:  “Wyoming Passage,” a new temporary exhibit utilizing contemporary photographs and paintings, has opened at the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne. The exhibit combines images relating to transportation and the varied Wyoming landscape.

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CODY: Miss Cody Stampede Pageant March 16

From Cody Chamber:  Miss Cody Stampede Pageant Saturday March 16th. Orientaion Horsemanship competition begins @ 9 am at the Double Doc arena. Interviews begin at 1 pm at the Cody Library. Crowning of the new Lady In Waiting and Princess just prior to the parade. The new court will participate in the parade. Please email or call me with any questions and thank you for including this event on your calendar. Contact Shelley Causey Miss Cody Stampede Royalty Committee 307.272.1770 for more information.

JACKSON: Free Concert March 9 for the Family

March is National Music In Our Schools Month

Grand Teton Music Festival is Celebrating with a Free Concert!

4:00PM • Saturday, March 9

FREE Family Concert: “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

WindSync takes the audience on a musical adventure in this exciting and educational program inspired by the writing of Dr. Seuss.  Learn about the sounds of the instruments, the teamwork and your potential to grow, change and conquer adversity. Congratulations, today is your day!

Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village

FREE! Tickets not required  307-733-1128 • www.gtmf.org

CASPER: Casper College Dance Classes

 

 

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ROCK SPRINGS — Community Fine Arts Center Celebrates Youth Art Month

From the Community F.A. Center:  YOUTH ART MONTH Student Exhibits have started at the Community Fine Arts Center! Rock Springs Junior High art students have filled the gallery with great art now through March 16th.

Next up will be the Rock Springs and Independence High Schools art students work — March 19-30. Reception will be March 20, 6-7 p.m.

SHERIDAN — Reception for Artist Beth Gleason

CASPER — Nicolaysen Art Museum Reception for Joshua Ray Smith

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WYOMING FIRST: Magpie Potions

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This week we are featuring Magpie Potions of Story, Wyoming

Magpie Potions — Courtney Caplan  PO Box 124  Story, WY 82842  307-683-2181  pots@vcn.com  www.magpiepotions.com

Courtney has been a potter for years, living, working, and playing in the shadow of the Big Horn Mountains, making her home and pottery studio in Story, Wyoming.  She also gardens and grows herbs. Long ago Courtney recognized the nutritional and natural healing properties of many common garden plants as well as local native plants such as cottonwood and wild roses. She began experimenting with native plants for various personal uses, from culinary to medicinal.

While recognizing the medicinal properties of Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia), Courtney developed a salve to sooth her own aching hands after long hours in her pottery studio. Like many of the products described in this website, the primary component was available right outside her cabin door, along Piney Creek, or on the nearby prairie hills and mountain slopes.

Magpie Potions’ Cottonwood Salve was a success. Research into plant taxonomy and medicinal values continued, and her product line grew and diversified. In this small community, residents often trade or gift neighbors with all sorts of homegrown goods, foods or music, recognizing “happiness is homemade.”

Courtney’s “potions” proved effective, their local popularity grew, and the Magpie took flight! In 2005, she decided to market Magpie Potions commercially.  Magpie Potions scents are musky, woodsy, spicy earth scents that appeal to both men and women.

Still kitchen-made by hand with 100% natural ingredients and do not contact petroleum or synthetic products of any kind. Magpie Potions products are made in small batches, and are topped with love and care for her friends and neighbors, and her customers.

Magpie Potions products can be purchased direct by phone or email, online at www.magpiepotions.com.

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