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• Arts Summit features innovative speakers

  Published: September 4, 2007, 3:13 pm

  Tags: Natrona County, National Endowment For The Arts, Creative Economy, Wyoming Arts Summit, Sen Mike Enzi, Wyoming Arts Council, Statewide, Conferences

  Wyoming Arts Summit will be held October 19-20 at the Casper Events Center in Casper. Today's business and community leaders are looking for new ways to attract and retain the brightest and best employees. Arts-based economies can enhance state efforts to diversify rural economies, generate revenue, improve the quality of life and attract

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• Conference offers workshops & readings

  Published: September 13, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Writers, Natrona County, Wyoming Arts Summit, Workshop, Reading, Conferences

  Last October, Casper College brought you the Equality State Book Festival. This year, we return to our roots to offer you the "Spiritual Warriors" Literary Conference on Oct. 17-19, which includes free events on the Casper College campus and other local venues. Here's the line-up of free events: Wednesday, Oct. 17Doornbos Student Lounge,

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• Wyo. Arts Summit presents Dan Kemmis

  Published: September 12, 2007, 5:37 pm

  Tags: Writers, Community Development, Creative Economy, Wyoming Arts Summit

  as a guest speaker at the Wyoming Arts Summit on Saturday, Oct. 20, 8-9:15 a.m., in the Casper Events Center. Kemmis is a senior fellow in public policy at the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana in Missoula. He was mayor of Missoula before joining the Center in 1996. He also has served in the Montana

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• NEA chairman to address Arts Summit

  Published: September 17, 2007, 12:21 pm

  Tags: Natrona County, National Endowment For The Arts, Creative Economy, Wyoming Arts Summit, Poetry, Conferences

  National Endowment for the Arts and an award-winning poet, is the keynote speaker for the inaugural Wyoming Arts Summit Oct., 19-20 in Casper. Gioia's speech will be from 9-10:15 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, at the Casper Events Center. To register for the conference, go to the Wyoming Arts Council web site. Here's some bio information from the

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• Second City Comedy enlivens Idea Expo

  Published: September 19, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Wyoming, Community Development, Creative Economy, Wyoming Arts Summit, Conferences

  Wyoming Small Business Development Center sponsors the 2007 Idea Expo Sept. 26-28 in Casper. The conference is designed to inspire innovation. If you're involved in business you'll want to take part in this creative learning experience. The Expo will kick off on Wednesday the 26th with afternoon tours of innovative businesses in the Casper

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• At Summit, Overton to address "rural genius"

  Published: September 21, 2007, 11:51 am

  Tags: Community Development, Creative Economy, Wyoming Arts Summit, Workshop, Conferences

  on Friday, Oct. 19, at the Wyoming Arts Summit in the Casper Events Center. From 1:15-2:30 p.m. that day, he will conduct a workshop, Strengthening Rural Communities through the Arts. To register for the conference, go to the Wyoming Arts Council web site. Here's his

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• Classical guitarist featured at Arts Summit

  Published: September 25, 2007, 5:42 pm

  Tags: Community Development, Creative Economy, Music, Wyoming Arts Summit, Conferences

  guitarist, teacher and arts advocate from Santa Fe, N.M., will perform and talk about his work at the Wyoming Arts Summit in the Casper Events Center on Oct. 19-20. To register for the conference, go to the Wyoming Arts Council web site. Here's a bio on Bluestone: Classical Guitarist Robert Bluestone has earned an international reputation

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• Register now for Wyoming Arts Summit

  Published: September 27, 2007, 4:21 pm

  Tags: Natrona County, Wyoming Arts Summit, Wyoming Arts Council, Conferences

  forms for the Wyoming Arts Summit in Casper must be postmarked by Oct. 1 to receive the early-bird rate of $100. That includes entry to an opening-night reception on Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Nicolaysen Art Museum, two days of informative talks by nationally known experts, tickets to the Friday night gala (which includes dinner and

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• Music highlights Wyo. Arts Summit Gala

  Published: October 3, 2007, 11:27 am

  Tags: Wyoming, Natrona County, Creative Economy, Music, Wyoming Arts Summit, Conferences

  for the state's first Wyoming Arts Summit and Wyoming Arts Council 40th Anniversary Dinner Gala to be held at the Casper Events Center Oct. 19-20. The Arts Summit brings together artists and governmental leaders from throughout the state to discuss how the arts and other cultural events can enhance economic prosperity in Wyoming

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• Arts Summit Profile: Stuart Rosenfeld

  Published: October 9, 2007, 3:17 pm

  Tags: Wyoming, Natrona County, Creative Economy, Wyoming Arts Summit

  Oct. 19, 2:45 p.m., for the Wyoming Arts Summit at the Casper Events Center. Cost for the two-day Summit is $125. Go here to register. Here's some bio information on Rosenfeld: Dr. Rosenfeld has over 30 years of work experience in public policy research and

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• Literary conference features worldly line-up

  Published: October 11, 2007, 10:53 am

  Tags: Writers, Natrona County, Wyoming Arts Summit, Workshop, Reading, Poetry, Conferences

  The 21st annual ARTCORE/Casper College Literary Conference, with the theme of "Spiritual Warriors," features an international line-up of poets and writers Oct. 17-19 in Casper. Presenters include Nick Flynn, New York City poet and essayist and author of the memoir "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City;" Ekiwah Adler-Belendez (shown at right), a

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• One-day tix available for Arts Summit

  Published: October 12, 2007, 3:13 pm

  Tags: Wyoming, Wyoming Arts Summit, Wyoming Arts Council, Conferences

  popular demand, the Wyoming Arts Council is now offering one-day tickets for the Wyoming Arts Summit Oct. 19-20 at the Casper Events Center. While the fee for the entire conference remains at $100, you can choose to purchase a separate ticket for Friday or Saturday's events for $50. Buying a $50 ticket for Friday gets you admission to that

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• Arts galore in Casper this week

  Published: October 16, 2007, 4:13 pm

  Tags: Wyoming, Natrona County, Performances, Reception, Wyoming Arts Summit, Wyoming Arts Council, Reading

  Conference (Oct. 17-19), the Wyoming Arts Summit (Oct. 18-20), and the Wyoming Arts Alliance Block-Booking Conference (Oct. 19-20). Thursday evening (Oct. 18) offers the opening reception for the Arts Summit (5-8 p.m.) at the Nicolaysen Art Museum and the "President's Reception" for the

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• Lit Conference readings highlight Thursday

  Published: October 18, 2007, 11:45 pm

  Tags: Natrona County, Reception, Books, Wyoming Arts Summit, Wyoming Arts Council, Reading, Conferences

  opening reception for the Wyoming Arts Summit in Casper. Gioia, the poet who heads the National Endowment for the Arts, was due to speak some time between 6 and 6:30 at the Nicolaysen Art Museum. I dropped in at 5 to help fellow WAC staffers prepare for the onslaught of guests. Nic Director Holly Turner and her staff greeted guests, which by

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• Longfellow Poetry Out Loud: "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"

  Published: October 22, 2007, 3:51 pm

  Tags: Wyoming, Performances, Contest, Wyoming Arts Summit, Poetry Out Loud, Statewide

  Thursday at the Wyoming Arts Summit in Casper, Dana Gioia opened his keynote speech with a poem. This is only right, as Gioia is a poet when he's not at the helm of the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. He chose a classic poem from the on-line vaults of Poetry Out Loud, a national recitation project co-sponsored by the Arts

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