The Friends of the Powell Branch Library will host the evening.  He will discuss his book Wild Journey: on the trail with a Wyoming game warden in Yellowstone Country, and be available for questions. This program is free and refreshments will be served.

The second meeting will be 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 18, in the Fireside Room at the Powell Branch Library. Subsequent program times and dates are on the Upcoming Events link on parkcountylibrary.org

Frances Clymer, an accomplished knitter, and Anna Sapp, owner of Needlework Paradise in Cody, will be co-instructors for the evening programs.  No sign-up is required.  Crochet and knitting kits will be available for purchase at the meetings.

The first meeting will be 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 20, in the Fireside Room at the Powell Branch Library. Subsequent program times and dates are on the Upcoming Events link on parkcountylibrary.org

Frances Clymer, an accomplished knitter, and Anna Sapp, owner of Needlework Paradise in Cody, will be co-instructors for the evening programs.  No sign-up is required.  Crochet and knitting kits will be available for purchase at the meetings.

The Powell Branch Library will work collaboratively with Powell Valley Community Education on Thursday, September 15th at 5:00 p.m. at the library in order to help people sign-up for classes and learn more about educational services provided by the library.  If you have any questions, feel free to call or email Maggie Sullivan at the Powell Branch Library 754-8828 or Ingrid Eickstedt at the Powell Valley Community Education 754-6469.

Mackey contributed articles and served as guest editor for several scholarly journals. He also served as an adjunct and full time history instructor at Northwest College in Powell. Mike currently works and lives in Sheridan. He has written several books about the history of the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp and will be selling and signing books after his talk.

Rob Stothart, Northwest College Assistant Professor of English and English as a Second Language, will host a preview evening for two poets, Linda Bierds and Joy Harjo, who will come to Powell in the Fall.

The program will begin at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 21, in the Fireside Room at the Powell Branch Library. Rob will discuss both poets and give the audience a glimpse of things to come.Linda Bierds is this year’s author for the Winifred S. Wasden Memorial Reading. She will read her poetry at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 22, in the DeWitt Student Center Lounge.

Joy Harjo will read and perform her poetry at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 2, in the Nelson Performing Arts auditorium.

Rob believes the comment that captures Bierds’s work best comes from W. S. Merwin, the current poet laureate of the United States: “Bierds’s poems, with their constantly surprising delicacy and their language rich with insight and a sensuous music, radiate real power and authority and animal presence. Her true originality has no need of quirkiness to emphasize it, and the range of her interests, empathy, knowledge, and imagination is imposing.”

This is Joy Harjo’s second visit to Northwest College. She returns with her guitar accompanist Larry Mitchell and will perform with students from the Northwest College percussion program. Harjo laces her readings with saxophone riffs influenced by jazz artists such as John Coltrane and Art Pepper, as well as with passages on the traditional Native American flute.

Please join us in an evening of poetry, fun, and information!  Refreshments will be served.

Several illustrate the marvelous, intricate regalia worn by the Native Americans, as well as catching something of the rhythm of their dances. Randi’s four popular Buffalo Bill Historical Center (BBHC) Solstice Powwow regalia photos were featured in the Curly Bear Wagner Tribute traveling Indian art prints and photos exhibits this past year in Cody at the Park County Library and four financial institutions. Also on display will be a touch of the landscapes from Death Valley, Mono Lake and Yellowstone.

Wyoming has given Randi opportunities to learn more about the Native American culture. She has enjoyed meeting many of the participants at the annual Solstice Powwow held yearly at the BBHC in Cody. With the dancers’ permission, she has attempted to capture their pride and energy in photographs.  Randi provides visual enticement to visitors still expecting to speak with Curly Bear, the former Plains Indian Museum board member and Powwow representative, to develop and deepen their cross-cultural connections.

As a background on Randi Slaughter, she is primarily a landscape photographer, although her background includes several years at the Science Museum of Virginia, where she was a darkroom assistant and photographer.  Much of her photography at the Museum was candid portraits of people enjoying the museum, and group shots taken at a variety of fundraising events.

Randi began making photographs after graduating from New College with a Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies, evenly split between physics and fine arts.  She enjoyed a long career in various aspects of Information Technology from programmer, systems programmer and manager to consultant.

With her husband, David, the Slaughters were drawn to the stark beauty of the West, and moved to Clark WY in June of 2005. Now, a pretty day, a promising sunrise, interesting weather, or just wanderlust will find Randi and David exploring their new neighborhood, which encompasses a good part of northwest Wyoming.

Additional works of Randi’s is also on display at the Open Range Gallery at 1201 Sheridan, in Cody, or visit her website at www.litewriter.com.

For further information on this exhibit, please contact Linda Pettengill 307-754-9197, linda140@bresnan.net.

Calamity is woven into the fabric of the American West. By age 15, she was in Wyoming with verified sightings at Ft. Bridger, Piedmont, and South Pass City in 1867. For the next 36 years, she roamed across Wyoming, Montana, and neighboring states. Most everyone knows the name “Calamity Jane,” but few really know why she was famous.

With over 20 years of research, Glenda Bell will share the ups and downs of Calamity (Martha) Jane as she kept body and soul together…mostly.

If you get a chance to visit, her work will delight you. Perhaps you will want to display your work next! If you are an artist, or you know an artist who would would like to exhibit, please contact Lisa Printz or Maggie Sullivan at 754-8828.

You can choose this month’s book, Caleb’s Crossing by Gwendolyn Brooks or any of the other books that have been discussed, comment on the book, and automatically be entered into a drawing on Monday, July 25th.  The Grand Prize is a $100.00 Visa Gift Card, 2nd Prize is $75.00, and 3rd Prize is $50.00 to help you reach your “NOVEL DESTINATION”.