All throughout February, Wyoming Humanities has invited keen observers of human nature to try their hands at helping political cartoonists do what they do every day.
Its first caption contest, organized by Wyomingâs nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities, invited people to find the right words to pair with two original political cartoons by two Wyoming artists.
The time to announce the winners has come: In a livestream event set for noon Friday, Wyoming Humanities will dish out cash prizes to three caption writers per cartoon, and Wyoming Humanities will sit down with the artists to discuss their processes and how they have made careers in the unique genre.
February 25, 2021
A free virtual reading of “The Wasps,” a Greek comedy by playwright Aristophanes, will be presented Thursday, March 4, as part of a University of Wyoming Department of Modern and Classical Languages course.
UW Senior Lecturer Laura De Lozier, who teaches “Athenian Democracy,” is producing “The Wasps.” The event will be presented in conjunction with Laramie’s Relative Theatrics. The production will be at 7 p.m., followed by a community discussion facilitated by De Lozier and her students.
To receive the Zoom link, register at www.relativetheatrics.com/virtual-programming.html.
“Although all members of the public are welcome, the content contains sexually explicit language and some violence,” De Lozier says.
As part of its âWhy it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participationâ initiative, Wyoming Humanities has teamed up with two Wyoming political cartoonists for a caption contest.
âEvery week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their skills to capture events in the world of politics,â Wyoming Humanities writes in informational material about the contest. âPolitical cartoonists use visual metaphors and caricatures to address complicated political situations with humor and emotion.â
Through the month of February, Wyomingites will get to participate in that process, with two chances to provide the perfect words to accompany cartoons.
On Feb. 1, longtime Casper Star-Tribute cartoonist Greg Kearney posted the first drawing on Facebook (Facebook.com/thinkwy), Instagram (Instagram.com/storiesaboutwhy) and on Wyoming Humanitiesâ site ThinkWY.org. Kearney (pictured in a self-illustrated cartoon above) is now an i
Photography with âwingsâ
Thrill-seekers and sports fanatics can live vicariously through images at Red Bull Illume and Jackson Hole Mountain Resortâs adventure and action sports photography exhibition daily from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Feb. 21.
Red Bull Illume is an international photography competition specializing in adventure and action sports imagery. It âshowcases the most creative and captivating images on the planet, while illuminating the passion, lifestyle and culture behind the photographers that shoot them,â the press release said.
Sixty finalists were chosen out of the almost 60,000 entries in the 2019 edition of the contest â and their works are now on display at the Village Rink on the Commons in Teton Village.
Mark Jenkins
I was Christmas shopping in a Wyoming store recently where everyone was wearing a mask, patrons and clerks, except for one tall cowboy. A clerk knew the man and asked him in a friendly way why he wasnât wearing a mask. His response: âBecause Iâm not scared of some tiny little virus.â To the clerkâs credit, she responded that wearing a mask was more for the protection of others than for yourself. The cowboy took offense and stalked out of the store.
Despite mediaâs constant stream of mask-wearing how-and-why, this Wyomingite still didnât get it. And, gathering from several nationally publicized incidents across Wyoming, heâs in good company. Washakie County Commissioners fired Dr. Ed Zimmerman, the county health officer, for mandating masks. Former Wyoming Department of Health employee Dr. Igor Shepherd said at a Colorado event that the âso-called pandemicâ was a plot by Russia and China to spread communism.