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Bal­let 7220 to per­form “Alice in Wonderland”

Author: Jeremy Stegall October 19, 2010 Features, Music No Comments
Jordan Brettman, a member of the Ballet 7220 dance company rehearses for her role in Alice in Wonderland. (Jeremy Stegall/LFP)

The Bal­let 7220 dance com­pany will be per­form­ing Alice in Won­der­land, with an orig­i­nal score and cast of over 30 dancers this week. Catch the show in the Edu­ca­tion Audi­to­rium at the Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming on Sat­ur­day Octo­ber 23 at 7:30 pm. Tick­ets are $10 for adults and $8 for chil­dren under 12. For more infor­ma­tion or to pur­chase tick­ets please call 307.742.6767. … Con­tinue Reading

Inter­view with Ron White

Author: Jeremy Stegall October 15, 2010 Features, Laramie, Music, News No Comments
Ron White performed for a sold out crowd on Wed night in Laramie. (Jeremy Stegall/LFP)

Nation­ally known come­dian, Ron White, per­formed in Laramie on Wednes­day. We had the chance to sit down and ask him a few ques­tions. See the inter­view video here. … Con­tinue Reading

Not Your Mama’s Country

Author: Skye Heeren September 23, 2010 Features, Music No Comments
(Skye Heeren/LFP)

There are coun­try shows that cater to rock­ers and rock shows that spin a lit­tle bit of coun­try, but Fri­day night’s Lynyrd Skynyrd show with open­ing act, Dierks Bent­ley, at the Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming’s Arena Audi­to­rium, brought some­thing for every­one in the crowd of approx­i­mately six thou­sand.  The con­cert marks not only the start of the school year and foot­ball sea­son in Laramie, but the University’s first foray back into brin­ing head­lin­ing artists to south-east Wyoming’s largest arena, since Elton John head­lined a ben­e­fit con­cert for the Mathew Shep­ard Foun­da­tion in 2009, rais­ing $550,000 at the event.

Many in the state may remem­ber the days when Garth Brooks, Chris LeDoux, and other major tour­ing acts played the Arena Audi­to­rium (“Dou­ble A” as it’s called by fans), as a reg­u­lar event in Laramie – and Friday’s show did not dis­ap­point, deliv­er­ing a lit­tle bit of coun­try and a whole lotta’ rock-n-roll to the crowd that included stu­dents, the Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming Board of Trustees and fans from as far away as South Dakota, Nebraska and Utah. … Con­tinue Reading

Jazz Per­for­mance Begins UW Cul­tural Pro­grams Fall 2010 Con­cert Series

Author: Press Release September 3, 2010 Features, Music No Comments
Jazz musician Cyrus Chestnut will launch the UW Cultural Programs fall concert series Friday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. (Courtesy UW Cultural Programs)

Sept. 3, 2010 — Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming — Jazz musi­cian Cyrus Chest­nut will start the Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming Cul­tural Pro­grams fall con­cert series at 7:30 p.m. Fri­day, Sept. 10, in the Fine Arts Cen­ter con­cert hall.

Tick­ets cost $22 for the pub­lic and $18 for stu­dents and senior cit­i­zens. Tick­ets can be pur­chased online at www.uwyo.edu/finearts or call (307) 766‑6666. Tick­ets are also avail­able at the Wyoming Union infor­ma­tion desk and Fine Arts box office. The Fine Arts box office hours are Mon­day through Fri­day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and one hour before each sched­uled per­for­mance. … Con­tinue Reading

Unique Bali­nese dance at UW

Author: Kali April 25, 2010 Laramie, Music No Comments

altThe semes­ter is com­ing to an end at the Uni­ver­sity of Wyoming, and now is the time for term papers, last minute study ses­sions and final touches on semester-long projects. For the stu­dents of the Hon­ors Program’s Bali: Life and Art class, a semester’s worth of prac­tice is about to pay off. On Sun­day, April 25th at 3 p.m. in the UW Edu­ca­tion Audi­to­rium, the stu­dents along with the Wyoming Game­lan Can­dra Wyoga will present an after­noon of Bali­nese dance and music.

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The down-to-earth sounds of Ani Difranco

Author: Kali April 23, 2010 Music No Comments

altThe vibra­tion of the standup bass sunk into the floor and ran through the crowd, its deep tone felt as well
as it was heard from the tower of speak­ers on either side of the amber lit stage. Over the low chords, the drums struck their beat and the gui­tar strings blended with the voice danc­ing between the instru­ments. In the front of the audi­to­rium, fans young and old moved to the rhythm, their seats abandoned.

At seven o’clock last night the doors of the Arts and Sci­ences Audi­to­rium opened and the first of Ani Difranco’s fans wan­dered in, search­ing the room for the seats labeled on their tick­ets. Around the room event staff watched, stand­ing at their posts by the doors along the walls. At the entrance police offi­cers checked atten­dees as they came in from the over­cast night.

In the hour before the open­ing act, the prepa­ra­tions for the con­cert, which had begun around 5 a.m. when
Difranco arrived in Laramie con­tin­ued. On stage last minute touches were made to the set ensur­ing that every­thing from the micro-phones to the instru­ments to the spit­toon were in place. Out in the lobby peo­ple lined up for last minute ticket pur­chases and mer­chan­dise perusal while audi­ence mem­bers mean­dered the audi­to­rium, meet­ing up with old friends and other fans. … Con­tinue Reading

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