WWA Announces Spur Award Winners
by Christina Mancuso
- Mar 14, 2016
TUCSON, Ariz., March 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Pulitzer Prize winner T.J. Stiles, the prolific Joe R. Lansdale and an 11-year-old Maine girl highlight the 2016 Spur Award winners from Western Writers of America.
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering to Celebrate 150 Years of Nevada Statehood, 1/27-2/1
by Diana Heisroth
- Jan 17, 2014
The 30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, which takes place fromJanuary 27 to February 1 in Elko, Nevada, is an official Nevada 150 event. The Gathering will celebrate Nevada's sesquicentennial through several special performances and discussions focused on the artistic traditions of the state's rural and ranching communities. Nevada's Lieutenant Governor, Brian K. Krolicki, will open the first show of the Gathering, "Home Means Nevada," on Monday, January 27, at 7:00pm in the G Three Bar Theater at the Western Folklife Center. The show will feature Nevada 150's Honorary Poet, Waddie Mitchell, poet Walt "Bimbo" Cheney, writer Carolyn Dufurrena and songster Richard Elloyan.
29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Begins at Western Folklife Center Today
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 28, 2013
The 29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering -the nation's greatest celebration of the American West, its people, culture and traditions-will take place today, January 28 to February 2, 2013, in Elko, Nevada. Produced by the Western Folklife Center, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering features performances of poetry and music from the cowboy and ranching occupation, but also presents exhibitions, films, workshops, dances and discussions-all centered on land-based culture in the American West, its traditional arts and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.
29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering to Begin at Western Folklife Center, Jan 28
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 22, 2013
The 29th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering -the nation's greatest celebration of the American West, its people, culture and traditions-will take place January 28 to February 2, 2013, in Elko, Nevada. Produced by the Western Folklife Center, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering features performances of poetry and music from the cowboy and ranching occupation, but also presents exhibitions, films, workshops, dances and discussions-all centered on land-based culture in the American West, its traditional arts and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.
Elko, NV Hosts 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering 1/24-29
by Sophie Schulman
- Oct 29, 2010
What do Hungarians and the Blues have in common with the cowboy poetry and music of the American West? Find out at the 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the nation's largest and oldest annual assembly of cowboy poets, musicians and devotees of the American West, January 24-29, 2011, in Elko, Nevada.
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