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Tickets to National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on Sale |
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 Tickets to the 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, January 24 to 31, 2009, are now on sale to the general public. The Silver Anniversary of the Gathering will be a grand reunion of cowboy poets and musicians from 25 years of Elko performances. Click here for more information and a complete brochure of all the 2009 ticketed shows and workshops. Click here or on the blue button at the left to purchase tickets. Visit our membership section to join the Western Folklife Center: ticket sales to members begin one month before the general public.
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Elko's Cowboy Poets are Going to Reno |
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 Photo by Bill Watts
Tickets are $10, $30 or $50 and can be purchased in advance at www.pioneercenter.com, by phone at 775-686-6600 or in person at the Pioneer Center Box Office, 255 E. Plumb Lane in Reno, and at the door prior to the performance. A limited number of tickets are still available at Shepler's Western Wear, 255 E. Plumb Lane in Reno. Click here to view the poster.
For a special VIP sneak preview, attend our fundraising event prior to the public performance: meet the performers and enjoy a short private performance while sampling hors' d'oeuvres and cocktails. Passes to this VIP event are available in limited quantities for $250. Contact Marianne Gellman at 888-880-5885 or
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Western Folklife Center Presents New Exhibition of Latino Art |
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 September 29 - November 16, 2008, The exhibition Voces Latinas: Works on Paper from 1921-Present will be in the Western Folklife Center's Wiegand Gallery. Voces Latinas touches on complex subjects and issues that continue to inspire dialogue and debate. Included in the many fine works of art are prints from Diego Rivera, Frank Romero and Carmen Lomas Garza. Click here for more information about the exhibition.
Friday, November 1, there will be an evening reception in honor of the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with a special tour of Voces Latinas by Ann Wolfe, curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. The evening will also feature a display of Day of the Dead offrendas, or altars, made by Elko community members: if you are interested in creating an altar, please contact the Western Folklife Center at 775-738-7508.
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