University of Wyoming Calendar for April 28

These are among activities scheduled April 28-May 4 at the University of Wyoming:

Tuesday, April 29, noon–1 p.m. -- WyoWeb Town Hall for students, Wyoming Union Family Room. Free.

Tuesday, April 29, 12:15 p.m. -- “Challenging Invisibility: Stories of Black Life in the American West” symposium, Wyoming Union West Ballroom. Free.

Tuesday, April 29, 5:30 p.m. -- The U.S. Forest Service and UW Ruckelshaus Institute public screening of their collaborative video series, “Our Future Forests: Beyond Bark Beetles,” Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center. Admission is free.

Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m. -- Philosophy Professor Jeff Lockwood’s workshop on “Interstellar Message Composition,” UW Art Museum. Free.

Wednesday, April 30, 7-9:30 p.m. -- Latino Film Series presents "The Narrative Pathway of U.W. Students," Classroom Building Room 105. Free.

Thursday, May 1, noon-2 p.m. -- Wyoming Business Alliance spring Economic Outlook, with Bank of the West Chief Economist Scott Anderson and UW economist Anne Alexander, Room 212 of the Wyoming Union. Cost is $30 per person, or $250 for table of eight; visit www.wyomingbusinessalliance to register.

Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m. -- UW Symphony Orchestra with guest violinist Sha Xiao Cao performs “Butterfly Lovers Concerto,” Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. Cost is $6 for students, $7 for senior citizens and $10 for the public.

Friday, May 2, 2:10-3 p.m. -- Research Across Disciplines seminar: Riparian vs. upland forest stand structure and fuel loads in mountain pine beetle-infested watersheds, Agriculture Building Room 1030. Free.

Friday, May 2, 6 p.m. -- African American and Diaspora Studies reception for graduates, UW Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Friday, May 2, 7 p.m. -- Planetarium show, “Summer Star Gazing” followed at 8 p.m. by “Country USA.” Tickets for each show cost $3 for adults, $2 for students and free to children under 12. Enter through the southwest doors of the Physical Sciences Building.

Friday, May 2, 7 p.m.; Saturday, May 3, 1 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, May 4, 1 p.m. -- The region’s top collegiate cowboys and cowgirls compete in the Laramie River Rendezvous Rodeo, Hansen Livestock Teaching Arena. Tickets cost $5 per person, and UW students (with valid ID) and children under 12 free.

Saturday, May 3, 3 p.m. -- Qian Qian Zhou graduate piano recital, Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. Free.

Sunday, May 4, noon -- Wyoming track and field: “Cowpoke Open,” Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex. Free.

A variety of exhibitions can be seen at the UW Art Museum in the Centennial Complex, 2111 Willett Drive, open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Mondays from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. through April. Free.