Telluride Mountainfilm Tour at Gryphon Theatre Oct. 20

The Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour will present outdoor adventure films and documentaries Thursday and Friday, Oct. 20 and 21, at the Gryphon Theatre, 710 E. Garfield St. in Laramie. The screenings are free and open to the public.

Shows begin at 7 p.m. each night, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. The films focus on exploring cultures, preserving environments and promoting adventure.

The University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources hosts the Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour in Laramie.

Established in 1979, Mountainfilm is an organization and festival of films, people, stories and ideas celebrating indomitable spirit, educating and inspiring audiences, and motivating individuals and communities to advance solutions for a livable world.

Mountainfilm on Tour shares a selection of the films from the annual festival with audiences around the world and offers Mountainfilm for Students, a free educational outreach initiative for K-12 schools at tour locations. Each year, the tour reaches more than 50,000 people on six continents.

To learn more about the Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour, visit www.mountainfilm.org.

For more information about the Laramie event, contact Nyla Hurley, UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources special events coordinator, at (307) 766-5083 or nrhurley@uwyo.edu.