Popular entertainer and art collector Cheech Marin will give public presentations
Sept. 6-7 at UW.
These are among activities scheduled Sept. 3-8 at the University of Wyoming:
Tuesday, Sept. 3. 7-8 p.m. -- Art history professor Asa Simon Mittman will speak at the Visual Arts Building, Room 111. Free.
Wednesday, Sept. 4, 8 p.m. -- A “Movie on the Lawn” event will feature “Man of Steel” at Fraternity Mall. Free.
Thursday, Sept. 5, 7 p.m. -- Wyoming artist Neltje will give a public “art talk” in the Visual Arts Building, Room 111. Friday, Sept. 6, at 10:30 a.m. she will lead a gallery walk-through at the UW Art Museum. Both events are free.
Friday, Sept. 6, 4 p.m. -- Entertainer and art collector Cheech Marin will speak about “Chicano Art: Cultivating the Chicano Future” and sign books in the Wyoming Union Ballroom. Saturday, Sept. 7, at 10:30 a.m., he will lead a gallery walk-through at the UW Art Museum. Both events are free.
Friday, Sept. 6, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. -- Friday Night Fever will host a bowling night at Laramie Lanes. Free with student ID.
Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:30 a.m. -- A sculpture honoring UW’s master floriculturist, the late Tommy Thompson, will be unveiled at the garden on the green south of Merica Hall at 11th and Ivinson streets.
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2 p.m. -- Cowboy football vs. Idaho at War Memorial Stadium. Ticket prices vary.
Sunday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. -- University of Kansas sociology professor and author William Staples will speak at the Arts and Sciences auditorium. Free.
The UW Geological Museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. weekends. Free.
A variety of exhibitions is on display at the UW Art Museum, located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive, open Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.
The UW Department of Botany’s Williams Conservatory is open to the public from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Fridays. Free.
