Apr 14 Tuesday
This month's Garvey Room art exhibit at the Prairie Museum features Colby High School's photography show. Come see this community art display, with select pieces from CHS students!
Join us in an informal poetry circle to read, share, or just listen to some local poets.
Apr 15 Wednesday
The exhibition, which explores the ways American Indian images, names, and stories have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began, features photographs, hands-on interactives, objects, and videos that invite visitors to explore this history and representation of Native Americans. Americans is based on an exhibition of the same name that is currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and curated by Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche) and Cécile R. Ganteaume.
The SCCC Library will also have special programming during the exhibition:
• April 13 @ 10:00
Tribal Sovereignty and the Osage People with Dr. Julie Dinger, OPSU President
• April 16 @ 11:00
Wichita War Dancer
• April 22 @ Noon
Native American Influence on Sports Culture
• April 23 @ 11:00
Indigenous Beats: Past to Present with Lisa LaRue
• April 28 @ 11:00
Film presentation and discussion “Rumble”
• May 4 @ 11:00
More Than a Mascot: Identity, Representation, and Indigenous Presence
The exhibition and all programming is free and open to the public. The SCCC Library hours are 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Friday. The Library is closed Saturday and Sunday. For more information, contact library@sccc.edu or call (620) 417-1160.
Apr 16 Thursday
World renowned songwriter Susan Gibson ( Wide Open Spaces) and all her hits alongside Spur Award winning songwriter Randy Palmer. Each will be spinning songs about love won and lost, the land and all things in the southwest. Join us for an intimate evening of original music.
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. Henrietta’s story plays out against a landscape of early feminism and science, reminding us all what we can achieve when we allow curiosity and wonder into our lives.
This celestial romance and true story of discovery is an irresistible combination of humor, love, feminism and universe-revealing science. Make plans now to see this riveting new play!
NOTE: Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the performance for this production.
Don't miss the Ovation Series Talk Back Event, sponsored by Roxann and Kevin Ball, immediately following the Sunday, April 12 performance.
The Sunday matinee performance on April 19 will offer ASL Interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing community.
Apr 17 Friday