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The Raymond Plank Center at Ucross
The Ucross Foundation is gearing up for a busy holiday season, starting on Giving Tuesday, November 30. Giving Tuesday is a global day of doing good. Founded in 2012 by the New York 92nd Street Y, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving is set aside to inspire people to give back to their communities and other causes.
As a nonprofit, The Ucross Foundation depends on end-of-year giving to support their local community events and their national artist residency program, so they deeply appreciate the generosity and commitment of individual donors. And this year, the Ucross Foundation wants to give back with an art giveaway on November 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be at the Raymond Plank Center, located at the intersection of Highways 14 and 16 East in Ucross. There will be offering art works from their archive, free of charge, all day. Please note that the giveaway will be first come, first served.
Several works of art at last summer’s art giveaway
Community support at any level allows Ucross to continue their community engagement, such as last summer’s Music in the Park concert featuring Laurie Lewis, to the upcoming Community Christmas Celebration featuring fireworks, a reading author Craig Johnson, on Dec. 11. Year-round, the Foundation offers art exhibitions, programming for the Wyoming Girls School, author readings, artist master classes, and more.
During the first weekend of December, the Ucross Foundation will present award-winning composer and performer Steven Lutvak in a Master Class, on Friday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m., in Sheridan College Room W129. Lutvak will play music; tell stories; share secrets of the trade; and offer tips to the next generation of rising stars, including several Sheridan College students, who will perform a few Broadway tunes. There is no need to register in advance and it is free and open to the public.
Lutvak, a Ucross Fellow who is based in New York City, composed the music for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014 and was written in part during Lutvak’s residency at Ucross. He is currently working on two new musicals headed for Broadway and the movie adaptation of “A Gentleman’s Guide.”
(Courtesy photo)
“We are thrilled to showcase Steven Lutvak’s amazing talent for composition, performance and education to the greater Sheridan community,” said Steve Jimenez, Ucross Executive Producer of Public Programs and Outreach. “And we can’t wait to give our neighbors a special early look at ‘The Ucross Cookbook,’ especially at the start of the holiday season.”
On Saturday, Dec. 4, Lutvak will be at the WYO Performing Arts & Education Center. The event will begin in the WYO lobby at 6:30 p.m. with a reception celebrating “The Ucross Cookbook: Cooking for Artists on a Wyoming Ranch,” which will be published in mid-January. Guests will be able to preview the book, meet Ucross Chef Cindy Brooks and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres. The reception will be free and open to the public.
Then, at 7:30 p.m., Lutvak will take the stage in the WYO Mars Black Box Theater for an entertaining performance of Broadway and holiday cabaret. General admission and VIP tickets to the concert are available at wyotheater.com.
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Last modified: November 25, 2021