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Rock Springs Library hosts a special program Tuesday evening April 21 at 6:00 in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. Dorene Ludwig, artistic director of the American Living History Theater in Greybull, will present “Loveliness to Sell: The Lady Poets”. It is part of the Wyoming Humanities Council’s forum. These “powerful and entertaining readings” are from the works of women poets of the United States from Colonial times to present day.
A talented writer, producer and actress, Ludwig has appeared on stage before audiences from coast to coast. She has taught at the University of California-Los Angeles, the University of Southern California and other institutions. The Rock Springs program is one of many dramatic, first-person presentations researched and performed by Ludwig. The National Park Service, NASA, the U.S. Army and UCLA all have employed her as a trainer and consultant.
Head Librarian Jon Harwood applied for the program to celebrate National Poetry Month, a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. According to the Academy, the concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. Harwood says, “I invite the public to join us at RSL for an entertaining evening with Dorene Ludwig and her cavalcade of lady poets.”
The Humanities Forum and other Council programs explore the human experience – our lives, our communities, our world – in partnership with nonprofit organization across Wyoming. Emphasis is placed on fostering discussion among Wyoming residents. “Loveliness to Sell: The Lady Poets” is sponsored by the Sweetwater county Library System, www.sweetwaterlibraries.com.

The Rock Springs Library will show ‘The Passion of the Christ’ on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m., in the Ferrero Room. The film, released in 2004, was co-written, co-produced, and directed by Mel Gibson. It is based on accounts of the arrest, trial, torture, crucifixcion, and resurrection of Jesus, events commonly known as the passion. Many of the depictions in The Passion of the Christ deliberately mirror traditional representations of the Passion in art. For example, the fourteen Stations of the Cross are central to the depiction of the Via Dolorosa in The Passion of the Christ. All of the stations are portrayed except for the eighth station (Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem, a deleted scene on the DVD) and the fourteenth station (Jesus is laid in the tomb). Gibson was also visually inspired by the representation of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin. The film is rated ‘R’ by the MPAA for sequences of graphic violence.