Travel App Brings National Park Road Trips to Life
by Tyler Peterson - February 26, 2015 Thanks to a new travel app from Just Ahead (http://www.justahead.com/), smartphone technology can now play a vital role on a vacation into America's national parks. In fact, it may be just the thing to turn heads away from games, music, and texting and into nature while cruising park roads this summ...
Yosemite National Park Remains Open
by Robert Diamond - August 27, 2013 The vast majority of hiking trails and services in Yosemite National Park are not affected by the Rim Fire, which is located approximately 20 miles from Yosemite Valley....
Buffalo Bill Center of the West's 'Scots in the American West' Heads to Ellis Island
by Christina Mancuso - February 25, 2014 Collaborating to take the Buffalo Bill Center of the West 'Scots in the American West' exhibit from Cody, Wyoming, to Ellis Island is the Clan Currie Society, one of the country's leading Scottish heritage organizations and which also produces Tartan Day. The Ellis Island event launches New York Tar...
August at Bookworks Features Birding in New Mexico, Art of Forgiving and More!
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2015 August's events at Bookworks are below. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event....
Social Media Contest Celebrates National Parks, Now thru 5/18
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2014 Veteran river outfitter and nature-based adventure travel company, O.A.R.S., has partnered with outdoor industry leaders The Clymb, Teva, and Klean Kanteen, along with the National Park Foundation for a social media contest that gives contestants a chance to win one of four guided National Park adve...
New Buffalo Culture Collection Gallery Opens Today
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2013 From the moment the collection entered the building, Buffalo Bill Center of the West personnel could hardly wait to share the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection-now that day has finally come. The Dyck Collection goes on public view in its permanent exhibit space in the Center's Plain...
This Week at Bookworks Includes Marjane Ambler, Rachel Ballentine and More
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014 This week at Bookworks includes many events such as Provactive poetry April 25-30, authors such as Marjane Ambler and Rachel Ballentine, and events for children, too. Go to www.bkwrks.com/event for more information!...
Austin Adventures Announces New 2014 Hiking Trips
by Tyler Peterson - January 27, 2014 Avid walkers can explore some of the world's iconic regions with Austin Adventures (http://www.austinadventures.com/) that for 2014 has introduced a Hiking Adventures dossier of 13 trips to be enjoyed on foot in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Tonight's TOSH.O, BRICKLEBERRY on Comedy Central
by Caryn Robbins - October 08, 2013 Tonight on Comedy Central watch all-new episodes of 'Tosh.0,' 'Brickleberry,' 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' and 'The Colbert Report'. Below, get sneak peeks at Tosh.O and Brickleberry!...
BWW Reviews: COUNTRY ROADS: A JOHN DENVER CELEBRATION Fills the El Portal with Love
by Shari Barrett - April 04, 2014 John Denver was an environmentalist before it was fashionable and a man not afraid to sing about his deep love for the Earth and his wife. While few radio stations still play his music, his many albums sold millions of copies during his singing career from 1969-1997. Those of us in the audience on...
Center of the West's Papers of William F. Cody Receives NEH Grant
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2013 The NEH grant enables the 'Papers of William F. Cody' to fund salaries and research fellowships for its growing online archive at CodyArchive.org and its digital interpretive site at CodyStudies.org. The Papers collaborates with scholars and professional staff at Brigham Young University, University...
Austin Adventures Announces New 2014 Family Trips
by Tyler Peterson - January 07, 2014 Austin Adventures http://www.austinadventures.com, the award-winning active travel company setting international adventure vacation standards, announces 10 new-for-2014, value-driven family trips among its 100 itineraries and tours in 35 countries on six continents....
Smithsonian Channel Premieres MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 30, 2014 MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK, narrated by Jeffrey Wright, a new one-hour special premiering tonight, November 30 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel, is produced by Tangled Bank Studios, the film and television unit of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)....
Austin Adventures Offering Custom Trips
by Tyler Peterson - June 16, 2014 Austin Adventures, world leader in small group, multisport and active travel, have shifted sales focus and operations this year to accommodate a significant uptick in requests for private and exclusive custom trips. The 2014 season is shaping up to be a banner year for independent group travel....
O.A.R.S. Pledges $150K in Money, Trips to Get Kids to National Parks
by Tyler Peterson - May 19, 2015 Veteran river outfitter and adventure travel company, O.A.R.S., has introduced a new program to help open up the great outdoors for kids around the country. Starting this year, O.A.R.S. will donate one percent of company sales to the National Park Foundation—the official charity of America's nationa...
Bookworks Presents Shelf Awareness for Readers
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2015 As the classic Tony Bennett song goes, 'You Must Believe in Spring,' though some of us have nearly lost faith. Here are some of our favorite books that pay tribute to the season as we await its arrival....
Buffalo Bill Center of the West Presents Commemorative Sculpture to Monaco's Prince Albert
by Robert Diamond - September 21, 2013 In honor of the visit of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco-Albert I's great, great grandson-to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, September 19 - 22, 2013, the Center initiated a Monaco Sculpture Competition in fall 2012, asking contemporary western sculptors to commemorate the 1913 hunting excursion ...
Playmill Theatre Opens House of the Seven Gables
by Robert Diamond - October 14, 2013 The House of the Seven Gables is a walk through haunted house experience like no other. You will be escorted by one of the house's many butlers through each haunting. Patrons will be placed directly in the climax of the greatest horror stories of all time. You will live these moments standing just i...
Big Sky Resort Celebrates 40th Anniversary
by Robert Diamond - November 30, 2013 In 1968, the famous NBC newscaster, Chet Huntley, conceptualized Big Sky, the same year the phrase 'you've come a long way, baby' was marketed. Big Sky Resort has indeed 'come a long way' since the first chairlift turned opening day December 15, 1973. Celebrating forty years is nothing to scoff at a...
Trends: Where Can I Go Next Week? The New Norm
by Tyler Peterson - July 10, 2014 Travel companies must turn on a dime faster than ever these days. A leading multisport tour operator, Austin Adventures, reports that summer bookings once averaging 40 to 60 days in advance of departure are now coming in under 30 days or fewer this season....
OARS Catalog Features Adventures for the Whole Family
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2015 Veteran family adventure vacations outfitter O.A.R.S. announces the release of its new Family Adventures Catalog with its 2015 line-up of 21 all-inclusive time-for-a-break options for families....
Huntsman Springs Announces Discovery Package for Spring and Summer
by Robert Diamond - April 01, 2014 Huntsman Springs, the award-winning family resort destination in Idaho's scenic Teton Valley, has announced a Discovery Package for those interested in the real estate offerings at the community this spring and summer....
Young People's Chorus of NYC & Young Voices of Melbourne to Partner for Performance, 6/30
by Tyler Peterson - June 12, 2013 Continuing its Transmusica series of concerts of cross-cultural and transformative music designed to build bridges to other world cultures and communities, the Young People's Chorus of New York City and its artistic director/founder Francisco J. Nuñez will be joined by the Young Voices of Melbourne ...
Nicholas Gunn to Release New Album TWENTY YEARS OF DISCOVERY
by Tyler Peterson - June 22, 2013 With the forthcoming twentieth anniversary of his debut album 'Afternoon in Sedona', flautist Nicholas Gunn is poised to release his latest album 'Twenty Years of Discovery,' cataloging his musical progression through the past twenty years....
Concierge Auctions Announces August 9th Auction Of The Big EZ Lodge
by Robert Diamond - July 02, 2013 New York-based Concierge Auctions is pleased to announce the August 9th auction without reserve of the Big EZ Lodge, a unique and private mountain retreat ideal for both adventurous play and peaceful solitude. Inspired by the natural beauty of Big Sky, Montana and nearby Yellowstone National Park, t... |