Name: Tale of the Jackalope
Start: 2025-01-31T14:45:00-0800
End: 2025-01-31T15:45:00-0800

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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Friday January 31, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm PST

Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

Did you know that jackalopes only mate during lightning storms? Or that they can sing a sweet harmony around the campfire? Join author and jackalope expert Michael P. Branch (On the Trail of the Jackalope) and radiomaker Fil Corbitt (from the podcast The Wind) for a live performance on the elusive yet omnipresent horned rabbit. Originally aired on the podcast 99% Invisible, this live reading will combine interviews, music, and audio clips to tell the story in a live multimedia presentation.

Artists & Special Guests

Michael Branch

An award-winning humorist and high desert writer, Michael Branch is Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has authored more than 300 essays and reviews, and 10 books, including his Nevada trilogy: Raising Wild, Rants from the Hill, and How to Cuss in Western... Read More →

Fil Corbitt

A few years ago, radiomaker Fil Corbitt found a handsaw in the mountains and built a small desk out in the woods. High in the Sierra Nevada, flanked by an aspen grove and a lodgepole pine stand, this is where Fil makes The Wind—a critically acclaimed podcast that investigates our... Read More →

Friday January 31, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

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40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Michael Branch

Fil Corbitt

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