40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: Grid

The 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Be the Poem. Be the Song.
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Elko Convention Center - Silver Room

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Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery Bar	Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room	Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room	Elko Convention Center - Gold Room	Elko Convention Center - Silver Room	First Presbyterian Church	Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab, Arts & Music Annex (Bldg 22 on map)	Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater

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Patchwork By Hand 1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Stamped Leather Valet Tray 9:00am - 3:00pm

Rawhide Braiding 9:00am - 5:00pm

Sourdough, From Starter To Finish 9:00am - 12:00pm

Beef ala Argentina 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Silver Cuff Bracelet 9:00am - 5:00pm

The Art of Recitation 9:00am - 11:00am

Nevada On My Mind 7:00pm - 8:30pm

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Duncan LittleCreek Gallery & the Gallery Bar	Elko Convention Center - Auditorium	Elko Convention Center - Cedar Room	Elko Convention Center - Gold Room	Elko Convention Center - Silver Room	Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room	Elko County Mybrary	Elko Euzkaldunak Club (Basque House)	First Presbyterian Church	Great Basin College - Jewelry Lab, Arts & Music Annex (Bldg 22 on map)	Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater	Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

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Kicking Up a Ruckus 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Leather Carving 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cinchmaking 9:00am - 5:00pm

Rawhide Braiding 9:00am - 5:00pm

The Spirit of Place 9:00am - 12:30pm

Western Songwriting 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Story Time 10:30am - 11:15am

Come & Get It! (Dinner Show) 5:00pm - 6:30pm

A Meatball Comeback 9:00am - 12:00pm

Chiles Rellenos 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Silver Cuff Bracelet 9:00am - 5:00pm

Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines 9:00am - 10:00am

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Indian Relay 10:45am - 11:45am

First Came Collabo...

Cowboys Without Borders 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Bring Them Home 2:15pm - 3:45pm

A Day at the Ranch 9:00am - 4:00pm

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Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room	Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom	Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage	Elko Convention Center - Auditorium	Elko Convention Center - Silver Room	Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room	Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium	Northeastern Nevada Museum	Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater	Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater	Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon	Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery

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Cowboys Without Borders 11:45am - 1:15pm

Bring Them Home 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines 3:15pm - 4:15pm

Adrian Brannan 11:00am - 11:45am

Juni Fisher 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Don't Touch My Hat 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Buffalo Kin 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Collaborative Cowpokes 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Music Open Mic Signups 8:30am - 9:00am

Andy Hedges 11:00am - 11:45am

Music Open Mic 1 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Music Open Mic 2 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Sterling Drake 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Brigid & Johnny Reedy 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Keynote 9:30am - 10:30am

Crittering 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Wylie & the Wild West 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Cowboy Schoolin' 6:00pm - 7:30pm

California Gold 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Poetry Open Mic Signups 8:30am - 9:00am

Poetry Open Mic 1 11:00am - 12:00pm

Poetry Open Mic 2: Reciting the Classics 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Poetry Open Mic 3 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Poetry Open Mic 4 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Dave Munsick 11:00am - 11:45am

The Bull Got Out 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Between the Silences 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Making the Ordinary Heroic: The Story of John A. Lomax 3:15pm - 4:15pm

Young Buckaroo Open Mic Signups 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Young Buckaroo Open Mic 6:15pm - 7:30pm

Have I Told You About My Horse 11:00am - 12:00pm

Matt Robertson 12:30pm - 1:15pm

Sam Platts & the Plainsmen 1:45pm - 2:30pm

Lara Manzanares 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Wild Women 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Indian Relay 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Why the Cowboy Sings 11:00am - 12:00pm

Cowboy Poets 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Deep West & Ranch Communications 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Finding Your Place 11:00am - 12:00pm

Dom Flemons 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Let Me Show You How It's Done 1:30pm - 2:15pm

Thrown but Not Broken 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Class of '85 & That Other Guy 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Now That's Classic 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Saloon Session: Jessie Veeder 10:00pm - 10:45pm

Semblances 3:00pm - 3:45pm

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Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room	Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom	Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage	Elko Convention Center - Auditorium	Elko Convention Center - Silver Room	Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room	Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium	Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 132	Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 150	Flag View Intermediate School	Great Basin College - Greenhaw Tech Arts Room 130 (Bldg 8 on map)	Northeastern Nevada Museum	Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater	Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater	Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon	Western Folklife Center - Wiegand Gallery

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Badger Clark: Poet Among the Pines 11:30am - 12:30pm

Indian Relay 12:45pm - 2:00pm

The Little Things 9:00am - 10:00am

Brenn Hill 10:30am - 11:15am

A Horse Tougher Than Me 11:45am - 12:30pm

Tip of the Hat 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Cow Sense 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Shootin' the Sh*t 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Music Open Mic Signups 8:30am - 9:00am

Doug Figgs 9:00am - 9:45am

Music Open Mic 3 10:15am - 11:15am

Music Open Mic 4 11:45am - 12:45pm

Music Open Mic 5 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Ed Peekeekoot 2:45pm - 3:30pm

Music Open Mic 6 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Diehards Ride Hard for the Gathering 9:00am - 11:00am

Cattle Calling & Mountain Hollering 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Cohorts & Collaborators 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Get Ridin', When You Get the Blues 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Poetry Open Mic Signups 8:30am - 9:00am

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Poetry Open Mic 6 11:00am - 12:00pm

Poetry Open Mic 7 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Poetry Open Mic 8: Reciting the Classics 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Poetry Open Mic 9 3:30pm - 4:30pm

The Lost Cowboy 9:00am - 9:45am

Nature Calls 10:30am - 11:30am

Just a Little Misunderstood 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Grace & Grit 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Here's a Story for You 2:45pm - 3:45pm

The Stories Behind the Art 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Friday Night Dance 10:00pm - 11:59pm

Dave & Tris Munsick 9:00am - 9:45am

More Banjo 10:15am - 11:45am

Pretty Good Help 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Don't Squat With Your Spurs On 1:45pm - 2:30pm

Margo Cilker 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Tris Munsick 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Bones 11:00am - 12:15pm

Harmony Singing 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Makila Carving 10:00am - 3:00pm

Rodeo Swing 10:00am - 12:00pm

Baile with Lone Piñon 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Cowboy Connections 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Cowboys Without Borders 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Deep West & Ranch Communications 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Cowboy Poets 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Why the Cowboy Sings 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Celebrating Landscapes of the West 9:00am - 10:00am

Test Our Mettle 10:30am - 11:30am

Michael Martin Murphey 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Yvonne Hollenbeck 1:30pm - 2:15pm

Tale of the Jackalope 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Everything Old Is New Again 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Play It Right 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Saloon Session: Matt Robertson 10:00pm - 10:45pm

Don Weller 2:00pm - 2:45pm

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Elko Conference Center - Lamoille Room	Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Ballroom	Elko Conference Center - Ruby Mountain Music Stage	Elko Convention Center - Auditorium	Elko Convention Center - Silver Room	Elko Convention Center - Turquoise Room	Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Auditorium	Elko High School Performing Arts Building - Room 150	Flag View Intermediate School	Northeastern Nevada Museum	Western Folklife Center - Black Box Theater	Western Folklife Center - G Three Bar Theater	Western Folklife Center - Pioneer Saloon

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Indian Relay 10:15am - 11:15am

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Cowboys Without Borders 12:10pm - 1:40pm

On the Trail of the Jackalope 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Growing Up at the Gathering 9:00am - 10:00am

Kristyn Harris 10:30am - 11:15am

Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong 11:45am - 12:30pm

DW Groethe 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Trinity Seely 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Well-Weathered 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Music Open Mic Signups 8:30am - 9:00am

Music Open Mic 7 9:00am - 10:30am

Jessie Veeder 11:00am - 11:45am

Pipp Gillette & Lloyd Wright 12:30pm - 1:15pm

Lone Piñon 1:45pm - 2:30pm

Who Says Cowboys Don't Rock 'n' Roll? 2:45pm - 3:45pm

How the West Is Sung 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Dusty Vaquero 9:00am - 10:30am

Ranch Family Show 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Cowboy Songs 2:45pm - 4:00pm

Bellyaches & Heartbreaks-A Humor Show? 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Cow Trails & Cowboy Tales 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Poetry Open Mic Signups 8:30am - 9:00am

Poetry Open Mic 10 9:30am - 11:00am

Stories from the Workshop 11:30am - 12:30pm

Whip Law 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Doris Daley 9:00am - 9:45am

The Stories Behind the Art 10:15am - 11:15am

Cowboy Cult Classics 11:45am - 12:45pm

Been There, Done That 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Tall Grasses & Big Skies 2:30pm - 3:30pm

It Didn't Seem Funny at the Time 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Saturday Night Dance 10:00pm - 11:59pm

Huevos Rancheros Christmas 9:00am - 10:00am

Chronicling the Cowboy 10:15am - 11:45am

Hot Club of Cowtown 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Dave Stamey 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Ranch Parenting 101 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Highlights of the Open Mic 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Kī hōʻalu: Slack-Key Guitar 10:00am - 12:00pm

Two-Step & Jitterbug 10:00am - 12:00pm

Line Dance (Beginner) 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Line Dance (Advanced) 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Bring Them Home 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Why the Cowboy Sings 9:00am - 10:00am

Cowboy Poets 10:15am - 11:15am

Deep West & Ranch Communications 11:30am - 1:30pm

Creeks & Communities 9:00am - 10:30am

Rebel Rousers 10:45am - 11:45am

Thought Is Like a Cloud 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Rancher-to-Rancher—Interactive, Entertaining, Regenerative Rangeland Management 2:00pm - 3:30pm

I Held You as a Pup 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Be The Poem, Be The Song 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Open Jam 10:30pm - 11:59pm

Saloon Session: Sam Platts & the Plainsmen 9:30pm - 10:30pm