Humanities Center at Great Basin College

Humanities Center at Great Basin College HC@gbc cultivates humanities programming for rural Nevada to encourage critical & creative thinking.

Come out to the on Saturday for American Sunrise Chalk festival and free yoga!Yoga: 9-10 a.m. (please bring a mat)Chal...
10/06/2026

Come out to the on Saturday for American Sunrise Chalk festival and free yoga!
Yoga: 9-10 a.m. (please bring a mat)
Chalk Festival: 10-2

This is a free event! All are welcome.

Thanks to the for our grant that makes all these fun community events possible, and the California Trail Interpretive Center for being such a great collaborator.

Friday is our Kickoff event at the .library, featuring local author . We'll have snacks, crafts, reading circles, and...
10/06/2026

Friday is our Kickoff event at the .library, featuring local author . We'll have snacks, crafts, reading circles, and a conversation about Antoinette's book Tammi’ Tetevini, “Ne Hakanni Kimmakkante?”
Little Brother Asks, “Where Did I Come From?”

3-4: Crafts and snacks (outside the GBC Library/Learning Commons)
4-5: Reading circles and more snacks (outside the GBC Library/Learning Commons)
5-6: Antoinette Cavanaugh Reading and Talk (inside the Learning Commons and on Zoom)
Message us for the Zoom link or check our Substack https://substack.com/ We can't wait to celebrate reading with@hcgbc
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el
Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.

Join the Humanities Center and Humanities on Saturday, October 3 from 9-12 at Powerhouse Picnic area for our creativ...
10/02/2026

Join the Humanities Center and Humanities on Saturday, October 3 from 9-12 at Powerhouse Picnic area for our creativity walk. With guides Christie Osbourne, Katie Karnehm-Esh, and Doug Clarke, participants will be guided in a walk or hike of their choice, and a chance to photograph, sketch, journal, and create in nature.

Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-land-a-creativity-walk-in-lamoille-canyon-tickets-1999291309125

Northeastern Nevada weather can be unpredictable, especially in the mountains. Bring a jacket and hiking boots or shoes, as well as water and sunscreen. A hat and sunglasses might be a good idea, and of course, bring your mode of creativity: camera, sketchbook, or journal. You are welcome to bring a lunch and stay afterwards. We can't wait to see you there!

Meet Saturday's guides!Katie Karnehm-Esh, Ph.D, is the Humanities Center Coordinator at Great Basin College in Elko, N...
10/01/2026

Meet Saturday's guides!

Katie Karnehm-Esh, Ph.D, is the Humanities Center Coordinator at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada, as well as a writer, educator, and editor. An Ohio native, she did her graduate work in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and taught undergraduate English in Indiana for sixteen years before relocating to Nevada. She has been a participant at Vermont Studio Center, Kenyon Review Writers Workshops and Breadloaf Environmental Writer Workshops; recently she was awarded a Fulbright to Queens University, Belfast, for the 2027 year. Her writing has been published in literary journals such as Fourth Genre, The Whale Road Review, and The Englewood Review. She is currently working on a creative nonfiction book about the US national parks.

Sagebrush to Sandstone "On the Land" in Lamoille Canyon is open to all, but make sure you reserve a spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-land-a-creativity-walk-in-lamoille-canyon-tickets-1999291309125
Saturday 10/3, 9-12, Powerhouse Picnic Area

An American SunriseBy Joy HarjoWe were running out of breath, as we ran out to meet ourselves. Wewere surfacing the edge...
09/30/2026

An American Sunrise
By Joy Harjo

We were running out of breath, as we ran out to meet ourselves. We
were surfacing the edge of our ancestors’ fights, and ready to strike.
It was difficult to lose days in the Indian bar if you were straight.
Easy if you played pool and drank to remember to forget. We
made plans to be professional — and did. And some of us could sing
so we drummed a fire-lit pathway up to those starry stars. Sin
was invented by the Christians, as was the Devil, we sang. We
were the heathens, but needed to be saved from them — thin
chance. We knew we were all related in this story, a little gin
will clarify the dark and make us all feel like dancing. We
had something to do with the origins of blues and jazz
I argued with a Pueblo as I filled the jukebox with dimes in June,
forty years later and we still want justice. We are still America. We
know the rumors of our demise. We spit them out. They die
soon.

Sign up for Friday's workshop, modeled on Joy Harjo's incredible poetry: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narrative-poetry-workshop-with-myk-mendez-and-katie-karnehm-esh-tickets-

Meet Saturday's creativity guides!Doug Clarke is a long-time resident and active community member in the Elko area, know...
09/30/2026

Meet Saturday's creativity guides!

Doug Clarke is a long-time resident and active community member in the Elko area, known for his involvement in outdoor and recreational activities. He is an administrator for the Elko Outdoor Adventure Club. He has also served in the role of Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) Coordinator for the USDA’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (Mountain City Ranger District).

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-land-a-creativity-walk-in-lamoille-canyon-tickets-1999291309125

Meet our creativity guides for Saturday's Sagebrush to Sandstone event in Lamoille!Christie Osborne holds a master's deg...
09/30/2026

Meet our creativity guides for Saturday's Sagebrush to Sandstone event in Lamoille!

Christie Osborne holds a master's degree in US History and is a published academic writer. She contributed to Haywood County: Portrait of a Mountain Community (2010), which won the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award and the President's Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians. She has spent her life in the mountains, from the Berkshires in Massachusetts to the Smokies in North Carolina to the Rockies in Colorado to the Sierra in California. She now makes her home at the base of Lamoille Canyon with her two Australian shepherds, Lola and Leevi. She's also an occasional poet and essayist, publishing work on her Substack, Human; Naturally. https://cosborneloves.substack.com/

Not signed up yet? Sign up now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-land-a-creativity-walk-in-lamoille-canyon-tickets-1999291309125

Poets! Join Katie Karnehm-Esh and Marvelous Beads for a narrative poetry workshop this Friday, October 2, in the Social...
09/30/2026

Poets! Join Katie Karnehm-Esh and Marvelous Beads for a narrative poetry workshop this Friday, October 2, in the Social Room (in Leonard Student Center) from 3:30-5:00 p.m. This free writing workshop includes a book by US poet laureate Joy Harjo. Sign up today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narrative-poetry-workshop-with-myk-mendez-and-katie-karnehm-esh-tickets-2001672604644

This event is part of Noowuh Knowledge Center 's Ruby Valley Treaty Conference. Sign up for the conference here: https://www.noowuhkc.org/rvtc-updates

This writing workshop is funded through the NEA Big Read, of which Great Basin College is a recipient. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el
Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.

Join Marvelous Beads and .karnehmesh for a narrative poetry workshop centered around poems from Joy Harjo's collection A...
09/30/2026

Join Marvelous Beads and .karnehmesh for a narrative poetry workshop centered around poems from Joy Harjo's collection An American Sunrise. This is a free workshop connected to the NEA Big Read and the Noowuh Knowledge Center Ruby Valley Treaty Conference. Be sure to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narrative-poetry-workshop-with-myk-mendez-and-katie-karnehm-esh-tickets-2001672604644

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
Arts Midwest.

El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el
Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.

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