Andrew Patrick Nelson, associate professor of film studies and chair of the Department of Film and Media Arts at the University of Utah, will present "Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production" as part of The Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West's Perspectives on the American West Lecture Series.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the lobby of the Museum of the Rockies. This event is free and open to the the public.