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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

Empty Bowls 2024

Deadwood Social Club Main Street, Deadwood, S, United States

The 2024 "Empty Bowls" event will be held on Wednesday, October 16 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Deadwood Social Club. Empty Bowls is a soup kitchen type project where artists, along with students from Lead Deadwood High School, Spearfish High School & Black Hills State University, have donated handmade pottery bowls. Participants [...]

$10 – $15

Chorus rehearsal

Performing Arts Center 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD, United States

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS AT ONE: BASIC WEAVING WITH MARY BAKER

The Matthews MAKEspace 612 North Main Street, Spearfish, SD, United States

SATURDAY ART & CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT ONE WHO: You with Mary Baker as your instructor! WHAT: WORKSHOP AT ONE Basic Weaving WHERE: Matthews 612 N Main Street WHEN: October 19th at 1pm (Workshops are held on the First and Third Saturday of every month at 1 PM running from September through December) WHY: Immerse yourself [...]

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS AT ONE: BASIC WEAVING WITH MARY BAKER

The Matthews MAKEspace 612 North Main Street, Spearfish, SD, United States

SATURDAY ART & CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT ONE WHO: You with Mary Baker as your instructor! WHAT: WORKSHOP AT ONE Basic Weaving WHERE: Matthews 612 N Main Street WHEN: October 19th at 1pm (Workshops are held on the First and Third Saturday of every month at 1 PM running from September through December) WHY: Immerse yourself [...]

Myth & Magic

Performing Arts Center 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD, United States

Black Hills Symphony presents Myth and Magic -- celebrating storytelling. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Peer Gynt Suite # 2 by Edvard Grieg, Fanfare on Amazing Grace by Hailstork and other stories.

$28 – $38

Rand Higbee Reception

The Matthews Fireplace Room North Main Street, Spearfish, SD, United States

WHO: You! WHAT: A special reception honoring SHS Hall of Fame inductee Rand Higbee WHERE: Matthews Opera House Fireplace Room WHEN: Sunday, October 20th at 2 pm WHY: To celebrate a homegrown playwright and soon-to-be Hall of Famer! HOW: Please join us for this free celebration and reception! Spearfish native Rand Higbee is being inducted into [...]

A CHRISTMAS STORY: AUDITIONS

WHO: Is being a Ralphie right up your alley? Or maybe you are directing your skills towards the Dad doting on an lustful leg-lamp? We need all the actors to bring the action of this family favorite!  WHAT: A CHRISTMAS STORY AUDITIONS  WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater 612 N. Main Street, Spearfish WHEN: October 23 [...]

A CHRISTMAS STORY: AUDITIONS

WHO: Is being a Ralphie right up your alley? Or maybe you are directing your skills towards the Dad doting on an lustful leg-lamp? We need all the actors to bring the action of this family favorite!  WHAT: A CHRISTMAS STORY AUDITIONS  WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater 612 N. Main Street, Spearfish WHEN: October 23 [...]

A CHRISTMAS STORY: AUDITIONS

WHO: Is being a Ralphie right up your alley? Or maybe you are directing your skills towards the Dad doting on an lustful leg-lamp? We need all the actors to bring the action of this family favorite!  WHAT: A CHRISTMAS STORY AUDITIONS  WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater 612 N. Main Street, Spearfish WHEN: October 23 [...]

A CHRISTMAS STORY: AUDITIONS

WHO: Is being a Ralphie right up your alley? Or maybe you are directing your skills towards the Dad doting on an lustful leg-lamp? We need all the actors to bring the action of this family favorite!  WHAT: A CHRISTMAS STORY AUDITIONS  WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater 612 N. Main Street, Spearfish WHEN: October 23 [...]

Chorus rehearsal

Performing Arts Center 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD, United States

DEATHTRAP

The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD, United States

WHO: Thriller seekers and humor hunters wanting to be entertained (Saturdays and Sundays not your fun days?  NEW THIS YEAR! A pop-in performance for our Service Industry Citizens who slay on the weekends…Take in a Tuesday show specially made so you can go!) WHAT: DEATHTRAP    (** RATED: R for ADULT THEMES) WHERE: Matthews Opera House [...]

Belle Fourche PumpkinFest

Tri-State Museum & Center of the Nation Visitor Center 5th Avenue, Belle Fourche, SD, United States

Happy October! That means that PUMPKINFEST IS COMING! Mark your calendars for October 26, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We’ll be ready for you with vendors, crafts, costume contest for the littles, games and food! Watch the Tri-State Performers in the play The Great Halloween Scavenger Hunt! You won’t want to miss it!

Book Launch, Reading, and Signing with Kathy Bjornestad

Henry's Books 111 E Hudson St, Spearfish, SD, United States

Join us at Henry's Books in Spearfish on Saturday October 26 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM for a book launch, reading, and signing with local author Kathy Bjornestad! From 12:00-12:30 there will be a reading of her new book for middle grade students with refreshments! About the Book: Eleven-year-old Mira Morales from Guatemala was meant [...]

5th Annual Oktoberfest

Home of the Rushmore Music Festival Klondike Road, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

Join us for a delicious evening paired with a chamber music concert and a silent auction! All proceeds go toward supporting student fellowships at the 2025 Rushmore Music Festival. This is always a sold-out event for us, so reserve your tickets early!

DEATHTRAP

The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD, United States

WHO: Thriller seekers and humor hunters wanting to be entertained (Saturdays and Sundays not your fun days?  NEW THIS YEAR! A pop-in performance for our Service Industry Citizens who slay on the weekends…Take in a Tuesday show specially made so you can go!) WHAT: DEATHTRAP    (** RATED: R for ADULT THEMES) WHERE: Matthews Opera House [...]

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