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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

Fall in Love with Lead Comedy Night

Homestake Opera House 313 W. Main Street, Lead, SD, United States

An evening of clean comedy featuring Yer Mom's Comedy Show and headliner Kyle Yamada! Hours of laughs for the whole family. Kyle is a Christian comedian based in Minneapolis, MN. He travels around the country performing in churches, Christian events, comedy clubs, corporate events, and fundraisers. He is a recurring audience warm-up comedian for the [...]

$25
Event Series She Kills Monsters

She Kills Monsters

Pierre Players Community Theatre South Pierre Street, Pierre, South Dakota, United States

Synopsis: She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. [...]

JAS Quintet

Trio Jazz Club 340 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

https://www.triojazzclub.com #triojazzclub #fellowshipjazzcenter

2024 South Dakota Festival of Books

The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, 1601 University Blvd, Brookings University Boulevard, Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Come join us for the 2024 South Dakota Festival of Books!A full schedule as author details can be found at https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books/

Vortex Film Festival

Coyote Twin Theater 10 E Main St,, Vermillion, United States

Since our early days renovating the Coyote Twin, it’s been a VCA goal to host a film festival on our home turf. We hope you will join us for the inaugural Vermillion Vortex Film Festival, September 20–22, 2024. Vortex Film Festival seeks to create a community of area cinema enthusiasts and filmmakers of all experience [...]

All you ever wanted to know with Dick Termes

Hot Springs Public Library Library Drive, Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States

A new exhibit by artist Dick Termes opens at the Hot Springs Public Library. The exhibition featuring 10 Termespheres® will be on display from September 18th - October 14th. There will also be two Termespheres at Chautauqua during this time. A Termesphere Virtual Reality experience will be made available to the public at Chautauqua Artisans [...]

Creative Community Art Day

Mitchell Moose Lodge #875 516 W 15th Ave, Mitchell, United States

Join us on September 22, 2024 at the Mitchell Moose Lodge to create with the Mitchell Area Arts team and the 605 Magic Art Bus. Event is from 1-3 PM at 516 W 15th Ave in Mitchell SD, 57301. There will be free art stations as well as purchasable crafts. No food service provided, but [...]

Free

Music is Alive Festival

Campus Wide Fine Arts East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

Event Contact: music@usd.eduContact Email: music@usd.eduContact Phone: 605 658 3466Event Locator: 2024-ACBBNHThe USD Music Department joins forces with Vermillion High School's music program to present today's festival event.   Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and selves to Prentis Park for this annual celebration of music in Vermillion!

Film Screening of “20 Days in Mariupol”

The Journey Museum 222 New York St, Rapid City, SD, United States

Join us for a special screening of "20 Days in Mariupol" - a gripping documentary that sheds light on the atrocities of Russia's aggression.

Dmytro Gnativ – Flute Concert

The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, 1601 University Blvd, Brookings University Boulevard, Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Dmytro Gnativ is a flutist and educator whose musical journey began at the age of eight when he started attending the local conservatory in Sambir, Ukraine, for flute and piano lessons with Ihor Fedorenko and Natalia Moskalenko. Later, he pursued his studies at the Lviv State Music College with Liliana Stadnyk and at the Lviv [...]

Photography Exhibit: Abstract Geometry in Architecture and Nature

Coyote Gallery East Main Street, Vermillion, S, United States

Step into the colorful world of Abstract Geometry in Architecture and Nature! In this collection, photographer Tim Schreiner foreshortens what we see, almost to the point of abstraction. Colors might be the entire point of the composition, or a flat scene becomes bands of intense, saturated color. It's an intense array. Tim also has a [...]

Free

All you ever wanted to know with Dick Termes

Hot Springs Public Library Library Drive, Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States

A new exhibit by artist Dick Termes opens at the Hot Springs Public Library. The exhibition featuring 10 Termespheres® will be on display from September 18th - October 14th. There will also be two Termespheres at Chautauqua during this time. A Termesphere Virtual Reality experience will be made available to the public at Chautauqua Artisans [...]

Ceramics Alumni Exhibition

John A Day Gallery East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

Event Contact: amy fillContact Email: amy.fill@usd.eduContact Phone: 6056583437Event Locator: 2024-ACBBGZConnection through Function, USD Ceramics Alumni Exhibition celebrates the works of former USD Ceramics Department Students.

Photography Exhibit: Abstract Geometry in Architecture and Nature

Coyote Gallery East Main Street, Vermillion, S, United States

Step into the colorful world of Abstract Geometry in Architecture and Nature! In this collection, photographer Tim Schreiner foreshortens what we see, almost to the point of abstraction. Colors might be the entire point of the composition, or a flat scene becomes bands of intense, saturated color. It's an intense array. Tim also has a [...]

Free

Archival Accounts of Nuclear Fallout in South Dakota in the 1950s

Agar Fire Hall Ash Street, Agar, SD, United States

This project features the scholar's archival research findings about a family anecdote regarding how residents of Sully County understood the effects of atomic weapon experiments in the 1950s, and their possible exposure to nuclear fallout. There will be a time for discussion and sharing other collective memories of Sully County events.Scholar:  Emily Yates-DoerrSponsored by:  Oregon [...]

All you ever wanted to know with Dick Termes

Hot Springs Public Library Library Drive, Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States

A new exhibit by artist Dick Termes opens at the Hot Springs Public Library. The exhibition featuring 10 Termespheres® will be on display from September 18th - October 14th. There will also be two Termespheres at Chautauqua during this time. A Termesphere Virtual Reality experience will be made available to the public at Chautauqua Artisans [...]

High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments

National Music Museum Groves Gallery

Event Contact: National Music MuseumContact Email: nmm@usd.eduContact Phone: 605-358-3450Event URL: https://www.nmmusd.org/special-exhibitionsEvent Locator: 2024-ACABQBFor over 600 years, stringed keyboard instruments have served as repositories for human imagination, science, technology, craft, artistry, and music. They are admired for their stature – and oftentimes stunning beauty – alongside their ability to play both melody and harmony. Keyboard innovation [...]

Ceramics Alumni Exhibition

John A Day Gallery East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

Event Contact: amy fillContact Email: amy.fill@usd.eduContact Phone: 6056583437Event Locator: 2024-ACBBGZConnection through Function, USD Ceramics Alumni Exhibition celebrates the works of former USD Ceramics Department Students.

Photography Exhibit: Abstract Geometry in Architecture and Nature

Coyote Gallery East Main Street, Vermillion, S, United States

Step into the colorful world of Abstract Geometry in Architecture and Nature! In this collection, photographer Tim Schreiner foreshortens what we see, almost to the point of abstraction. Colors might be the entire point of the composition, or a flat scene becomes bands of intense, saturated color. It's an intense array. Tim also has a [...]

Free
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