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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS
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High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
National Music Museum Groves GalleryEvent 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 [...]
CREEPY, SPOOKY, EERIE, & STRANGE Art Exhibit
Serendipity Studio Gallery & Gifts 230 S. Phillips Ave., Suite 204, Sioux Falls, SD, United States"Creepy, Spooky, Eerie, and Strange" is a chilling exploration of the mysterious and uncanny, inviting visitors to delve into the darker corners of the imagination. This exhibit intends to bring together a collection of works that play with themes of the dark, the supernatural, the bizarre, and the otherworldly, challenging perceptions and evoking a sense [...]
Bellman Brown Bag Series
The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD, United StatesWHO: Wanda and Stewart Bellman WHAT: Free lecture as part of the Monthly Bellman Brown Bag Series (Panel Presentation) WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater WHEN: Wednesday October 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 WHY: To explore ideas, history, literature, art, and culture HOW: BYOB-Bring your own bite-to-eat, take a seat, and enjoy entertainment for an hour while [...]
Bellman Brown Bag Series
The Matthews Opera House – Theatre 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD, United StatesWHO: Wanda and Stewart Bellman WHAT: Free lecture as part of the Monthly Bellman Brown Bag Series (Panel Presentation) WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater WHEN: Wednesday October 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 WHY: To explore ideas, history, literature, art, and culture HOW: BYOB-Bring your own bite-to-eat, take a seat, and enjoy entertainment for an hour while [...]
One Night in Memphis
Orpheum Theater Center North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, S, United States“One Night in Memphis” is a rocking concert tribute to legendary Sun Records recording artists Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Over 90 minutes of rockabilly, country, gospel and pure 1950’s rock and roll music performed live and backed by an authentic and energetic rockabilly backup band. Created and directed by [...]
High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
National Music Museum Groves GalleryEvent 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 [...]
CREEPY, SPOOKY, EERIE, & STRANGE Art Exhibit
Serendipity Studio Gallery & Gifts 230 S. Phillips Ave., Suite 204, Sioux Falls, SD, United States"Creepy, Spooky, Eerie, and Strange" is a chilling exploration of the mysterious and uncanny, inviting visitors to delve into the darker corners of the imagination. This exhibit intends to bring together a collection of works that play with themes of the dark, the supernatural, the bizarre, and the otherworldly, challenging perceptions and evoking a sense [...]
Brainstorming: The Human Connection – David Charpentier – The Boy Who Promised Me Horses
VIRTUAL EVENTDavid Charpentier, author and 2024 Festival Presenter, joins SDHC Scholar Lawrence Diggs for a conversation about his book, which addresses themes of genocide, thievery, and forced assimilation.Scholar: Lawrence Diggs with David CharpentierLink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85001125966?pwd=c1B3NnhQK1AzUVhBQVFTcE1QTVdGUT09Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities CouncilPlease let us know what you thought of the program!https://sdhumanities.wufoo.com/forms/r10zvgvg124kfm2/
Heirlooms: Creative Life Writing Workshop
VIRTUAL EVENTHave you always wanted to record your memories onto paper so your family can cherish your stories for years to come? This workshop provides writing prompts which encourage participants to pen their life memories through sensory detail. Creative writing has many benefits aside from preserving valuable memories. It helps sharpen the mind and provides a [...]
Chorus rehearsal
Performing Arts Center 601 Columbus St, Rapid City, SD, United StatesPoetry on the Road
Dahl Arts Center 713 7th St, Rapid City, SD, United StatesNote: This event takes place at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time.Poetry on the Road returns for another year! South Dakota’s State Poet Laureate, Bruce Roseland, along with other South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) member poets and special guests, will be visiting towns across South Dakota monthly through April 2025. At each location, SDSPS members will [...]
NSU Theatre presents: Now. Here. This.
Johnson Fine Arts Center Lobby 101, Johnson Fine Arts Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theatre 300, Johnson Fine Arts Stage 301, Johnson Fine Arts Center Vestibule 100Event Locator: 2024-ACAXDL Join the NSU Theatre for their production of Now. Here. This. by Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, and Jeff Bowen. Follow the evolution and adventures of a group of friends as they journey through time--from the present to the past and back again. They share their stories about friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living, [...]
High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
National Music Museum Groves GalleryEvent 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 [...]
CREEPY, SPOOKY, EERIE, & STRANGE Art Exhibit
Serendipity Studio Gallery & Gifts 230 S. Phillips Ave., Suite 204, Sioux Falls, SD, United States"Creepy, Spooky, Eerie, and Strange" is a chilling exploration of the mysterious and uncanny, inviting visitors to delve into the darker corners of the imagination. This exhibit intends to bring together a collection of works that play with themes of the dark, the supernatural, the bizarre, and the otherworldly, challenging perceptions and evoking a sense [...]
NMM Live! | Kerry Grombacher & Aspen Black
National Music Museum Performance Hall East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota, United StatesEvent Contact: National Music MuseumContact Email: nmm@usd.eduContact Phone: 605-658-3450Event URL: https://www.nmmusd.org/events/8525ce3e-1ae6-440b-bea0-22f8414f848aEvent Locator: 2024-ACBFQDKerry Grombacher and Aspen Black, both award-winning solo artists, have worked together as a duo since 2014. Influenced by the English ballad tradition, the string-band music of Aspen’s Appalachian home, and the corridos of the desert Southwest, where Kerry has lived and worked, [...]
NSU Theatre presents: Now. Here. This.
Johnson Fine Arts Center Lobby 101, Johnson Fine Arts Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theatre 300, Johnson Fine Arts Stage 301, Johnson Fine Arts Center Vestibule 100Event Locator: 2024-ACAXDL Join the NSU Theatre for their production of Now. Here. This. by Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, and Jeff Bowen. Follow the evolution and adventures of a group of friends as they journey through time--from the present to the past and back again. They share their stories about friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living, [...]
High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
National Music Museum Groves GalleryEvent 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 [...]
CREEPY, SPOOKY, EERIE, & STRANGE Art Exhibit
Serendipity Studio Gallery & Gifts 230 S. Phillips Ave., Suite 204, Sioux Falls, SD, United States"Creepy, Spooky, Eerie, and Strange" is a chilling exploration of the mysterious and uncanny, inviting visitors to delve into the darker corners of the imagination. This exhibit intends to bring together a collection of works that play with themes of the dark, the supernatural, the bizarre, and the otherworldly, challenging perceptions and evoking a sense [...]
NSU Theatre presents: Now. Here. This.
Johnson Fine Arts Center Lobby 101, Johnson Fine Arts Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theatre 300, Johnson Fine Arts Stage 301, Johnson Fine Arts Center Vestibule 100Event Locator: 2024-ACAXDL Join the NSU Theatre for their production of Now. Here. This. by Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, and Jeff Bowen. Follow the evolution and adventures of a group of friends as they journey through time--from the present to the past and back again. They share their stories about friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living, [...]