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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

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 [...]

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 [...]

Free

Brainstorming: The Human Connection – David Charpentier – The Boy Who Promised Me Horses

VIRTUAL EVENT

David 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 EVENT

Have 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 States

Poetry on the Road

Dahl Arts Center 713 7th St, Rapid City, SD, United States

Note:  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 100

Event 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, [...]

On View: “Worlds Coming Together: Revelations Over Time”

Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University 2120 S Grange Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57197, Sioux Falls, United States

The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University opens “Worlds Coming Together: Revelations Over Time,” which will be on view from Sept. 12 through Oct. 5. A homecoming gallery reception will be on Friday, Oct. 4, from 7-9 p.m., with a talk by artist Brad Widness at 7:30 p.m. This is an exhibition of 25 years of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Free

NMM Live! | Kerry Grombacher & Aspen Black

National Music Museum Performance Hall East Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

Event 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, [...]

Spooktacular Masquerade Dance

El Riad Shrine 510 S Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Join us for the Spooktacular Masquerade Dance, as we dance to live music from the Apostles Band, Friday, October 11 on the spacious hardwood-floored ballroom of the El Riad Shrine in downtown Sioux Falls. The Apostles Band features experienced vocalists and instrumentalists with decades of experience performing an extensive repertoire of music complementary to swing, [...]

$7 – $15

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 100

Event 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, [...]

On View: “Worlds Coming Together: Revelations Over Time”

Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University 2120 S Grange Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57197, Sioux Falls, United States

The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University opens “Worlds Coming Together: Revelations Over Time,” which will be on view from Sept. 12 through Oct. 5. A homecoming gallery reception will be on Friday, Oct. 4, from 7-9 p.m., with a talk by artist Brad Widness at 7:30 p.m. This is an exhibition of 25 years of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Free
Event Series Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate

Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate

Black Hills Community Theatre Columbus Street, Rapid City, SD, United States

​Christmas comes but once a year; chaos never ends! Based on the book by celebrated local author Dorothy Rosby, ’Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays and special occasions, ranging from Christmas to Lumpy Rug Day. If you've ever gotten poison ivy during Nude Recreation Week or had [...]

Welcome to the Frog Pond with Storyteller, Cory Cavill

Storyteller, Cory Cavill hailing from the Black Hills will be bringing her performance, Welcome to the Frog Pond to G.A.R. Hall on October 12th. This incredible event will take place on **October 12th, with a performance at 7:00 PM**, and promises to mesmerize audiences with Cory's unique storytelling style and her ability to transport listeners [...]

$12.50 – $15
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