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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

Event Series A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

The Matthews (Opera House & Arts Center) North Main Street, Spearfish, SD, United States

The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center is excited to announce their community theater production of “A Christmas Story,” opening on Friday, December 13 on the historic stage! THIS IS GOING TO BE ALMOST AS MAGICAL AS A LEG LAMP… Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old [...]

$10 – $20

The Festival of Trees 2024: Vintage Christmas

Brookings Arts Council 4th Street, Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Every year the Brookings Arts Council is transformed into a winter wonderland of holiday splendor created around beautifully decorated trees and displays each with their own theme and style. From whimsical to elegant and everything in between, this year promises to be no different! The celebration’s special events this year include a local artisan holiday [...]

Imagined Horizons

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

Featuring Hot Springs painter, Gayle Tescher, this exhibition will be on display in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café & Gallery from November 7 to December 30, 2024. Admission is free. After retiring from the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs in 2009, Tescher returned to her love of art, a passion that began in [...]

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 [...]

Event Series MERRY & BRIGHT ART EXHIBIT

MERRY & BRIGHT ART EXHIBIT

Serendipity Studio Gallery & Gifts 230 S. Phillips Ave., Suite 204, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Merry & Bright is a vibrant new art exhibit that captures the essence of the holiday season through the eyes of our talented local artists. Featuring a dazzling array of colorful paintings, playful photographs, and intricate crafts, this exhibit invites visitors to immerse themselves in the joy and warmth of the holidays. Each piece reflects [...]

Free

Live! and Unbound album launch and discussion

Rapid City Public Library, 610 Quincy St, Rapid City Quincy Street, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

Join clarinetist and music historian Dr. Nancy Williams for the launch of her new album "Live! and Unbound," which celebrates women through instrumental music and art song. Williams will share her journey from the project's conception to collaborative performances with Angela Mitchell, soprano, and Anne Breeden, pianist. Songs from the album, which includes several previously [...]

Free

2025 Vision Boards

SuFu Creative Events West 13th Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

2025 is close. What are your goals, plans, or hopes for the year? Let's create a vision board. All supplies are included, you only need your "vision".

Event Series Mask-Making Workshop

Mask-Making Workshop

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

PPCT invites the public to a creative, hands-on Mask-Making Workshop led by local artist and volunteer Blake Messegee. This unique workshop will guide participants through crafting custom masks using accessible materials. The workshop will be held Dec. 15, 17 and 18, 2024 at 6-8 p.m., with each session exploring a different aspect of the mask-making [...]

340 Trio

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

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

Holiday Jam

Huron Huron, SD, United States

https://www.holidayjam.com#fellowshipjazzcenter #heggbros #holidayjam

A Christmas Carol presented by The Premiere Playhouse

Orpheum Theater Center North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, S, United States

Make this your Holiday traditions by getting tickets to see A Christmas Carol at the Historic Orpheum Theater. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After [...]

$35

The Festival of Trees 2024: Vintage Christmas

Brookings Arts Council 4th Street, Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Every year the Brookings Arts Council is transformed into a winter wonderland of holiday splendor created around beautifully decorated trees and displays each with their own theme and style. From whimsical to elegant and everything in between, this year promises to be no different! The celebration’s special events this year include a local artisan holiday [...]

Imagined Horizons

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

Featuring Hot Springs painter, Gayle Tescher, this exhibition will be on display in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café & Gallery from November 7 to December 30, 2024. Admission is free. After retiring from the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs in 2009, Tescher returned to her love of art, a passion that began in [...]

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 [...]

Event Series MERRY & BRIGHT ART EXHIBIT

MERRY & BRIGHT ART EXHIBIT

Serendipity Studio Gallery & Gifts 230 S. Phillips Ave., Suite 204, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Merry & Bright is a vibrant new art exhibit that captures the essence of the holiday season through the eyes of our talented local artists. Featuring a dazzling array of colorful paintings, playful photographs, and intricate crafts, this exhibit invites visitors to immerse themselves in the joy and warmth of the holidays. Each piece reflects [...]

Free

Humanities Café – SD’s Rural/Reservation Healthcare Crisis

VIRTUAL EVENT

Dr. DenYelle Baete Kenyon, Associate Dean of Community Health & Engagement at USD Sanford School of Medicine, and Damon Leader Charge, Director of Tribal Outreach at USD Sanford School of Medicine and former Tribal Health Administrator for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, join SDHC to talk about the crisis involving the availability of healthcare on reservations [...]

Post-Election Community Conversation

Virtual

Join us for a post-election community conversation focused on how arts organizations can adapt, advocate, and increase their impact under the new administration. Breakout rooms will be offered on the following topics: • Local Arts & Culture Ballot Initiatives (Guest facilitator Jeremy Johnson, Assembly for the Arts) • Future of DEI Work in Government Funded [...]

Jim McKinney & Friends

Craft Chophouse & Lounge 610 Medary Ave, Brookings, SD, United States

https://www.craftfusionsd.com #fellowshipjazzcenter #brookings #southdakota

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