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ARTS SOUTH DAKOTA UPCOMING EVENTS

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 GIVING THANKS Art Exhibit

GIVING THANKS Art Exhibit

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

Step into Giving Thanks, an immersive art exhibit that celebrates the universal power of gratitude. Through a array of artwork, this exhibit explores how people from diverse cultures and time periods express thanks—whether in sacred rituals, personal moments, or acts of kindness. From ancient offerings to modern-day gestures of appreciation, Giving Thanks invites visitors to [...]

Free

History at High Noon

Sturgis Public Library 1040 Harley-Davidson Way #101, Sturgis, SD, United States

Our final program of 2024 will be the Walker Family History on Friday, November 15th, with Janeen Walker and Beth Walker presenting. History at High Noon is a program on the third Friday of the month (October and November, January through May). We meet at noon in the Community Room of the Sturgis Public Library. [...]

Free
Event Series 2024 Festival of Trees

2024 Festival of Trees

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

We hope you can join us for our annual Festival of Trees event. We could not be more excited to open our doors to the community in celebration of the holiday season. Won't you join us! Three evenings of activities and family fun for ALL ages. We can't wait to see you there!    

“Body of Rooms” Exhibition

Grove Hall Ritz Gallery Stadium Road, Brookings, South Dakota, United States

BFA thesis exhibition featuring SDSU student Emma Hoff with works centering around themes of emotion and space.

Jesse Christen Album Release!

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

Jesse Christen releases his new album, Don't Forget To Tip The Band, with a weekend of shows at Trio Jazz Club Shows are November 15 & 16. Show times 6:30pm and 9pm each night. https://jessechristen.com https://www.triojazzclub.com

Event Series Mean Girls Jr.

Mean Girls Jr.

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

Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming [...]

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Artist Reception – We Are All Weeds: Susan Heggestad

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

Augustana University's Eide/Dalrymple Gallery presents "We Are All Weeds," an exhibition of mixed-media artwork and installations by Susan Heggestad. The exhibition runs from November 15 to December 12, with a reception on Friday, November 15, from 7-9 p.m., featuring an artist talk at 7:30 p.m. Heggestad's work explores the symbolism of plants, using cast paper, [...]

Free
Event Series Capitol Cinema Presents: CONCLAVE

Capitol Cinema Presents: CONCLAVE

Capitol Cinema South Main Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with one of the world's most secretive and ancient events -- participating in the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church. Show dates [...]

$9.00

Fall Reading: TBA

Johnson Fine Arts Center Lobby 101, Johnson Fine Arts Black Box 112, Johnson Fine Arts Center Vestibule 100

Event Locator: 2024-ACAXFX Join the NSU Theater for a reading of, TBA.

Event Series You Can’t Take It With You

You Can’t Take It With You

Grand Opera House 109 S Pierre St, Pierre, SD, United States

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings [...]

Jesse Christen Album Release!

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

Jesse Christen releases his new album, Don't Forget To Tip The Band, with a weekend of shows at Trio Jazz Club Shows are November 15 & 16. Show times 6:30pm and 9pm each night. https://jessechristen.com https://www.triojazzclub.com

Art Exhibit – We Are All Weeds: Susan Heggestad

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

Augustana University's Eide/Dalrymple Gallery presents "We Are All Weeds," an exhibition of mixed-media artwork and installations by Susan Heggestad. The exhibition runs from November 15 to December 12, with a reception on Friday, November 15, from 7-9 p.m., featuring an artist talk at 7:30 p.m. Heggestad's work explores the symbolism of plants, using cast paper, [...]

Free

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 [...]

Event Series Capitol Cinema Presents: CONCLAVE

Capitol Cinema Presents: CONCLAVE

Capitol Cinema South Main Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States

Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with one of the world's most secretive and ancient events -- participating in the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church. Show dates [...]

$9.00

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 GIVING THANKS Art Exhibit

GIVING THANKS Art Exhibit

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

Step into Giving Thanks, an immersive art exhibit that celebrates the universal power of gratitude. Through a array of artwork, this exhibit explores how people from diverse cultures and time periods express thanks—whether in sacred rituals, personal moments, or acts of kindness. From ancient offerings to modern-day gestures of appreciation, Giving Thanks invites visitors to [...]

Free

Veterans’ Writing Workshop

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

SDHC is sponsoring a Veterans Writing Workshop open to military veterans and their families.Below are the primary goals of the workshops.To connect veterans with others who have shared or similar life experiencesTo provide a welcoming and comfortable place for veterans to “tell their stories”To create a collection of stories that can be shared with a [...]

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