WHO: You!
WHAT: Free lecture as part of the Monthly Bellman Brown Bag Series
WHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater
WHEN: Wednesday, May 14th at noon
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 you devour
Join us for an inspiring presentation by Paul Higbee of the Spearfish Historic Society as he explores the legacy and lasting influence of national educators throughout American history. Discover how visionary teachers helped shape communities and generations of learners.
Attendees are encouraged to bring donations of school supplies—such as crayons, colored pencils, and scissors—to support kindergarten and special needs programs. Your contributions will help promote summer learning and fine motor skill development for children in our community.
Here is a list of more suggested items:
Baby wipes/wet wipes (safe on hands)
Paper towels
Tissue Boxes
Backpacks
3- ring binders with clear pocket on cover (please plain only, white preferred)
Poly (plastic) folders with 3 prongs
Wide-Ruled Spiral Notebooks
Pencil boxs (large enough to fit pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, markers, etc.).
Washable Crayola markers
Small package-colored pencils
Glue Sticks (please no scented glue)
Small (16-24 count) box Crayola crayons (Crayola are the best)
Scissors (friskars are the best)
Pencil eraser (the pink ones that are a little larger)
EXPO dry-erase markers
Bottle Elmer’s liquid glue
Package #2 SHARPENED pencils
Watercolor paint
containers of playdough
Headphones (No earbuds please)
Water bottles
Snacks
Cardstock
Figit Toys for busy time
Let’s come together to honor our educators and support the next generation of learners!
About the Bellman Brown Bag Series…
The Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas, history, literature, art and culture. The Brown Bag program was developed by Dr. Stewart Bellman in the 1990’s. Recognizing the Matthews Opera House as an ideal venue for the exploration of humanities topics, he engaged a line-up of speakers to present programs on a range of humanities topics each month.
Dr. Bellman was a professor of English at Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD. His teaching career spanned thirty years. Bellman retired from BHSU and passed away in November 2002.
Programs are presented on the second Wednesday of each month, noon to 1pm. Designed to begin and end within the lunch hour, patrons are invited to bring their lunch, if desired, or simply enjoy an hour of learning and entertainment. This is an opportunity to gain insight into themes that touch our daily lives.
