Apr 26 Friday
Step up and show your skills at the ACO Black Hills Major tournament at The Box!
ACO Majors are the main cornhole tournaments of the Season, where all skill levels can play, with an opportunity for anyone to win. ACO members compete for World Ranking Points, and non-members can join in for various “play to play” Walk-Up Tournaments.
This two-day Black Hills Major tournament is part of the ACO Great North Conference, featuring an opening reception the day before with its own purse to win.
April 25th: Reception - $500 purseApril 26-27th: Tournament Days – $2500 minimum purse
Come join us for our annual garage sale. Great products for families at great prices!
Toddlers are welcome to join their friends at the Sturgis Public Library on Friday, April 26th from 10am-12pm for snacks and unstructured playtime. Sensory bins, blocks, and books will be out for play.
The South Dakota Art Museum invites you to experience "Primordial Shift: The Art of Michael Meilahn" a captivating exhibition of numerous large-scale works by the renowned glass artist, Michael "Mick" Meilahn. The monumental title installation features 32 hand-blown glass ears of corn, each around four to six feet tall, which are suspended from the Museum’s ceiling on cast bronze and blown glass stalks. The ears of corn and are illuminated by a video and audio projection of the artist’s family farm.
An artist and farmer, Meilahn learned glassmaking as a university student in Wisconsin in the 1970s and subsequently participated in the wave that became the American Studio Glass Movement. Through his work, Meilhan crafts a visual dialogue about the genetic modification of corn that invites reflection on humanity's evolving relationship with nature and the intricate interplay of science, agriculture and art.
Curated by David J. Wagner, Ph.D.
Termespheres® provide "an optical illusion: an inside-out view of the total physical world around you on the outside surface of a hanging and rotating sphere. [They] capture the up, down and all around visual world from one revolving point in space. Most of the time these spheres are painted on the outside so it takes a six-point perspective system to keep all of this environment around you organized," Dick Termes said.
Explore the mesmerizing world of Dick Termes through this large selection of Termespheres®. Termes was raised in Spearfish, received his bachelor’s degree in education from Black Hills State University and began a career as an educator. It was during this period that Termes discovered his passion for sharing ideas. Eventually he decided to pursue his own art full-time and in 1992, he opened the Termesphere Gallery just outside of Spearfish that has been visited by thousands of art enthusiasts from around the globe.
You can also enter the world of Termes through a virtual reality experience, which will be available for use in-person.
Tayla Bahr and Miranda Zwingelberg host Turtle Soup with a presentation on the archives located at the D.C. Booth National Fish Hatchery.
Turtle Soup is a weekly lunch and learn program with revolving topics ranging from Indigenous Games of the Midwest presented by Travis Brave Heart to Art & Engineering being presented by Jon Keller of South Dakota Mines. Each presentation starts with lunch being served at 11:45 PM, followed by a presentation at 12 PM. The local non-profit Fork Real Café partners with The Journey Museum & Learning Center to provide two weekly varieties of soup including a vegetarian option. Immediately following the presentation, a discussion will be held regarding that topic.
Experience the breadth and variety of Brazilian music by focusing on composers who use native forms, such as the bossa nova, chôro, frevo, and samba, combined with neo-Romanticism, Modernism and jazz.
Hailed by the New York Times for her “rich tone” and “virtuosic panache,” violinist Francesca Anderegg delivers insightful accounts of contemporary and classical music. Through her inventive programming, active composer collaborations, and precise yet impassioned interpretations, Anderegg has earned renown as a musical explorer of the first order.
Renowned for her remarkable musicality, transparency, and the spontaneity of her pianism, Latin Grammy nominee Erika Ribeiro is a truly 21st-century artist always on the search for new performance approaches, and combining diverse styles in her playing and programming.
This concert will be livestreamed at: https://www.nmmusd.org/nmm-live-video
Household hazardous waste, such as pesticides, can harm recycling or sanitation workers, contaminate septic tanks or wastewater treatment systems if poured down drains or toilets, and harm children and pets if left around the house. How do you know if something is hazardous? Read product labels for disposal directions to reduce the risk of products exploding, igniting, leaking, mixing with other chemicals, or posing other hazards on the way to a disposal facility. Even empty containers of HHW can pose hazards because of chemicals that might remain. Words such as "caution," "warning," "danger," or "flammable" on the label are clues the product may be a hazardous material. These items should be used, stored, and disposed of properly. There is a charge of $15 per vehicle for disposal of household hazardous waste.
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Join CASA of Rapid City for a free family event with live music by the Tanner Johns Band, bounch houses and entertainment for children, community resource tables, volunteer awards, food, and more! April is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, and we are working to bring more awareness to the issues our community faces as well as get people in touch with the many resources our community has to offer.
Ages 6-10 are welcome to explore the world of coding at the Sturgis Public Library on Friday, April 26, from 3:30-4:30pm.