Apr 25 Thursday
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.
Join the Sturgis Public Library for Books On Tap on Thursday, April 25th, at 6pm at KNKL Brewing Co . This month's theme: Birth Year. Read any book published the year you were born to share at April’s book club meeting. If you didn’t read a book you are still welcome to listen and become inspired to read novels discussed at Books on Tap. Readers ages 21+ are welcome to join.
The Big Read-Aberdeen Author Talk with Sarah Smarsh-Thursday, April 25th at 6:30 PM.Join us in welcoming The Big Read-Aberdeen author Sarah Smarsh as she talks about her deeply moving memoir, “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest County on Earth,” Thursday, April 25th at 6:30 PM. Smarsh shares stories of her family living in rural Kansas during the 1980’s and 90’s and brings to light working class people who are often invisible. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact intergenerational poverty can have on individuals, families, and communities.
Light refreshments will be served at 6:00 PM with the author talk to follow. Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of the Dacotah Prairie museum. There will be a Q&A session after the author talk.The Big Read-Aberdeen is funded by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, Aberdeen Area Community Foundation, and the Aberdeen Library Foundation and brought to you by the K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library in partnership with the Aberdeen Area Arts Council, Natural Abundance Food Co-Op, Dacotah Prairie Museum, and Prairie Partners Master Gardeners.An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the power of a shared reading experience.
Images of Brazil with violin, piano, and photography is a unique event that will transport you to the vibrant and colorful world of Brazil! Francesca Anderegg, American violinist, and Brazilian pianist Erika Ribeiro partnered with Brazilian NY-based photographer Aline Müller to collect impressions of Brazil, a geographically, musically and culturally diverse country. Müller’s compelling portraits offer glimpses into the life and character of Brazilian people, and Ribeiro and Anderegg have selected an array of musical works that, although breathtakingly varied in style and character, capture similar impressions of this vast country.
Their repertoire includes folk-influenced pieces from northeastern Brazil, character pieces by Villa-Lobos, music influenced by bossa nova and the "third stream," a classical sonata inhabited by chôro rhythms, and Anderegg/Ribeiro’s own arrangements of songs by Brazilian jazz musician and composer Lea Freire.
*Tickets available at the door as well: $20 General Admission; $10 Youth/Student/Senior Ticket; Free admission for people with Augustana University ID.*This program is produced, recorded, and distributed internationally by Naxos.*Program is sponsored by Augustana University School of Music.*Poster designed by Laura Engebretson
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.