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Old Courthouse Museum/City of Sioux FallsThe Old Courthouse Museum Local Author Book Fair strives to introduce authors to readers in the Sioux Falls region. We talk with museum interpreter and gift store manager Melissa Godber about some local favorites and fresh new titles in local storytelling. -
We Take A Moment for poetry. Patrick Hicks reads the poetry of Jane Yolen on this episode of Poetry from Studio 47.
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COVID has created strange times for many South Dakotans. Kevin Woster joins us to talk about staying isolated from his wife, Mary, inside their home after she tested positive for the virus. -
Scott Jacobs has made a home in South Dakota as an artist and as a community leader. He was the first official licensed Harley Davidson artist and now holds licenses through organizations such as Chevrolet and Mattel Hot Wheels.
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Tết the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Aebleskiver, Pasties: Portable Pies and the Dalesburg’s Midsommar Smorgasbord.
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In the Moment is SDPB’s daily news and arts program.
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Planted as a 1-foot-tall seedling, on average a live Christmas tree will spend its first six or seven years on a farm before it is cut to be sold and decorated during the holiday season. To learn more about what goes into raising a Christmas tree, SDPB’s Lura Roti visits with the owners of Tannenbaum Tree Farm near Lennox.
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"Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance," has been selected by South Dakota Humanities Council as South Dakota's 2022 One Book.
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We hear the story of Olive and Reg Martin, in their own words. The two grew up in Liverpool, England during WWII. They would marry and board a ship in 1963, making their way to Mitchell.
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Let's head to Watertown now, this South Dakota Day of Giving, for a visit to the Glacial Lakes Multicultural Center. The mission there is to "welcome the stranger." Brenda Handel-Johnson is a board member and joins us now.
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Julie Amsberry, Yankton Area Arts Council, joins us to talk about the heavy lifting of keeping the doors open for South Dakota arts foundations. In this case, it's the actual doors that need help. We explore the "Dollars for Doors" initiative and how the historic arts council building needs thoughtful replacement of its exterior threshold.
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Diane Wade from Dakota Dachshund Rescue joins us to talk about love for all wiener dogs. Dachsies are intelligent and curious, and the group strives to help rescue abandoned, abused, and unwanted dachshunds with a small group of community volunteers.
