Apr 02 Tuesday
NEW! My First Book Club Exciting new program for those who like reading, activities and having fun! We’ll read a chapter book together each time we meet, and do an activity that goes along with it. Our first book is A to Z Animal Mysteries: The Absent Alpacas by Ron Roy.When: Tuesdays, January 16th & 30th, February 13th & 27th, and March 12th & 26th Time: 4:00-4:45PMAge: 1st & 2nd GradesRegistration: No registration required
Apr 03 Wednesday
Story Time (Ages 2-5yrs)Story Time introduces your child to the incredible world of language and books through stories, songs, and activities. This program is designed to help prepare your child for successful school experiences using early literacy components, and it’s a great opportunity for your child to develop social skills and make friends. Topics and themes change each program. Story time generally lasts 30 minutes and no registration required. Caregivers are expected to attend.When: Every other Wednesday starting January 17th through March 27th Time: 10:00-10:30AMRegistration: No registration required
Apr 04 Thursday
Armchair Travelers will meet on Thursday, April 4th, 12:00 noon in the Lushbough Room of the Sturgis Public Library to discuss books on Magic Realism. A list of potential reads has been sent to interested readers, but please holler if you’d like the list and didn’t get it. The librarians generally have books on each month’s topic from their stash displayed near the check-out desk, so stop down at the library if you need a book idea.
Armchair Travelers Book Club is sponsored jointly by the Sturgis Area Arts Council and the Sturgis Public Library. It is open to all interested readers and meets at noon on the first Thursday of each month except in August. Online reporting is also an option if you’re from out of town or can’t get to a discussion.
If you have questions, would like a list of recommendations, please send an e-mail to: dapulscher@gmail.com
Apr 07 Sunday
Join us on Sunday April 7th at 2:00 PM at the Matthews Opera House for Writer's Night! This showcase of local creative writers and songwriters is our final phase of crowdfunding efforts towards opening an independent bookstore in Spearfish.
This event is a taste of what we hope to offer in our programming at the bookstore—we hope to offer a variety of writing workshops, book clubs, writing clubs, author talks, book signings, song circles, and other immersive, literary-oriented events.
What better way to elevate local talent and connect with the community than a fun event like this?!
Admission is $20 at the door (kids 12 and under are free)Raffle items (all book/literary-themed) and a cash bar will also be available.
Apr 09 Tuesday
Join poets from the South Dakota State Poetry Society as they visit the Waterfront Gallery for the Arts in Pierre, to read selections and to host an open mics as part of their Poetry on the Road tour across South Dakota! Doors open at 6:30pm, Program starts at 7:00pm followed by open mic. Sign up to read your own poem! Co-hosted by Short Grass Arts Council.
The Short Grass Arts Council invites you to join South Dakota Poet Laureate Bruce Roseland and other poets from the South Dakota State Poetry Society as they visit Waterfront Gallery for the Arts located in Pierre, SD, to read selections and to host an open mic as part of their Poetry on the Road tour across South Dakota. This tour has been made possible by a grant from the South Dakota Humanities Council. Attendees are encouraged to sign up to read their original poetry! Event is FREE! ALL are welcome! Refreshments provided!
DOORS OPEN AT 6:30PROGRAM COMMENCES AT 7:00FOLLOWED BY OPEN MIC!
• READINGS BY BRUCE ROSELAND, SD POET LAUREATE• SOLO READING BY JOHN NELSON, AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK “BOOTJACK”• OPEN MIC WILL FOLLOW PROGRAM - BE SURE TO SIGN-UP!
Apr 10 Wednesday
Apr 13 Saturday
The Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery’s Peace Center offer this year’s Spiritual Enrichment Program, designed for Christian men and women in search of radical interior freedom. The program will meet online one Saturday morning per month, from 9:30 to 11:30 am, from September through April. Those interested are welcome to gather with Sister staff members to share prayer and dialogue on the selected reading.
Guided by Albert Nolan’s book Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom, we will discover our own personal transformations through Jesus’ spirituality and the experience of oneness. The text invites dialogue on topics such as The Signs of our Times, and Jesus’ Spirituality. As part of this program, participants are invited to schedule a personal silent retreat, with two overnights, at our Peace Center in Yankton.
The Benedictines who staff the Benedictine Peace Center - Sisters Jeanne Ranek, Doris, Oberembt, and Mary Jo Polak, look forward to gathering via Zoom with men and women from coast to coast and beyond who desire to deepen their faith life by connecting with others with a similar desire. Registration is requested by August 20. Find more information at https://yanktonbenedictines.org/spiritual-enrichment-program/. Register online or contact the Peace Center at benedictinepeacectr@yanktonbenedictines.org or call 605-668-6292.
Apr 15 Monday
Join the Vermillion Public Library on April 15th at 7pm for this Earth Week Book Discussion on Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, books are available for checkout starting today, at the circulation desk 🌿
Book Synopsis:
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.
About the Author:
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer (also credited as Robin W. Kimmerer) (born 1953) is Associate Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She is the author of numerous scientific articles, and the book Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She is Potawatomi and combines her heritage with her scientific and environmental passions.