May 05 Sunday
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.
Alabama Storyby Kenneth JonesDirected by Bernie McFarlingAssistant Directed by Ryan PufferMay 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 at 7:00pmMay 5, 12, 19 at 2:00pmin the Studio TheaterAs the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama in 1959 is brewing, a controversial children’s book about a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit stirs the passions of a segregationist State Senator and a no-nonsense State Librarian. Meanwhile the reunion of two childhood friends, Joshua and Lily, provides private counterpoint to the public events swirling in the state capital. Inspired by true events, Alabama Story brims with humor, heartbreak, and hope.CAST:Garth Williams: Dave DeChristopherLily Whitfield: Darsha DodgeJoshua Moore: Dane FloydSenator E.W. Higgins: Jakob EnzmingerEmily Wheelock Reed: Carmen VillaThomas Franklin: Dillon BurtonBobby Crone: Rodney SwendenerPasserby: Oleksandr KuliasFor tickets and more information: https://www.bhct.org/alabama-story.html
The Sioux Empire Brass is presenting their Spring Concert ‘Song & Dance’ featuring Mark Nelson, trumpet on Sunday, May 5, 2024, 4:00 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3801 E 26th St, Sioux Falls. The Sioux Empire Brass is directed by Rolf Olson. The Sioux Empire Brass is a 35-piece brass choir made up of musicians from Sioux Falls and surrounding communities.
A freewill offering will be taken.
May 06 Monday
1:30 PM – Chair Yoga – This gentle and accessible yoga class is perfect for those with limited mobility. This event occurs weekly through May 20th. *Library is closed and Chair Yoga will not occur on Feb. 19th.
Join a group of LEGO builders on Monday, May 6th, from 3-5pm at the Sturgis Public Library! Open to all ages.
May 07 Tuesday