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February 26, 2021 Show 997. 

• We take a closer look at "Crossover Day." What does it mean? Why does it matter?
• House lawmakers have filed articles of impeachment against the Attorney General, Mike Card explains how impeachment works in South Dakota.
• Delta David Gier joins us to discuss what's nex for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
• Eliza Blue brings us a "Postcard from the Prairie.
• Finally, we end the week with some Poetry from Studio 47.

February 25, 2021 Show 996.

February 19, 2021 Show 992 Hour 1 Pierre-based country music artist KC Hughes calls himself just a good 'ol South Dakota Boy with big dreams. Getting his music heard and being able to perform in front of live audiences would be good enough for him as we continue to find "normal" during the pandemic. KC Hughes has released his second album, "Memories," and he joins us for Moment in Sound!  

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

February 19, 2021 Show 992 Hour 1

Today's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of Richard Robbins.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

February 17, 2021 Show 990 Hour 2.

1000 Miles to Nome, My Dear Mother, Heart of  the Bear, My Name Means Future, A Flash of Green, Milk for Violence, and North by South Dakota are some of the films being screened at this year's Black Hills Film Festival. 

Black Hills Film Festival Executive Director Chris Van Ness joins In The Moment to visit about this year's virtual event.

February 17, 2021 Show 990 Hour 1.

Katie Dwyer just celebrated her birthday with the release of her new EP titled Indiscreet.

Somehow, the multi-talented mother of four finds time to write, record and produce music - and she can't wait until she can play live dates again.

The singer/songwriter lives in Pierre.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

February 8, 2021 Show 987 Hour 2.

In 1966, Marty Mahrt was shot down while flying a mission over North Vietnam. He was piloting a Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter/bomber – an aircraft that suffered a 38% loss rate due to the type of missions they were assigned.  Wednesday morning (live from Custer), Marty Mahrt tells his story of rescue and survival during an "Old Guys and Their Airplanes Debrief" hosted by John Mollison. The interactive event begins at 11 Central/10 Mountain at SDPB.org/OGTADebrief.  

February 8, 2021 Show 987 Hour 2.

We love our trees in South Dakota - perhaps because we have so few of them in some parts of the state. The tallest and biggest of these trees stand out, and, if we care to think about it, they can remind us of all the historical events and changes that have swirled around them as they've grown over decades and even centuries.  

February 5, 2021 : Show 986.

Today's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of JD Schraffenberger.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu.

In The Moment … February 2nd, 2021 Show 983 Hour 2

We get to know this year's Governor's Awards In The Arts honorees. First, Jim Speirs is with us for a look at the arts in South Dakota. Then we meet photographer and professor John Banasiak. Sculptor John Lopez joins us for a look at how landscape influences art and art influences culture. Plus, Ashley Ragsdale, with the Brookings Arts Council, joins us to talk about how the organization has navigated a tumultuous year and kept its mission flowing for the people they serve. 

In The Moment … February 1st, 2021 Show 982 Hour 2

He traveled the state with a box camera and glass plates. Decades later the Gustav Johnson photo collection continues to help us understand who we were and how we became who we are. 

In The Moment … January 29th, 2021 Show 981 Hour 1

A new book explores an agrarian culture's epic journey along with its adaptation and connection to the Great Plains. Author S. Roy Kaufman grew up on a farm in the rural Freeman, South Dakota, community, where he now lives. His book is called "The Drama of a Rural Community's Life Cycle." 

In The Moment … January 29th, 2021 Show 981 Hour 1

For this month's Postcard from the Prairie, Eliza Blue tells the story of finding a home, and finding herself, tangled in star-shine in Perkins County. 

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment ... January 29, 2021 Hour 1

Today's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of Athena Kildegaard.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment … January 22nd, 2021 Show 976 Hour 1

This weekend, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls (with COVID precautions in place). The program includes the world premiere of a piece called "Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow," inspired by the global pandemic. It also features the orchestra's Principal Horn Daniel Kitchens as soloist in Strauss' Horn Concerto No. 2.   Guests: Music director and conductor Delta David Gier, alongside Daniel Kitchens. 

In The Moment ... January 22, 2021 Show 976 Hour 1

Today's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of Stephen Powers.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment … January 21st, 2021 Show 975 Hour 2

Cycad fossils were so prevalent in Fall River County a century ago that, in 1922, Fossil Cycad National Monument was declared for a 320-acre section. However, excavation and theft led to the eventual closing of the monument in 1957. Guest: Bernie Hunhoff, Editor-at-Large for South Dakota Magazine. 

In The Moment … January 19th, 2021 Show 974 Hour 2

If there's one thing South Dakotans can agree on, it's the significance of the weather. Now the South Dakota Humanities Council has announced its 2021 One Book selection. It's a newly released, historical fiction novel called "The Children's Blizzard" by author Melanie Benjamin.

Guests: Joining us today to talk about the book and Humanities Council programs we welcome Executive Director Ann Volin and Director for the Center for the Book Jennifer Widman. 

In The Moment ... January 15, 2021 Show 973 Hour 1

Today's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of Bill Meissner.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment … January 11th, 2021 Show 970 Hour 2

The city of Sioux Falls has been growing constantly since about 1862 and that's long enough for a lot of buildings in the downtown area to come and go. An exhibit at the Old Courthouse Museum in Sioux Falls features photos and the stories of some of these lost structures... including hotels, department stores, theaters, and office buildings. Guests: Kevin Gansz, the curator of education with Siouxland Heritage Museums.  

In The Moment … January 11th, 2021 Show 970 Hour 1

Many of us grew up with books by James Herriot, a veterinarian whose compassion and humor defined a reading generation. Now a new adaptation of his "All Creatures Great and Small" series comes to Masterpiece on SDPB-TV. Guests: Eliza Blue and SDPB's Heather Benson 

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment ... January 8, 2021 Show 969 Hour 1

Today's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of Clarence Major.

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment … January 6th, 2021 Show 967 Hour 1 In the midst of the pandemic and the holiday season, a singer/songwriter based in Nashville is receiving accolades for his songwriting talents after the release of a new single called "South Dakota." Guest: Brad Lauretti, aka This Frontier Needs Heroes 

In The Moment … January 5th, 2021 Show 966 Hour 2

A new book consists of twenty stories told by those that lived them, many of them took place in South Dakota. Guests: Mike Henriksen and Cindy Bahe 

Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu

In The Moment … January 5th, 2021 Show 965 Hour 1 There's an old saying that If you don't like the weather in South Dakota, just wait around a few minutes and it will change. That was certainly true in the Northern Black Hills during the winter of 1943 when a warm wind brought the temperature in Spearfish from minus four degrees to 45 degrees Fahrenheit in just two minutes.... a world record for fastest temperature change that still stands. Guest: Gary Enright, director of the 1881 Courthouse Museum in Custer