• COFFEE TALK & TINKER: Decoupage Vessels (RE:Create)

      Workshop: Decoupage Vessels Bring that coffee shop conversation and your coffee friends – to RE:Create and see what happens when you explore creativity together. In this session, Tami Otis instructs us on how to decoupage common household vessels.  This is a FREE event presented by ArtCentral Spearfish. All materials are included. Recommended for ages ... Read more

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  • Bellman Brown Bag: Dakota Daughters

    Dakota Daughters Wounded Knee Three Women  Three Cultures Three Stories  “All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle, 1854 In honor of Women's History month, we are proud to present "Dakota Daughters." This event is brought in from the Humanities Speakers Bureau. "Dakota Daughters" is about the settlement experience from the perspective of ... Read more

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  • AUTHOR VISIT: Codi Vallery-Mills (RE:Create)

    Author Visit with Codi Vallery-Mills Codi Vallery-Mills is an award-winning agricultural journalist and children's author. Her “Husker the Mule” children's series reflects the western ranching lifestyle she was raised in and continues to live in today. Stories of place and the western heritage of South Dakota are focus areas for Codi. This is a FREE ... Read more

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  • Bellman Brown Bag: What’s in a Name?

    Silbs Silbernagle, instructor of American Indian Studies at BHSU, discusses the final ArtCentral Film Festival movie, "More than a Word." This film is showing on Thursday, Apr. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at BHSU's Jonas Hall, Room 305. The movie (as the rest of the films in the festival) is free. “More Than A Word” analyzes ... Read more

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  • Bellman Brown Bag: Canyon Hills Project – One Year Later

    Speakers present their research and results on the evaluation of a year-long art residency program with the Canyon Hills Center, a youth psychiatric facility in Spearfish. The study evaluated daily scores of the students who participated in the weekly art program to explore possible relationships between the program and positive behavioral changes. The residences were ... Read more

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  • Bellman Brown Bag: Readers Theater Presents

    The Matthews' Readers Theater presents several pieces during the September Bellman Brown Bag from 12-1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12 in The Matthews theater. Admittance is free. One of the pieces is written by Readers Theater member, Erika Richter, titled "Second Honeymoon." It is performed by Dennis Walkins and Erika Richter.  Also on tap is "Tell Me ... Read more

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  • Bellman Brown Bag: 2019 Downtown Spearfish Mural Project.

    The October Bellman (October 10th, noon - 1:00pm) will feature Professor Desy Schoenewies from the BHSU Fine Arts department presenting "2019 Downtown Spearfish Mural Project." The College of Liberal Arts at BHSU is sponsoring muralist and artist Paul LaJeunesse to use his socially-engaged mural process to create a new mural in downtown Spearfish to be completed in the summer ... Read more

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  • Bellman Brown Bag: Veterans’ Legacy Program

    The November Bellman (November 14, noon - 1:00pm) will feature Kelly Kirk, Director of the BHSU Honors Program, presenting "Veterans' Legacy Program." The Veterans' Legacy Project, launched by the National Cemetery Administration under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,  is a BHSU student writing project about the lives of veterans who are buried at the national cemeteries. ... Read more

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  • BELLMAN BROWN BAG: Holiday Piano Duets

    The annual Holiday Spearfish Piano Duets takes place in the opera house theater. This event is free and open to the public from noon until 1 p.m. It's always wise to get here early for a good seat. The balcony will be opened only until all the main floor seats are full. This is a ... Read more

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  • Big Read Kick-Off Panel: Bellman Brown Bag

    On January 9th join Becky Nacarrato Eastuburn, Courtney Huse-Wika, Burt Juhrend and Amber Wilde for an open panel discussion on the upcoming Big Read events.     What is the Bellman? The Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas, history, literature, art, and culture.  Programs are presented on the second ... Read more

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  • Jo Powell Folk Art: A Mirror of Culture – Bellman Brown Bag

    On February 13th join Jo Powell as she talks about her international folk art museums and about art in other cultures.   What is the Bellman? The Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas, history, literature, art, and culture.  Programs are presented on the second Wednesday of each month, noon ... Read more

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  • Infectious Diseases – Is Spearfish Ready?: Bellman Brown Bag

    On March 13th come listen to Carrie Donovan of Spearfish Regional Hospital as she discusses disease prevention protocol and what hospitals do in the event of an emergency epidemic.    What is the Bellman? The Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas, history, literature, art, and culture.  Programs are presented ... Read more

    FREE!