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SUMMARY:Bellman Brown Bag Series - THE BELLMAN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION:WHO: Paul Higbee\, Dr. Janeen Larsen\, Jean Helmer\, Dick Termes\, Dr. Amy Fuqua\, and Michael Pangburn honoring Wanda and Stewart Bellman \nWHAT: A special extended Bellman to honor Wanda and Stewart Bellman in discussions\, sharing memories\, adventures\, and all the things they did for this community!  \nReception to follow \nWHERE: Matthews Opera House Theater  \nWHEN: Wednesday October 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 with reception to follow \nWHY: To explore ideas\, history\, literature\, art\, and culture  \nHOW: BYOB-Bring your own bite-to-eat\, take a seat\, and enjoy entertainment for an hour while you devour \n\nTHIS IS THE BELLMAN OF ALL BELLMANS : THE BELLMAN EFFECT\nHONORING: WANDA & STEWART BELLMAN in an extended Bellman Brown Bag Series celebrating this highly influential and dedicated duo!\n\nWE’VE GOT YOUR LUNCH HOUR IN THE BAG!\nAs we carry-on through the lunch hour we hope you enjoy a comfortable seat at our table and the splendor of your surroundings. We welcome you to invite friends\, family\, and even that crazy co-worker to try something new at noon! \nFor more information on how to connect to our community here at the Matthews\, give us a call at (605)642-7973\, email us at ad@matthewsopera.com\, or find us on facebook \nTHE PRESENTERS\nEducators\, arts advocates\, and philanthropists\, Wanda and Stewart Bellman have established a substantial list of achievements and contributions to the Spearfish community. This month\, the Matthews presents a special dialogue with those who know the Bellmans best at our first-ever “Bellman of all Bellmans\,” honoring the namesake and creators of the monthly lecture series. Please join us on Wednesday\, October 9 at noon as guests Paul Higbee\, Dr. Janeen Larsen\, Jean Helmer\, Dick Termes\, Dr. Amy Fuqua\, and Michael Pangburn present a colorful and captivating discussion about two of our community’s most passionate supporters. \n  \n\nABOUT THE BELLMAN BROWN BAG SERIES\nThe Bellman Brown Bag series is a humanities program designed to explore ideas\, history\, literature\, art\, and culture. The Brown Bag program was developed by Dr. Stewart Bellman in the 1990’s. Recognizing the Matthews Opera House as an ideal venue for the exploration of humanities topics\, he engaged a line-up of speakers to present programs on a range of humanities topics each month. \nDr. Bellman was a professor of English at Black Hills State University\, Spearfish\, SD. His teaching career spanned thirty years. Bellman retired from BHSU and passed away in November 2002. \nPrograms are presented on the second Wednesday of each month\, noon to 1 pm. Designed to begin and end within the lunch hour\, patrons are invited to bring their lunch\, if desired\, or simply enjoy an hour of learning and entertainment.  This is an opportunity to gain insight into themes that touch our daily lives. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Rand Higbee Reception
DESCRIPTION:WHO: You! \nWHAT: A special reception honoring SHS Hall of Fame inductee Rand Higbee \nWHERE: Matthews Opera House Fireplace Room \nWHEN: Sunday\, October 20th at 2 pm \nWHY: To celebrate a homegrown playwright and soon-to-be Hall of Famer! \nHOW: Please join us for this free celebration and reception! \nSpearfish native Rand Higbee is being inducted into the Spearfish High School Fine Arts Hall of Fame! Please join us at the Matthews on Sunday\, October 20 at 2 pm to celebrate this honor with a free reception offering refreshments\, a little history\, and an informal presentation of the playwright’s work. \nAbout Rand Higbee…\nOriginally from Spearfish\, South Dakota\, Rand Higbee obtained a Theatre degree from South Dakota State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. While at UNLV his first full-length play\, Sir Isaac’s Duel\, was named as an alternate to the National American College Theatre Festival held at the Kennedy Center. \nRand first attended the Valdez Theatre Conference in 2006 and has become a regular ever since. In recent years\, most of his published and produced plays underwent the developmental process in Valdez before being produced elsewhere. A few career highlights: His short play Next! has become one of the most often performed high school one-acts in the country. He won a Wisconsin Wrights award for his superhero play The Lightning Bug. The debut production of his full-length A Girl Named Destiny at the Venus Theater in Laurel\, Maryland\, was named one of the best plays of the year by DC Metro Theatre Arts. Rand is also the author of Kid Dakota and Plays from the Valdez Theatre Conference. He is one of Alaska’s most produced writers of the past two decades. \n\nHis plays are mostly family friendly\, with wildly engaging plots and distinct characters who all have opportunities for actors to shine. They’re fun\, always\, and funny\, always. They invariably have a good heart and wryly positive messages\, tinged with a little bemused cynicism about the human condition.\n– Dawson Moore\nCoordinator\, Valdez Theatre Conference \n\nIn his own words…\nI was lucky to grow up in Spearfish\, South Dakota. My family had lived in larger cities when I was very young: St. Paul\, Minnesota and Reno\, Nevada. Little Spearfish\, however\, seemed to be the right size to me. Small\, friendly\, surrounded by the Black Hills\, I would say that if Spearfish didn’t have it then you probably didn’t need it. \nOne thing Spearfish did have was a college. My Dad taught there and he and my Mom would take my brothers Paul\, Scott\, and me (our little sister Susan too\, but she came along later) to all of the theatre productions. I learned at an early age that seeing a movie might be fun\, but seeing the action live on stage was magic. I don’t even remember when or where\, but sometime in my single digit years I saw a production of Harvey. That sold me. Magic. \nReading through Plays from the Valdez Theatre Conference you will see what else entertained me while growing up in Spearfish: Baseball. (The Last Ballgame.) Late night\, bad science fiction movies. (The Head That Wouldn’t Die and Shaula: Queen of the Universe.) Superheroes. (The Lightning Bug.) TV sitcoms. (At Home With the Clarks.) Comedians. (Born a Clown.) My pets. (The Feral Child.) \nAfter becoming familiar with my comedies people inevitably ask me if I write dramas as well. I have in the past. (The Last Ballgame I consider to be the last non-comedy I have ever written.) However\, I’ve been around this business long enough to realize you have to play to your strengths. Maya Angelou said\, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said\, people will forget what you did\, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” I believe that if I left this Earth tomorrow people would remember me by saying that I made them laugh. What more could I ask?
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