The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center is excited to announce that vocal illusionist Lynn Trefzger is bringing her hilarious friends to life for a one-night-only performance on the Matthews stage Sunday, December 4 at 2 pm! Please join us for this special presentation that will leave you in stitches! Advance tickets are on sale ... Read more
Author Talks at the Matthews returns this fall with a new lineup of local writers ready to dive into their stories, their methods, and their inspirations. Join us in the fireplace room every Tuesday at 12:30 for an hour with some of the best authors in the Black Hills area! Are you interested in presenting ... Read more
The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center is excited to announce open auditions for "The Fantasticks," a musical! The show is under direction of Casey S. Hibbert with musical direction provided by Connie Hubbard. Auditions will take place Thursday Dec. 8 & Friday, Dec. 9 from 6-8 pm in the Matthews theater. All are welcome! ... Read more
The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center is excited to announce open auditions for "The Fantasticks," a musical! The show is under direction of Casey S. Hibbert with musical direction provided by Connie Hubbard. Auditions will take place Thursday Dec. 8 & Friday, Dec. 9 from 6-8 pm in the Matthews theater. All are welcome! ... Read more
The Matthews is a recipient of the 2023 NEA Big Read grant! We are one of 62 nonprofit organizations to receive this year's NEA Big Read grant. The NEA Big Read: Spearfish will focus on Circe by Madaline Miller with mythologically-themed activities taking place January – March 2023. Keep your eye on our calendar of ... Read more
Holiday jazz is back at the Matthews! Join us on Sunday, December 18 at 2 pm as Black Hills singer/songwriter Sophia Beatty gives a special holiday performance. Expect to hear some of your favorite Christmas songs, as well as many of the most popular jazz songs made famous by artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King ... Read more
Please join us as the December Bellman Brown Bag Series rings in the holidays with Spearfish Piano Duet Club's "Music for the Season." This special holiday concert will take place in the Matthews theater on Wednesday, December 14 from noon until 1 p.m. This highly popular event packs the house, so it’s wise to arrive ... Read more
The Matthews, in partnership with Spread the Tunes, is excited to bring you Locals Only as part of our "JAM-uary" music series! Locals Only is a multi-musician event featuring local musicians Adda Boyd, Randy Hedge and The String Goats on Friday, January 6 at 7 pm. General admission tickets for this single event are $12 ... Read more
Author Talks at the Matthews returns with a new lineup of local writers ready to dive into their stories, their methods, and their inspirations. Join us in the fireplace room every Tuesday at 12:30 for an hour with some of the best authors in the Black Hills area! Are you interested in presenting an Author ... Read more
Join us Wednesday, January 11 at noon as this month's Bellman Brown Bag speaker, Bruce Junek, joins us in the Matthews theater. Bruce will be presenting the slide show A Writer's Life of Adventure- Fact &Fiction during this free event. This program highlights how Bruce's travels and bicycle journeys with his wife, Tass Thacker, through 54 ... Read more
The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center is excited to announce "Mystical Masks," an artists' workshop on Thursday, January 12 at 5 pm in the Matthews Gallery. Using different styles of sculpting with shaping and designing air dry foam clay, participants will build on top of prefabricated masks to create a unique and one-of-a-kind mask ... Read more
The Matthews has been selected as a participant in the 2023 NEA Big Read and is excited to announce the “Fantasy and Mythos” art exhibition! This year’s Big Read novel is Madeline Miller’s fantasy, Circe. To celebrate the novel’s theme of magic and lore, we are exhibiting works of art that reflect fantasy, legend, mystery, and ... Read more
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