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SUMMARY:Author Talks at the Matthews
DESCRIPTION: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! \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com \nFeatured author…\nSeptember 27: Pennie Hunt\nPennie Hunt is an inspirational\, entertaining\, and high-content speaker. She is a member of the National Speakers Association\, Women’s Speakers Association and the President and founder of Journey Through\, LLC. Her weekly blog\, Writings from the Corner of Spirit & Brave is read worldwide. She is the author of two books\, Love Your Life–No Matter What: 76 Tips to Live Life with Love and Gratitude and  Love Your Life — No Matter What: 76 Tips to Journey Through Grief and Loss. Her newspaper column runs in several newspapers including the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the South Dakota Rapid City Journal. \nAfter a series of life-changing events\, including the death of her child\, Pennie left her career as Executive Director of a healthcare organization where she spoke locally and nationally on healthcare recruitment. She now writes and speaks about how to change\, heal and empower your life! Pennie’s personal successes and challenges have shaped her grateful-for-it-all viewpoint. She has married her own life lessons with her gift of communication to follow her passion of helping others Journey Through this life with spirit\, courage\, and compassion. \nComing Soon…\nOctober 4: Geri Gutwein \nGeri Mendoza Gutwein\, Ph.D.\, professor emerita of English at HACC\, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College where she taught English\, creative writing\, and Native American Literature for many years. A Pushcart Prize nominee\, her work has appeared in literary journals such as the Connecticut Review\, The Wildwood Journal\, Roots\, Trunk\, Sky Anthology published by the International Women’s Writing Guild\, and La Libreta\, an online poetry journal. She is the author of three chapbooks of poetry: Every Orbit of the Circle\, The Story She Told\, and An Utterance of Small Truths. Her Lakota\, Mexican-American culture and family are major influences in her work. She is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe\, and currently lives in Spearfish\, South Dakota with her husband. For more information visit her website at www.gerigutwein.com. \nOctober 11: Annie Christain \nAnnie Christain is a professor of composition and ESOL at SUNY Cobleskill and a former artist resident of the Shanghai Swatch Art Peace Hotel and the Arctic Circle Art and Science Expedition. Her poems have appeared in Seneca Review\, Oxford Poetry\, Prelude\, and The Lifted Brow\, among others. She was a first-place winner of the Driftwood Press In-House Poem Contest and received the grand prize of the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest\, the Greg Grummer Poetry Award\, the Oakland School of the Arts Enizagam Poetry Award\, and the Neil Shepard Prize in Poetry. Her books include Tall As You Are Tall Between Them (C&R Press 2016) and The Vanguards of Holography (Headmistress Press 2021)\, selected for Sappho’s Prize in Poetry. \nOctober 18 & 25: Evelyn Leite \nChildren in families that keep secrets learn early in life to project a brave front\, to avoid letting the outside world peek behind the mask\, to cope alone with feelings of guilt\, anger\, fear and confusion. \nRapid City counselor and author Evelyn Leite grew up in such a family\, struggling to understand her emotions\, uncertain how she could love her parents and siblings so deeply but hate their words and actions. In her latest book “Just Fine\, Thank You\,” Leite explores the jumble of feelings and emotions she experienced in her early years in a closed family. She describes what it does to a young girl when the family doesn’t talk about a father who stays late at the local bar and a mother who expects her daughter to be a perfect young lady without explaining what that involves. She also shares what it does to a young child in a “no-talk’’ family as she tries to make sense of sometimes crazy\, senseless behavior from people she loves. \n“Just Fine\, Thank You” is one of four books in a series titled Blood\, Sex and Tears. She says of the series\, “It’s my desire that you can find hope for yourself or a loved one based on my story of redemption.’’ \nLeite has had a successful\, 35-year career as a professional counselor and author whose focus is on drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues. Among her best-known works are “Women: What Do We Want?” and “A Fix for the Family Rift Caused by Addiction.” She is a graduate of Black Hills State University with a composite major in Social Science. She holds a master’s degree from Oklahoma University and has presented addiction and mental health workshops in Oregon\, Texas\, Minneapolis\, Montana\, Colorado and Arizona. She has also held frequent workshops on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is currently conducting workshops for the Miskwaki Tribe in Tama\, Iowa. She is the author of 14 published works including manuals for The Family Restoration Program and many newspaper and magazine articles. She’s a 2008 inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. \nNovember 1: Bill Bosch \nWilliam Bosch grew up on a farm in Emmons County\, east of Linton\, North Dakota. Both sides of his family had German-Russian backgrounds. His mother’s family (Dockter) cam from Neudorf and Kassel\, and his father’s family (Bosch) from Rosental in Crimea. After graduating from Linton High School\, he attended North Dakota State University where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics education. He taught in the mathematics department at Northern State University in Aberdeen\, South Dakota from 1963-65. He then studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln\, where he obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. His working years were spent teaching mathematics at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley\, Colorado. That is where he met and married his wife Margaret. They moved to Spearfish\, SD in 2005. They have a daughter\, Julie\, who still lives in Colorado. William is a member of the Black Hills Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society and a member of the Center of the Nation Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. William is the author of The German-Russians in Words and Pictures. \nNovember 8: Doug Hoff \nDouglas Henry Hoff was born in 1948 and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class in 1966. He attended and was an honor student at Black Hills State University and the SD School of Mines and Technology. He and Marlene (Molly) were married in 1968 while attending SDSMT. When his parents considered the sale of the family farm Doug and Molly decided to give ranching a try and later bought the farm\, which they eventually tripled in size. While there they started a herd of world-renowned registered Angus cattle\, a cattle genetics and research company that they later sold to Cargill\, and had two children\, Brian and Andrea. \nWhile ranching Doug received The National Ralston Purina Youth of the Year award\, The SD Young Farmer of the Year award\, The North American Beef Improvement Federation Seedstock Producer of the Year award\, and The 2000 US Livestock Man of the Year award. He graduated from the SD Agriculture and Rural Development program. He and Molly enjoyed and lived a robust ranching career\, selling semen\, embryos\, and cattle around the globe\, with cattle from their cowherd dispersal going to five continents. Doug brought his expertise and in-depth agricultural experience to this book\, helping to produce a unique perspective of the demands of agriculture and living on the prairie. \nNovember 15: Courtney Huse-Wika & BHSU Writing Class \nCourtney Huse-Wika believes in the art of collection: overheard quotes\, forgotten stories\, and sometimes animals. She is the author of Perch\, a chapbook of nature poetry from Anchor and Plume Press\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review\, and a 2020 Honorable Mention for the New Millennium Writing Awards.  Her creative work has appeared widely\, including CALYX\, The Halcyone\, New Ohio Review\, South Dakota Review\, Kindred\, South Dakota Magazine\, South Dakota in Poems\,  Midwestern Gothic\, Scissors and Spackle\, Backwards City Review\, and the MacGuffin.  She received her BA in philosophy and English from Augustana University\, her MA and PhD in English with a specialization in creative writing from the University of South Dakota\, and is currently an Associate Professor of English and Distinguished Faculty at Black Hills State University. \nDecember 13: Robyn VanDersys \nRobyn VanDerSys was born in Washington State\, which is where her love for the great outdoors was born.  She has lived in several different states and in 2015 settled in the Black Hills of South Dakota with her husband and kids. \nHer life has consisted of one adventure to the next\, including racing monster trucks in her early twenties\,  raising three strong children\, riding around Mexico on her four wheeler while living out of a backpack\, and volunteering on a chase team while her husband raced the Baja 1000. \nShe spends her free time off-roading and hiking the many trails of the Black Hills\, and also enjoys traveling and having as many adventures as humanly possible.
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SUMMARY:Fassbender Photographic Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center has partnered with Historic Black Hills Studios to bring the Fassbender Photographic Exhibit to the Matthews gallery. This historic exhibition portrays images of the early days of the Black Hills and its people\, many of which have never been seen before.  \nThe exhibit opens on Friday\, September 23 and the public is invited to an opening reception from 5-7 pm. Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. \nThe Fassbender Photographic Collection presents an exemplary record of Black Hills history\, including the grand opening of Spearfish Canyon Road\, presidential visits and a vast selection of early mining photos. The pieces exhibited at the Matthews Gallery will showcase events of specific interest to local history: \n• Early images of the Matthews Opera House theater and Black Hills State University Swarm Days. \n• George Sitts: In 1946\, escaped convict George Sitts murdered two lawmen\, Butte County Sherriff Dave Malcom and South Dakota Special Agent Tom Matthews. 2023 marks 75 years since Sitts’ execution.  (to find out more\, read the KBHB interview with Tim Velder) \n• George Hopkins: In 1941 professional parachutist George Hopkins found himself stuck atop Devil’s Tower. This year marks the 80th anniversary of his harrowing adventure. (Read more here ) \n• The public is invited to contribute to a special “Do You Know Me” section of the exhibit. Patrons are welcome to provide accurate information that will help identify individuals and locations in the historic images. \nThis exhibition is presented by Fassbender Collection in stewardship with the Deadwood History Society and hosted by the Matthews Opera House & Arts Center.
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SUMMARY:Author Talks at the Matthews
DESCRIPTION: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! \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com \nFeatured author…\nSeptember 20: Phoenix Piazzisi\nPhoenix Rayne\, a.k.a. “The Paper Therapist\,” is a South Dakota native and Californian by heart. She recently graduated as a valedictorian candidate with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing at Sierra Nevada University in Incline Village\, Nevada. As a Humanities Department Scholar\, she also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry and Excellence in Journalism. She graduated in the spring of 2020 from Sierra College in Rocklin\, CA with her associate degree in English. \nWhen she was five years old\, she picked up her first Shel Silverstein book and instantly fell in love with poetry\, dreaming to be a published author one day. Her first poem\, “Winter’s Bliss\,” was published in 2001 with several poems following. In May of 2021\, her first piece of literature\, “I am one with the lake\,” was published. Her most recent piece titled “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder. “Living with a Monster” is her first book of poetry about living with a mental illness. \nWriting has always been her way of expressing deep emotions and a way to bring the human experience to life with the written word. With a high value on honest\, transparent\, and empathetic writing\, it is her hope to help transform the world one piece of writing at a time. \nComing Soon…\nSeptember 27: Pennie Hunt \nPennie Hunt is an inspirational\, entertaining\, and high-content speaker. She is a member of the National Speakers Association\, Women’s Speakers Association and the President and founder of Journey Through\, LLC. Her weekly blog\, Writings from the Corner of Spirit & Brave is read worldwide. She is the author of two books\, Love Your Life–No Matter What: 76 Tips to Live Life with Love and Gratitude and  Love Your Life — No Matter What: 76 Tips to Journey Through Grief and Loss. Her newspaper column runs in several newspapers including the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the South Dakota Rapid City Journal. \nAfter a series of life-changing events\, including the death of her child\, Pennie left her career as Executive Director of a healthcare organization where she spoke locally and nationally on healthcare recruitment. She now writes and speaks about how to change\, heal and empower your life! Pennie’s personal successes and challenges have shaped her grateful-for-it-all viewpoint. She has married her own life lessons with her gift of communication to follow her passion of helping others Journey Through this life with spirit\, courage\, and compassion. \nOctober 4: Geri Gutwein \nGeri Mendoza Gutwein\, Ph.D.\, professor emerita of English at HACC\, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College where she taught English\, creative writing\, and Native American Literature for many years. A Pushcart Prize nominee\, her work has appeared in literary journals such as the Connecticut Review\, The Wildwood Journal\, Roots\, Trunk\, Sky Anthology published by the International Women’s Writing Guild\, and La Libreta\, an online poetry journal. She is the author of three chapbooks of poetry: Every Orbit of the Circle\, The Story She Told\, and An Utterance of Small Truths. Her Lakota\, Mexican-American culture and family are major influences in her work. She is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe\, and currently lives in Spearfish\, South Dakota with her husband. For more information visit her website at www.gerigutwein.com. \nOctober 11: Christian Leigh \nInformation about the author coming soon! \nOctober 18 & 25: Evelyn Leite \nChildren in families that keep secrets learn early in life to project a brave front\, to avoid letting the outside world peek behind the mask\, to cope alone with feelings of guilt\, anger\, fear and confusion. \nRapid City counselor and author Evelyn Leite grew up in such a family\, struggling to understand her emotions\, uncertain how she could love her parents and siblings so deeply but hate their words and actions. In her latest book “Just Fine\, Thank You\,” Leite explores the jumble of feelings and emotions she experienced in her early years in a closed family. She describes what it does to a young girl when the family doesn’t talk about a father who stays late at the local bar and a mother who expects her daughter to be a perfect young lady without explaining what that involves. She also shares what it does to a young child in a “no-talk’’ family as she tries to make sense of sometimes crazy\, senseless behavior from people she loves. \n“Just Fine\, Thank You” is one of four books in a series titled Blood\, Sex and Tears. She says of the series\, “It’s my desire that you can find hope for yourself or a loved one based on my story of redemption.’’ \nLeite has had a successful\, 35-year career as a professional counselor and author whose focus is on drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues. Among her best-known works are “Women: What Do We Want?” and “A Fix for the Family Rift Caused by Addiction.” She is a graduate of Black Hills State University with a composite major in Social Science. She holds a master’s degree from Oklahoma University and has presented addiction and mental health workshops in Oregon\, Texas\, Minneapolis\, Montana\, Colorado and Arizona. She has also held frequent workshops on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is currently conducting workshops for the Miskwaki Tribe in Tama\, Iowa. She is the author of 14 published works including manuals for The Family Restoration Program and many newspaper and magazine articles. She’s a 2008 inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. \nNovember 1: Bill Bosch \nWilliam Bosch grew up on a farm in Emmons County\, east of Linton\, North Dakota. Both sides of his family had German-Russian backgrounds. His mother’s family (Dockter) cam from Neudorf and Kassel\, and his father’s family (Bosch) from Rosental in Crimea. After graduating from Linton High School\, he attended North Dakota State University where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics education. He taught in the mathematics department at Northern State University in Aberdeen\, South Dakota from 1963-65. He then studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln\, where he obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. His working years were spent teaching mathematics at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley\, Colorado. That is where he met and married his wife Margaret. They moved to Spearfish\, SD in 2005. They have a daughter\, Julie\, who still lives in Colorado. William is a member of the Black Hills Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society and a member of the Center of the Nation Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. William is the author of The German-Russians in Words and Pictures. \nNovember 8: Doug Hoff \nDouglas Henry Hoff was born in 1948 and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class in 1966. He attended and was an honor student at Black Hills State University and the SD School of Mines and Technology. He and Marlene (Molly) were married in 1968 while attending SDSMT. When his parents considered the sale of the family farm Doug and Molly decided to give ranching a try and later bought the farm\, which they eventually tripled in size. While there they started a herd of world-renowned registered Angus cattle\, a cattle genetics and research company that they later sold to Cargill\, and had two children\, Brian and Andrea. \nWhile ranching Doug received The National Ralston Purina Youth of the Year award\, The SD Young Farmer of the Year award\, The North American Beef Improvement Federation Seedstock Producer of the Year award\, and The 2000 US Livestock Man of the Year award. He graduated from the SD Agriculture and Rural Development program. He and Molly enjoyed and lived a robust ranching career\, selling semen\, embryos\, and cattle around the globe\, with cattle from their cowherd dispersal going to five continents. Doug brought his expertise and in-depth agricultural experience to this book\, helping to produce a unique perspective of the demands of agriculture and living on the prairie. \nNovember 15: Courtney Huse-Wika & BHSU Writing Class \nCourtney Huse-Wika believes in the art of collection: overheard quotes\, forgotten stories\, and sometimes animals. She is the author of Perch\, a chapbook of nature poetry from Anchor and Plume Press\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review\, and a 2020 Honorable Mention for the New Millennium Writing Awards.  Her creative work has appeared widely\, including CALYX\, The Halcyone\, New Ohio Review\, South Dakota Review\, Kindred\, South Dakota Magazine\, South Dakota in Poems\,  Midwestern Gothic\, Scissors and Spackle\, Backwards City Review\, and the MacGuffin.  She received her BA in philosophy and English from Augustana University\, her MA and PhD in English with a specialization in creative writing from the University of South Dakota\, and is currently an Associate Professor of English and Distinguished Faculty at Black Hills State University. \nDecember 13: Robyn VanDersys \nRobyn VanDerSys was born in Washington State\, which is where her love for the great outdoors was born.  She has lived in several different states and in 2015 settled in the Black Hills of South Dakota with her husband and kids. \nHer life has consisted of one adventure to the next\, including racing monster trucks in her early twenties\,  raising three strong children\, riding around Mexico on her four wheeler while living out of a backpack\, and volunteering on a chase team while her husband raced the Baja 1000. \nShe spends her free time off-roading and hiking the many trails of the Black Hills\, and also enjoys traveling and having as many adventures as humanly possible.
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SUMMARY:Theater on the Run 2022
DESCRIPTION:Theater on the Run is back for its eleventh year on Saturdays\, September 10 & 17 at 6 pm with a special “Theater Running in Place” performance on Sunday\, September 18 at 2 pm! \nEach Saturday evening\, four downtown Spearfish businesses open their doors to a set of actors and who will perform a playlet for the audience to enjoy. The play and cast remain the same on both dates\, just the downtown locations change. Tickets are limited to 26 seats per venue\, for a total of 104 tickets each weekend. The event begins with a performance in the Matthews theater for all 104 ticketholders\, then the audience splits into four groups with each group assigned a specific location to start their “run.” Refreshments are available at each location. \nSunday’s matinee performance will “run in place” with all shows presented in the Matthews theater and snacks provided in the fireplace room. \nHow does Theater on the Run work?\nTheater on the Run begins with a performance at the Matthews Opera House. After the first short show\, audience members separate into groups to go to various locations downtown. After each group has enjoyed a 15-20 minute play\, the audience rotates to the next location to view the next play. Each venue will have beverages for sale\, with some offering adult and some offering non-adult beverages. Appetizers are included in the cost of the ticket. \nTheater on the Run is a fun and unique way to experience theater which has made it one of our most popular events each year. A limited amount of tickets are available and the event has quickly sold out since 2012\, so make sure to get them early. This event is one you won’t want to miss! Tickets are only sold in The Matthews art gallery or online and must be purchased in advance. The participating venues are NOT selling tickets. \nSept. 10 play locations are: (all of our partnering venues this evening are at street level)\nOpening: The Matthews Opera House theater\nGood Earth Foods\nBlackbird Espresso\nStudio 621\nSt. Vincent DePaul \nSept. 17 play locations are: (one of our partnering venues this evening has stairs)\nOpening: The Matthews Opera House theater\nJacket Zone\nNowhere Lounge\nMatthews Gallery\nCommon Grounds \nSept. 18 location is: (we have an elevator for easy accessibility!)\nThe Matthews Opera House theater \nOnly 104 tickets per evening!\nWe have only 104 tickets each for Sept. 11 and 18\, for a total of 208 tickets. All tickets are $35.00. The ticket includes the show and appetizers that are provided by all of the participating downtown venues. \nThe plays and directors\nOpening in the Matthews Opera House theater\nThe Blind I\nDirected by Julie Walkins \nPerforming at Blackbird Espresso (09.10) and Matthews Gallery (09.17)\nPost-Its: Notes on a Marriage\nDirected by Casey Hibbert \nPerforming at Good Earth (09.10) and Nowhere Lounge (09.17)\nA Timely Maneuver\nDirected by CA Dougherty \nPerforming at Studio 621 (09.10) and Common Grounds (09.17)\nDrugs are Bad\nDirected by Tytus Spivey \nPerforming at St. Vincent De Paul (09.10) and Jacket Zone (09.17)\nMating Season of Flying Monkeys\nDirected by Max Merchen \nTickets go on sale August 16\nTickets go on sale at 10 am\, Tuesday\, Aug. 16. Get yours at The Matthews Gallery (612 N. Main Street\, Spearfish) or by phone\, 605.642.7973\, during business hours\, Tuesday-Saturday\, 10 am to 5 pm. Tickets may also be purchased online at matthewsopera.com. Tickets will not be available before 10 am. \nWhen you purchase your tickets\, you will have a color listed as your venue. This will determine the group you are in throughout the evening. All groups will start in the Matthews Opera House theater.
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SUMMARY:Theater on the Run 2022
DESCRIPTION:Theater on the Run is back for its eleventh year on Saturdays\, September 10 & 17 at 6 pm with a special “Theater Running in Place” performance on Sunday\, September 18 at 2 pm! \nEach Saturday evening\, four downtown Spearfish businesses open their doors to a set of actors and who will perform a playlet for the audience to enjoy. The play and cast remain the same on both dates\, just the downtown locations change. Tickets are limited to 26 seats per venue\, for a total of 104 tickets each weekend. The event begins with a performance in the Matthews theater for all 104 ticketholders\, then the audience splits into four groups with each group assigned a specific location to start their “run.” Refreshments are available at each location. \nSunday’s matinee performance will “run in place” with all shows presented in the Matthews theater and snacks provided in the fireplace room. \nHow does Theater on the Run work?\nTheater on the Run begins with a performance at the Matthews Opera House. After the first short show\, audience members separate into groups to go to various locations downtown. After each group has enjoyed a 15-20 minute play\, the audience rotates to the next location to view the next play. Each venue will have beverages for sale\, with some offering adult and some offering non-adult beverages. Appetizers are included in the cost of the ticket. \nTheater on the Run is a fun and unique way to experience theater which has made it one of our most popular events each year. A limited amount of tickets are available and the event has quickly sold out since 2012\, so make sure to get them early. This event is one you won’t want to miss! Tickets are only sold in The Matthews art gallery or online and must be purchased in advance. The participating venues are NOT selling tickets. \nSept. 10 play locations are: (all of our partnering venues this evening are at street level)\nOpening: The Matthews Opera House theater\nGood Earth Foods\nBlackbird Espresso\nStudio 621\nSt. Vincent DePaul \nSept. 17 play locations are: (one of our partnering venues this evening has stairs)\nOpening: The Matthews Opera House theater\nJacket Zone\nNowhere Lounge\nMatthews Gallery\nCommon Grounds \nSept. 18 location is: (we have an elevator for easy accessibility!)\nThe Matthews Opera House theater \nOnly 104 tickets per evening!\nWe have only 104 tickets each for Sept. 11 and 18\, for a total of 208 tickets. All tickets are $35.00. The ticket includes the show and appetizers that are provided by all of the participating downtown venues. \nThe plays and directors\nOpening in the Matthews Opera House theater\nThe Blind I\nDirected by Julie Walkins \nPerforming at Blackbird Espresso (09.10) and Matthews Gallery (09.17)\nPost-Its: Notes on a Marriage\nDirected by Casey Hibbert \nPerforming at Good Earth (09.10) and Nowhere Lounge (09.17)\nA Timely Maneuver\nDirected by CA Dougherty \nPerforming at Studio 621 (09.10) and Common Grounds (09.17)\nDrugs are Bad\nDirected by Tytus Spivey \nPerforming at St. Vincent De Paul (09.10) and Jacket Zone (09.17)\nMating Season of Flying Monkeys\nDirected by Max Merchen \nTickets go on sale August 16\nTickets go on sale at 10 am\, Tuesday\, Aug. 16. Get yours at The Matthews Gallery (612 N. Main Street\, Spearfish) or by phone\, 605.642.7973\, during business hours\, Tuesday-Saturday\, 10 am to 5 pm. Tickets may also be purchased online at matthewsopera.com. Tickets will not be available before 10 am. \nWhen you purchase your tickets\, you will have a color listed as your venue. This will determine the group you are in throughout the evening. All groups will start in the Matthews Opera House theater.
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SUMMARY:Bellman Brown Bag Series: Michael Baum
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday\, September 14 at noon as BHSU’s Michael Baum presents Geographic Reach: Explorations on the Taku Glacier. Baum will be highlighting his recent interdisciplinary research entitled Geographic Reach. This project focuses on a two-week ski expedition on a remote portion of the Juneau Icefield\, the fifth largest expansion of ice in North America. Please join us as he explores ideas about landscape and the intersections between art and the remote experience. \n \nAbout the Presenter…\nMichael Baum is a South Dakota native\, whom over the last twenty years has focused much of his time exploring the mountain ranges of California\, Wyoming\, Montana\, Washington and Alaska. His interactions with nature and the wilderness became the impetus for his graduate studies in fine art\, which he completed at Washington State University with an emphasis in drawing and printmaking. Michael is currently an Associate Professor of Studio Art at Black Hills State University in Spearfish\, South Dakota. Michael’s work has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions. His drawings have been exhibited at Site: Brooklyn\, Brooklyn\, NY\, The Tucker Cooke Gallery\, UNC Asheville and featured in INDA 9\, International DRAWING Annual. His work has been selected for the South Dakota Governor’s 6th\, 7th and 8th Biennial Art Exhibitions. Michael is a past recipient of a career development grant from the South Dakota Arts Council\, funded by The National Endowment for the Arts. Recently his print-based work has been selected for exhibition at The Foundry Art Center in St. Charles\, MO and Light Art Space in Silver City\, NM. \nRegionally his drawing and print-based work has been featured at The Plains Art Museum\, the South Dakota Art Museum\, the John A. Day Gallery at University of South Dakota\, and The Dahl Arts Center. His work has also been accepted into multiple public collections\, which include the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Oregon\, the Museum of Art/WSU in Washington\, the Boise Art Museum\, Idaho\, the Missoula Art Museum in Montana\, University of Colorado Special Collections\, Boulder\, CO and Artist Printmaker Research Collections\, Museum of Texas Tech University\, Lubbock\, TX. \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 1pm. 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 \nCoffee for the Bellman Brown Bag Series is generously provided by Common Grounds in Spearfish\, SD. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Author Talks at the Matthews
DESCRIPTION: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! \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com \nFeatured author…\nSeptember 13: Bruce Junek\nBruce Burgess Junek will present A Writer’s Life of Adventure – Fact and Fiction\, a fascinating slide program highlighting how the author’s travels and bicycling journeys with his wife\, Tass Thacker\, through 54 countries led to a career as a writer\, explorer\, photographer\, speaker\, film-maker\, and above all else\, storyteller. Bruce has written two travel narratives\, The Road of Dreams and Andes to the Amazon\, a rock climbing guidebook\, and also the recently published 4-book\, adult and YA fantasy series\, A Bright One Chronicles\, which was greatly influenced by his many expeditions around the world. \n   \nComing Soon…\nSeptember 20: Phoenix Piazzisi \nPhoenix Rayne\, a.k.a. “The Paper Therapist\,” is a South Dakota native and Californian by heart. She recently graduated as a valedictorian candidate with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing at Sierra Nevada University in Incline Village\, Nevada. As a Humanities Department Scholar\, she also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry and Excellence in Journalism. She graduated in the spring of 2020 from Sierra College in Rocklin\, CA with her associate degree in English. \nWhen she was five years old\, she picked up her first Shel Silverstein book and instantly fell in love with poetry\, dreaming to be a published author one day. Her first poem\, “Winter’s Bliss\,” was published in 2001 with several poems following. In May of 2021\, her first piece of literature\, “I am one with the lake\,” was published. Her most recent piece titled “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder. “Living with a Monster” is her first book of poetry about living with a mental illness. \nWriting has always been her way of expressing deep emotions and a way to bring the human experience to life with the written word. With a high value on honest\, transparent\, and empathetic writing\, it is her hope to help transform the world one piece of writing at a time. \nSeptember 27: Pennie Hunt \nPennie Hunt is an inspirational\, entertaining\, and high-content speaker. She is a member of the National Speakers Association\, Women’s Speakers Association and the President and founder of Journey Through\, LLC. Her weekly blog\, Writings from the Corner of Spirit & Brave is read worldwide. She is the author of two books\, Love Your Life–No Matter What: 76 Tips to Live Life with Love and Gratitude and  Love Your Life — No Matter What: 76 Tips to Journey Through Grief and Loss. Her newspaper column runs in several newspapers including the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the South Dakota Rapid City Journal. \nAfter a series of life-changing events\, including the death of her child\, Pennie left her career as Executive Director of a healthcare organization where she spoke locally and nationally on healthcare recruitment. She now writes and speaks about how to change\, heal and empower your life! Pennie’s personal successes and challenges have shaped her grateful-for-it-all viewpoint. She has married her own life lessons with her gift of communication to follow her passion of helping others Journey Through this life with spirit\, courage\, and compassion. \nOctober 4: Gerrie Gutwein \nInformation about the author coming soon! \nOctober 11: Christian Leigh \nInformation about the author coming soon! \nOctober 18 & 25: Evelyn Leite \nChildren in families that keep secrets learn early in life to project a brave front\, to avoid letting the outside world peek behind the mask\, to cope alone with feelings of guilt\, anger\, fear and confusion. \nRapid City counselor and author Evelyn Leite grew up in such a family\, struggling to understand her emotions\, uncertain how she could love her parents and siblings so deeply but hate their words and actions. In her latest book “Just Fine\, Thank You\,” Leite explores the jumble of feelings and emotions she experienced in her early years in a closed family. She describes what it does to a young girl when the family doesn’t talk about a father who stays late at the local bar and a mother who expects her daughter to be a perfect young lady without explaining what that involves. She also shares what it does to a young child in a “no-talk’’ family as she tries to make sense of sometimes crazy\, senseless behavior from people she loves. \n“Just Fine\, Thank You” is one of four books in a series titled Blood\, Sex and Tears. She says of the series\, “It’s my desire that you can find hope for yourself or a loved one based on my story of redemption.’’ \nLeite has had a successful\, 35-year career as a professional counselor and author whose focus is on drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues. Among her best-known works are “Women: What Do We Want?” and “A Fix for the Family Rift Caused by Addiction.” She is a graduate of Black Hills State University with a composite major in Social Science. She holds a master’s degree from Oklahoma University and has presented addiction and mental health workshops in Oregon\, Texas\, Minneapolis\, Montana\, Colorado and Arizona. She has also held frequent workshops on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is currently conducting workshops for the Miskwaki Tribe in Tama\, Iowa. She is the author of 14 published works including manuals for The Family Restoration Program and many newspaper and magazine articles. She’s a 2008 inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. \nNovember 1: Bill Bosch \nWilliam Bosch grew up on a farm in Emmons County\, east of Linton\, North Dakota. Both sides of his family had German-Russian backgrounds. His mother’s family (Dockter) cam from Neudorf and Kassel\, and his father’s family (Bosch) from Rosental in Crimea. After graduating from Linton High School\, he attended North Dakota State University where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics education. He taught in the mathematics department at Northern State University in Aberdeen\, South Dakota from 1963-65. He then studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln\, where he obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. His working years were spent teaching mathematics at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley\, Colorado. That is where he met and married his wife Margaret. They moved to Spearfish\, SD in 2005. They have a daughter\, Julie\, who still lives in Colorado. William is a member of the Black Hills Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society and a member of the Center of the Nation Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. William is the author of The German-Russians in Words and Pictures. \nNovember 8: Doug Hoff \nDouglas Henry Hoff was born in 1948 and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class in 1966. He attended and was an honor student at Black Hills State University and the SD School of Mines and Technology. He and Marlene (Molly) were married in 1968 while attending SDSMT. When his parents considered the sale of the family farm Doug and Molly decided to give ranching a try and later bought the farm\, which they eventually tripled in size. While there they started a herd of world-renowned registered Angus cattle\, a cattle genetics and research company that they later sold to Cargill\, and had two children\, Brian and Andrea. \nWhile ranching Doug received The National Ralston Purina Youth of the Year award\, The SD Young Farmer of the Year award\, The North American Beef Improvement Federation Seedstock Producer of the Year award\, and The 2000 US Livestock Man of the Year award. He graduated from the SD Agriculture and Rural Development program. He and Molly enjoyed and lived a robust ranching career\, selling semen\, embryos\, and cattle around the globe\, with cattle from their cowherd dispersal going to five continents. Doug brought his expertise and in-depth agricultural experience to this book\, helping to produce a unique perspective of the demands of agriculture and living on the prairie. \nNovember 15: Courtney Huse-Wika & BHSU Writing Class \nCourtney Huse-Wika believes in the art of collection: overheard quotes\, forgotten stories\, and sometimes animals. She is the author of Perch\, a chapbook of nature poetry from Anchor and Plume Press\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review\, and a 2020 Honorable Mention for the New Millennium Writing Awards.  Her creative work has appeared widely\, including CALYX\, The Halcyone\, New Ohio Review\, South Dakota Review\, Kindred\, South Dakota Magazine\, South Dakota in Poems\,  Midwestern Gothic\, Scissors and Spackle\, Backwards City Review\, and the MacGuffin.  She received her BA in philosophy and English from Augustana University\, her MA and PhD in English with a specialization in creative writing from the University of South Dakota\, and is currently an Associate Professor of English and Distinguished Faculty at Black Hills State University. \nDecember 13: Robyn VanDersys \nRobyn VanDerSys was born in Washington State\, which is where her love for the great outdoors was born.  She has lived in several different states and in 2015 settled in the Black Hills of South Dakota with her husband and kids. \nHer life has consisted of one adventure to the next\, including racing monster trucks in her early twenties\,  raising three strong children\, riding around Mexico on her four wheeler while living out of a backpack\, and volunteering on a chase team while her husband raced the Baja 1000. \nShe spends her free time off-roading and hiking the many trails of the Black Hills\, and also enjoys traveling and having as many adventures as humanly possible.
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SUMMARY:Theater on the Run 2022
DESCRIPTION:Theater on the Run is back for its eleventh year on Saturdays\, September 10 & 17 at 6 pm with a special “Theater Running in Place” performance on Sunday\, September 18 at 2 pm! \nEach Saturday evening\, four downtown Spearfish businesses open their doors to a set of actors and who will perform a playlet for the audience to enjoy. The play and cast remain the same on both dates\, just the downtown locations change. Tickets are limited to 26 seats per venue\, for a total of 104 tickets each weekend. The event begins with a performance in the Matthews theater for all 104 ticketholders\, then the audience splits into four groups with each group assigned a specific location to start their “run.” Refreshments are available at each location. \nSunday’s matinee performance will “run in place” with all shows presented in the Matthews theater and snacks provided in the fireplace room. \nHow does Theater on the Run work?\nTheater on the Run begins with a performance at the Matthews Opera House. After the first short show\, audience members separate into groups to go to various locations downtown. After each group has enjoyed a 15-20 minute play\, the audience rotates to the next location to view the next play. Each venue will have beverages for sale\, with some offering adult and some offering non-adult beverages. Appetizers are included in the cost of the ticket. \nTheater on the Run is a fun and unique way to experience theater which has made it one of our most popular events each year. A limited amount of tickets are available and the event has quickly sold out since 2012\, so make sure to get them early. This event is one you won’t want to miss! Tickets are only sold in The Matthews art gallery or online and must be purchased in advance. The participating venues are NOT selling tickets. \nSept. 10 play locations are: (all of our partnering venues this evening are at street level)\nOpening: The Matthews Opera House theater\nGood Earth Foods\nBlackbird Espresso\nStudio 621\nSt. Vincent DePaul \nSept. 17 play locations are: (one of our partnering venues this evening has stairs)\nOpening: The Matthews Opera House theater\nJacket Zone\nNowhere Lounge\nMatthews Gallery\nCommon Grounds \nSept. 18 location is: (we have an elevator for easy accessibility!)\nThe Matthews Opera House theater \nOnly 104 tickets per evening!\nWe have only 104 tickets each for Sept. 11 and 18\, for a total of 208 tickets. All tickets are $35.00. The ticket includes the show and appetizers that are provided by all of the participating downtown venues. \nThe plays and directors\nOpening in the Matthews Opera House theater\nThe Blind I\nDirected by Julie Walkins \nPerforming at Blackbird Espresso (09.10) and Matthews Gallery (09.17)\nPost-Its: Notes on a Marriage\nDirected by Casey Hibbert \nPerforming at Good Earth (09.10) and Nowhere Lounge (09.17)\nA Timely Maneuver\nDirected by CA Dougherty \nPerforming at Studio 621 (09.10) and Common Grounds (09.17)\nDrugs are Bad\nDirected by Tytus Spivey \nPerforming at St. Vincent De Paul (09.10) and Jacket Zone (09.17)\nMating Season of Flying Monkeys\nDirected by Max Merchen \nTickets go on sale August 16\nTickets go on sale at 10 am\, Tuesday\, Aug. 16. Get yours at The Matthews Gallery (612 N. Main Street\, Spearfish) or by phone\, 605.642.7973\, during business hours\, Tuesday-Saturday\, 10 am to 5 pm. Tickets may also be purchased online at matthewsopera.com. Tickets will not be available before 10 am. \nWhen you purchase your tickets\, you will have a color listed as your venue. This will determine the group you are in throughout the evening. All groups will start in the Matthews Opera House theater.
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SUMMARY:Dead Horses with special guest Adda Boyd
DESCRIPTION:The Matthews and Spread the Tunes are excited to announce that Dead Horses will perform at the Matthews Opera House for one-night-only on Wednesday\, September 7 at 7:30 pm! \nAbout Dead Horses\n\nThe union of Sarah Vos’ emotive songwriting and Dan Wolff’s bass playing transcends the singer-songwriter-with-backup-musicians paradigm. Dan’s adventurous musicality equally shines alongside Sarah’s songwriting sensibility. To date\, Dead Horses has released three albums\, two of which have been produced by Ken Coomer of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco\, an Audiotree Live Session\, three singles\, and a five-song EP. \nSince the band’s early days\, Dead Horses has been something of a fluid project centered around Sarah and Dan but has also welcomed other like minded musicians for recording and touring. Two of the band’s original members ultimately left the group due to opioid addictions (“I still see the pawn shop sticker every time I look at my guitar tuner\,” remembers Vos)\, but the Dead Horses moniker the pair created as a tribute to a friend who’d overdosed from heroin stuck even after their departure. To this end\, Vos says\, “Our music is about hope and joy\, all while sharing an important message that you’re never alone in your battles.” \nThis compassion is hard won. At 15\, Vos’ world turned upside down. Raised in a strict\, fundamentalist home\, she lost everything when she and her family were expelled from the rural Wisconsin church where her father had long served as pastor. \n“My older brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and my twin had mental illnesses and cognitive disabilities\,” explains Vos. “When the church kicked us out\, they basically told my dad\, ‘If you can’t lead your family\, how can you lead your church?’ At the time we were expelled\, we lived in the church’s parish house\,” explains Vos. “Suddenly\, my father was unemployed and my family was homeless. My parents couldn’t afford insurance for the medical care my siblings needed. We were kicked out and completely abandoned. One of the hardest things in life is watching your family suffer\, to be so close but unable to ease their pain. Visiting my siblings in psych wards hurt me in a way that I’m still not sure I’ve made sense of. While I can look back now and say that it maybe wasn’t conducive to me developing in a healthy way as a young person\, I can see that it instilled such a sense of empathy in me.” \nBy the time Vos turned 18\, her family had begun to get back on their feet and she headed to Milwaukee for college\, and there\, came to terms with revelations about her sexuality that her religious upbringing had forced her to repress. The mix of freedom and relief and shame and guilt was overwhelming\, and a depressive breakdown ensued. \n“I couldn’t take care of myself\,” she remembers. “I couldn’t sleep\, I couldn’t eat\, I couldn’t do anything. I stopped going to classes\, and then I dropped out altogether and moved back home to Oshkosh. That’s where I met Dan.” \nWhen bassist Wolff and Vos first started playing music together\, she felt as if the clouds had finally parted. Vos\, introduced songs she’d been writing since high school open mics\, Wolff learned a new instrument for the band (the double bass)\, and within months\, they had earned a devoted local following. Initially\, Sarah and Dan resided in different musical spheres. Sarah was at a singer-songwriter vantage point\, whereas Dan had previously played in punk bands\, but the two quickly bonded over their shared adoration of folk music and upbringings in the church. Regular gigs led to steady residencies led to regional touring and their first recordings. \n\n\n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuhkeb-RDNw” loop=”no” muted=”no” /] \n\n\n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4qafTZ3C_0″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /] \n\nAbout their latest album “Brady Street”\nMilwaukee’s eclectic Brady Street neighborhood inspired the title for latest album by the Dead Horses\, who are releasing their new album on August 12. Blending elements of traditional roots with modern indie folk\, Dead Horses are both familiar and unexpected\, unflinchingly honest in their portrayal of modern American life\, yet optimistic in their unshakable faith in brighter days to come. The reflective track\, with frontwoman Sarah Vos (vocals\, guitar) providing her own backing harmonies and Dan Wolff (upright bass) providing the gently rolling bass line\, is an ode to their colorful\, free-spirited stomping grounds. They have built a huge streaming following (the album’s eponymous first single is currently on Fresh Folk\, Roots Revival and more).\n \nBrady Street is the long overdue follow-up to the band’s arresting 2018 album\, My Mother The Moon\, which landed on multiple high-profile playlists — the single “Turntable” has accrued more than 38 millions Spotify streams — and found the pair profiled in Billboard\, Noisey\, and independent global news publication Democracy Now\, as well as being a Rolling Stone “Artist You Should Know.” While they recorded in Nashville for their last album\, working with producer Ken Coomer (Wilco\, Uncle Tupelo)\, the pair decided to stick to their rural Wisconsin roots for the Brady Street sessions\, choosing to record at Honeytone Studios in Neenah\, Wisconsin on Lake Winnebego.\nWhere can you find them next?\nTOUR DATES (full band shows):\n\nSAT\, JUL 16 MANITOWOC\, WI – ACOUSTIC FEST\nTHU\, JUL 21 MINTURN\, CO – MINTURN CONCERT SERIES\nSAT\, JUL 23 CAMBRIDGE\, WI – MIDWEST FIRE FEST\nFRI\, AUG 12 MILWAUKEE\, WI – TURNER HALL BALLROOM\nSAT\, AUG 13 CHICAGO\, IL – HIDEOUT\nSUN\, AUG 14 DES MOINES\, IA – XBK\nTHU\, AUG 25 ST. LOUIS\, MO – OLD ROCK HOUSE\nFRI\, AUG 26 FAYETTEVILLE\, AR – FAYETTEVILLE ROOTS FESTIVAL\nSAT\, AUG 27 OKLAHOMA CITY\, OK – PONY BOY OKC\nSUN\, AUG 28 LAWRENCE\, KS – THE BOTTLENECK\nTUE\, SEP 6 SIOUX CITY\, IA – VANGARDE ARTS\nWED\, SEP 7 SPEARFISH\, SD – MATTHEWS OPERA HOUSE\nTHU\, SEP 8 DENVER\, CO – GLOBE HALL\nFRI\, SEP 9 TELLURIDE\, CO – MUSIC ON THE GREEN\nTUE\, SEP 13 NASHVILLE\, TN – AMERICANAFEST\nFRI\, SEP 16 LA CROSSE\, WI – MID WEST MUSIC FEST – Dead Horses will headline at the Cavalier Theatre\nSAT\, SEP 17 EAU CLAIRE\, WI – JAMF THEATRE PABLO CENTER\nSUN\, SEP 18 ST. PAUL\, MN – TURF CLUB\nFRI\, SEP 23 WINONA\, MN – BOATS & BLUEGRASS\nSAT\, SEP 17 EAU CLAIRE\, WI – JAMF THEATRE PABLO CENTER\nSUN\, SEP 18 ST. PAUL\, MN – TURF CLUB\nFRI\, SEP 23 WINONA\, MN – BOATS & BLUEGRASS\nFRI\, SEP 30 AURORA\, IL – THE VENUE\nSUN\, OCT 2 INDIANAPOLIS\, IN – WHITE RABBIT CABARET\nTUE\, OCT 4 COLUMBUS\, OH – RUMBA CAFE\nWED\, OCT 5 PENINSULA\, OH – THE G.A.R. HALL\nTHU\, OCT 6 PITTSBURGH\, PA – CLUB CAFE\nFRI\, OCT 7 BROOKLYN\, NY – UNION POOL\nSAT\, OCT 8 CAMBRIDGE\, MA – ATWOOD’S TAVERN\nSUN\, OCT 9 PHILADELPHIA\, PA – THE LOFT @ CITY WINERY\nWED\, OCT 12 WASHINGTON\, DC – DC9\nTHU\, OCT 13 CARRBORO\, NC – CAT’S CRADLE BACKROOM\nFRI\, OCT 14 CHARLOTTE\, NC – THE EVENING MUSE
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SUMMARY:Author Talks at the Matthews
DESCRIPTION: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! \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com \nFeatured author…\nSeptember 6: Michael Harris\nMichael Harris lives in the Black Hills near Deadwood South Dakota. He is a husband and a father. His first novel “Outlaw Blood” is a Post Apocalyptic Western\, set some time in the near future after a global economic crash has devastated the world’s countries. \nMichael enjoys shooting\, hiking\, reading\, writing\, and hunting. He has ranched and worked cattle\, served in the U.S. Army for eight years\, been a Law Enforcement Officer\, survived 17 years as Mr. Mom\, and is now an author. \nComing Soon…\nSeptember 13: Bruce Junek \nBruce B. Junek is an explorer\, author\, photographer and speaker. In 1987 he and his wife\, Tass Thacker\, created Images of the World\, a series of slide programs of their adventures. Over the last 23 years 1.6 million students have seen their programs. Bruce and Tass bicycled around the world from 1984-86. They have also bicycled on different journeys through Central America\, South America\, southern Africa and the mideast. They just bicycled through China in 2011. \nHe is the author of Andes to the Amazon: Seven Journeys in Mexico\, Central and South America; The Road of Dreams: A Two-Year Bicycling and Hiking Adventure Around the World and a fantasy fiction trilogy\, A Bright One Chronicles. \nSeptember 20: Phoenix Piazzisi \nPhoenix Rayne\, a.k.a. “The Paper Therapist\,” is a South Dakota native and Californian by heart. She recently graduated as a valedictorian candidate with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing at Sierra Nevada University in Incline Village\, Nevada. As a Humanities Department Scholar\, she also won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry and Excellence in Journalism. She graduated in the spring of 2020 from Sierra College in Rocklin\, CA with her associate degree in English. \nWhen she was five years old\, she picked up her first Shel Silverstein book and instantly fell in love with poetry\, dreaming to be a published author one day. Her first poem\, “Winter’s Bliss\,” was published in 2001 with several poems following. In May of 2021\, her first piece of literature\, “I am one with the lake\,” was published. Her most recent piece titled “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder. “Living with a Monster” is her first book of poetry about living with a mental illness. \nWriting has always been her way of expressing deep emotions and a way to bring the human experience to life with the written word. With a high value on honest\, transparent\, and empathetic writing\, it is her hope to help transform the world one piece of writing at a time. \nSeptember 27: Pennie Hunt \nPennie Hunt is an inspirational\, entertaining\, and high-content speaker. She is a member of the National Speakers Association\, Women’s Speakers Association and the President and founder of Journey Through\, LLC. Her weekly blog\, Writings from the Corner of Spirit & Brave is read worldwide. She is the author of two books\, Love Your Life–No Matter What: 76 Tips to Live Life with Love and Gratitude and  Love Your Life — No Matter What: 76 Tips to Journey Through Grief and Loss. Her newspaper column runs in several newspapers including the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the South Dakota Rapid City Journal. \nAfter a series of life-changing events\, including the death of her child\, Pennie left her career as Executive Director of a healthcare organization where she spoke locally and nationally on healthcare recruitment. She now writes and speaks about how to change\, heal and empower your life! Pennie’s personal successes and challenges have shaped her grateful-for-it-all viewpoint. She has married her own life lessons with her gift of communication to follow her passion of helping others Journey Through this life with spirit\, courage\, and compassion. \nOctober 4: Gerrie Gutwein \nInformation about the author coming soon! \nOctober 11: Christian Leigh \nInformation about the author coming soon! \nOctober 18 & 25: Evelyn Leite \nChildren in families that keep secrets learn early in life to project a brave front\, to avoid letting the outside world peek behind the mask\, to cope alone with feelings of guilt\, anger\, fear and confusion. \nRapid City counselor and author Evelyn Leite grew up in such a family\, struggling to understand her emotions\, uncertain how she could love her parents and siblings so deeply but hate their words and actions. In her latest book “Just Fine\, Thank You\,” Leite explores the jumble of feelings and emotions she experienced in her early years in a closed family. She describes what it does to a young girl when the family doesn’t talk about a father who stays late at the local bar and a mother who expects her daughter to be a perfect young lady without explaining what that involves. She also shares what it does to a young child in a “no-talk’’ family as she tries to make sense of sometimes crazy\, senseless behavior from people she loves. \n“Just Fine\, Thank You” is one of four books in a series titled Blood\, Sex and Tears. She says of the series\, “It’s my desire that you can find hope for yourself or a loved one based on my story of redemption.’’ \nLeite has had a successful\, 35-year career as a professional counselor and author whose focus is on drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues. Among her best-known works are “Women: What Do We Want?” and “A Fix for the Family Rift Caused by Addiction.” She is a graduate of Black Hills State University with a composite major in Social Science. She holds a master’s degree from Oklahoma University and has presented addiction and mental health workshops in Oregon\, Texas\, Minneapolis\, Montana\, Colorado and Arizona. She has also held frequent workshops on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is currently conducting workshops for the Miskwaki Tribe in Tama\, Iowa. She is the author of 14 published works including manuals for The Family Restoration Program and many newspaper and magazine articles. She’s a 2008 inductee into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. \nNovember 1: Bill Bosch \nWilliam Bosch grew up on a farm in Emmons County\, east of Linton\, North Dakota. Both sides of his family had German-Russian backgrounds. His mother’s family (Dockter) cam from Neudorf and Kassel\, and his father’s family (Bosch) from Rosental in Crimea. After graduating from Linton High School\, he attended North Dakota State University where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics education. He taught in the mathematics department at Northern State University in Aberdeen\, South Dakota from 1963-65. He then studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln\, where he obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. His working years were spent teaching mathematics at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley\, Colorado. That is where he met and married his wife Margaret. They moved to Spearfish\, SD in 2005. They have a daughter\, Julie\, who still lives in Colorado. William is a member of the Black Hills Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society and a member of the Center of the Nation Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. William is the author of The German-Russians in Words and Pictures. \nNovember 8: Doug Hoff \nDouglas Henry Hoff was born in 1948 and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class in 1966. He attended and was an honor student at Black Hills State University and the SD School of Mines and Technology. He and Marlene (Molly) were married in 1968 while attending SDSMT. When his parents considered the sale of the family farm Doug and Molly decided to give ranching a try and later bought the farm\, which they eventually tripled in size. While there they started a herd of world-renowned registered Angus cattle\, a cattle genetics and research company that they later sold to Cargill\, and had two children\, Brian and Andrea. \nWhile ranching Doug received The National Ralston Purina Youth of the Year award\, The SD Young Farmer of the Year award\, The North American Beef Improvement Federation Seedstock Producer of the Year award\, and The 2000 US Livestock Man of the Year award. He graduated from the SD Agriculture and Rural Development program. He and Molly enjoyed and lived a robust ranching career\, selling semen\, embryos\, and cattle around the globe\, with cattle from their cowherd dispersal going to five continents. Doug brought his expertise and in-depth agricultural experience to this book\, helping to produce a unique perspective of the demands of agriculture and living on the prairie. \nNovember 15: Courtney Huse-Wika & BHSU Writing Class \nCourtney Huse-Wika believes in the art of collection: overheard quotes\, forgotten stories\, and sometimes animals. She is the author of Perch\, a chapbook of nature poetry from Anchor and Plume Press\, and was named a finalist for the 2021 James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review\, and a 2020 Honorable Mention for the New Millennium Writing Awards.  Her creative work has appeared widely\, including CALYX\, The Halcyone\, New Ohio Review\, South Dakota Review\, Kindred\, South Dakota Magazine\, South Dakota in Poems\,  Midwestern Gothic\, Scissors and Spackle\, Backwards City Review\, and the MacGuffin.  She received her BA in philosophy and English from Augustana University\, her MA and PhD in English with a specialization in creative writing from the University of South Dakota\, and is currently an Associate Professor of English and Distinguished Faculty at Black Hills State University. \nDecember 13: Robyn VanDersys \nRobyn VanDerSys was born in Washington State\, which is where her love for the great outdoors was born.  She has lived in several different states and in 2015 settled in the Black Hills of South Dakota with her husband and kids. \nHer life has consisted of one adventure to the next\, including racing monster trucks in her early twenties\,  raising three strong children\, riding around Mexico on her four wheeler while living out of a backpack\, and volunteering on a chase team while her husband raced the Baja 1000. \nShe spends her free time off-roading and hiking the many trails of the Black Hills\, and also enjoys traveling and having as many adventures as humanly possible.
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SUMMARY:Dave Martinson's Big Band
DESCRIPTION:Hear the sounds of a bygone era with Dave Martinson’s Big Band! The 17-piece band along with two vocalists performs a variety of “big band” music from the 1940’s-the present. \n\n\nSturgis musician Dave Martinson leads to ensemble\, which has performed for  the Sturgis Area Arts Council\, the Hospice Ball in Spearfish\, Main Street Square in Rapid City and his horn section backed the Rat Pack Tribute Show from Las Vegas at the RC Civic Center. Martinson also recently performed with rock legend Lynyrd Skynyrd at their concert Oct. 12 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls and The Box Tops at Kool Deadwood Nights. Read the full article about Martinson’s musical adventures! \nListen here…\n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1kses0kYdk” loop=”no” muted=”no” /]
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Sophia Beatty: Jazz for a Late Summer's Afternoon
DESCRIPTION:We are so disappointed to announce that Sophia Beatty’s “Jazz for a Late Summer’s Afternoon” performances on August 21 have been cancelled due to Covid illnesses. Advance ticketholders will be contacted by Matthews Opera House staff. \nThe Matthews is excited to announce that Sophia Beatty will perform at the Matthews Opera House with her special “Jazz for a Late Summer’s Afternoon” live music concerts on Sunday\, August 21! Choose the show that fits your mood. Sophia and the band will ease into the summer’s afternoon at 2 pm\, showcasing music with a classy\, chill vibe to soothe the soul. Then\, at 5 pm\, they’ll heat things up with a second show that we can only describe as a “soul\, jazz\, funk party!” Pick a single performance or purchase tickets to both! \nAbout Sophia Beatty\nBased in the Black Hills of South Dakota\, 25-year-old singer and songwriter Sophia Beatty sings with passion and heart that can be truly felt. She is known for her ability to sing classic jazz and soul cover music. From Whitney Houston to Ella Fitzgerald to Etta James\, she covers a whole variety of well-known music that moves people to tears or gets them up and dancing. \nShe originally went to college for engineering and planned to become a veterinarian\, but decided to pursue music after she felt God put it on her heart to sing instead. Now she performs music full time. When she is not on stage\, she is at home producing her own original music. She also gives vocal lessons to people who love singing as much as she does. You can find her at many venues around the Black Hills playing solo or with her band\, The Sophia Beatty Band. \nBuilding on this creative powerhouse of covers\, Sophia has recently taken to the streets to share her original creations as well\, which have been applauded greatly by the regional music community. She is already well on her way to becoming a staple of the northern plains musical experience. Sophia’s gift of synesthesia\, which gives her the ability to “hear” colors\, makes her original songs unique and emotionally moving. Synesthesia by definition is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. The music she writes reflects the colors she hears. Her hope is to glorify God through her new original music\, as well as create movements and ideas to raise money for the poor. \nWhere will she be next?\n03 Aug: Jambonz Deux | Sophia Beatty Rapid City\, SD \n05 Aug: Elks Lodge Country Club | Sophia Beatty Rapid City\, SD \n06 Aug: Shipwrecks Bar & Grill | Sophia Beatty Rapid City\, SD \n09 Aug: The Barn Bar | Sophia Beatty Piedmont\, SD \n10 Aug: Firehouse Wine Cellars | Sophia Beatty Rapid City\, SD \n24 Aug: Firehouse Wine Cellars | Sophia Beatty Rapid City\, SD \n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJJJrUupqg” loop=”no” muted=”no” /]
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SUMMARY:Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
DESCRIPTION:The Matthews is excited to announce that Sarah Shook & The Disarmers will perform at the Matthews Opera House for one-night-only on Friday\, August 5 at 7:30 pm! \nPhoto by John Gessner\, 2018\nAbout Sarah Shook & The Disarmers\nNorth Carolina’s Sarah Shook sings with a conviction and hard honesty sorely lacking in much of today’s Americana landscape. Always passionate\, at times profane\, Sarah stalks/walks the line between vulnerable and menacing\, her voice strong and uneasy\, country classic but with contemporary\, earthy tension. You can hear in her voice what’s she’s seen; world weary\, lessons learned—or not—but always defiant. She level-steady means what she says. Writing with a blunt urgency—so refreshing these days it’s almost startling—Sarah’s lyrics are in turn smart\, funny\, mean\, and above all\, uncompromising. The Disarmers hit all the sweet spots from Nashville’s Lower Broad to Bakersfield and take Sarah’s unflinching tales out for some late-night kicks. At times\, it’s as simple and muscular as Luther Perkins’ boom-chicka-boom\, or as downtown as Johnny Thunders. The Disarmers keep in the pocket\, tight and tough. \nWant to know more about Sarah Shook? NPR sat down with her recently and got the full scoop on her newest album and her journey to sobriety. Catch the full interview and get the who\, what\, where and why that inspired her incredible music. \n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDypx0_8eaY” loop=”no” muted=”no” /] \n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0swLpmUvJA0″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /] \n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25-mPSPm5I” loop=”no” muted=”no” /]
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SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy summer theatre at the Matthews! Whether you are just passing through the Black Hills or a long-time local\, stop by for some whimsical fun with Through the Looking Glass! Starting July 18\, with shows every Monday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday in July at 7 pm! This is a great family show so make sure to bring your whole crew! \nA cash bar serving wine\, cold beer\, and soda will be available. \nPlot\nAlice’s adventures continue with a trip into the Looking-Glass World where everything is topsy-turvy and no one behaves quite as they should. Finding herself navigating an enormous chessboard\, Alice travels through a garden of live flowers\, tries to follow the nonsensical rules of the Red and White Queens\, faces the fearsome Jabberwock\, and frolics with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. If she can only make it to the final square\, she’ll become a queen. Drawn directly from Lewis Caroll’s classic work\, this stage production of “Through the Looking Glass” brings you Alice and her friends like you’ve never seen them before! \nPerformance Dates:\nJuly 18\, 19\, 20\, 25\, 26\, 27 and August 1\, 2 & 3 at 7 pm \nCast\nAlice: Danielle Valentine \nRed Queen: Janet Ott \nWhite Queen: Lisa Junge \nWhite King: John Eisenbraun \nTweedledee: Tori Schoenherr \nTweedledum: Alaethia Thompson \nMarch Hare: Brooklyn Deneui \nHumpty Dumpty: Tytus Spivey \nTiger-Lily: Toni Brun \nRose: Erin Oglesby \nMad Hatter: Alyssa Frisbie \nLion: Mitchell Mechaley \nUnicorn: Tytus Spivey \nChild Knight: Landon Kiel
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SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy summer theatre at the Matthews! Whether you are just passing through the Black Hills or a long-time local\, stop by for some whimsical fun with Through the Looking Glass! Starting July 18\, with shows every Monday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday in July at 7 pm! This is a great family show so make sure to bring your whole crew! \nA cash bar serving wine\, cold beer\, and soda will be available. \nPlot\nAlice’s adventures continue with a trip into the Looking-Glass World where everything is topsy-turvy and no one behaves quite as they should. Finding herself navigating an enormous chessboard\, Alice travels through a garden of live flowers\, tries to follow the nonsensical rules of the Red and White Queens\, faces the fearsome Jabberwock\, and frolics with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. If she can only make it to the final square\, she’ll become a queen. Drawn directly from Lewis Caroll’s classic work\, this stage production of “Through the Looking Glass” brings you Alice and her friends like you’ve never seen them before! \nPerformance Dates:\nJuly 18\, 19\, 20\, 25\, 26\, 27 and August 1\, 2 & 3 at 7 pm \nCast\nAlice: Danielle Valentine \nRed Queen: Janet Ott \nWhite Queen: Lisa Junge \nWhite King: John Eisenbraun \nTweedledee: Tori Schoenherr \nTweedledum: Alaethia Thompson \nMarch Hare: Brooklyn Deneui \nHumpty Dumpty: Tytus Spivey \nTiger-Lily: Toni Brun \nRose: Erin Oglesby \nMad Hatter: Alyssa Frisbie \nLion: Mitchell Mechaley \nUnicorn: Tytus Spivey \nChild Knight: Landon Kiel
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SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy summer theatre at the Matthews! Whether you are just passing through the Black Hills or a long-time local\, stop by for some whimsical fun with Through the Looking Glass! Starting July 18\, with shows every Monday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday in July at 7 pm! This is a great family show so make sure to bring your whole crew! \nA cash bar serving wine\, cold beer\, and soda will be available. \nPlot\nAlice’s adventures continue with a trip into the Looking-Glass World where everything is topsy-turvy and no one behaves quite as they should. Finding herself navigating an enormous chessboard\, Alice travels through a garden of live flowers\, tries to follow the nonsensical rules of the Red and White Queens\, faces the fearsome Jabberwock\, and frolics with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. If she can only make it to the final square\, she’ll become a queen. Drawn directly from Lewis Caroll’s classic work\, this stage production of “Through the Looking Glass” brings you Alice and her friends like you’ve never seen them before! \nPerformance Dates:\nJuly 18\, 19\, 20\, 25\, 26\, 27 and August 1\, 2 & 3 at 7 pm \nCast\nAlice: Danielle Valentine \nRed Queen: Janet Ott \nWhite Queen: Lisa Junge \nWhite King: John Eisenbraun \nTweedledee: Tori Schoenherr \nTweedledum: Alaethia Thompson \nMarch Hare: Brooklyn Deneui \nHumpty Dumpty: Tytus Spivey \nTiger-Lily: Toni Brun \nRose: Erin Oglesby \nMad Hatter: Alyssa Frisbie \nLion: Mitchell Mechaley \nUnicorn: Tytus Spivey \nChild Knight: Landon Kiel
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SUMMARY:Community Theater Audtions
DESCRIPTION:Theater at the Matthews is heating up and we want you to be a part of it! We will be holding open auditions for three different performances on Thursday\, July 21 and July 28 at 6:30 pm in the Matthews Opera House fireplace room. No experience is necessary to audition. All audition pieces will be performed as a “cold read” and will be available at the event. \nTheater on the Run: The Matthews is excited to enter the 11th year of Theater on the Run! What exactly is TOTR? Think of it as progressive theater. Small groups of theatre patrons–25 people each– start at different locations. After each group has enjoyed a 15-20 minute play\, the audience rotates to the next location to view the next production. Shows this season include “Mating Season of Flying Monkeys\,” directed by Max Merchen; “Drugs are Bad\,” directed by Tytus Spivey; “A Timely Maneuver\,” directed by CA Dougherty; “Post-its: Notes on a Marriage\,” directed by Casy Hibbert; and\, “The Blind I\,” directed by Julie Walkins. Performances for this event will be held on September 10 and 17 at 6 pm and September 18 at 2 pm. \nNorthern Hills One Acts: Great things happen when we unite and this year\, for the first time ever\, we’re joining forces with Belle Fourche and Lead community theaters to present Northern Hills One Acts! Each community will select and produce its own one-act play. All three shows will then be presented in each community on October 14 at 7 pm (Lead)\, October 15 at 7 pm (Spearfish)\, and October 16 at 3 pm (Belle Fourche). The title for the Matthews contribution will be announced at auditions and the show will be directed by Tytus Spivey. \nSouthern Hospitality\, written by Hope\, Jones and Wooten and directed by Max Merchen\, is the third and final play in the highly popular trilogy following the antics of the Futrelle sisters–Frankie\, Twink\, Honey Raye and Rhonda Lynn. While many of the roles in this performance will be reprised by actors from the previous two installments\, there are some new characters to cast!  In Southern Hospitality\, the sisters are in trouble again. This time\, their beloved hometown\, Fayro\, Texas\, is in danger of disappearing and it’s up to the sisters to save it from extinction. But their plans to do so quickly go haywire. How the Futrelle sisters and the other citizens of Fayro\, including sweet\, simple\, Raynerd Chisum\, pull together and save their town is a testament to Southern strength and ingenuity—and a recipe for total hilarity. A laugh-out-loud farce and a stand-alone play in its own right\, SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY is the third play in the trilogy that began with Dearly Beloved and continued with Christmas Belles. Performances are scheduled for November 11-13 and 18-20 at 7 pm for Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 pm for the Sunday matinee.
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SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy summer theatre at the Matthews! Whether you are just passing through the Black Hills or a long-time local\, stop by for some whimsical fun with Through the Looking Glass! Starting July 18\, with shows every Monday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday in July at 7 pm! This is a great family show so make sure to bring your whole crew! \nA cash bar serving wine\, cold beer\, and soda will be available. \nPlot\nAlice’s adventures continue with a trip into the Looking-Glass World where everything is topsy-turvy and no one behaves quite as they should. Finding herself navigating an enormous chessboard\, Alice travels through a garden of live flowers\, tries to follow the nonsensical rules of the Red and White Queens\, faces the fearsome Jabberwock\, and frolics with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. If she can only make it to the final square\, she’ll become a queen. Drawn directly from Lewis Caroll’s classic work\, this stage production of “Through the Looking Glass” brings you Alice and her friends like you’ve never seen them before! \nPerformance Dates:\nJuly 18\, 19\, 20\, 25\, 26\, 27 and August 1\, 2 & 3 at 7 pm \nCast\nAlice: Danielle Valentine \nRed Queen: Janet Ott \nWhite Queen: Lisa Junge \nWhite King: John Eisenbraun \nTweedledee: Tori Schoenherr \nTweedledum: Alaethia Thompson \nMarch Hare: Brooklyn Deneui \nHumpty Dumpty: Tytus Spivey \nTiger-Lily: Toni Brun \nRose: Erin Oglesby \nMad Hatter: Alyssa Frisbie \nLion: Mitchell Mechaley \nUnicorn: Tytus Spivey \nChild Knight: Landon Kiel
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SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy summer theatre at the Matthews! Whether you are just passing through the Black Hills or a long-time local\, stop by for some whimsical fun with Through the Looking Glass! Starting July 18\, with shows every Monday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday in July at 7 pm! This is a great family show so make sure to bring your whole crew! \nA cash bar serving wine\, cold beer\, and soda will be available. \nPlot\nAlice’s adventures continue with a trip into the Looking-Glass World where everything is topsy-turvy and no one behaves quite as they should. Finding herself navigating an enormous chessboard\, Alice travels through a garden of live flowers\, tries to follow the nonsensical rules of the Red and White Queens\, faces the fearsome Jabberwock\, and frolics with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. If she can only make it to the final square\, she’ll become a queen. Drawn directly from Lewis Caroll’s classic work\, this stage production of “Through the Looking Glass” brings you Alice and her friends like you’ve never seen them before! \nPerformance Dates:\nJuly 18\, 19\, 20\, 25\, 26\, 27 and August 1\, 2 & 3 at 7 pm \nCast\nAlice: Danielle Valentine \nRed Queen: Janet Ott \nWhite Queen: Lisa Junge \nWhite King: John Eisenbraun \nTweedledee: Tori Schoenherr \nTweedledum: Alaethia Thompson \nMarch Hare: Brooklyn Deneui \nHumpty Dumpty: Tytus Spivey \nTiger-Lily: Toni Brun \nRose: Erin Oglesby \nMad Hatter: Alyssa Frisbie \nLion: Mitchell Mechaley \nUnicorn: Tytus Spivey \nChild Knight: Landon Kiel
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SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy summer theatre at the Matthews! Whether you are just passing through the Black Hills or a long-time local\, stop by for some whimsical fun with Through the Looking Glass! Starting July 18\, with shows every Monday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday in July at 7 pm! This is a great family show so make sure to bring your whole crew! \nA cash bar serving wine\, cold beer\, and soda will be available. \nPlot\nAlice’s adventures continue with a trip into the Looking-Glass World where everything is topsy-turvy and no one behaves quite as they should. Finding herself navigating an enormous chessboard\, Alice travels through a garden of live flowers\, tries to follow the nonsensical rules of the Red and White Queens\, faces the fearsome Jabberwock\, and frolics with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. If she can only make it to the final square\, she’ll become a queen. Drawn directly from Lewis Caroll’s classic work\, this stage production of “Through the Looking Glass” brings you Alice and her friends like you’ve never seen them before! \nPerformance Dates:\nJuly 18\, 19\, 20\, 25\, 26\, 27 and August 1\, 2 & 3 at 7 pm \nCast\nAlice: Danielle Valentine \nRed Queen: Janet Ott \nWhite Queen: Lisa Junge \nWhite King: John Eisenbraun \nTweedledee: Tori Schoenherr \nTweedledum: Alaethia Thompson \nMarch Hare: Brooklyn Deneui \nHumpty Dumpty: Tytus Spivey \nTiger-Lily: Toni Brun \nRose: Erin Oglesby \nMad Hatter: Alyssa Frisbie \nLion: Mitchell Mechaley \nUnicorn: Tytus Spivey \nChild Knight: Landon Kiel
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SUMMARY:Community Theater Audtions
DESCRIPTION:Theater at the Matthews is heating up and we want you to be a part of it! We will be holding open auditions for three different performances on Thursday\, July 21 and July 28 at 6:30 pm in the Matthews Opera House fireplace room. No experience is necessary to audition. All audition pieces will be performed as a “cold read” and will be available at the event. \nTheater on the Run: The Matthews is excited to enter the 11th year of Theater on the Run! What exactly is TOTR? Think of it as progressive theater. Small groups of theatre patrons–25 people each– start at different locations. After each group has enjoyed a 15-20 minute play\, the audience rotates to the next location to view the next production. Shows this season include “Mating Season of Flying Monkeys\,” directed by Max Merchen; “Drugs are Bad\,” directed by Tytus Spivey; “A Timely Maneuver\,” directed by CA Dougherty; “Post-its: Notes on a Marriage\,” directed by Casy Hibbert; and\, “The Blind I\,” directed by Julie Walkins. Performances for this event will be held on September 10 and 17 at 6 pm and September 18 at 2 pm. \nNorthern Hills One Acts: Great things happen when we unite and this year\, for the first time ever\, we’re joining forces with Belle Fourche and Lead community theaters to present Northern Hills One Acts! Each community will select and produce its own one-act play. All three shows will then be presented in each community on October 14 at 7 pm (Lead)\, October 15 at 7 pm (Spearfish)\, and October 16 at 3 pm (Belle Fourche). The title for the Matthews contribution will be announced at auditions and the show will be directed by Tytus Spivey. \nSouthern Hospitality\, written by Hope\, Jones and Wooten and directed by Max Merchen\, is the third and final play in the highly popular trilogy following the antics of the Futrelle sisters–Frankie\, Twink\, Honey Raye and Rhonda Lynn. While many of the roles in this performance will be reprised by actors from the previous two installments\, there are some new characters to cast!  In Southern Hospitality\, the sisters are in trouble again. This time\, their beloved hometown\, Fayro\, Texas\, is in danger of disappearing and it’s up to the sisters to save it from extinction. But their plans to do so quickly go haywire. How the Futrelle sisters and the other citizens of Fayro\, including sweet\, simple\, Raynerd Chisum\, pull together and save their town is a testament to Southern strength and ingenuity—and a recipe for total hilarity. A laugh-out-loud farce and a stand-alone play in its own right\, SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY is the third play in the trilogy that began with Dearly Beloved and continued with Christmas Belles. Performances are scheduled for November 11-13 and 18-20 at 7 pm for Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 pm for the Sunday matinee.
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SUMMARY:Festival in the Park
DESCRIPTION:Spearfish City Park\nThe Festival in the Park is one of the largest outdoor summer arts and music festivals in the upper Midwest. The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center of Spearfish\, SD\, organizes this popular festival. It serves as the largest fundraiser for our non-profit organization each year. The proceeds benefit arts outreach and help produce the festival each year. \nOver 25\,000 people attend the festival\, held every third weekend in July. This year’s festival features over 178 fine art\, craft and food vendors! \nSaturday\, July 16: Vendors Open 9 am – 7 pm \nSunday\, July 17: Vendors Open 10 am – 4 pm \nOver 25 food vendors serve eclectic varieties of cuisines that please any appetite. All applications are subject to a juried process to ensure quality\, variety\, and originality. Free live onstage entertainment from local and regional artists is available daily. For those who want to sit with a cool beverage and listen to music\, the “Watering Hole” never fails to please. \nAll New Children’s Circus\nWe have plenty for the kiddos\, too! Visit the Children’s Circus in front of the bandshell. Circus events include: \nSaturday\, July 16 \n\n9 – 10 am – Storytime Yoga\n10 – 11 am – Aerial Demos\n11 – 11:30 am – Hula Hoop Play\n11:30 am – noon – Stilting Activity\n1:30 – 2 pm – Juggling for Beginners\n2 – 3 pm – Aerial Demos\n3 – 4 pm – Acro Fun\n4 – 5 pm – Aerial Demos\n5 – 5:30 pm – Dance Party\n\nSunday\, July 17 \n\n10–11 am – Storytime Yoga\n11 am – noon – Aerial Demos\nnoon – 12:30 pm – Hula Hoop Play\n1:30 – 2 pm – Stilting Activity\n2 – 2:30 pm – Dance Party\n2:30 – 3 pm – Juggling for Beginners\n2 – 3 pm – Aerial Demos\n3 – 4 pm – Acro Fun\n\n\n\n\n\nEntertainment Lineup\nFestival weekend is an exciting night in the Watering Hole refreshment garden! \nJoin us for the very best in live music: \nSaturday\, July 16 \n\n11 am – 12:30 pm – Cottonwood Boys\n1 – 2:30 pm – Flat 5\n3 – 5:30 pm – The Lucas Olson Trio\n6 – 8 pm – Humbletown\n\nSunday\, July 17 \n\n11 am – 12:30 pm – Lang Termes\n\nThank you Festival in the Park sponsors!
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SUMMARY:Festival in the Park
DESCRIPTION:Spearfish City Park\nThe Festival in the Park is one of the largest outdoor summer arts and music festivals in the upper Midwest. The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center of Spearfish\, SD\, organizes this popular festival. It serves as the largest fundraiser for our non-profit organization each year. The proceeds benefit arts outreach and help produce the festival each year. \nOver 25\,000 people attend the festival\, held every third weekend in July. This year’s festival features over 178 fine art\, craft and food vendors! \nSaturday\, July 16: Vendors Open 9 am – 7 pm \nSunday\, July 17: Vendors Open 10 am – 4 pm \nOver 25 food vendors serve eclectic varieties of cuisines that please any appetite. All applications are subject to a juried process to ensure quality\, variety\, and originality. Free live onstage entertainment from local and regional artists is available daily. For those who want to sit with a cool beverage and listen to music\, the “Watering Hole” never fails to please. \nAll New Children’s Circus\nWe have plenty for the kiddos\, too! Visit the Children’s Circus in front of the bandshell. Circus events include: \nSaturday\, July 16 \n\n9 – 10 am – Storytime Yoga\n10 – 11 am – Aerial Demos\n11 – 11:30 am – Hula Hoop Play\n11:30 am – noon – Stilting Activity\n1:30 – 2 pm – Juggling for Beginners\n2 – 3 pm – Aerial Demos\n3 – 4 pm – Acro Fun\n4 – 5 pm – Aerial Demos\n5 – 5:30 pm – Dance Party\n\nSunday\, July 17 \n\n10–11 am – Storytime Yoga\n11 am – noon – Aerial Demos\nnoon – 12:30 pm – Hula Hoop Play\n1:30 – 2 pm – Stilting Activity\n2 – 2:30 pm – Dance Party\n2:30 – 3 pm – Juggling for Beginners\n2 – 3 pm – Aerial Demos\n3 – 4 pm – Acro Fun\n\n\n\n\n\nEntertainment Lineup\nFestival weekend is an exciting night in the Watering Hole refreshment garden! \nJoin us for the very best in live music: \nSaturday\, July 16 \n\n11 am – 12:30 pm – Cottonwood Boys\n1 – 2:30 pm – Flat 5\n3 – 5:30 pm – The Lucas Olson Trio\n6 – 8 pm – Humbletown\n\nSunday\, July 17 \n\n11 am – 12:30 pm – Lang Termes\n\nThank you Festival in the Park sponsors!
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SUMMARY:Festival in the Park Wristband Night
DESCRIPTION:Spearfish City Park\nThe Festival in the Park is one of the largest outdoor summer arts and music festivals in the upper Midwest. The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center of Spearfish\, SD\, organizes this popular festival. It serves as the largest fundraiser for our non-profit organization each year. The proceeds benefit arts outreach and help produce the festival each year. \nOver 25\,000 people attend the festival\, held every third weekend in July. This year’s festival features over 178 fine art\, craft and food vendors! \nWhat is $5 Wristband Night?\nFriday’s $5 Wristband Night is our largest fundraiser of the year! Many people wonder why they should pay money to go to Festival in the Park on Friday when all other days are free. Here are just a few reasons: \n\nFor a very low price\, you are supporting the arts in Spearfish.\nYou get to preview & buy from your favorite vendors a day ahead!\nThe Watering Hole is open and will have 2 great musical groups performing from 4 pm to 10 pm. Only folks with wristbands get to enjoy these bands.\nEnjoy the festival in the cooler evening hours!\n\nYou can pre-purchase your $5 wristbands at Matthews Opera House\, Visit Spearfish\, Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce or Killian’s. Wristbands will also be available at the entrances to Spearfish City Park prior to the event. \nArt & Craft Vendors\, Live Music\, Food\nOver 25 food vendors serve eclectic varieties of cuisines that please any appetite. All applications are subject to a juried process to ensure quality\, variety\, and originality. Free live onstage entertainment from local and regional artists is available daily. For those who want to sit with a cool beverage and listen to music\, the “Watering Hole” never fails to please. \nAll New Children’s Circus\nWe have plenty for the kiddos\, too! Visit the Children’s Circus in front of the bandshell. Friday’s circus events include: \n\n4 – 5 pm – Aerial Demos\n5 – 5:30 pm – Hula Hoop Play\n5:30 – 6 pm – Stilting Activity\n6 – 7 pm – Aerial Demos\n7 – 8 pm – Acro Fun\n\nEntertainment Lineup\nFriday night is an exciting night in the Watering Hole refreshment garden! \nJoin us for the very best in live music: \n\n4 – 5:30 pm – Local singer Adda Boyd\n6 – 7:30 pm – Alt Country/Americana band Oxford Comma\n8 – 10 pm – Headliner Jason Dea West\n\n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwxAqeSMc0k&list=RDwwxAqeSMc0k&start_radio=1″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /] \n[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOP-lKHzY0&list=RDwwxAqeSMc0k&index=8″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /] \nThank you Festival in the Park sponsors!
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SUMMARY:Laffin School
DESCRIPTION:The Froelich Young Actors Guild presents a special double feature event: “Game of Tiaras\,” a comedy by Don Zolidis and “Laffin School\,” a comedy by Keith Jackson! Both shows will be performed on Saturday\, June 25 at 7 pm and Sunday\, June 26 at 2 pm. One ticket gains access to both plays. \nAbout the Shows\n“Game of Tiaras” by Don Zolidis\nActors in grades 7-12 \nWhen the aging king of a Magical Kingdom (England) decides to split his empire between his three daughters\, Cinderella\, Belle\, and the Snow Queen (who in no way resembles a copyrighted character)\, terrible tragedy ensues. Terrible\, hilarious tragedy. Combining the gut-wrenching plot twists of Game of Thrones and the soul-numbing despair of Shakespearean tragedy\, this adaptation of King Lear will leave you dying with laughter as the body count mounts. When you play the Game of Tiaras\, you win or you die. \nProduced by special arrangement with PLAYSCRIPTS of New York\, NY \n“Laffin School” by Keith Jackson\nActors in grades 2-6 \nJokes! Jokes! Jokes! It’s the classic situation. A young substitute teacher\, Miss Quackenbush\, turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the dumbest (and funniest) pupils found anywhere. The previous teacher had a nervous breakdown. No wonder! With things like mice in lunch boxes and a student with the measles\, anything more will drive you crazy! Unless the likable but dim-bulbed pupils can pass a simple exam\, they won’t advance to the next grade. Find out why the pupils don’t want to be “promoted” and why Miss Quackenbush has to find some way to get rid of them! \nProduced by special arrangement with PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE\, INC. of Englewood\, CO \n 
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CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Game of Tiaras
DESCRIPTION:The Froelich Young Actors Guild presents a special double feature event: “Game of Tiaras\,” a comedy by Don Zolidis and “Laffin School\,” a comedy by Keith Jackson! Both shows will be performed on Saturday\, June 25 at 7 pm and Sunday\, June 26 at 2 pm. One ticket gains access to both plays. \nAbout the Shows:\n“Game of Tiaras” by Don Zolidis\nActors in grades 7-12 \nWhen the aging king of a Magical Kingdom (England) decides to split his empire between his three daughters\, Cinderella\, Belle\, and the Snow Queen (who in no way resembles a copyrighted character)\, terrible tragedy ensues. Terrible\, hilarious tragedy. Combining the gut-wrenching plot twists of Game of Thrones and the soul-numbing despair of Shakespearean tragedy\, this adaptation of King Lear will leave you dying with laughter as the body count mounts. When you play the Game of Tiaras\, you win or you die. \nProduced by special arrangement with PLAYSCRIPTS of New York\, NY \n“Laffin School” by Keith Jackson\nActors in grades 2-6 \nJokes! Jokes! Jokes! It’s the classic situation. A young substitute teacher\, Miss Quackenbush\, turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the dumbest (and funniest) pupils found anywhere. The previous teacher had a nervous breakdown. No wonder! With things like mice in lunch boxes and a student with the measles\, anything more will drive you crazy! Unless the likable but dim-bulbed pupils can pass a simple exam\, they won’t advance to the next grade. Find out why the pupils don’t want to be “promoted” and why Miss Quackenbush has to find some way to get rid of them! \nProduced by special arrangement with PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE\, INC. of Englewood\, CO \n 
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SUMMARY:Laffin School
DESCRIPTION:The Froelich Young Actors Guild presents a special double feature event: “Game of Tiaras\,” a comedy by Don Zolidis and “Laffin School\,” a comedy by Keith Jackson! Both shows will be performed on Saturday\, June 25 at 7 pm and Sunday\, June 26 at 2 pm. One ticket gains access to both plays. \nAbout the Shows\n“Game of Tiaras” by Don Zolidis\nActors in grades 7-12 \nWhen the aging king of a Magical Kingdom (England) decides to split his empire between his three daughters\, Cinderella\, Belle\, and the Snow Queen (who in no way resembles a copyrighted character)\, terrible tragedy ensues. Terrible\, hilarious tragedy. Combining the gut-wrenching plot twists of Game of Thrones and the soul-numbing despair of Shakespearean tragedy\, this adaptation of King Lear will leave you dying with laughter as the body count mounts. When you play the Game of Tiaras\, you win or you die. \nProduced by special arrangement with PLAYSCRIPTS of New York\, NY \n“Laffin School” by Keith Jackson\nActors in grades 2-6 \nJokes! Jokes! Jokes! It’s the classic situation. A young substitute teacher\, Miss Quackenbush\, turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the dumbest (and funniest) pupils found anywhere. The previous teacher had a nervous breakdown. No wonder! With things like mice in lunch boxes and a student with the measles\, anything more will drive you crazy! Unless the likable but dim-bulbed pupils can pass a simple exam\, they won’t advance to the next grade. Find out why the pupils don’t want to be “promoted” and why Miss Quackenbush has to find some way to get rid of them! \nProduced by special arrangement with PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE\, INC. of Englewood\, CO \n 
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SUMMARY:Game of Tiaras
DESCRIPTION:The Froelich Young Actors Guild presents a special double feature event: “Game of Tiaras\,” a comedy by Don Zolidis and “Laffin School\,” a comedy by Keith Jackson! Both shows will be performed on Saturday\, June 25 at 7 pm and Sunday\, June 26 at 2 pm. One ticket gains access to both plays. \nAbout the Shows:\n“Game of Tiaras” by Don Zolidis\nActors in grades 7-12 \nWhen the aging king of a Magical Kingdom (England) decides to split his empire between his three daughters\, Cinderella\, Belle\, and the Snow Queen (who in no way resembles a copyrighted character)\, terrible tragedy ensues. Terrible\, hilarious tragedy. Combining the gut-wrenching plot twists of Game of Thrones and the soul-numbing despair of Shakespearean tragedy\, this adaptation of King Lear will leave you dying with laughter as the body count mounts. When you play the Game of Tiaras\, you win or you die. \nProduced by special arrangement with PLAYSCRIPTS of New York\, NY \n“Laffin School” by Keith Jackson\nActors in grades 2-6 \nJokes! Jokes! Jokes! It’s the classic situation. A young substitute teacher\, Miss Quackenbush\, turns up at the Little Red Schoolhouse and finds her class is comprised of the dumbest (and funniest) pupils found anywhere. The previous teacher had a nervous breakdown. No wonder! With things like mice in lunch boxes and a student with the measles\, anything more will drive you crazy! Unless the likable but dim-bulbed pupils can pass a simple exam\, they won’t advance to the next grade. Find out why the pupils don’t want to be “promoted” and why Miss Quackenbush has to find some way to get rid of them! \nProduced by special arrangement with PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE\, INC. of Englewood\, CO \n 
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SUMMARY:The Resonant Rogues: CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Cory Marie Podielski\nWe are so sorry to announce that tonight’s live music with The Resonant Rogues has been cancelled due to travel issues. We wish the band a speedy fix so they can get back on the highways and byways! Our apologies for any inconvenience–Advance ticket holders will be contacted by Matthews staff. \nFolk duo The Resonant Rogues will perform at the Matthews Opera House for one-night-only on Saturday\, June 18 at 7:30 pm. \nThe Resonant Rogues’ dark Appalachian folk paints a picture of their lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and on the road. Anchored by the songwriting duo of Sparrow (banjo\, accordion) and Keith Josiah Smith (guitar)\, the duo has traveled the byways and highways of America and crossed the oceans with instruments in tow. From riding freight trains to building their own homestead\, the pair are no strangers to blazing unconventional trails. At once rooted and adventurous\, each song tells a story of real experiences\, friendships\, and challenges. \n\nAbout the musicians\nSparrow\nSongwriter\, accordion\, banjo\, vocals \nSparrow’s passion for movement and sound started early\, with much time and energy spent on choir\, orchestra\, musical theatre\, swing dancing\, and figure skating. A voracious student\, she has immersed herself in an enormous range of performance arts. Sparrow plays old-fashioned originals with The Resonant Rogues and also leads a traditional jazz band called Sparrow and her Wingmen. She also occasionally performs as a solo artist and released an album of her original music in 2012. Her instruments include accordion\, banjo\, and fiddle. She has been belly dancing since 2003\, teaching and performing in Asheville and around the country. In 2006-2007\, Sparrow attended the Circus Center in San Francisco\, primarily for acrobatics\, and has toured and performed with Asheville’s Runaway Circus. \n  \nKeith Josiah Smith\nSongwriter\, guitar\, vocals \nSmith’s musical journey began with playing drums in punk/rock bands in his early teens. He then developed a passion for songwriting upon learning his first chords on the guitar and hosted open mics and a community music festival in his hometown of Menomonie\, WI. In the spring of ’09\, at the age of 18\, he left home and began traveling around the USA\, hopping freight trains and street performing for a living. In 2010\, he traveled to Nashville\, TN with hometown friend Jason Dea West (Intuitive Compass) and formed Barefoot Surrender with Benjamin Tod (Lost Dog Street Band). In the ensuing years\, he accompanied many other street bands between the Pacific Northwest and New Orleans\, LA. In 2012\, he gained a renewed focus on songwriting and studying the guitar\, which led him to record a demo in Seattle\, WA. With that new demo in hand\, he spent the next 10 days traveling across the country via freight train\, visiting musician friends along the way and landing in Asheville\, NC\, where he serendipitously met a woman named Sparrow who needed a guitarist for her recording session in three days. They formed Resonant Rogues in 2013\, and Keith’s adventurous spirit is now satisfied with touring around the world with his wife\, Sparrow. \n“I urge you to get out and hear them” -Lonesome Highway \n“Their intense cohesion is so intertwined that it feels like they’re playing with one pair of hands.” –No Depression \nListen…\nhttp:// \n 
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Sewing
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, June 9\, we will feature Heather Evans\, teaching the art of sewing.\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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