The Matthews Opera House is celebrating Chinook Days with a free Winter Kid's Craft! Stop by the gallery during business hours on Saturday, January 22 (10 am - 5pm) and pick up your FREE craft kit to do at home. This year we will be making paper snowman chains! Make sure to share your creation ... Read more
Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30 pm. Join us on Tuesday, January 25 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Karen Holzer, South Dakota-based author and historian. IMPORTANT UPDATE! Due to Covid concerns, we will only be be broadcasting this Author Talk ... Read more
The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center is proud to be hosting the 2022 BHSU Student and Faculty Show! Art from BHSU students and faculty will be on display in the gallery from January 11 - February 11. The gallery is open from 10 am - 5 pm, Tuesday - Saturday. Reception There will be ... Read more
Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. Join us on Tuesday, February 1 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Jean Helmer. Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. We will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those ... Read more
Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. Join us on Tuesday, February 8 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Bill Matson. Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. We will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those ... Read more
Our February Bellman Brown Bag presentation will feature BHSU Professor Gina Gibson who recently served as the first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead. Gina will share her experience in this role and some of the resulting artwork from her time there. Gina is now the coordinator for the SURF AiR ... Read more
Join us from 6-9 p.m. in the Matthews Opera House theater for My Bloody Valentine: An Anti-Valentine’s Day Drink and Draw. This fun adults-only workshop will feature drawing from live costumed models, anti-Valentine’s Day goodies and adult beverages for sale. Drawing demos will be presented by BHSU Art Professor Desy Schoeneweis and prizes will be ... Read more
Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. Join us on Tuesday, February 15 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Eliza Blue. When Eliza Blue first moved to northwestern South Dakota, she didn’t plan on staying long. After all, the singer/songwriter had spent ... Read more
All people should have the opportunity to be creative. Our makerspace has lots of supplies to craft, build, experiment, and discover art! Open makerspace hours are every Tuesday from 10 am to noon in the backroom of the Matthews Opera House gallery. A donation of any amount is suggested.
AUTHOR TALKS CANCELLATION We regret that this week's Author Talks with suspense writer KD Gearhart on Tuesday, Feb. 22 has been cancelled. Are you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
If the imagination were to incarnate, it would not be surprising if it took the form of cinematographer Georges Méliès. Right in the Eye is a live concert designed as a soundtrack to a montage of silent films by George Méliès (1861 – 1938) considered to be one of the inventors of cinematography. It is the ... Read more
This month, we’re inviting you to lend a hand in the creation of the George Martin Memorial Mural. A public painting session will be held on Saturday, February 26 in the Matthews theater. Sections of the mural will be on display and ready for your brushwork! Come be a part of this larger-than-life, paint-by-numbers mural ... Read more
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