The Beat
Stories, news & culture from around the Black Hills
Local voices. Big stories. The people, places, and moments shaping our creative community.
Welcome to our little corner of the Black Hills where we keep our finger on the pulse, our ear to the ground and our eyes on the stage. The shows, the openings, the late-night sets, the tucked-away venues, and the artists shaping the culture of our community. We’ll be out there taking notes so you don’t miss what matters. If it’s unfolding locally and worth talking about, you’ll find it here.
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A Big Weekend for Galleries and Art Exhibits in the Black Hills
Over the past few years, gallery openings in the Black Hills have started spreading beyond the usual downtown art walk rhythm. A geodesic dome outside Spearfish is reopening for the season. A…
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Mason Jennings Coming to Rapid City
Longtime indie-folk favorite plays 707 Sports Bar & Nightlife on Friday, July 24th. Longtime indie-folk favorite plays @707rapidcity on Friday, July 24th. The Minneapolis songwriter has spent nearly thirty years building one…
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Backstage
Take Me To Your Moon: Journeys into the World of Dementia
Works by Yoko “Tenyoh” Sugawara Voices rise and fall, a murmur from neighboring galleries, distant in every way. Here, in Yoko’s world, the silence flows deep, rings in the heart, and whispers…
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News
Rock The Res Fundraiser hits the Dahl this weekend
Rock The Rez Fundraiser | Saturday, May 16 | 5–8:30 p.m. @ Dahl Arts Center • Rapid City Rock The Rez hosts five-day rock n’ roll camps for Indigenous girls, Two-Spirit, and…
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A Night of Live Music, Art and Dance
Belly dance, live music, drawing sessions, and a hands-on art party take over Aby’s on Saturday night. Downtown Rapid City is going to have belly dancers moving between breweries, the Farmers Market,…
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One of Climbing’s Biggest Names Is Coming to the Black Hills
Lynn Hill’s appearance at the Elks Theatre brings one of the most important figures in climbing history to a region with deep roots of its own. On May 10, one of the…
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Lost Cabin Turns 10 With a Weeklong Circus
Lost Cabin Beer Co. is stretching its 10th anniversary across an entire week this May, transforming the brewery into a rotating mix of beer releases, live music, food trucks, side-show attractions, projection…
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On Our Radar
Mother’s Day Events Around the Black Hills
Mother’s Day is coming up in the Black Hills this weekend! We pulled together a list of events happening around the Hills we thought would be fun to do with your mom…
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Wilt Brothers Band
The Wilt Brothers Band is a multi-generational country and rock group that performed across South Dakota and the Upper Midwest…
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