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Back To Back Shows at Crow Peak
The Yawpers and Wayfarer bring two nights Spearfish Night One: The Yawpers. Monday, May 4. 5–7 p.m. Crow Peak Brewing Co., Spearfish. Star Wars Day. Costumes encouraged. Free will donations to Ridge…
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Black Hills Soul: Album Releases at Murphy’s Pub
“What is Peace?” drops May 1. The release show is Saturday night in downtown Rapid City. All four members of Black Hills Soul spent time chasing music somewhere else before settling in…
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Backstage
Heart of the Rebellion (A Star Wars fan film 23 years in the making) premieres May the 4th at the Elks Theatre
In 2003, Marc Linn read a line in Entertainment Weekly that said no one could make a feature-length Star Wars fan film and actually keep an audience. He saw that as a…
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Backstage
The Scene Shows Up for Joel Adams
Local musicians gather Saturday afternoonto support one of their own Spearfish Public House / Saturday, April 25 / 3:00–6:00 p.m. Joel Adams has spent years holding down the low end for Black…
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Open Studio this Saturday, 4-7 pm
Susan Drey has spent the last ten years making painting the center of her work. This Saturday, she’s inviting the public to her studio. The space is on the second floor at…
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On Our Radar
A big weekend for High School Theater in Rapid City
Thursday night, its curtains up at 7 at both Stevens and Central High Schools in Rapid City. One stage takes you to a bell tower of Notre Dame, the other to a…
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News
CeCe Teneal: Divas of Soul
Friday, May 1 at 7:30 pm at Performing Arts Center in Rapid City CeCe Teneal’s Divas of Soul is coming to the Performing Arts Center in Rapid City on Thursday, May 1,…
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Seven Short Films, One Night at The Matthews
Friday, April 17th at the Matthews in Spearfish, a handful of filmmakers who usually work in their own corners will see their work run back-to-back on the same screen inside the Matthews…
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StereoTrip
Stereotrip is a Black Hills-based cover band built for high-energy live shows, pulling from rock, pop, and dance-heavy tracks that…
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