Events
USD choirs to hold fall concert
Although the official organ re-dedication in Aalfs Auditorium will be held Nov. 2, University of South Dakota choirs will use the organ for their fall concert to perform a selection from the oratorio, or an opera without movement, titled “Elijah” by Felix Medelssohn. The USD Chamber Singers, Men’s and Women’s Choir and the Concert Choir […]
Symphony to perform in Aalfs
Director of the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Richard Rognstad is hoping to have a successful fall concert after rehearsing for the entire first half of the semester. The USD Symphony Orchestra, comprised of the string orchestra and a wind section, will perform their free fall concert in the Aalfs Auditorium Oct. 23 at […]
PREVIEW: Symphony Orchestra to perform fall concert
After a semester of rehearsing, the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will perform their fall concert. On Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. the group, comprised of the string orchestra and a wind section, will perform their free concert in the Aalfs Auditorium. For more on this story, see the Oct. 19 issue of The […]
PREVIEW: Mission Improvable to bring alcohol awareness to the university
The improv group Mission Improvable has been doing comedy shows for over 11 years, and for the past year and half, the group has been preparing for a more serious show about alcohol awareness. Mission Improvable will be at the University of South Dakota Oct. 24 to perform “A Shot of Reality with a Comedy […]
Comedy show helps students start Dakota Days
The University of South Dakota kicked off Dakota Days Monday night with a free comedy show, which almost filled Slagle Auditorium to its 1,250-person capacity. The Dakota Days Planning Committee and the Campus Activities Board joined forces to bring comedians Graham Elwood and Doug Benson to USD. Junior Brad Omland, the event coordinator for the […]
Award-winning bluegrass artist to play at National Music Museum
Award-winning bluegrass artist Dick Kimmel will be performing a free concert at the National Music Museum at noon on Oct. 7. Kimmel, a New Ulm, Minn., native, has been playing bluegrass music across the country for more than 50 years. Deborah Reeves, curator of education at the National Music Museum and head of the Brown […]
Printmaker to visit USD art department
Her works practically jump off the canvas. Cerese Vaden, an art professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, will teach her skills to graduate students of the University of South Dakota art department through a lecture and mini workshops. To provide students an opportunity to speak with Vaden, Cory Knedler, chair of the art […]
Lecture to honor local Native American artist
The late Oscar Howe never let failure keep him from becoming a great artist. After his rejection from the Philbrook Art Museum, he continued to paint modern art that reflected the Native American Culture in a new way and the University of South Dakota will host the annual Oscar Howe Memorial Lecture to honor Howe’s […]
PREVIEW: MUC to host The Naked Roommate
Chances are, the average college student has not had the opportunity to attend a presentation at which the speaker has declared his intentions to perform “The Syphilis Song,” and teach his audience how to get as much sex as they want. However, on Sept. 22. starting at 7 p.m., advice columnist and author Harlan Cohen […]
Exhibit displays natural earth tones
This month’s art exhibit “Generalizing from Rare Examples: work by Kristina offense.” According to her personal website, Estell, a regional professional artist, has a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. While she resides […]