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The issue of rape and sexual assault will be the subject of an improvisational performance at the University of South Dakota in Farber Hall on Monday Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Sex Signals is a Chicago-based group that combines improvisational comedy, education and audience participation to provide a provocative, in-your-face look at issues surrounding dating, […]

While professional artist Ricki Klages lived in Italy, she created many symbolic paintings of the landscape. Those works are now on display in the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts Building on the University of South Dakota campus. The exhibit will be open until Feb. 15. An artist […]

Newly-composed pieces of music, accompanied by the paintings that inspired them, will be played at the John A. Day Art Gallery on Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. Alison Erazmus, Director of the University Art Galleries, will be hosting painter Ricki Klages in honor of a composing contest which challenged musicians to view her paintings for […]

The National Music Museum is continuing their Brown Bag Lunch program with a free concert Jan. 27, featuring autonomous autoharpist Bryan Bowers. Bowers is an autoharp master as well as a singer and songwriter. An autoharp is a chorded zither with buttons that when depressed damp all strings except those to be sounded. The undamped […]

Associate art professor, John Banasiak, enjoys exploring older photography processes. “They seem to offer some new directions to potentially experiment with further investigation,” Banasiak said. “Sometimes people tend to forget about the older processes and don’t really explore it or review it to see how it might apply to contemporary times and issues.” When Banasiak […]

Four students from the University of South Dakota recently received awards at the South Dakota Music Teachers Association State Conference. SDMTA attracts college students from all over the state including South Dakota State University, Augustana College, Black Hills State University, University of Sioux Falls and USD. Junior Adrian Ries won first place in the MTNA […]

The season for gift giving is in full swing and a less expensive trend of do-it-yourself gifts has made it more cost effective for college students to hand out Christmas presents to family and friends. Do-it-yourself, or DIY, gifts are homemade gifts that range from lotions to baskets to jewelry. The new trend allows for […]

Percussion and saxophone are an unlikely combination, but associate professor of music Christopher Kocher and director of percussion studies Darin Wadley will bring the two together at their faculty recital on Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Colton Recital Hall. “I like working with Dr. Kocher,” Wadley said. “We’ve been talking about (doing a recital […]

The University of South Dakota theater department will bring puppets to the stage for its fall musical. “Avenue Q: The Musical,” the Broadway sensation being shown on stages all over the country will hit the USD campus Dec. 1-3. Matt Nesmith, stage and musical director, said “Avenue Q” should leave students humming the songs, smiling […]

When professor Susan Heggestad was asked to create an exhibit to display at the University of South Dakota, she decided to revisit an old body of her work to create a new exhibit. Heggestad’s exhibit, “Untitled,” is now on display in Gallery 110 of the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts. Heggestad, who teaches […]