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Candy and cards filled the stores the day after Christmas, signaling the start of another marketing campaign for a holiday – Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is a holiday with two different sides to it – love and candy. It’s also a holiday which tends to bring about the argument of whether it’s merely a commercialized […]

After playing trombone for 14 years, senior Tom Kramer will present his final bass trombone recital. The recital will feature music by composers Lassen, Jacobs, Dubois and Lebedev which will be held in the Colton Recital Hall at 7 p.m. and will last about 45 minutes. Kramer said most of the pieces he will be […]

This week the National Music Museum will be offering a guest who has been featured in a movie and has also won an award for his music. Michael Murphy, of Omaha, Neb., is a folk singer and songwriter, guitarist and player of the Native American flute. He will sing songs of social awareness, peace, and […]

When John Jennings, a State University of New York professor of visual studies, travels to the University of South Dakota as a visiting artist and lecturer, it will be his first trip to the state. Jennings, who specializes in African American stereotypes in visual media, will be on campus Feb. 6-9. He will lead a […]

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 […]