In two and a half years, Paradise Fears went from playing in churches and classrooms to landing a U.S. tour with three big name bands. The Vermillion native band, consisting of Sam Miller, Cole Andre, Michael Walker, Lucas Zimmerman, Marcus Sand and Jordan Merrigan, will be touring with All Time Low, The Ready Set and […]
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 […]
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 […]
College may seem a little late to pick up ballet but that isn’t stopping Maddison Kissick from starting a new class. The lessons are being offered at the Wellness Center Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Kissick, a 24-year-old graduate student, teaches the class and it is for anyone interested in learning ballet, from beginner to expert. […]
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. On Sept. 22. the opportunity for both of those things will present itself to […]
Folk tunes sung by the likes of Paul Revere and Laura Ingalls Wilder will be brought to life when the National Music Museum hosts folk singer and songwriter Jami Lynn Buttke on Sept. 23. heart.” According to their website, the Brown Bag Lunch Program encourages people attending the event to bring their own brown bag […]
A St. Paul, Minn.,-based trio provided a lesson in Scottish and Irish music as part of the National Music Museum’s Brown Bag Lunch program Sept. 16. The trio, comprised of instrumentalist Laura MacKenzie, guitarist/percussionist Ross Sutter and violinist/dancer Danielle Enblom, presented “Celtic Wizardry: Wind-Powered Instruments” over the lunch hour. The musical performance included MacKenzie on […]
This week, the sounds of South America are coming to the University of South Dakota. Sept. 22 at 11 a.m., guitarist Allen Mathews and percussionist John Pennington will be performing for the music department’s Recital Laboratory course. The recital, which is free and open to students and the public, will be held in the […]
Despite adding four new players to their roster this season, the University of South Dakota women’s tennis team didn’t struggle to find rhythm in their first tournament of the season. The Coyotes traveled to Peoria, Ill., from Sept. 9-11 and competed at the Bradley Invitational. There, USD went 4-2 in singles play and 2-2 in […]
The University of South Dakota’s men’s golf took second place at their second tournament of the year, Tuesday in Oxbrow, N.D. playing at North Dakota State University’s Erv Kaiser Classic. The Coyotes ended the tournament with a three round score of 909, five shots short of first place. The University of Manitoba shot a 299 […]
