Press Releases

There Goes the Neighborhood. The Addams Family is Coming to Sioux Falls!

Since the 1930s, readers have been enchanted by Laura Ingalls Wilder’s tales of the struggles and joys of life on the prairie. 

Save the date for the 2013 South Dakota Governor’s Conference on Tourism, January 16-17, 2013, at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Pierre.

In honor of the 40^th Anniversary release of John Wayne’s The Cowboys, five of the cowboys will be in Belle Fourche for an outdoor screening of the movie Friday, July 27th, 2012 at dusk behind the Tri-State Museum at the Center of the Nation in Belle Fourche.

Don’t miss the beloved rock musical, Godspell, which runs through Sunday, July 8 at the Black Hills Playhouse.

The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls will host an outdoor cooking demonstration at Blood Run Nature Area from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. CDT on Saturday, June 30.

South Dakota Governors Arthur C. Mellette, Harlan J. Bushfield and Walter D. Miller will be honored with statues to be unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda at 1 p.m. CDT on F

The preservation team at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be working on the sculpture beginning Thursday, May 31.

First Lady Linda Daugaard announced today that weekly public tours of the Governor’s Mansion will begin on Wednesday, June 6. 

Don’t miss out on attending the 2^nd annual South Dakota Birding Festival during the May 18-20, 2012 weekend at the Fort Randall area.

The public is invited to attend a Ribbon Cutting and Open House celebrating the management partnership of the Oahe Dam Visitor & Interpretive Center, between the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Great Lakes of SD Tourism Association.

On Saturday, April 21, 2012, Badlands National Park and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site will kick off National Park Week and celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day. Badlands, a fee park, will join other national park fee locations and offer a fee-free week from April 21-29.

On Saturday, May 5th we invite you to tour the new Education Program Building, which now houses the Junior Paleontologist and newly created Advanced Paleontologist excavation programs.

The Redlin Art Center will welcome a professional BMX stunt organization called The Twin Cities Fantasy Factory Mega Jump Stunt Club.

Grab your binoculars, camera and birding guide and make plans to attend the 2^nd annual South Dakota Birding Festival. Outdoor birding enthusiasts will gather May 18-20, 2012 at Fort Randall to hopefully catch site of hundreds of migrating bird species returning to South Dakota or heading farther north.

Despite recent surges in pump prices, the national average price for self-serve gasoline is only seven percent higher than it was one year ago, according to AAA's FuelGaugeReport.com: 3.76 per gallon today vs. $3.52 on Mar. 8, 2011.

A benefit for the Black Hills Playhouse & Sioux Empire Community Theater

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows the 977,778 visitors who visited and enjoyed the Badlands National Park in 2010 spent $23 million in the park and surrounding communities.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation is offering a new service for travelers called ClearPath 511.

The judges in San Francisco seem to like what South Dakota does with raspberries and honey. 

The Black Hills will be featured on a national level this holiday season. “A Christmas in the Black Hills,” a one-hour holiday special filmed in Deadwood and the Black Hills, will premier on Monday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT on Great American Country (GAC).

 

Twilight Flights are being offered again this year by Strawbale Winery.

Superintendent Cheryl Schreier announced today that planning is underway for the 2012 Independence Day Celebration at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

The Black Hills Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) announces the upcoming season with five concerts taking place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

The Beach Boys, comic Sinbad, the Four Tops and The Temptations, The New Christy Minstrels under the direction of Randy Sparks -- with special guest Barry McGuire -- and Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone and Davy Jones of the Monkees will all be performing at Deadwood Mountain Grand in October.

Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 to be commemorated at Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The 14th Annual Badger Clark Poetry and Music Gathering will be held on Sept 23rd and 24th in Hot Springs, SD. The gathering was named by American Cowboy magazine as top three poetry events in the nation. This year's entertainment will feature former RCA recording artist, Pake McEntire and 2010 Poet of the Year Ken Cook.

The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel of John Buchan from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock licensed by the ITV Global Entertainment Limited and an orginal concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon.

The Children’s Museum of South Dakota celebrated a big milestone on Saturday, July 30th as it welcomed its 100,000th visitor. Early afternoon, the Yee family from Sioux Falls put the museum over the benchmark. Seven year old Anna Yee, came to the museum on a school field trip earlier this spring.

The 5^th annual Quilts & Vines event will take place at Strawbale Winery on August 13, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For the last 15 years, The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls taught hundreds of thousands of people to fish, hunt, camp, canoe, kayak, shoot an arrow and much more. In July, they take that record up a notch with Outdoor University, a day dedicated to all things outdoors.

The Verendrye Museum of Fort Pierre is pleased to announce the authorization of the Historic Bad River Trail: Scotty Philip Memorial Ride in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the death of Scotty Philip

Dr. Agenbroad, the Principal Investigator and Site Director, of the Mammoth Site announced that Earthwatch volunteers uncovered the 119th tusk at The Mammoth Site today, this discovery makes the first tusk of the 60th mammoth. Fifty-seven are Columbian mammoths and three are woolly.

Tours of the Governor's Mansion in Pierre have been postponed.

The Black Hills Playhouse is back in Custer State Park.

 

Wineries are popping up all over South Dakota, favorably impacting both the agricultural and visitor industries.

The Annual Wounded Knee Memorial Motorcycle Run will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5-6, 2011. This event, which follows the Trail of Chief Big Foot, begins at Fort Yates, ND, continues to Eagle Butte, SD and ends at Wounded Knee, SD.

Mark your calendars for May 20, 21, 22 as a unique event will be coming to the Wagner, Lake Andes and Pickstown area of South Dakota.

Members of South Dakota’s tourism industry are already working to bring more visitors to the state this year.  Their efforts are a blend of time-proven techniques and new technologies, working together in an attempt to surpass the record-setting $1.059 billion generated in 2010.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is happy to announce that beginning Sunday, February 27th, and every Saturday and Sunday thereafter, the site will be open from 8AM to 4:30PM. 

Former South Dakota State University faculty colleagues and friends began an artistic collaboration after teaching a workshop called “Celebrating Rural Life through Painting and Writing.”

 

“Textural Structures: Selected works from the South Dakota Art Museum” originated as a collaboration between Leda Cempellin, art historian and assistant professor in the SDSU Visual Arts Department, and John Rychtarik, curator of exhibits at the Art Museum.

The Falls Park Visitor Information Center, managed by the Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau, ended 2010 with a strong increase in visitor numbers over the previous year.

The Mount Rushmore Society, which operates the parking concession at Mount Rushmore National Memorial through Presidential Parking Inc., reports a 1.9% increase in total vehicles at the park during the organization’s fiscal year (ending  September, 2010). This reflects a continual increase in visitation, as 2009 saw an even larger increase of 11% in total vehicles over 2008.

Prairie Berry Winery sent four people to pour their regional wines at the National Wine Experience, America’s premier national wine exhibition.

Several dozen South Dakota businesses are receiving kudos from state government for delivering outstanding customer service.

The South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service invites South Dakotans to fill their Horizons project passports this summer. 

The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau would like to announce that the 8th Annual Winter Wonderland at Falls Park kick-off event will be Saturday, November 20, 2010 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.

The Falls Park Visitor Information Center is wrapping up the 2010 tourism season with a strong increase in visitor numbers over 2009.

You’re invited to the biggest birthday bash of the year when the doors open to the all new Children’s Museum of South Dakota on Sunday, September 12th in Brookings, South Dakota.

The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History has opened a new, state-of-the-art “Rare Rhinos of Africa” exhibit designed to engage and excite visitors about rhinos, conservation and

Friday, Sept. 3, is Travel South Dakota Day at the 125^th South Dakota State Fair in Huron, S.D. It’s your chance to find out more about South Dakota’s travel opportunities.

The National Field Archery Association will hold Yankton’s first-ever Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids  at the NFAA/ Easton Regional Center for Archery Excellence, 800 Archery Lane, on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. The camp will be held from 8 - 5 p.m. The day will be filled with outdoor experiences for children ages 8 to 16. 

The Aberdeen Area is the place to be for the 2010 pheasant hunting season. Experience the rush of pounding wings, bright skies, and the cackle of roosters as they explode into the sky. This year is even more exciting because every hunter has the chance to win a million dollars if they shoot a banded pheasant in Brown County!

If you peer closely and listen with your eyes, you can sense it in the shapes and shades and designs of his pottery—that certain something that made Dick Edie realize at a very young age that he was different.

The 4th annual Quilts and Vines event will take place at Strawbale Winery on August 14, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Larry Agenbroad has announced that par for the course, on the last day of this year’s EarthWatch excavation at the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD another “Mammoth Discovery” is made.

The Great Lakes of South Dakota Tourism Association is doing its part to encourage racial harmony. The Association, which promotes counties along the Missouri River, has issued a statement of support for the 2010 Year of Unity.

This year’s Pepsi Racing Power Cup Challenge presented by River City Racin’, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, at Chamberlain/Oacoma, S.D., has been cancelled due to unexpected floodwaters.

The band Houdek recently released its debut album, “Return to Houdek,” featuring 15 original songs inspired by South Dakota.

Located just minutes from two of the largest and most renowned outdoor sculptures in the world – Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial – Hill City, S.D., will host the third-annual Sculpture in the Hills Show and Sale on June 26-27, 2010.

The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls will host its annual Bark Ranger Extreme from 1-4 p.m. CDT on Saturday, June 19.

The talent contest is open to ages 13-19, there is no fee to enter, and prizes will be awarded.

The number of visitors entering the Falls Park Visitor Information Center is on the rise in comparison to numbers reported at this time in 2009.

A 3-D digital scanning project at Mount Rushmore National Memorial is underway, and has been capturing data to be used for long-term historical preservation. The data will also be used to develop 3-D modeling, virtual tours and other interactive intrepretive programming.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is finalizing the event schedule for the 2010 Independence Day celebration. The event will center around talent from the local community, and visitors can expect to experience a wide variety of entertainment.

Kites will still fly high in the sky, but there will also be bikes galore on the ground at this year’s annual Mother’s Day kite festival, appropriately renamed the Brookings Family Kite & Bike Festival.

Argus Leader Media in Sioux Falls, S.D., is proud to announce the 6th annual Argus Leader Tour de Kota bike tour across South Dakota.

The line up for the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival - JazzFest at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls on July 15, 16 and 17, 2010 (in no particular order, artists are subject to change at any time) are as follows:

The 3^rd Annual Uptown Festival of Arts & Crafts has been scheduled for Saturday, June 12, 2010 in Watertown, S.D. This outdoor festival takes place in the Uptown district of Watertown and features artist demonstrations, craft booths, food and beverage vendors, cultural entertainment, kid’s activities and more!

Over 60 years ago, a group of Native Americans contacted Korczak Ziolkowski and asked him to create a memorial to the legendary Crazy Horse. Ziolkowski had been one of the sculptors on the Mount Rushmore carvings.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial will resume annual preservation work on the carving and other areas of the mountain from Monday, April 26 through Sunday, May 9. As part of the annual work done on the mountain, the memorial's preservation team will set up an alpine high line transport system between the base and the top of the mountain.

The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau, in partnership with the Empire Mall, will be celebrating the grand opening of the NEW Visitor Information Center at the Empire Mall.

Bobby Vee and Friends will be performing live at the Goss Opera House in Watertown, S.D., Saturday, June 19, 2010. Two shows, at 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. General admission is $30, and limited VIP tickets are also available. The performance is being produced by the Lone Arranger Entertainment Company.

Historic towns compete; lean on residents to return 2010 Census forms

Parade Magazine, a staple in Sunday newspapers across the country, featured train travel in its last edition. In that article, the Black Hills Central Railroad Co., also known as the 1880 Train, was listed as an 'Unforgettable Day Trip by Rail.'

The Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is excited to introduce the 2010-2011 Official Sioux Falls Visitors Guide!

Mobile phone users can now text in to play blackjack and win prizes from the Deadwood Chamber and Visitors Bureau.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial has assembled a National Park Service Rapid Resource Assessment Team to create an action plan to address the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic that is causing ponderosa pine mortality throughout the Black Hills.

"...South Dakota. On the wine map, it might as well be Siberia."

BOOMERANG HOTELS announces the opening of the Guest House Inn and Suites, Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Kelly Inn).

The annual Sioux Falls CVB luncheon will feature nationally recognized Harley-Davidson Senior Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer, Mark-Hans Richer.

Members of the Brookings Area Quilter’s Guild will present a quilt trunk show, Saturday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. at the South Dakota Art Museum.

WHAT: JazzFest 5K run/1 mile fun walk
WHEN: Saturday, July 17th at 9:00 a.m.
WHERE: Yankton Trail Park, Sioux Falls, SD
 

Dakota Spirit is hosting the 9th Annual Valentine’s Classic on February 6 and 7, 2010 at the Sioux Falls Arena. This two-day event will host over 160 of the top cheer and dance teams from the region.

Plan now for a trip to the Center of the Nation's All Car Rally, held June 18-19, 2010!

Hill City, SD - In a recent wine competition in California’s wine country, an unexpected winery took a top prize.

Prairie Berry Winery of Hill City, S.D., came home with a Best of Class award and was further distinguished with a Judges Choice award, for their Red Ass Rhubarb wine, a semi-sweet blend of raspberry and rhubarb.

The 2010 edition of the Great Lakes of SD Tourism Association’s Great Lakes Visitor’s Guide is hot off the press.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Acting Superintendent John Scott announced today that the use of fireworks will be suspended for the 2010 Independence Day Celebration due to the unacceptable risk they pose to the fragile condition of the Black Hills forests in and around the memorial resulting from extensive damage from an epidemic of mountain pine beetles. The popular annual event has become the summer’s biggest patriotic event at the park.
 

Seven-time all-around champ Trevor Brazile leads the pack into Rapid City.

The Range Days Rodeo was presented with the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association’s (WPRA) Justin Best Footing Award for the Badlands Circuit for 2009.

The Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo has announced a new event for the 2010 show.

Mardi Gras in Deadwood is Feb. 5-6, 2010, and registration is now open for the parades, Cajun cook-off and the Mardi Gras Cake Decorating Contest.

With the recent cold weather, ice conditions are set for another great season of ice fishing on Lake Oahe and the Mobridge Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to host the largest two-person ice fishing tournament in the Midwest, held January 9, 2010.

Hill City will host the first annual Black Hills Film Festival this spring, May 14-16, 2010.

The South Dakota Art Museum is displaying 24 photographs by Stephen Briggs until April 1, 2010 when the collection will be moved to the South Dakota State University student Union.

The Sioux Falls CVB would like to announce that the 7th Annual Winter Wonderland at Falls Park kick-off event will be Sat., Nov. 21, 2009. Mayor Dave Munson will flip the switch to light up Falls Park at 6 p.m.

December 1-18 Free Admission at The Mammoth Site, with three items of non-perishable food per person.

National Geographic Traveler has listed the Black Hills as one of the most scenic drives in the world.

The South Dakota Art Museum will help quilters “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle on Nov. 14.

A unique aerial experience.

More than 300 teams registered after only one week.

As part of its 2009 nationwide charitable campaign, Moscow Ballet is supporting the National Alliance on Mental Illness South Dakota chapter (NAMI SD) in its fundraising efforts connected to the annual performance of "Great Russian Nutcracker."

Today, the South Dakota Film Festival announces the 2009 schedule of events for the third annual festival. Highlighting this year's festival are multiple appearances by Academy Award winner Kevin Costner.

The contemporary Native American music family, Brulé, is proud to announce the premier of their new television program, "Hidden Heritage", on RFD-TV, Rural America’s Most Important Network.

Fall is one of the best times to visit the Black Hills of South Dakota. The nights are cool, the aspen trees are brilliant and special events are going on throughout the Hills.

Cooking with corn cobs is a distinctive tradition that has been carried down through the generations in Vermillion, S.D.

Since the Great Plains Zoo released news of the surviving cub on August 4, the story has been picked up by more than 50 national and international news outlets.

A new exhibit called “Centaurs & Flappers” opens at the South Dakota Art Museum Sunday, Aug. 9.

The Mammoth Site is working with Project Exploration to create an interdisciplinary three and one-half day paleontology and geology field experience in the southern Black Hills.

Jedediah Smith first ventured into Dakota Territory in the early 1800s. He gained fame as a frontiersman and explorer, and may be acknowledged with mapping out and discovering much of western Dakota Territory.

While Primal Quest Badlands isn’t exactly a spectator event, there will be opportunities for fans of the grueling endurance race to see the teams as they pass through the checkpoints and transition areas.

SPOT LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSAT) and the pioneer behind the award-winning SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ announced today it’s partnership of the upcoming 2009 Primal Quest adventure race providing real-time race tracking and GPS mapping.

Sioux Falls has been selected to host the North American Fast Pitch Association (NAFA) 2009 World Series for men’s fast pitch softball.

Tickets are now on sale for the South Dakota Festival of Books event held in Deadwood, Oct. 2-4, 2009.

Fair weather and temperatures helped to see crowds remain full for this year's Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival- JazzFest July 17 and 18 at Yankton Trail Park.

History repeats itself at the Mammoth Site;Thirty-four years after the original 1975 discovery of the intact skull with full ivory and a mandible only slightly displaced, nicknamed "Mighty Manfred" by the crew.

Legends Ride to benefit charities will be capped at 250 bikes in 2009; 2008 Ride raised nearly $40,000

With the Montana DVD Premier acting as a kickoff to Primal Quest: Badlands, attending is a great way to show support for the event and for Team South Dakota.

The call of the South Dakota prairie has been powerful for landscape artists.

Venue to feature Grammy nominated bluesman and fellow world-class musicians to benefit the Opera House in Lead, S.D.

Minuteman Missile is establishing new records for visitation during 2009 while the seasonal ranger staff continues to provide facility upkeep for the historic site and guided tours for the visiting public.

Wrapped semi-trucks and social media highlight tourism marketing

Headliners Elvin Bishop and Keb' Mo'

One parade that started some 90 years ago in a northern Black Hills community continues to draw thousands of spectators each July.

The Sioux Falls CVB will welcome visitors at the Valley Springs Info Center this Friday.

Legendary 'Lizardman' to appear.

Excitement is building for the largest and most powerful racing event on the Missouri River.

Time to make that trip to central South Dakota!

Before the first visitor arrived to Mount Rushmore National Memorial for the 2009 Independence Day celebration, hundreds of park partners and volunteers were working hard to prepare the memorial for one of the largest celebrations in the nation.

The task is the 3D digital recording of Mount Rushmore and will provide, for the first time, a visual documentation of this internationally important memorial in South Dakota.

Travelers on the ‘Fossil Freeway’ of Western Nebraska and South Dakota will find adventure and mystery as they explore a one-of-a-kind highway corridor of prehistoric fossil finds.

Monkey Rock, the premier exhibitor and entertainment venue of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, has partnered with Segal Fine Art to bring the David Mann Museum Exhibit to the 69th annual event.

Event will welcome travelers at the Valley Springs rest stop on July 10 and 31.

Visitors to Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3, 2009 can expect to experience a wide variety of educational programs, patriotic tributes, and musical entertainment in celebration of Independence Day.

A special press conference with anticipated international circulation will be held to announce the development of a ground-breaking partnership with the organization that pioneered the digital preservation of world heritage sites and monuments.

America’s majestic national bird, the bald eagle with the world’s most distinctive and recognizable national monument, Mount Rushmore in the background is the tableau depicted in Robert Sissel’s newest original painting “Wings of Freedom.”

A special ceremony honoring three grandchildren of Doane Robinson will take place during Mount Rushmore National Memorial’s evening program and lighting ceremony on June 27.

A special ceremony honoring three Navajo Code Talkers will take place during Mount Rushmore National Memorial’s annual Independence Day Celebration on July 3.

The Sanford Children's JazzQuest will again provide a great entertaining and engaging environment for children at JazzFest 2009, July 17-18 at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

The USS South Dakota Reunion will be held July 2-4, 2009 in Sioux Falls at the USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial.

Rodeo clowns from 14 states will gather in Deadwood to be honored for their years in the arena entertaining rodeo audiences and saving bull riders from serious injury.

The third annual Falls Area Bicyclists Ride And Dine will be Saturday, July 11th.

Whether a first-timer or a seasoned climber, the Black Hills are a superb destination for anyone looking to rock climb in an area of unique scenic beauty filled with mountains, lakes and pines.

Located between two of the world’s largest and most famous sculptures, Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse, the "Sculpture in the Hills" Art Show will be held on June 27th and 28th in Hill City.

Monkey Rock, the premier exhibitor and entertainment venue of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, has announced an exciting entertainment schedule and partnerships with some of the most recognized and respected names in the motorcycle industry.

The second annual Motongator Joe’s Country Music Festival is scheduled once again at the Prairie Village in Madison, SD, June 26-28, 2009.

This weekend, June 13-14, Huron will host the second annual South Dakota Outdoor Expo at the State Fair Grounds.

Benefit concert to feature Grammy nominee and Black Hills favorites

Record attendance expected for convention.

The recurring weekly arts and entertainment festival, Summer Nights, announces its 2009 line-up of sponsors and bands.

During this simulated dig, children learn Paleontological excavation techniques, including identification of replica mammoth and giant short-faced bear fossils.

The Black Hills Playhouse and its talented cast and crew from across the nation will entertain audiences of all ages for a 64th year.

Registration available for charity event that kicks off 2009 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

The 5th Annual Black Hills Overdrive Car Show and Cruises will be held June 11-14 in Rapid City and other sites in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Beginning Saturday, May 23rd, 2009, the Redlin Art Center will once again extend its weekend hours of operation for the summer tourist season.

State improves fishing opportunities in Black Hills cities and towns

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is proud to announce the 2009 Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame Inductee, Jay Jackson from Indiana.

Country star’s June 19 show will be first for new Spearfish venue.

Running between Hill City and Keystone, Black Hills Central Railroad’s 1880 Train offers visitors an entertaining, scenic ride through the pine-covered Black Hills of South Dakota.

On May 18, 2009, the Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) launched their new quarterly e-newsletter called CVBeat!

The Sister Cities Association of Sioux Falls presents the 20th Annual German Fest on Saturday September 12th from 2:00 to 10:00 pm at Falls Park West.

Each year 1 million people from all over the world make their way to Badlands National Park, an area of 244,000 acres of tall spires, deep canyons and sweeping vistas.

"Field to Field: From Vietnam to South Dakota."

The city of Huron has installed a new 18-hole adventure golf course and renovated a 1928 bathhouse located near Ravine Lake.

National Tourism Week is a celebration of the visitor industry.

Superintendent Gerard Baker has announced the summer schedule for Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

The South Dakota Art Museum is currently displaying illustrations from “Iktomi and the Boulder,” by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Paul Goble, through September 27.

As the weather warms up in the Black Hills of South Dakota and increased visitation leads into the summer season, staff at Mount Rushmore National Memorial are busy planning for the summer’s biggest patriotic event at the park.

From the World War II-era B-29 Superfortress to the super-sleek B-1B Lancer bomber, the South Dakota Air & Space Museum offers a chance to get an up-close look aircraft of yesterday and today.

With the help of the South Dakota Office of Tourism’s Million Dollar Challenge Program and support from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, several South Dakota private sector businesses, Black Hills area chambers of commerce and local municipalities, an economic impact study on the Sturgis Motorcycle Ral

Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be offering free week-long sculpting workshops on the Borglum View Terrace throughout the summer.

Red Cloud Indian School will host its annual art show at The Heritage Center for the 42nd year, with an opening slated for May 31, 2009.

The Verendrye Museum is pleased to announce the authorization of the Fort Bennett to Fort Pierre: The Casey Tibbs Memorial Ride on August 10 - 14, 2009.

Officials at Angostura Reservoir near Hot Springs, S.D. are expecting the reservoir to have the best water levels in years.

The South Dakota Art Museum will display “Works on Paper” through Sept. 20.

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10th, you will be able to visit the Mammoth Site and all the new exhibits free with two cans of food.

Superintendent Gerard Baker announces a National Park Service American Heritage Exchange will be held at Carvers Café at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Sunday, May 3 from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m.

This year's festival is not just for mountain bikers.

The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs conducted Cooperative Learning Venture in the Denver area on April 10 & 11.

The South Dakota Art Museum will exhibit a retrospective exhibition by nationally recognized artist George Longfish.

Known as the Queen City of the Black Hills, this once-sleepy farming town has become a thriving center for commerce, medicine, higher education, outdoor recreation and tourism.

The new event center will make its debut during the 2009 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

For the first time ever, the Professional Bull Riders will be in Rapid City for two action packed nights, June 19 and 20, 2009.

American Cowboy announced the results of its second annual Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Western Events.

The Nations’ Parade at Mount Rushmore: Learning History -- Honoring Heritage

Several communities in the southeast region of South Dakota have joined together to form the Southeast Website Marketing Partnership (SWMP).

Biking in the Black Hills of South Dakota has traditionally conjured up visions of motorcycles and roaring engines.

The Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society has commissioned a composition for the All City Middle School Jazz Ensemble concert, April 7that Augustana College.

The South Dakota Art Museum announces that a new exhibition titled, “Contemporary Native American Art,” will be displayed through August 30.

This Women Gone Wild Weekend will feature guided hunting on more than 10,000 acres of high quality private land that’s teaming with wild pheasants.

With winter snow giving way to spring sunshine, Black Hills streams, rivers and reservoirs are filling up. For those who participate in the growing sport of kayaking, 2009 should be a very good year.

Summer hours begin at the Falls Park Visitor Information Center (VIC) on March 30, 2009 and will continue until October 16, 2009. The VIC will be open daily from 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

The 2008-2009 Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society concert series wraps up on March 25th at the Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater.

READY FOR LAUNCH ON APRIL 6TH

The best professional athletes in the world converge each summer on the Black Hills of South Dakota to test their cowboy skills in the age-old sport of rodeo.

In downtown Belle Fourche there’s a monument marking the area’s distinction as the geographic center of the United States.

Located just outside of the legendary Sturgis on S.D. Highway 79 sits a formation jutting from the rolling prairie.

The Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society is planning for an exciting JazzFest on July 17th and 18th at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

The ULHRA, Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association, returns to national television as part of the "Lucas Oil…On the Edge" series on SPEED.

A new exhibit, “Harvey Dunn: Select Works,” will be displayed at the South Dakota Art Museum through April 25, 2010.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Hall of Fame inductees for 2009.

The Black Hills News Bureau is now online at www.blackhillsnewsbureau.com.

After a Mardi Gras weekend that kicked-off with the King and Queen coronation Thursday night, Mardi Gras in Deadwood 2009 saw more floats, more beads, more Cajun food and more revelers than ever before.

The Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) reports that sales for future convention and event business are strong.

Bobby Rock and Tracey Williams of Rapid City are crowned King and Queen of Deadwood's Mardi Gras Thursday night at Cadillac Jack's Gaming Resort. Mardi Gras in Deadwood continues through Saturday night. Photo Courtesy Deadwood Chamber.

The smell of Cajun cuisine will fill the air while thousands of party goers fill the streets as Deadwood rolls out its annual Mardi Gras celebration February 19 - 21, 2009.

Hundreds of muscle cars, custom rods and antique rides will rumble into Canton July 26th, for the annual Canton Area Car Show.

The morning skyline will fill with balloons as more than 30 hot-air balloons are set to take flight over Sioux Falls, Saturday, June 13, 2009.

Tickets go on sale wednesday, Feb. 11

The 2008-2009 Sioux Falls Visitors Guide is now posted on the Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau’s (CVB) website.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the 2009 Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame.

Hot Springs' sandstone structures, Wild Bill Hickok's grave in Deadwood and Rapid City's colorful Black Hills Powwow all offer visitors first-hand testimony about the history and culture of the West.

Dakota Spirit is hosting the 9th Annual Valentine’s Classic on February 7 and 8, 2009 at the Sioux Falls Arena.

The South Dakota Art Museum is hosting a Valentine’s event on Sunday, Feb. 8from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The Best Western Black Hills Lodge in Spearfish was named Best of the Best in Customer Care at Best Western International’s annual North American Convention held recently in Honolulu, Hawaii.

So far this winter, 132 inches of snow have fallen in the higher elevations of the Black Hills.

Wild Water West Waterpark and The Adventurepark is in the process of expansion.

The Mammoth Site is proud to announce that the Visitor Survey Kiosk is now up and operational.

Eagle Sales of the Black Hills (Budweiser) has once again taken the lead sponsorship role in Deadwood Chamber of Commerce Events.

Due to overwhelming support from the Deadwood community, the Deadwood Jam will be held on Sept. 11-12, 2009.

The 19th Annual Deadwood Jam will be held on Friday, September 18, 2009, and Saturday, September 19, 2009.

The Redlin Art Center is proud to announce Sawyer Brown as the featured performer Saturday, August 8, 2009!

Artist Roger Broer, an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation living in Hill City, will exhibit his work, make a presentation and conduct a workshop on some of his technique at the South Dakota Art Museum Jan. 23-24.

Deadwood, SD does it right when it comes to historic preservation, tourism and revenue raising.

Applications are now being accepted for travel counselors and supervisors at 10 Information Centers along Interstates 29 and 90.

The Rapid City Regional Airport is proud to welcome its newest tenant, Air Host.

Dakota Gold Soccer Club is hosting its 2nd Annual Indoor Winter Games soccer tournament on two upcoming weekends in December and January.

Caribou Productions of Sioux Falls is pleased to announce completion of their new educational television series "Nature Adventures."

South Dakota Art Museum is one of a select group of organizations chosen to receive a gift from New York art collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel.

South Dakota Art Museum will host the work of Brad Bachmeier, a ceramic artist, and Chris Vance, a painter, for an exhibition titled “Coexistence” from Dec. 2 through April 5, 2009.

South Dakota Art Museum will exhibit the work of Peruvian master weaver Edwin Sulca Dec. 9, 2008 through April 12, 2009.

December 1-19 Free Admission at The Mammoth Site, with three items of non-perishable food per person.

The National Park Service, in conjunction with Badlands National Park, will award grant funds to two local volunteer fire departments (VFDs).

Learn to tie simple flies for fly fishing at The Outdoor Campus in November.

Learn how to make a custom fishing rod.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site set new records for visitation during the 2008 summer season.

A nine-member collective of musicians has convened to honor their roots with "Return to Houdek," a concert of songs inspired by South Dakota to premiere Oct. 10-11 at the Grand Opera House in Pierre, S.D.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame has just launched an updated website to better serve its constituents.

Citizens interested in the study of the monarch butterfly can call The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls to assist with their annual fall butterfly count and tagging.

Yankton Area Arts council invites plein air artists from South Dakota and the region to set up their easels September 12 and 13, 2008 for a fun-filled week-end of painting and socializing.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent Gerard Baker invites the public to attend multi-cultural demonstrations August 17 through August 19 in conjunction with the filming for the PBS five-part series, Untold Stories, to be aired in the fall of 2009.

The Kirby Science Discovery Center (KSDC) will soon be taking delivery of its’ new "Tornado Booth" exhibit.

Under the watchful eye of four of our country’s founding fathers, approximately 30 people from more than 20 different countries will be sworn in as new citizens of the United States.

The Mammoth Site is working with Project Exploration to create an interdisciplinary three and one-half day paleontology and geology field experience in the southern Black Hills.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is pleased to announce the third in a continuing series of summer night programs at Launch Facility (missile silo) Delta-09.

Reel in some fun at the first annual South Dakota Walleye Festival, August 29-31, in Akaska.

The Washington Pavilion welcomes one of the world's leading guitar ensembles, The Brazilian Guitar Quartet, to the Belbas Theatre on Friday, August 1 at 8 pm.

Important historic auction and vendor show in Deadwood SD. August 14-17 to be held in conjunction with the 2008 Ft. Pierre to Deadwood wagon train.

Dr. Agenbroad, the Principal Investigator and Site Director, of the Mammoth Site announced that Earthwatch volunteers have uncovered a new tusk (number 113) making the total mammoths now discovered 57 based on tusk count.

The Central Plains Cycling team is putting on a cycling race called the: "Downtown Sioux Falls Criterium". This will always double as the "South Dakota Criterium State Championships".

Mitchell will host The AirVenture Cup the World’s Largest Cross Country Air Race. Come see over 50 homebuilt, experimental aircraft on Saturday, July 26th from 8 to 5! Each aircraft is hand built representing 6,000+ hours of work.

The South Dakota Film Festival announced it would officially begin selling tickets online effective Thursday for this year’s festival, which will be held September 19-21 in Aberdeen.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the opening of its newest exhibit entitled “First Ladies of Motorcycling.”

Dr. Agenbroad, the Principal Investigator and Site Director, of the Mammoth Site announced that Earthwatch volunteers have uncovered several new bones during their first ten days of excavations.

American bison are the largest mammal to have survived the last glacial period in North America and are a critical keystone species in grassland ecosystems.

Partnerships were key to the success of the Independence Day celebrations at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3 and 4.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial marked Independence Day 2008 with patriotic entertainment and a dramatic display of fireworks.

Dr. Agenbroad, the Principal Investigator and Site Director, of the Mammoth Site announced that Earthwatch Excavations will take place in two two-week sessions.

More than twenty thousand visitors are expected to visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Thursday, July 3, as part of the annual Independence Day Celebration.

For the first time in its history, the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is offering memberships to its supporters.

Dr. Paige Baker, Superintendent, has announced a new astronomy program for the summer of 2008.

Unlimited Light Hydroplane Boat Racing comes to Chamberlain-Oacoma

Superintendent Gerard Baker has announced that Mount Rushmore National Memorial will honor World War I veteran Frank Buckles during the 2008 Independence Day Celebration.

Beginning Wednesday, June 25, visitors to Mount Rushmore will glimpse part of the behind the scenes preparations that go into producing one of the nation’s highest rated fireworks shows.

The second annual Quilts and Vines event will be held Saturday, August 9 at Strawbale Winery, near Renner, S.D.

Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 2 p.m., the Redlin Art Center in Watertown will host the Grieg Male Chorus of Canton for a free concert.

On Saturday, June 28th at 10:30 a.m., the Redlin Art Center will host pianist Doug Montgomery for a free concert.

The Mount Rushmore History Association at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will host author Jim Burnett for a book signing.

Race #3 in the Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association 2008 series is four weeks away (July 12 & 13) and teams are busily preparing for the start of what has been dubbed "The Gauntlet".

Dr. Paige Baker, Superintendent, has announced the summer schedule of interpretive programs for Badlands National Park will take effect June 15, 2008.

The 2008 Philip Invitational Matched Bronc Ride is ready to go.

This hour long educational excavation is great for “Junior Paleontologists” ages 4-13 years.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is pleased to announce the first ever night program at Launch Facility (missile silo) Delta-09.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be hosting free week-long sculpture workshops on the Borglum View Terrace.

Badlands National Park is proud to announce its selection to receive a Junior Ranger Ambassador for the 2008 summer season.

From June 1st through August 9th, guests of the Redlin Art Center will have the rare opportunity to enjoy the original art of Norman Rockwell.

Coming to the Wells Fargo CineDome at the Washington Pavilion are two movies that span the heights and depths of the planet.

In the coming days the air surrounding the Washington Pavilion will be filled with the pungent aroma of what has to be one of the world’s most unusual art materials: burned baguette bread.

The musical, which has already become the best selling studio show in the history of SDSU theater, tells the story of a troubled therapy group attempting to conquer one of life's greatest anxieties, anxiety itself. Audiences journey through the minds of six panic-attack riddled clients as they stru

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11th, you will be able to visit the Mammoth Site and all the new exhibits free with two cans of food.

Minuteman Missile NHS staff began taking reservations for the 2008 summer season on Monday April 7th.

Interior, S.D.— The public is welcome to attend any of the 13 open house-style meetings to be held during the second and third weeks of April.

Superintendent Gerard Baker has announced the summer schedule for Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is recognized again for its audio tour.

With a guaranteed $145,000 pay out, fishermen from across the country will venture to Akaska to try their luck at landing the big one in this 3-day tournament.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial welcomes the public to attend several open houses to learn about and share comments on a proposed hiking trail and access route at the park.

Coming to the Great Hall of the Washington Pavilion on Saturday, April 5, 2008 is the world renowned ballet company, Smuin Ballet.

Mr. Gary Wood has been named President/CEO of The Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls.

The Backyardigans Live! will be making a stop in Sioux Falls for two performances onTuesday, April 15, 2008 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Superintendent Todd Suess announced today that the Monument will be offering free cave tours on Saturday, March 15, 2008 in recognition of 100 years of discovery.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Hall of Fame inductees for 2008.

The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School will host its annual art show this summer, opening June 1 and running ten weeks, through August 10, 2008.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the 2008 Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is proud to announce the hiring of John Black as the site’s first Facility Operations Specialist.

Honoring the trail of Chief Big Foot.

St. Patrick’s Day is coming to the Washington Pavilion a little early this year in the way of an evening of traditional Celtic music from Boys of the Lough.

Robert Aldern: Landscapes and Figure Studies

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent Gerard Baker announces a proposed hiking trail system at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

On February 7, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt established Jewel Cave National Monument under the authority of the 1906 Antiquities Act.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is proud to announce the success of its first educational outreach program to West River region schools.

The organizers of the Fort Pierre to Deadwood Trail have received the maximum number of applications for the 2008 Trail Ride.

An Evening of Wine and Roses, the Cultural Development Organization's annual fundraiser, is set for Saturday, February 9, 2008 at the Boulder Falls Convention Center in Hot Springs.

The Husby Series performance season at the Washington Pavilion once again offers a world class performance with which to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Coming to life on the stage of the Great Hall at the Washington Pavilion is Addy: An American Girl Story, presented by the Seattle Children’s Theatre.

Exhibit is in Conjunction with the Release of a Book by Kodak

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is now selling tickets for its 2008 raffle of a hard-to-find 1982 Harley Davidson “Sturgis” motorcycle.

Michael Douglas Narrates a Real-Life Scientific Adventure Featuring the World’s Top Dinosaur Hunters

Superintendent Dr. Paige Baker has announced that the Ben Reifel Visitor Center at Badlands National Park will be closed on Monday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 25, 2007.

Through an executive order, President Bush announced that Monday, December 24, 2007 will be a holiday for all federal employees.

For 2008, the premier walleye school in the nation, the Walleye Masters Institute, is featuring top walleye pros from the major walleye circuits as instructors.

The National Park Service will be making improvements to the cave lighting system at Jewel Cave National Monument in December.

Badlands Ornament Displayed on the Official White House Christmas Tree

The Redlin Art Center is proud to announce Home Federal Bank as a major sponsor of the August 2, 2008 outdoor concert featuring the Oak Ridge Boys.

The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) recently named Mount Rushmore National Memorial’s audio tour as the winner in the audio division of their 2007 Interpretive Media Awards during the 2007 NAI National Workshop held in Wichita, Kansas on November 8, 2007.

The Best Western Sundowner Inn in Hot Springs, SD and the Best Western Sundowner in Sterling, CO were named Best of the Best in Customer Care at Best Western International’s annual North American convention held recently in Montreal, Quebec.

Jewel Cave National monument and Wind Cave National Park will offer free tours to military veterans and current military personnel and their families on Sunday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day.

Take a night off this Holiday Season to enjoy a peaceful tour of the lights of Sioux Falls…by way of helicopter!!!

The Verendrye Museum of Fort Pierre, a non-profit corporation, announces the opening of applications for an historic trail ride over the original Fort Pierre Deadwood Trail, 100 years after the trail was last used.

“Starting Line: Fit for Life” is a new science exhibit gallery where children and families can test their skills as a mountain climber, wheelchair racer, soccer goalie or even check their skill and speed as a top-notch baseball pitcher.

Superintendent Todd Suess has announced the schedule for winter operations at Jewel Cave National Monument.

The National Field Archery Association (NFAA) announced that it has selected Yankton, S.D. as the location for its new headquarters building.

The National Park Service will be making improvements to the elevator entrance at JewelCaveNational Monument from October 15-26.

Dr. Paige Baker, Superintendent, has announced the fall and winter schedule for Badlands National Park.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is excited to announced it will be exhibiting the “Bush Bike”, the motorcycle built by Desperado owner Jeff Nicklus for President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign.

The Kirby Science Discovery Center is set to host another Spooky Science Night on Fri., Octo. 26 and Sat., Oct. 27 from 6-9 p.m.

Beginning in June 2008, the Redlin Art Center, in partnership with the Watertown Community Foundation, will host “Norman Rockwell in the 1940’s: A View of the American Homefront”.

The City of Sturgis has announced that Pepper Massey will continue as Director of the Sturgis Rally Department, moving from interim to permanent beginning September 26, 2007.

Artist Joe Stanaway’s The Glass Ride, a full scale glass sculptor replica of a “chopper” motorcycle with kiln cast and blown glass components, was received popular support during and after the 67th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Classic.

Superintendent Gerard Baker has announced the fall schedule for Mount Rushmore National Memorial will take effect September 4, 2007.

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The Mount Rushmore Recreation Corridor Phase I Observation tower is progressing after introduction at the Keystone City Council Meeting on June 6, 2007 by GMA Enterprises Inc.

Summer is drawing to a close and that means it’s time once again for one of the area’s longest running festivals.

Superintendent Gerard Baker has announced the fall schedule for Mount Rushmore National Memorial will take effect August 15.

The United States District Court of South Dakota will be holding a Naturalization Ceremony for new citizens on Thursday, August 23, 2007, at 2:00 p.m.

The Rapid City Arts Council, PrairieWave Communications and local media outlets have joined together to create an innovative grant program to support marketing for 2008 events.

The 8th Annual downtown car and bike show known as Sizzlin' Summer Nights will be Saturday, August 25, 2007 in Downtown Aberdeen, SD.

The Gold Wing Touring Association’s (GWTA) annual national Gold Rush Rally will be held in Sioux FallsJuly 16-19, 2007 at the Sioux FallsConvention Center.

The Earthwatch volunteers will be excavating new areas of the sinkhole looking for more mammoths and other species of animals which became trapped and died in this sinkhole death trap 26,000 years ago.

The first event of its kind in this area!

The annual fireworks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial ended a day full of patriotic entertainment and celebrations.

A special activity will take place during the 68th Annual Sioux Empire Fair.

The 32nd Biennial Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) Convention at the Sioux Falls Arena and Convention Center making it one of the largest in recent years and creating an estimated economic impact of nearly $3 million!

News crews are invited to visit the Memorial at any time, but there will be three scheduled media events in preparation for the Tuesday, July 3, Independence Day Celebration.

The Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association (ULHRA) recently announced the choice of Chamberlain-Oacoma, South Dakota to host a national race on July 12 and 13, 2008.

Organizers of the annual bike ride along the Mickelson Trail are reporting a tremendous increase in registrations, up 82% over this time in 2006.

There will be four scheduled media events in preparation for the Tuesday, July 3, Independence Day Celebration.

One of the nation’s top rated fireworks displays will cap a full day of events on Tuesday, July 3rd, at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Beginning Monday, June 25, visitors to Mount Rushmore will glimpse part of the behind the scenes preparations that goes into producing one of the nation’s highest rated fireworks shows.

An inaugural event in Aberdeen.

An Invitation to filmmakers.

Elsi Dodge, a single sexagenarian behind the wheel of a 30-foot-long RV to visit Mitchell for book signing.

Opening in the Wells Fargo CineDome on Sat., May 26, 2007 and running though Oct., 5 is Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France.

Sioux Falls has been selected to host the Firefighter Combat Challenge / Hy-Vee Midwest Regional Championships! The event will be held August 24-25, 2007 in Downtown Sioux Falls.

The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will be hosting the 2007 Visitor Industry Luncheon featuring…Scott Ginsberg, the author of HELLO, my name is Scott and The Power of Approachability, May 24, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.

Officials for the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center announced today that the annual fundraiser, Arts Night, held Fri., May 4 brought in a record amount. According to preliminary figures the event and the brought in nearly $47,000 through the live auction and approximately $50,000 in corporate

Officials for the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center announced today that the annual fundraiser, Arts Night, held Fri., May 4 brought in a record amount.

On Thursday, May 10, Badlands National Park will host an Evening of Art. Please join us at the Ben Reifel Visitor Center between 6:30 – 8 pm. Former Artist in Residence Charlie Lyon will present a slide show of his paintings at 7 pm in the classroom.

Badlands National Park is seeking up to three interns to spend 13 weeks volunteering in the park as summer naturalists from May 20 through August 18, 2007.

An international art exhibit featuring the work of some of Taiwan’s most talented contemporary artists, Taiwan: From within the Mist, will be on exhibit at the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center from May 18 until August 19, 2007.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Preservation Thursday: Mountain lions in the Black Hills, scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. at the Adams Museum has been cancelled.

One of the new aspects of this year’s annual Pavilion Wellness Festival, to be held Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Washington Pavilion, downtown Sioux Falls, is the partnering with Avera McKennan as the naming sponsor.

In celebration of National Park Week, Mount Rushmore National Memorial welcomes the public with open doors on Wednesday, April 25, 2007.

The Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL) recently named Mount Rushmore National Memorial’s audio tour as the winner in the audio/visual division during the 2007 Media and Partnership Awards held in Sacramento, CA, on March 19, 2007.

Kathy Grimm of Bloomers Flowers & Gifts in Central City will present a workshop on the art of bow making at the Historic Adams House, 22 Van Buren St., from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, 2007.

Detective Greg Nelson of the Deadwood Police Department will discuss mountain lions in the Black Hills on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. for Preservation Thursday at the Adams Museum, 54 Sherman Street.

Casey Osback, a park ranger at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, was recently selected through a competitive process as a member of the National Park Service’s nationwide Honor Guard Program.

The Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission is proud to present the 5th annual symposium entitled, “The Myth and Reality of the Black Hills, D.T.”

For a third year running, local business Prairie Berry Winery has received one of the highest honors in the nation’s winemaking industry. Their Raspberry Honeywine won “2007 Best Fruit Wine” at the Vineyard & Winery Management “Best of the East” competition.

Photographs and written accounts of the life of Martha Canary, alias Calamity Jane, and the history of Deadwood can now be found at the Museum of Letters and Manuscripts (Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits) in Paris, France.

The annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2007, beginning at 7 am in the amphitheater at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. This non-denominational, musical celebration will be performed by the Hills Parish of South Dakota.

In anticipation of demand, a third performance has been added for the smash Broadway Musical Hairspray coming to the Washington Pavilion as part of the Husby Series on May 15 – 16.

Badlands National Park seeks public input on proposed changes to the park’s entrance fee for 2008. A public meeting will be held on March 15 at 2 o’clock in the Ben Reifel Visitor Center.

One of Mozart’s most popular operas Le Nozze di Fiagaro, or The Marriage of Figaro comes to the Washington Pavilion as part of the Husby Series performance series on Sunday, March 18 at 2 p.m. for an afternoon matinee.

If you have a good Badlands shots, this is your chance to share! Badlands National Park will be hosting its first ever Annual Park Pass Photo Contest. The contest will be open from April 1, 2007 through May 31, 2007.

Premiere Event Already a Sell Out at the Washington Pavilion.

The exhibit features historic artifacts and photographs that capture the essence of childhood in early Deadwood and the surrounding Black Hills.

Hold the Line…TOTO to Play Pavilion Sioux Falls first stop on North American Tour

The Visual Arts Center (VAC) followed a unique vision when it organized this new special exhibition and many visitors may be surprised at the creativity and skill of our area art students.

Anne Rogers, AM&H publications coordinator and Historic Adams House assistant curator, will present a lecture titled We are Deadwood, too: Children of the Gulch’s Ethnic Communities.

The Hampton Inn Mitchell, SD was recognized for its high rankings in quality, guest satisfaction and business performance. The award criteria was based on customer feedback measured through guest satisfaction surveys on the hotel, as well as product, quality and service scores measured quarterly by

The Historic Adams House will host a workshop on the care of heirloom dolls.

The National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with Badlands National Park, recently provided funding for Rural Fire Assistance to the Kadoka Volunteer Fire Department (VFD).

The Redlin Art Center is proud to announce Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers as the featured performers Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007.

The Historic Adams House will host a hardanger embroidery workshop.

New tour created, arranged and produced by Chip Davis Tickets Go On Sale Saturday, February 3 at 10am

Tour operators from the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United States will gather in Deadwood and Hot Springs.

PBS and director Chris Eyre seek talent for the first of a series of Native American PBS documentaries entitled "King Philip's War."

The Falls Park Visitor Information Center welcomed 157,263 visitors in 2006.

The Empire Mall Visitor Information Center set a record in 2006, welcoming 34,389 visitors.

Historic Adams House hosts calligraphy workshop

The Berenstain Bears are coming to town in a new musical “Berenstain Bears On Stage!” written by best-selling authors Stan & Jan Berenstain.

In 2007, the original and premier walleye school in the nation, the Walleye Masters Institute, is featuring all four top anglers from the major walleye circuits as instructors!

Escape into his Surreal South Dakota Arts Night Winner Exhibit Opens

Evening of Eastern Culture a Feast for the Senses Performance by Chai Found Music Workshop Highlights Pavilion Event

Opening in Gallery A of the Visual Arts Center of the Washington Pavilion on Jan. 12, 2007 is the exhibit The Photographs of Frank B. Fiske running until May 6.

The Prairie History Guild Series is will present its monthly program on Monday, December 11 at 7:00 p.m. at the Dakota Discovery Museum.

Preservation Thursday: I Remember My Childhood in Deadwood The Adams Museum celebrates childhood in 2007

This month the Adams Museum and the Historic Adams House issued What Goes Around, its 2007 signed, limited edition poster print to Potato Creek Johnny-level members and above.

A film crew from CNBC recently wrapped up filming a feature news story on the impact of hunting to a state’s economy for an upcoming episode of CNBC News.

Opening Dec. 8 and running through Feb. 25, 2007 is Eliot O'Hara: Ring of Fire in Watercolor in galleries B & C of the Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center.

The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau Presents… For the First Time Ever a “Falls of the Big Sioux River” Calendar!

Members of the Sunday Drivers Club of the Black Hills will volunteer their time, equipment, and expertise horsemanship to help repair a dam in the Badlands Wilderness Area

The bison roundup at Badlands National Park was a resounding success for all parties involved.

Pavilion Holiday Festival will kick off Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. with a sneak preview and wine tasting social with gourmet appetizers and a chance for participants to get the first opportunity to shop the marketplace and acquire pottery from the Tea for Two exhibit.

Three new park films are now available for purchase on one DVD entitled Badlands Suite.

Members elected Bill Stevens of Pierre, S.D., to serve a three-year term on the board of directors of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. His term began Oct. 1, 2006.

Opening Fri., Oct. 27, 2006 in the Visual Arts Center’s Galleries B and C is Tea for Two: Ceramic Artists.

The Northern Route to the Black Hills Film Division and Hayze Entertainment Group are producing a local film directed by Aberdeen native Shaun O’Connell.

The guns belonging to Wild Bill Hickok and his close friend Charlie Utter, in addition to related objects in the City of Deadwood’s recently purchased Wild Bill Hickok Collection.