After his paid blogging pal Pat Powers plowed the hyperbolic furrow Saturday, Senator Dan Lederman (R-16/Dakota Dunes) makes public his swing at turning a clear rule violation in the Junior Duck Stamp contest into his own political chest-thumping aimed at…
Posts tagged as “arts”
Well, since Pat says X, I guess I have to say not-X... Dakota War College portrays the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's enforcement of rules as tyranny against a six-year-old calling for Congressional action. Six-year-old Madison Grimm from Burbank, South…
I got this article from a creative young South Dakotan who has moved to the Twin Cities to capitalize on her creative skills. An economic analysis of "creative vitality" finds that Minneapolis ranks sixth nationwide for the amount of economic…
Spearfish developer Rand Williams bought the old Passion Play grounds last fall. He plans to rename the facility the Lookout Amphitheater. And he wants to give visitors something to look at: a giant statue of Jesus. Rand Williams, a Spearfish…
Rand Williams got his start as a gravedigger. Now he specializes in resurrection... of historic Spearfish properties. In 1995, he bought the old City Hall, which is now an office and apartment complex with the prettiest green space on Main…
Madison Area Arts Council president Chris Francis announces that Saturday's hip-hop show (yes, hip-hop) at the Brickhouse will be the last Madison Area Arts Council show for a while... and maybe ever. Who's killing the arts council? The insurance company:…
KELO and the Sioux Falls Arts Council note that the "arts mean business" in Sioux Falls... over $35 million in business, plus 1300 jobs and $1.4 million in revenue for local government. That's a lot of nickels in the parking…
The liberal arts are the bastard stepchild of Dakota State University. That statement should surprise no one who has spent time on our computer-clicky Madison campus during the last three decades. Ever since 1984, when Governor Bill Janklow gutted the…