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…
Posts tagged as “culture”
The South Dakota Republican Party is run by a guy from Minnesota. Rep. Kristi Noem's campaign is run by a guy from Minnesota. These non-South Dakotans put together an extended video arguing that Matt Varilek isn't South Dakotan enough: Mr.…
...not that South Dakota Republicans will mind.... Nathan Johnson has a read-worthy article in Saturday's Yankton paper on brain drain, college grads in rural America, and rural economic development. Looking at data from the Center for Rural Strategies, Johnson finds…
When I arrived in Spearfish last year, one of the first big events I attended was a Downtown Friday Nights event on Main Street. I explained then what Madison and other small towns can learn about downtown economic and cultural…
As I noted in my earlier post this morning, I don't usually expect positive feedback from the Madison City Commission and the Lake Area Improvement Corporation. I'm used to hearing the defensive condescension that says, "Things are great! Madison's doing…
Hey! How about some color with your coffee? Common Grounds in Spearfish has graciously invited me to display some of my paintings for their caffeinated customers this month. The back nook has room for a combination of my older paintings…
It's Friday night—let's hear some good news! Last spring I was far from alone in lamenting the end of Uncle Jimmo's reign over the public airwaves. Our Legislature, apparently determined to extinguish arts and culture in all forms from our…
Oops: Gordon Howie's media Potemkin village just alienated a good chunk of its Christian American exceptionalist audience. Howie mouthpiece Brad Ford* posts without critique an article declaring Americans who adopt foreign children racist colonialists: The message of intercountry adoption ideology…