Events

Jun 21

Join Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce for the annual Quarry Days!

Quarry Days includes many events, such as a 5k/1k run/walk, parade, vendor fair, arts and crafts, food and entertainment and much more for the whole family!

Jun 21

Scavenger's Journey is a one-of-a-kind event that leads you through 11 communities along old Highway 16! Go from town to town in search of antiques, collectibles and rummage sales! Food and crafts will also pop up along the way. Each town has a trove of goods and hospitality. 

Jun 19

Sturgis Camaro Rally is an all generation Camaro event featuring a show & shine, drag racing, auto cross, poker runs, socials and much, much more! Camaro owners will get the chance to cruise through the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota with their fellow Camaro owners while celebrating the number one American muscle car, the Chevy Camaro.

Jun 20

Local theatre production.

Jun 21

Mutton busting, rodeo, western entertainment, parade, vendors and dances. 

Jun 21

South Dakota's George S. Mickelson Trail is more than just a recreation Trail; it's a trail of history. You have the opportunity to travel the same path as General George A. Custer, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Potato Creek Johnny! In September, hundreds of riders join together to ride this historic trail in the Mickelson Trail Trek. 

Riders can enjoy the beauty of the heart of the Black Hills as they travel through scenic valleys, old railroad tunnels and historic mining towns. This year's Trek promises to be bigger and better than ever, offering something for everyone. 

Layered clothing is strongly suggested in order to accommodate the weather. Major swings in temperatures can take place in a few minutes. Helmets are mandatory.

Lodging will be the riders' responsibility. The ride starts in Custer on Friday and Saturday and in Deadwood on Sunday, so plan your lodging accordingly.

Early check-in is on Thursday. The trek will take riders from Custer to Edgemont, Rochford and Deadwood.

Jun 20

PRCA/WPRA rodeo featuring bareback riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, ladies breakaway roping, team roping, saddle bronc riding, barrel racing and bull riding. Check us out on Facebook at Kadoka Buffalo Stampede for updates.

 Fee: $15 over 10 years of age. Kids 10 and under are FREE.

https://www.facebook.com/KadakaBuffaloStampede

Jun 21

Celebrate Pioneer Days in Dupree! This annual event will feature a bronc match and bull-riding, a flea market, parade, food and plenty of entertainment!

Jun 09

Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society's newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.

Mar 23

For over 600 years, stringed keyboard instruments have served as repositories for human imagination, science, technology, craft, artistry, and music. They are admired for their stature – and oftentimes stunning beauty – alongside their ability to play both melody and harmony. Keyboard innovation has continuously expanded throughout the world, throughout time.



Opening in March 2024, the special exhibition “High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments” will explore the form, function and development of keyboard instruments from early harpsichords to the modern piano. The special exhibition brings together nearly 20 keyboard instruments from the NMM’s collections - some of which have never before been on exhibit.



Instruments that will be on display include:


• An octave virginal (NMM 4660), from the same workshop as the NMM’s Neapolitan harpsichord, c.1530 (NMM 14408)

• A highly decorated harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, 1643 (NMM 10000)

• Harpsichord by Nicolas Dufour, 1683 (NMM 5943, pictured below), made in Paris in a native style that fell from popularity by the first decade of the 18th century

• French grand piano, Clavecin à marteaux, (harpsichord with hammers) by Louis Bas (NMM 4653) from 1781. This instrument, the earliest surviving French grand piano, is exceptional, retaining much of its original action parts

• Downward-striking piano by Nanette Streicher und Sohn (NMM 10298), and a small trapezoid hammer instrument by Gottfried Maucher (NMM 4570) – an example of a lesser-known instrument type, similar to the tangentenflugel by Späth and Schmahl, built c.1784 (NMM 4145), which was once a favorite instrument type of Mozart

• Grand piano by Erard (NMM 5984) and Chickering & Sons (NMM 5413), built at a time in which America led the way in piano technology, not only with grand pianos, but also with the large ”square” pianos by makers such as William Knabe & Company (NMM 14447)



“High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments” will open to the public on March 23, 2024 in the NMM’s Jason & Betsy Groves Special Exhibition Gallery. It will remain open through the calendar year. Support for the exhibition is provided by generous grants from the Clayton and Odessa Lang Ofstad Foundation and the City of Vermillion, SD.

Fee: $Included with Museum Admission