Community Calendar

Wild Wings Over Dakota: A Museum Make-n-Take Program
Visitors can make a pinecone snowy owl, a beady pheasant, and a Canada goose magnet during this make-n-take program. All supplies are provided and children must be accompanied by an adult. Refreshments will include SDSU ice cream!

Join us at the library for Spanish Conversation Club, held on the third Saturday of every month at 1:30 PM. This welcoming and informal group is perfect for anyone who wants to practice Spanish or improve their conversational English. Whether you're learning Spanish or you're a native Spanish speaker looking to connect and build your English skills, all are welcome! Come ready to chat, learn, and make new friends in a supportive, bilingual environment.

(Spanish)Ven a la biblioteca y únete al “Spanish Conversation Club” cada tercer sábado de cada mes a la 1:30 p.m. Este grupo abierto es perfecto para todo aquel que quiera practicar su español o desarrollar más las destrezas del inglés conversacional. Ven preparado para compartir, hablar, aprender y hacer nuevas amistades en un ambiente bilingüe y de apoyo. ¡Todos son bienvenidos!
When: Every third Saturday of the month. Time: 1:30-3:00PM Age: General/Adult Registration: No registration required

Spend an evening with Dakota Choral Union - dinner, musical entertainment, silent auction, dessert auction and cork raffle - all in support of DCU's mission to provide quality choral music and support for our vibrant choral community in the Black Hills. Tickets are $45 and available from a DCU member or via dakotachoralunion.org

This fundraiser is a Casino style event with Black Jack, Scorpion Races, Find the Titan, a Live Auction and more. The money raised help the Bellator Titans MC in their charitable endeavors including Camp Gilbert a Diabetic Camp for children and Tiger Post an after school program.

A book club for adults, 18+ years. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library at 6:30PM. Visit the library website aberdeen.sd.us/library to view current title for discussion.

Catalyst Theater is delighted to present Fly by Night at the Dahl Arts Center at 713 7th St. The show will run only two weekends.

Set in 1965, New York City (with a few detours to Hill City, South Dakota): A star-crossed prophecy leads two charming sisters, a luckless sandwich maker, and an eclectic cast of lovable characters inexorably towards the fateful November night when a historic blackout plunged the entire Northeast into darkness.
There’s a lot of music. Just not a lot of light.

This event is SDSU senior Ellie Eidsness's thesis exhibition. It will feature artwork of many different mediums that showcase her journey at SDSU.

Rare Jefferson Peace Medal Exhibit at Mead Museum

An original 220-year old Jefferson Peace Medal on loan to the Mead Museum is on display as part of the Journeying Forward: Connecting Cultures exhibit. The 4-inch Jefferson Peace Medal is extremely rare and a historically significant artifact from the early 19th century.
The peace medals were commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson as part of diplomatic efforts with Native American tribes, serving as symbols of goodwill and alliance between the U.S. government and Indigenous leaders. The Lewis & Clark Expedition handed out 89 of them to leaders of Native Nations on their journey between 1804-1806. This medal is one of less than 5 on display in the world!
In addition to the peace medal, the Journeying Forward exhibit also had an upgrade in its history of the Ihanktonwan and Oceti Sakowin Nations, an important narrative to Yankton regional history.
The Mead Museum is located at 82 Mickelson Dr in Yankton SD. The Museum is open weekdays 10AM to 5PM and on Saturdays/Sundays from 1PM to 5PM.

Traveling Exhibit Opening at Mead Museum
Feb 2 through April 25

Drowning in Dirt:
Joseph Hutton and the Dustbowl
A soil scientist’s quest to save the farmer by preserving the land

Joseph Hutton, one of the first soil scientists of South Dakota, brought a new concept to the state: not all soil was the same. And different soils required different farming practices in order to be sustainable.

When Hutton arrived at South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now South Dakota State University) in 1911, he studied the negative effects of farming practices of the day which depleted the soil nutrients and caused erosion.

Hutton’s views on soils were a contradiction to common knowledge at the time, and he predicted the dust Bowl 20 years before it happened!

This exhibit utilizes Hutton’s photography, poetry, speeches, and research notes to illustrate the devastation the drought had on farmers of the 1920s and 1930s in South Dakota through the eyes of a soil scientist.

The exhibit will feature Yankton County Artifacts from the 1930s.

“Drowning in Dirt” traveling exhibit was created in 2022 by the South Dakota Agricultural Museum of Brookings in partnership with the SD Humanities Council.

The Mead Museum is open Monday-Saturday noon to 4pm. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for 65+ and $5 for youth. Mead Museum members are free.

Mead Museum
82 Mickelson Dr
Yankton, SD 57078
https://www.meadbuilding.org/exhibits

A book club for adults, 18+ years. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library at 6:30PM. Visit the library website aberdeen.sd.us/library to view current title for discussion.