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September 22-25, 2016 in Brookings

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  1. thumbnail image for blog post: Prizing the Pulitzer: History, celebration and the outliers.

    Prizing the Pulitzer: History, celebration and the outliers.

    September 28, 2016

    Few accolades are so widely recognized and respected that receiving one is almost a guarantee that it will appear in the first paragraph of your biography and usually within the first sentence. But such is the case with The Pulitzer Prize, an annual award recognizing American achievements in journalism as well as literature and musical composition. Continue Reading

  2. thumbnail image for blog post: Full Circle: Dairy Farmer Turns Columnist

    Full Circle: Dairy Farmer Turns Columnist

    September 15, 2016

    At the 2014 Festival of Books, Brookings County writer Jerry Nelson attended Pitchapalooza, an idea generating session led by The Book Doctors, Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry. Continue Reading

  3. thumbnail image for blog post: Women Warriors

    Women Warriors

    September 8, 2016

    WRITING AND teaching have been the lifework of Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Her stories come from childhood experiences on the Rosebud Reservation. Continue Reading

  4. thumbnail image for blog post: Understanding Middle Eastern Tumult

    Understanding Middle Eastern Tumult

    August 25, 2016

    A revolution in Tunisia in December of 2010 is seen today as the beginning of the Arab Spring, a series of riots, revolts and protests that swept through the Arab world. Marc Lynch wrote about the upheaval in, The Arab Uprising. Continue Reading

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Programs & Events

29
Sep
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
29
Sep
"Some Luck" Discussion, Deadwood
6:00 pm | Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center
30
Sep
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
30
Sep
Hugh Glass Grizzly Survivor, Watertown
12:15 pm | Watertown Event Center
1
Oct
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
2
Oct
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
3
Oct
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
4
Oct
Short Film Adaptation of "Gladiolus", Brookings
8:00 am | South Dakota Art Museum
4
Oct
ASDM PastPerfect Workshops, Sioux Falls
8:30 am | Old Courthouse Museum
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South Dakota Humanities Council

The South Dakota Humanities Council (SDHC), founded in 1972 in response to an act of Congress, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only cultural organization in the state whose sole mission is to deliver humanities programming to the people of South Dakota. Our vision is to "lead statewide advocacy for the humanities, working with other partners to foster literary and civic engagement." This programming vision forms the core mission:

The South Dakota Humanities Council celebrates literature, promotes civil conversation, and tells the stories that define our state.

It’s technology married with liberal arts, humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.
- Steve Jobs (the late founder and CEO, Apple)