"The arts empower. The arts give a voice to the voiceless. The arts help transform American communities and, as I often say, the result can be a better child, a better town, a better nation, and certainly a better world. Let’s champion our arts action heroes, emulate them, and make our communities everything we want them to be.”
~ Robert L. Lynch, President, Americans for the Arts
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Community Events Happening Near You!
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Meet The Authors
Vintage Hallowe'en Book Signing
Saturday, September 26
11 AM - 1 PM
Victoria's Garden
320 7th St, Rapid City
Join us for a book signing with the authors Robert & Heidi Pandis!
Vintage Hallowe’en – tricks, treats & traditions.
Full of high-quality vintage photos, ads, collectibles, lore, poems & short stories depicting the evolution of Halloween, especially over the last 100 years in America. The book will make a fine holiday book for all ages, and features “trick or treat” Traditions and tales from the past. Deluxe hardback, 200 full-color thick 200 weight paper pages.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the arts in our community!
Preorder Your Book Here:
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Hill City Quilt Show and Sale
Hosted by Hill City Arts Council and
Hill City Area Chamber of Commerce
Saturday, September 12 | 9 - 4 PM
Sunday, September 13 | 9 - 4 PM
The Hill City Quilt Show and Sale is on for 2020! Quilts will be available for viewing in the gyms of the middle school as well as on Main Street. We will be welcoming our vendors back again this year and are including other fiber artists as well. $5 for adults, 18 and under are free!
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Stratobowl Historic Hot Air Balloon Launch
Saturday, September 12 | 6 AM
Sunday, September 13 | 6 AM
The Stratobowl was first made famous in the 1930's when high altitude balloons launched from the site, visited the stratosphere and made history. The site has long been acknowledged as an important part of aviation history. Now, once a year pilots and their balloons flock to the site in honor of those that came before us; to bring awareness to this beautiful historic site. Annually, the event hosts approximately 10 balloons during this weather permitting 'sunrise only' three-day event.
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Paranormal Investigations of the Adams House
Fridays in October 9, 16, 23 at 6 PM
Adams House, Deadwood, South Dakota
Visitors will participate in a real paranormal investigation with professional paranormal researchers. Investigations are offered at 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person. Limited to 20 people per time frame (10 per floor). Masks will be required. You must be at least 12 years old to participate.
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Thank you, Black Hills Energy, for your great generosity! Your support through the years has been hugely influential in allowing us to further our mission and those of Arts Agencies and individual artists throughout the Black Hills!
Together we are making a difference!
Thank you!
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12th Annual Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival
Saturday, September 26 | 9 AM – 5 PM
Main Street Square
Downtown's biggest festival, The Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival, returns for its 12th year.
Visit Main Street Square, venture down Sixth St., and into Memorial Park for a day full of fall fun, giant pumpkin weigh-off, Downtown pub crawl, Monument Health & Scull Construction Kidz Zone, vendors, and more.
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Even though we are not together in-person, you are still in our thoughts. Many events are postponed until 2021, but there are lots of other opportunities to connect through on-line classes and performances.
As children chalk their walks and paint kindness rocks, Art has played an important role in connecting and healing our collective trauma. Arts are important and need our help.
Please donate to the Allied Arts Fund.
They are Better Together with You. ♥️
Wishing you all the best, stay healthy, and take care of yourself and your loved ones.
Allied Arts Agencies, Board of Directors, & GiGi
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While we continue to figure out how to bring theatre to our community safely, we do know that the Black Hills Community Theatre will be continuing its Play Reading Series for a 3rd year. We will be starting with online readings in the Fall and will hopefully transition to in-person performances in the spring. More details about these Pay What You Want streamed performances will be coming soon.
The shows for the Fall are:
Silent Sky
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Ryan Puffer
Online Rehearsals Starting after September 21st, Recording will occur the week before the streamed performance.
Performance: Streamed Online on Friday, October 9th
A Body of Water
By: Lee Blessing
Directed by: Zach Curtis
Online Rehearsals Starting After October 12th, Recording will occur the week before the streamed performance.
Performance: Streamed Online on Friday, November 6th
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To the Black Hills Symphony family:
We had planned to start our Season Ticket sales beginning the first week of August; however, there are still too many unanswered questions. As you all well know, the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not nearly over in our community. We are working with the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City and the Rapid City Area Schools to clarify how we move forward with orchestra concerts this fall and winter.
As it stands right now, the PACRC and the RCAS are unable to commit to fully opening the doors in September. We thank you for your patience while we continue to assess the situation and try to make the best decisions for the entire Black Hills Symphony family.
Please know that we are working hard to develop a Season that will still intrigue and delight you, while at the same time, keeping everyone as safe as we can. We will be releasing information on individual concerts as we have them.
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Our Art & Wine Walk Will Return This Fall!
More details will be announced soon.
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We Need Your Help Sponsoring Our Art & Wine Walk.
With your support, we can continue to connect our community with opportunities for fantastic art and cultural events!
Help Support the Arts throughout the Black Hills — make a donation today!
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues its stranglehold on our arts sector. Since the first U.S. case was reported on January 20, 2020, cancellations and closings have taken place at nearly every arts organization across the Black Hills, and nearly two-thirds of our community’s artists are now unemployed. Organizations we support, derive the majority of their income from live shows, a profession that is very hard to translate to the "work from home" environment. This means many organizations, as well as their crew members, will be out of reliable work indefinitely.
New research by the Small Business Administration shows that “Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation” is now the sector of the economy with highest percentage of “temporary closings” (53.3 percent of businesses surveyed).
Your support during this challenging time is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
The Allied Arts Fund ensures dynamic, sustainable, cultural opportunities by enriching our Communities through the advancement of the Arts.
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We need your help to keep our mission alive.
Charitable Giving Tax Deduction
All taxpayers will be able to deduct up to $300 in charitable contributions, even if they do not itemize. It's a good time for those who have a reliable income to make a charitable contribution to keep their favorite arts organizations in business.
An "above-the-line" or universal charitable giving incentive for contributions made in 2020 of up to $300. This provision will now allow all non-itemizer taxpayers (close to 90% of all taxpayers) to deduct charitable contributions from their tax return, an incentive previously unavailable to them. Additionally, the stimulus legislation lifts the existing cap on annual contributions for itemizers from 60 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI) to 100 percent of AGI for contributions made in 2020.
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Every Receipt Gets Us That Much Closer!
Allied Arts has the opportunity to earn $1,000 from Spartan Nash, simply by shopping at any local company-owned Family Fare Center. Through the Direct Your Dollars program, we can turn eligible receipts into cash for our organization!
It’s easy to help us “Direct Your Dollars.” Every time you shop at any Family Fare Center, save your receipts and send them to us at:
Allied Arts Fund
PO Box 4080
Rapid City, SD 57709
Proceeds will benefit the
Arts
in the Black Hills!
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