Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.

The Poverty 101 Session explores the dynamics and myths of poverty for attendees from all sectors and fosters a shared understanding of poverty.

Join us for a night of music, poetry, and art as we celebrate conservation and climate change awareness through the lens of birding and ornithology.

Join us for the inaugural installment of this exciting new program.

Love the Outdoors Series is bought to you by The Beautiful Black Hills Initiative at the Black Hills Area Community Foundation.

Celebrate invention and imagination in this open-ended prototyping session!

Morning Session: 10:30 AM

Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM

In this deeply moving account, viewers are immersed in the struggles of the Lakotas and Northern Cheyennes in the 1870s to retain a lifeway on the buffalo prairie.

Join us for a night of unforgettable, adventure-driven films rooted in the soul of fly fishing.

Participants test center of gravity, structural strength, and pattern repetition!

Morning Session: 10:30 AM

Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM

Gina will discuss the many adventures that accompany her life as an artist, from her time at the deepest underground lab in the United States to Zürich, Switzerland.

Celebrate Slow Art Day at the Journey Museum! Enjoy a full day of special programming including slow flow yoga, sound baths, storytelling, STEAM learning, and more.

Join us on April 11th for Slow Art Day and enjoy free museum admission!

This week’s STEAM activity will be self-guided, and is all about slowing down and expressing yourself. Stop by for the chance to celebrate your own artwork!

Justin’s presentation will venture across the American West, detailing the life of Lieutenant G.K. Warren, who was given the unofficial title of “The Explorer of Nebraska Territory.” 

Justin will discuss Warren’s adventures, hardships, and explorations.

Explore how light behaves through hands-on mirror investigations and symmetry-based art!

Morning Session: 10:30 AM

Afternoon Session: 2:00PM

Featuring Sarah Grimes from the Minnesota Orchestra and Kayla Moffett from the Kennedy Center Opera.

Cliff Effect Escape Room – An Eye-Opening Experience 

Will a raise move your family forward—or push you further behind? 

The Women’s Adventure Film Tour is a celebration of the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure.

This Annual event is sponsored by Black Hills based, women owned outdoor and adventure businesses.

Design structures using a limited set of materials and evolving constraints!

Join Corey for the story of Alfred Dahlin, a soldier in WW1. After serving his country, he returned to Sisseton, South Dakota.

His story is told through photographs, letters, and research.

Participants design freestanding structures that must withstand movement, wind, and added weight!

Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am

Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm

Tamie examines 150 years of American disability policy through two hypothetical figures that will help illustrate (and humanize) critical junctures in disability history. 

Welcome Maya Anjali Buchanan and John Marcel Williams for the Black Hills Chamber Music Society 2026 Concert Series.

Participants investigate how different materials bend, break, or hold under stress by designing and testing small structures made from a single material!

Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am

Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm

Welcome Maya Anjali Buchanan and John Marcel Williams for the Black Hills Chamber Music Society 2026 Concert Series.

Following a viewing of the PBS Documentary, Held in Minnesota: Untold WWII POW Stories, Dean Simmons will speak about the camps in Minnesota and South Dakota during World War Two. 

Join us in hosting SURF for this month’s John Bahcall Colloquium, a speaker series that features talks spanning underground science, astrophysics, neutrino physics, and more!

For this week’s activity, participants build and test structures using simple materials to explore how different shapes distribute weight and resist collapse!

Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am

Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm

Join the talented Marty as he discusses his career and life as an interdisciplinary artist.

Additionally, view the exhibit he recently curated, Lakota Contemporary, currently on display in the Stanford Adelstein Gallery.

For this week’s activity, inspired by Shirley Ann Jackson, participants will build a send-and-receive circuit to explore how electrical signals communicate messages!

Morning Session: 10:30am - 11:00am

Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-2:30pm

Join David to learn how, despite its rocky start, Rapid City would come to be known as “the Gateway to the Black Hills.”

He will discuss Rapid City’s founding, early struggles, and a few of the activities that allowed Rapid City to grow and prosper.

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rapid City with FREE admission to the museum all day and the unveiling of a newly refreshed exhibit honoring the founders of Rapid City.