The Journey Museum, hosts of the Turtle Soup Speaker Series, will feature Alan Maas on April 5. In his program titled, “The Kind Whisper History Talk,” Maas will discuss his newest book, The Kind Whisper.

Al came to the Black Hills over 30 years ago and was taken in by the beauty and the history. Working and playing in the hills only expanded his quest to find answers about the land and the characters that roamed this area. Al is following his dream of writing a book about the area around and in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but then is following that up with a tour explaining the historical sites and the stories that go with it. The book, The Kind Whisper, is based on the Mystery of the Thoen Stone.

Featured soups: Potato and Tomato
(subject to change depending on ingredient availability)

Turtle Soup is a weekly lunch and learn program with revolving topics ranging from Indigenous Games of the Midwest presented by Travis Brave Heart to Art & Engineering being presented by Jon Kellar of South Dakota Mines. Each presentation starts with lunch being served at 11:45 PM, followed by a presentation at 12 PM. The local non-profit Fork Real Café partners with The Journey Museum & Learning Center to provide two weekly varieties of soup including a vegetarian option. Immediately following the presentation, a discussion will be held regarding that topic.