Miss Rapid City Scholarship Pageant March 22-23

The Miss Rapid City Scholarship Foundation Pageant will be held March 22-23, 2014, at the Rapid City Performing Arts Center at 601 Columbus St.   Open to all girls throughout the state that live, go to school or work in South Dakota,  this local pageant is a preliminary event that will qualify the titleholder to participate in the Miss South Dakota Scholarship …

Black Hills Symphony Orchestra showcases “Elements”

4/12/14 – 7:30pm –  Performing Arts Center of Rapid City, Historic Theater Composer Michael McLean’s paints tonal pictures of elements, earth, fire, air, and water in his Violin Concerto “ Elements”.  Featured guest artist Brian Lewis, has been described as a “charismatic star”… whose impeccable virtuosity and emotional directness are stunning. The winner of the B.H.S.O. Young Artist Competition will also perform. …

Performing Arts Center and Community Theatre Hire New Director

The Performing Arts Center of Rapid City and Black Hills Community Theatre have announced that Nicholas Johnson of WYO Theater in Sheridan, WY will serve as their new joint executive director. “Nick will be a tremendous addition to the Rapid City arts community and the community as a whole,” said Kristol McKie, president of the board of directors for the …

BHCT Presents “The Miracle Worker”

Immortalized on stage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human, and treated by her …

SDSM&T in collaboration with BHCT Presents DEAD HENRY

The South Dakota School of Mines &  Technology’s Hard Rockin’ Drama Club presents the play Dead Henry, by Sioux Falls Playwright, Mr. Lance DeRoos  in the new Studio Theater of the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City  (South Street entrance) on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (Mar 4, 5, and 6).   Enter the world of playwright, Henry O’Connor, who is plagued …