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Pierre’s Discovery Center offers May programs for students, PTA
members, educators
Schools are invited to send
participants to special events at Pierre’s
Discovery
Center
during May. Scholarships
or registration subsidies are available for some groups; go to
www.sd-discovery.com
to see if you or your group qualifies. Program discounts are always available
for those with classroom memberships. Call 224-8295 for reservations.
● MAY 6, 7 & 8:
CAPTURED WORLDS ART/GEOMETRY RESIDENCY
by world-renowned SD artist Dick Termes
Don't miss this opportunity
for your students to work with a world class artist! Middle school and high
school classes are invited to schedules times to work with Termes on three
"Captured World" polyhedrons that will remain on permanent display in the SD
Discovery Center after the residency.
This is a relatively
concentrated project so only a few reservations will be available for classes
to work with Termes, call now to reserve this once in a lifetime experience
for your students. Made possible by the SD Arts Council.
● MAY 19: THE
GROSSOLOGY OF THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION*
Students will be thoroughly
entertained and “grossed out” as Professor Jeffrey Smith of Kansas describes
why the members of the expedition covered themselves with lard, how they
treated their epidemic of boils, the joys and frustrations of a daily diet of
mountain roots and many, many more exciting aspects of the expedition that
adults are too uptight to discuss. Call for reservations. $2 per student.
Professor Smith will present
a more refined and dignified program for adults on May 19 at 7pm at the Pierre
Chamber. He will portray Captain Clark in a retrospective look back at the
Expedition and the times following it. The program is entitled "On the Porch
with William Clark."
● EVERY TUESDAY IN
MAY: ENCOUNTERS, ESCAPES AND ESCAPADES
Lonis Wendt, historian,
storyteller and scholar, will conduct programs for any interested groups,
youth or adult on the exciting times experienced by the members of the Corps
of Discovery.
Wendt specifically addresses
the South Dakota encounters. Programs can be tailored for any age group. Call
for reservations. Wendt is also available to travel to your school, library or
community event as well.
*These
programs are made possible with support from the SD Humanities Council and the
Encounters on the Prairie Chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation.
The SD Discovery Center &
Aquarium is located near the
Missouri River bridge at 805 W. Sioux in
Pierre. Contact information
includes: Phone: 605-224-8295; Fax: 605-224-8295; E-mail:
kristiemaher@sd-discovery.com; website
www.sd-discovery.com. |
