Our Voice
We think a lot. This is our space to share what's on the top of our mind. We hope we don't bore you.
How do we cut through the rhetoric in this heated political season? We're not sure we'll find the answer, but we are excited to have a discussion about the current state of politics in America this Thursday when Gregory Lebel visits Rapid City for our August Morning Fill Up conversation.
Submit a question for us to ask Gregory during the public conversation on Thursday, August 18.
It's Friday night, and at this point, I'm somewhere between Ohio and Massachusetts, a solid 33,000 feet in the air. I'm heading back home to Boston after am enjoyable, fun, and sure... I'll admit it... exhausting week in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Let's just say that I'm not used to 5 consecutive days of 5:30am alarms from the iPhone. That's a fact.
So... I gotta say.
I'm pretty excited to be heading to Rapid City this weekend (from my home in Boston where I live and work when not on the road) for this Tuesday's Morning Fill Up, featuring our special guest Lisa McNulty, producing artistic director of Off-Broadway's Women's Project Theater in New York City.
Lisa actually flew to South Dakota from the bright lights of NYC last week to explore the state for the first time. (You'll have to ask her about the hail storm she got caught in while hiking the Black Hills earlier this week.)
I had an opportunity last week to go to Chamberlain, SD to take part in the South Dakota Housing Development Authority’s 11th annual Homeless Summit.
The social issues theater group from Teen Up that I am a part of, Take Action, was performing a skit called Lost, about a homeless teen. I was also invited to take part in a panel discussion about ways our state can better support runaway and homeless youth. This was of course, the first panel I had ever taken part in. I was very nervous to be speaking in front of all of these important leaders in South Dakota.
We met Kelley Lindquist, president of Artspace Projects, a few years ago through our work with First Peoples Fund.
He's just a great guy. He's also doing really important, meaningful work in communities across the country to develop, foster and preserve affordable spaces for artists. Dubbed by one newspaper as "master of the universe of nonprofit development," he helps artists reclaim their place in the national discussion about the role of the arts in American society.
This Thursday, April 21 at The Garage, he's our guest for Morning Fill Up, and we'll talk with him about his belief in the importance of restoring national confidence in America’s creative communities.
We are grateful that Sr. Lorane Coffin of the St. Martin Monastery in Rapid City is joining us for Morning Fill Up this Wednesday, January 27 at 7am at The Garage (402 St. Joseph Street in Rapid City).
There are some people you meet and think, "Wow, she is something special." And Sr. Lorane most certainly is. Of all the stories we are lucky enough to hear each week, this is one untold Rapid City story that has really touched all of us at The Numad Group.
