Simplified Presents Meet the nonprofit making space for women to seek care and healing Selah Space, a local holistic wellness cooperative, is now a nonprofit – a move that will allow the organization to better serve both women in need of healing and the providers tending to them.
Community How well do you know Sioux Falls? Sioux Falls Simplified is putting on a Sioux Falls-themed trivia night at 6 p.m. Oct. 23 at Good NAtured.
Simplified Presents How to find fall fun with the zoo, butterfly house From making treasure maps with the Little Mermaid to a family fun run through the zoo, there's a lot of fall fun to be had this month with the Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium.
Simplified Presents How Centerville's fall festival is attracting folks from across the region Last year's Fall-O-Ween nearly tripled Centerville's population with 3,500 visitors.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Oct. 9, 2024 Classroom barns, pet costume parties and a save the date for SF Simplified trivia night.
Education This Sioux Falls school is building a barn Sioux Falls high schoolers will soon have a new facility where they can learn about caring for farm animals, maintaining a tractor, horticulture and all things urban agriculture.
City Meet the folks overseeing the Riverline District's next steps Last week, Mayor Paul TenHaken and the Sioux Falls City Council announced the appointment of eight people to the steering committee.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Oct. 5, 2024 Unpacking the complexities of balancing, as Police Chief Jon Thum puts it, "compassion and accountability" downtown. And get smart about scary movies with a local filmmaker.
Get Smart Get smart about scary movies with Brian Bieber Brian Bieber is a Sioux Falls writer, director and filmmaker.
City The not-so-simple dilemma of panhandling and homelessness As the City of Sioux Falls gives police more authority in interacting with the unhoused population, Police Chief Jon Thum admits homelessness is not something that can ever be solved by law enforcement.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Oct. 2, 2024 Healing through movement, small-town theater, the latest crime stats and how to find a good spook this weekend.
Community How The Compass Center is healing through care, movement and Taylor Swift tickets Two nonprofits are teaming up to help survivors of sexual assault and other familial or relational trauma.
Simplified Presents Meet the small-town theater bringing thousands each year to Worthing The Olde Town Dinner Theatre in Worthing brings 100 people nightly to the town of less than 1,000 people south of Sioux Falls.
Your weekend, simplified: Sept. 27, 2024 Happy Friday! Megan here. Weather check: Sunny and warm This week, I'll introduce you to the "new" Nordic Hall and the creative businesses inside. You'll also get to know a new nonprofit looking to use empathy as medicine
Community How the 'new' Nordic Hall is bringing creatives together It might look nondescript on the outside, but Nordic Hall – a historic office building on the south side of downtown – is bursting with creative energy.
Health Meet the new nonprofit using empathy as medicine A Sioux Falls-based nonprofit is looking to create more empathy in the healthcare system by better understanding the experiences of immigrants and refugees.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Sept. 25, 2024 How the childcare crisis is giving Sisyphus, good news for theatre kids and what's happening this week.
City As centers risk closing, council says direct support for childcare a ‘hard sell’ Providers say without direct funding, the ongoing childcare crisis in Sioux Falls will remain an issue. But that’s going to be a “hard sell” for the community, Councilor Curt Soehl noted.
Simplified Presents How Spotlight Theatre Company is giving kids space to shine A Washington Pavilion program designed to give kids an opportunity to be involved in all aspects of theater has a new name, and with it a hope to better communicate the message that theater is for everybody.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Sept. 20, 2024 Fall fun, a new third place and a whole bunch of tiny news.
