Chill on a hill. Grab a beer, listen to some live music and enjoy food truck food Wednesday nights this month at Great Bear Ski Valley. Go soak up the views before all of those trees are covered in snow. Details here.
Find hope through art. Remember our friends at Journey of Hope? You guys helped raise $5,000 for them this summer. 🫶 Now, you can once again support them this week at an art show featuring work from art therapy sessions they've conducted at the Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center. The Journey Through Art show will take place 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Underground by Rehfeld's. More details here.
Support Indigenous artists. It's the third annual Indigenous Artists of the Prairie event this weekend at Good Earth State Park. Find lots of vendors selling their art, as well as live music and food. It's all happening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. (Food trucks only available 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
Help shape Sioux Falls' future. The city is looking at how it'll approach growth and change over the next quarter-century, and this is your chance to be a part of it. Learn more background here, and catch the next listening session at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Caille Branch Library.
Laugh a lot. Local improv troupe Improv Falls is back in action this weekend with a "Back in Session" show at Icon Lounge. Enjoy some unscripted comedy for only $20 at the 8 p.m. show Friday night. Tickets here.
Touch a truck. Check out some big ol' vehicles at the park department's Touch a Truck event Friday evening. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Harmodon Park, and in addition to trucks, there will also be inflatables for kids to enjoy. No registration necessary.
Mum's the word. If you're up for a drive a bit south of town, you can hit up Mum Fest this weekend at Mazing Acres Pumpkin Patch in Yankton. There'll be all sorts of family activities including a five-acre corn maze, princess photo ops, a pumpkin patch, food, live mural painting and, of course, lots of mums for sale. More details here.