Monthly Archives: September 2015
Quiet Kids Get Loud: Why The Kickback’s “Sorry All Over The Place” Needs To Meet Your Ears
By Austin Kaus
Photo by Jim McFarlane
Billy Yost can be a nice guy.
In conversation, he’s self-depricating. He jokes about poverty and Muppet obsessions but, underneath the Alpha Flight t-shirt, there is fury. Pop-loving, rock and roll fury. He is a State Fair knife that might elicit mockery until it’s pressed against your throat, the shy kid in the library that...
By Its Cover: Trends in Wine Labeling
By Kara Sweet
We have all heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We are inundated with clichés and fables reminding us to look under the surface to what lies beneath. We know that “all that glitters is not gold” because we may be tricked by “fool’s gold.” We might even miss kissing the frog because we...
Pet(s) of the Month: Charlie and Macy
These 11-year-old German Shepherd mixes have been best friends since birth, and must find a forever home together. They are a friendly pair that likes other dogs and everyone they meet. Charlie and Macy are housetrained. Their adoption fee is $42.50, which does not cover the cost of Charlie’s neuter surgery.
For more info on Charlie and Macy, visit...
The Real Deal: Maren Jensen
By Jordan Smith
Photos submitted
Maren Jensen started her blog, Midwest in Style, in February to bring a little style to the prairie. After leaving her job as a reporter, she found that she missed writing and felt she could fill a gap in the blogosphere.
How did you become interested in blogging, and blogging about style in particular?
MJ: I became interested in...
Defining Design
By Leah Vanden Bosch
The exposed, skeleton structure, original brick walls, and clean interior lines of the Sioux Falls Design Center have you unconsciously thinking about design before the topic is even brought up. Located in the historic Boyce Greeley Building in Downtown Sioux Falls, the SFDC was founded in 2012 by Koch Hazard Architects, a local group of professionals who...
Kol
By Denise DePaolo
Despite its location in the heart of Rapid City, Kol feels decidedly more “Vegas” than “Black Hills.” Taking in the ultramodern décor in a mix of cool greys and rich browns, plus the custom architectural touches in stone and natural wood, a first-time diner may wonder whether this new eatery takes itself a bit too seriously. That...
At Home With Betty Beer
By Denise DePaolo
Photos by Liz Long
On a peaceful, lilac-dotted property, just south of Brookings, is the 4,800 square-foot ranch-style home of Better Beer. Betty, a retired attorney-turned-painter, and husband Woody, a veterinarian with a practice in Brookings, moved to the area from Illinois in 1996 with their now-grown son, Jake.
Betty says, at the time, theirs was just one of...
The Creative Capital of the North
By Denise DePaolo
Photos submitted
Stunning strides in creativity exist in seemingly unlikely places. For example, a small city in South Dakota surrounded by farmland and gravel roads and vast blue skies. Home to South Dakota State University and industry-leading manufacturers, Brookings has the constant influx of creative minds present in larger cities, but with the isolation essential for true invention...
