605 Magazine

It seems like yesterday 605 Magazine’s Publisher and Founder Alana Snyder was asking me if I wanted to write the family column, seeing as I had just returned from maternity leave with Sloan.   It was a no-brainer, but as soon as I said yes, I...

Get an up-close look inside the world’s oldest profession at The Brothel Deadwood located at the infamous address, 610 Main Street. Tours started August 1, exploring the real history and impact of the illegal Shasta Rooms brothel and its workers from 1876 until it...

Due to the possibility of cancelations, please check events’ websites/postings before attending. 1.) SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS Facebook Live | Times Vary | Throughout October After 17 years of creating conversation between various writers and readers, the South Dakota Festival of Books is shifting gears to...

Tyler Blake started his creative career as a dancer, but says he was met with “roadblocks” and never felt he was fully able to express himself in the dance world. Trying his hand at both photography and filmmaking, he experienced the same struggles.  So, Blake...

OCTOBER FEATURED BREWERWOODEN LEGS BREWING COMPANY “OUR INTENT ALWAYS HAS BEEN TO BRING GREAT CRAFT BEER TO THE CITIZENS AND STUDENTS IN BROOKINGS AND DO SO IN SUCH A WAY THAT IS SUPER UNDERSTANDABLE AND TRANSPARENT,” SAID OWNER SETH KOCH. “PEOPLE CAN COME AND CHECK...

In 1884 Deadwood, H.B. Wardman built a small, one-story home for his family of four. With the passing of his wife, Wardman sold his business, moved his home, and began construction on a notably larger, Queen Anne-style home at the front of his new...

After seeing a few small wineries during a trip to New Zealand, Don and Susie South completely changed the direction of their lives. With no farming background according to Don, they opened Strawbale Winery in Renner. Now, they offer an array of grape, fruit,...

For many of us in the Midwest, the first couple days of cool weather ignite an excitement that had been dormant since last fall. Sweaters, warm drinks, pumpkins, and the return of classic horror films on ABC Family.  In our house it means a never-ending...

Author/co-author of more than 80 books, Tom Griffith (under pen name T.D. Griffith) has set up his home base right where he says he always longs to be, the Black Hills. Griffith and his wife Nyla, a novelist, spend their days exploring and writing...

I, like many others, am a fan of the HBO series Deadwood. I also may have custom artwork of some of the characters in my house. But that’s a story for another time.  For a quick background, May of 1876 Al Swearengen arrived in Deadwood....