Thursday, December 1, 2022

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1
Playful Preschoolers: Snow Play
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Playful Preschoolers: Snow Play

Ages 3-5 | Drop Off Optional | Registration Required | $20 ($16 members) Preschool camps offer a great opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills, and have fun adventures. With our hands-on approach to learning, remember to dress for a mess!

December 1, 2022 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am
$16 – $20
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Friday, December 2, 2022

Dec
2
Festival of Lights Pre-Parade Party
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Festival of Lights Pre-Parade Party

Freewill donation Get your play in before heading to the 2022 Brookings Festival of Lights Parade. Play along with us in the museum exhibits and be sure to stop in Café Coteau to write a letter to Santa. Drop it in our mailbox and we will get it to the North Pole in time for […]

December 2, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
free will donation
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Friday, December 2, 2022

Dec
2
Historic District Trolley Rides

Historic District Trolley Rides

The Brookings Historic Preservation Commission (BHPC) will be hosting the “Central Residential Historic District Trolley Rides” on Friday, December 2, 2022 from 5:00-7:00pm, in conjunction with the “Festival of Lights” parade. The trolley rides will start in front of the Children’s Museum, and proceed clockwise through the Central Residential Historic District. Participants will be led […]

December 2, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Friday, December 2, 2022

Dec
2
A Magical Cirque Christmas
824 32nd Avenue

A Magical Cirque Christmas

MagicSpace Entertainment adds Brookings, SD to the national tour of A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS, a comedic, musical, and magic-filled holiday experience that makes a perfect date night, fun family adventure, and group outing. The tour will play at the Swiftel Center in Brookings, SD on Friday, December 2nd. World-acclaimed performers and cirque artists take audiences back in […]

December 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Dec
3
Santa Visits the Museum
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Santa Visits the Museum

Santa is visiting the museum! Grab your camera and come visit Santa and Mrs. Claus in the cafe. This event is free and open to the public and does not include admission into the museum. Santa will also be visiting the Museum during our next Sensory Friendly Play!

December 3, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Dec
3
Garden Glow Opening Night
631 22nd Ave

Garden Glow Opening Night

Stroll through a wonderland of lights, images and scenes of the holidays. Admission rates apply, advance purchase of tickets required. Garden Glow runs from December 3 - January 6.

December 3, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Sunday, December 4, 2022

Dec
4
A state in transition, rural South Dakota since the 1970s with Dr. Chuck Vollan
977 11th Street
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Great 8 Passport
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A state in transition, rural South Dakota since the 1970s with Dr. Chuck Vollan

South Dakota has undergone more rapid change in the last forty or fifty years than it did in all of its history. In that time, South Dakota became a primarily urban state, but rural South Dakota has continued to change, develop, and diversify socially and economically. Join us as we welcome Dr. Chuck Vollan, professor […]

December 4, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free
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Monday, December 5, 2022

Dec
5
Leveraging Community Capitals to Represent Historic Change with Meredith Redlin
977 11th Street
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Great 8 Passport
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Leveraging Community Capitals to Represent Historic Change with Meredith Redlin

Join us as we welcome Dr. Meredith Redlin to the museum to take a sociological look at how rural communities change using the community capitals framework, identifying areas of concern and investments in communities. Dr. Redlin is a professor of Sociology at SDSU and is currently serving as a state scholar for our “Crossroads: Change […]

December 5, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Dec
6
Mini Makers: Snow Dough
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Mini Makers: Snow Dough

Ages 2-5 | Family Style | $6.50 ($5.20 members) In this hands-on class participants will make their own take home play-kit while meeting new friends. This play date inspired class has time to explore different ways your kit can be played with at home.

December 6, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 11:15 am
$5.20 – $6.50
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