April 8th is National Library Workers Day and April 16th is National Librarian Day and we are celebrating!We'll learn the (official) difference between a Librarian and a library worker, hear funny stories, and hear more about some of the...

March 8 is International Women's Day, and the entire month of March is Women's History Month! To celebrate we are learning about several notable South Dakota women. Featured are:Gladys Pyle, the first woman in the nation to b...

This month on South Dakota Legends and Lore, we celebrate Black History Month by learning a little bit about four notable South Dakotans.Lucretia Marchbanks was the second black woman in Dakota Territory, and became very successful in De...

The third Monday of January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, also known as Civil Rights Day. This year, that day is January 20th. RCPL library associate Adrian has details on how this national holiday came to be, how it can be celebr...

January 3 was J.R.R. Tolkien Day! Take a journey through his best-known works with RCPL librarians Scott H. and Adrian!Music by: Jono Heyes, Jozeque, and Joca PerpignanUsed by permission.

January 2 was National Science Fiction Day and January 4 was World Braille Day!Learn more about Braille and it's inventor, Louis Braille and delve deep into a couple lists of science fiction classics (all-time best-sellers and best of the 2...

It this episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the holidays with a brief list of things folks do to celebrate nowadays, followed by four brief recollections of South Dakota Christmases past, 1873 to 1934.Recorded...

It this episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the National Guard's birthday with information about the South Dakota National Guard, Camp Rapid, and additional reading recommendations.Recorded and edited by Adria...

It this episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we commemorate Pearl Harbor Day with information on South Dakotans who lost their lives in the attack, and get a firsthand recollection from one of the survivors. Plus additional reading...

It this special episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, we share a Thanksgiving recollection written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and look into the not-so-pleasant historical roots of early Thanksgivings.Recorded and edited by Adri...

It this special episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, in honor of Veterans Day and Native American Heritage Month, we learn about to highly decorated Native American veterans with ties to South Dakota.Recorded and edited by ...

It this special episode of the Rapid City Public Library Podcast, in honor of Election Day, Adrian Ludens revisits the Presidential campaign (and subsequent accomplishments) of South Dakota native George McGovern, and the political accomplishme...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.This episode features readings from Ghostly Tales of the Black Hills and Badlands by Ruth D. Hein, ...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.This episode features readings from The South Dakota Road Guide to Haunted Locations by Chad Lewis ...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.This episode features readings from Haunted Deadwood: a True Wild West Ghost Town by Mark Shadley a...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues in October with: Black Hills Legends and Lore: Spooky Season, in honor of Halloween.This episode features readings from Black Hills Believables: Strange but True Tales of the Old West...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues with: Black Hills Legends and Lore.This episode features Boone May, handy with a gun (and just barely on the right side of the law), and part two of a two-part series about Crazy Hors...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues with: Black Hills Legends and Lore.This episode includes information about the Thoen Stone, and the discovery of gold long before the Custer Expedition; and part one of a two-part ser...

Full presentation by Charles Sitting Bull talking about Sitting Bull's assassination, how his family fled, and subsequently avoided the Wounded Knee Massacre, Sitting Bull's interactions with Crowfoot, the Blackfoot chief from Canada. A signifi...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues this summer with: Black Hills Legends and Lore.This episode features Corey Christianson of the South Dakota State Historical Society sharing the story of Rapid City's legendary night ...

Full presentation by Charles Sitting Bull talking about Sitting Bull addressing the rail barons, L. Frank Baum's racist newspaper editorials, growing up in the parochial schools and receiving contaminated rations, and Sitting Bull's interaction...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues this summer with: Black Hills Legends and Lore.This episode features: "Poker" Alice Tubbs, notorious gambler and Sturgis resident; and part three of a multi-part series with Sitting Bu...

A portion of this session with Charles Sitting Bull was used in Episode 2. Here is the full talk, with extensive information on the Fort Laramie Treaty, how the Lakota reacted to encroaching whites, the decline of the buffalo, and the lives of ...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues this summer with: Black Hills Legends and Lore.Each episode, we’ll feature Black Hills historical figures, from legendary to lesser-known.This episode features: Valentine McGil...

Rapid City Public Library’s podcast series continues this summer with: Black Hills Legends and Lore! Each episode, we’ll feature Black Hills historical figures, from legendary to lesser-known!This episode features: John Bren...