now!pavilion february/march 2012
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This issue SHREK takes over! We also explore the symmetry of beauty, new exhibitions at the Pavilion, Augustana's music connection to the community, and a bit about a new organization that is sharing how Sioux Falls is changing the world! There's tons more to enjoy as well this issue, so get your hands on a copy today!TRANSCRIPT
AUGIE ARTSSHARING THECONNECTION
SHININGNEW LIGHTSTATETHEATERRESTORATION
NATURE’SFURYOUR WORLDGONE WILD
LIFE IN BLACKAND WHITE
ANSEL ADAMSEXHIBIT OPENS
SCIENCE OFBEAUTY
SECRETS OFSYMMETRY
FAR, FARAWAY
SHREK UPCLOSE
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ON THE COVER
CONTRIBUTORSKiley Barnes is native to Beresford, SD. She earned her BA in English from the University of Sioux Falls and now works and lives in Sioux Falls. She enjoys writing and the simple pleasures of good music, good food, and good friends.
Jayme Black is a freelance artist, consultant, and writer. He studied photography under John Banasiak at the University of South Dakota, and received his B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute. He currently lives and works in Sioux Falls.
STYLE EDITOR: SHANNON WRIGHT
DESIGN & LAYOUT: LORALEE GRIMMIUS [email protected]
Michael Cole is a financial advisor and free-lance writer. The Huron native has an avid interest in history, music and cinema. He has worked as a consultant to the Sioux Falls State Theatre Company since 2009.
Sara H. Crosby received her B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Stephens College and her M.S.W. from Loyola University of Chicago. She is co-founder of DAPA and lead facilitator for DAPA at the Pavilion PFL.
Benjamin Gutnik is a native of Sioux Falls and holds a degree in Contemporary Media from the University of South Dakota. He currently works in corporate sales. If something involves an LED screen or operates on Android, count Ben in.
Angela Baird Haft is mom to three crazy, busy kids. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Sioux Falls Arts Council and the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion. Not an artist herself, she is an avid lover and supporter of the arts.
Tori Kock is currently a senior at West Central High School (Hartford). She is graduating in May, 2012, and plans on going to college to become a journalist. In her spare time she writes, works, and hangs out with close friends and family.
Annie Lanning is, among other things, a writer and educator. She began her writing career at age 15 with her hometown news weekly. After nearly a decade in education, Annie is excited to return to writing.
Brienne Maner is a Sioux Falls Washington High School graduate, Brienne received her degree in Mass Communications at St. Cloud State. She has worked for Sesame Street Live, Electric Pulp, is the Marketing Director for Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues, and a board member of Sioux Empire Community Theatre.
Shelli Masek is a freelance writer from Sioux Falls and also a member of Sioux Falls in the World. She works part time for Hope Haven International Ministries and does contract marketing for small businesses. She is married to Brian Masek and has two young boys, Quinn and Grant.
Kelly Sprecher serves as director of Communications and Media Relations for Augustana College. A graduate of the University of South Dakota, she began her career as a features reporter for the Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D., and spent nearly a decade working in communications for the banking industry.
Shannon Wright Barnes has twenty-five years of immersion in the world of beauty, fashion, pageants, film and television.
SHREK: The Musical, Apr. 9, 10, 11 • 7 p.m
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COPY EDITOR: SUZANNE TOLL
YOURS. MINE. & OURS.W a s h i n g t o n P a v i l i o n , N o w ! P a v i l i o n M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 1 . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d .
Welcome back to Now!Pavilion, your home for all that is related to arts and entertainment in Sioux Falls. 2012 has vigorously marched in, while an incredibly fulfilling 2011 has faded away and found its place in our memories. I hope you have found a quiet spot to hunker down and enjoy this issue.
This spring, Shrek the Musical will offer the opportunity for children and adults to visit with their favorite ogre. In this issue, you’ll learn more about Shrek’s history and how many have taken the opportunity to see one of their favorite fairy tales
brought to life. You don’t have to be an adult to have a passion for the theater. Just sit and watch children react to what may be their first live theater experience. Although kids may not be able to articulate their enjoyment for live theater, it’s evident in their attentiveness and in their body language—bright eyes and wide smiles.
Gracing these pages is one of the most widely known photographers of the 20th century, Ansel Adams. His spiritual connection with the natural world is evident in every image. I find it fascinating how Adam’s black and white photographs are able to capture the grandeur of the American West. Public support for exhibitions such as this as well as the recent showings of Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell, and Auguste Rodin, further demonstrate that the Sioux Empire’s passion for the arts is strong.
The stories mentioned above are only a small portion of Now!Pavilion, Issue No. 4. Please allow yourself the luxury of becoming enveloped within these pages. The avenues with which people share their passion for arts and entertainment are numerous. We at Now!Pavilion relish the opportunity to share these stories with you, and want to thank you for all your kind words and compliments about our work.
Until next time,
Michele Wellman
PublisherNow!Pavilion Magazine
UPFRONTSTATE THEATER RESTORATION By Michael Cole
PAVTALKS PROGRAMMING By Kiley Barnes
LINKS TO LITERACY By Stephanie Spaan
BEAUTIFUL EQUATION By Shannon Wright Barnes
DUEL OF THE DATA By Ben Gutnik
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22 DOWNTOWN SIOUX FALLS FROM A TO Z
SHREK: THE MUSICAL By Annie Lanning 36
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DAPA CHAMBER PROGRAM By Sara Crosby54
ANSEL ADAMS: THE ART OF THE IMAGE By Jayme Black
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SIOUX FALLS ARTS COUNCIL By Angie Baird Haft45SIOUX FALLS JAZZ & BLUES By Brienne Maner48
NEW NATURE EXHIBITION56
HONORING A LEGACY
SIOUX FALLS IN THE WORLD By Shelli Masek
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AUGIE’S PERFECT HARMONY By Kelly Sprecher28
SOCIAL SCENE By Tori Kock32
NOW PAVILION!THE WASHINGTON PAVILION OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
UPFRONTUpfront is the portion of
Now!Pavilion which spotlights
individuals, media, culture, essays,
and hard news. This section will vary
with events, news, and topics du jour.
The young couple hurried home from work and cleaned up. Remaining dressed up, as was the custom of the day, they walked hand in hand downtown, bundled up
against the cold, for a quiet dinner at The Cataract. They worked their way back to the State Theatre, cutting between the giant Packards populating Phillips Avenue,
only to find a long queue of people already lined down the block towards the
federal courthouse. Eager patrons had arrived early for the best seats to see Clark Gable and
Vivien Leigh in what was expected to be one of the season’s best new films. It was winter 1940 and a packed house would be viewing “Gone With the Wind.” It was a perfect night—an epic film at an iconic movie house.
That scene was played out time and again for several decades in the heart of downtown Sioux Falls. The State Theatre was born in the Roaring 20’s and grew up with the Greatest Generation on a bustling street named Phillips Avenue. In its childhood, the State was a veritable entertainment emporium, featuring vaudeville acts, big band musicians and cinema. The State survived the Great Depression, two World Wars, the turbulence of the 1960’s and the Cold War. Finally, the State succumbed, like many great buildings of its day, to the trends of urban planning.
As shopping centers and urban sprawl took off, the State slipped
into quiet oblivion—relegated to a buck movie house in its final years. Its glory days were behind it, and the inevitable finally happened in the early 1990’s. The State was shuttered, and Phillips Avenue had lost its last great movie house.
Fortunately, similar to Washington High School, the State’s retirement was temporary and the Queen of downtown movie houses was quietly preparing to reign once again.
Efforts to restore the State began only a few short years after its closure. The Save the State campaign and the Sioux Falls Film Society were successful in keeping this grand lady from the wrecking ball. They also raised enough funds to repair the roof and preserve the building’s structural integrity.
In 2005, a new group, the Sioux Falls State Theatre Company, formed and responded to a request for proposal from the city. This group, spearheaded by restaurateur Stacy Newcomb-Weiland, was driven by a vision that the State Theatre could be restored to the all-purpose entertainment facility that marked its first few decades. They began building the organization and the message that resulted in America’s Treasures status from the Department of Interior, national historic preservation grant money and the Chamber-approved capital campaign.
The Sioux Falls State Theatre Company has led a persistent, grassroots effort that stands on the brink of a breathtaking success. Sometime in the next 12 to 18
months, the State Theatre will open its doors, butter its popcorn and welcome old friends and an entire new generation of moviegoers into its hallowed hall. Now!Pavilion Magazine was kind enough to provide the forum to tell the story of this incredible comeback and the benefits it will bring to the region.
For many people, the State Theatre is about nostalgia. Taking a walk through the building is like taking a trip back in time. But make no mistake about it, the new State Theatre is about the future of Sioux Falls.
For any city, the core downtown area is a critical development component. A vibrant hub that offers culinary, cultural, and entertainment opportunities is an integral part of professional recruitment and retention efforts. As Sioux Falls strives to sustain its strong development of the past two decades, the restoration of the Last Jewel in the crown of historic downtown has become one of the community’s top priorities. Sioux
Falls competes for top talent with cities like Minneapolis-St. Paul and Omaha, and a fully-restored State Theatre with state-of-the-art digital technology will offer an unparalleled motion picture viewing experience.
The restored State Theatre also will have a revolutionary impact on Sunday’s downtown. Sunday is one of the busiest days of the movie week and a full slate of matinees and evening shows will mean many more Sunday patrons hungry for food, thirsty for drink, or looking for many of the great values offered by the boutique shops that populate the Downtown, Eastbank and Uptown areas.
Of course, this historic restoration effort would be impossible without strong community support. Fund development was a real success story in 2011. The State raised more than $1.4 million as our corporate and business community stepped up in a major show of support during the Sioux Falls Chamber-approved community appeals campaign. Our attention will turn to individuals and families here in the new year. The State has received a wide range of support and all of it is appreciated. From dollar bills in our donation jar to $100,000 pledges, the State enjoys a wide range of support
and is solidly on the road to successful completion. Individuals or families wishing to contribute to the State’s completion are encouraged to contact the State Theatre Company. Naming right opportunities exist for gifts of $1,000 or greater. It’s a great way to recognize a business or honor a family member.
An incredible leadership team that made a strong case for the economic and community development benefits were the reason behind this fundraising success. Joe Henkin of Henkin Schultz Communication Arts, and Sioux Falls Construction’s Dave Fleck joined Newcomb-Weiland as co-chairs of the campaign. The Sioux Falls State Theatre Company’s leadership is strongly augmented by Vice President James Jacobson (First Financial Service Center), Secretary Bruce Eide (Vern Eide Motorcars) and Treasurer Daniel Statema (First Dakota National Bank). This group led a committee of more than three dozen people that scheduled countless meetings with the area’s leading corporations and businesses. In December, the State announced the hiring of its first full-time employee when Pierre native and USD graduate Stephen Williamson accepted the position of Executive Director.
In the past year, 500 to 1,000 people routinely came down to the State during First Fridays. The open houses were characterized by former patrons of the State and lots of young people excited and hungry for new entertainment offerings. Far and away, the top two questions we heard were, “What will the new State offer?” and “When will it open?”
The restored State Theatre will feature new-release blockbuster motion pictures during Hollywood’s busy seasons. The other six months of the year the State will provide a venue for independent and foreign films. It also will play host to area film festivals and movie-themed weekends. And, when the entire project is completed, the State will offer a uniquely sized space for performance art that compliments the tremendous offerings provided by the Pavilion and the Orpheum. The State’s opening, for some obvious reasons, is a moving target entirely dependent on how its fundraising progresses.
The State’s business plan is solid. With no mortgage debt to service, the projected cash flows look solid from opening night. While the number of people that live, work and play downtown has grown into the thousands, the State figures to draw from the entire region. Interest from outside Sioux Falls has been encouraging, including a six-figure pledge from an anonymous contributor in Madison.
Some night soon, a young couple will have a quiet romantic dinner in one of Downtown’s or East Bank’s unique restaurants. They can window shop on their way to the State, and they can stand in line to see one of Hollywood’s hot new releases or that independent film that otherwise wouldn’t hit area theatres. Families will be able to make a day of it on Saturday afternoons, buying a large bucket of the State’s legendary popcorn, and the State will join its neighbors the Washington Pavilion and the Orpheum Theater to expand Sunday entertainment opportunities.
The State Theatre, after 20 years of quiet retirement, is ready to reign once again as the Queen of Downtown theatres. Its restoration is the next logical step in the incredible rebirth of Downtown, and it will pay dividends for our entire region for years to come.
If you’ve ever had a great idea and just couldn’t refrain from telling everyone you know about it, then you’re a part of the club. You understand the power and excitement of new ideas. More importantly, you now have something to look forward to every month. The Washington Pavilion has introduced a new forum called PavTALKS where, each month, the
Belbas Theatre will host a new speaker to present on an innovative idea or concept.
“We want to pull community leaders to share their knowledge,” says Drew Goede, coordinator of the series.
The primary goal of PavTALKS, he explains, is “to provide an intellectual outlet for area residents who crave something just a little bit different.” It offers thinkers and innovators from our community a meeting place—a casual environment to share new ideas with each other, discuss them, debate them, create new ideas, and even make some connections along the way. “We hope that every person who attends a PavTALK leaves feeling inspired, enriched, and excited about the presentation they’ve heard.”
The way each talk is formatted will vary according to the speaker and the context. Some might function as individual presentations with slideshows, demonstrations, and/or mixed media, while others may be in the form of panel discussions
with a group of individuals from different viewpoints openly deliberating the topic. Others, still, might take the form of moderated debates, where two opposing sides present their arguments. What every talk will have in common, though, is a 20-minute presentation, a cash bar, a Q&A session, and a guarantee of your time’s worth—these events are free and open to the public.
PavTALKS is modeled after and takes a lot of its inspiration from the more widely known TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment and Design). TED is a global forum for sharing “ideas worth spreading,” which is the company’s slogan. It started in California as an annual conference and is now recognized internationally. You can check out video streams of these talks at TED.com.
Although PavTALKS itself is new to The Pavilion, the lecture series concept is not. December of 2010 brought an end to the series SciPub, which highlighted topics related specifically to science and technology and appealed mostly to a young adult audience. Erica Lacey, the coordinator of SciPub, touched briefly on the limitations that were revealed throughout its duration.
“Toward the end of SciPub’s run we recognized a need to evolve it into a family-friendly program since the number of children and teenagers in attendance increased.” But inspiring people of all ages within our community to get excited about learning is an exciting challenge for Goede and the Washington Pavilion to take on. The other obvious limitation SciPub faced was its scope of topics, which revolved essentially around Science and Technology. “PavTALKS takes the reins from what SciPub was and allows for the arts, politics, economics, agriculture, psychology, hobbies, you-name-it, to enter the presentation arena,” says Lacey. “The Sioux Empire area has plenty of intellectual firepower, and it was a natural progression to open the firing range to all disciplines.”
Goede is excited to bring to light the possibilities PavTALKS has to offer. “It’s really in keeping with The Pavilion’s philosophy and what we try to represent here in terms of education and higher thinking,” Goede explains. “You don’t have to be an expert in the field to come and enjoy the mental stimulus.” The possibilities are really unending, as are the new thoughts and ideas these presentations are meant to provoke. Come. Eat, drink, meet, and open up your mind.
On February 25th, the Washington Pavilion will welcome Laurie
Chaplin, M.S., LPC, to talk about the Science of
Love. She offers us a brief synopsis of the presentation she will be
sharing, “As unique as it feels to you when you’re in it, infatuation is universal. People around the world express similar feelings and behaviors. Until recently, we had little understanding into this phenomenon. Now research has given us a wealth of new information that demystifies infatuation and reveals the truth about love. We’ll visit the realm of neurobiology to find out what’s happening when we enter this captivating world.”
Chaplin works as a Divorcebusting Coach for best-selling author Michele Weiner-Davis (Divorcebusting, A Woman’s Guide to Changing Her Man, Divorce Remedy, and The Sex-Starved Marriage). Laurie coaches couples around the country who are on the brink of divorce and want to save their marriage. Locally, she works with couples wishing to enrich their relationships and offers premarital mentoring for those preparing for marriage.
A list of upcoming PavTALKS is available at PavilionClasses.org. Bring some friends and come with an open mind.
Making Sure that ALL Children Learn to Read!Did you know that we fail to detect 33 percent of the reading difficulties experienced by children?According to the National Institute of Health, 20 percent
of American children have dyslexia. That’s one in five! Thus, in the average classroom, at least 4 children will have severe reading difficulties. This number does seem
daunting, and many of us may be asking, “How can this be? How can this many children be struggling? Surely this
isn’t happening in Sioux Falls!”Unfortunately, it is. Many classroom teachers do not have
the training needed to meet the needs of this population
of students. If interviewed, many educators will say that
they are unsure as to what dyslexia is. Many teachers still believe that those afflicted with dyslexia are those who see or write letters backwards. This simply is not the case; only a very small percentage of students with dyslexia have these symptoms.Illiteracy and crime are also closely related. The Department of Justice states, “The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is
welded to reading failure.” Over 70 percent of inmates in
America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level.
Penal institution records show that inmates have a 16 percent chance of returning to prison if they receive literacy help, as opposed to 70 percent who receive no help. This equates to taxpayer costs of $25,000 per year, per inmate, and is nearly double that amount for juvenile offenders. Here is the story of one student as written by his parents.“Our son was diagnosed with dyslexia in the second
grade. I want to share with you what we did, what we tried, what worked and what failed. Most of the time, we flew by the seat of our pants. When your child is born with a learning disability, there is no manual, no instruction sheet, and no norms. We tried many programs without seeing much success.“Our son, Nicholas, was not able to keep up in school
and his self-esteem was suffering. The school’s approach was to pull him out of the classroom, and make accommodations. Our saving grace became Excel Achievement Center. The key word here is Achieve. At our first visit, Nicholas was tested, he had just completed sixth grade and was reading at a fourth
grade level. Of course he couldn’t keep up in school. He was able to complete fourth grade work, not sixth grade work!
“We met with the President of Excel Achievement Center, and she said with confidence: “We will be able to help your child read at grade level.” I was skeptical they would really be able to help our son to read at grade level, when nothing else had worked. We too were almost at a point of acceptance and were thinking about just making accommodations for him. A friend of ours commented on how bad Nicholas must feel not being able to do it himself. I realized we had to continue to try. I didn’t want books read to him—I wanted Nicholas to read the book! I wanted my son to attend college. I wanted him to have everything he needed to believe he could accomplish anything he wanted to in life. After completing the six-month program at Excel, he is reading at grade level and is experiencing confidence, and gaining self-esteem!”
How can you help?Links to Literacy is a non-profit scholarship fund managed by the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation that is dedicated to helping children in the Sioux Falls area—like Nicholas—learn to read. Children receiving this scholarship are given the one-on-one help needed to ensure that they will reach their fullest potential. Its board holds several fundraisers each year. If you are interested in finding out more about this scholarship fund or would like to make a donation, please contact the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation at:
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation300 N Phillips Avenue, Suite 102Sioux Falls, SD 57104-6035605-336-7055 Ext. 20Or email [email protected]
To find out more about the warning signs of dyslexia, visit: www.excelachievement.com/courses/Dyslexia.php
The Washington Pavilion is proud to assist you in all of your event needs. Our luxurious décor, beautiful architecture and adventurous exhibits provide an
exciting array of settings.
Whatever your occasion may be, our dedicated staff has the experience, professional relationships with area vendors, attention to detail and commitment to make your event flawless. We can be your “one-stop-shop” providing centerpieces, audio-visual equipment and in-house catering by Leonardo’s Café to alleviate the stress of planning a wedding.
Rest easy knowing that every event is not only important to us, but is also executed flawlessly and precisely no matter what size or budget. We pride ourselves on exceeding your expectations so that your day is the perfect start to the rest of your life!
Contact our events staff for information on how we can help you plan the perfect wedding day. ([email protected] • 605.367.7397)
PAVILION EVENTS DEPT.
Beyond you Expectations...
When it comes to options, downtown Sioux Falls has something for everyone. From the quirky to the cool, from sophisticated to hip, downtown has enough options to keep you finding new favorite
things to do, even as you revisit your old favorites. Overwhelmed by all there is? Don’t worry we’ve made it easy for you.
A is for ArtIn addition to the numerous eclectic shopping, dining and entertainment options nestled in our historic buildings, there’s an array of art. Lovers of the Sioux Falls art scene have long
lauded SculptureWalk, an exciting exhibit of 50 outdoor sculptures displayed year-around.
This free, self-guided public art program brings together art lovers, residents,
tourists, and community friends
in our historic downtown district. With exciting, authentic, and inspiring sculptures at nearly every corner, downtown celebrates the arts each and every day! For more information on SculptureWalk visit www.sculpturewalksiouxfalls.com.
B is for Block PartiesWind up the work week listening to the best in live music entertainment performed by local and regional bands on the Eastbank. Our annual Eastbank Block Parties are scheduled for the first Friday of June, July and August! Enjoy live music, food vendors, door prizes, beer and wine for purchase, and shopping at some of the most unique stores in Sioux Falls. For more information on events downtown, visit our calendar at www.dtsf.com
DOWNTOWN SIOUX FALLS FROM A TO D
DID YOU KNOW?The first library or reading room in Sioux Falls was located downtown. In 1875, Louisa Gale began a library over the Williams Brothers store located at 9th & Phillips Avenue. It was free to all Sioux Fall residents. For more historic Sioux Falls trivia, visit http://www.siouxfalls.org/Information/history/trivia.aspx
Running late and looking for parking? Yeah, we know what that is like, and so does the City of Sioux Falls Public Parking Facilities. They have recently implemented several improvements to provide more convenient
options when it comes to parking downtown. Located just a few blocks from the Washington Pavilion is the 1st Avenue Ramp—behind the Shriver Square building on 11th Street—where a new automated system has been installed. The automated system will provide several payment methods including cash, coin, credit card, and validation coupons. For more information on parking downtown, contact the Public Parking Facilities Department at 605.367.8170.
NV Studio SalonNV Studio Salon offers services on the outside for
image while using products that are chemical free and rejuvenate the spirit on the inside. NV Salon offers a convenient location in the heart of downtown, a new look and a peaceful healthy retreat. NV Salon also carries an array of healthy living accessories. To schedule an appointment, stop by 106 West 11th Street or call 605.838.9134.
PARKING MADE EASY
WHAT’S NEW DOWNTOWN
C is for ClubsCome enjoy stunning city views, handcrafted cocktails, live music, and beer selections from around the world. The vibrant nightlife downtown allows you to spend time with friends or associates, continue the productivity of your day with some networking, or just kick back and relax. Whether you’re looking to let your hair down on the dance floor, a cozy atmosphere, or an upscale environment with entertainment, we have something for everyone. Need more? Each week we compile a list titled Nightlife on the front page of www.dtsf.com, check it out!
D is for DiningWhether you’re seeking a meal-on-the-go or an elegant dining experience, we have something for everyone. Enjoy a quiet conversation in one of our coffee shops or stroll through our tree-lined streets while sampling a delightful dessert from a nearby bakery. Dinners often last well past dusk, and the transition into nighttime is easily made since many of our restaurants offer picturesque patios. For a complete listing of dining options, including addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation visit www.dtsf.com and click on the tab titled Dining.
What could possibly be happening in our small, midwestern city that has an impact anywhere in the world? The answer is lots. Dr. Michael Saba travels the globe for Sanford Health seeking
underserved areas for possible locations of children’s clinics. Through his work, he became acquainted with a man from Columbus, Ohio, who was curious how his community impacted the world. He had created a research group in the 1970s called Columbus in the World to gather data on local businesses that had global ties. Thus, the idea for Sioux Falls in the World was born.
Saba was so intrigued by the global prospects that he began to talk with friends and colleagues about collecting data in the Sioux Falls area. The small group slowly became larger and began to attract people from all business sectors, not just health care. Monthly meetings began in January of 2009 with no elected leadership and a loose agenda. Members talked about what they or their organization were doing globally and introduced themselves. Soon, speakers were invited to address the group about their international involvement. “The group was beginning to take on a life of its own,” Sabin said.
Dr. Larry Ort saw fantastic things in this group of people and was determined to make a difference. Ort has a PhD in Philosophy, spending his career teaching at the college level. His love of the world took him to the Russian-American Institute in Moscow for three years where he taught Business Ethics and Strategic Management and held the position of Provost.
Ort attended a few meetings and realized this was the beginning of something much bigger and he wanted to be part of it. He spent some time visiting with Dr. Saba and others to discuss the scope of the group and the plans for the future. Initially the group was too small and informal
to create the educational plans he was interested in. He enjoys the variety of people involved for one common goal—to learn about and appreciate all cultures and ethnicities. “You understand even more the benefits of world travel, and you realize how utterly privileged we are. You also realize the thirst for education and learning in other cultures and the sacrifices that will be made,” Ort said.
Ort slowly began taking a leadership role, which allowed Saba to concentrate on the research component of the organization. Survey letters were sent to medical practitioners, churches, college faculty and other organizations. As the surveys were returned, Saba could see what an impact Sioux Falls was making on the world. At that time 97 countries and regions were represented in the Sioux Falls area with 127 different languages spoken. Not only did Sioux Falls have an impact on the world, but the world definitely had an impact on Sioux Falls.
The group database now contains 200 names of those interested in global affairs. Normally, one fifth of those attend the monthly meetings. The organizational structure is still very loose. There are no dues or membership requirements. Saba and Ort both see this as a benefit. “We can be very flexible,” Ort said.
Saba has now stepped back and is enjoying the fruits of his initial labors. He attends the meetings when his schedule permits and continues to spread the word about global happenings in the Sioux Falls area.
Dr. Larry Ort
Dr. Michael Saba
By Shelli Masek
He would like to see the group have more name recognition and has plans for future ethnic events. “We like to come here and have lunch and learn. A lot of the value comes from being able to introduce people to each other. Sioux Falls has a much greater relationship to the rest of the world than most people think,” said Saba.
Another benefit, says Saba, is that the average citizen has nothing to say about foreign policy. The government and media only scratch the surface. Groups such as Sioux Falls in the World are vehicles for the average person to be involved in global affairs. “When dealing with active reality, people’s perceptions change. We have done a lot of interfacing with the immigrant communities here.”
Even though there are so many ethnicities in the area, Saba likes to think of Sioux Falls not as a melting pot, but more of a salad bowl. He said, “People are tossed into a different culture and told to melt in and do it quickly. It doesn’t work that way. The cultures are tossed around and mixed not melted.”
For Ethiopian born member, Mustafa Godi, his mission is slightly different. Godi fled his homeland and settled in a Kenyan refugee camp. He had the chance to come to the
United States and jumped at it. He joined Sioux Falls in the World to tell the members why he, and other refugees, is here. Godi is adamant that the United States is “his country” now, and wants to share the culture of his homeland with people interested in global cultures. He would like to see Sioux Falls in the World grow and be more physically involved in the community.
Godi has created a foundation named Tuluu Dimmitu to benefit his homeland. His organization would like to build a school in the village of Oromia, Ethopia. His foundation is raising funds and putting all the pieces in place. Godi also has a full time job with Wells Fargo. He sees his job as a way to further his mission. “There is more to life than making money. There are things you can do for where you have been.”
Sioux Falls in the World is the perfect way for him to learn and to educate others. “As a business person, I can always learn new ways of doing things,” Godi said. He hopes to see the group become more visible in the community. Whether it is through cultural activities or service projects, he is looking forward to the next way he can lend a hand. “I love the thought of people coming together in diversity,” said Rhonda Morse, Sioux Falls resident. Morse joined the organization after talking with a friend. Morse and her husband befriended and mentored a Lost Boy from Sudan and were already interested in global activities. She encouraged her church to take on the project of building a school in South Sudan and has been there three times. Sioux Falls in the World allows her to have a venue to share her experiences as well as learn of other projects local people are undertaking in other parts of the globe. “Through my experience with an international project in South Sudan, I have found other international programs readily willing to share information and resources in a noncompetitive manner. I believe this comes from our common mission of wanting to better everyone’s world. I think Sioux Falls in the World desires to do the same.”
Morse plans to stay with the group a long time and help with its growth. Like Godi, She would also like the group to be larger and more visible in the Sioux Falls area. “The diversity of the group makes it dynamic, broadens our understanding of people and cultures, and builds bridges locally and internationally. It provides the opportunity to connect with conversations that otherwise I may not have.”
For more information, please visit www.sfintheworld.org.
Rhonda Morse belongs to Sioux Falls in the World to hear about global events. She also shares news of her travels to South Sudan where she is helping to build a school. Here she is seen with one of the teachers, Elijah.
Community BandPERFECTHARMONYMUSIC PRO GR A MS PA IR AUGUSTA NA STUDENTS, COM MUNIT Y ME MBER S
The Augustana College-Community Band
On Thursday nights, a rehearsal room inside Augustana’s Humanities Center is a sea of shiny brass and polished wood. Surfing on it are student musicians who live in halls on campus, and hobby instrumentalists who work in familiar fields such as insurance, medicine, education and the airline industry. Their harmonies reflect both the vigor of youth and the sophisticated experience of age.
They are the Augustana College-Community Band, a 120-member-company regionally known for pairing emerging musicians with music-minded community members to produce quality masterpieces that appeal to both the ear and the eye. Listening to them play is one thing, according to Dr. Bruce Ammann, professor of music and director of bands for Augustana. But watching them together—seeing the interactions between 50 students and 70 community members—is something special all on its own.
“What students take out of this is the notion of life-long learning of music. They’re seeing not just what we’re accomplishing in this short period of time—a particular piece of music—but rather, they’re seeing that music can
be a life-long pursuit,” Ammann says. “When our students see that there are doctors and lawyers and business people that keep playing their instruments all of their lives, it reinforces the education philosophy of Augustana’s Music Programs. Here, we believe that music is a life-long endeavor. For community members, this is a chance to play their instruments, and they love it. Our community members come to rehearsals prepared. Some are in the room an hour early, anxious for the rehearsal to start. They enjoy the opportunity to play their instruments and to be around college students. And because it’s a class in the curriculum, they’re able
to continue learning about music.”
Dr. Dennis Knutson, 71, is a founding member of the Augustana College-Community Band, joining the group when it first formed in 1989. Now retired, Knutson joined the band in his 40s for a creative outlet in an otherwise busy life filled with parenting duties, a demanding medical practice, and a teaching role at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. He’s held the position of principal flutist for the College-Community Band for the last 23 years. He’s also principal flutist for the Augustana College & Community Orchestra.
By Kelly Sprecher
Dr. Bruce Ammann, professor of music and director of bands for Augustana
Community Band
“I’m a great fan of the fact that music can be so much a part of anyone’s life, no matter what their profession is,” Knutson says. A flutist for more than 60 years, he says he enjoys playing his instrument. Yet, playing with others on a stage offers another kind of reward. “As a musician, playing your instrument gives you such personal joy. Yet, where you get the most satisfaction is when you’re being harmonic, making sounds with friends. Harmonizing with others to make music is an amazing experience, as is playing before an audience,” Knutson says. “The audience is essential to the experience because they give you feedback through their responses.”
Ammann says the joy Knutson and the other members of the College-Community Band find from playing with the students mirrors the benefits students receive from playing with committed musicians who are professionals in the community. “Two-thirds of our student band members are not music majors. They’re
talented musicians, yet they’re looking at going on to become doctors, lawyers, teachers or business people. I always remind our students that we have every walk of life represented in our community members. I tell them, ‘you’ve got a built-in resource, a network, right here in this room. You can talk to people who are in the profession you’re working toward.’ That’s amazing. There are so many positive interactions that happen here that have nothing to do with the music at all,” he says.
The positives extend beyond the rehearsal room, too. “People that come to our concerts get to experience a top-level collegiate performance from a wind band, and they get to see and hear members of their own community who are taking music to another level in collaboration with students,” Ammann says.
Because of the band’s performance level, they frequently receive opportunities to play alongside world-famous
The Augustana Bands’ Christmas Extravaganza, held at the Washington Pavilion in December.
musicians. Last fall, they performed alongside the legendary Gregory Hustis, principal horn for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, at the Brandon Valley Performing Arts Center. This spring, they’ll accompany Scott Shelsta, Augustana class of 1971 and longtime principal trombonist for the U.S. Army Band, in a concert on April 12 at the Washington Pavilion.
The Augustana College & Community Orchestra
As one of Sioux Falls’ oldest major musical ensembles, the Augustana Orchestra has had ties to community musicians since its founding in 1922. Born from a collaboration between the City of Sioux Falls and the College, the Augustana Orchestra eventually became the original South Dakota Symphony. Years later, following enrollment growth at the College, Augustana established its own orchestral program for study and performance. In recent years, the program has evolved to a new level.
In 2007, Augustana partnered with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra to create and support the Augustana Faculty String Quartet, the only professional string quartet in residence at a college in the region. A year later, Dr. Christopher Stanichar was named associate professor and director of Augustana’s orchestras.
In his office, wallpapered in performance posters and surrounded by countless collections of classic scores from history’s legendary composers, Stanichar smiles as he recounts the orchestra’s recent accomplishments.
In October, Augustana’s 90-member College & Community Orchestra accompanied 70’s rock legends KANSAS on mega-hits such as Dust in the Wind, Carry On My Wayward Son, Point of No Return, and others in a vocal-meets-orchestral-meets-rock extravaganza in the Mary W. Sommervold Hall of the Washington Pavilion. More than 2,000 fans attended the concert, which was part of the band’s “KANSAS Collegiate Symphony Tour,” an initiative designed to raise awareness and money for collegiate music programs nationwide. The event raised more than $10,000 in cash and instrument upgrades for the Augustana Music Department.
In December, the orchestra performed alongside choir members at Augustana’s Christmas Vespers, the college’s historic musical celebration of the birth of Christ.
In January, the orchestra’s 65 student members will embark on an eight-stop tour of Minnesota. On March 11,
they’ll perform Liszt’s Les Préludes and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 alongside Sabina Thatcher, principal violist for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, who will perform Vaughan Williams’ Viola Suite, in a concert at the Washington Pavilion.
For Stanichar, who also serves as music director of the South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra (SDSYO), principal conductor of the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra (NISO) in Sioux Center, Iowa, and music director of the Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra, the ability to pair community members with students has been an amazing experience.
“There’s a pessimism out there that the arts are dying. That’s absolutely not true. When I see the passion and love for music that our community members and student players bring with them to every rehearsal, I know that the arts are more alive than ever. It’s incredible to see that.”
Learn more about Augustana’s Performing and Visual Arts programs at www.augie.edu/arts. Tickets are available at www.augietickets.com and start at $5.
Dr. Christopher Stanichar conducts the Augustana Orchestra at Augustana’s Christmas Vespers, held in December at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.
Back in the day, a teenager’s daily routine consisted of attending school and either going straight home to do homework or to work at a part-time job. Teens drove around downtown for fun, and did
their best to stay out of trouble. Fast forward to present day. Most teenagers do what they want whenever they want, and according to Top Ten Reviews, 73 percent of teenagers spend their time on a social network. Texting in school may even become a habit during school. According to Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 64 percent of teenagers with cell phones have texted in class, and 25 percent have made or received a call during class.
West Central High School (Hartford) senior Kiley Luke thinks social media is a huge distraction. “I have both Facebook and Twitter, but I use Facebook more because I’ve had Facebook longer than Twitter. I probably use Facebook five hours a day. I know it affects my academics because whenever I’m at home doing homework, I’ll pause numerous times to check both Facebook and Twitter,” Luke said. Texting seems to be a huge distraction for Luke as well. “I don’t text in classes that I’m busy in, but if I get a text while I’m doing my homework, I’ll stop to check it. I think social networking interferes with teenagers’ academics a lot more than it used to. It gets in the
way of everything and serves as a huge distraction,” he added.Another West Central senior, Matthew Lawrence, thinks social media has a neutral effect on teenagers. “I have both Facebook and Twitter, and I normally check them both throughout the day. I probably spend around a half hour on them per day. I just like to keep up with my friends and family. I view it as a big social event. I know a lot of teenagers around my age are definitely addicted to Facebook or Twitter. They become so overwhelmed in it all, so much that they can put off homework or other important events in their life. As for texting, I think it’s a stupid risk to take to text during class. I never text in class because I don’t want to take that risk for something that can wait until after school gets out,” he said. Lawrence thinks there are both positive and negative effects on students. “It can be negative if teens abuse it and become
addicted to it, but it can be positive if you just stay in touch with friends and family. What it
comes down to is how much time teens spend on it when they should be doing something
more productive,” Lawrence said. At West Central, any electronic devices, other
than the students’ computers, are to be turned off and preferably left in
students’ lockers or cars during the day. Few students seem to abide
by this policy.
By Tori Kock
Academics & the Lure
of Social Media
While some teenagers let social media consume their lives, others do not spend all their time with technology within their grasp at every second. Brandon Valley High School junior Joe Blake thinks there are better things in life than social media. “Sure, I have Facebook and Twitter, but I rarely go on either of them. I have Twitter because my girlfriend does, and I like to keep up with her tweets. If I ever go onto Facebook, it’s just to look at my news feed. I already know what’s going on with my friends and family, so I don’t need to check on every single post every five minutes like a lot of teenagers do. I know texting is a big distraction though; most of my teachers care that I text in class, but I text anyway. It might get in the way of me paying attention in school, but I still get by with passing grades. I rarely have homework anyway since I get everything done in class. I’m not exactly sure what kind of effect it has on other teenagers. I guess it depends on how much they use social networking,” Blake said. The rules about cell phone use in school are useless to a lot of students, including myself. I have two teachers who care if I text in class, but my other teachers let me use my phone. I text in every class but two, but I only text if I’m not busy. In college, some professors don’t care if their students use their phone during class because it’s the students’ own money they’re wasting.”
High school teachers do their best to teach teenagers how to read and write properly, but texting and social media have gotten in the way. West Central teacher Cindy Schumacher believes students are easily distracted by online activities. “I think that texting can fragment concentration. You can be trying to read or write something and get distracted by texting. I even find that with myself, and I’m sure I don’t text nearly to the extent that most of my students probably do. At the same time, I think that it can make it easier to seek help from other students and even from teachers at times. While texting language can seep into journal writing, most students seem to know the difference when it comes to more formal writing. In a way, I think it makes students very aware of the power of words and how even one word taken the wrong way can affect a friendship or a relationship. It makes them conscious of words in a way that I don’t think they were before,” Schumacher said. “Teenagers see the impact of their words not when they are typing them, but after they press send. A lot of teenagers type words to friends that they would never say to them in person, and most of them regret what they say behind a screen.”
Bullying is another consequence of social media: 26 percent of teenagers have been bullied or harassed through text messages and phone calls. Cyber-bullying gives teens such an easy way to pick on one another outside of school. Students seem distracted by the online drama and let it consume their concentration. Trying to ignore the daily drama while needing to focus on
academics is easier said than done. West Central teacher Paula Hawks thinks that cyber-bullying damages many students. “Cyber-bullying is even more insidious than social networking, simply because it can leave a student worrying about whether something is going to show up on their phone, email, or page at any moment. It doesn’t require proximity to the person taunting you, so it’s even more threatening,” Hawks said.
Being a teenager has always been difficult, but is social media making life more complicated? The pressure of getting jobs and focusing on school can make students’ lives a mess. Throwing social networking into the mix may add fuel to the fire, depending on how students use it. What teenagers don’t know is that a lot of people look at their social network, maybe even future bosses. Teens need to understand how one post or tweet can affect their future, sometimes in a negative way. Being a teenager myself, I understand what it’s like to get caught up in the online drama, but it’s not hard for me to keep it separate from my academics like some teens my age. I was raised to believe that school and a job come first before anything else. Technology has taken an enormous toll on my generation. Teenagers seem to rely on cell phones and technology more than anything else, and tend to live behind a screen. Social media can be dangerous if teenagers become obsessed with it. Students need to become responsible with technology, or else it may take over their world.
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ARTSThe arts in Sioux Falls span multiple
arenas. Dance & other performing arts,
visual arts, design, crafts - you name it,
Sioux Falls has it! Downtown is the
nerve center for the community’s
vibrantly active arts culture.
Once upon a time, acclaimed cartoonist William Steig penned the children’s book Shrek. It is doubtful he had any idea that his title character was destined to become a beloved cultural icon,
not to mention a multi-billion dollar international franchise. Over two decades after the book’s 1990 publication, Shrek has found his way into every facet of pop culture, from video games to musicals and films to holiday TV specials.
Shrek the Musical, on stage at the Washington Pavilion April 9, 10, and 11, allows audiences a rare opportunity to see their favorite fairy tales brought to life, replete with singing, dancing, and satire enough to entertain parents and children alike. Likened to 40 blocks’ worth of a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
by one reviewer, the show will undoubtedly provide visual and auditory delight.
Shrek, a name derived from the Yiddish word meaning fear or terror, is a story encompassing, and twisting, many common fairy tale themes, including tests of character, transformation into something better, and help from magical creatures, all of which lead to the inevitable happily ever after.
The musical version begins the ogre being unceremoniously dumped by his family at age seven because he, like all ogres, is destined to live a life of loneliness and misery. Many unhappy years later, various fairy tales creatures that have been banished from the Land of Duloc by the egomaniacal Lord Faquaad because they are different invade his swamp. Motivated more by a desire for solitude than a need to right a greater wrong, Shrek sets out to set Lord Faquaad straight.
Along the way Shrek encounters his unlikely sidekick, a talking donkey in
desperate need of a friend. Meanwhile, Lord Faquaad learns that he will never be king unless he marries a princess. Under duress, Gingy the gingerbread man tells Lord Faquaad of the beautiful princess Fiona, trapped in a dragon-guarded parapet. Shrek agrees to rescue Fiona on Lord Faquaad’s behalf in exchange for the deed to his swamp. After a perilous journey, and Donkey’s encounter with an amorous she-dragon, Shrek rescues Princess Fiona who, fueled by years of solitude and storybooks, is looking for fairy tale romance. Upon her rescue she insists, in true fairy tale-fashion, on a kiss from her knight in shining armor, only to be greeted by an ugly green face when Shrek removes his helmet.
Fiona, upon learning that Shrek is not her knight in shining armor, but just someone who has
been hired to deliver her to the man she is meant to marry, insists they make camp for the night when she sees the sun beginning to set. The audience soon learns that Fiona is transformed into an ogress at night.
The next morning finds Fiona a princess once again, and she apologizes to Shrek for her behavior the day before. Some good-natured bickering allows them to see that they may have more in common than they originally thought, and suddenly it seems love is in the air. As they near the Land of Duloc, Shrek and Fiona decide to stop for one last campfire and Donkey begins to recognize their growing affection. After failing to talk Shrek into sharing his feelings, he follows Fiona into the barn in which she’s taken refuge after sundown, only to learn of her secret: “By day one way, by night another—this shall be the norm, until you find true love’s first kiss and then take love’s true form.” Despite Shrek’s attempt to tell Fiona how he feels, a series of unfortunate misunderstandings ends in Fiona accepting Lord Faquaad’s proposal of marriage. Fiona is whisked off in a carriage and Shrek returns to his swamp with a new commitment to solitude.
But then, a strong dose of tough love from Donkey convinces Shrek to stop the wedding. We learn, with the help of the once-again banished fairy tale creatures, that Lord Faquaad is his own brand of different and his father is a troll. As Lord Faquaad vows the demise of the fairy tale creatures as well as Shrek and Fiona, Dragon sweeps in and swallows Lord Faquaad in one swift, albeit small, gulp. Upon sharing true love’s first kiss, Fiona is transformed into her true form, an ogress. The wedding relocates to the swamp and, as in any fairy tale, they live happily ever after.
Shrek made it to the big screen in 2001 despite a push to first consider a musical adaptation. The ogre’s distinctive Scottish brogue has been voiced in film and on television by Mike Meyers, a Canadian actor and Saturday Night Live alumnus best known for outlandish characters, many of whom have strong English or Scottish accents. Other notable stars providing voices for characters in the movie include Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, and Julie Andrews.
In 2004 the record-breaking sequel Shrek 2, which had one of the biggest opening weekends of all time, quickly surpassed the success of the first film. Shrek 2 went on to claim the number one spot as highest grossing animated film of all time as well as earning the number five spot for top movie of all time. In 2007 Shrek the Third had an even bigger opening weekend and was
followed in 2010 by the final feature film chapter, Shrek Ever After. Additionally, Shrek the Halls and Scared Shrekless have proven themselves worthy of a place in the canon of holiday television specials. Most recently, Puss in Boots, a 2011 spin-off prequel to the Shrek series of feature films, has enjoyed critical acclaim and box office success.
Meanwhile, Shrek was preparing to take another medium by storm. Work on the musical began in 2002 and an initial reading took place in 2007. By 2008 the show was set for a try-out run at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. After some changes to the musical lineup, Shrek the Musical debuted at The Broadway Theater in late 2008, closing in early 2010 after 441 performances and 37 previews.
The show garnered much acclaim including three-and-a-half out of four stars from USA Today, whose review stated “Shrek, which draws from William Steig’s book about a lovable ogre and the DreamWorks animated movie that it inspired, is nonetheless a triumph of comic imagination with a heart as big and warm as Santa’s. It is the most ingeniously wacky, transcendently tasteless Broadway musical since The Producers, and more family-friendly than that gag-fest.”
Ansel Adams:the Art of the Image
Ansel Adams is one of the most widely known photographers of the 20th
century—his images brilliantly expose the beauty and majesty of the American West. Adams possessed a unique combination of artistic talent, spiritual connection with the natural world, and devotion put into honing his technical skills. He wanted to truly reveal the beauty he saw in the land that he cherished, not just capture an image through his lens.
Ansel Adams was called to both nature and art when he was 14 years old. On his birthday, Adams’ father gave him his first camera, a Kodak No. 1 Box Brownie, and that same summer he and his family traveled to Yosemite, where Adams witnessed the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the first time. These mountains would imprint themselves into his heart and mind: he would visit them every year for the rest of his life. In the years immediately following this first experience, he became a photographer’s apprentice and started working with the Sierra Club. Adams
would never turn back from his twin passions of photography and conservationism after this point.
Fine art photography before the influence of Modernism mimicked the aesthetic of smudged charcoal drawings: painterly or impressionistic pictorial techniques were used to create blurred images with soft edges. Adams’ early work showed some of these same tendencies, but he quickly found that the beauty of the natural world can at times only be expressed by the well-defined lines, highlights, and shadows that the camera—with a technical master controlling it—can create. Later in life he would become a founding member of a photography collective called f/64 that championed these modernist tenets.
An important influence on Adams’ artistic vision was his mentor, Paul Strand, with whom he became acquainted on a trip to the Southwest. Strand’s photographs of urban environments, with high contrasts of light and shadows cropped in a way to create maximum visual impact, were a direct influence on the way Adams came to handle his natural subject matter—Strand using these techniques to reveal the beauty of mankind’s monumental structures and Adams to reveal the same beauty within nature.
In addition to the impact created through contrasts of deep black and bright white, Adams understood the importance of a full range tonal scale in creating stunning images. He created a zone system for photography with a black-to-white tonal scale: the spectrum starting at black,
or zero, and ending at pure white, or 10, on the scale, and every point in between representing a different shade of gray. Adams strove to include the full range of the tonal scale in his photographs in order to mimic the richness of the natural world.
Adams understood that the power of photography lies in the full range of what it can accomplish. He manipulated all aspects of the mechanical processes of photography to achieve this vision. He was a master of adapting to changing lighting and environmental conditions to capture his desired image onto the negative, making many critical choices in the field. He used specific lenses, settings, and light filters to control the outcome of the negative. He also had the ingenuity to make what he needed to capture the image he envisioned. He often used a custom-made green filter to enhance the contrast of colors found in the American Southwest, darkening the valleys and deepening the peaks and ridges in order to create a glow that bordered on the divine. To enhance contrast and to reduce the blur caused by traditional lenses, Adams fashioned his own lens by using a metal plate with a small hole in it, thereby creating a finer aperture, or diameter, for the shot he envisioned. Adams’ technical wizardry extended to the darkroom, where he skillfully manipulated the light coming from the photo-enlarger onto the photo paper through techniques such as burning and dodging, and carefully chose the chemicals that would permanently stabilize his final print.
Adams believed that the creative process started with the artist’s ability to visualize how a subject would translate into an artistic vision. He referred to this important aspect of artistry as visualization and taught his students how to use visualization as the core of their process by having them compare a scene with the photographic manipulations that may have been or could be used by the artist in his or her interpretation of it.
A photograph on display in the Ansel Adams: Masterworks exhibition at the Washington Pavilion, Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, is a testament to Adams’ skills in capturing and interpreting the image before him. Adams described Half Dome as a “wondrous place.” This granite dome in Yosemite reaches over 4,700 feet above the valley floor and is one of the most famous geographical anomalies in the park. When Adams climbed a few thousand feet on a nearby summit with his heavy photography gear, he first found the Dome almost completely covered in shadow as the noon sun hid its true beauty. This day, early in his career, visualization would arguably play its biggest role. Adams had carried 12 large glass plates for negatives that day. By the time he had seen the vision, he had either exposed or broken all but one of the remaining plates. He realized, as he watched the sun move across the horizon, that to achieve the artistic vision he had of this awe-inspiring mountain face he needed to be able to control and amplify the contrast of light and shadow. In his mind he saw a subject that needed to glow brighter than even the sky above it. To achieve this, he used a red filter over his camera lens that would darken the blue sky and also cause the snow
below to bleach out everything it covered, leaving only the highlights and the shadows of the mountain as the point of main visual interest.
Ansel Adams was a true artist, a great man, and a champion for humankind’s need for experiencing the spiritual beauty contained within great expanses of wilderness. A technical master of his craft, he carried with him the ability to not just capture, but create, some of the most stunning natural images the vistas within our great country have to offer.
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SFAC and the SF Regional Airport Join Forces
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is the busiest week for the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. If you were among the thousands passing through the corridors, you likely noticed the massive renovation
project that is well underway. The $15 million remodel has already yielded a much more pleasant airport experience for travelers and it’s not even completed yet!
The remodeled airport building not only looks beautiful, it has also improved the whole travel experience, including parking, flight check-in, and eating within the building. With additional improvements still to come, the Sioux Falls Airport promises to leave a positive and lasting impression with the hundreds of thousands of passengers traveling to and from Sioux Falls every year.
Travelers might be surprised to know that the Sioux Falls Regional Airport has an extensive—and impressive—collection of original art, most of it from South Dakota artists. Airport leaders Dan Letellier, Executive Director of the Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority, and Mike Luce, Vice Chairman of the Authority, clearly understand the unique relationship between tourism, arts, culture, and economic development. With great foresight, the airport leadership contacted the Sioux Falls Arts Council early in the planning process to determine how to best utilize and showcase their artwork in the remodeling project.
The Sioux Falls Arts Council spearheaded the formation of a committee of art-savvy community volunteers and airport personnel. The committee is working to determine how to best capitalize on the existing resources both at the airport and within the Sioux Falls arts community. The specific goals of this group include updating the permanent collection as well as establishing a dedicated space for a revolving art display.
Sioux Falls Arts Council Executive Director Nan Baker says, “Right now the airport does not tell a story. We can harness the talent of the volunteer committee to improve the travel experience and improve our ability to grow our city and attract new residents.”
While these might sound like simple goals, there is definitely more work involved than meets the eye. All artwork must be properly displayed with appropriate signage. Relevant museum accreditation standards and policies for temporary loaning of permanent collections must be evaluated and all criteria met. Display spaces must be developed and artwork placed within them. In addition to the existing permanent collection already maintained by the Sioux Falls Regional Airport, cultural institutions, arts organizations, and artists will be asked to participate in a variety of exhibition opportunities.
Committee member and area artist Megan Pederson says, “The foresight to bring art into the airport really puts us in line with much bigger cities. We want to treat our passengers as cultural people. We want to distract them positively with art. That’s the kind of community Sioux Falls is! There are two groups of people traveling in and out of Sioux Falls. There are those here for business or recreation and those for whom Sioux Falls is or was home. We want to improve the first impression for all these travelers.”
With an average of 2,200 passengers passing through the Sioux Falls Regional Airport everyday, an exceptional opportunity exists for art to be viewed and enjoyed by a wide audience, while enhancing the impression of the city of Sioux Falls for all travelers. As Pederson says, “The airport can be something of which we are really proud, and not just a transportation hub.”
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Honoring a LegacyHonoring a Legacy“There are individuals who decide to give a lot of their time to a cause and who decide to make a big impact. Mary Sommervold made a huge impact on the arts in Sioux Falls, and left a legacy. Musicians and artists couldn’t exist without people like that.”
—Composer Daniel Kellogg
Daniel Kellogg came to Sioux Falls to serve as Resident Composer for the South Dakota Symphony and left with a life-long friend. Maestro Delta David Gier had a similar experience the first time he met Mary Sommervold. David ended his first day in South Dakota with a five-hour dinner at Mary’s house in which he learned, and came to love, her vision and passion for the South Dakota Symphony.
Mary was the first Executive Director of the South Dakota Symphony, served as president of the Board of Directors, and as president of the South Dakota Symphony League. Mary was the first recipient of the Mayor’s Award for the Arts, was on the board of the National Endowment for the Arts, and served as president of the Board of Trustees of the Washington Pavilion. She was the first woman appointed to the Board of Trustees of Sioux Valley Health System (eventually serving as president), served on the Board of Directors of Minnesota Public Radio, and as president of the South Dakota Board of Education.
When Dan first came to Sioux Falls he stayed with Mary. His first impression was that she was extremely intelligent and very serious about the arts. She loved the South Dakota Symphony and orchestral music, and he always enjoyed their conversations. Dan had the idea to write a new piece of music and to dedicate it to Mary because he saw how serious and passionate she was about the arts in Sioux Falls. He said of Mary’s work and vision, “A community desperately needs people like her working for the arts, to fundraise and to advocate. She left a legacy on Sioux Falls, and this piece honors that legacy.”
Soli Deo Gloria, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to commissioning new works of sacred music, agreed to cap off Dan’s residency with the SDSO by funding the creation of this new work. Dan and Mary shared a connection through sacred music, so this opportunity was a perfect way to honor her. Mary was already diagnosed with lymphoma, and joked with Dan that she didn’t want this piece to be a memorial. They agreed that the new work would be a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra—composed specifically for and in collaboration with singer Margaret Lattimore—so they sat down for three hours to discuss which psalms would be included, ones which were important and meaningful to her. Daniel hoped to have many conversations with Mary about the song cycle, but that was not to be, as this was the only discussion they had before she passed away.
Join Maestro Gier, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Kellogg, and Margaret Lattimore on February 25th and 26th to honor Mary’s legacy and hear the song cycle dedicated to her.
TRUDY PECKHAMMary and I were classmates at Washington High who began working together in the Symphony Guild in the 1960’s. Mary was the Executive Director of the symphony when I came on the board. We worked together to give the orchestra more full time members. In l982 the Dakota Wind Quintet joined
the Dakota String Quartet as full-time musicians, and the level of the organization and the music was raised significantly. It was a pleasure to work with Mary as president of the board.
Mary cared deeply about music, the arts, education, and family. She gave her talent, energy and expertise completely to lead Sioux Falls and South Dakota to excellence in every area she entered. When the Coliseum ceiling fell in, and a new performance center was a necessity, she led the way in making the acoustics of the new hall the top priority. Mary’s love of music was contagious, and her talent in leadership (and friendship) inspired many to join her efforts to bring a truly excellent symphony and performance center to our community.
CATHERINE PIERSOLCatherine V. Piersol received her Juris Doctorate from the University of South Dakota, and has been practicing law since 1985. She specializes in Family Law, Employment Law, and Civil Litigation. Cathy has made many significant and long-standing contributions through her involvement in and leadership
of local and nationwide civic and philanthropic organizations, including serving as President of the South Dakota Symphony Board of Directors.
Mary Sommervold was music. She loved the sound of notes colliding against each other in the composites we
call music. It could be classical, jazz, or even contemporary, so long as it was interesting and creative—and with luck, though not a necessity—melodic. Music was, she felt, what made us human.
The higher forms of learning do not always survive without a patron, and that, without doubt, was Mary Sommervold. She nurtured musical experience, in her family, her students, in our schools, in our symphony, in our guest artists, and clearly, in our audiences. She made music stay alive in Sioux Falls, sometimes by sheer force of will. There were no visible qualms about using her own resources and those of her friends, acquaintances, and even those strangers brave enough to approach her at a concert. Loving music meant keeping live performance alive in South Dakota. There were some strings (pun intended). For example, she believed that in performance, there was no reason to try for anything but excellence. Not attaining the goal did not mean there was reason not to try. In Mary’s world, notes were as much a communication as words, though truthfully, she loved both.
The collaterals of music were a good performance hall, a healthy donor base, securing fine instruments for the highly talented players, young peoples concerts, and a youth orchestra. There were all part of her vision. They formed a foundation for the teaching and touring advantages a professional chamber quartet, woodwind quintet, and finally, a touring chamber orchestra could bring to the prairie. It took three decades, but she drove them all to completion.
Tall, reed-thin, with always perfect posture, her presence was magnetic. She was elegant, but not pretentious. It was typical that she carried her illness with casual dignity, shrugging it off with a smile. There were always more important things to do and fitting a treatment into an already over-scheduled day was just another item.
Mary Sommervold left us a rich legacy. Her gifts were so many and so generously given that she enriched whatever and whomever she touched. There is a song that says “I am better for having known you.” We are all so much better for having known her.
Mary Sommervold—AppreciationsMary Sommervold—Appreciations
facebook.com/SDsymphony • http://www.sdsymphony.org
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues is working with several musicians, artists, and downtown businesses to help promote April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). The marquee JAM event is the
Downtown Jazz Crawl, scheduled for the evening of Saturday, April 14th.
“We first attended the Jazz Crawl in 2010 just a couple of weeks after we moved to Sioux Falls. It was a great way to try different venues downtown, meet new like-minded people and listen to some great music! We loved the fact that we could hop around to different places and come and go as we pleased. We had such a great experience that we attended in 2011 and took some friends that had never been before!”
-Lindsey McKelvey, Sioux Falls
Jazz Appreciation Month is a nation wide
effort intended to draw
public attention
to the glories of jazz
as both a historical
and
living treasure. JAM is intended to stimulate the current jazz scene and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz—to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio stations and recordings, read books about jazz, and support institutional jazz programs.
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has led this initiative, with the U.S. Congress passing legislation that was signed by the President in August 2003 declaring April as Jazz Appreciation Month.
Why was April chosen for JAM? April maximizes JAM’s educational potential, because it is the end of the school year when schools can both participate, and allow student jazz ensembles to culminate year long preparations by playing at their best.
JAM will be celebrated in Sioux Falls with many activities throughout the month including a book fair, educational activities, concerts, and the downtown Jazz Crawl.
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues hosts their spring All City Jazz Ensemble concert on April 3 at Augustana College’s Kresge Hall. The All City Jazz Ensemble is funded through SFJB. SFJB’s Educational Fund provides supplemental music education opportunities to youth in the Sioux Falls community. A JazzFest Jazz Camp Scholarship will be awarded to one middle
By Brienne Maner
Jazz Appreciation Month Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Hosts 6th Annual Downtown Jazz Crawl on April 14
Duardia Vieja at Monk’s 2011
Photo courtesy of Brienne Maner
school ensemple participant; this scholarship allows students to further their musical studies at this summer’s band camp.
The Washington Pavilion will host children’s educational activities on the morning of April 14, including a special story time.
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues will host the 6th Annual Downtown Jazz Crawl on Saturday, April 14. This event will feature live jazz performances at various bars, restaurants, and stores in downtown Sioux Falls.
Since the crawl’s 2007 inception with four venues and 10 musicians, the event has expanded to 11 venues featuring more than 30 local musicians. Sioux Falls’ only jazz club, Touch of Europe, will participate in the crawl for the sixth consecutive year.
“JAM is an effort by those who are passionate about jazz to share it with those who are not as familiar with it. JAM will encourage people to take jazz more seriously as a vital part of America’s cultural patrimony and as a great gift to the world, as well as to have fun with it.”
–Smithsonian Jazz
SFJB is asking the community to spread the word about JAM by celebrating jazz in our community, and by encouraging others to experience jazz. Here is a list of suggestions provided by Smithsonian Jazz:
• Give a musical instrument to your local middle school or high school jazz band.
• Check out the jazz offerings, or find your local NPR station, on the website www.npr.jazz.org.
• Hold a jazz-themed party in honor of a favorite musician, or to celebrate jazz in general.
• Give money to your local jazz organization or public radio station in support of jazz programming.
• Attend a concert by your local high school or college jazz band. SFJB invites you to attend the All City Jazz Ensemble concert on Friday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Augustana College.
For a crawl schedule and full list of activities visit www.sfjb.org/events.
For more information about Jazz Appreciation Month and for more on what you can do to get involved, visit www.smithsonianjazz.org.
MONDAY, APRIL 3, 7:30 P.M. All City Jazz Ensemble Concert at Augustana College’s Kresge Hall
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 7 P.M. Smokin’ Joe Kubek Featuring Bnois King at the Orpheum Theater
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 10:15 A.M. Jazz Story Time at the Washington Pavilion
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, ALL DAY Downtown Jazz Crawl in Downtown Sioux Falls
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 9 A.M.-9 P.M. Barnes & Noble Book Fair, Barnes & Noble on 41st & Louise
Polyphase at Touch of Europe 2010
Photo courtesy of Cory Myers
facebook.com/SFJazzBlues • www.sfjb.org
FUSIONFusion is a blend of community
involvement, and cooperative
collaborations between
organizations, companies, and
individuals that make waves
across the community. Fusion
is here to inform and inspire you
to become part of the action.
W hat do you get when you combine the Performing Arts for Youth element of DAPA at the Pavilion with the educational mission of the Pavilion’s Community Learning Center (CLC) and then add a
dash of the extreme creativity of the area’s most talented theater professionals? You get the latest addition to the DAPA at the Pavilion programming, Children’s Theatre!
On an unseasonably warm December afternoon, youngsters are readying themselves for the fourth performance of the five they will do of the latest production presented by DAPA at the Pavilion. Peter Pan has been playing to sold-out audiences, as had the three previous children’s theater productions performed in the Belbas Theater. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Christmas Carol added to the festive season in 2009 and 2010, and spring of 2011 saw a smash hit with The Wizard of Oz. Each show has seen over 200 children ages 5-18 audition for parts, and each show has proven to be a struggle for the directors to narrow the casts down to less than 75 young performers.
Rose Ann Kelly Hofland, director of the CLC, explains that, “Our goal with DAPA at the Pavilion has been to provide opportunities for children to experience the joy of being involved in theater and to improve their communication, their self-confidence, and their teamwork skills through the arts. We have programming in the area of theater that starts early for kids ages 6 and
up and grows with them as their needs as young artists’ develop. From an elementary creative movement class to the challenging performance opportunities in Plays for Living, our goal is to create challenging, positive experiences for youth that are unavailable to them elsewhere in the community. Our teachers are more than talented artists, they are mentors that work with these students to create a theater family.”
One of these teachers is Molly V. Wilson who, by day, is an art educator at Laura B. Wilder and Rosa Parks Elementary Schools.
Making Magic
Happen—DAPA at the
Pavilion’s Children’s
Theatre Program
By Sara H. Crosby, MSW, CSW-PIP
After school and on weekends she doesn’t actually put her paintbrushes and creativity away, but rather, she refocuses her energy as she assists Bob Wendland in directing Peter Pan. “Our show is more than just the finished product. It is about the overall educational experience. We strive to involve children in as many aspects of the theater as possible. From the audition process, to building a unique character, developing costume ideas, working on props and set pieces, moving set pieces, creating stage movement—you name it—our children have had their hands in it!”
The performing arts have been proven over and over again as an important vehicle in the building of self-esteem, trust, and confidence in youth. No one can get up on the stage and perform for you. It is all up to the individual to create that performance, and the empowerment each child gains is priceless. Wilson agrees, “This play [Peter Pan] is a vehicle for building self-esteem, confidence, and positive relationships. It is evident in the student interaction at rehearsal and in the trust between actors on stage.”
There is nothing amateurish about these productions. Fully costumed and lighted sets, props, dancing, and music take hundreds of hours of volunteer work. “Peter Pan is a story about childhood and we have over 75 amazing children making this show possible. However, behind the amazing children, we have superb family and adult volunteer support. For example, Michael, Lisa, Emma and Eva Volk have shown up together and donated their time and creativity on multiple Saturday afternoons to help make this show a success,” explains Wilson. Emma and Eva are not only in Peter Pan, but every weekend they, along with their parents, have been found in the third floor classroom, hot glue guns in hand, sewing, cutting and doing whatever needed to be done. When the girls leave for rehearsal, Michael and Lisa continued working diligently behind the scenes, and there are more than 30 other volunteers who help to make the magic of theater happen.
And it is magic that happens in DAPA at the Pavilion, a magic that will follow these young performers as they move through the journey that is their lives. Hofland sums it up beautifully. “Children are naturally creative and learn through play acting at a very young age, so theater is really a seamless vehicle for the Community
Learning Center to teach life lessons and art appreciation. The kids who are involved with DAPA view the Pavilion as their home. They know the building like the back of their hands; they develop friendships here with other students from throughout the community, and are part of creating the magic of theater. This is a priceless thing. These are the kids who will grow up to be the community’s audience members, donors, board members, and future Pavilion parents.”
Or who knows? Maybe Broadway, movies, or even President of the United States—with the magic of theater in their veins anything is possible.
Look for auditions for the spring production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, along with auditions for DAPA Plays for Living Theatre Company. For more information on how to get involved, contact: Rose Ann Kelly Hofland, 367-6000.
NATURE UNLEASHEDW
e in the Midwest are well aware of nature’s ability to surprise us at any given moment, and most of us probably rely on the weatherman more as a trusted advisor
to our daily lives than we care to admit. We are used to four seasons, and we get to see some of the most spectacular and fast-changing weather anomalies in the United States. However, by virtue of being landlocked in the center of the geographic United States, we miss many natural phenomena associated with proximity to the sea, and other effects associated with being close to the fault zones of the western coast. The true power and devastation of hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural occurrences are not part of our day-to-day thinking. What we know of these things is limited to what we see on the news, hear secondhand, or more rarely, experience directly while visiting the area.
Beyond the fact that the Midwest harbors the majority of the nation’s top 25 coldest cities, we are far from experiencing the types of weather and geology presented in the Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters exhibition. Volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis are among the events that about which South Dakotans know little, and that are presented in this exhibition along with more familiar events such as tornadoes, flooding, and even wildfires. You’ll find it not only fascinating to see these disasters presented in hands-on demonstrations, but also as video clips, and by seeing genuine artifacts recovered from natural disasters. Organized and developed by The Field
Museum of Chicago and sponsored by Allstate, this installation arrives in Sioux Falls as part of a tour across the country, and coming here most
recently from the Science Museum of Minnesota. The traveling exhibition opens at the Pavilion January 28, 2012 and will be open until May 6, 2012. Entry to the exhibition will be included in regular-priced admission to the Kirby Science Discovery Center and to the Wells Fargo CineDome.
JANUARY 28-MAY 6Admission to the Kirby Science Discovery Center gets you into the exhibition free! *Members are free per annual membership benefits.
Kirby Science Discovery Center Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Sunday Noon-5 p.m.
Member Mondays: Open 1st Monday of each month from 5-8 p.m. for Pavilion Member-only exclusive access to Nature Unleashed (Feb. 6, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, 2012).Free February Fridays: Every Friday (5 p.m.-8 p.m.) in February is free admission to the Kirby Science Discovery Center and only $5 for unlimited CineDome films.
Other special programming and group information can be found online at www.washingtonpavilion.org
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NATURE UNLEASHED EARTHQUAKES HURRICANES
Alaska is the most earthquake-
prone state and one of the most seismically active
regions in the world. Alaska experiences a
magnitude 7 earthquake almost
every year, and a magnitude 8
or greater on an average every
14 years.
It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable
earthquakes in the world each year. 100,000 of
those can be felt and 100 of them cause damage.
Haiti suffered 222,570
fatalities and had over 39.1% of it’s population affected by the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
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Hurricane warning: Hurricane conditions are expected within 36 hours. Complete your storm preparations and leave the area if directed to do so by authorities.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Photo
courtesy of wisdomportal.com.
Hurricane Ivan, 2004, Photo courtesy of NOAA.
When a hurricane makes landfall it often produces a devestating storm surge that can reach
20 feet high and extend nearly
100 miles. 90% of hurricane deaths result from storm surges.
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The most expensive disaster of 2011 was the super tornado breakout of late April, racking up
$9 billion in damages,
claiming 321 lives and setting the record for
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Volcanic ash can cause damage to machinery such as airplanes. On April 14, 2010, a volcano erupted in Iceland and delayed flights until April 23 when most European flights were back on schedule.
100,000flights were cancelled.
FOLLOWERS OF EMERGENCY AGENCIES ON TWITTER (as of Jan. 12, 2012)
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U.S. FDA (@FDArecalls)
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Tsunamis are mostly caused by undersea earthquakes that shift parts of the seabed upwards or downwards.
A growing number of government agencies and officials are using Twitter for real-time alerts about emergencies.
This exhibition and its national tour were developed by The Field Museum, Chicago. National Tour Sponsor: Allstate. Thank you to our generous sponsors: Al and Terri Bowden, Sioux Falls Tower & Communication, NorthWestern Energy, KSFY Television, South Dakota Engineering Society.
Sources: National Geographic, American Red Cross, FEMA, USGS, Yahoo-Year in Review, and Twitter.
A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that send surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.
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FEMA’s tweets inform followers of the locations of Red Cross shelters and how to care for pets during the crisis.
Red River was cresting at record flood levels in MD and MN. 2,600 people were getting updates delivered on FEMA’s Twitter.
The FDA recalled salmonella-tainted pistachios products. 3,000 people found out through the agency’s Twitter feed.
BENEFITS SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDES IN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION
Ongoing contact, which can improve preparedness prior to a crisis
Intel gathering
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2011, Photo courtesy of BBC News.Photo by Deshakalyan Chowdhury, National Geographic.
By Benjamin Gutnik
Ali & Frazier, Packers & Bears, Batman & Joker
W hat point am I making? No, not my favorite television show or sports rivalry, but rather one of the most followed heavy-weight matches this side of Mars. I’m talking about the Apple-versus-Android
operating system contest for the control our mobile phones.
The numbers speak for themselves. As of mid-2011, there were more than 82 million smartphone users in the United States alone. A smartphone is a mobile phone with the capability for advanced functions such as accessing the Web and e-mail. Out of these users, 42 percent own a smartphone that operates on Android, 27 percent on Apple, and the rest on various operating systems such as BlackBerry or Windows. As you can see, the bulk of smartphone users have chosen Android or Apple as their daily partners in texting, making calendars, and finding information online, and there are arguments for both mobile phone operating systems. It’s important to consider the history and current state of both.
TRENDSIt’s more important now than
ever to stay on top of your
game. The global marketplace
is shrinking as our horizons are
expanding second by second.
Trends will bring you the most
up-to-date pieces of the puzzle
that will help your life run a
little smoother.
www.android.com • www.apple.com/ios
Android is an operating system specifically developed for mobile devices. It is owned, developed, and operated by tech giant Google. It is a baby in terms of longevity, being introduced in 2008. There have been various versions released over the past few years (some notably named after desserts such as Éclair, Froyo, and Ice Cream Sandwich).
Android has landed some very large contracts with mobile phone makers such as Samsung, HTC, and Motorola. This operating system is most well known for its seemingly limitless Android Market for applications such as games, music, and utilities. Unlike the competition, the Android Market is open-source, which means that individual users and companies alike, can submit apps. In addition, Android offers a Google-based web experience similar to its own proprietary web browser Chrome.
Apple iOS is the mobile version of the Apple operating system for the iPhone. This, of course, is provided by the same company that produces software and hardware for Macintosh computers. Apple iOS is at the beginning of its product cycle as well: it was introduced in 2007. The operating system is now in version 5.0. This most recent version of Apple iOS is famous for its Siri voice-control integration, which allows you to dictate information, while acting essentially as a personal assistant to input data and find information. Apple iOS also provides access to the iTunes App Store (again, music, games, utilities). For web browsing, users are provided with a similar experience to the native Mac web browser Safari.
Apple also offers iCloud, an online storage service for files, games, music, and much more. This allows your phone, as well as any other Apple devices you might possess, to sync and carry all of your data. It is important to note that this is not an entirely new concept. Google has been pushing cloud computing since roughly 2006 with services such as Google Docs, where users can access documents and spreadsheets. Since then it has expanded to all forms of media with pictures, audio, video, and more. Any Android phone has easy access to the cloud by means of the many Google apps.
What is the best option for the type of smartphone operating system you should use? As with nearly everything else, there isn’t a definitive answer. What it comes down to is how you plan on using your phone and how you prefer to access information. To help you make sense of this increasingly important decision, we’ve assembled a simple infographic to illustrate the benefits of both Android and Apple.
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the interrelatedness
of everything around
us. The mask also works on
people of every race and culture
around the world. This field of study
has applications in medicine, dentistry,
plastic surgery, psychology, anthropology,
biology, art, cosmetics, and fashion.
The mask developed by Dr. Marquardt is a
series of triangles based on the Fibonacci
Sequence. The most pleasing human
faces have very specific amounts of
space in the proper proportions between
the eyes, between the nose and mouth,
from the eyes to the tip of the nose,
and so on. (Incidentally, photographers
use a technique for portraits called
Rembrandt lighting in which a triangle
of light hits the face just below the eye in a certain way.
It corresponds exactly to one of the triangles of the facial
mask.) Our subconscious responds to these proportions
differently than it does to something or someone that does
not possess these proportions, causing us to see things and
people as beautiful—or not.
Even though we each have a different idea of what we find
attractive, the primitive part of our brains steers us toward the
proportions of the Golden Ratio, leading us to pursue certain
romantic partners, hire certain people over others, or vote for
the candidate whose visage is most pleasing to us on television.
There are, of course, many other considerations that we put into
such decisions, but this very subtle natural instinct is always
present. Interestingly enough, simplicity is much more
appealing in the human face than complexity.
Pay attention ladies, this means it
really IS important to learn
how to apply
O n a chilly night in November when I should have
been working on this article, I was explaining to my
daughters that if I had been more interested in science
than theatre in high school and college, I would have
turned out just like Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory.
Yes, I could have been a complete math and science geek, but I was
always drawn to the arts. It turns out that the whole world of beauty
that I am immersed in is actually nothing more than a mathematical
equation anyway. Go figure. The same high school that turned out a
theatre major and makeup artist rather than a scientist is now both an
arts and science center called the Washington Pavilion. And I am the
beauty editor for its magazine. Who says there are no coincidences?
All of this leads me to a very cool combination of mathematics and
beauty. There is actually a mathematical relationship that is consistently
found in things considered beautiful, including human faces. It is called
the Golden Ratio. This relationship, applicable to both men and women,
may help to explain why we find certain individuals attractive, how we get
a job or choose a candidate to elect, even why we fall in love.
Stephen Marquardt, a Doctor of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery who
specializes in reconstructive surgery for patients with facial deformities,
created a mask that can be overlaid on the face to determine how close
a person’s features are to the Golden Ratio, but scientists have
been studying this phenomena for centuries. The Ratio
is found in everything from seashells to flowers
to the width of each tooth in a human’s
mouth, and it is a fascinating
study of
the interrelatedness
of everything around
us. The mask also works on
people of every race and culture
around the world. This field of study
has applications in medicine, dentistry,
plastic surgery, psychology, anthropology,
biology, art, cosmetics, and fashion.
The mask developed by Dr. Marquardt is a
series of triangles based on the Fibonacci
Sequence. The most pleasing human
faces have very specific amounts of
space in the proper proportions between
the eyes, between the nose and mouth,
from the eyes to the tip of the nose,
and so on. (Incidentally, photographers
use a technique for portraits called
Rembrandt lighting in which a triangle
of light hits the face just below the eye in a certain way.
It corresponds exactly to one of the triangles of the facial
mask.) Our subconscious responds to these proportions
differently than it does to something or someone that does
not possess these proportions, causing us to see things and
people as beautiful—or not.
Even though we each have a different idea of what we find
attractive, the primitive part of our brains steers us toward the
proportions of the Golden Ratio, leading us to pursue certain
romantic partners, hire certain people over others, or vote for
the candidate whose visage is most pleasing to us on television.
There are, of course, many other considerations that we put into
such decisions, but this very subtle natural instinct is always
present. Interestingly enough, simplicity is much more
appealing in the human face than complexity.
Pay attention ladies, this means it
really IS important to learn
how to apply
cosmetics properly
rather
than employing a trowel
to do the job!
Science and beauty are related
in more than just the manufacture of
cosmetics. This does explain to me how and
why I see beauty the way I do, but I believe it is
only a minor tool that can help us to present ourselves
in the best possible way. Real beauty, to me at least, is
an inexplicable blend of confidence, personality, and
kindness. Turns out there are some things in life that a
mathematical equation can’t explain.
Further reading:
• http://library.thinkquest.org/C005449/
• www.beautyanalysis.com
• http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_17.htm
• Gustav Fechner’s work in aesthetics.
The application especially
applies today with the advent
of widespread advertising and
fashion. Though with the aid of
computer programs, even the
most seemingly of symmetrical
people can be privy to slight
tweaks to match up to this
guide perfectly.
Beauty’s symmetry has been
honored for centuries. You
can see the mask applied
here to a bust of Queen
Nefertiti and how even
2000+ years ago, this
theory applies.
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O n a chilly night in November when I should have
been working on this article, I was explaining to my
daughters that if I had been more interested in science
than theatre in high school and college, I would have
turned out just like Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory.
Yes, I could have been a complete math and science geek, but I was
always drawn to the arts. It turns out that the whole world of beauty
that I am immersed in is actually nothing more than a mathematical
equation anyway. Go figure. The same high school that turned out a
theatre major and makeup artist rather than a scientist is now both an
arts and science center called the Washington Pavilion. And I am the
beauty editor for its magazine. Who says there are no coincidences?
All of this leads me to a very cool combination of mathematics and
beauty. There is actually a mathematical relationship that is consistently
found in things considered beautiful, including human faces. It is called
the Golden Ratio. This relationship, applicable to both men and women,
may help to explain why we find certain individuals attractive, how we get
a job or choose a candidate to elect, even why we fall in love.
Stephen Marquardt, a Doctor of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery who
specializes in reconstructive surgery for patients with facial deformities,
created a mask that can be overlaid on the face to determine how close
a person’s features are to the Golden Ratio, but scientists have
been studying this phenomena for centuries. The Ratio
is found in everything from seashells to flowers
to the width of each tooth in a human’s
mouth, and it is a fascinating
study of
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