National Geographic Presents
Expedition Grizzly
With Soundtrack by Craig Minowa
of Cloud Cult
Mon, May 4, 2009
5pm
Admission $5 at the door
On Monday, May 4th at 5:00pm the
documentary Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson, with
soundtrack by Cloud Cult's songwriter/producer Craig Minowa will be
shown at the John T. Vucurevich Event Center at the Dahl Arts
Center. Cost to see the 60-minute film from National Geographic is
$5.00. Part of the proceeds from the showing will be donated to the
Grizzly Bear Preservation Project.
The documentary follows an 800-pound grizzly bear named Brutus, the
curious best friend to renowned naturalist Casey Anderson, who has
raised him since birth. Together, they've set out on a yearlong
mission to chronicle the lives of Yellowstone's vulnerable grizzly
bears
National Geographic Channel's "Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey
Anderson" presents the unique story of one man who has dedicated
himself to wildlife preservation and a daring approach to
understanding the grizzlies' every move.
Brutus towers 6 inches taller than Shaquille O'Neal with a bite
force strong enough to crush a bowling ball and the ability to kill
a human with a single paw. Still, Brutus is Casey's unlikely friend
and was even best man at Casey's wedding last year.
The pair takes a yearlong odyssey to shed light on Yellowstone's
"island" population of about 600 grizzlies, hemmed in on all sides
by roads and human settlement. Anderson lives among them in extreme
conditions, observing their behaviors and even tasting some of their
favorite foods. Throughout the seasons, Casey observes survival
strategies of these grizzlies from a distance, white Brutus
demonstrates up-close grizzly anatomy, strength and behavior.
"From my very first encounter, I've been fascinated by this amazing
animal. The more I learned, the more I wanted to share their story,"
says Casey. "And the story of these particular bears - Yellowstone
grizzlies - is a little known chapter in U.S. history." from
National Geographic release on Expedition Grizzly
"Expedition Grizzly" is produced by Grizzly Creek Films, LLC for
National Geographic Channel. Leslie M. Gaines, Mailande Becker
Holland and Thomas Winston serve as executive producers. For more
information on attending this event, call The Dahl 394- 4101 ext
200. Tickets will be available at the door.
Banff Mountain
Film Festival World Tour
Sat & Sun
Apr 25 & 26, 2009
6:30pm
at the Elks
Theatre
Extreme sports, mountain landscapes,
wildlife and mountain culture--the best of the best from the annual Banff Film Festival in Canada.
Different films are show each night.
Tickets:
$12 Dahl Members
$14 Advance
$16 Day of Show
(tickets are per night) On sale soon.
SATURDAY - April 25
The Red Helmet (USA, 2008, 6
minutes) FOCUS: multiple action sports. RATING: General-No
Advisory. Overcome with fear, a young boy runs into the forest
where he finds a magic red helmet and goes on the adventure of a
lifetime. Slowly building his courage, he is transformed and returns
to confront his boyhood fears.
Mountain Town: The Cowboy and the
Park Goddess (USA, 2007, 13 minutes) FOCUS: Culture, skiing,
snowboarding. RATING: General-No Advisory. Isabelle Fallardeau’s
passion for snowboarding and penchant for power tools has led her to
a career as one of the world’s only female terrain park builders.
Mac Smith is a lifelong rancher, environmentalist and ski patrolman
who experienced personal tragedy and triumph developing Aspen’s
Highlands Bowl.
The Fine Line (Canada, 2008, 25
minutes) FOCUS: Skiing, snowboarding, safety. RATING: General-No
Advisory. A Cinematic journey that combines unites the cutting edge
of winter action sports with education about responsible backcountry
usage, The Fine Line features epic riding, amazing visuals, and
stunning true stories of avalanche survivors.
Dosage Volume V: Meltdown
(USA, 2008, 12 minutes) FOCUS: Rock climbing. RATING: General-No
Advisory. Beth Rodden makes the first ascent of Meltdown, one of
the hardest traditional routes in the world.
Journey to the Center (USA,
2007, 55 minutes)
FOCUS: Exploration, BASE jumping, culture. RATING: General-No
Advisory.
Journey with three world-renowned BASE jumpers as they travel 10,000
miles to confront the mist and mystery of an old cave, an ancient
culture and their own demons.
The Last Frontier — Papua New
Guinea (USA, 2008, 18 minutes) FOCUS: kayaking, culture,
environment. RATING: General-No Advisory. Experience Papua New
Guinea’s island of New Britain’s pristine water, habitat and intact
indigenous culture through an exploratory caving and kayaking
expedition.
The Sharp End: Lisa Rands
(USA, 2008, 6 minutes) FOCUS: bouldering. RATING: Parental
Guidance-coarse language. Lisa Rands shows us the drive, talent,
and courage needed to climb challenging and scary “highball” boulder
problems.
Crux (Canada, 2007, 12 minutes)
FOCUS: Trials biking. RATING: General-No Advisory. Combining sheer
difficulty with creative style, three athletes execute mind-bending
feats of bike mastery and redefine technical riding standards.
SUNDAY - April 26
Under the Influence (USA, 2008,
12 minutes)
FOCUS: Skiing. RATING: Parental Guidance-Coarse Language. Follow the
mind-blowing efforts of today’s top riders in the amazing conditions
that emerged from one of the deepest winters in recorded history,
featuring the relentless powder
in Jackson Hole and incredibly steep spines in Alaska.
Papiroflexia (USA, 2007, 3
minutes) FOCUS: Environment, animation. RATING: General-No
Advisory. An origami tale of a skillful paper folder who could
shape the world with his hands.
Seasons (Canada, 2008, 25
minutes) FOCUS: Mountain biking, stories. RATING: General-No
Advisory. Some of the world’s best mountain bikers share their
personal challenges, victories, and adventures through the course of
four seasons of one year.
Red Gold (USA, 2008, 54
minutes) FOCUS: Environment. RATING: General-No Advisory. Native,
commercial, and sport fishermen oppose a proposed mine that may
require the largest dam ever constructed. At stake is a unique way
of life that would not exist if the sockeye salmon didn't return
with Bristol Bay's tide.
The Sharp End: Eastern Europe
(USA, 2008, 17 minutes) FOCUS: Rock climbing, tower jumping,
culture. RATING: Parental Guidance-Coarse Language. A talented
group of climbers explores the unique history, culture, and danger
of one of the world’s most remarkable climbing destinations.
The Unbearable Lightness of Skiing
(Canada, 2008, 14 minutes) FOCUS: Backcountry skiing,
mountaineering. RATING: General-No Advisory. A season of backcountry
skiing with a keen and passionate narrator.
If You’re Not Falling (UK,
2008, 8 minutes) Focus: Rock climbing, RATING: General-No Advisory.
Canadian rock legend Sonnie Trotter heads to Scotland to do battle
on another “hardest rock climb in the world.” Each day he collects
more and more air time: 50-foot falls from the steep rock buttress
that plunges down beneath a historic castle.
Mountain Town: The Grasshopper and
the Soldier (USA, 2007, 15 minutes) FOCUS: Culture, skiing.
RATING: General-No Advisory. This excerpt from the feature
documentary Mountain Town combines the stories of two very different
residents. Nick Devore is a young telemark skier, while Gino
Hollander is an 81-year old artist who has maintained a remarkable
sense of the sheer joy of living.
Mummies & Mosques 2009
Sunday
April 19, 2009
7pm
John T. Vucurevich Event Center
at the Dahl Arts Center
Bruce Junek
and Tass Thacker return with one of their popular presentations
about their world travels (mostly on bicycles!) This will be a newly
updated version of their Mummies & Mosques program that includes
their ride across the Great Western Desert in Egypt, through Dakhlar,
Luxor and Thebes, ending up in Turkey and along the coast of the Red
Sea.
Tickets:
$12 advance
$15 day of show
On sale soon.
Astronaut John Herrington
Friday
May 1, 2009
7:30pm
John T. Vucurevich Event Center
at the Dahl Arts Center
The Dahl is
pleases to host a presentation by Native American astronaut John
Herrington.
John was a
flight officer on the 16th Shuttle to the International Space
Station in 2002. Last year, John undertook a solo 4,000 mile cross
country bike tour to inspire students across America to become
scientists or engineers, and to get involved in math and the space
program. The ride was tracked by Google Earth and was filmed for a
TV documentary.
Tickets:
$12
advance/Dahl members
$15 day of show
On sales soon.
Neutrinos and Dark
Matter in the Black Hills
Wednesday
March 25, 2009
7pm
Free admission
John T. Vucurevich Event Center
Free "Deep Science" lecture series comes to
Rapid City!
Scientists hope experiments deep underground in the
former Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD will unlock some of the
universe's deepest secrets.
Dr. Jose Alonso, director of the Sanford Underground Laboratory at
Homestake, will explain those experiments in free public lectures in
Rapid City March 25. Dr. Alonso also will report on the latest
progress at Homestake and how worldwide demand for deep labs is
creating opportunities throughout the Black Hills and South Dakota.
Dr. Alonso's free presentation, "Neutrinos and Dark Matter in the
Black Hills," is part of the Sanford Underground Lab's popular "Deep
Science for Everyone" lecture series, which introduces South
Dakotans to world-class researchers. Dr. Alonso, for example,
retired from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California
after a 30-year career in accelerator physics. (He and his wife,
Carol, were on the team that discovered the element Seaborgium.) Dr.
Alonso spent the next four years working on the assembly of a major
experiment at the new Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He
agreed to become Director of the Sanford Lab at Homestake in October
2007 -- an opportunity he called "the chance of a lifetime."
The South Dakota Science and Technology Authority is re-opening
Homestake for science to a depth of 4,850 feet. The National Science
Foundation is considering an even bigger proposal to make Sanford
Lab at Homestake a national lab -- the Deep Underground Science and
Engineering Laboratory, or "DUSEL." (DOO-suhl.) Deep labs protect
sensitive experiments from cosmic radiation. A Homestake DUSEL, with
campuses as deep as 8,000 feet, would be the deepest underground
laboratory in the world.
The Sanford Lab already is having an impact on our state.
Researchers from South Dakota State University, the University of
South Dakota, Dakota State University, Oglala Community College, the
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Black Hills State
University are working with the Sanford Laboratory at Homestake.
Learn more about those projects at Learn more at "Neutrinos and Dark
Matter in the Black Hills."
"Deep Science" lectures are for general audiences -- from bright
middle schoolers to curious senior citizens. Dr. Alonso will
illustrate his talk with photos and graphics. Students are
encouraged to attend -- especially those considering careers in
science.
"Deep Science for Everyone" lectures are sponsored by the Sanford
Underground Laboratory at Homestake and by the South Dakota Science
and Technology Authority.
