• Everybody Reads. Siouxland Libraries is teaming up with local schools, universities and churches for the Everybody Reads program kicking off March 1 with the theme "Tales on the Trails!" The goal is to read 500,000 books as a community during the month of March. If the goal is met, sponsorship contributions collected by the Sioux Falls School District will be distributed to the nonprofit Reach Literacy. All ages are invited to participate, and you can learn more here.
  • A symphonic festival. The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra this week announced a Shostakovich Festival this month, starting with a performance of Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 on March 7 at the Washington Pavilion. The festival continues with a rare screening of the 1929 landmark Soviet film "The New Babylon," which has only had six other documented screenings in U.S. history. The silent film will be accompanied by live music and screened in Brookings, Watertown and at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. Learn more and get tickets here.