<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1cyhbZ_1H0zErcY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1cyhbZ_1H0zErcY00" width="1223" height="879" ></figure>Some nights I stay late after a show, after the lights are down and the lobby’s quiet. You can feel this building holding on to everything that’s happened in it. 120 years of people walking in off Main Street to laugh, cry, sing along, and see their neighbors up on that stage.I don’t take it lightly that I get to be part of that. I get to work alongside a team that cares about this place like it’s family. Tia, Jim, Taylor, and a crew of volunteers gave 801 hours to this building this year alone because they love it. This summer, a fifty kids from our town stood on the same stage that opened in 1906 and put on Aladdin. Some of them will remember that for the rest of their lives. That’s what this place does.The talent was here in 1906, and it’s still here. It’s in the kids, the artists, the volunteers, and all of you who keep showing up.On Thursday, December 3, we’re celebrating 120 years together, and I’d really love for you to be there. Come for the music and the dinner, sure. But mostly come because this building has been part of your story, or you want it to be part of someone else’s. Your seat that night helps keep the doors open for the next kid who walks onto that stage, the next artist looking for support, the next generation looking to create right here at home.If you can’t make it, I understand. You can still stand with us on South Dakota Day of Giving, Tuesday, December 1.Thank you for caring about this place. It wouldn’t be here without you.Heath<blockquote>The Gala, Thursday, Dec 3, 6:00 PM at the Matthews.Seats $100, tables of six $500, balcony $40, Legacy Sponsor table $1,500.Tickets: https://www.matthewsopera.com/gala/</blockquote>Give on Dec 1: https://app.getpulley.app/donate/thematthews/c/talent</div></body>

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