Empty Bowls 2026
The 2026 "Empty Bowls" event will be held on Wednesday, October 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Deadwood Social Club. Empty Bowls is a soup kitchen type project where artists, along with students from Lead Deadwood High School, Spearfish High School & Black Hills State University, have donated handmade pottery bowls. Participants buy a bowl for $15 (kids $10) and fill with soup donated by the Deadwood Social Club. All funds raised will be donated to the local food banks. Black Hills State University photography club, "Shutterbuzz," will have a silent auction of student photography with half the proceeds donated to the local food banks. For more information, please call the Lead Deadwood Arts Center at 605-584-1461 or email [email protected]. The Deadwood Social Club is located at 657 Main Street, Deadwood.
Cheesecake Sampler & Battle of the Hors D'oeuvres
Thirty-four years! Come tantalize your taste buds at the “34th Anniversary of the Cheesecake Sampler & Battle of the Hors D’oeuvres.” The event will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at the Homestake Opera House with food from 5-7 p.m. and a cash bar until 8. Last year's event sold out. Tickets are $25, they can be purchased in advance and at the door until gone. Entries are needed for both cheesecakes and hors d'oeuvres. One hundred dollar prize for "Judges Choice - Linda Maxwell Cheesecake Diva" for best overall cheesecake; and, one hundred dollars for “Judges Choice" for best overall hors d'oeuvres. First and second place awards for judges choice taste and presentation; and, first and second place awards for people’s choice. For registration forms go to www.leaddeadwoodartscenter.com or call 605-584-1461. The event is a fundraiser for the Lead Deadwood Arts Center with fun door prizes and a live auction with local art. Portions of the proceeds also go to the Lead Deadwood High School art scholarship fund.
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