Isami is a subject matter expert on anti-human trafficking and child safety. She grew up in Japan and was raised by professional con artists. Her home was an unsafe place for children, as her mother became her sex trafficker at the age of 9. She currently lives in Las Vegas with her mission to be a voice for the exploited & abused and educate leadership on the subjects of anti-human trafficking and child safety.

PARENTS + TEENAGE CHILDREN are invited to come together to learn, talk and making a difference!

Youth will attend a break-out session with Call to Freedom and local, safe & trusted adults; SRO Jamon Harbert, Heather Fischer, and Tricia Gerlach to learn about healthy relationships, consent, and social media exploitation.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 * 2:00-4:00

GOSS OPERA HOUSE | 100 East Kemp Ave - Watertown, SD

-Free Will Donation-

Freedom Flannels will have a shop set up. Proceeds from their sales help victims, like Isami, though the Call to Freedom organization.

This event is sponsored by WACF Women & Giving.

We are excited to have the Lake Area Technical College Photography students' gallery on display.

Join us for an open house to meet the students behind the photos as they showcase their new skills!

Tuesday, March 28th

4:00-6:00pm

Goss Opera House | 100 East Kemp - Watertown, SD

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Goss' Pub Night!

Enjoy Irish Pub Fare and the musical stylings of Ceili Carps with Tom Beadnell! Special Guest Jack "the wordman" Kreitzer.

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

Doors Open @ 6:00 / Pub Fare served @ 6:30 / Show @ 7:00

$40 includes Food / $20 Show only

**ADD ON OPTION: $80. Reserved table for 8. This table does not include tickets to the show but will reserve a table with 8 chairs for 8 ticket holders.

IRISH PUB FARE: Corned Beef & Cabbage, Shepherd's Pie with Cole Cannon Potatoes, and Guiness Brownies

Sponsored by: Foley & Foley Law

At the Goss Opera House we are all about art, cultural and educational experiences! We are excited to offer LEARNING & LIBATIONS, where each month you can come and learn a new skill, art form, or about a cause in a fun and social environment. It is happy hour learning at its finest!

March's Learning & Libations is Am's Macrame Keychain!

Join us to learn the art of creating a Macrame Keychain from Am's Shanty!

MONDAY, MARCH 27 * 5:30-7:30pm

Doors open at 5:00.

GOSS OPERA HOUSE | 100 EAST KEMP AVE. - WATERTOWN, SD

$30 Registration includes 1 drink ticket & your supplies.

Pre-registration is required.

Learning & Libations is sponsored in part by the Watertown Area Community Foundation.

At the Goss Opera House we are all about art, cultural and educational experiences! We are excited to offer LEARNING & LIBATIONS, where each month you can come and learn a new skill, art form, or about a cause in a fun and social environment. It is happy hour learning at its finest!

February's Learning & Libations is Adult "CLAY" Time!

Join us to learn from Emily Estes how to sculpt a trinket dish, bowl, or item of your choosing with air dry clay!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 * 5:30-7:30pm

Doors open at 5:00

GOSS OPERA HOUSE | 100 EAST KEMP AVE. - WATERTOWN, SD

$25 Registration includes 1 drink ticket & clay supplies.

Pre-registration is required.

Learning & Libations is sponsored in part by the Watertown Area Community Foundation.

Don't be late for this very important date! Diana will start teaching the art of knitting a washcloth at 5:30!

Pre-register and grab your ticket now so that we can be prepared with supplies!

Registration includes: A Skein of Yarn, Knitting Needles & 1 Drink Ticket

MONDAY, JANUARY 30 * 5:30-7:30pm

$25.00 / person

GOSS OPERA HOUSE | 100 EAST KEMP, WATERTOWN

Tickets are not required.

We have a fun-filled day planned including kids’ crafts, live entertainment, and Santa before a showing of Home Alone… all FREE for the public to attend! PLUS we will have a Local Artisan Shopping Market and Gift Wrapping on site!

• Kids' Ornament Decorating | 10:am - 2:pm
• Gift-Giving Shopping Market | 10:00-2:00
• Live Entertainment | 12:00-2:00
• Santa | 12:30 - 2:30pm
• Home Alone | 3:00pm

WATERTOWN AREA NONPROFIT HAPPY HOUR

The Watertown area has so many nonprofit organizations doing amazing things for our community! We are getting them all in one spot to make it easier for you to learn about each of them. This is a great opportunity for the community to lean about their different causes, how to donate or volunteer for them!

What a great way to come learn about these 29+ local organization!

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 | 4:00pm - 7:00pm

GOSS OPERA HOUSE | 100 East Kemp - Watertown, SD

There is no cost for you to attend!

*Tickets are not required.*

Join us for an evening of piano music with international recording artist and composer Calvin Jones. The evening of piano music and stories is a benefit for the Freedom’s Haven for New Americans’ Workforce, an effort to assist Ukrainian refugees and other immigrants in relocating to South Dakota. Calvin, has performed regularly with orchestras in Ukraine, and along with his Ukrainian wife Inga was in Kyiv when the war started in February. You’ll hear real-life stories from Ukraine and learn about South Dakota’s humanitarian efforts to welcome Ukrainian refugees (and others) to our state.

Without the help of a record label, Cloverton propelled onto the Christian music scene in 2011 as the first ever ROCK THE CAMP contest winners hosted by TobyMac and Camp Electric. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Cloverton scored the #1 most downloaded song in the history of KLOVE radio for their first single "Take Me into the Beautiful," which also charted at #12 on the overall Christian Billboard top 25. The Manhattan based band followed up that effort with an unforgettable Christmas rendition of Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah,” reaching millions of viewers (YouTube) in just weeks while climbing to the #1 slot on iTunes and being featured on CNN, The Blaze (Glenn Beck), and several other media outlets.

The band would go on to record and release their first full-length studio album with a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign. The record “Patterns” was met with favorable critical reviews and was widely embraced by their growing fan-base. A year later, Cloverton would release a Christmas EP titled “We Sing Joy” which climbed to #1 for multiple weeks on iTunes.

From their humble beginnings as a small church worship team, to the upcoming release of their highly anticipated sophomore album, Cloverton continues to pave a new way for independent Christian music…

“None of us are into compromising or settling for the status quo. It’s a daily choice. To what or who am I surrendering today?” front man Lance Stafford says. “We are either moving toward or away from the person God has specifically created each of us to be. Our hope is that the music we create can accompany others as they walk out that journey.”