Patrick Lalley, Author at Pigeon605

As Sioux Falls Pride Festival outgrows home, broader community change is behind it

There will be a parade Saturday down Phillips Avenue. That may not seem remarkable. But considering it’s part of the overall Sioux Falls Pride Festival, which will bring thousands of people downtown this weekend, it’s worth reflecting upon just how much things have changed. The first Sioux Falls Pride event was held at McKennan Park […]

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Behind the rainbow buffalo: The story of an accidental icon

Community / By Patrick Lalley

The story of the rainbow buffalo began about 25 years ago. Time is a good way to start an origin story. And it’s true – more or less – at least true enough for the mythology of it. Because the rainbow buffalo is something of a myth. You see it everywhere in Sioux Falls today.

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Impressive camper remodels lead to side businesses

Community / By Patrick Lalley

It’s kind of like rehabbing old houses. Or maybe more like rebuilding cars. It’s that — plus Uber. Sort of. Tim and Cherish Fedders are building a side business while feeding their enthusiasm for rehab projects and the outdoors. They remodeled their old camper and started renting it out through social media. The Sioux Falls

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Don’t forget your life jacket on the Big Sioux River – it could cost you

Get Outside / By Patrick Lalley

There’s something that many people floating down the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls don’t think about. Canoeing, kayaking, tubing, paddle boarding, rafting – they all have one thing in common. You must wear or have on board a life jacket. It’s common knowledge that you need a life jacket if you’re boating around lakes

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At 135,000 haircuts and counting, city’s long-serving barber keeps cutting

People / By Patrick Lalley

The number is somewhere north of 135,000, but who’s to be sure. It’s the kind of number that takes a minute to process, whether you’re talking about cars, jelly beans or people. In this case, it’s an estimate of the number of haircuts that Steve Olson has given in his career as a barber that

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Pop-up poet provides free verse on the spot

People / By Patrick Lalley

What is poetry? Certainly, that’s a subjective question of a subjective art form. But must one ponder each word? Or can they come in bunches and blasts, waves of words inspired by the moment? Garrett Ammesmaki puts himself in a place where he doesn’t have much choice. This summer, you’ll see him around the city

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