Free Screening of Oscar Nominated Film in Sioux Falls on March 16

You don't get a lot of opportunities to enjoy a night of free entertainment these days, but you'll have your chance later this month in downtown Sioux Falls.

March 16th is the next Free Monday Movie at the State Theater on Phillips Avenue. Showtime is 7:00 PM.

The event is sponsored by AARP South Dakota.

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This month's feature film is Hidden Figures.

This 2016 film is loosely based on the Margot Lee Shetterly book of the same about three female African-American mathematicians, Katherine Goble Johnson (played by Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (played by Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (played by Janelle Monáe), who worked at NASA during the Space Race in the 1950s and 1960s.

The film also stars Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, and Jim Parsons.

Hidden Figures was nominated in three categories at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017:

Best Picture - (lost to Moonlight)
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer (lost to Viola Davis for Fences)
Best Adapted Screenplay - (lost to Moonlight)

It earned $236 million, against a budget of $25 million.

The Sioux Falls showing is open to AARP members and non-members alike. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance.

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From Blockbusters to Hidden Gems: 35 Movies That Take Place in South Dakota

When it comes to South Dakota and Hollywood, we've seen our fair share of films that have used our state as the backdrop for a number of productions over the years. They may not have always filmed here, but movie folk love to set stories here.

We're all familiar with the blockbusters like 1990's Dances With Wolves, 1959's North By Northwest, and more recently, 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets. But our state's life on the big screen goes back nearly 100 years.

According to IMDb, it all started with Courtin' Wildcats, a 1929 film which, like so many of the films on this list, is a Western set in the time before South Dakota became a state in 1889.

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See Some of Sioux Falls' Beautiful Murals [PHOTOS]

I was in Canton, SD, and I happened upon a new mural.

It was really cool and that got me thinking that I know of a few murals in Sioux Falls, but I bet there's more than I realize. So, I put it out on social media for the people of Sioux Falls to tell me where all the murals are!

A few of them I had never seen, or never even been to that part of town, and a few of them, I drive by all the time and never noticed!

I know a few businesses have murals inside their establishments, but I decided to keep it to murals that are totally open for the public to see. No need to be 21!

So, here we go! Let's check out some of Sioux Falls' murals.

Did I miss one? Let me know!

Gallery Credit: Natasha