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2018 Wild West Songwriter’s Festival

By Liv Jacobs

Songwriter’s Festival at Jacobs Gallery For the last seven years, songwriters and artists from all over the country come to Deadwood to play music in businesses on Main Street. This was our third year being a venue for the local and national talent.  In order to be a performance location, we purchased state-of-the-art sound equipment,…

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Recap of Harley-Davidson’s 115th Anniversary

By Liv Jacobs

Well, I must say that I’m happy I made the drive with Alexa to Milwaukee for the 115th!  It was over four years since I last visited the city and five years since the 110th Rally. The turnout for the event was great; the crowds were large and the people were friendly.  It’s estimated that…

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Main Street Initiative Cleanup

By Liv Jacobs

In my opinion, Deadwood is one of the most unique US towns I’ve ever visited and now I am fortunate enough to live near it.  Deadwood is best known for its involvement in the Gold Rush as well as being home for some famous name from US History like Wild Bill Hickok, Seth Bullock, Calamity…

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Deadwood’s 2017 SnoCross Races

By Liv Jacobs

Deadwood had its 5th Annual SnoCross races where pros and young racers came to kick up snow and push their snowmobiles to their limit.  Although I couldn’t attend because I was with Scott in CA getting our Spring collection ready, my husband, Jared and mom, Sharon went to be my eyes and ears so I could share…

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Monthly Masterpiece, “In Your Dreams”

By Liv Jacobs

The Story This was the first painting Scott’s oldest daughter, Olivia had ever been in.  The backdrop takes place in Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota and depicts a biker chick redoing her lipgloss on her ride through the canyon during Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. It was also the Official Sturgis piece and magazine cover for the rally in 2008…

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The Story: Ain’t It Good To Be Alive

By Liv Jacobs

Ain’t It Good to be Alive was a commissioned piece by Charlie Daniels’ agent. He celebrated his 80th birthday in Nashville at a private party where he unveiled the painting.   The logo on the bottle is for his band, the cowboy hat is his favorite hat that he always wears; he was wearing it…

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Jacobs Gallery Celebrates Its Grand Opening

By Liv Jacobs

Family and friends from all over the world came to join us a couple weeks ago in celebrating the opening of Jacobs Gallery – Deadwood.   We had two parties – one on Sunday for local business owners and the second on Thursday for family and friends.   It was a hectic week getting ready for two…

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Kool Deadwood Nights

By Liv Jacobs

First off, these last few days have been amazing!  I love cars and being here has felt like I jumped in a time machine and went back to the 50s, 60s and 70s…  I wish!   The Story   For the last twenty years, people have been driving their classic cars to Deadwood, SD for Kool…

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Days of ’76

By Liv Jacobs

This week, Deadwood celebrated its 94th Annual Days of ’76 Rodeo! Cowboys and girls traveled from all over to attend and participate in this iconic rodeo in The Black Hills. It was my first year being able to experience the rodeo after coming to the area for 12 years!  I loved seeing so many horses, but mostly all…

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Jacobs Gallery Deadwood – March Update

By Liv Jacobs

Jacobs Gallery’s March Update It’s amazing how much easier it is to envision a new space once the studs are up.  Not only that, but the sheetrock has been put up inside the pods! As most of you know, Scott and Sharon have acquired an impressive vintage motorcycle collection over the years and what better…

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Deadwood – February Update

By Liv Jacobs

Jacobs Gallery Renovation I wanted to share more new photos I received from Sharon in Deadwood. As you can see, the Goldberg side is looking really good!  The motorcycle pods are installed and waiting to be enclosed so that we’ll be able to hang art on the inside.  A motorcycle will then sit on top…

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