BHS Drama Club performances June 4-5-6

The Bluffton High School Drama Club will present "Doctor Dolittle The Musical," Friday to Sunday, June 4-6, in the middle school cafetorium.

Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday's performance is at 2 p.m.

Reserved seat tickets are $5 and may be purchased in the middle school office. General admission tickets are available at the door for $3.

Watch the Icon for additional details of the musical.

Schumacher homestead open by appointment starting June 1

The Swiss Community Historical Society (SCHS) of Bluffton and Pandora will conduct tours of the Schumacher Homestead by appointment this summer. The tours begin on Saturday, June 1.

The restored 1843 farmhouse, outbuildings, bank barn, kitchen garden, and grounds are located at 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton.

"After a year of video tours on YouTube, we're excited to be hosting visitors at the homestead once again," said SCHS president Gary Wetherill.

"Appointments will ensure that guests and volunteer docents don't have to sit around waiting."

Bluffton cars and coffee opens its 2021 season on Saturday, May 22, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Masterpiece Graphics, 902 N. Main St.

This year's events are monthly. Details are on the flyer.

Philip Sugden, Bluffton University professor of studio art and gallery director, show open through June 30

Philip Sugden, Bluffton University art professor, has an exhibit currently open at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts' in Findlay.

The exhibit is in the Performing Arts’ Fisher/Wall Art Gallery. It is the current exhibition by MCPA/Fifth Third Bank Wall of Fame inductee, Philip Sugden, titled, “Inland Empire: Recent Work by Artist, Philip Sugden.”

About the artist
Born and raised in Swanage, Dorset, England, Sugden is a graduate of the New York School of Visual Arts and the Paris American Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris.

A senior breakfast returns tomorrow, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent.

Bluffton schools will host a senior citizen breakfast performance with the BHS jazz band at 8:30 a.m., Friday, May 14, in the Middle School cafetorium.

Bluffton school students are not in session on Friday.

Update on covid-19 in Ohio

This evening (Wednesday, May 12) at 5:30 p.m., Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will deliver a statewide address to Ohioans, continuing his conversation on where we are in our fight against the Coronavirus and our progress towards reaching the end of the COVID pandemic.

WHAT: Statewide Address to Ohioans on Progress in the Fight Against COVID

WHEN: May 12, 5:30 p.m.

WHO: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine

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