Events

Bluffton is important cog in these events

Bluffton continues to be  an important cog in several bicycle events in northwestern Ohio.

Black Swamp Bike Tours announced five biking events this summer, and Bluffton's Ride to Remember is one of the largest. This year's tours include:

Apollo Career Center's Floral Shop will begin its annual flower sale Tuesday, May 8, and run through Friday, May 11. The shop will be open daily 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 12:30-2 p.m. The greenhouses are full of annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets, and the shop has a large assortment of silk arrangements and collectibles just in time for Mothers' Day.

Apollo is located at 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima.

Thursday afternoon presentation of "The Overcoat" by Gogol

The Departments of Communication and Media Studies and Theatre Arts of Ohio Northern University will host a listening party for the premiere of ONU's first radio production, The Overcoat. ​

The listening party will occur on Thursday, May 3 ​at 4:30 p.m. at the Freed Center. The airing will be followed by a question and answer session with members of the cast and production staff.

Admission is free and open to the public. 

The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, dramatized for radio by Jim Poyser.

Don't forget the spring wild flower walk at Motter Metro Park at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, hosted by the Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area.

The walk is open to the public and led by a naturalist from the Johnny Appleseed Park District.

Additional news of the garden club is in the newsletter attached at the bottom of this story.

"The Bluffton We Never Knew" presentation Sunday at 2 p.m.

Fred Steiner, author of “The Bluffton We Never Knew,” will talk about the book during a program at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 29, at the Allen County Museum, 620 Market St., Lima.

The book includes nearly 170 photos of Bluffton covering its first half-century as a village, from 1861 to 1911. Steiner will show several photos from the book and will point out things in the photos not generally seen by viewers.

The book includes several rare photographs from the museum’s own collection. Signed copies of the book will be available following the presentation.

Tuesday, May 1, with Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area

Time to take a Wildflower Walk at Motter Park with a naturalist from Johnny Appleseed Park District. 

The Wildflower Walk, sponsored by the Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area, begins at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday May 1. 

As with all GBPA lectures, all programs are free and open to the public.

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