The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton sponsors its annual chicken barbecue and community garage and craft sale at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28.
Harlan's chicken barbecue takes place Friday, Feb. 27, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at The Centre.
The community garage sale occurs also at The Centre at Bluffton that same evening and on Saturday morning, Feb. 28.
Book ReViews will hold a book discussion group from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning February 12. Because of limited space, the group is open to the first eight women who register. The first book to be discussed will be "One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are" by New York Times bestselling author, Ann Voskamp.
A book signing featuring Peggy Erhart, author of "Through My Grandmother’s Eyes" will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Book ReViews, Main St., Bluffton.
Erhart's book tells the life of her grandmother beginning with her wedding in 1896. Events are viewed through the vantage points of historical events and societal norms of the eras covering the late1800s through 1947. Emphasis is placed on the family’s German Catholic heritage common throughout the area and time.
It's the hottest thing in Bluffton's coldest month. It's Bluffton Elementary PTO Bakery Bingo and its Saturday, Jan. 31.
This year's event, open to the public, is from 6 to 8 p.m. in the middle school cafetorium. Doors open at 5 p.m.
A concession stand is available, which offers everything from chicken sandwiches, pretzels with cheese, and other items, including Luke's Pizza and Common Grounds coffee.
Bingo cards are 12 for $1. Winners have your choice of any donated baked goods.
BFR Sports and Fitness invites Icon viewers to this winter’s Keeping Active Kick-off from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23, according to Carole Enneking.
OPEN THE KEEPING ACTIVE CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN THE ATTACHMENT BELOW.
Keeping Active includes six weeks of free use of the BFR indoor track, free attendance to group fitness classes, free access to recreational activities and free participation in learning session on exercise and nutrition as scheduled.
Diem Lafortune, a Toronto musician, will perform in concert at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19, at First Mennonite Church, in a Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.
LaFortune is a 2013 Canadian Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year nominee by the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
According to Chappell-Dick, “Her album Beauty and Hard Times is a varied collection including Acadian fiddle tunes, Celtic, prairie Cree drums, and the accordion and strings-fuelled tunes of the Jews and Romany in Eastern Europe.”
