Bluffton University will host a performance of “Kossuth’s Message,” marking the 160th anniversary of Hungarian statesman Lajos (Louis) Kossuth’s visit to America, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The presentation is Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum. All educational institutions that receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the United States Constitution was signed in 1787.
A panel moderated by Dr. Zachary Walton, assistant professor of communication at Bluffton University, will discuss “Being an Audience in an Age of Distraction” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Bluffton’s Founders Hall. The forum is free and open to the public.
Walton, as moderator, will frame the issue as critical engagement with new communication technologies. The six-member panel will consider how those technologies are shaping people’s experiences and expectations of community spaces and rituals.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture granted Governor John R. Kasich’s request for a Secretarial disaster designation for 85 of Ohio’s 88 counties following the severe heat, rainfall shortages and other weather-related disasters that struck large areas of the state over the spring and summer.
Counties on the list are Allen, Hardin, Putnam and Hancock.
ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of Treasures from the Mazza Museum in The Ellen Nelson Gallery, Friday, Sept. 14.
With a collection of more than 3,000 original illustrations by the top children’s book artists, The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum is home to one of the foremost such collections in the world. Within its walls, the museum-goer sees displayed both the original artwork and a copy of the book edition in which it appears or first appeared.
Richland Manor will hosts its annual Community Tractor Show from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Sept.23.
The event includes complimentary food and beverages, and is free and open to the public. The event is open to anyone interested in displaying a tractor.
Contact Richland Manor, Swaney Road, Bluffton, at 419-643-3161 for more information.
