Dr. Sam Heiks, M.D., (left) of Bluffton is the 8:30 p.m., Thursday evening guest on WBGU TV's "Northwest Ohio Journal." The 30-minute program, with host Steve Kendall, will focus on direct primary care medicine. Dr. Heiks of Creekside Medicine Medicine has a primary care medicine practice. The program was taped last week.
The Van Wert Civic Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning musical Big River, a country and bluegrass musical adaptation of Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
The show is directed by Jerry Zimmerman and features two Bluffton dramatists, Everett Collier and Dan Basinger.
Everett Collier is performing in the role of Big Jim, the runaway slave who encounters Huck while seeking his own freedom.
Dan Basinger plays Pap Finn, Huck's drunk and violent father and the catalyst behind Huck's own journey.
Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement, an educational program for retirees, will host its second annual film festival, featuring “Families in Foreign Films,” from March 5 - 8.
One movie will be shown each day in 114 Centennial Hall, beginning with a film review at 9 a.m.
Following the films will be discussions over lunch, which participants should bring. Cost for the festival is $3 per session or $9 for all four sessions.
Registration is requested by March 1, but walk-ins are welcome.
Saxophonist Scott Troyer will present his Bluffton University senior recital—including two of his compositions—at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.
Troyer, from Sugarcreek, Ohio, will perform six numbers on alto and soprano saxophone, including his “Polyphony for Saxophone Trio” and “A Prayer (Through every minute).” Joining him in the saxophone trio will be Dr. Adam Schattschneider, a professor of music and Troyer’s instructor, and Bluffton junior Chelsey Parker.
Abstract paintings by Austin Cartwright will be on exhibit beginning Monday, Feb. 4, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The exhibit is free and open to the public through March 1. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The gallery will host a reception with the artist from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10.
