Four Bluffton University musical ensembles will come together Friday, April 17, to present the annual Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Providing instrumental music will be the university’s Jazz Ensemble—directed by Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music—and the Concert Band, conducted by Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music.
Bluffton University will present “Iraqi Refugee Artists,” an exhibit of more than three dozen paintings, in the hallway of the university’s Sauder Visual Art Center from April 15-May 3. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
The exhibit features the work of 12 Iraqi artists who were trained in Baghdad and had active professional careers until the Iraq War forced them to flee.
An exhibit opening will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. April 15. It will include comments at 7 p.m. by Mel Lehman, director of Common Humanity, the organization bringing the exhibit to Bluffton.
Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, in the Sommer Center.
Open to the public, the event is free except for lunch, which costs $9 for community members.
The festival will feature family-friendly inflatables, a balloon artist, music, games and other activities, concluding with the traditional rubber duck race on Riley Creek. Rubber ducks will be sold for $1 each, with proceeds to benefit the Allen County Humane Society. Duck race winners will receive prizes donated by local businesses.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - A pair of Bluffton University softball players swept the Heartland Conference Player of the Week awards in much the same fashion that the team has swept it last four opponents. Senior Jess Kuzara (Flat Rock, Mich./Huron) was named the HCAC Hitter of the Week, while freshman Jessie Madzia (Massillon/Tuslaw) earned HCAC Pitcher of the Week honors.
