This week the weather is cooperating with plans for The Usual Suspects to play from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the alley next to Roots By Strattons, 111 S. Main St.
Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the live music in a downtown "pocket-park."
The Usual Suspects--Bob Beer, Charlie Saylor, and Eric Shellenbarger--are also regulars at the Bluffton Senior Citizen Center, Bluffton Farmers Market and Bluffton Public Library jam sessions.
Many people enjoy using interesting, unique writing tools. Try your hand at writing with a steel-nib pen and experience an aspect of life from the Swiss settlement from 1:00-5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 2 at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road.
Leading the steel-nib activity will be Rachel Friesen, who provides the following information:
The Southgate Open, an annual fundraising event for local non-profits and families, has filled all golf team slots for the August 13 event at Bluffton Golf Club.
Southgate Lanes also announced:
Joe Lewis music on the patio
Team payments: $300 in advance; $340 on the day of the outing with 100% of the extra $40 going to the Bluffton food pantry
You're invited: "Bring yourself, friends and family for an afternoon of woodland fun at The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm during the 2022 Summer Family Day on Saturday, June 25."
The rural Pandora nature preserve will be open to visitors from 1 to 4 p.m., when you can see the 1853 log cabin, learn about birds, insects and who to attract them, and visit residents of the farm animal sanctuary.
The Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series has announced 7 p.m., July 23 performances by Dreamjacket (Jesse W. Johnson of Chicago) and Ric Hickey (Bluffton).
Performances are on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall, 156 N. Main St.
