Events

"Herbie Fully Loaded" free feature movie

Bluffton Elementary PTO will host a family movie night at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, in the middle school cafetorium.

The featured movie "Herbie Fully Loaded," will be shown.

Admission is free. Bring blankets, sleeping bags and camp chairs for your own comfy seating.

Concessions for purchase include popcorn, fruit snacks, suckers, water bottles, juice boxes and hot chocolate.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Pirate sports fans will want to attend the Friday, Feb. 2, Bluffton High School boys’ basketball game.

During the halftime of the varsity game will be a special cheer performance night involving several Bluffton first through fifth graders, according to Brianna Atkins, cheerleading coach.

The presentation will develop from a Feb. 1 cheer clinic led by BHS cheerleaders and coaches. 

The Centre presents "Revenge of Frankenstein"

The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St., presents “Revenge of Frankenstein,” in a dinner theatre format Saturday, March 10.

Dinner details
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres begin at 6 p.m. and the dinner and show begins at 7 p.m. The dinner menu includes apple bourbon chicken breast, rosemary pork loin, stuffed shells with marinara; garlic-herb mashed redskins, home-style green beans and for dessert assorted cheesecakes.

Tickets include non-alcoholic beverages. A cash bar is also available.

National hammered dulcimer musican performs

Ted Yoder, virtuoso, hammered dulcimer musician, will perform on the next Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series.

His performance is 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, in the third floor of the town hall.

Here's a description of Yoder's talents:
Yoder has revolutionized the hammered dulcimer through his pop symphonic approach on the instrument as a solo performer.

Events on Super Bowl Eve - Feb. 3 - watch the football drop at midnight

As the NFL playoffs continue, Ada will again have its own Super Bowl extravaganza.
 
The second annual “Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival” on Saturday, Feb. 3, will celebrate the village of Ada’s connection to the biggest football game of the year. Ada’s Wilson Sporting Goods factory makes the footballs used in the Super Bowl, and the day’s events will again capture that theme, leading up to a “football drop” at midnight on the cusp of Super Bowl Sunday.
 

Historic event 50 years ago is subject of Jan. 18 commemoration

FROM ADA ICON - Those who were at the historic event will share their memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s talk at Ohio Northern University during a panel discussion at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18 in the Freed Center. The discussion will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s talk at ONU’s Taft Gymnasium on Jan. 11, 1968.
 
The panel discussion, which kicks off a series of events to honor the occasion, is free and open to the public. It will culminate with the unveiling of a statue of Dr. King on April 17 outside of Taft Hall.
 

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