While the SHANNON Service Club officially launched Bluffton's garage sale season earlier this year, the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center now takes the season from first base to second.
Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., will hold its spring garage sale Friday and Saturday, April 15-16.
Friday hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A garage sale half-price and clean up takes place on Monday, April 18.
Respected instrument maker and performing artist Bal'azs Nagy and bandmate Katalin Benno from Budapest, Hungary, will appear in at the Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 20.
A soup supper at 6 p.m., will launch the event. Events are on the third floor of the town hall. Admission is free; donations are accepted.
The performances will feature Hungarian folk, Medieval, and Renaissance music on the hurdy gurdy, a mechanized wheeled, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick of the village cultural affairs committee.
"Cinderella" comes to the Bluffton Middle School stage this weekend as Bluffton High School presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicial on two evenings and one afternoon.
Performances are Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are on sale in the Middle School office. Reserved seats are $10. General admission seats are $5 for adult, $3 for students.
On Thursday, April 14, The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will host a formal Tea with the Lincolns, featuring President Abraham and Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln as portrayed by Roger and Judy Jenot of Carey.
The tea begins at 5:45 p.m. and will be held in the library's Richland Room.President Lincoln and his first lady will speak about their experiences from the 1800s.
The Jenots bring a wealth of experience to these roles: they have traveled to many places associated with the Lincoln family and the Civil War era.
Bluffton Public Library's monthly book discussion will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4. Read about an American journalist's release from captivity in North Korea in Euna Lee's The World is Bigger Now, a remarkable story of faith, family and forgiveness. The book discussion will be held at Common Grounds Coffeehouse & Caf'e.
Anyone interested in attending is welcome and a month-to-month commitment is not required. Copies of the book are available at the library.
