The Bluffton Public Library is a variety show in May with events and programs of all kinds. Check out some details from the library's May newsletter:
LEGO Library Showcase: Attention LEGO enthusiasts! The library is honored to be showing local residents’ LEGO sets or their own LEGO creations. The LEGO sets will be on display for the entire month.
Bluffton Public Library will be discontinuing the Beanstack app. If you are currently using Beanstack to log books, please note the site will only be available until the end of the day on May 3, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the library. Thank you!
Noon Book Group On Wed., June 7 the group will discuss Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Stop by the library front desk to register and pick up the book!
4 Guys & a Gal, a Bluffton High School acapella group, will be performing at the library on Monday, May 15 @ 5:30 p.m., followed immediately by Hummin' & Strummin'.
Hummin' & Strummin' Song Circle will meet at 5:30 p.m. on each Monday the library is open. (Check the library calendar or website.) This is a relaxed, song-circle style music session and anyone is welcome to join or listen in. Bring your instrument, voice, or listening ears!
Galley Book Group meets Wed., May 17 at 12:00 to discuss The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson (thriller) to be published mid-June 2023. Stop by the library front desk to register and pick up the book!
Watercolor Workshop: Catatonic Reverie will be held Thurs., May 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Local artist Jeanne Beutler will teach on the lower level of the library. Walk away with your own watercolor piece of art, complete with mat! There is a $10 supply fee at the door (cash only please), and advance registration is required as space is limited. Open to adults and teens/children (with a participating adult).
Medicare 101: Allen County Council on Aging will present Medicare 101 on Tues., May 23 at 6:00 p.m. There will be time for questions after the presentation, and participants can find out about other services offered by the Allen County Council on Aging. Please register by May 20.
Fred Steiner presents Historic Bluffton Visitors, Saloons, & Other Lore on Wed., May 24 @ 6:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Public Library. Please register in advance. Bluffton was a regular stop for interesting groups of itinerant visitors making the rounds in the Midwest during the 50-year-span from 1880 to 1930. These people included drifters, peddlers, people from the Romani culture, each selling goods, providing entertainment, and/or looking for day work or handouts. Some arrived in Bluffton by freight trains, while others carried their possessions in wagons. One group even came with a trained bear! Also during this period, saloons took up 13 storefronts, bringing in oil well workers and a slew of other interesting characters and interesting issues to Bluffton. Join us for an evening of Bluffton lore!
Mobile Health Clinic: Fri., May 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All services are provided by individuals with the Ohio Northern University Healthwise program. This clinic includes free screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol (please fast for 12 hours to participate in cholesterol or blood sugar screening) and osteoporosis. Participants may speak with ONU Healthwise students and staff about their results or concerns, and even receive referrals to area doctors. Please notice: Covid-19 vaccinations are not available at these clinics.
Summer Read “All Together Now” is just around the corner! Registration and programming for all ages begins June 5!
Attention Homeschoolers! A presentation all about the June/July “All Together Now” Summer Read is available for all ages - please register for either Friday, May 19 @ 10:00 a.m. or Friday, May 19 @ 2:00 p.m.
Summer Family Storytime begins June 5 and is for ages 0-5 (no registration necessary).
Services Update
COVID-19 Test Kits
At-Home COVID Tests are available at the Library. If you have been exposed to COVID-19, please call to schedule curbside pickup.
*The Library will be closed Monday, May 29, 2023 in observance of Memorial Day.
