Events

"The Croods" (PG), an animated comedy, will premier in Bluffton starting Friday, March 29 and running through Thursday, April 4.

Show times are every evening at 7 p.m. and  9:30 p.m. with matinees on BOTH Friday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and  4 p.m.. (All shows are in 2D).

There will be no Sunday afternoon shows due to Easter but both evening shows will run as planned.

Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn flavor of the month for April is Raspberry Truffle!

Bluffton High School presents "Alice in Wonderland," the Prince Street Players' version, Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 14, at 2 p.m. on the Middle School stage, according to Kevin Gratz, director.

Tickets are now on sale at Bluffton Middle School during office hours. Tickets are: 

• Reserved seating tickets $10
• Adult General Admission tickets $5
• Student General Admission tickets $3

Musical details and synopsis:

BFR will offer two programs for the first weekend in April that families with young children are welcome to attend, according to Carole Enneking of BFR.

Friday, April 5, from 6-8 p.m. is a Family Night with activity stations planned in the arena. 

Activities will include races on the track, as well as soccer and dodgeball based games. The gymnasium will also be available for informal recreation. Cost for the Family Night is $5 per family (BFR family members and Family Rec Pass holders attend for free).

Richland Manor, 7400 Swaney Road, invites all pie bakers to enter its April pie baking contest. Three cash prizes will be awards.  Contest pie divisions follow:
• Berry pie
• Cream pie
• Miscellaneous pie

Winners in each division receive a $40 Visa gift card. The contest will take place at 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 18, and is open to the public. Persons wanting to submit pies to be judged must complete and submit an entry form by Saturday, April 12.

How about a chicken or shrimp dinner and all the music you can eat? It's Friday at the Bluffton Middle School. It's the Bluffton Music Boosters annual barbecue with plenty of foodand lots of musical preformances.

Tickets are still on sale at the middle school office for $7.50 each. Tickets offered include a choice of either a 7-piece shrimp dinner or a chicken barbecue dinner. Dinners are available for take out or eat in. Tickets will be available on Friday at the door depending upon availability.

Dinners are served in the middle school cafetorium from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Mennofolk musicians Heather Kropf and Keith Hershberger with their band, Too Tall Americaons, will perform at the Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series (third floor of the Bluffton town hall) at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 22. Food will be available at 7 p.m.

Formed by Pittsburgh singer/songwriters Keith Hershberger (guitar, vocals) and Heather Kropf (piano, vocals, kazoo), the Too Tall Americanos are an indie folk-pop duo with a fondness for vocal harmonies and thoughtful lyrics and melody.

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