Adults

The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library invite you to a Spring Tea & Silent Auction, which will be held on Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. 

Guest speaker will be local author David Essinger. 

Tickets are $20 and can be paid for and picked up at the Bluffton Public Library front desk. Cash or check accepted. 

Limited seating is available, so be sure to stop by the library soon to purchase your ticket(s)!

Monday Funday! New Book Day! (R)

Join us on Monday, April 28th at 6 p.m. to check-out our newest additions to the kids section of the library and build yourself a reading list.

This program is open to kids grade K-5th (and their parents too!).

Please register in advance at the library or online.

How to Decorate Cookies with Langan Family Finds – Saturday, April 12 @ 11 am.

Learn how royal icing can take your baking to the next level. 

Registration is required with a $10 cash fee at the door.

Open to adults and teens accompanied with an adult.

Mobile Health Clinic: The next Mobile Health Clinic will be held on Thu., April 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.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.) Participants may speak with ONU Healthwise students and staff about their results or concerns, and even receive referrals to area doctors.

Lego at the Library – We provide the Legos, you show us your imagination.  Thursday, April 10.  All day for All ages.

“Duck” Acrylic Paint Class with Bluffton Art Company (R)($) will be held Tue., Apr. 8 @ 6:00 p.m.

Register at the library and come to the program prepared to try your hand at acrylic painting.

Cost is $15 per person and will be taken at the door (cash only, please).

Open to adults, and teens and children with an accompanying adult. 

Watercolor Workshop: European Robin (R)($) will be held Thu., Apr. 10 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Local artist Jeanne Crumrine 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, and children with an accompanying adult.

Registration opens March 14.

Celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday with a book discussion and cake!

Lisa Robeson, Professor Emerita of English at ONU, will lead a discussion on Will in the World: How Shakespeare became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt.

Lisa has taught both introductory and advance courses on Shakespeare.

Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library front desk.

There will also be a limited number of the books on CD available.

Please register in advance.

“Bunny” Acrylic Paint Class with Bluffton Art Company (R)($) will be held Tue., March 25 @ 6:00 p.m. Register at the library and come to the program prepared to try your hand at acrylic painting. Cost is $15 per person and will be taken at the door (cash only, please). Open to adults, and teens and children with an accompanying adult.