Kids

Mobile Health Clinic: Fri., July 28 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.

Mobile Health Clinic: Fri., June 30 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.

Watercolor Workshop: Hummingbird (R)($) will be held Thurs., June 15 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).

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'.

Attention Homeschoolers! A presentation all about the June/July “All Together Now” Summer Read is available for all ages!

Pease register for either Friday, May 19@ 10:00 a.m. or Friday, May 19 @ 2:00 p.m.

Please notice: The library is closed on Monday, May 29, 2023 to observe Memorial Day. Due dates are adjusted accordingly.

Have a safe and happy holiday!

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.

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.

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).

National Library Week - April 23-29  is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries, library workers' contributions and promote library use and support. The theme for National Library Week 2023 is "There's More to the Story," illustrating the fact that in addition to the books in library collections, available in a variety of formats, libraries offer so much more. 

Monday, April 24 features Hummin' & Strummin' at 5:30 p.m. and Children's Storytime (Please call to register) at 6:00 p.m.