Events

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The Alger Memorial Festival Committee is sponsoring a country-style breakfast on Saturday, March 1, from 7 to 11 a.m.

Serving biscuits, sausage gravy, hash-browns, scrambled eggs, fried apples, sausage patties and beverage. Suggested donation is $7. All-you-can-eat (on premises only). Carry out is available. Can’t get there? Call 419-679-8460 (not long distance) for free local delivery.

Located at the Alger Social Center on Main Street. in Alger Call 419-757-3891 for more information.

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ArtSpace/Lima will have a two-night showing of Phil Sugden’s installation, Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God, Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22, from 6 - 9 p.m., in its Ellen Nelson Gallery.

Phil Sugden is Assistant Professor of Art at Bluffton University. His work has been exhibited in more than 90 solo and 130 group shows internationally, including galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Washington, D.C., Melbourne, and Kathmandu. 

He studied painting in Paris under French painter, Arnaud D'Hauterives (winner, Grand Prix de Rome), at the New York School of Visual Arts and the Paris American Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris,

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It's Valentine's Week.

Starting Wednesday, during 5A and 5B lunches, Ada High School Student Council will be sell chocolates for Valentine’s Day.

Each sucker is $1 with proceeds benefitting the American Heart Association. Chocolate will be available on Bulldog Boulevard during lunches only.

Order Wednesday or Thursday and Council members will hand deliver your chocolate on Friday to your secret crush. 

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The Black Swamp Bistro Van Wert, will host this month’s Lincoln Highway Association Western Ohio Chapter meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

After attendees order dinner individually from the menu, Cincinnati author Denny Gibson will present a program at 7 p.m., discussing his newly published book, “By Mopar to the Golden Gate, A 50 Year Old Car On a 100 Year Old Road.” 

Gibson, an avid traveler, will discuss his 2013 Lincoln Highway journey from New York to California driving a 1963 Plymouth Valiant convertible. The public is invited.

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We thought the first bake-off was something to write home about. Here comes "bake-off number 2!"

The Ada Public Library holds its second annual chocolate bake off at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, at the library.

"It's a baking contest where contestants bake something featuring chocolate; items are brought to the library and voted on by our special panel of judges to see who's made the best chocolate dessert," said Amanda Bennett, library director.

The contest is open to anyone. Simply enter by signing up at the library or call 419-634-5246.

A Dietsch's Brothers' suprise will be awarded to this year's winner.

 

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The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” from Thursday, Feb. 20, to Saturday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. In addition, there will be two matinee performances: Saturday, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. A post-show discussion with the company will be held after the afternoon performance on Saturday, Feb. 22.

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