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2023 Events Calendar

 
JANUARY
  January 12 +<EOQ Cocktails 5-7pm Brass Elk Brewing

January 19 *Book Club 3:30pm -Havilah Beardsley House
  January 23  *Book Club 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House
FEBRUARY
  February 1 *Gallery Talk 11am -Vintage Valentine Cards -Ruthmere
  February 16 *Book Club 3:30pm -Havilah Beardsley House
  February 27 *Book Club 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House
MARCH
  March 2 *Gallery Talk 11am -"A Girl's Education: 19th Century American Marking Samplers" -Havilah Beardsley House
  March 16

*Book Club 3:30pm -Havilah Beardsley House 

  March 23  #Mini Fairy Garden Workshop 5:30pm - Havilah Beardsley House
  March 27 *Book Club 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House
  March 30 +<EOQ Cocktails 5-7pm Irish Cocktails
APRIL
  April 1 Ruthmere Campus Opening Day
  April 1
 Beardsley Neighborhood Day 10am-3pm
   April 2 *Free Family Sunday 1-4pm -Ruthmere Only 
  April 4 *Gallery Talk 11am-"Auglaize Furniture Company 3 in 1 Library Table" -Ruthmere
  April 9  Easter - Ruthmere & Havilah Beardsley House Closed
  April 20 *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House
  April 30 +#Mother and Me Tea  2-4pm – Ruthmere Game Room
MAY
  May 3 *Gallery Talk 11am "Let Them Eat Cake: A History of the World's Favorite Dessert" -Ruthmere
  May 7 *Free Family Sunday – Founder’s Day –1-4pm -Havilah Beardsley House Only
  May 11 +#Spring Concert Series 7pm -Fischoff -Ruthmere Game Room
  May 14 *Mother's Day (Free Admission for Mothers) 1-4pm
  May 18 *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House
  May 25 +#Spring Concert Series 7pm -Joel Schoenhals -Ruthmere Game Room

May 27 *Blue Star Museums through September 3, 2022 - Active duty service members and families free
  May 28 Memorial Day Observed -Receive a free flag with tour

May 29 Memorial Day - Ruthmere & Havilah Beardsley House closed
JUNE
  June 1 *Gallery Talk 11am -"Secret Language of the Victorian Era" -Havilah Beardsley House
  June 3 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
  June 3 *Greenhouse & Garden Workshop Series 2pm -“The Benefits and History of Companion Plantings” -Ruthmere

June 4 *Free Family Sunday- 1-4pm -Ruthmere Only*
  June 8  +#Spring Concert Series 7pm -The Lute Song Trio -Ruthmere Game Room
  June 10 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
  June 14 Flag Day -Receive a free flag with tour 
  June 14 Concert 5-6:30pm - Goshen College Piano Camp Recital
  June 15   *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm - Havilah Beardsley House
  June 17 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
 June 17 *Children's Craft Day - 12 - 3 pm - Ruthmere
  June 18 Juneteenth - Emancipation Day Observed- Receive a free flag with tour

June 18 *Father's Day (Free Admission for Fathers) 1-4pm
  June 19

* Juneteenth Celebration in Cooperation with AMBS - Documentary Viewing: “What Happened at BenhamWest: African American Stories of Community, Displacement, and Hope” - 10, 2, & 6 pm -Ruthmere


June 21 +<EOQ Cocktails: "Roaring Indiana in the Jazz Age Sneak Peek "5-7pm -Havilah Beardsley House
  June 22-Sept. 30 Special Exhibit- Roaring Indiana in the Jazz Age -Havilah Beardsley House
  June 22 +#Spring Concert Series -Jeremy Kahn -7pm -Ruthmere Game Room
  June 24 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm -Coffee and Music
JULY
  July 1 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
  July 2 *Free Family Sunday 1-4pm -Havilah Beardsley House Only
  July 2 Independence Day observed - Receive a free flag with tour

July 4 Independence Day - Ruthmere & Havilah Beardsley House closed
  July 7  *Gallery Talk 11am -"Decoding Robert Indiana" -Ruthmere
  July 8 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Board Games 
  July 15 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Board Games 
  July 15  *Pottery and Ceramic Fair 10am-3pm -Ruthmere
  July 20 *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House

July 22 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Board Games

July 29 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Board Games 
AUGUST

August 1 *Gallery Talk 11am -American Jazz -Ruthmere

August 5 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
  August 6  *Free Family Sunday & Ice Cream Social 1-4pm - Ruthmere Only

August 12 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
  August 18 *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House

August 19 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
  August 26 *Coffee on the Piazza 10am-12pm - Coffee and Music
SEPTEMBER
  September 3 *Free Family Sunday 1-4pm - Havilah Beardsley House Only

September 4 Labor Day - Ruthmere and Havilah Beardsley House closed
  September 5 #Tuesday's Tea @ 2  2pm -Ruthmere 
  September 6

*Gallery Talk 11am -Hudson Valley Painters -Ruthmere

  September 8 *Ruthmere's 50th Anniversary Celebration 6-8:30pm
  September 9 *Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize Finals Competition - 12pm  -Ruthmere Game Room - Ruthmere Closed for Tours; Havilah Beardsley House Open
  September 10 *Patriot Day Observed - Receive a free flag with tour - Veterans Admitted Free
  September 12

#Tuesday's Tea @ 2  2pm -Ruthmere 

  September 19 #Tuesday's Tea @ 2 2pm -Ruthmere 
  September 21 *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm-Havilah Beardsley House
  September 26 #Tuesday's Tea @ 2  2pm -Ruthmere
  September 28 +<EOQ Cocktails: EOQ on the Road: The home of Ray and Mary Pat Mathis, the former residence of Lem Beardsley   5-7pm 
  September 30 Special Exhibit: Roaring Indiana in the Jazz Age Closing Day -Havilah Beardsley House
OCTOBER

October 1 *Free Family Sunday 1-4pm -Ruthmere Museum Only
  October 3 #Tuesday's Tea @ 2  2pm -Ruthmere

October 4 *Gallery Talk 11am -The Rise of the Death Care Industry in the United States -Ruthmere
  October 5  +Heart City Heritage 6pm Research the History and Style of your Historic House -Havilah Beardsley House 
  October 7

+#Historic Graveyard Tour -Rice Cemetery -6-7pm

  October 10 #Tuesday's Tea @ 2  2pm -Ruthmere

October 12 +#Fall Concert Series 7pm -Winner of Beardsley Piano Prize Competition -Ruthmere Game Room
  October 17

#Tuesday's Tea @ 2 2pm -Ruthmere 

  October 19 *Book Club 3:30pm & 6pm -Havilah Beardsley House

October 22 +#Witches Brew Tea -2-4pm at Ruthmere Game Room -Ruthmere Closed for Tours
  October 24

#Tuesday's Tea @ 2  2pm -Ruthmere

  October 26 +#Fall Concert Series 7pm -Jessica Tong & Michael Sheppard -Ruthmere Game Room
NOVEMBER

November 3 *Gallery Talk-11am -"The Career of E. Hill Turnock" -Ruthmere
  November 5 *Free Family Sunday 1-4pm -Havilah Beardsley House Only 
  November 9 +#Fall Concert Series 7pm -Tumaini Sango -Ruthmere Game Room

November 11 *Veteran's Day Observed -Receive a free flag with each tour -Veterans Admitted Free
  November 16 *Book Club 3:30pm & 7pm - Havilah Beardsley House

November 23-24 Ruthmere Museum and Havilah Beardsley House Tours Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
  November 25 +#Fall Concert Series 7pm -Nicholas Roth & Euclid Quartet -Game Room
 
November 27- December 30 Ruthmere Museums Campus Holiday Tours Begin
DECEMBER

December 1-23 Ruthmere Museums Campus Holiday Tours 
  December 3 +#Tea with Mrs. Claus 2-4pm -Ruthmere Game Room -Ruthmere Closed for Tours
  December 5  *Gallery Talk 11am -Black and White and Read All Over: Newspapers in the Community -Ruthmere
  December 10 +#Tea with Mrs. Claus 2-4pm -Ruthmere Game Room -Ruthmere Closed for Tours
  December 21 *Book Club 3:30 pm  & 6pm-Havilah Beardsley House

December 24-26 Ruthmere Museum and Havilah Beardsley House Closed for Christmas Holiday
  December 27-30  Holiday Tours Resume

December 31 Ruthmere Museums Campus Closed for Tours, re-opening for Tours in 2024 on April 1

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