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Check out all of the opportunities for entertainment, learning, and family fun at Ruthmere for the year.

Upcoming Ruthmere events

  • 2025 Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize Competition - Competitor Sign Up

    • 01 Jan 2025
    • 12:00 AM
    • 22 Aug 2025
    • 11:59 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    Register

    Ruthmere Museum is proud to announce the 2025 Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize Competition. This competition seeks to discover the next piano virtuoso in the music world.

    RBB Piano Prize 2025 OFFICIAL RULES

    Preliminary Round: Deadline August 22, 2025 

    Entrants for the Beardsley Competition are required to complete the Competition Registration Form and prepare a video audition, 8 to 15 minutes long, showcasing two contrasting musical styles or time periods. Video submissions via YouTube links are preferred.  Up to 6 Finalists will be selected. Entry fee of $25 per competitor.

    Please email YouTube video auditions to mdoddington@ruthmere.org. Questions call 574-264-0330 ext. 107 by August 23, 2024 at 11:59 pm, Eastern Time. 

    Finals Round: Live Competition on September 20, 2025
    Finalists will perform 15-20 minutes of music for the judging panel and the general public at the Ruthmere Game Room. Competition performances begin at Noon, with individual performance times yet to be determined. Tickets are available to the general public for just $5 per seat. Each finalist will receive $100. Second place receives $300, and Third place $200.

    Grand Prize Winner’s Performance: October 16, 2025
    Competition Winner is required to perform a full one-hour opening concert of the Ruthmere Fall Concert series at 7pm. Grand Prize winner will receive a cash award of $1,000 presented at the concert, and have his or her name displayed alongside the Beardsley Cup on permanent exhibit at Ruthmere. 


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  • Spring Concert Series - Sponsors and Season Tickets

    • 03 Mar 2025
    • 04 Jun 2025
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    Register

    The 2025 Ruthmere Spring Concert Season

    May 8- Fischoff Soiree
    May 22 - Tingting Yao

    June 5 - Jasmine "Jas" Ogiste

    June 18- Tyler Reed

    Sponsorship Levels

    2025 Presenting Sponsor $6,000

    2025 Individual Concert Sponsor $1,000

    2025 Annual Sponsor $900

    Spring Season Sponsor $500

    Spring Season Pass- Members Only $80
    (Season Pass does not include Artist's Preview reception)


    NOTE: Sponsors receive both reserved seating and admission to the pre-concert  Artist's Preview Reception for their attended concert.  This reception is held in the Robert Beardsley Arts Reference Library at 6pm and feature champagne toast  and an opportunity to meet the artist.

    Season Pass holders receive reserved seating.

    Season Pass holders and all Sponsors are offered free attendance at the Beardsley Prize Competition.  Seating first come, first served all afternoon. 

    For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and open seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis behind reserved seats.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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  • The Ruthmere Golden Pass

    • 01 Apr 2025
    • 30 Dec 2025
    Register

    The Ruthmere Golden Pass is your chance to buy a complete ALL-ACCESS pass to all Ruthmere Campus events for the one-time per year discounted amount of $1,000! 


    The Ruthmere Golden Pass bears the likeness of Elkhart's town founder, Dr. Havilah Beardsley, without whom it's difficult to know not only IF our community would exist today, but also WHAT its values might be without him.  It is the ultimate expression of a vision for a bright future for everyone, where ALL feel welcome, valued and appreciated. 

    The benefits value of each Golden Pass is over $1,500.* The Golden Pass is good for one person for an entire calendar year of events and for 2025 includes:

    1 Year Private Membership with Unlimited Free Tours
    Reciprocal Museum Benefits Across USA with Time Travelers
    4 EOQ (End of Quarter) Cocktail Parties
    8 Classical Music Concerts
    2 Two Pianos at Ruthmere Concerts
    1 Piano Competition
    1 Student Music Recital
    4 Seasonal Teas
    8 Tuesday Teas
    3 Garden Workshops
    2 Heart City Heritage Lectures
    11 Gallery Talks
    13 Coffee on the Piazzas including Morning Yoga
    1 Ice Cream Social
    12 Book Club Discussions
    2 Open Public Date Lincoln Penny Story Hours
    1 Derby Day Special Event
    1 Ruthmere on the Road Bus Trip
    $30 spending voucher at Ceramic Showcase

    *Ruthmere Golden Pass is not transferable and a reservation is required by the Golden Pass holder for every desired event.  The Ruthmere Golden Pass is a discounted pre-paid admission ticket, therefore, there is $0 tax deductible donation value.  100% of the Golden Pass value is goods and services.  

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  • All-Ages Lincoln Penny Story Hour

    • 26 Apr 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 39
    Register

    The LPSH on April 26th at 1pm will feature Holly Byers, who is a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor through the Professional Association for Therapeutic Horsemanship as well as an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning and a Certified Veterans Instructor through the same association. She moved to Indiana in 2011 after traveling and living in multiple US states to work for Reins of Life Therapeutic Riding Center, where she served as their Lead Instructor for 12 years teaching individuals 2 and older with a variety of different diagnoses. 

    Holly will read A Girl Who Thought in Picture: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca. This is an ALL-AGES story hour, meaning all are welcome to come experience this moving, incredibly important book.

                      

    This is open and free to the general public but registration requested. 

    The LPSH is not a fundraiser, it’s a consciousness raiser! Ruthmere invites a member of the community to read an age-appropriate children’s book to children and their families. But this is a story hour with a specific purpose. These stories are reflections of each reader’s distinct background, and communicate the values of diversity, unity and liberty. 

    Every child receives a Lincoln Penny souvenir in a keepsake jacket as a reminder of why this experience is important.

    This LPSH Event Sponsor is Centier Bank.

                

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  • Mother and Me Tea- Mom, You're Fan-tastic!

    • 27 Apr 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Ruthmere
    • 0
    • 40 registrants
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    Join us for our Mother and Me Tea on Sunday, April 27, 2025 with tea food, sweets and an assortment of teas. This year's theme is Mom, You're Fan-tasic! and there will be a guest speaker to talk about the Victorian language of the fan.

    The Mother and Me Tea is generously sponsored
    by Debbie Kulwicki. Thank you!

    Adults $40, Youth (ages 4-18) $20, Members $35. Reservations required with advance purchase or call 574-264-0330 ext. 104. Ages 4 and up.  *(registration deadline is April 19th). Please limit registration to 7 or fewer people. Minimum age is 4 to attend.  Target youth age is 8-10.

    If you register separately from others in your group, please call us at (574) 264-0330 or email us at ahutslar@ruthmere.org to let us know with whom you would like to be seated.

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  • Gallery Talk- The History of Baseball in Elkhart County

    • 02 May 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 34
    Register

    Jenifer Blouin Policelli, Curator of Education, Elkhart County Historical Museum, will present a Gallery Talk on "The History of Baseball in Elkhart County", on Friday, May 2nd at 11 am at Ruthmere. From the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League to the Negro Leagues to the MLB, Elkhart County has produced its fair share of professional baseball players. Elkhart County Historical Museum staff will take us back in time at the ballpark during this presentation about the role baseball played in the history of Elkhart County. 


    Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

    Sponsored by Grace Hopkins Ruml Charitable Trust.

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  • Derby Day

    • 03 May 2025
    • 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Gardens
    Register

    Ruthmere Derby Day will be held on Saturday May 3 from 4-8pm as we transform the grounds of Ruthmere Mansion into a sprawling estate of activities that’s an odd’s on favorite to win!


    Watch live races from Churchill Downs all afternoon on the Monster Message Board giant screen TV, and if you’re chomping at the bit to try your luck with the ponies, Twin Spires online betting (legal in Indiana!) will be available with easy access on your phone. Pick your favorite horse to win the Derby just for fun at The Gate upon arrival. If your horse wins, so do you—your choice of a classic music concert ticket or free membership—pretty fabulous for a door prize!

    REGISTER FOR ONLINE BETTING WITH TwinSpires
    SO YOU'RE READY TO GO ON MAY 3.      

    CLICK ON THE TwinSpires LOGO ABOVE.
    IT TAKES LESS THAN 2 MINUTES TO REGISTER!

    Sit back and soak up the atmosphere of Ruthmere’s lush surroundings while you sip on a mint julep made to order with the premium bourbon of your choice. Or maybe you’d like to indulge in a straight up bourbon tasting while you enjoy a fine cigar on the Ruthmere Smoking Piazza? This is the only day of the year smoking is allowed on campus, so bring your own favorite cigars and go ahead-- have a puff! What’s that sweet music you hear? None other than Abbie Thomas + 2 Crazy Hearts will keep the vibe fresh and lively in the gardens area.

    Admission to this general public event include gourmet hors d’oeuvres prepared by Chic Eats, two drink tickets for authentic mint juleps, wine or beer (additional drink tickets available for purchase), a Fancy Hat Fashion Show with prizes, and photo ops with our handsome but docile live horse “Sarge” in the paddock or when he parades the grounds. Limited home tours will be available during the event, and "tour rain checks" will be offered to all guests in case you run out of time. 


    Entry to Ruthmere Derby Day is just $75 per person (or only $60 for members), or better yet be a Big Shot Table Sponsor for only $500 and reserve a private table for eight with premium seating for watching the race. Table reservations are limited and on a first come, first served basis.  Ruthmere Derby Day is a 21 and over event. No exceptions.

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  • Spring Concert Series- Fischoff Soiree

    • 08 May 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 20
    Register

    The Fischoff is the nation’s largest chamber music competition bringing together young musicians from across the country and around the world. 

    On Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7pm, the Ruthmere Fischoff Soirée brings this celebration of great music to Elkhart and will feature a performance by Trio Eris. Trio Eris, New England Conservatory’s Professional Trio-in-Residence, is united by a genuine love of collaboration, and a deeply personal approach to music-making. The trio comprises violinist K.J. McDonald, cellist Annie SeEun Hyung, and pianist Andrew Jun Chen, students of Donald Weilerstein, Laurence Lesser, Vivian Weilerstein and HaeSun Paik.

    This concert is sponsored by Wade Mayberry.

    Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Spring Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members).  Note: Non-member Spring Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Spring Concerts are considered private party events.

    For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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  • Etiquette Tea

    • 18 May 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Ruthmere
    • 30
    • 8 registrants
    Register

    Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever wondered what fork to use at a dinner party or how to dress for a job interview? Proper etiquette has changed through out the years and Ruthmere is here to assist. Join us for our Modern Etiquette Tea on Sunday, May 18, 2025 from 2-4pm. Enjoy an afternoon tea and learn etiquette from DaVonne Kramer, founder of Regality, Inc. DaVonne has a Certification in Business and Social Etiquette from the Etiquette Institute, and she loves teaching etiquette because it promotes personal and professional growth, and it also helps individuals cultivate positive relationships, enhance their communication skills, and boosts self-confidence.


    Adults $35, Youth (ages 4-18) $15, Members $30. Reservations required with advance purchase or call 574-264-0330. Ages 4 and up. *(registration deadline is May 11th). Please limit registration to 7 or fewer people. Minimum age is 4 to attend.

    If you register separately from others in your group, please call us at (574) 264-0330 or email us at ahutslar@ruthmere.org to let us know with whom you would like to be seated.

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  • Spring Concert Series- Tingting Yao

    • 22 May 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 17
    Register


    Tingting Yao will be performing on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 7pm. 

    Chinese-American Pianist Tingting Yao is an avid collaborative pianist and chamber musician, currently serving as the Staff Pianist at Sam Houston State University in Texas. Yao has performed throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and China.

    A graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Yao has won every award she could have as an accompanist in the Conservatoire. She frequently performed in venues such as Town Hall Symphony Hall (Birmingham), St John's Smith Square (London), The Prince's Teaching Institute (London), among others.

    Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Spring Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members).  Note: Non-member Spring Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Spring Concerts are considered private party events.

    For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

    This concert is sponsored by Marie Smith!
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  • Gallery Talk- "Crossroads of Culture: Native American Trails in the Old Northwest"

    • 03 Jun 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 38
    Register

    Cecil Wilson, Historic Research Specialist for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, will present a Gallery Talk on "Crossroads of Culture: Native American Trails in the Old Northwest", on Tuesday, June 3rd at 11 am at Ruthmere. 


    Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

    Sponsored by Connie S. and George & Kathy Freese.

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  • Spring Concert Series- Jasmine "Jas" Ogiste

    • 05 Jun 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 18
    Register

    Jasmine "Jas" Ogiste will be performing on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 7pm. 


    Lauded by The New York times for her "tender and yearning solos" and The New York Classical Review for her "reflective tone", Jas Ogiste is a New York City-based classical pianist. She has been recognized by institutions such as The Harlem School of Arts, National Association for Negro Musicians, Flint Initiative, and The Watson Foundation for her musicianship and dedication to centering black classical history in her concert programming. Jas has been mentored by renowned Musicians Haewon Song, Christina and Michelle Naughton, Peter Basquin, Elinor Freer and has worked with clarinetist David Krakauer and WQXR host Terrance McKnight. Jas currently performs as a member of the Harlem chamber players and Sugar Hill chamber music salon. 


    As an alumna of Oberlin Conservatory’s Black Musicians Guild and Latinx Music Union, Jas’s work - both professional and musical - reflects her Afro-Caribbean culture and identity. She was a national competitor for a 2022 Watson Foundation Fellowship for her project proposal “Bridging Two Worlds: Navigating Blackness in Classical Music” and she intends to continue to empower and spotlight artists of the African diaspora through her work, studies, and musical output.

    Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Spring Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members).  Note: Non-member Spring Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Spring Concerts are considered private party events.

    For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

    This concert is sponsored by Janet Evanega Rieckhoff and Jim Rieckhoff!
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  • All-Ages Lincoln Penny Story Hour

    • 07 Jun 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 40
    Register

    The Lincoln Penny Story Hour on June 7th at 1pm will feature Katie Campbell, they grew up in the South Bend area and is thrilled to once again call it home. Katie attended the University of Notre Dame and received a Bachelor of Arts in English, with a minor in Gender Studies and a concentration in Creative Writing. Their senior thesis was a narrative poetry collection called  wanderchild that explored themes of family, relationships, and personal identity through a dark and beautiful forest and a bright and terrifying castle. They currently work in the marketing department at the University of Notre Dame Press, and their favorite books to promote are the poetry collections

    Katie will read Neither by Airlie Anderson. This is an ALL-AGES story hour, meaning all are welcome to come experience this moving, incredibly important book.

                        

    This is open and free to the general public but registration requested. 

    The LPSH is not a fundraiser, it’s a consciousness raiser! Ruthmere invites a member of the community to read an age-appropriate children’s book to children and their families. But this is a story hour with a specific purpose. These stories are reflections of each reader’s distinct background, and communicate the values of diversity, unity and liberty. 

    Every child receives a Lincoln Penny souvenir in a keepsake jacket as a reminder of why this experience is important.

    This LPSH Event Sponsor is Centier Bank.

                

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  • Spring Concert Series- Tyler Reed

    • 18 Jun 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 9
    Register

    Our final Spring Concert for this season will be on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 7pm, with pianist, Tyler Reed. 2024 Gold Prize Winner of Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey, One-Movement Concerto Division, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37, Tyler Reed, (16), has already garnered many awards and accolades. Tyler Reed has been studying piano with Lana Ivanov since 2021.

    Sponsored by Jim Kelly

    Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Spring Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members).  Note: Non-member Spring Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Spring Concerts are considered private party events.

    For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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  • All-Ages Lincoln Penny Story Hour

    • 21 Jun 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 40
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    The Lincoln Penny Story Hour on June 21st at 1pm will feature Breanna Allen, is the Executive Director of the Tolson Center. Her role is to lead the organization alongside the Board of Directors to carry out the mission to empower lives through inclusive learning, recreation, and cultural exchange. 

    Breanna will read The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez. This is an ALL-AGES story hour, meaning all are welcome to come experience this moving, incredibly important book.

                 

    This is open and free to the general public but registration requested. 

    The LPSH is not a fundraiser, it’s a consciousness raiser! Ruthmere invites a member of the community to read an age-appropriate children’s book to children and their families. But this is a story hour with a specific purpose. These stories are reflections of each reader’s distinct background, and communicate the values of diversity, unity and liberty. 

    Every child receives a Lincoln Penny souvenir in a keepsake jacket as a reminder of why this experience is important.

    This LPSH Event Sponsor is Centier Bank.

                

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  • Fall Concert Series - Sponsors and Season Tickets

    • 01 Jul 2025
    • 28 Nov 2025
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    Register

    The 2025 Ruthmere Fall Concert Season

    October 16 - Winner of the 2024 Beardsley Piano Prize Competition
    October 30 - Spencer Myer

    November 13 - Varshavski & Shapiro

    November 28 - Nicholas Roth

    Sponsorship Levels

    2025 Presenting Sponsor $6,000

    2025 Individual Concert Sponsor $1,000

    2025 Annual Sponsor $900

    Fall Season Sponsor $500

    Fall Season Pass- Members Only $80
    (Season Pass does not include Artist's Preview reception)


    NOTE: Sponsors receive both reserved seating and admission to the pre-concert Artist's Preview Reception for their attended concert.  This reception is held in the Robert Beardsley Arts Reference Library at 6pm and feature champagne toast  and an opportunity to meet the artist.

    Season Pass holders receive reserved seating.

    Season Pass holders and all Sponsors are offered free attendance at the Beardsley Prize Competition.  Seating first come, first served all afternoon. 

    For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and open seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis behind reserved seats.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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  • Concert: One Night, Two Pianos: Abbie Thomas & Simon Kauffman Hurst

    • 17 Jul 2025
    • 6:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 50
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    Join us for a special concert, "One Night, Two Pianos", at Ruthmere on Thursday, July 17th at 7pm, featuring Abbie Thomas and Simon Kauffman Hurst playing the Steinway and Baldwin pianos. The event starts with a summer garden reception at 6pm, offering food and drinks. Tickets are $50 per seat, which includes the reception and concert.


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  • Gallery Talk-Morris & Company: A Family Affair

    • 07 Aug 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 38
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    Jennifer Johns, Curator, will present a Gallery Talk on "Morris & Company: A Family Affair", on Thursday, August 7th at 11 am at Ruthmere. 


    Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 


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  • Gallery Talk- Hysteria: Women's Health in the 1800s

    • 05 Sep 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • Beardsley Discovery Center
    • 37
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    Andrea Hutslar, Outreach Curator, will present a Gallery Talk on "Hysteria: Women's Health in the 1800s", on Friday, September 5th at 11 am at the Beardsley Discovery Center. 


    Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

    This talk is sponsored by Ann Wroblewski. Thank you!

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  • Heart City Heritage -Landmarks of Justice

    • 08 Oct 2025
    • 6:00 PM
    • Beardsley Discovery Center
    • 40
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    Debra Parcell, Community Preservation Specialist at the Northern Regional Office of Indiana Landmarks, will be presenting a program about "Landmarks of Justice", on Wednesday, October 8 at 6pm at the Beardsley Discovery Center. This presentation highlights what makes Indiana’s 92 county courthouses special and irreplaceable. Discover the architecture and stories of courthouses lost and restored, as well as their colorful histories and reuses.

    Admission is $5 for Ruthmere and Indiana Landmarks members and $10 for non-members.  



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  • Fall Concert Series- Robert Beardsley Piano Prize Winner

    • 16 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 20
    Register


    The first concert of the Fall Concert Series will feature the winner of the Eighth Annual Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize.

    This concert is sponsored by Wade Mayberry.

    Ticket pricing for the 2025 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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  • Ruthmere's Bus Trip to the Moon!

    • 25 Oct 2025
    • 4:00 PM - 10:30 PM
    • Wild Rose Moon, 115 N Michigan St, Plymouth, IN 46563
    • 32
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    Have you ever been to the Moon??  The Wild Rose Moon, of course, in beautiful downtown Plymouth!  Get ready to blast off!!

    Join Executive Director Bill Firstenberger on October 25, 2025 as he packs the Royal Excursion “Rock Star Bus” with 55 of his favorite Ruthmere-ites for a chance to be part of music history and made famous through radio and television!

                               

    Watch a medley of Wild Rose Moon Radio Show videos on the bus's ample video screens. Harvest Moon Cocktails will be served on the bus. Dine in style at Opie's Deli in downtown Plymouth. Gourmet foodie options (dinners pre-ordered and ready upon arrival) and a superb selection of craft beers and fine wines from the bar. You will make your way across the street to the Wild Rose Moon Performing Arts Center and see the featured artist, Calvin Hinds -winner of the 2021 Young Artist Award at Interlochen. Our host, the one and only George Schricker, will welcome our merry band to "The Moon." But it's more than just a great live show with audience participation. The Wild Rose Moon is a cultural icon, a radio show broadcast on WVPE as well as a television show on WNIT- you are all about to get a little famous!

    Bus leaves from Ruthmere at 4pm and will return around 10:30pm.

    This trip is available for Ruthmere Members Only! Cost is $150 per seat. Sponsor for $500, you will receive two free tickets on the bus!


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  • Fall Concert Series- Spencer Myer

    • 30 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 18
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    Pianist, Spencer Myer, will be performing on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7pm in Ruthmere's Game Room.

    Spencer Myer’s orchestral, recital and chamber music performances have been heard throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia. His 2005 recital/orchestral tour of South Africa included a performance of the five piano concerti of Beethoven with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, followed by six return orchestra and recital tours.

    Spencer Myer's career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition. He is also a laureate of the 2007 William Kapell, 2005 Cleveland and 2005 Busoni international piano competitions. He enjoys an esteemed reputation as a vocal collaborator since winning the 2000 Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition. Mr. Myer was a member of Astral Artists' performance roster from 2003-2010.

    Sponsored by Eric Trotter

    Ticket pricing for the 2025 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.

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  • Gallery Talk- Freshwater Fury: Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes

    • 05 Nov 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • Beardsley Discovery Center
    • 40
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    Travis Childs, Archivist at The History Museum, will present a Gallery Talk on "Freshwater Fury-Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes", on Wednesday, November 5th at 11 am at the Beardsley Discovery Center. 


    Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

    This talk is sponsored by Ann Wroblewski and Mark Doddington. Thank you!


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  • Fall Concert Series- Varshavski & Shapiro

    • 13 Nov 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 24
    Register


    Stanislava Varshavski & Diana Shapiro will be performing on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7pm in Ruthmere's Game Room.

    Stanislava Varshavski was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. A young piano prodigy, she had her orchestral debut at the age of eight. After receiving her initial musical training in Ukraine, Stanislava proceeded with her studies at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy in Israel.

    Diana Shapiro was born in Moscow, Russia. At the age of seventeen she moved to Israel and started her studies at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy under Berkovich.

    Both Ms. Varshavski and Ms. Shapiro received Bachelor and master's degrees from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where they studied with the Israeli duo Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, and in 2005 moved to Boston, MA to continue their education under renowned American pianist Victor Rosenbaum. In 2011 both pianists completed Doctoral degree studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During their studies at UW-Madison both artists served on the faculty of the Maranatha Universityand upon completion joined the faculty of the Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, WI.

    Ticket pricing for the 2025 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.

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  • Fall Concert Series- Nicholas Roth

    • 28 Nov 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 18
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    Nicholas Roth will be performing on Friday, November 28th at 7pm in Ruthmere's Game Room.

    Nicholas Roth began formal studies at age twelve, receiving critical acclaim for his appearances by the age of eighteen. He appeared as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony and the Indianapolis Symphony under Raymond Leppard, among many others. Roth is a featured performer and teacher throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He is a Yamaha Artist, a Beethoven Fellow of the American Pianists Association, earned prizes in the chamber music competitions of Tortona and Pietra Ligure, Italy, and received a DAAD grant to further his studies in Germany.  

    Ticket pricing for the 2025 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.

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