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

Upcoming Ruthmere events

    • 01 Aug 2024
    • 29 Nov 2024
    • Ruthmere Game Room
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    The 2024 Ruthmere Fall Concert Season

    October 17 - Winner of the 2024 Beardsley Piano Prize Competition
    October 24 - Clare Longendyke

    November 14 - Franklin Larey

    November 29 - Nicholas Roth

    Sponsorship Levels

    2024 Presenting Sponsor $6,000

    2024 Individual Concert Sponsor $1,000

    2024 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.  

    • 29 Nov 2024
    • 7:00 PM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 9
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    Nicholas Roth will be performing on Friday, November 29th 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 2024 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.

    • 04 Dec 2024
    • 11:00 AM
    • Ruthmere Game Room
    • 31
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    Cathy Ellsworth, Ruthmere Docent, will present a Gallery Talk on Toys in the Attic, on Wednesday, December 4th at 11 am at Ruthmere. She will discuss antique and vintage toys and the difference between them, as well as the toys children played with in the last 100 years. 


    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.

    • 08 Dec 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Ruthmere
    • 0
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    Come celebrate the holiday season at Ruthmere at our Tea with Mrs. Claus. Come hear the secrets that only the wife of the 'jolly ole' elf ', himself would know. The tables are set with our best china and linens, and our young ladies and gentlemen enjoy sweet tea, cookies and tea sandwiches made for little fingers while our grown-up guests are served an assortment of fine teas, sweets and savories. 

    Make reservations early, she will need to get back to help the old guy! Come in your most festive attire and bring your lists, too! Adults $35, Youth (ages 4-18) $20, Members $30. Reservations required with advance purchase or call 574-264-0330. Ages 4 and up.   

    Note: If event is sold out, a waitlist will be activated, but you will not be called for available seats unless someone else cancels their registration.

    Please do not register more than 8 people per group. 


    • 15 Dec 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Ruthmere
    • 6
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    Come celebrate the holiday season at Ruthmere at our Tea with Mrs. Claus. Come hear the secrets that only the wife of the 'jolly ole' elf ', himself would know. The tables are set with our best china and linens, and our young ladies and gentlemen enjoy sweet tea, cookies and tea sandwiches made for little fingers while our grown-up guests are served an assortment of fine teas, sweets and savories. 

    Make reservations early, she will need to get back to help the old guy! Come in your most festive attire and bring your lists, too! Adults $35, Youth (ages 4-18) $20, Members $30. Reservations required with advance purchase or call 574-264-0330. Ages 4 and up.   

    Note: If event is sold out, a waitlist will be activated, but you will not be called for available seats unless someone else cancels their registration.

    Please do not register more than 8 people per group. 


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Elkhart, IN 46514

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