Area Happenings: Music, dancing, breakfasts and open houses coming up
Voices From The Past Series, 2 p.m. Sunday, Wayne County Historical Society in the Schoolhouse. Bob Milne, ragtime/boogie-woogie pianist. Tickets are $15 and can be purchase at the Historical Society 1-5 p.m. through Friday or 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Friday at Murr Printing. For more information, call 330-264-8856.$15.
Contra Dance, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, Valley College Grange, 2411 Shreve Road, Wooster. Instruction included. No partner necessary. Recommended for all ages. Calling by Susan English. Suggested donations are $7 adults, $5 students. Carry clean shoes and personal water bottle. More information and videos at https://www.woosterdance.com.
Pancake Breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, Sunday, May 5, Homerville Community Center, 8964 Spencer Road, Homerville. Cost is by donation. Pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee will be served. The drawing of the winner for the beef bundle raffle will take place. The beef bundle is a value of $289. Tickets for the drawing cost $10 each and will be on sale before the drawing.
Dalton Community Historical Society Open House, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 115 E. Main St, Dalton. The historical society is reopening to the public. View the refreshed exhibits in the museum and firehouse. Admission is free.
Plant Discovery Day Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, May 11, Secrest Welcome Center, 2122 Williams Road, Wooster. See friendsofsecrest.com/plant-sale for a list of many of the plants at the event.
County Line Historical Museum open house, noon-3 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 281 N. Market St., Shreve. Parking at Shreve Auto Repair, Farmers National bank and downtown lots. Handicap parking at rear of museum, entering alley off East Robinson Street. Adults $2 and children 12 and younger, free. For group appointments and more information call Nancy Raymond 330-496-4024. Open houses are the second Saturday of each month.
Musclepalooza, Saturday, May 11, Dragway 42, West Salem. Collector car enthusiasts, muscle car fans, drag racers and families looking for an exciting day at the track. Experience top-speed drag racing with $15,000 in payouts, professionally judged car shows with awards and more. Tickets and participant registrationare open now and available atwww.hemmings.com/event/musclepalooza.
Wayne County Field Day Cops and Kids, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, Norwayne High School. Free and open to public.
"Murder at Gatsby’s Gala," 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, Mariola Italian. Ticket are $50 each. Join the Wayne County Performing Arts Council at its interactive murder mystery. The first event of its kind to be held at Mariola Italian. For more information contact Jennifer Darling-Mellott at lady_mellott@yahoo.com or follow WaCPAC on Facebook.
30th Annual FotoFest, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at The Wilderness Center in Wilmot. The cost is $7 per photo entry and $5 per entry in the Youth division. An entry form with all of the details is available The Wilderness Center Nature Photo Club website, www.twcnpc.com; select the FotoFest Info tab. The form also contains drop-off information.
12th Annual Ohio Vintage Truck Reunion, June 21-22, Ashland, Ashland County Fairgrounds, 2042 Claremont Ave., Ashland. Hosted by the Ohio Chapters of the American Truck Historical Society. Show hours are 1-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Hundreds of vintage trucks, trucking memorabilia display, swap meet, camping with RV hookups, truck crawl, Jake-off, light show, truck model contest, truck swap meet, country convoy and more. Vitis https://www.facebook.com/OhioVintageTruckReunion for more information.
E&H Ace Hardware’s Backyard & BBQ Fest, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, June 22 in Downtown Wooster.
Flxible & Converted Bus Centennial Summit 2024, Aug. 21-25, Mohican Adventures campground in Loudonville. For information for the 2024 Flxible Bus Summit visit the Flxible Owners International Facebook page.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Area Happenings: Plant Discovery Day is only two weeks away in Wooster
