DOLA — The theatrical performances of Hardin County area students were recognized Tuesday night at the Take-A-Bow Awards Ceremony at Hardin Northern High School. The eighth annual event was sponsored by the community theater group, the Hardin County Players. Committee members from the Players attended all the high school productions during the 2016-2017 school year.

MARION — Country music fans can expect a high-energy concert when Phil Vassar takes the historic Marion Palace Theatre stage on Friday, May 12 at 8 p.m. Best known for his heartfelt songwriting style and phenomenal piano playing, Vassar has a collection of awards under his belt including Top 5 hits “Carlene,” “American Child” and “Another Day in Paradise.”

The Hardin County Players will present its eighth annual TAB Awards on Tuesday, May 9 at the Hardin Northern High School gymnasium. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m.. "TAB" is an acronym for "Take A Bow,” and honors the theatrical productions given over the past school year by the six Hardin County schools: Ada, Hardin Northern, Kenton, Ridgemont, Riverdale and the Upper Scioto Valley Drama Club.

ADA – Romanian violinists Anamaria Joldea and Estera Racz will perform in recital at 8 p.m. on May 3 in Presser Hall at Ohio Northern University. They will play a repertoire by Mendelssohn, Lalo, Bartók and Beethoven. The concert is free and open to the public.

FOSTORIA — The Fostoria Lake Plains Chorus will present its 55th annual barbershop show Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fostoria High School Performing Arts Center, 1001 Park Ave., Fostoria.

LIMA — Classic-rock favorite, America is coming to Crouse Performance Hall at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present the Ohio Northern Symphony: “Heroes: Beethoven’s Eroica” at 7:30 p.m. on May 6 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

ADA -- Ohio Northern University will host an interactive family music concert in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at 3 p.m. on May 6. The event will be preceded by an “instrument petting zoo” at 2:30 p.m. in the Freed Center lobby.

ADA – The Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. This is the opening concert of the annual ONU Spring Band Festival, now in its 42nd year.

Riders enjoy the new Mystic Timbers roller coaster at Kings Island Amusement Park during a media preview day on April 13. Built by Pennsylvania-based Great Coasters International and themed to an abandoned lumber company, the story-driven 109-foot-tall wooden roller coaster will traverse 16 airtime hills through wooded terrain and over water along a 3,265-foot-long track at speeds up to 53 mph.