ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” from Oct. 22-25 at 7:30 p.m. There also will be matinee performances on Oct. 24 and 25 at 2 p.m.

BLUFFTON —Tickets are available for Bluffton University’s production of “Smash,” a British comedy of manners by Jeffrey Hatcher. Dr. Melissa Friesen, a professor and chair of communication and theatre at Bluffton, will direct the show, being staged at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29-31 and at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in Ramseyer Auditorium in College Hall.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents the ONU Symphony’s season-opening concert, “Destiny and Dvorˇák,” in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m.

MARION — The Marion Palace Theatre presents Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play, “Our Town,” for three performances in the Palace Theatre May Pavilion. Show dates are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.

ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening of music from Great Britain featuring the Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Northern Winds, under the direction of Thomas A. Hunt, will perform a concert of British music for winds and percussion, including Gustav Holst’s “First Suite,” Adam Gorb’s Yiddish Dances, Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances, and four Percy Grainger favorites.

MARION — Tickets are selling quickly for Travis Tritt in concert at the historic Marion Palace Theatre on Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. At press time, approximately 250 of the 1,445 seats remain available for purchase.

A Kenton woman was placed on community control for five years after she was found guilty of possession of heroin and child endangerment in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Lindsey E. Holland, 16039 CR 115, Kenton, entered guilty pleas to the two charges.

Anna May Toombs, Zanesfield, reported someone stole her PlayStation 3 from 723 W. Lima St. Lot 63 some time between Tuesday, Oct. 13 after 3 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 14 at noon. She stated her mother and brother were home, and no one saw anybody leave with the game.

The real world is closer than ever for Kenton Middle School students. Instructor Jared Manns said the 7th and 8th graders are being exposed to engineering concepts used by working engineers.

Ron Snyder has been named chief operating officer (COO) of Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton, according to a release from OhioHealth. In April, Snyder, chief financial officer at the time, was named interim president of Hardin Memorial after serving 34 years at the hospital.