ADA — The Ohio Northern University Percussion Ensemble will present its spring concert at 8 p.m. on April 19 in the Snyder Recital Hall inside Presser Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

ADA — Ohio Northern University will host a steel-band festival beginning at 4 p.m. on April 22 in the north gym of King Horn Center on campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

A country music singer who was an American Idol finalist will be the Saturday night entertainment at the 2017 Hardin County Fair. Lauren Alaina will perform in the fair grandstand on Sept. 9.

ADA — The public is invited to a season finale performance of four Ada Winterguard teams on Monday, April 10 at 8:30 p.m. in the new school gym. Color guard includes spinning and tossing flags, rifles or sabers, as well as elements of dance and gymnastics performed on a tarp to music within an allotted time.

The cast of Upper Scioto Valley High School’s “And A Child Shall Lead” sit on one of the bunk beds depicting a cell inside Terezin concentration camp during World War II.

Mable and Frederic (played by Katelynn Patterson and Benjamin Frankart) watch as a group of ladies are captured by the Pirates of Penzance during a rehearsal of the Gilbert and Sullivan production at the Freed Center of Ohio Northern University.

Charity Valentine (played by MacKenzie McManus) sings the praises of her boyfriend, Charlie (played by Josh Cox) during one of the opening scenes of the Benjamin Logan High School musical “Sweet Charity.” The musical follows the misadventures of Charity as she searches for love.

ADA — The Parker and Parker Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 in the Presser Hall Snyder Recital Hall at Ohio Northern University. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of the ONU Music Department’s Jazz Concert Series.

LIMA — The Ohio State Lima Department of Theatre’s production of “She Kills Monsters” has a lot going for it – gelatinous killer cubes, goblins and angry fairies. Showtimes for the production are 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1; 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 8 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017, in the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts in Reed Hall.

ADA — A saxophone recital will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 in Presser Hall at Ohio Northern University. The concert is free and open to the public. Saxophonist Andrew Rathbun and pianist Jeremy Siskind will collaborate to reimagine Debussy’s Preludes. Siskind and Rathbun debuted this program by commission at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival in 2016 and …