ADA — The 38th annual Ada Music Feast Show Choir Invitational Competition will be Saturday, Nov. 7 at Ada High School. This year's program will feature talented young men and women from 14 visiting show choirs from Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents an instrumental ensembles concert in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Monday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents the fourth annual All-Ohio Choral Day Concert on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be the culmination of a full day of music making by some of Ohio's top high school vocalists, under the direction of Dr. Ben Ayling, ONU choral director and associate professor of music, and guest conductor, Dr. Jim Henry.

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.

Members of the Torre Fuerte (Strong Tower) worship team from Columbus will perform in both English and Spanish at the annual Night of Worship, set for 6 p.m. Saturday on the north side of the Hardin County Courthouse.