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• Fall Concert Series - Sponsors and Season Tickets

  • Start
    01 Aug 2024
  • End
    29 Nov 2024
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room

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  The 2024 Ruthmere Fall Concert Season
  

  October 17 - Winner of the 2024 Beardsley Piano Prize Competition
  October 24 - Clare Longendyke

  November 14 - Franklin Larey

  November 29 - Nicholas Roth

  Sponsorship Levels

  2024 Presenting Sponsor $6,000

  2024 Individual Concert Sponsor $1,000

  2024 Annual Sponsor $900

  Fall Season Sponsor $500

  Fall Season Pass- Members Only $80
  (Season Pass does not include Artist's Preview reception)

  
  

  NOTE: Sponsors receive both reserved seating and admission to the pre-concert Artist's Preview Reception for their attended concert.  This reception is held in the Robert Beardsley Arts Reference Library at 6pm and feature champagne toast  and an opportunity to meet the artist.

  Season Pass holders receive reserved seating.

  Season Pass holders and all Sponsors are offered free attendance at the Beardsley Prize Competition.  Seating first come, first served all afternoon. 
  

  For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and open seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis behind reserved seats.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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• Murder Mystery Dinner

  • When
    12 Oct 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere
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  There has been a murder at Ruthmere... or at least, there will be.

  Join us for a night of sleuthing at our Murder Mystery Dinner on October 12th, in partnership with  the Dinner Detective of South Bend! The Dinner Detective is a comedic, theatrical murder mystery troupe with over 90 locations across the country. This interactive experience will include all attendees as you work to solve the “whodunit” of the evening, and those who successfully crack the case will receive special prizes. Our theme will be“A Ritzy 1940s Piano Bar” and attendees are strongly encouraged to dress up to match the mood. This three-hour event will include food, drink, music, great company, and an entertaining show for all.

  From The Dinner Detective: "Anyone in the room can end up being a part of the show, and the action happens throughout the entire room. Throughout the night, a crime will occur, hidden clues will be revealed, and our Detectives will help everyone try to crack the case. In the end, we have a Prize Package awaiting the Top Sleuth who provides the best answer before the killer is unmasked! PLEASE NOTE: Prop guns, loud simulated gunshots, and/or short lighting blackouts MAY be used as part of the performance!"
  

  This is a 21 years and older event. Admission is $75 per person, which includes your food and drink. Please try to register your group together, or let us know with whom you would like to be seated.
  

  This event is generously sponsored by the

  Coppins Investigative & Security Group!

  
  

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• Tuesday's Teas @ 2

  • When
    15 Oct 2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere
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  Let your day slow down every Tuesday afternoon during September and October in Ruthmere's garden (unless inclement weather, it will be moved into the Game Room). Bring your own favorite tea cup, or borrow one of ours. Meet your friends, make new friends, or enjoy a quiet seat alone to read a book. Light tea foods will be served. Cost is $15 per person with very limited seating. 

  [Note that if the tea is moved indoors, the Ruthmere Game Room is NOT ADA Accessible. We apologize for any inconvenience.]

  Registration and pre-payment REQUIRED and registration is only accepted up through the Saturday before each tea. Please limit groups to 8 or fewer people.
  

  

  
  

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• Heart City Heritage -Great Landmarks of Indiana

  • When
    16 Oct 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Havilah Beardsley House
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  Debra Parcell, Community Preservation Specialist at the Northern Regional Office of Indiana Landmarks, will be presenting a program about "Great Landmarks in Indiana", on Wednesday, October 16 at 6pm at the Havilah Beardsley House. She will be focusing on a number of properties from Indiana Landmarks 10 Most Endangered List -current and past. 

  Admission is $5 for Ruthmere and Indiana Landmarks members and $10 for non-members.  

  
  

  
  

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• Fall Concert Series- Robert Beardsley Piano Prize Winner

  • When
    17 Oct 2024
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room
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  The first concert of the Fall Concert Series will feature the winner of the Seventh Annual Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize, Nayeon Kim!

  Nayeon Kim began her master’s program in piano performance at Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music) last fall semester, under the guidance of Professor Arnaldo Cohen. During her undergraduate studies at Seoul National University with Professor Aviram Reichert, she graduated with honors and explored musicology, enriching her performance skills and broadening her musical horizons. Last October, she made her international debut performing with the chamber orchestra led by Professor Kerr as the winner of the Mozart Piano Concerto Competition at IU.

  
  

  This concert is sponsored by Wade Mayberry and Janet Evanega Rieckhoff & Jim Rieckhoff.

  Ticket pricing for the 2024 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.  

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• Tuesday's Teas @ 2

  • When
    22 Oct 2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere
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  Let your day slow down every Tuesday afternoon during September and October in Ruthmere's garden (unless inclement weather, it will be moved into the Game Room). Bring your own favorite tea cup, or borrow one of ours. Meet your friends, make new friends, or enjoy a quiet seat alone to read a book. Light tea foods will be served. Cost is $15 per person with very limited seating. 

  [Note that if the tea is moved indoors, the Ruthmere Game Room is NOT ADA Accessible. We apologize for any inconvenience.]

  Registration and pre-payment REQUIRED and registration is only accepted up through the Saturday before each tea. Please limit groups to 8 or fewer people.
  

  

  
  

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• Spooky Fall Mini Garden Workshop

  • When
    22 Oct 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Havilah Beardsley House
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  Spooky season has finally arrived! What better way to celebrate than with a creepy craft activity? 

  Ruthmere is hosting one last Mini Garden Workshop in 2024 to celebrate Halloween, and all guys, girls, and ghouls are welcome to participate. Bree, our campus gardener, will help you to create your own ghostly garden with miniature decorations and an assortment of plants from Ruthmere's greenhouse (the regular kind; no man-eating plants here!) 

  Bring your friends and your creativity to the Havilah Beardsley House for an evening of fun on Tuesday, October 22nd at 6 pm. Admission is $25 per person, which pays for all of your spooky mini garden supplies. Space is limited to only 20 people, so don't wait to sign up!

   

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• Fall Concert Series- Clare Longendyke

  • When
    24 Oct 2024
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room
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  Pianist, Clare Longendyke, will be performing on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 7pm in Ruthmere's Game Room.

  A pianist with “an artistic ferocity that captivated and astonished listeners” (Waverly Newspapers), Clare Longendyke is a soloist, chamber musician, and musical innovator who performs with American orchestras and on recital series around the world. Recent highlights include performances of concertos by Mozart, Falla, Rachmaninoff, Florence Price, and Joan Tower with orchestras in Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, and Virginia, and the release of her debut solo CD in 2024, …of dreams unveiled featuring works of Debussy, Amy Williams, and Anthony R. Green.
  

  Ticket pricing for the 2024 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.

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• Gallery Talk- Overbeck Pottery

  • When
    05 Nov 2024
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room
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  Randy Roberts, Assistant Curator at the Midwest Museum of American Art, will present a Gallery Talk on the Overbeck Pottery, on Tuesday, November 5th at 11 am at Ruthmere.  

  
  

  Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

  This talk is sponsored by Brenda & Michael Tudor. Thank you!

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• Fall Concert Series- Franklin Larey

  • When
    14 Nov 2024
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room
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  Franklin Larey will be performing on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 7pm in Ruthmere's Game Room.

  Hailed as a leading South African pianist of his generation, Dr. Franklin Larey is acclaimed for his performances of works by Brahms, Mozart, Scriabin and Ravel. As a scholar, Larey’s main research is in the area of Brahms studies, and specifically in the theoretical principles of developing variation and motivic unity which underpin Brahms’s compositional style.

  Ticket pricing for the 2024 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.

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• Fall Concert Series- Nicholas Roth

  • When
    29 Nov 2024
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room
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  Nicholas Roth will be performing on Friday, November 29th at 7pm in Ruthmere's Game Room.

  Nicholas Roth began formal studies at age twelve, receiving critical acclaim for his appearances by the age of eighteen. He appeared as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony and the Indianapolis Symphony under Raymond Leppard, among many others. Roth is a featured performer and teacher throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He is a Yamaha Artist, a Beethoven Fellow of the American Pianists Association, earned prizes in the chamber music competitions of Tortona and Pietra Ligure, Italy, and received a DAAD grant to further his studies in Germany.  

  Ticket pricing for the 2024 Fall Concert Series is as follows: Single concert non-members $50 per seat. Single concert Ruthmere Members $20 per seat. Fall Season Pass for all four concerts with reserved seating is $80 per seat (available ONLY to Ruthmere Members). Note: Non-member Fall Concert ticket price includes a 10-day trial membership. Ruthmere Fall Concerts are considered private party events. For more information, or to make reservations call Ruthmere at 574-264-0330 ext. 107. All concerts begin at 7pm and seating is limited on a first come, first seated basis.  Doors open at 6:30pm.
  

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• Gallery Talk- Toys in the Attic

  • When
    04 Dec 2024
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Ruthmere Game Room
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  Cathy Ellsworth, Ruthmere Docent, will present a Gallery Talk on Toys in the Attic, on Wednesday, December 4th at 11 am at Ruthmere. She will discuss antique and vintage toys and the difference between them, as well as the toys children played with in the last 100 years. 

  
  

  Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

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