Guitar, piano lessons available

It’s never too late to pick up a new hobby.

Registration is open for guitar and piano labs at Arts Place.

Both labs involve students participating in group lessons weekly for eight weeks.

Piano lab is open to students in second through fourth grade, and lessons are taught on electric keyboards. This session is intended for beginners. Piano lab is slated for 6:40 p.m. Thursday and continues each Thursday through March 13. Registration is $30.

Guitar lab is open to students 14 to 18 years old. The upcoming session is intended for beginners, and students will be loaned guitars. It begins at 7:05 p.m. March 3 and continues each Monday through April 21. Registration is $40.

To register, visit myartsplace.org or visit Jay County Campus of Arts Place in Portland. For more information or questions on how to be involved, please contact Arts Place by calling (260) 726-4809 or emailing [email protected].

Hosting ‘Comet’

Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its production of “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” this month.

Performances at Sursa Hall are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 14 and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 9.

The show is based on a section of the Leo Tolstoy novel “War and Peace.” It focuses on the romantic entanglements and personal struggles of its characters. 

Tickets are available at the College of Fine Arts box office in Sursa Hall, online at tix.com/ticket-sales/bsu/969 or by phone at (765) 285-8749.

Hosting free course

Bowen Health is hosting a free online course designed to help first responders and their families handle job-related trauma.

First Responder REBOOT will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays beginning Feb. 13. Paul Painter, a Bowen therapist, will facilitate the peer-led course. 

To register, visit rebootrecovery.com/RESPONDERS.