Yellow No. 5
The Mental Mystics
CELEBRATE 250 years of Plein Air Painting in America AND 10 years painting outside at BFEC
06/16/2026
free
Make a different sketchbook each session. Learn to use watercolor and ink as we venture into nature at BFEC! Supplies provided but please bring a sack (lawn) chair.
Register: schutte1@kenyon.edu as class size is limited! Meet at the picnic shelter
Yoga in the Garden – Hatha with Mandy
06/17/2026
free
Ease into your evening with a slower, more grounded yoga practice. This class focuses on simple poses, longer holds, and time to settle into your body. Bring your kids, grandkids, friends, etc. Open to all ages. Bring your own mat or use ours. Free! Meet in the BFEC garden (behind the white house).
Learn to Grow Perennial Lavender
06/17/2026
Free
Learn to Grow Perennial Lavender
This class will walk you through the four key pillars of successful lavender cultivation: choosing the right variety, setting up the perfect soil, master-level watering, and essential pruning techniques.
Join the Ohio State Extension Master Gardeners on Wednesday, June 17th at 6:00 p.m. In the Ramser 4-H Activity Center . For more information call the office at 740-397-0401 or email Sabrina at schirtzinger.55@osu.edu
Knox County Conversations – June Roundtable
06/18/2026
Free
Are you interested in reminiscing about the past?
Do you remember the “old days” in Mount Vernon and Knox County? (Even if those “old days” do not seem all that long ago)?
Do you like talking about—or listening to others talk about—local history?
Do you just enjoy lunch and pleasant conversations?
If any of that interests you,
please join us for a Knox County Conversations event at the
Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County.
This month, we invite participants to enjoy a light lunch as they share memories of parks, recreation, summertime, and the outdoors in Mount Vernon and Knox County…or whatever else comes up.
Overview of Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease
06/18/2026
Free
Join us for a Doc Talk with Dr. Vincent, where he will discuss common warning signs, diagnosis, treatment approaches, and prevention strategies. Learn how early detection and proper care can improve quality of life and overall vascular health.
KCHP High Point Show
06/20/2026
Free to Watch
Show kicks off at 9:30 AM as we celebrate 25 years of the Horse Park! Enjoy halter, showmanship, pleasure, horsemanship, and cowboy trail classes and then at 1pm we will be going to speed classes of barrels, poles, flags, stake race and keyhole.
Non-Fiction Book Discussion – Lost City of Z by David Grann
06/22/2026
Free
For centuries Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Hundreds had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to
humankind.
In 1925, Percy Fawcett launched an expedition, determined to prove that this ancient civilization—
which he dubbed “Z”—existed. Then he and his entire expedition vanished.
Eighty years later, after stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to learn what happened.
Read the book and come discuss what he found.
Documentary Night – Cave of Forgotten Dreams
06/24/2026
Free
In 2010, Werner Herzog was given permission to enter France’s Chauvet Cave to film some of the oldest surviving paintings in the world.
Some were more than 32,000 years old.
Human stories do not get much older than that.
Come watch the film with us and learn what he saw there.
Yoga in the Garden – Hatha with Mandy
06/24/2026
free
Ease into your evening with a slower, more grounded yoga practice. This class focuses on simple poses, longer holds, and time to settle into your body. Bring your kids, grandkids, friends, etc. Open to all ages. Bring your own mat or use ours. Free! Meet in the BFEC garden (behind the white house).