WARSAW — Taste of  Kosciusko will take place Friday, Sept. 20. 

This event will be in conjunction with the Sons and Daughters Festival starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Village at Winona. 

If you taste something you like, you’ll have the chance to purchase a full meal. The Taste of Kosciusko is free to attend, but food tickets are $1 each. 

Participating food vendors include Maple Leaf Farms, Cerulean Restaurant, ONE TEN Craft Meatery, Light Rail Cafe & Roaster and Fire Kissed Pizza. 

The event is sponsored by Maple Leaf Farms.

In addition, the gallery at Rua, in cooperation with Raise the Dough, Inc., will be having their first Charity Art Exhibit and Auction to help raise funding for adoptive parents. This exciting event, entitled Raise the Brush, will open in the Brennan Room at the popular downtown eatery Rua on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, and is an off-shoot of Raise the Dough’s Sons and Daughter’s Festival in Winona Lake that same night. 

The artwork in the exhibit, donated by artists from around the country, will be auctioned off at a public Charity Art Auction Thursday, Nov. 7, at Rua, with all proceeds going to Raise the Dough, Inc. to be used to aid the adoption process of families in the US.  In addition, a public artist reception will be held from 6-8 p.m.  Saturday, Sept. 21, where several of the artists will be available to meet and greet. 

Rua is located at 108 E. Market St., Warsaw, and serves a unique menu of internationally inspired street food. They offer casual dining and a full bar, a private event space in the Brennan Room and catering. 

Raise the Brush will run through Nov. 7, 2019.  Some of the artists will be present at the artist reception Sept. 21, which is open to the public. Appetizers will be provided, and a cash bar will be available.