HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Cooperstown Yard Sale Day
YARD SALE DAY – All Day. The residents and businesses of Cooperstown will be out on the lawns with de-cluttered items for sale. Check the map for registered sales or drive around town looking for the next great find. Village of Cooperstown. Visit www.facebook.com/cooperstownchamber to check the map.
RACE THE LAKE – 8 a.m. Join the Clark Sports Center for Marathon, half-marathon, and more around Otsego Lake. Packet pickup begins at 6:30 a.m. Registration required. Cost, $65/marathon runner. The Marathon and 5K will begin at Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown. The Half Marathon will begin near the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800 or visit www.clarksportscenter.com/events/2022-race-the-lake-marathon-half-marathon/
PLANT SALE – 9:30 a.m. Visit annual sale to find vegetables, perennials, and annuals grown by local garden club members. Also for sale are gently used garden tools. Presented by the Oneonta Garden Club at Huntington Park, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/Oneonta-Federated-Garden-Club-133855897358767/
YOUNG AT ART – 10 a.m. – Noon. Celebrate gallery opening of Regional Youth Art Contest showcasing the work of emerging young artists whose work will make an impact on the art world. Reception is free, open to the public. Community Gallery, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
BOOK & PLANT SALE – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Find books, plants, movies and more for sale from the Unitarian Universalist Soceity of Oneonta at Chapin Memorial Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-3491 or visit uuso.org
GARDEN WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. Get your hands dirty in container garden workshop where you will create a beautiful garden with your choice of container and a variety of plants. The result will be yours to take home. Free. Dress appropriately, bring garden gloves & spade if available. Registration required. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library in Huntington park, Oneonta. Visit www.eventbrite.com/o/huntington-memorial-library-12633934784
METAL DETECTING – 11 a.m. Children aged 7 – 12 are invited to learn about metal detecting with the Delaware County Diggers. The diggers will talk with the children and their families about metal detecting, how they do it, & what they have found. Followed by a scavenger hunt for pre-hidden coins. Cost, by donation. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. 607-431-8543 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaWorldofLearning/
OPERA – 12:55 p.m. View live performance of the Metropolitan Opera, streaming live in Oneonta. This week is the performance of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. Cost, $20/adult. Lunch available for purchase separately from Soda Jerks. Showing at the Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org
DRAWING WORKSHOP – 2 – 4 p.m. Students are invited to participate in breakout figure drawing workshops with regional artists. Free, registration required. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
ART RECEPTION – 5 – 8 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the CANO Mansion show featuring works by 20+ local artists and live music by local rock band, Jump the Shark. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070 or visit www.canoneonta.org
HOME GAME – 7 p.m. Local baseball team Oneonta Outlaws Vs. The Watertown Rapids. Damaschke Field, Oneonta. 607-432-6326.
