HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Red Dragon Reading Series Opens READING SERIES – 7:30 – 9 p.m. Join the Red Dragons for reading by Bradley J. Fest and Julie Suarez Hayes. CME Great Room, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/2720355 AUTHOR PRESENTATION – 7 – 8 p.m. Noted author David Pietrusza discusses latest book “TR’s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy.” Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344 or visit www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Magician To Obama Performs MAGIC SHOW – 9 – 10 p.m. Performance “RanD’ Shine: The New Face of Magic!” who performed at Innauguration of President Barack Obama and internationally. Cost, $3. Waterfront Room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/2623949 CONSTITUTION DAY FILM – 11 a.m. & Noon. Screening “Our Constitution: Conversation.” In which “Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Stephen G. Breyer answer questions from students about why we need a written Constitution and what it…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Harvest Fest, Day Two! HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Event features music, performances, activities, workshops, meet the animals, learn about old-time trades, participate in the harvest. Entry, $12/adult. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/Harvest-Festival HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Celebrate the season with vendors, live music, demos, meet & greet with artisans, a tour of Beekman farm, a beer garden, food trucks, more at family friendly events. Sharon Springs. 888-801-1802 or visit beekman1802.com/events/harvest-festival/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Celebrate The Harvest Season HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 2 days of music, performances, activities, workshops, meet the animals, learn about old-time trades, participate in the harvest. Entry, $12/adult. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/Harvest-Festival BENEFIT JAM SESSION – 3 – 10 p.m. “Play it Forward” all day jam session with musicians from Florida, Long Island, Brooklyn mix with local musicians. All instruments, genres, vocalists invited. Enjoy raffles, BBQ, music. All…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Tales From The Empire Hotel THEATER – 7 – 8:30 p.m. Performance by Tom Morgan “Tales from the Empire” telling the story of the Morgan family, former owners of The Empire Hotel in Gilbertsville. Adapted from autobiographical stories in newspaper columns, radio show “Moneytalk.” Cost, $15/adult. Auditorium, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/calendar-a TEDX ONEONTA – 6 – 9 p.m. Locally organized evening of lectures on topics from exercise, genocide, happiness, child rearing in…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Celebrate Songs Of The Erie Canal CELEBRATION – 7 p.m. 200 year celebration of the Erie canal featuring Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle, Singer/Songwriters performing 8 historic songs from construction of Erie Canal. Refreshments available, donations appreciated. Fly Creek Area Historical Society, Grange Hall, 210 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek. EXHIBIT RECEPTION – 4 – 6 p.m. Student exhibit featuring works by recipients of Jean Parish Memorial Scholarship. Project Space Gallery, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Sing Along With Jack The Banjo Man COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 2 p.m. The Gathering Place presents “Jack The Banjo Man” performing toe tapping tunes that will get you singing along. Free, open to public, reservations required. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-0600 ext. 101 or visit www.facebook.com/Woodside.Hall/ POETRY SLAM – 8 – 10:30 p.m. Open mic open to 10 students followed by featured slam poet Devin Devine, host of Spokane Poetry Slam. Free, open to…
Column by Adrian Kuzminski, September 7, 2018 THE GOAL: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL FREEDOM Populism As American As Apple Pie Ever since the last presidential election the words “populist” and “populism” have been widely bandied about, mostly as pejorative terms. A populist politician, we often hear, is a demagogue who wins votes by inflaming the resentments and emotions of ordinary people at the expense of rational thought. Those who fall prey to populism are no more to be trusted, critics suggest, than…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 September 11 Memorial MEMORIAL – 9 a.m. Ceremony remembering 7 SUNY Oneonta Alumni who lost their lives in the attacks on 9/11. Memorial, Quad, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/2589433 BOOK SIGNING – 5 – 7 p.m. Reading of “Riko: Seduction of an Artist” a biography of a Czech artist from the ‘30s thru the ‘80s. Written by Denise B. Dailey. Signing to follow. The Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta. 607-433-8898 or visit www.facebook.com/TheGreenToadBookstore/…
