HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 27
Art & Poetry Opening Gala
ART & POETRY – 6 p.m. Contest to explore the beauty of living life free from the negative impacts of addiction. Opening Gala in the CANO Gallery, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0090 Ext 106 or visit www.facebook.com/LEAFArtContest/
SPRING SUMMIT – 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. Event for Youth Food Movement featuring film, school garden discussion, Disco soup, live music, seed starting, internship/job info, Community Building. Cooperstown Farmers Market, 101 Main St., Pioneer alley, Cooperstown. Call 607-437-2862 or visit www.celebrateorigins.com/yfm
FOREST WALK – 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Celebrate Arbor day and learn about the Urban forest in Oneonta. Followed by a tree planting, demonstration of inoculation against emerald ash borer. Starts at Swart-Wilcox Historic Park, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-282-4087 or visit occainfo.org/calendar/urban-forestry-walk/
BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 6 p.m. Give Blood, Save Lives. Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org/give/drive/driveSearchList.jsp?zipSponsor=13820#
EXPLORE ART– 3:15 – 5 p.m. Kids learn to make wallets, flowers, bracelets, anything else they want with colored duct tape. Cost, $20/non-member. Cooperstown Art Association. Call 607-547-9777 or visit www.cooperstownart.com
MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers of all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided for many differnt hands on activities to inspire creative thinking and problem-solving. Everything from Crochet to coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
ROAST PORK DINNER – 4:30 -7 p.m. Eat in or take out. Enjoy roast pork, potato casserole, buttered carrots, spinach salad, coleslaw, applesauce, rolls, apple pie, and pumpkin upside down cake. Adults $10, children $5. Handicapped accessible. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9540.
MEATLOAF DINNER – 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy Meatloaf and scalloped potato dinner wit veggies desert and a drink. Includes 50/50 raffle, lotto drawing. Cost, $9. Oneonta Moose Lodge, 119 W. Broadway St., Oneonta. Call Heidi at 607-441-4007.
WORKSHOP – 6 – 8 p.m. Create a Spring or Mothers Day wreath with handcrafted felt flowers. Cost, $10/wreath. Oneonta World of Learning, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-431-8543 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaWorldofLearning/
OPEN MIC – 6 – 8 p.m. Writer, poets song writers are welcome to share their work and get inspired. The Meeting Place, 187 Main St., Suite A, Unadilla. Call 607-765-7386 or visit www.facebook.com/themeetingplace.unadilla.ny/
FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Annihilation.” Tickets, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/1760844
FAMILY FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45 – 8:30 p.m. Play Volleyball in the Pool. Guests must be accompanied by a member. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-0010 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaFamilyYMCA/
THEATER – 8 p.m. Enjoy “The Magic Play” featuring magician/actor Brett Schneider incorporating magic into the play. The audience will have the opportunity to participate. Tickets, starting $20. Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. Call 315-443-2636 or visit www.syracusestage.org
THEATER – 8 p.m. Presenting a performance of “Of Mice and Men.” Tickets, $17/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org
DRAG SHOW – 9 -11 p.m. A Trip Down Memory Lane show for all ages. Entrance fee, $5. Benefit for Oneonta Pridefest 2018. My Father’s Place, 5690 St. Hwy. 7, Oneonta. Call 607-386-1508 or visit www.facebook.com/otsegopride/
