HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 27
Hot Dogs & Hot Air Balloons
FUN DAY – Noon. Enjoy Hot Dogs, hamburgers, refreshments. Then ride the Hot Air Balloons starting at 6:30 for $10/person. Laurens Fire Department, 34 Main St., Laurens. 607-433-2906 or visit www.facebook.com/Laurens-Fire-Department-1487028371605581/
HUNTER SAFETY – 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Learn how to hunt safely. Must be age 11+. Oneonta Sportsmen’s Club, 251 Rod & Gun Club Rd., Oneonta. 607-433-0515 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaSportsmensClub/
DEMONSTRATION – 10 a.m. Enjoy hot dogs, see Sheriff K-9 unit demonstrations, car seat inspections available, meet adoptable pets from the Susquehanna SPCA. Brandow’s Feed & Seed, 4119 St. Hwy. 7, Oneonta. 607-547-8111 or visit www.facebook.com/SQSPCA/
SUNDAY SERIES – 1 – 3 p.m. Joseph Novitski presents “Lives & Resources of Early Settlers.” Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. 607-287-7011 or visit swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com/summer-sunday-series/
ART SHOW/AUCTION – 1 p.m. Central Mohawk Valley Lions club hosts small works art show featuring small canvases decorated by artists, colleagues, community members. Proceeds benefit CMV Lions Club. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 ext. 113 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP – 1 – 5 p.m. Free acting workshop for children aged 6-12 and 12+. Workshops themed around current production of ‘Taming of the Shrew.’ Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
WORKSHOP – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Adults are invited to learn new skills to create a weather lamp. Learn about Raspberry Pi, soldering, more. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/
WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Practice writing with published author Jen Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/hml-writers-group/
OPEN STUDIO – 5 – 8 p.m. View works by resident artist Richard Whitten at Gilbertsville Expressive Movement Gallery and Sculpture Park, Commons Drive (off Bloom St), Gilbertsville. 607-783-289 or visit www.g-e-m.org
FILM – 6:30 p.m. Visit Herb Ritts exhibit then enjoy film, start at 7, connected to exhibit with introduction. This week “I’m Not There” featuring several actors portraying singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (2007, R) Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Stuff of Dreams productions presents Ken Ludwig’s hilarious farce ‘Lend Me a Tenor.’ Cost, $17/adult. Production Center of Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-5407 or visit foothillspac.org
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Set in 1839, “Possessing Harriet” portrays the enslaved Harriett Powell escaping from a hotel, finding refuge with an abolitionist and his young cousin Elizabeth Cady. Free admission, suggested donation $20/person. Reservation strongly recommended. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-3700 or visit franklinstagecompany.org/shows-events/this-season/
COMMUNITY MOVIE – 9 p.m. Bring the kids for fun night out on the fields to watch “The Missing Link” (2019). Blankets, snacks, more welcome. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800 or visit www.facebook.com/clarksportscenter