HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Percussive Dance Of North America
LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Join Mick Moloney for 2018 Buckley Lecture. Learn about Percussive Dance Traditions in North America ranging from Appalachian, African American flat foot, clogging to Irish sean nos, step dance. Donations welcome. 607-547-2586.
HISTORY SERIES – 7 p.m. “Scots-Irish Immigration and Defense of the Colonial New York Frontier including the Cherry Valley Massacre, 1740 to 1778” by Terry McMaster, independent historian whose research focuses on American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley, settlement patterns, family connections, border warfare along New York’s western frontier. Suggested donation, $5. Fort Plain Museum, 389 Canal St., Fort Plain. 518-993-2527 or visit www.fortplainmuseum.com/viewevent.aspx?ID=1032
OPEN HOUSE – 3 – 5 p.m. Celebrate new location of Delaware Engineering, D.P.C. Refreshments will be served. Delaware Engineering, D.P.C., 55 S. Main St., Oneonta. RSVP to Cheryl 607-432-8073 or visit delawareengineering.com
CRAFT & CHAT – 3:30 p.m. Bring your current knitting or crochet project and chat with the group. Ages 10+. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
RUSSIAN HISTORY – 5 – 7 p.m. Self guided tour of exhibit “Last Days of the Last Tsar” followed by Lecture “Last Tsar’s Photographs” at 6 p.m. Discover fascinating story of long-lost album containing remarkable photographs of Russia’s last imperial family. Followed by Q&A session. Free. Russian History Museum, 1407 Robinson Road, Jordanville. 315-858-2468 or visit www.russianhistoryfoundation.org/event/the-lintern-archive/
FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 6 – 8 p.m. Cocktail Party & lecture “Puzzles of the Brain: An Artist’s Journey through Amnesia” with Alene Johnson, sister of the artist Lonnie Sue Johnson. Cost, $50/non-member. Study Center, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/class/puzzles?wcs_timestamp=1541095200
YARN CLUB – 6 – 7:30 p.m. Knitter, Crocheter’s of all skill levels meet to work on projects. Accompanied youths welcome. The Study, Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/
FOMA MEETING – 7 – 8 p.m. Faculty Room, Cooperstown High School. 607-547-8181 or visit www.cooperstowncs.org
