HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 15
Meet The Local Law Enforcement
POLICE DAY – 9 – 11 a.m. Grab a coffee and come meet the men & women of local law enforcement, get your kids fingerprinted, and enjoy a canine demonstration. Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.
DELIVERY – The Daily Bread Food Pantry is offering free home delivery to people in need. Sign up online or call. The Community Center, 2 Genesee St., Cherry Valley. 607-435-6064 or visit www.tinyurl.com/dailybreaddeliver
BIRD WALK – 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. Take an early morning walk with experienced birder. Bring binoculars and a field guide and see what you can spot in the variety habitats on this walk. Reservations required. Masks required. Presented by Delaware Otsego Audubon society co-president Becky Gretton with Otsego County Conservation Association. Walk at Mohican Farm, 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. 607-547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/calendar/early-birds-at-mohican-farm/
CLEAN SWEEP – 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Residents of Hartwick are invited to clean up hartwick for 2021 by dropping trash and recyclables (everything from mattresses, to ceramics, to electronics and green waste) at the Town Hall. No household garbage or hazardous waste. Also, find usable items at Clean Sweep Yard Sale. Town Hall, 103 Town Dr., Hartwick. 607-293-8123 or visit www.facebook.com/TownofHartwick/
SENIOR SEND-OFF – 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. City of Oneonta celebrate graduating seniors of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. Features all day deals, giveaways, & music. Main Street will be closed 5 – 10 p.m. for outdoor dining. Presented by Town-Gown Taskforce, Main Street, Oneonta.
APPRECIATE HARTWICK DAY – 9 a.m. Stop by to learn about and enjoy this local community. Includes book sale, free gifts for the kids, local history & photo display at Kinneys Memorial Library, garden center open house, food from the Tickled Pink Food Truck, much more. Town of Hartwick. 607-293-8123 or visit www.facebook.com/TownofHartwick/
BOOK SALE – 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 24th annual book sale to support Kinney Memorial Library. Find your next good read. Cost for hardcovers $1, pocket-paperbacks $0.25. Masks/social distancing required. Hartwick Community Center, 450 Co. Rd. 11, Hartwick. 607-293-6600 visit www.facebook.com/Kinney-Memorial-Library-826941007399746/
VIRTUAL TOUR – 10 a.m. Join live tour of exhibit ‘The World of Jan Brett’ which features over 70 original paintings from her books as well as a live reading. Free, suggested donation $10. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
CHICKEN DINNER – 11 a.m. Enjoy delicious chicken half for $8 or a full dinner with roll, coleslaw, dessert, & more for $10. Proceeds to support Otego Fire Department, 5 River St., Otego. Visit www.facebook.com/Otego-Volunteer-Fire-Dept-167672683967
WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 p.m. Join supportive group to share your writing, get constructive criticism & encouragement, participate in writing exercises. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library. 607-432-1980 or visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/
POLITICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY – 2 – 3 p.m. Join conversation ‘Smuggled Lenses: The Politics of Documentary Photography at Manzanar’ on photography of Ansel Adams, Dorthea Lange, whose photographs were done with consent of the US government and, Toyo Miyatake, a prisoner at Manzanar who was an award-winning photographer from Los Angeles. Cost, $10/non-member. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 – 3 p.m. Join live tour of exhibit ‘Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams’ which features photographs documenting the Japanese internment camp in California in 1943. Free, suggested donation $10. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
PUPPET THEATER – 3 p.m. Get out to enjoy an old-time melodrama performed with puppets ‘The Villain’s Moustache.’ Set in the heyday of hobos, railroads, heroines in distress, and moustache twirling villains. Audience participation, from booing the villain to giving advice to the heroes, is encouraged. Tickets required. Presented by the Catskill Puppet Theater. Showing at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org
THEATER – 7 p.m. Tom Morgan presents his one-man-show ‘Tales From The Empire’ about the Empire Hotel and the time his family ran it. Contineues May 16. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
