HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 14

The American Landscape in Art & Literature

EARTH DAY LECTURE – 7 – 8:30 p.m. Commemorate Earth Day and enjoy lecture ‘Susan Fenimore Cooper and the Hudson School’ presented by author and professor Rochelle Johnson, exploring how literature and painting employed similar techniques to represent landscape change in the nineteenth century, with a special focus on Susan Fenimore Cooper and Thomas Cole. Free, suggested donation $15, registration for Zoom required. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 – 6:30 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. Bassett Hall, 1 Atwell, Cooperstown. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org

BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. Franklin Fire Department, 351 Main St., Franklin. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org

CALL FOR ARTISTS – Artists are invited to sign up to display works in the annual ‘Art by the Lake’ art festival returning to the lawn of the Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

OPEN STUDIO – 11 a.m. – Noon. Grab a coffee and stop by the art studio with your current knitting, drawing, or painting project to work and socialize. The Art Department, 8 Main St., Cherry Valley. Visit www.facebook.com/Theartdeptny

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/