News Briefs: January 19, 2025

Cabin Fever Film Series Returns

COOPERSTOWN—The Fenimore Art Museum’s Cabin Fever Film Series will present a showing of “Conclave” at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 24 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Attendance is free with a suggested donation. For more information or weather delay alerts, visit www.FenimoreArt.org or call (607) 547-1453.

Choral Society To Hold Auditions

ONEONTA—Catskill Choral Society will hold auditions for new members at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Avenue, from 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 23. The group is preparing for its spring concert on May 2 and 3, featuring Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass” and Mozart’s “Vesperae Solennes de Confessore.” Rehearsals will run from 7-9:30 p.m. on Thursdays, starting on January 30. Singers with prior experience and college or high-school students who can commit to weekly rehearsals are preferred. Audition appointments may be made by contacting auditions@catskillchoralsociety.org. For more information, visit www.catskillchoralsociety.org.

Fatal Fire Destroys Home

PLAINFIELD—The Otsego County Office of Emergency Services announced that a deadly early-morning fire destroyed a home in the town of Plainfield on Friday, January 10. One person was killed in the blaze. Additional information may be released later.