By: Larissa Ryan
01/16/2020 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
PRESENTATION – 7:30 p.m. Join Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society to hear from Kathryn Davino about the amazing birds on Heron Island & Lamington National Park on her 2018 trip to Australia. Free, open to public. Refreshments will be served. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-397-3815 or visit www.facebook.com/DelawareOtsegoAudubonSociety/
By: Larissa Ryan
12/30/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31
New Years Eve!
CELEBRATION – 5 p.m. Start a safe & sober New Years celebration with parade down Main St. followed by poetry readings, festival featuring live music, games, dancing, & special guest Anthony Eardley, Oneonta’s American Ninja Warrior. Then first ever talent show featuring $1000 prize at 7:30, then black-light after-party featuring entertainment by Cosmic Karma Fire Spinners. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.facebook.com/FNOneonta/
By: Larissa Ryan
12/04/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Family sponsors should drop gifts at The Freeman’s Journal Office in Cooperstown or at The Salvation Army in Oneonta. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how.
HOLIDAY MARKET – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Find unique gifts at pop-up holiday market. Lobby, Bassett Healthcare Clinic. 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown.
By: Larissa Ryan
12/03/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4
ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Thank you to all the Christmas Angels who have sponsored a family this holiday season.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 12:30 p.m. Join members of Lake & Valley Garden club for lunch followed by tour of this years holiday decorations, discuss how they are chose, what plants are used, how they work with the museum to introduce the holiday spirit. Cost, $32/non-member. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
By: Larissa Ryan
11/22/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how.
EXHIBIT OPENING – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Discover new winter exhibit “Otsego On Ice: Histories of Wintertime Sport” featuring Fenimore’s outstanding collection of ice skates, snow shoes, sleds, more. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
By: Larissa Ryan
11/15/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how.
HOLIDAY MARKET – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Find holiday gifts from 50+ vendors selling textiles, herbal products, jewelry, wreaths, more in heated greenhouse. Includes food/wine tasting, hot apple cider donuts, pies more. Sunnycrest Orchards, 7869 St. Rt. 10, Sharon Springs. 518-284-2256 or visit www.sunnycrestorchards.com
By: Larissa Ryan
11/06/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
FILM DAYS – Fall film fest features films on theme “Adaptations.” Includes films:
‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’ – 6 – 7:45 p.m. Grand Stand Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown.
Opening Party/Exhibit – 8 – 9:30 p.m. The Smithy, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.
‘The Unchanging Sea.’ 9:30 – 10:30 p.m. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Runs through 11/11. Visit www.glimmerglassfilmdays.org
By: Larissa Ryan
11/01/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
DAY OF THE DEAD – 10 a.m. – Noon. Experience Dia De Muertos and the Latinx community by telling stories in Spanish & English, participating in family activities, enjoy traditional food, more. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344 or visit www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/
By: Larissa Ryan
10/31/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
FILM – 6:30 p.m. Visit exhibit ‘Duane Michals: The Portraitist’ then enjoy film, starting at 7, connected to exhibit with introduction. This week “Bram Stokers Dracula” with Francis Ford Coppola & Tom Waits (Rated R). Cost, $7/non-member. Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
By: Larissa Ryan
10/29/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
CARNIVAL – 5 – 6 p.m. Bring the kids to enjoy annual Halloween Carnival followed by trick or treating through Residence Halls. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-2514
By: Larissa Ryan
10/22/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
ART IN THE DARK – 6:30 p.m. Tour folk art exhibit by Lantern Light, learn some of the mysterious, melancholy, untold stories behind the pieces. Limited to 15/tour. Cost, $14/non-member. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
By: Larissa Ryan
10/17/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
AUDUBON SOCIETY – 7:30 p.m. Presentation “Collected stories of 2019” featuring photographs of birds, foxes, butterfly’s, other natural subjects by local photographer Rick Bunting. Will feature stories about favorite events from this year. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 607-397-3815 or visit www.facebook.com/DelawareOtsegoAudubonSociety/
By: Larissa Ryan
10/08/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
POETRY SLAM – 8 p.m. Open mic followed by featured slam poet Jon Sands, winner 2018 National Poetry series for book “It’s Not Magic.” Tickets, $3/person. Waterfront Room, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta.
By: Larissa Ryan
10/04/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
SCI-FI & HORROR – 11 a.m. Day 2 of the strange and horrific festival. Features authors, vendors, speakers, activities, more. Cost, $6/person for day pass. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/SciFiHorroFest/
By: Larissa Ryan
10/03/2019 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Celebrate 25th year of the annual quilt show at Silver Jubilee. Features 300+ quilts from artists across the country with featured quilter Jim Bryden in Tudor style historic inn. Lunch available. Proceeds benefit roof project. Admission, $5/person. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2780 or visit www.themajorsinn.com
