HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 3 Student Art Shows OPENING RECEPTION – 5:30 – 7 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the “Our Town” exhibit by the Cooperstown High School. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/calendar-a SPRING ART SHOW – 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. OCSD invites the community to their art show featuring works by students. Foxcare Center, Oneonta. Call 607-433-8200 or visit www.oneontacsd.org…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 ‘Too Big To Read’ FACULTY LECTURE – 12:20 p.m. Assisstant English Prof. Dr. Bradley J. Fest presents “Too Big to Read: The Megatext in the Twenty-First Century” on the proliferation of multi-million page novels, massive video games, huge cinematic universes & what they tell us about contemporary life. Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4865 or visit www.hartwick.edu/news/hartwick-english-professor-introduces-a-digital-age-phenomenon/ FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Tour the Thaw collection of American Indian Art…
Fenimore Wins $2.5M To Fund Thaw Curator Another $1M To Buy Significant Art COOPERSTOWN – The Fenimore Art Museum today announced a $2.5 million gift from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust. The gift will fund a “principal curator” for the Thaw Collection of Native American Art, and create a new fund for special projects related to the collection. The new position has been named the Eugene and Clare Thaw curator of American Indian Art, and present curator…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Dance Traditions Of North America BUCKLEY LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Mick Moloney presents “Close to the Floor? Percussive Dance Traditions in North America,” discussing the evolution and relationships between many percussive dance forms in North America. Free, open to the public. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2586 or e-mail boudch81@oneonta.edu SCIENCE WORKSHOP – 1 – 2 p.m. “Uncovering the Past Through Archaeology,” features practical dig workshop, great for children 8+. Free, registration required. A.J. Read…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Fun At The Healthy Living Expo LIVING HEALTHIER – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Features fun activities, vendors, a Red Cross Blood Drive, presentations on subjects ranging from preventing Lyme disease to a Tai Chi demonstration. Admission, Free. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Call 607-547-4230 or visit www.lheotsego.com BENEFIT – 5 – 8 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner & Chinese Auction to benefit Cory Perrault and family while he battles cancer. Hartwick Fire Dept., 3088 Co. Hwy. 11,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAR. 17 St. Patrick’s Day Benefit Buffet BREW & STEW – Noon – 5 p.m. St. Patrick’s day Brew and Irish Stew Buffet in support of the Oneonta Outlaws. Tickets on sale at The Shipping Room. Cost, $25/person. Damaschke Field Clubhouse, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Call 607-432-6326 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontaoutlawsbaseball/ PLAY READING – 4 – 6 p.m. Presenting “Miz MacQuillin” a new work by Central New York Playwright John Paul Porter. Feedback welcome. Admission by donation. Next reading, 3/17.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JAN. 22 Audition For The Chorale AUDITIONS – 4-7 p.m. Catskill Choral Society holds auditions for new members and Dox Apprentices. All welcome. Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 431-6060 or e-mail ccc@catskillchoralsociety.com or visit CatskillChoralSociety.com PRESENTATION – 8:30-10 a.m. Jane Clark speaks to Cooperstown Chamber members on the current states of Clark entities & businesses in Cooperstown and provide a look into the future. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9983 or visit cooperstownchamber.org/calendar-of-events/#!event/2018/1/22/jane-forbes-clark-speaks-to-cooperstown-chamber…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reviews Gene Thaw’s Contribution Locally In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), discusses Gene Thaw’s contribution of 1,000 Native American art pieces The Fenimore Art Museum. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO WAMC REPORT…
IN MEMORIAM Gene Thaw, 90, Helped Reinvent The Fenimore COOPERSTOWN – Nationally renowned art collector Eugene Thaw, whose donation of his Native American art collection reinvented The Fenimore Art Museum in the 1990s, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at his home in Cherry Valley. His wife and collaborator, Clare, a Cherry Valley native, passed away last June 29. Eugene Thaw was also a foremost collector of European old master art, and a benefactor of the Morgan Library. His personal collection…
Fenimore To Finance Book On 35 Hamilton-Burr Letters $50K Grant Will Also Be Use To Digitize, Publicize Collection That Inspired ‘Your Obedient Servant’ COOPERTOWN – The 35 letters between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr leading up to the fatal duel, owned by The Fenimore Art Museum, have been well-known to historians. The song, “Your Obedient Servant,” in the hit Broadway museum “Hamilton,” made their content familiar to the general public. Now, with $70,000 in grants from the Robert David Lion…
