Fenimore announces Young at Art winners The three top prizes for Fenimore Art Museum’s Young at Art regional youth art contest were awarded Saturday, June 5, during a ceremony at the Museum. The Grand Prize was given to Makenzie Sayers, a senior at Mount Markham, for her painting, “Our Community.” “Our Community was created in May. It was a time in New York when few left their homes and the positive cases seemed to be getting closer to home,” Sayers…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 27 Hot Dogs & Hot Air Balloons FUN DAY – Noon. Enjoy Hot Dogs, hamburgers, refreshments. Then ride the Hot Air Balloons starting at 6:30 for $10/person. Laurens Fire Department, 34 Main St., Laurens. 607-433-2906 or visit www.facebook.com/Laurens-Fire-Department-1487028371605581/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 Major’s Inn Benefit Concert Features Butternut Valley Boys CONCERT – 6:30 – 8 p.m. Local band The Butternut Valley Boys perform mix of country, gospel, bluegrass, more to benefit inn’s restoration. Major’s Inn, 104 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2967 or visit www.themajorsinn.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 ‘What’s In Your Water?’ Lecture LECTURE – 10 a.m. Learn from Dr. Diane Lewis “The Great Healthy Yard Project” how you can help keep drinking water safe while maintaining a healthy yard. Free, open to public. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. 201-410-2514 or visit www.lakeandvalleygc.org/whats-in-your-water…
Fenimore Publishes Book On Its Hamilton Letters Hit Broadway Musical Elevated Interest In Correspondence Leading To Famed Duel COOPERSTOWN – The Fenimore Art Museum today announced the publication of “Your Obedient Servant: The Letters of Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr,” built around the 35 letters between the two Founding Fathers leading up to their fatal duel on July 11, 1804. “Your Obedient Servant” includes 10 of the most significant letters that have never been illustrated. The text of the letters…
THE FENIMORE Rocks ‘n’ Rolls Herb Ritts’ Photos From Rock Hall Open Now In Cooperstown Exhibit By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – At the Fenimore Art Museum, there’s a whole room dedicated to Madonna. Not “Giotto” or “Pieta” – The Material Girl. “Herb Ritts photographed her 36 different times,” said Todd Kenyon, director of communications. “The first time he shot her, she swore she’d never work with him again – and then she saw the…
Lonni Sue’s Artistic Journey Explored In Fenimore Exhibit COOPERSTOWN – “Puzzles of the Brain,” an exhibit that traces the artistic development of Lonni Sue Johnson after she suffered brain damage, will open tomorrow (Oct. 13) at The Fenimore Art Museum. The museum is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, except Mondays. Lonni Sue created New Yorker covers and art for other national publications from her home outside Middlefield Center before being stricken with viral encephalitis in 2007. While living locally she was…
Too Many Baseball Stores, Jane Forbes Clark Suggests Let’s Work Together To Revive Downtown, Cooperstown’s Benefactress Tells Chamber Jane Forbes Clark told Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce members this morning that the village’s downtown, which lost the CVS and Cooperstown General Store in recent months, is at a crossroads, and she adopted the chamber’s 2018 of “togetherness” as a way toward a solution. The Hall of Fame chairman said store rents – as high as $7,000 a month – are “too…
CORRECTION ‘Arts On Ice’ Activities In July, Not This Weekend COOPERSTOWN – The “Arts On Ice” activities detailed on the AllOTSEGO.life section front in this week’s Hometown Oneonta and Freeman’s Journal will not happen this weekend, but in July. Here is the link to the “Arts On Ice” gala: http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/art-on-ice Here is link to the related forum: http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/Fenimore-On-Ice…
450 Students Visit Today For New York History Day COOPERSTOWN – You may have noticed: 450 middle and high school students – plus family members and teachers – from around the Empire State are in Cooperstown today for New York History Day, organized by The Fenimore Art and Farmers’ museums. History Day uses space at numerous Cooperstown venues for students to present their papers, documentaries, exhibits, websites and performances – in addition to the two museums, the Baseball Hall of Fame…