By: Staff
05/05/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAY 6
CONTRADANCE RETURNS – 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Rejoin your friends for a fun social dance with the Otsego Dance Society. Will feature music by Erik House & Friends and Peter Blue will be the caller. Suggested donation, $8/adult. New location at Cornfield Hall, 655 Co. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. Visit otsegodancesociety.weebly.com
By: Staff
04/28/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 29
OPENING RECEPTION – 5 – 7 p.m. Celebrate return of the Cooperstown Central School Art Exhibit after a 2-year hiatus. Works by students K-12 will fill the upstairs ballroom with color. CCS Students will also be performing music on the porch where the Art Association and Friends of Music will provide food and beverages. Art on show through 5/13. Free, open to the public. Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777 or visit www.cooperstownart.com
By: Staff
04/20/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 21
DEMOCRACY FORUM – 7 p.m. Join Otsego County Board Members Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy to learn how they decided to run for office, and what the individual can do for democracy at the local level in this presentation ‘Making Local Democracy Work Better.’ Free, all welcome. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Held at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.lwvoneonta.org
By: Staff
04/14/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 15
MAGIC SHOW – 7:30 p.m. Come out for show ‘Magic Beyond Imagination’ featuring 3 world class magicians, Garrett Thomas (the greatest up-close magician of our day according to magician David Blaine), Kozmo (a legendary street performer who will keep you in stitches while blowing your mind with whats possible with ordinary objects), and Joe Maxwell (drummer and mental magician who stuns audiences with his predictions). Cost, 35/person (advance tickets for general admission). Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org
By: Staff
04/08/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 9
EASTER BUNNY – 10 a.m. – Noon. Bring the kids out to celebrate spring and meet with the Easter Bunny. Take pictures, enter to win an Easter Basket, enter the coloring contest, and each kids brings home a goodie bag. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-376-7599 or visit www.destinationoneonta.com/calendar
By: Staff
04/02/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, APRIL 3
CONCERT – 3 p.m. Join the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble for concert with renowned cellist Mike Block. Block is known for his performances in a range of styles, including folk, bluegrass, and jazz as well as classical European and Indian music. Following the concert Block will host a public jam session. Both events are free, masks required. Hosted at The Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit ldye.org
By: Staff
04/01/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 2
COMEDY SHOW – 7 p.m. Come out for ‘one of the funniest shows in comedy’ with the Big & Tall Comedy tour featuring headliner Mike Bova. Show starts at 8. Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. www.foothillspac.org
CANSTRUCTION – All Day. SUNY Oneonta students bring awareness to hunger with display of artful structures made out of canned food. On view through 4/10. Southside Mall, Oneonta. 607-436-2633.
BLOOD DRIVE – 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Leonardsville Community Center & Ministry, 2068 St. Hwy. 8, Leonardsville. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
By: Staff
03/23/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 24
AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m. Join author Anika Orrock to discuss her book ‘The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.’ Free, registration required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-authors-series-anika-orrock?date=0
2023 WINTER CARNIVAL – Register for 4/2 planning committee public interest meeting. Call Lions Club president Peter Deysenrother at 607-547-8231 or email at peterdeysenroth@hotmail.com
By: Staff
03/19/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MARCH 20
SENIOR PLAY – 2 p.m. CCS Junior Senior class presents ‘Puffs’ about 7 increasingly eventful years at a certain school of magic and magic. Cost, $5 at the door. Cooperstown Central School. 607-547-8181 or visit www.cooperstowncs.org/article/682833?org=cooperstown-csd
THEATER – 3 p.m. The 2022 NEXT! Staged Readings of New Works by Regional Playwrights series continues with ‘Fall: The Tragedy of the Faerie Queen and Her Councillors’ by Joseph Scott, in which a premature autumn and unnatural twilight paralyze the enchanted forest and, as the denizens search for a solution, they realize the problems are as much from within as from without. Streaming free on Facebook. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.facebook.com/GlimmerGlobeTheatre/
THEATER – 3 p.m. Orhpeus Theater presents production of ‘Newsies Jr.’ Set in turn of the century NYC the play follows the tale of newsboy Jack Kelly and his teenage gang ‘newsies’ as they fight big publishing, stand up for what’s right, and ‘seize the day.’ Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-1800 or visit www.facebook.com/OrpheusTheatre/
By: Staff
03/15/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16
HERITAGE CONCERT – 7 p.m. Public Concert of Love songs celebrating Romance, Service, and America presented by the USAF Heritage of America bands. Free, proof of vaccine, masks, & id required. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.facebook.com/foothillsoneonta/timeline
BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 4:30 p.m. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
By: Staff
03/11/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MARCH 12
OPERA – 12:55 p.m. View live performance of the Metropolitan Opera, streaming live in Oneonta. This week is the performance of ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ an Opera within an Opera, the story portrays Ariadne after her first love Theseus abandons her on an island. Cost, $20/adult. Lunch available for purchase separately from Soda Jerks. Showing at the Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org
BLOOD DRIVE – 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Briggs Hall, Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
By: Staff
03/07/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MARCH 8
VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 – 3 p.m. Join live tour of exhibit ‘Elegant New York – Historical Garments made in NY’ with Cassidy Percoco, Collections Manager of Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum. Free, suggested donation $10. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 6 p.m. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
By: Staff
03/05/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MARCH 6
SUMMERTIME CONCERT – 3 p.m. Enjoy music that makes us think of warmer temperatures in the big city in this Good Ol’ Summertime in Winter concert. Will feature professional and amatuer community musicians performing selections from ‘Manhattan Beach,’ ‘A West Side Story,’ & ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ Free, open to the public. Pandemic procedures will be followed. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-376-7485 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontacommunityconcertband
By: Staff
02/26/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27
THEATER – 3 p.m. First released in the 2022 NEXT! Staged Readings of New Works by Regional Playwrights series is ‘Cards and Spinners’ by Dan Smirlock, directed by Lissa Sidoli chronicling 4 nights of friends coming together to laugh, tell stories and air grievances before, during, and after the pandemic. Streaming free on Facebook. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.facebook.com/GlimmerGlobeTheatre/
By: Staff
02/24/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
FENIMORE QUILT SHOW – 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. View this years creations from the Fenimore Quilt Club. On show through 2/26. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9777 or visit www.cooperstownart.com
BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 5 p.m. Quality Inn, 5206 St. Hwy. 23, Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
