CONTRADANCE—7:30-10:30 p.m. Rejoin your friends for a fun, social dance with the Otsego Dance Society, featuring music by the band “Men in Black” with Robbie Poulette calling the dances. Suggested donation, $8/adult. Cornfield Hall, 655 Co. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. Visit otsegodancesociety.weebly.com
MUSEUM REOPENING—11:30 a.m. Yager Museum opens for the 2023 season with an exhibit of works by Oneonta native Margaret Huntington (Watkeys) Boehner, who taught at Syracuse University and earned an honorary degree from Hartwick College. Yager Museum, Hartwick College. (607) 431-4480 or visit facebook.com/yagermuseum/
BLOOD DRIVE—1-6 p.m. Save up to three lives with the American Red Cross. St James Episcopal Church, 305 Main Street, Oneonta. Register at redcrossblood.org
BLOOD DRIVE—1-6 p.m. Give blood to save a life with the American Red Cross. Laurens Fire Department, 34 Main Street, Laurens. Visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment.
July 29, 2021
Come down to the park and make art with (mostly) natural materials. These items will be left in the park for others to find and enjoy. Pre-registration required, children must be accompanied by an adult. Come prepared to get messy. Presented by the Oneonta World of Learning. At Fortin Park, 167 Youngs Rd. in Oneonta at 10 and 11:30 a.m., Saturday, July 31. Call 607-431-8543 or visit Oneonta World of Learning on Facebook.
ART & MUSIC – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Outdoor street festival featuring outstanding regional artists, crafters, musicians, writers, more. Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-2070 or visit cityofthehillsartsfestival.com
O-COUNTY FAIR – 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. See best Otsego County has to offer. Daily shows, rides, more. Highlights include equestrian Gymkhana, bicycle giveaway, truck pull, livestock parade of champions, Supreme Champion Showmanship, talent contest, more. Otsego County Fair, Mills St., Morris. 607-263-5289 or visit www.otsegocountyfair.org
ICE CREAM SOCIAL – Noon – 4 p.m. Bring the kids for free ice cream, fun activities, performances, demonstrations, outdoor games with Oneonta World of Learning and other organizations. Fortin Park, Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-431-8543 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaWorldofLearning/
ART RECEPTION – 1 – 3 p.m. Discuss art installation on the global refugee crisis by artist Christine Heller. Chapel, First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-8401 or visit www.facebook.com/CooperstownPres/
CHILI LUNCHEON – 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Enjoy Homemade chili or soup to warm the soul for Winter Carnival. All you can eat with bread, drink, tasty dessert. Donations support ongoing ministries. First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown. Visit www.cooperstownwintercarnival.com/event-schedule
ART SHOW – 4 – 6 p.m. Opening “Art in Winter: Rural Resonance” features 3 well know local artists: Tracy Helgeson, Alice Hudson, & Lavern Kelly. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5327 or visit www.facebook.com/TheArtGarageCooperstown/
Above, Guest speaker Craig Buckbee, Burlington Flatts, international fly fisherman, gives a talk on Spey casting techniques to fellow Trouts Unlimited members Barbara Loeffer, Davenport, Mike Empey, Davenport, and Matt Tavross, Milford, and Dave plumber, Oneonta, this evening at Fortin Park where the Charlotte Creek meets the Susquehanna River. Buckbee brought a selection of rods which he used to illustrate how to cast and recover the line with minimal effort by using ‘the snake’ and ‘D’ method of recovering and re-directing a line with minimal effort and water disruption. Right, Craig Buckbee in action, demonstrating the ‘D Spey’ cast, as it forms the shape of a ‘D’. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
The annual OWL Ice Cream Social was the place to be this afternoon and families flocked to Fortin Park to enjoy dancing, arts & crafts, martial arts and dancing demonstrations and of course, ice cream! Above, Amelia Mosher Campoli, Oneonta harnesses a passing breeze to make a giant bubble at one of the children’s activities stations. Right, Noah Pfeiffer, Oneonta, does his best at enjoying a bowl of brownie sundae ice cream, courtesy of Stewart’s Ice Cream. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – OWL, the Oneonta World of Learning, will take up a permanent nest in the house at Fortin Park.
The Town of Oneonta has given OWL use of the house, starting in late August, for their play space, as well as use of the playgrounds, fields and pavilions. With this arrangement, OWL will also be able to add outdoor activities to its offerings, which include PaintFest, Dig Dirt Day and the Ice Cream Social.