HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 26 Performance ‘Possessing Harriet’ THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Set in 1839, “Possessing Harriet” portrays the enslaved Harriett Powell escaping from a hotel, finding refuge with an abolitionist and his young cousin Elizabeth Cady. Free admission, suggested donation $20/person. Reservation strongly recommended. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607-829-3700 or visit franklinstagecompany.org/shows-events/this-season/…
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Summer Dreams Local Connections In Slave’s Escape Fills Franklin Stage Final Performances This Weekend • Check www.franklinstagecompany.org By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FRANKLIN – For “Possessing Harriet” director Leslie Nobel, it was about helping people witness history. “In her diary, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote about meeting Harriet Powell and that the conversation affected her deeply,” Nobel said. “The playwright, Kyle Bass, took dramatic license to imagine that conversation.” “Possessing Harriet,” which opened to a packed house Thursday, July 11,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 25 Master Gardeners Open House GARDEN DISPLAY – 4 – 6 p.m. The Otsego Master Gardener Volunteers will host a Garden Display and Variety Trials Open House at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown. 607-547-2536 or visit cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2015/08/12/all-america-selections-open-house…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 21 2019 Hall of Fame Induction HALL OF FAME INDUCTION – 1:30 p.m. Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Roy Halladay, Harold Baines and Lee Smith will be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame. Stake out your spot the lawn early. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, 607-547 2800 www.clarksportscenter.com/events/2019-baseball-hall-fame-induction-ceremony/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 19 Exhibit Opening By Arc Otsego ART EXHBIT – 5 – 7 p.m. ARC Otsego celebrates opening of 15th annual Voice! Of work by artists with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Reception includes refreshments, art for sale, prize, people’s choice voting, more. Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, SUNY Oneonta. 607-432-8595 or visit www.arcotsego.org/voice/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 18 Theatrical Performance: ‘Night They Lit Up Wrigley PLAY – 8 p.m. The play, ‘The Night They Lit Up Wrigley’, about a serendipitous meeting at a Cooperstown bar, by THE CHURCH producers, opens. $20-$17, 2381 State Hwy. 205, Mt. Vision. Info, 607 638 5119, www.upsi-ny.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 14 Learn Local Legend At Summer Sunday Series SUMMER SUNDAY SERIES – 1 – 3 p.m. Learn about local legend with Jack Ewan presenting “Timothy Murphy: Fact & Fiction” Revolutionary war soldier, sharpshooter, area resident, tall tale hero. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. 607-287-7011 or visit swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com/calendar/upcoming-events/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 13 Railway Celebrates 150 years SESQUICENTENNIAL – Noon – 9 p.m. Celebrate 150th anniversary of Cooperstown-Charlotte Valley Railway with golden spike, speeches, music, celebratory train ride followed by cannon shoot, ice cream social, historical presentation, fireworks, more. Cost, $30/adult. Depart Milford Depot, 136 E. Main St., Milford. 607-432-2429 or visit www.facebook.com/cacvrr/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 12 Opening Of 84th Annual National Juried Art Exhibit PREVIEW PARTY – 5 – 7 p.m. Celebrate opening of 84th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition and award ceremonies. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9777 or visit www.cooperstownart.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 7 Hartwick Emergency Squad Celebrates 50th Anniversary 50th CELEBRATION – 12-3 p.m. Join Hartwick Fire Dept. Co. 1 Emergency Squad to celebrate 50th Anniversary w/ free refreshments, blood pressure and glucose tests. 3088 County Highway 11 , Hartwick. Info, 607-293-7530.…