VIRTUAL OPEN MIC – Evening. 15 local, regional performers celebrate ‘Triumph of the Spirit’ with original works, reinterpretations of classic pieces from original songs to Shakespearean monologues, short fictions, opera, more. Presented across Fenimore Art Museum social media platforms. Visit www.facebook.com/fenimoreartmuseum/
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE – 8 a.m. Honor genocide awareness and prevention month with live reading from ‘Heroes of the Holocaust: Extraordinary True Accounts of Triumph’ as told to Arnold Geier. Read by Shanon, Director of the Harris Memorial Library. Visit www.facebook.com/harrislibrary/
SPIRITUAL FAIR – Join live virtual summit featuring holistic practitioners from upstate New York walking participants through techniques including emotional freedom, meditation, yoga, much more to help relive the anxiety of the current historical moment. Join the Institute for Spiritual Development through Zoom or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/isdoneonta/
ARTFEST – 7 p.m. Enjoy first ever Rainb-O artfest from comfort of your home. Features most dynamic, forward-thinking LGBTQ+ entertainment Oneonta has to offer on Microsoft Teams. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/5697948 for info.
By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – As candles flickered in remembrance of the six million Jews and five million others killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, Nathan Batalion, Oneonta, shared his story.
“My stepfather, Gabriel Bross, was a shoe-maker,” he said. “He survived five different concentration camps because the soldiers needed boots, and even though they said they would kill him when it was all over, the allies freed him.”
Batalion shared his family’s history as part of Temple Beth El’s annual Yom HaShoah service, a memorial of Holocaust Martyrs and a celebration of the heroes who fought the Nazis in the ghettos or who sheltered the Jews from their forces.