By: Staff
06/22/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 23
SWIMMING LESSON – 3:30 – 4 p.m. Bring the kids out for the worlds largest swimming lesson. Aquatic centers around the world will be hosting swimming lessons and spreading awareness to prevent drowning deaths in children aged 1 – 5. This year the plan is to break the record set right now in the book of Guinness World Records of 36,564 which was set in 2014 by the World Waterpark Association. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800 or visit www.clarksportscenter.com
By: Staff
05/25/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 26

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 11 a.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/

By: Staff
05/18/2022 5:04 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 19

SPRING CONCERT – 7 p.m. Join the CCS Music Department for spring concert and recital with grades 3 – 12 and performances by the High School Jazz Band and Jazz Vocal groups. Free admission, donations to support the CCS Music Association appreciated. Stirling Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. 607-547-8181 or visit www.cooperstowncs.org/article/744669?org=cooperstown-csd

By: Staff
05/11/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 12

SCHOLASTIC AWARDS – 7 p.m. CCS honors the works of students whose work their teachers have found to be exemplary. Sterling Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. 607-547-8181 or visit www.cooperstowncs.org
BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Donate through May 19 for chance to win a travel trailer camper that sleeps eight. Hartwick College, Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 5 p.m. Donate through May 19 for chance to win a travel trailer camper that sleeps eight. Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Rd., Cooperstown. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org

By: Staff
05/04/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 5

STAR WARS – 7 p.m. May the 4th be with you for this Star Wars movie night presenting ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.’ Free at the Weiting Theater, 168 Main St., Worcester. Visit www.wietingtheatre.com
BOOK CLUB – Pick up a copy of ‘The Guest List’ Lucy Foley about a wedding that ends in a murder and the tangled web of suspects in this Agatha Christie-esque mystery novel. Discussion will be online on May 31 at 7 p.m. Presented by The Huntington Memorial Library, Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/

By: Staff
04/27/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 28

OPENING GALA – 5:30 – 7 p.m. Celebrate the opening of the exhibit of the works entered in the Leaf Art & Poetry Contest. Will feature refreshments, live music, & poets reading their works. Free, open to the public. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-432-0090 or visit www.facebook.com/LEAFArtContest

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
04/13/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 14

EARTH DAY LECTURE – 7 – 8:30 p.m. Commemorate Earth Day and enjoy lecture ‘Susan Fenimore Cooper and the Hudson School’ presented by author and professor Rochelle Johnson, exploring how literature and painting employed similar techniques to represent landscape change in the nineteenth century, with a special focus on Susan Fenimore Cooper and Thomas Cole. Free, suggested donation $15, registration for Zoom required. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 – 6:30 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. Bassett Hall, 1 Atwell, Cooperstown. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org
BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. Franklin Fire Department, 351 Main St., Franklin. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org

By: Staff
04/06/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 7

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/
BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 6 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. St. James Episcopal, 305 Main St., Oneonta. 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
03/16/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 17

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/

By: Staff
03/09/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 10

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/

By: Staff
02/23/2022 5:00 pm
By: Staff
02/16/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17

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

By: Staff
02/02/2022 5:00 pm
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/
