HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 1 ‘Empty Bowls’ Benefit Today EMPTY BOWLS – Noon-2 p.m. Serving homemade soup in your choice of bowl crafted and donated by local potters. Cost, $15 to benefit the local food pantry. Christ Church Parish Hall on Fair Street, Cooperstown. Info, cooperstownchamber.org/calendar-of-events/#!event/2017/4/1/empty-bowls. To volunteer or donate call (607)547-2627 SOUTH AFRICAN BANQUET – 6-9 p.m. The Mali Education project presents a South African benefit bazaar, dinner and documentary fill titled “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai,” about…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAR. 26 CANO Benefit Auction ART AUCTION – 1-4 p.m. Bid for artwork from the collection of Dorothy Caswell. Benefit for the Catskill Choral Society. Auction begins at 2 p.m. final bids at 3:30 p.m. Wine and hors d’ourves served by Dietz & Wall Wines. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, www.canoneonta.org SUGARING-OFF SUNDAY – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Historical and contemporary maple sugaring demonstrations with a pancake breakfast and fun activities for…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAR. 25 Creating Natural Remedies WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Learn about plants and how to create natural remedies from your spice rack or what’s in your backyard. Registration required. Cost, members $40, non-members $50, juniors $30. Materials included. In the Creamery Classroom, The Farmers’ Museum. Info, (607) 547-1461, www.farmersmuseum.org/programs/%5Bfield_program_type-raw%5D/americana_academy_workshop_balms_salves PLAY READING – 6:30 p.m. Reading of “SAPE” by local playwright Karen Butler. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 NY-80, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAR. 24 Learn Financial Skills FINANCE WORKSHOP – 5-9 p.m. Learn how to manage a budget and file your taxes and more real life necessities with professor Charlene Deno. Includes free food and door prizes. Ages 18-21. Free admission. Club Odyssey, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, www.facebook.com/ClubOdysseyOneonta/ SOUP & PIE BENEFIT – 4:30-6:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious dinner of homemade soups and pie. Includes a chinese auction. Donation, $7.50 adult, $5 children. To benefit the Richfield Springs Community…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAR. 23 Author Viramontes Speaks READING SERIES – 7:30 p.m. The Red Dragon Reading series presents Author Helena Maria Viramontes reading her works followed by a book signing and reception. Free and open to the public. Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneonta.edu/academics/english/reddragonreading/reddragonreadingseries.asp or call Ruth Carr @ (607)436-3446 or George hovis @ (607)436-2571…
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Gerrit Gantvoort, 76; Retired SUNY Oneonta History Professor ONEONTA – A memorial gathering is Saturday, March 18, for Dr. John Gerrit Gantvoort, 76, retired SUNY Oneonta history professor, who died March 12, 2017, at Fox Hospital. He was born on March 5, 1940, in Camden, N.J., the son of John and Marie (Shaw) Gantvoort, and grew up in Fredonia.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MAR. 14 Learn, Discuss US History HISTORY PRESENTATION – 2 p.m. “America’s First Presidential Campaign, The Election of 1800 and how it Changed the U.S.” by Richard Sternberg, Surgeon and Village Trustee. Free, open to the public. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Karen Cadwalader (607)547-0600 LIBRARY PRESENTATION – 7-8 p.m. Author & historian Dominick Reisen discusses researching and writing about local history. Cooperstown Village Library. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar…
VIP Conductors Raise 30K At CSO’s Cabaret Concert It was one of the biggest nights ever for the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, which took in $30,864 at its annual Cabaret Concert – its major fundraiser – this evening in SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena. Fox Hospital President Jeff Joyner, top photo, took the title of Guest Conductor, after stiff competition from retired funeral director Les Grummons and Neal Miller, president of Miller Financial Services and the Hartwick College Alumni Association. Chris Brubeck’s trio,…
Victims Of Domestic Violence To Be Honored In OFO Exhibit ONEONTA – During National Crime Victims’ Right Week, April 2-8, Opportunity for Otsego’s Violence Intervention Program is preparing an exhibit at SUNY Oneonta to remember victims killed in an act of domestic violence. Honorees include Tifanne K. Wells of Oneonta, victim of a 2015 murder-suicide near Emmons, and Elizabeth Welsh Callahan of Goodyear Lake, whose husband is under indictment in her 2000 death in Pennsylvania. The exhibit, which opens with…
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