POEM TO THE EDITOR from TOM HEITZ, SHARON STUART Stuck At Home Stuck at home Wrote this poem • Had some lunch With Captain Crunch Washed the dish Made a wish • Fed the cat Found my hat Broke a mirror Bad luck here • Made the tea Had to pee Sun went down Moon is round • Took a fall In the hall Bumped my head Went to bed • Drank some booze Took a snooze Up at dawn…
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Anthony, Emancipation Commemorated Historical Signs Enshrine Church’s Role In History…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Tesla Quartet Performance CONCERT – 8 p.m. The Tesla Quartet performs as part of the Honest Brook Music Festival. $30. Stamford Methodist Church, 88 Main St, Stamford. Info, tickets, (607) 746-3770, hbmf.org…
‘I’d Buy That For A Dollar!’ Historical Advertising Focus Of Newest GOHS Exhibit Tom Heitz, local historian and volunteer at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society shows off some of the scores of historical advertisements on display at GOHS’s newest exhibit Oneonta Commercial Advertising: From the 1850’s to the New Millennium. The exhibit pulled from a collection of nearly 700 ads from the archives of the Oneonta Herald and other local papers from The Fenimore Art Museum microfilm collection. “We all…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Keep Warm, Dance With Friends CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Fun social dance featuring music by Erik House and Friends, Peter Blue calling. Arrive at 7:15 for introduction to steps. Admission, $8/adult. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8164 or visit www.otsegodancesociety.blogspot.com/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 Pony Palooza! PONY PALOOZA – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Horse rescue opens doors for family friendly celebration. Includes pony hugs, tours, games, local vendors, rides, food, face painting, more. Rosemary Farm, 1646 Roses Brook Road, South Kortright. 607-538-1200 or visit www.facebook.com/RosemaryFarm/ HOPS FOR HISTORY – 2 – 8 p.m. Downtown venues offer food pairings with local beers. Tickets, $30 day-of. Available only at Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960 or visit www.oneontahistory.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 Butternut Valley Summer Harvest Fest HARVEST FEST – 3 – 6 p.m. Celebrate Summer Harvest featuring Farmers Market, Live Music, kids zoomobile, more. Free admission, food. Guy Rathbun Park (behind firehouse), 117 Main St., Morris. Visit butternutvalleyalliance.org CABARET – 7 – 8:30 p.m. Join the Guilty Pleasure Cabaret for a fun, all-levels, dance class sure to get you sweating. Combines elements of Jazz, Hip Hop, fitness, stiletto heals to bring out your inner diva, build…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 4 Happy Independence Day! PARADE – 11 a.m. Celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the 103rd Springfield 4th of July parade. Followed by a party with live music, Brooks chicken bbq, 4th of July Quilt Show, a Revolutionary War display by the Fort Plain Museum, the Utica Zoomobile, a bounce house, games, raffles, and more. Free parking. Springfield Community Center, 137 Co. Rt. 29A, Springfield Center. wskg.org/event/springfield-4th-of-july-parade-and-celebration-2/ FREEDOM – Noon. Listen to…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 13 History Of WWI, Bassett Hospital FIND HOLY WEEK SERVICES HERE! HISTORY PRESENTATION – 6:30 p.m. Tom Heitz opens history season with some stories from WWI about shell shocked aviators recovering at Bassett Hospital and the good-natured hijinks they got into with the Cooperstown community. Event is free and open to all. Includes light refreshments. Kinney Memorial Library, Co. Rt. 11, Hartwick. Info, Deb Mackenzie, President Otsego County Historical Association, (607)293-6635 ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Opening of…
Life, Liberty, Pursuit Of Happiness Stated Anew At Farmers’ Museum…
