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BEST BETS Hyde Hall is hosting literary evenings on Glimmerglass Festival themes.
Glimmerglass is presenting baseballthemed concerts at the Hall of Fame every Thursday, beginning July 31.
The Utica Zoomobile brings live animal excitement to the Cooperstown Rotary Club’s Spring Fling Street Fair on Saturday, May 17.
Spring Fling Street Fair A First In Cooperstown
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njoy a full day of fair fun with food, the Utica Zoomobile, music and more. Sponsored by the Rotary Club. Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, May 17, Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. Info, Karen Katz, Kkatz@stny.rr.com, (607) 434-3418. MURAL DEBUTS: See the first of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s murals depicting the building’s former occupants and the opening of the center’s latest exhibit, “If These Walls Could Talk.” 4:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org.
In Just 2 Seasons, Zambello Initiatives Evident Everywhere
FABULOUS FRIDAY: Live music, gallery openings, tastings and more. 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 16, Main Street Oneonta. Info, www.mainstreetoneonta. com
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Since becoming general & artistic director two years ago, Francesca Zambello has put the Glimmerglass Festival’s brand everywhere in Otsego County through multiple collaboGlimmerglass Festival photo rations.
he Glimmerglass Opera, now Festival, has come a long way, baby, in the almost four decades since enthusiasts gathered on CCS’ Sterling Auditorium stage to perform “La Boheme.” When the 39th season opens Friday, July 4, with “Madame Butterfly” – “a great first opera,” Francesca Zambello calls it – there will be the four expected new productions, adjusted since Zambello’s arrival as general & artistic director (this is her third season) to include a Broadway hit musical, “Carousel” this year. Please See PLANET, B3
BATTER UP: Enjoy an old-timey baseball game. Free. Noon-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, May 17-18, Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Highway 33, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 544-1800. WILD PLANTS: “Weeds, Leaves, Seeds & Shoots” workshops teaches about nutritional and medicinal benefits of wild plants. $15 NYSHA members, $20 public. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 17, The Farmers Museum, 5775 St. Hwy., 80, Cooperstown. Info, registration, (607) 547-1461. JOYFUL NOISE: “Following the Ninth” celebrates Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” with local musicians and discussion to follow. $15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students. 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, Cooperstown High School, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. Info, sydney. l.waller@gmail.com.
Couple To Reopen Worcester General Store, Downtown Mainstay By JIM KEVLIN WORCESTER
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he only full-service market between Cobleskill and Oneonta – its loss was mourned by merchants and shoppers alike in this largely intact Victorian downtown – will soon be back in business. These days, Brian Caulfield, a contractor from New York City – he and his wife, Elizabeth McGuckin, have owned a house here since 1999 – can be found inside the
century-old structure, gutting the former market with the goal of reopening it by mid-July as the Worcester General Store & Market. He kiddingly reported to one of his daughters: “It’s under construction, already behind schedule, and over budget.” But it’s his business, so he doesn’t have to explain it to any boss. The alarm went up in the community in February, when word circulated that Bill Vadja, who owned the business since 2002, Jim Kevlin/ OTSEGO.life had concluded he could no longer continue, a Brian Caulfield is moving wife Elizabeth and their children to Worcester victim of the polar winter. “It was costing me Please See STORE, B2 and reopening the market.
TOT TROT: Fenimore 5K for grownups, Tot Trot for kids 2-12 to benefit the Angel Network of Cooperstown, which helps families in need of school supplies and emergency services. $10 fee before May 15, $12 after. 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, The Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, cooperstownangel@yahoo.com
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