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OMANTICS Inspirational speaker, psychologist, author and Hartwick Alum Maria Sirois returns to deliver the 2013 Leslie Rude Memorial Lecture.
Hartwick Alum To Explore ‘The Authentic Life’
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Frederic Edwin Church’ “The Wreck,” to be exhibited at The Fenimore Art Museum, captures what Hyde Hall Executive Director Jonathan Maney calls “the terror and delight” of the Romantic Movement, to be celebrated around Otsego Lake this summer in “Romanticism & The American Landscape,” a collaboration of The Fenimore, The Glimmerglass Festival and the Hyde Hall National Historic Landmark.
Novel Alliance Brings ‘Terror, Delight’ To Fans Of Art, Opera, Literature
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Clockwise from upper left, Glimmerglass’ Francesca Zambello will bring music, NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio, Associate Curator of Exhibitions Chris Rossi and Public Relations Manager Todd Kenyon, art, and Hyde Hall’s Jonathan Maney, literature, to “Romanticism & The American Landscape.”
ast summer, with the help of “American Impressionism: Paintings of Light & Life” – it included Otsego County’s first Monet – the paid gate at The Fenimore and Farmers’ museums rose another 6 percent. North on West Lake Road, the Glimmerglass Festival – “The Music Man” was sold out by midJuly – met its $6 million budget (which translates into a $10 million economic footprint) for the second year in a row. Across Otsego Lake, Hyde Hall, the National Historic Landmark, unveiled a full-size copy of Samuel Morse’s “Gallery of the Louvre,” cut the ribbon on the restored Tin Top gatehouse, and relit the cutting-edge vapor chandeliers for the first time in a century. It was on a smaller base, but attendance there leaped 20 percent. This summer, success joins success joins success. The New York State Historical Association museums – The Farmers’ and The Fenimore – have Please See ALLIANCE, B3
uest Lecturer Maria Sirois, ‘82, returns to deliver the 2013 Leslie Rude Memorial Lecture, “The Authentic Voice, The Authentic Life.” Reception to follow. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, Anderson Theatre. Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, Patricia Dopazo, (607) 431-4020, dopazop@ hartwick.edu, www.mariasirois.com HOF EXPERT: Baseball Hall of Fame curator leads visitors through “Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience” exhibit. Free with admission. National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum. 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22. Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Stephen Light, (607) 547-0329. DYLAN LIVES! The Justice League, featuring Darcy Gibson, performs all of Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” LP at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at The Oneonta Theatre. Tickets at door or at oneontatheatre.com. MEDITATE: Guided meditation aimed at relaxation. Taught by Matthew Zalichin using the book “Present Fresh Wakefulness: A Manual on Non-conceptual Wisdom” by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22. Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5051, rygcooperstown@ gmail.com. FINAL WEEKEND: Last weekend for snow thrills and winter tubing. $5; under 13 must be accompanied by adult. Tubes provided; warming room, concession stand. Free cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, ice fishing. Weather permitting. 11-4 p.m. Saturday - Sunday Feb. 23-24. Glimmerglass State Park.
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