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Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
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This Weekend’s There’s Plenty Goin’ On Down On The Farm
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t’s getting on towards harvest time and the farmers of Otsego County want to show you what they do best! From fish to bees to corn and cattle and more, Family Farm Days offers you a chance to visit a series of Upstate farms. Bring a cooler and take home some delicious, farm-fresh goodies! 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, download a farm guide at www.cceschoharie-otsego. org/agriculture/familyfarmday. • While you’re out on the farm, don’t forget to stock up on savory garlic too! Dancing Veggie Farm is hosting its annual garlic festival. Stock seeds and get
recipes too! 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 2526, Dancing Veggie Farm, 246 Ainslie Rd., Richfield Springs. Info, (315) 8581095. • What’s a farm without a loyal sheepdog? Even if you can’t bring a Good Boy (or girl!) home with you, you can still enjoy the fluffy fun
of the annual Leatherstockthis weekend, the Oneonta ing Sheepdog Trials, with Concert Band will perform handlers showing off skills some of his famous marches with their dogs to try and – and plenty others – in herd sheep. $5. 8 a.m.-4 Huntington Park. Bring a p.m. Saturday-Sunlawn chair or blanket things day, Aug, 25-26, and enjoy an afterOpen field, Beaver to do! noon of music. Meadow Road, 3 p.m. Sunday, Cooperstown. Info, Aug. 26, Huntington hinmanhollowdogs@ Park, Oneonta. Info, yahoo.com (607) 432-0960. • • You can even The Star Theater see antique tracin Cherry Valley will tors and engines host a screening of that date back to the LIBBY the award-winning CUDMORE early 1900s at the documentary “BeFly Creek Cider mill, coming Who I Was,” part of the Fly Creek about a boy who is discovCommunity Days. Lawn ered to be the reincarnation sales, food and more of a revered monk and the throughout the village. 10 journey that follows. 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. Info, 25, Fly Creek Cider Mill, (607) 264-3080. 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. ►ON THE COVER (607) 547-9692. • Hanford Mills’ Executive Director Liz Callahan There was a time when shows off the water wheel John Philip Sousa played that powers the operation at the Oneonta Theater, and
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Hanford Mills’ Val Crilly shows off a wooden butter-tub lid, a product that allowed the water-powered complex in East Meredith to thrive for more than a century.
um executive director. “But with the local dairy business, they sold a lot of covers for butter tubs, because farmEAST MEREDITH ers found it was easier to transport butter and cheese to market, rather like your covers and I don’t than milk.” care to change,” wrote While The Fenimore Art Museum R.H. Sloan, Walton, in a in Cooperstown, with exhibits like letter to the Hanford Family dated this year’s “Thomas Cole & The Gar1896, regarding their wooden lids den of Eden,” built around a Hudson for butter tubs. River School master►TAKE A WALK ON In another letter, piece, is foremost in an order was placed its field, a number of THE WATER SIDE for 50 of the buttersmaller institutions can •HANFORD MILLS MUSEUM tub covers, 10 cents enhance a history-lover’s Original water-driven mill apiece. “They had complex, East Meredith. 10 visit to the Coopershoped to make a name a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays town region. for themselves in First among those through Sundays, plus Lahandle manufacturing, bor day. (607) 278-5744 is the Hanford Mills for brooms and such,” Museum, 20 miles other local museums, said Liz Callahan, Please See see list pg. 8 Hanford Mills MuseMUSEUMS, Pg. 5 By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
From A Casual Patio Lunch To Dining On Pork Mignon
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t says a lot about a business, let alone a restaurant, that has long-term employees. At Pioneer Patio, I believe there isn’t anyone who works there with less than eight years. They care about the place and it shows. Very rare! If you haven’t been for
awhile, drop on by! They have built an outdoor seating patio on the top level, delightful on a nice day. It took me a while to decide what to have – the menu offers lots of apps, wings, great burgers and sandwiches for lunch. The dinner menu has everything from seafood to steak to schnitzel,
something for whatever kind of mood you’re in! I was there for lunch and I had the grilled chicken breast with bacon and Swiss. The chicken was grilled to perfection, so tasty and moist; it was served on a soft grilled Kaiser roll topped with fresh tasty tomatoes and lettuce. The
fries were tasty and hot, just and while theirs is as tender as fries should be. On my and delicious as any, it’s the next visit I plan on either pork mignon, with applehaving the Monte Crisco or smoked bacon and vanilla the Reuben – someone had sweet potatoes that always those at the table next to catch my eye. It’s served me and they looked with fresh vegFINE DINING, etables, but more fabulous. If you want fresh FUN DINING than that, it’s the food served with a cobbled apples on Staff Picks the side that set this smile, duck down the alley! (Pioneer dish apart. And their Patio Restaurant, 46 Pioneer mashed potatoes – red skins Street, Cooperstown. on – are creamy perfection. 607-544-1076) They also serve lunch and TARA BARNWELL are famous for their lobster General Manager rolls – the ultimate summer treat! alk to any local and With intimate seating they will tell you – think your closest friends, about a dinner they not a class reunion – and a had at The Farmhouse at cozy atmosphere, you’ll cerEmmons – prom night, an tainly want to settle in and anniversary, an engagement savor your meal. There’s or a family reunion, a night no rush. Enjoy. (The Farmout with special friends. But house at Emmons, Rt 7, no matter what the occasion, Across from Price Chopper, they’ll likely tell you that it Oneonta. 607-432-7374) was one of the most deliLIBBY CUDMORE cious meals you can find in Managing Editor Oneonta. I love to order prime rib Please See PICKS, Pg. 6
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Water-Driven Mill Complex Thrives As Window On Past MUSEUMS, From Pg. 3 from Cooperstown and 10 from Oneonta, now celebrating its 45th anniversary. “The mill operated from 1840s to 1968,” said Callahan. An operating mill site since 1846, it grew into “a rural industrial complex that included a sawmill, gristmill, feed mill, woodworking shop and hardware store,” powered by steam and gasoline engines, and the electrical generating waters of Kortright Creek. Closed in 1967, the complex was bought by a local farmer, Ken Kelso, who reopened it later that year as an attraction. Local newspapers dubbed it “Delaware’s
Water-powered Hanford Mills in its 19th century heyday, left, and in its restored state today, below.
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hese buildings had to be ... accurate to the 1900s heyday.” LIZ CALLAHAN Hanford Mills Museum executive
Disneyland,” but Kelso alone was unable to get the mill to the museum quality he sought, and in the early ’70s, enlisted locals to help him turn it into a non-profit. “The first few years were all restoration,” said Callahan. “These buildings had to be brought up to operational standards and accurate to the 1900s heyday.” Please See MUSEUM, Pg. 8
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Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
How About A Soda Jerks’ Shake, Or ‘Daddy’s Subs? PICKS/From Pg. 4 nce a common sight in every corner drug store, the old-fashioned soda fountain is an iconic delicacy that has gone by the wayside to make way for fancy new soda dispensers. But believe it or not, the charm of the classic 1950s soda fountain hasn’t fully disappeared. And if you’re craving a deli-
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cious meal and a cream soda to bring back the memories, you don’t need to look any further than Soda Jerks in Oneonta to get your fix of ’50s nostalgia. While the food is delicious and reasonably priced, the old-fashioned soda fountain is the main attraction. Where else can you get a classic raspberry soda with a scoop of vanilla ice cream,
whipped cream and a cherry on top? In today’s era of instantaneous self-serve soda fountains, there is something sweet, pun intended, in seeing someone take the time to mix the flavored syrup with the carbonated water right in front of you. That extra element of human craftsmanship is something that makes all the
difference. And Soda Jerks in Oneonta is one of the few places left where that human element is still appreciated. (Soda Jerks, 458 Chestnut St, Oneonta. 607-267-4792.) PARKER FISH Staff Reporter
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he neighborhood deli is slowly vanishing, but at Daddy Al’s General Store it is alive and well. A popular lunchtime stop for working men and women who want a good quality fill-up at very reasonable prices, this Veteran-owned establishment has been serving Amish meats and bulk food items to Oneonta since 1997. If you are looking for one of (if not THE) biggest sandwich in town, try the Daddy Al’s Sub. Served on a whole loaf of Italian bread about the size of your leg, this monster of a sandwich starts with three meats and two cheeses and can feed a normal person for two days. Their deli serves a wide selection of John F. Martin meats including my personal favorite; the buffalo chicken or peppered turkey. Looking for something else? How about a two-
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“Daddy” Al shows off one of his subs, the toast of Oneontans.
pound bag of Bavarian Cream filling? A sack of gummy eggs? Gluten freeflour? Or maybe just some milk in a glass bottle? They have it all and more! Looking to stock Dad’s cabinets? They’ve got pickled eggs, spicy mustards, peanut brittle, sweet potato chips, birch beer and homemade peanut butter. Their selection of licorice pipes, nickel candy, bubblegum cigars, wax lips, and candy buttons are sure to intrigue the youngster in your life.(Daddy Al’s General Store. 387 Chestnut St. Oneonta 607-432-0652) IAN AUSTIN Staff Photographer
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Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
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MUSICA, MAESTRO?
Famed ZZ Top Will Rock At Hospice Benefit By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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an Ayers, Catskill Hospice CEO, is ready to boogie. “The cowboy hat and boots are not that far back in the closet,” he said. “And I started growing a beard in honor of ZZ Top!” The “Tush” rockers – Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard – will headline the Upstate Food Truck Festival, a new event that combines Hospice’s annual Epicurean Festival and the Celebrity Party fundraiser, on Saturday, Aug. 25. “We saw that attendance to the Epicurean Festival was starting to decline,” said Ayers. “We were looking to spice things up, and when the opportunity came up to add a major headliner like
ZZ Top, we realized that rather than splitting our resources, we should focus on one event.” ZZ Top is best known for classic blues-rock anthems like “Legs” “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Doubleback” from 1990s “Back To The Future Part III” – the band also appeared in the film – formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and Frank Beard’s iconic furry drum set is on permanent display in the museum. Four-time world barbeque champion and NYT best-sellCatskill Area ing cookbook author Myron Hospice CEO Mixon will judge a barbeque Dan Ayres cook-off and give a demonshows off the stration of the techniques that beard that made him “the winningest he has been man in barbeque.” growing in There will be samples of anticipation craft beer and cider availof ZZ Top’s able, as well as a variety of concert in regional food trucks. Oneonta
The annual Catskill Area Hospice benefit starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in Oneonta’s Sixth Ward Field, with ZZ Top taking the stage at 8:30 p.m.
labor day weekend
September 1 & 2 · 10 am to 5 pm · Cooperstown ArtiSAnS, CrAfterS, food, MuSiC & More Go to www.cooperstownfestival.info for more info or call 607-547-9983
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The Wieting Theatre 168 Main St., Worcester, NY
Fri. & Sat. @ 7 pm • Sunday @ 2pm Tickets only $5 adults, Children $3 Only 20 min from Cooperstown & Oneonta! High-quality Digital presentations in a family friendly historic building! www.wietingtheatre.com
Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
Real Hanford Mills Became Real Museum, But Societies Capture Past Around County MUSEUM/From Pg. 5 The museum, chartered by the State of New York, opened in 1973 and, much like The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, Hanford Mills operates as a living history museum, with demonstrations and interpretations of the 1926 overshot water wheel, saw-mill equipment, even harvesting ice for year-’round use, packed in sawdust. “This is one of the few surviving examples of the types of mills that existed in these rural areas,” said Callahan, who also chairs the Historical & Architectural Review Board in Cooperstown, where she lives. “They were significant to the growth and development of these small towns.” At their peak in the early 1900s, the Hanfords operated the sawmill, a grist mill to make animal feed, and a woodshop to make the tub covers, shingles and other small items that might be used on the farm. Originally operated by water wheel, the complex was converted to steam in 1886, then went back to a water wheel in the 1920s, with supplemental gas engines. But Hanford Mills isn’t the only place to witness
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IROQUOIS INDIAN FESTIVAL September 1 & 2 10am - 5pm Iroquois Indian Museum
►ATTENTION, HISTORY BUFFS!
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here’s no shortage of local history museums around the Cooperstown Region. Here’s a sampling, history buffs. • The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1450. •S wart-Wilcox House, Wilcox Avenue, Oneonta. (607) 287-7011. • E dmeston Museum, 1 North St, Edmeston. (607) 293-6635. • F ly Creek Historical Society, 210 Cemetery Rd, Fly Creek. (607) 547-1275. •U nadilla Historical Association, 131 Main Street (Masonic Temple), Unadilla. (607) 547-4200 •R ichfield Springs Historic Association and Museum, 134 West Main Street, Richfield Springs. (315) 858-0027. • Cherry Valley Museum, 49 Main St, Cherry Valley. (607) 264-3303. •G reater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 •H artwick Historical Society, 3140 Co Rd 11, Hartwick. (607) 293-6600.
history in the area. There are 13 local historical societies, and seven have small museums dedicated to preserving the local past, according to Deb Mackenzie, the Edmeston Museum’s new executive director (and president of OCHA, the Otsego County Historical Association). “Being able to see and touch these artifacts makes history real,” said Mackenzie. “We have a collection of farm tools from the 1800s-1870s, and it makes it clear to students the hard-
ship and work that went into farming. It amazes folks.” Back in East Meredith, the curators are finding there’s still demand for Hanford Mills’ historical products. “Gene Marra of the Cooperstown Distillery needed block ice for an event he was hosting during Induction Weekend,” said Callahan. “We still had had some in our icehouse, left over from the Ice Harvest, and he came up and took a truck load.”
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS: Exclusive Iroquois Art Market Dancers from Six Nations Family activity area Wildlife rehabilitator & animals Archeology demonstrations Iroquois storytelling Delectable traditional foods
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Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
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local authors, local readings
3 Authors Seek To Come To Grips With Challenges Of Being Women By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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or Christian Beachemin, her first book, “Let My legacy Be Love” came to her by surprise. “It was not the book I set out to write,” she said. “I like to tell stories of my life to share positive takeaways and lessons learned.” But the more she shared with her neighbor, Carlene Nolan, she realized that there was something more. “We uncovered the bigger
►IF YOU GO: Book readings of Christian Beachemin and Carlene Nolan’s “Let My Legacy Be Love” and Vivian Peters’ “Oops! Tales from a Sexpert”, 10:20 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Aug. 23, Clark Sports Center. ►Also, Peters reads “Oops!” 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, Green Toad Books, Oneonta.
story,” said Nolan. “Lots of childhood trauma leads to adult troubles. We went through tears and anger to get to the heart of the story.” Beachemin and Nolan will be reading with Vivian
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Peters, author of “Oops! Tales from a Sexpert” 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Clark Sports Center. Both books are available on Amazon, but books purchased at the event are eligible for a 20 percent discount. A former educator with Planned Parenthood, Peters was inspired to write the book from conversations she had with students and young people. “There are particularly high rates of pregnancy among people in their teens and early 20s, people in poverty and without formal education and people of color,” she said. “But it doesn’t have to be that way. So many problems could be prevented if we could impact the unintended pregnancy role.”
Auhors Carlene Nolan, left, Christian Beachemin, center, and Vivian Peters are planning readings of their books on women in the next few days.
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According to Peters, children born to teen parents are more likely to drop out of school and become teen parents themselves. “It perpetuates a cycle of poverty,” she said. “But if we can reach one kid and get her to blow out 20 candles without a pregnancy, we have opened countless doors.”
The book was released in April, and she said she has received positive feedback. “The roots are spreading deep,” she said. “When we have serious conversations about sex, we can help people.” Additionally, Peters will be reading 2 p.m. Saturday, Please See BOOKS, Pg. 12
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CHORAL SOCIETY will hold auditions Thursday, August 30 between 4 and 6:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main Street, Oneonta for our Winter concert, Messe de Minuit by Charpentier in a concert titled Noël led by G. Roberts Kolb. All voices are welcome and tenors and basses are always needed. Sight reading not required. Rehearsals are Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:30 pm at Unitarian Universalist Society in Oneonta. ATSKILL
To schedule an audition, please phone 607 431-6060, option 2 Bringing the hills alive with music for over four decades. lOCAllY MADE, HAND-CRAFTED QUIlTS, BENCHES, CHESTS AND MORE! RARE HARD-TO-FIND ITEMS!
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Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY ►Friday, August 24
HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops, followed by tour of hop yard, house. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Makers all ages create, learn, experiment. Materials provided. Inspire creative thinking, problem-solving. Crochet, coding, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoha-
rie. 518-673-2314. FINE CRAFTS – 5 - 7 p.m. Opening reception for Fine Crafts Invitational exhibit “Made in New York: Earth, Wind & Sky,” joint Miniature Show inspired by Thomas Cole. Displayed thru 9/21. Cooperstown Art Association. 607-547-9777. HOLIDAY MARKET – 5 - 7 p.m. Taj Garage comes early. Artist Steve Clorfeine, poet, world traveler, teacher, more,
presents items from Nepal, India. Handcrafted items like silk, sculptures, paintings, dolls, more. Find wedding, holiday gifts. Show continues thru 8/26. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5327. FIREPIT FRIDAY – 6 - 9 p.m. Enjoy cold beers, roaring bonfire, live music by Ryan Matter. Catch a trolley from Doubleday Field to/from Brewery Ommegang, Cooper-
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Otsego Land Trust Gala Cocktail Party
Sunday, September 2 | 4:30-7:30 pm Brookwood Point 6000 State Rte 80 | Cooperstown
· Live music by Join us at beautiful Brookwood Point to Joe Siracusa celebrate 30 years of land protection, · Complimentary honor Harry Levine, and support the cocktails “Blueway Trail” Stewardship Fund. · Locally sourced Admission: $100 | For more info hors d’oeuvres or to buy tickets: OtsegoLandTrust.org and appetizers 607-547-2366 | becky@otsegolandtrust.org
stown. 607-544-1800. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Oceans 8.” Cost, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. THEATER – 7 p.m. Production of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.” Cost, $15/ adult. Amphitheater, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Showing “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, Directed by Julie Kline. A powerful drama depicting when Bronx School Principal takes matters into own hands when she suspects Father Flyn of improper relations with male student. Free admission. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. 607829-3700. HYPNOTIST – 9 p.m. Famous performer Sailesh presents live show taking audience on journey with hypnosis, improv, music, interactivity. Fun evening for all. Cost, $3. Ballroom, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. . MUSIC – 9 p.m. - Midnight. Teresa Broadwell Quartet performs jazz, swing with finest musicians out there. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9931.
►Saturday, August 25
COMMUNITY SALE – All Day. Browse yard sales around town. Pick up map at Fly Creek General store. Includes all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at Fly Creek Fire House, White Elephant sale at United Methodist
dAnCing Veggie FARm’s 20th AnnuAL
Garlic Harvest Celebration August 25 And 26 10 Am to 6 pm Biodynamic garlic seedstock and growing tips garlicky Food samples Follow signs from Fly Creek and Richfield springs Allen Lake Road to Ainslie Road 315-858-1095
Church, then lunch, snacks, drinks with FCAHS at The Grange on Cemetery Rd. Town of Fly Creek. DOG TRIAL – 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Leatherstocking Sheepdog Trials feature handlers showing off skills with their dog to heard sheep. Pairs from Canada to Maryland. Cost, $5. Open field, Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. E-mail hinmanhollowdogs@ yahoo.com CARS & COFFEE – 9 - 11 a.m. Join gearheads for relaxed display of multi-brand, multi-period cars. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. 607-547-9692. GARLIC HARVEST – 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Get delicious, biodynamic garlic for the kitchen, seed stock to grow your own, or sample delicious recipes. Follow signs from Fly Creek, Richfield Springs to Dancing Veggies Farm 246 Ainslie Road, Richfield Springs. 315-858-1095. ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Single-cylinder gas engine enthusiasts show antiques from early 1900s. Stop by for engines, food, community lawn sales, more. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St., Fly Creek. 607-547-9692. FARM DAY – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Visit family farms around Otsego County. Explore fish farming, beekeeping, maple syruping, more. Find guide at www.familyfarmday.org EXHIBIT – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Final day “Oneonta’s Own: The State Militia & the National Guard in Oneonta, 1812-2003.” Free. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960. ART WORKSHOP – 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Create caricatures of someone, something with teacher Gary Mayer. Cost, $45, materials included, registration required. Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. 607-3267908. SHOWTALK – 10:30 a.m. Jeanine Tesori, Tazewell Thompson discuss inspiration behind new opera premiering this season, share excerpts from work-in-progress. Cost, $25/adult. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 11
Thursday-Friday, August 23-24, 2018
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►HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO COUNTY FROM Pg. 10
►Saturday, August 25
NETWORKING – 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mingle, enjoy refreshments with other Mom entrepreneurs in community. Hosted by SFCU. Dress casual, children welcome. RSVP preferred, space limited. Noah’s World, 144 Round House Road, Oneonta. 607432-7529. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops. See Friday Listing. THEATER – Noon. “A Case For Eviction” follow struggle of Frank, Dora to evict temporary resident from their guest room. Leatherstocking Stage, The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. FOOD TRUCK FEST – 1 - 8:30 p.m. Celebrate Food Trucks of Upstate New York. Features food trucks, live music, vendors, tastings of wine, craft beer, ciders, food, more. Live performance by ZZ Top! beginning 8:30. 6th Ward Booster Club Field, 7 Scrambling Ave., Oneonta. CHARACTER TOUR – 1 - 2 p.m. Tour museum through eyes of featured artists themselves. Tour led by Thomas Cole as portrayed by Templeton Player. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1400. VIGNETTES – 2 p.m. Guided tour showcasing three site-specific performances by Templeton Players on struggle for Women’s Rights. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. BOOK SIGNING– 3 p.m. Dar Williams signs her book “What I Found In A Thousand Towns,” presents on travels through small town America. Followed by concert at 7 p.m.
Cost, $10-$52 for concert Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-6913550 THEATER – 3 & 7:30 p.m. Showing “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, See Friday Listing. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Oceans 8.” See Friday Listing. COFFEE HOUSE – 7 - 9 p.m. Range of genres by amateur local performers; light refreshments; all welcome. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church. Church Rd., Schuyler Lake. 315-858-2575. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Sidney Community Band plays popular music, show tunes. Free. 3 Chenango Rd, Edmeston. 607-965-8377. COMEDY – 9 p.m. Performance by Anthony Jamal Bean, aka “Chico,” of Wild n’ Out fame. Cost, $3. Ballroom, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. MUSIC – 9 p.m. Dance to amazing songs from big band, early rock n’ roll, country, Latin, Motown, more with DJ John Thompson. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Call 607-5479931.
►Sunday, August 26
DOG TRIAL – 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Leatherstocking Sheepdog Trials feature handlers showing off skills with dog to herd sheep. Pairs from Canada to Maryland. Cost, $5. Open field, Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. E-mail hinmanhollowdogs@ yahoo.com GARLIC HARVEST – 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Get delicious, biodynamic garlic. See Friday Listing. ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Single-cylinder gas engine enthusiasts show antiques. See Saturday
Listing. HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, hops. See Friday Listing. THEATER – Noon. See “Box and Cox Trunk Show” features best performers in region. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. SUNDAY BRUNCH – Noon - 2:30 p.m. Enjoy omelettes made to order, carving stations, waffles, more. Cost, $34.95/person. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931. GARDEN HACKS – 1 - 2 p.m. Learn tried, tested gardening tips. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1450. SUNDAY SERIES – 1 - 3 p.m. Antique Appraisal Clinic with Tim Northup, Al Bullard, Kevin Herrick, Mary Ann Flewelling. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. FILM SCREENING – 1, 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Oceans 8.” See Friday Listing. ANTI-RENT WAR – 2 p.m. Enjoy performances by Templeton Players depicting Anti-Rent Movement. Included with museum admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. CONCERT – 3 p.m. Oneonta Concert Band performs Standards such as “The March King,” John Philip Sousa, others. Bring chair, blanket. Donate to save nearby Oneonta Theater where Sousa played. Huntington Park, Oneonta. 607-432-0960. DINNER CONCERT – 4 p.m. “America’s Musical Ambassadors” Timothy Perry, Margaret “Pej” Rietz celebrate 25 years musical collaboration in program “ClarinArts: Moods, Meditative to Manic” featur-
ing selection from classical to gypsy, swing, tango, Caribbean. Dinner to follow. Cost, $68/person. The Horned Dorset, 2000 St. Rt. 8, Leonardsville. 315-855-7898. THEATER – 5 p.m. Final performance “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley, See Friday Listing. FILM SCREENING – 7:30 p.m. Showing “Becoming Who I Was” award-winning documentary about boy who’s discovered to be reincarnation of revered monk, journey that follows. Star Theater, 44 Main St., Cherry Valley. 607264-3080. CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Hear Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos” performed by returning favorite Joseph Lin. Tickets, $25/adult. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 877-666-7421.
►Monday, August 27
RESEARCH RESOURCES – 4 p.m. Digital Services 4CLS Librarian, Brian Lee, presents program about genealogy resources ancestry.com, others. Discusses DNA results, what to do with them. Free, all invited. Donations accepted. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Road 29A, Springfield Center. 607-264-3375. PUBLIC SPEAKING – 5:30 p.m. Practice public speaking with Toastmasters. All welcome. The White House Building, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1466 FIGURE DRAWING – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Non-instructional drawing, live model. Poses chosen by consensus. Cost $12/class. Carriage House Art Studio, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-435-8718.
►Tuesday, August 28 ART ROCKS – 11 a.m. Young artists learn tech-
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niques, explore works in museum’s collection. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. RECOVERY FORUM – 11:30 a.m. Eligible Medicaid enrolees learn support systems, healthcare options, meet providers to achieve recovery goals. Community Room, Southside Mall, Oneonta. 607-433-2343. KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8344. CONCERT – 7 p.m. Fritz Henry, solo singer, guitar offers fun, interactive music for all ages. Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. 607-547-5256. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 12
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ADOPTION EVENT – 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Meet furry friends from Susquehanna Animal Shelter, Delaware Valley Humane Society, others. FoxCare Center, 1 Fox Care Dr., Oneonta. 607-547-8111. AFTERNOON ART – 3 - 4 p.m. Children aged 4-8 paint self-portraits inspired by folk art collection. Cost, $5/child. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. DISCUSSION GROUP – 3 - 5 p.m. Discuss current events. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344. WRITERS GROUP – 5 p.m. Discuss current writing projects, get inspired, have fun. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. MUSIC – 5 - 9 p.m. Cooperstown Community Band performs patriotic marches, Broadway show tunes, jazz, themes, more. Free, open to public. East Lawn, The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607547-9931. OPENING RECEPTION – 5:30 - 7 p.m. Community Exhibition - Folk Art by Janet and Charlie Munro. On show
thru 9/30. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607547-1400. READING – 5:30 - 7 p.m. Kids bring favorite book and read aloud to an adult. Canajoharie Library, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. LEARN MINECRAFT – 6 - 7:30 p.m. Parents/adults with children interested in minecraft learn about game. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-547-1980. CHESS NIGHT – 6 - 11 p.m. Weekly meeting welcomes players of all levels. No fees. Cafeteria, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. Call Dom at 607484-7240. THEATER – 7 - 9 p.m. Production of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.” Cost, $15/ adult. Amphitheater, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400. POETRY – 8 p.m. Big O’ Poetry Slam season opens with Rebecca “Butterfly” Vaughns, author, recording artist and producer/director. Free, open to public. Waterfront Room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-3013.
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BOOKS/From Pg. 9 Sept. 8 at the Green Toad Bookstore in Oneonta. Peters also knew Nolan, and introduced her to Beachemin, starting a friendship between the two women. “Our books are so different, but they’re both modeling the potential impact of these powerful dialogues,” said Peters. “It’s never too late to have these dialogues.” “These adverse childhood experiences link to divorces, addiction and teen pregnancy,” said Beachemin. While the incidents in her book were based on true stories Peters encountered during her time with Planned Parenthood, she took care to change identifying details to protect the privacy of the people she encountered. But with many of the
stories based on her life, Beachemin was worried about hurting people she loved. “I didn’t want to make anyone look bad,” she said. “I started to have second thoughts, but then I had that difficult conversation with my dad. He asked a lot of questions, but at the end, he said ‘This book could help a lot of people’ and gave me his blessing. Beachemin’s book, which came out June 30, also includes daily practices and a workbook section so readers can chronicle their own journey. “I started to get emails from women thanking me and sharing their stories,” she said. “One woman was able to confront her brother, and another said I helped her process what happened to her.”