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With the summer season fast coming to a close, it’s time to cele brate the bounty that comes with the autumn season. Farmers, arti sans, and more will be on hand to sell their wares, handcrafted goods, foods, and much more.• Visit the New York State Fair, enjoy the rides, eat delicious food, and take in amazing performances. Shows happening this weekend include a sea lion performance at the expo center, a Rooster crowing competition at the poultry barn, tradi tional dances at the Indian village, a bird of prey demonstration and more. Fair continues through September 5 with rides, food, exhibits and more daily. New York State Fair Grounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse. Visit https://nysfair.ny.gov/•TheCooperstown Artisan Festival will feature more than 50 artisans from our region selling ceramics, photography, quilts, aromatherapy and more. Live music, arts and crafts activities for the kids, food trucks, the Utica Zoomobile. The Festival runs Saturday, September 3 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Otsego County Campus, 197 Main St., Cooperstown. cooperstownartisanfestival.infoVisit
• At the other end of Main Street, The Cooperstown Art Association will be hosting the Fine Arts on the Lawn exhibition featuring works by over 40 members. Look through the exhibits in artist-run tents and then explore the works by members displayed on the porch. Held Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Visit cooperstownart.com.•Enjoy
fall event at the Iroquois Museum celebrating the creativity of the Iroquois. The Sky Dancers will perform traditional dances, Onondaga storyteller Perry Ground will tell dramatic tales of astounding adventures, and there will be an art market with Iroquois artists. Museum admission is $8 per adult. Held Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and noon - 5 p.m. Iroquois Museum, 324 Caverns Rd., Howes Cave. Visit www.iroquoismusem.org
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►ON THE COVER Priscilla A. Carroll of ‘Mabel’s Cables’ demonstrates yarn-spinning at the 2021 Cooperstown Artisan Festival
Mr. Lincourt has photos highlighting the beautiful landscapes of The Village of Cooperstown and the immediate surrounding area. The exhibit can be seen through October 9.
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Local photographer Alan Lincourt has been capturing images of the Leatherstocking region for more than 50 years and has his first public showcase of his collection of photography on display in the lobby of the Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum, located at 99 Main Street in Cooperstown.
Local Cooperstown artist Nate Katz is having a porch sale Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4. He’ll be selling his Alpha Folks T-shirts, post cards, and prints, all with his original artwork! At his porch sale, Nate will feature single postcards and sets of cards from his Cooperstown, Sharon Springs, and Cherry Valley drawing collec tions of iconic local buildings. Stop by 79 Chestnut Street in Cooperstown, from noon to 4 each day.
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Inspired by the Leatherstocking Brush and Palette Club’s ‘Cooperstown Arts & Crafts Show’, a Labor Day weekend tradition in the Village for approximately 50 years, the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce answered calls to revive the craft fair in 2017.
“In its new incarnation, the ‘Cooperstown Artisan Festival’ celebrates the flourishing creative spirit of our region today, and provides a venue for over fifty select regional artists and craftspeople offering a vast range of unique handmade goods to the public,” said Tara Burke, Executive Director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce.Livemusic, food trucks, artist demonstrations, and activities for children round out the event making it a fun outing for the whole family.
Because of COVID, the Cooperstown Artisan Festival was cancelled in 2020.
The Artisan Festival is the ideal place to find unique gifts, including skincare products, clothing and accessories, jewelry, housewares, home décor, and specialty foods.
“The event is amazing because it brings together local makers with an audience that appreciates the opportu nity to purchase items crafted with care. And it makes Labor Day weekend a perfect time to visit Cooperstown when there’s so much to explore throughout the Village,
The venue is perfect for an artisan festival. “It’s outdoors on the lawn of the Otsego County Campus on upper Main Street in Cooperstown in front of the courthouse,” she said. “It’s open to the public, entry is free to all, and the event will go on rain or shine.”
“It’s a two-day festival and will take place on Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4,” Ms. Burke said.
“We’ve been consistently impressed with the quality of craftmanship displayed by the vendors, as well as the enormous variety of media. You will find artisans working with wood, clay, metal, fibers, paper, resin, wax, glass, and ‘found’ objects, as well as painting, drawing, and photography,” Ms. Burke said.
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The Fenimore and Farmers’ Museums will oversee chil dren’s activities at the festival, and the Utica ZooMobile program is scheduled to bring a selection of live animals along with their knowledgeable staff on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information about the Cooperstown Artisan Festival and its participants, please visit the website www. cooperstownartisanfestival.info, or contact the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce by phone 607-547-9983, or email office@cooperstownchamber.org .
Live music throughout the weekend will feature ‘The Council Rock Band’ playing an energetic mix of rock favor ites on Saturday, September 3, from 2 to 5 p.m., and ‘The Mopar Cams’ authentic rockabilly swing style on Sunday, September 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. Food will be available onsite from ‘Brake from the Grind’ and ‘Tacocat’ food trucks, and ‘All the Perks’ will offer a variety of coffee and other beverages.
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After five years, the Cooperstown Chamber feels certain that the Artisan Festival tradition will continue to thrive well into the future.
We thank our exhibition sponsors Christian and Cheryl Heilmann, Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D., Family of F. X. Matt II, Joseph Abraham, The John and Cynthia DeTraglia Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, P. J. Green, Inc., Dr. W. Anthony and Carol B. Mandour, Nye and Company Auctioneers / Appraisers, and the Hon. Joan E. Shkane (ret.).
Imagine the perfect place in Cooperstown on Lake Otsego, the serenity of which is arguably the best around, and you will find yourself at the Fenimore Art Museum Café. The day we were there was a sunny, breezy day. I chose the Chicken Curry Sandwich. I’m not a huge fan of curry, but I was in the mood for something different. It was served on Heidelberg bread with chicken curry, lettuce, cran berries and tomato. I also had their broccoli cheddar soup, some of the best I’ve everMyhad.friend had the Chicken Thai Noodle Bowl, she loved it. It had chicken, noodles, roasted red peppers, carrots, pickles, peanuts and Thai peanut ginger sauce. Delicious!You’llfind the café in the back of the museum, of course you have to go through the wonderful gift shop to get there! (Psst— you don’t have to pay admission to the museum if you only want to dine there, although I’d suggest taking in the wonderful exhibits they have ongoing and for this summer). It is quite possibly the most relaxing place to grab a bite on the lake. The menu isn’t huge, but it’s tasty and has some thing for everyone!
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The other day I took a walk downtown. It was a hot day and I thought to myself ‘I could use an ice cream.’ Conveniently, a recent addition to Main Street, Cooperstown is the Brain Freeze Ice Cream Shop right near the intersec tion of Pioneer and Main. There were many tempting flavors but I ordered a scoop of the Bittersweet Sinphony and the Cookies & Cream for myself. Then for good measure topped it with some M&M®s.ThenI took a walk down to the lake front park to take in the lake and enjoy the buffer strip garden that the Lake and Valley Garden Club planted and has main tained since 2005. The ice cream was, as always delicious. The Cookies & Cream was, as expected full of Oreo® cookies that slowly became softer as the ice cream melted in the heat and the M&M®s were a good bit of added crunchiness (and choc olatiness) before I reached the scoop of Bittersweet Sinphony.TheBittersweet Sinphony is coffee ice cream with chunks of dark chocolate fudge mixed in and it was a delicious finisher. Definitely worth a touch of brain freeze on a hot afternoon.
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AUDITIONS 5 - 6:30 p.m. Catskill Choral Society invites the community to try out for the group. All voices are wel come, choral experience is helpful, sight-reading not required. Appointments re quired. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. E-mail catskillchoralsociety.com.CCS@
OPEN MIC 6 p.m. Bring your creative writing to share this first Friday of the month. The Telegraph School, 83 Al den St., Cherry Valley. 607264-3785.
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IROQUOIS ARTS 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Celebrate modern Iroquois creativity and expres sion. The art market features traditional and contemporary arts and fine crafts, the Sky Dancers from Six Nations Re serve perform traditional Iro quois dances and may invite the audience to join in. Onon daga storyteller Perry Ground will return with dramatic tales of astounding adventures. There will also be plenty of family activities, a local wildlife rehabilitator, demon strations of flint knapping, ar tifact identification, and more. Admission, $8/adult. Iroquois Museum, 324 Caverns Rd., Howes Cave. 518-296-8949.
FINE ARTS 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Art Association presents Fine Arts on the Lawn in which artists and crafts people dis play and sell their works. Coo perstown Art Assocaition, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. 607547-9777.
EXHIBIT RECEPTION 5 - 7 p.m. Celebrate the fall exhibit Front Row Center: Icons of Rock, Blues, and Soul featur ing 75 riveting images by re nowned concert photographer Larry Hulst. Hulst documented some of the most memorable live performances in music history. Exhibit showing 8/30 thru 11/22. Yager Hall, Hart wick College, Oneonta. 607431-4480.
CONTRADANCE 7:3010:30 p.m. Enjoy a fun social dance with the Otsego Dance Society. Will feature music by the Mandigo Blue band with Robby Poulette calling the dances. Suggested donation, $8/adult. New location at Cornfield Hall, 655 Co. Rd. 26, Fly Creek. Visit society.weebly.com/otsegodance
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PERFORMANCE ART 8 p.m. Enjoy interdisciplinary art performance Invisible Land scapes incorporating dance, film, architecture, and visual arts. Tickets, $18 general ad mission. The Visionary Stage for New and Explorative Art, 2381 NY-205 Mount Vision. 607-638-5119.
COOPERSTOwN ARTISAN FESTIVAL 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Celebrate the creativity of lo cal crafts people with a festi val featuring 50+ artisans. Will also include music from local bands such as The Council Rock Band, The Mopar Cams, and others. There will also be food trucks and artist demon strations. Outside the Otsego County Courthouse, 197 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-5479983. ►Sunday, SepT. 4 FINE ARTS 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fine Arts on the Lawn. See Saturday listing. COOPERSTOwN ARTISAN FESTIVAL 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 50+ artisans show their works. See Saturday listing. IROQUOIS ARTS Noon5 p.m. Celebrate modern Iroquois creativity and expres sion. See Saturday Listing.
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OPENING RECEPTION 5 - 8 p.m. Celebrate opening of exhibit Figure & Effigy fea turing works in ceramics, oil paint, photography, jacquard, and more by local artists. Free, refreshments served. 25 Main Collective, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. 607-264-5340.
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COUNTRY FESTIVAL Noon - 6 p.m. Popular country fes tival returns with live music, vendors, rummage sale, chil dren’s activities and more! Rain or shine. West Kortright Centre, 49 West Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. 607-278-5454. SCULPTURE EXHIBITION 4 - 7 p.m. Celebrate open ing of new sculpture exhibit ‘Mirror’ by Michael Thron and Chris Steckler. G.E.M. Sculp ture Park, 12 Commons Dr., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2897.
Like to sing? We will hold AUDITIONS on Thursday, September 1 st between 5 and 6:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Society 12 Ford Avenue, Oneonta All voices are welcome by appointment. Some choral experience is helpful, but sightreading isn’t required . ~ To schedule an appointment, www.catskillchoralsociety.com/auditionsCCS@catskillchoralsociety.comemailFormoreinformation,visit Making music for over 50 years GRAND OPENING Wee Bitta Acre Country Store Saturday, September 3 • 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily 452 Sarafin Rd., Mohawk (Jordanville) Fresh produce • Fresh fruits • Local dairy, goat and cow Jams • Local chicken & turkey • Maple syrup • Honey Eggs • Homemade crafts Come check us out!
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AUDITIONS 7:30 - 9 p.m. Bigger Dreams productions is seeking community mem bers who enjoy acting and the theater to audition for roles in the upcoming performance of August: Osage County. Perfor mances February 3 through 12, 2023. Auditions held in the Production Center, Foot hills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit dreamsproductions.org.www.bigger
B-8 Summer DreamS Thursday, September 1, 2022 All at one lakeside location 2 1/2 miles north of cooperstown on west lake road, 6098 state highway 80 general information: www.bluemingogrill.com607-547-2543 Lake Otsego’s only open-air lakeside dining spot offers creative grill cuisine on its Adirondack porches at the water’s edge. Inspired by a multitude of international cuisines, the Blue Mingo Offers an eclectic menu that The New York Times has calleD “the area’s most interesting dishes.” (607) 547-7496 Spend some quality time on the lake in a rental boat at Sam Smith’s. rentals are available by the hour to a full day (607) 547- 2581 On your way to the dining porches of The Blue Mingo Grill, you will pass through the collection of clothing, gifts and accessories inspired by the classic casual elegance of Adirondack Great Camp style a contemporary take on the classic country store, with a unique and wide-ranging offering of authentic products and provisions from around the world and around the corner. From gourmet foods, take-out lunches and locally-sourced grocery items and produce to kitchen and entertaining essentials, pet and garden supplies, treats for A Perfect Day on Otsego Lake The Blue Mingo Grill Sam Smith’s Boat Rentals The Mingo Market
