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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND
Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, June 14, 2012
Newsstand Price $1 Artist Nate Katz with his dad, Jeff, at “A Tribute To Strip Malls” opening reception in New York City.
EVAN JAGELS ART REVIEW
Nate Katz’s Work Authentic, Not Ironic NEW YORK
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ate Katz of Cooperstown has achieved that which is just a dream for most artists – a solo opening in Manhattan’s SoHo district.
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Kara Curpier of Fly Creek, atop Isabella, waits to compete at the 17th annual Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horse Show Sunday, June 10, at Iroquois Farm. (More photos, A3)
Katz’s exhibition, “A Tribute to Strip Malls” opened to the public Thursday, June 7, at the Leonard Tourne Gallery on Broome Street. Within minutes, Katz has already made his first sale. The 21-year-old artist and recent Please See ARTIST, A8
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GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL 2012
Justice Ginsburg Anchors ‘Season Of Social Change’ By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
Susquehanna Sojourn Due To Start Here
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f you see five dozen canoes floating past Council Rock Thursday morning, June 14, it will likely be the first leg – Cooperstown to Sidney – of the 444-mile annual Susquehanna Sojourn. Hosted by the Headwaters River Trail Partnership, the local leg begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Glimmerglass State Park, and ends at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Keith Clarke Park, Sidney. TEACHER ALERT: The Cooperstown Art Association is soliciting entries for “The Art of Otsego County Art Teachers, Past and Present,” to open Friday, Sept. 28. For details, call 5479777 or email dougjhallbert@gmail.com or kullrathbun@hotmail.com. EARLY-BIRD ALERT: An early-bird special, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, will open The Friends of the Village Library’s annual book sale on the lawn of the library at 22 Main. The early-bird fee is $10. The sale will run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 8.
Weaver John Oakley mans a loom at Thistle Hill Weavers in rural Cherry Valley. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal
Textile Conference Highlights Rabbit Goody’s Achievements Cherry Valley Entrepreneur Is Weaver To Hollywood’s Stars By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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f you’ve seen any of the Oscar nominees or summer blockbusters in the past five years, chances are you’ve seen Rabbit Goody’s work. Goody and the team at Thistle Hill Weavers, her weaving mill in the Town
of Cherry Valley, near the Sharon line, made the striped linen for the vintage cowboy shirts worn by Josh Brolin in “No Country For Old Men,” the wool for Daniel Day Lewis’ suits in “There Will Be Blood,” the blankets for the Mohawk Indians in the HBO series “John Adams” and loin cloths for 60 Peruvian war- Goody and Jon Maney, Hyde Hall riors in “Indiana Jones and executive director, confer before Please See CLOTH, A7 the conference.
limmerglass Festival Director Francesca Zambello is calling 2012 “The Season of Social Change and Justice,” and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg provides Justice the exclamation mark. Ginsburg The justice, an opera buff who attended Glimmerglass last summer and, while here, toured Hyde Hall, the National Historic Landmark on the other side of Otsego Lake, will be back at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, where she will discuss “Trials In Opera” with Zambello. “She excited to be here,” said Zambello. “She loves coming to Cooperstown.” The Ginsburg program is part of a theme the carries through this summer’s offerings: Please See OPERA, A9
Angel Network Run To Help Needy Kids By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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t started with a cupcake. Alyssa McGoldrick recalled a story a friend told her about a local kindergartner who started crying because her parents couldn’t afford to bake cupcakes for her birthday. The friend went home and baked a batch of cupcakes to give out to the class on the girl’s behalf. “Kids need cupcakes on their birthday,” Please See ANGELS, A3
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