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The John Colonna Trio will perform on Thursday, July 20 at Marcus Villagrán’s Dunderberg Gallery, 188 Marion Avenue in Gilbertsville. The trio—pianist Colonna, Kenji Tokunaga on bass and Joel Proctor on drums—has been described by doNYC.com as “a group of virtuosic musicians who channel the sound of classic jazz into modern feels like funk, rock, and gospel.”…
Helios Care will hold a support group for caregivers of people with severe or chronic illness. The group will provide connections, identify local resources and help create strategies for self-care. It will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. on Thursdays from July 20 to August 17 at Southside Mall in Oneonta. The group is free but registration is required; call Jessica Weeden at (607) 432-5525.…
Meadow Links Golf Pavilion will host free family-friendly concerts at 7 p.m. on Mondays in July and August. They will be held, rain or shine, at 476 County Road 27. The series kicked off on July 10 with banjo virtuoso Drew French, a former U.S. Open National Banjo Champion and concert violinist who spoke briefly about his original renditions of early jazz on vintage banjos.…
The contents of the historic stone house known as “Woodchuck Knoll” of Emmons Farms in Emmons will be sold at unreserved auction on Saturday, July 15. Emmons Farms evolved from the early 1800s lumber business that was begun by Asa Emmons on a large tract of land in Otsego County.…
ONEONTA—David Wightman of Wightman Specialty Woods will present his encyclopedic knowledge of trees and forests at the Swart-Wilcox House Museum at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 9. The talk will cover the history and value of Otsego County’s wooded areas.…
ONEONTA—The Saugerties Stallions swept the Oneonta Outlaws in a doubleheader at Damaschke Field on Saturday, July 1, bringing them to a five-game winning streak. Both games of the doubleheader were seven-inning contests.…
COOPERSTOWN—Following a suggestion by member Antoinette Kuzminski, the Community Garden Discussion Group partnered with Carefree Gardens to plant and mulch five hydrangeas in front of the Cooperstown Post Office on Monday, June 26. Formerly known as the Cooperstown Garden Discussion Group, the organization has more than 50 members and promotes local horticulture.…
ONEONTA—The Delaware-Otsego Soccer Board will hold classes for new officials for the upcoming fall high school season. They will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11 in Morris Hall, SUNY Oneonta, and continue through August 1.…
OTSEGO COUNTY—James Irving Matson announced that he will be performing a research survey of barn quilts in upstate New York. He asked residents who own, display or make barn quilts to reach out to him via Facebook or jamesmtsn@yahoo.com. Matson intends to interview residents and compile a catalog of the increasingly popular art form in the region. Barn quilts are a relatively new form of grassroots public art and have become common in the American South and parts of Canada.…
COOPERSTOWN—The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced that a new exhibit, “The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball,” will open in spring 2024. It will trace the long history of Black baseball from the early decades prior to the formation of the Negro Leagues, through the complexities of re-integration, to the challenges that remain today. The new exhibit is part of the Hall of Fame’s Black Baseball Initiative, which includes additional outreach programs, educational material and…