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A unique presentation consisting of a concert and lecture will be presented at Hyde Hall on Sunday, September 10 at 7 p.m. The event, titled “Zoellner String Quartet Project with Lady Alexandra Foley Performed by Musicians of Ma’alwyck,” will resurrect pieces by composers who were well established early last century, but are now relatively obscure.…
Many years ago, I wrote about an encounter I had with a butterfly. While weeding, I looked up and locked eyes with the butterfly. We were caught in one another’s gaze for what seemed then like an eternity. I had been reliving a Bach concert presented by the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, which highlighted his Brandenburg concertos, for me one of the most profoundly moving compositions every written.…
Edyn Iteafa Ebikoboere Aiyemo, a 12-year-old student at Oneonta Middle School and the author of the children’s book “The Tale of the World with Four Colors,” held a book signing at the Oneonta Starbucks on Thursday, August 3. The event was sponsored by Starbucks in collaboration with A.T. Socio-Judicial Consulting.…
Mary Nolan, local Cooperstown artist, has been selected to exhibit a solo show at The Arkell Museum. Her exhibit, “Moods of Oneida,” features the landscapes, water, and weather of Oneida Lake painted with movement and atmosphere. The show is on view through October 8. Nolan has a long career as an exhibiting and teaching artist, focusing on Cooperstown, Maine, and Cape Cod regional landscapes. Many of her small onsite oil paintings are used as studies for larger studio paintings. She…
The Cooperstown Art Association has announced that the deadlines for artisans to register for its annual outdoor art event on Labor Day Weekend, Fine Arts on the Lawn, have been extended until Friday, August 25. Exhibitors on the front porch must be up-to-date CAA members; artists who are non-members can reserve space on the front lawn. For more information, visit www.cooperstownart.com/fine-arts-on-the-lawn.html or e-mail gallery@cooperstownart.com.…
The Cooperstown Art Association will hold an opening reception for two new exhibitions on Friday, August 18 from 5-7 p.m. “Made in New York: The Art of Wood” is the 28th biennial Fine Craft Invitational show devoted entirely to woodworking, including both functional and nonfunctional creations made with local and exotic woods. Featuring local and regional artisans and craftspeople, this year’s show in Gallery A will include turned and carved items, sculpture, furniture, lighting, jewelry, vessels, and more.…
Internationally active artist Helen Quinn will present a free artist’s talk on Thursday, August 10 at 6 p.m. at the Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road, just outside of Cooperstown. Quinn’s program is offered as part of the current show, “Passages: Creatures and Curiosities.” The three-person exhibit also includes work by Ava Fedorov and Petey Brown.…
Wednesday, July 12 saw the opening of the month-long presentation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at Fenimore Art Museum, which will be presented every Wednesday and Thursday until August 10. The play is being performed by the Glimmer Globe Theatre players under the direction of Michael Henrici who, with wife Danielle, has organized and presented many Shakespearean plays in the past, including last year’s “Romeo and Juliet.”…
After a three-year hiatus, the Stagecoach Run Art Festival got underway once more over the weekend of July 1-2. The event is so-named because the majority of exhibits are located along a route once known as the Catskill Turnpike, which ran from Catskill in Greene County westward to Unadilla and on to places north. Upwards of 50 artists displayed their works in their homes, studios, galleries, barns and in other venues in the Village of Franklin and its neighboring hamlet,…
An experience in the fusion of astronomy and classical music will be offered at Hyde Hall on Sunday, July 30. The concert, titled “Celestial Melodies,” will be performed by the Musicians of Ma’alwyck. It will begin indoors at 7 p.m. and will end outdoors, weather permitting, with the viewing of a meteor display.…