In Tribute Kellogg’s passion for opera, arts brought success to Glimmerglass, Cooperstown, region Editor’s Note: Glimmerglass Opera Artistic Director Emeritus Paul Kellogg died April 28, 2021, at age 84. As a tribute, his friend, our editorial board member, Lin Vincent wrote about what he meant to arts in the region, and to what is now known as The Glimmerglass Festival in Springfield Center By Lin Vincent Soon after Paul Kellogg and his partner, Raymond Han, moved into a potentially elegant…
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HOMETOWN HISTORY May 6, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 135 Years Ago The wretches who flaunted the red flag and hurled dynamite with fatal effect in Chicago Tuesday evening are not to be confounded with the honest workingmen there, or anywhere else, who seek to better their condition by agitation within the law. They were anarchists – cranks whose proper place is the lunatic asylum. Your anarchist is against…
Local theater groups to stage production of Williams classic Stuff of Dreams and Bigger Boat Productions announce the production of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama “The Glass Menagerie,” which will stream on May 28, 29 and on June 4, 5 via the ShowTix4U platform. According to a media release, “The play is a tender, and sometimes bitter, memory of the Wingfield family, with matriarch Amanda Wingfield watching over her children, Tom and Laura, and attempting to control their lives. Her one…
LIFE SKETCHES by TERRY BERKSON In search of pigeons just like Marlon Brando’s birds The other night I watched a rerun of “On the Waterfront,” starring Marlin Brando. I had forgotten that the character he played was named Terry, like me. When I was about 13 and saw the movie for the first time, I was so impressed with Brando that I had to own pigeons, like the character he played. His coop was on a flat roof. Mine had…
Cooperstown & Around Closed for abatement An asbestos abatement project will be taking place in The Cooperstown Art Association’s Gallery A and as a result the Village Hall, including all CAA galleries and their gallery shop and The Village Library of Cooperstown, will be closed Saturday, May 8. CAA and the library are normally closed Sundays and Mondays. Both institutions will reopen and resume normal activities Tuesday, May, 11. Mental health month helpers May is National Mental Health Awareness Month.…
In Memoriam Kenneth F. Huemmer III, 38 May 23, 1982 – April 12, 2021 He tested positive for Covid -19 on March 2, 2021. He entered the hospital on March 26, suffered a rapid decline, and passed away from the complications of multiple organ failure and sepsis, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY on April 12. Kenny was born in Tucson, AZ on May 23rd 1982 to parents Ardith L. and Kenneth F. Huemmer, Jr. He graduated from St. Mary’s…
Long Island native, Limiti joins Iron String Press staff Kevin Limiti started work with the Iron String Press media group on Monday, May 3. A Long Island native, Limiti graduated from Brooklyn College in 2020 with a degree in journalism. He previously worked as a stringer for the BK Reader and the Brooklyn Eagle. Limiti, 31, said he enjoys playing guitar, creative writing and anime. Limiti has rented an apartment in Oneonta and will cover the city in all its…
In Memoriam Joanne Gallucci Gencic, 56 Oneonta High School Graduate Joanne Gallucci Gencic passed away peacefully on February 4th, 2021. She was born on July 27th, 1964 to Arthur and Antoinette (Langellotti) Gallucci. She was married to Zoran Gencic for 20 years and had one daughter. Joanne graduated from Oneonta high school and continued her higher education at Delhi University with an associate in Hotel Management. She later went on to finish her Bachelors in Hotel Management at the New…
The Dog Charmer How To (Leash) Train Your Yorkie Dear Tom, I have a lovely Yorkie that I was given three years ago. She is a great dog. She’s affectionate, athletic, cuddly, curious, smart. There is, however, one little issue that drives me crazy and, angry at times. We take several walks a day and we live in town so she must be on a leash. When I get myself all suited up for the walk, she gets excited about…
Hughes Field opens: Coop tops Jackets on rally in seventh Oneonta gets two STAC wins; Hawkeyes top Norwich at Doubleday Field By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown scored seven runs in the seventh inning to stage a comeback against the host Yellowjackets at Joe Hughes Field, 11-9, on Saturday, May 1. The rally marked the best action for the two teams opening weekend as the two powerhouse programs in the region both beat Norwich, and Oneonta also topped…
