HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 6
Fabulous Mac & Cheese Contest
FOOD CONTEST – 5:30 – 8 p.m. Find out which restaurants have the best mac & cheese. See the judges taste them, get samples for yourself. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. Call 607-432 2941 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontafabulousfridays/
ICE CREAM SOCIAL – 5 – 8 p.m. Annual event features hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, salads, many homemade cakes, and ice cream. Rain or Shine. Proceeds benefit Living Waters Honduras Mission and Women’s Fellowship. Cost, $11 dinner + dessert. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8410 or visit www.facebook.com/CooperstownPres/
HOPPY TOURS – 11 a.m. Brief history, discussion of beer, brewing, and hops, followed by a tour of the hop yard, hop house. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/hoppy-trails
ANIMAL SOUNDS – 2 p.m. Kids join the Utica Zoo Zoomobile to learn the sounds that animals make. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
MAKERSPACE – 3:30 p.m. Create, Learn Experiment. Materials provided for hands on activities from coding to crochet. All ages welcome. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
ARTISTS FORUM – 4 p.m. Moderated by Dr. Amy Snider followed by the closing party of Paint Clay Glass. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5327 or visit www.facebook.com/TheArtGarageCooperstown/
OPENING RECEPTION – 5 – 8 p.m. Wenda Habenicht, Paul Flippen and Mark Picone exhibition. Displayed through July 22. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070 or visit www.canoneonta.org/event/art-exhibit-fippen-habenicht-picone/?instance_id=1032
FAB FRIDAY – 5 – 8 p.m. Enjoy ice cream sundaes with hosts Hilda Wilcox & Jim Johnson. Cost, $2 each. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960 or visit www.oneontahistory.org/upcomingevents.htm
CLOSING PARTY – 6 – 8 p.m. Closing reception for artists Lilian Voorhees, Robert Seward, David Wilson. Includes snack, beverages, music (weather permitting). The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5327 or visit www.facebook.com/TheArtGarageCooperstown/
THEATER – 7 p.m. Orpheus Theater junior presents “Jungle Book.” Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432 1800 or visit www.facebook.com/OrpheusTheatre/
BASEBALL – 7 p.m. Support the Oneonta Outlaws against Saugerties Stallions. Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Ave., Oneonta. Call 607-432-6326 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontaoutlawsbaseball/
THEATER – 7 – 9 p.m. Production of Shakespeare’s play “Othello.” Cost, $15/adult. Amphitheater, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/calendar-a
PERFORMANCE – 8 p.m. Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew explore the future of small communities at the end of industrialization through her puppetry/animation. Followed by panel discussion with artist, local activists. Cost, $14/adult. The Church, 2381 St. Hwy. 205, Mount Vision. Call 607-638-5119 or visit www.upsi-ny.com/upcoming-events-news/