HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
Investigate Paranormal
At Historic Opera House
PARANORMAL – 7 – 9 p.m. & 10 – Midnight. Join seasoned investigator for fun, education, exploration of paranormal possibilities of the opera house. Cost, $20/person. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com/halloween-events
RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Find wide variety of items for sale at St. John Lutheran Church, 2546 St. Hwy. 80, West Burlington. 315-855-4199.
RESEARCH TRAINING – 11 a.m. – Noon. Learn to research in 4cls ‘Research Center’ databases with emphasis on foreign language instruction, genealogy, full text magazine articles with 4cls Digital Services Librarian Brian Lee. Registration recommended. Village Library of Cooperstown. 607-547-8344 or visit www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/
TRUNK OR TREAT – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Decorate your car and bring candy to hand out. Decorations must be child friendly, candy must be store bought & individually wrapped. 3 cash prizes for best dressed community cars. E-mail to sign up your car. Cherry Valley Springfield Central School, 597 Co. Hwy. 54, Cherry Valley. 607-264-3265 or visit www.cvscs.org/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=5PGP30&dasi=33A2
GHOST TOURS – 5:30 – 9 p.m. Join a guide to explore the museum after dark, learn about the mysteries, ghostly happening associated with the village. Learn what Things Go Bump In The Night. Cost, $17/non-member. Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/ghost-tours
HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m. Ghost tour visits places where ghostly manifestations have been reported over the years and areas identified by the Ghost Hunters Halloween special. Cost, $20/person. Reservations required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098 or visit hydehall.org
HARVEST FEST – 6 – 8 p.m. Enjoy fabulous fall fest featuring chili contest, pie auction, games, more. Oneonta Christian Academy, 158 River St., Oneonta. 607-432-0383 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontaca/
FILM – 6:30 p.m. Presenting “Spiderman: Far From Home.” Cost, $3/person. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta.
FLOAT NIGHT – 6:45 – 8:30 p.m. Families have fun floating in the pool. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-0010 or visit www.oneontaymca.org
SHADOW CHASERS – 7 p.m. Participate in Paranormal investigation with NY Shadow Chasers Team. Lecture & tickets required. Cost, $15. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St., Otego. 607-988-6661 or visit www.facebook.com/harrislibrary/
PERFORMANCE – 7 p.m. Cabaret performer Barbara Brussell sings favorites from the American Song Book before continuing on to performance in Manhattan’s famed night club ‘Don’t Tell Mama.’ Admission, $20/person, all going to performers. Refreshments & desserts included. Home of Tom Morgan & Erna M. McReynolds. 1077 Otego Rd, Franklin.
AUDITIONS – 7 p.m. Audition for role in comedic play. Includes openings for men & women aged 20s to 70s. Performances will be January 24 – February 2. Play will be “Harvey” about a woman committing her brother to a sanitarium only to have the staff believe she is the patient and hilarity ensues. Production Center, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/GEStevensOneonta/
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Theatrical Performance “Gruesome Playground Injuries” about An accident prone dare devil and a corrosive masochist as they navigate friendship, love, and the squishy things in between. Hamblin Theater, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta.
HALLOWEEN COMEDY – 8 p.m. Theatrical performance ‘Blithe Spirits,’ farcical tale of novelist who becomes haunted by the spirits of his 2 dead wives after a seance. Performed by Catskill Community Players, written by Noel Coward in 1941. General admission, $18. Wieting Theater, 168 Main St., Worcester. 607-397-8500 or visit catskillplayers.org