HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
Lumberjacks, Woodworking,
More At Hanford Mills Festival
WOODSMEN’S FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Festival celebrates way people use, work with wood. Features lumberjack events, woodworking demonstrations, horse-drawn wagon rides, local vendors, mill tours, food, music, crafts, science exhibits, more. Cost, $9/adult. Hanford Mills, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. 607-278-5744 or visit www.hanfordmills.org
FALL ART SHOW – 1 – 3 p.m. Fall show features works by Leatherstocking Brush & Pallete Club, local artists. Includes bake sale to benefit Springfield Historical Society. Gym, Springfield Community Center, 29A, Springfield Center. 607-264-3375 or visit springfieldhistoricalsocietyny.org
PLASTIC COLLECTION – 8 – 11 a.m. Farmers drop off used agricultural plastics including bale wrap, silage/ag bags, bunker covers. No longer accepting wood pellet bags. Plastic must be shaken out to remove excess feed/dirt, dry, sorted according to color/type. Southern Transfer Station, 75 Silas Ln., Oneonta. 607-282-4087 or visit occainfo.org/calendar/ag-plastic-collection-southern-transfer-station/
OPEN HOUSE – 9 a.m. – Noon. Learn how you could stay in shape this winter. FoxCare Fitness, Oneonta. 607-431-5454 or visit foxcarefit.com/open-house
FALL PUMPKINS – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Have fun, pick your perfect pumpkins, RSCS InflataRUN, Pumpkin carving with Riis Gramstad, Pink Pumpkins, more. Cullen Pumpkin Farm, 587 Cullen Road, Richfield Springs. 315-867-3878 or visit cullenpumpkinfarm.com/events/
BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. Cooperstown residents have clean/returnable bottles & cans on the curb or visible from the street. Support Cooperstown Boy Scouts. Drop-off bin at Major League Motor Inn, 6156 NY-28, Fly Creek. Call Chris Doucas at 607-267-1103.
HALLOWEEN FILM – 10 a.m. Come dressed as your favorite character, watch Hocus Pocus (1993). Best costume wins a prize. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-0230 or visit www.facebook.com/Richfield-Springs-Public-Library-1068210423236404/
FALL FLING – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Features Craft Sale, Bake Sale including craft items, supplies, food, bake sale items for sale. Support local fire department. Hartwick Seminary Fire Department, 4877 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-8091 or visit www.hfd2.org/index.html
EXHIBITION – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. See pieces from the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art on loan from the Fenimore Art Museum. Runs thru 12/30. Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, 310 Genesee St., Utica. 315-797-0000 or visit www.mwpai.org/view/exhibitions/future-exhibition/american-indian-art-from-the-fenimore-museum-the-thaw-collection/
PHOTOGRAPHY – 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Learn technical, aesthetic basics, get comfortable with 1 or 2 image processing apps to take your phone photography to the next level with award-winning fine art photographer JW Johnston. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/
AUTHOR CON – 11 a.m. Unique event featuring variety of celebrities, author, vendors. Includes para horror festival with attractions like Sweeney Todds Convention Cuts, SCA Rennaissance Soceity, more. Cost, $5/day pass. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.authorcon-parahorrorfestival.com/
WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/
BOOK SIGNING – 2 p.m. Welcome James Ebersole, contributing author of new horror anthology “The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories,” featuring 26 tales set on the scariest night of the year. The Green Toad Book Store, 198 Main St., Oneonta. 607-433-8898 or visit www.facebook.com/TheGreenToadBookstore/
ARTIST TALK – 2 p.m. Presentation by artists Nina Jordan, Patrice Lorenz on exhibit “The Landscape: Cut and Carved.” Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Rd., Roxbury. 607-326-7908 or visit roxburyartsgroup.org/2017/04/01/september-29-november-10-the-landscape-cut-and-carved/
TURKEY DINNER – 4 – 6:30 p.m. Celebrate harvest with Turkey and all the fixings. Takeout available. Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-0126 or visit www.facebook.com/ChurchofChristUnitingRichfieldSprings/
MUSIC – 5 p.m. LIVE 2 hours of Country Music featuring all the favorites. Oneonta Elks Lodge, 84-86 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1312 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaElksClub/
BUMP IN THE NIGHT – 5:30 p.m. Tour historic village in lantern light. Visit sites with tales of ghostly happenings, see performance of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart.” Hour long tour departing every half hour to 8 p.m. Children must be accompanied by adult, small children recommended for early tours. Cost, $15/non-member. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/ghost-tours
GHOST TOURS – 6 p.m. Visit all spooky places in mansion when ghostly phenomena have been reported in last 150 years. Tours leave every half hour to 7:30. Cost, $20/person, reservations required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown. 607-547-5098 ext.6 or visit hydehall.org
HARVEST FEAST – 6 p.m. Enjoy bounty prepared by Chefs Consortium. Features appetizers, salads, soups, main courses, desserts made with local, farm-fresh food. Tickets, $50/person. Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Mama Mia: Here We Go Again.” Cost, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/2586155
FUNDRAISER – 7 p.m. Performance by Folk Musician Jim Paradis with special guests. Cost, $10. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Performance of “A Raisin In The Sun” following the Youngers, a black family in a small, tidy Chicago apartment, as the matriarch awaits an insurance check and family debates what to do with it. General admission, $5. Hamblin Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/2805226
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Performance of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novel “And Then There Were None.” Admission, $17/adult. Production Center, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-5407 or visit foothillspac.org