HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31
Parade, Poetry, & Party
To Celebrate New Year
New Years Eve!
CELEBRATION – 5 p.m. Start a safe & sober New Years celebration with parade down Main St. followed by poetry readings, festival featuring live music, games, dancing, & special guest Anthony Eardley, Oneonta’s American Ninja Warrior. Then first ever talent show featuring $1000 prize at 7:30, then black-light after-party featuring entertainment by Cosmic Karma Fire Spinners. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.facebook.com/FNOneonta/
DEADLINE – All Day. Last day to submit scripts for ‘New Plays By Regional Playwrights’ for 2020 Winter Series. Have a reading, get feedback. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1453 or e-mail m.tamburrino@fenimoreart.org to submit. Visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
FROSTBITE 5K – 1 – 2 p.m. Run through scenic Oneonta dressed as favorite Frosty character or wearing a crazy hat. Runs in all weathers so dress accordingly. Registration from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Cost, $30/person. Starts near Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-0010 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaFamilyYMCA/
BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 5 p.m. Give Blood, save a life with American Red Cross. Walk-ins welcome. Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Rd., Cooperstown. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=13326
KNITTING GROUP – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Work on current projects & hang out with the Knit-Witts. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344 or visit www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org
ATONEMENT SERVICE – 5 p.m. Atonement with Holy Communion. Atonement Lutheran Church, 1 Center St., Oneonta. 607-432-6852 or email prpaul_theoinst@hotmail.com
BOARD GAMES – 6 – 8 p.m. Night of fun Board & Party games with Serenity Hobbies. Ages 16+ welcome. Huntington Memorial Library, 61 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/
CELEBRATION – 7 p.m. Ring in the New Year with fabulous food & fun featuring live music, dancing. Cost, $85/person. Hawkeye Bar & Grill, Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-9931 or visit www.otesaga.com/dining/seasonal-dining
CELEBRATION – 9:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Ring in New Year with funky tunes by Hanzolo, and delicious beverages. Mel’s At 22, 22 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. 607-435-7062 or visit www.facebook.com/Melsat22/