HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAR. 18
Learn About Local Wool
WORLD OF WOOL – 11 a.m. Learn about local wool and its journey to be clothing. Includes an educational display, a community knitting circle, spinning & weaving demonstrations, live music, and a chance to meet a local Angora Rabbit. At the Cooperstown Farmers Market. Info, www.facebook.com/CooperstownFarmersMarket/
MUSIC FESTIVAL – 7-10 p.m. Bluegrass Americana music festival headlined by The Gibson Brothers. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, foothillspac.org
CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. The Big Galute jewish ensemble band performance explores the intersection between classical and klezmers music, and Jewish music of the Balkans, Turkey, and the US. Anderson Theater, Hartwick College. Info, www.biggalute.com or call the Hartwick College department of music @ (607)431-4800
ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m. 2 Dietz St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontafarmersmarket.org
COOPERSTOWN FARMERS MARKET – 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Info, www.otsego2000.org/cooperstown-farmers-market-and-agriculture/
MUSICAL MADNESS – 10 a.m.-Noon. Hands on musical discovery event for children ages 2-8. Include instrument petting zoo, music technology, crafts, a dance room, and Orff instruments. 2nd floor Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, visit www.facebook.com/OneontaWorldofLearning/ or email worldoflearning@live.com
SEWING DAY – 10 a.m. Come sew feminine hygiene supplies for poverty stricken girls to stay in school. Bring your kits and sewing machines and donation of supplies. Unadilla First Presbyterian Church, 156 Main St., Unadilla. Info, visit www.daysforgirls.org or email oneontany@daysforgirls.org or call (607)643-8209
NOT SO FROZEN TOE RACE – 10:30 a.m. Held in all weather conditions. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Cost, $20. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com/events/frozen-toes-race-series/ or call Race Director Doug McCoy (607)547-2800 ext. 111
HOT MEAL PROGRAM – 11 a.m.-1 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.firstumc-oneonta.org
DRAWING WORKSHOP – 1-4 p.m. Begin your “Journey into Drawing” with Friend of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego counties. Materials are free. All skill levels welcome. Registration preferred. The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/events
WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 p.m. Poet, speed writer, novelist, or short story writer. Come practice your writing in the format of NaNoWriMo at your pace. Share if you want. Led by Jen Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, hmloneonta.org/hml-writers-group/
FOR-DO BOOK CLUB – 4-7 p.m. Group reading followed by discussion. The group votes on the book to be read. For anyone who doesn’t read enough. At The Turning Point, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, www.friendsofrecoverydo.org/events
DANCE SERIES – 7 p.m. Wintertime cabin fever dance series featuring Kilometer Davis. $5 at door. Must be over 21. Red Shed Brewery, 817 Butter Bowl Rd., Cherry Valley. Info, www.redshedbrewingcompany.com
TRIVIA NIGHT – 7 p.m. Jeopardy style game open to all ages. Theme: Cooperstown Community. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 NY-80, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/fenimore/programs/special_events
SENIOR PLAY – 7-9 p.m. “Miss Nelson is Missing.” Auditorium, Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstowncs.org