HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 Art Garage Opens BLM Art Exhibit ART OPENING – 4 – 6 p.m. Celebrate the 3rd entry in the ongoing art series ‘High Alert, Artists Speak Out on social justice.’ This time enjoy a preview of a 2021 in-progress documentary on the creation of a 9000 sq. ft. mural in NJ and works by 5 of the muralists will be on display on the walls. All welcome. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd.,…
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Cooperstown & Around and City of the Hills August 12, 2021 Lost letter has town looking for ‘Nana’ A letter addressed only to “Nana, Springfield Center,” from her relative “Graham” has the town of Springfield searching. According to officials at the Springfield Center Post Office, attempts to locate Graham’s Nana have been unsuccessful so far and their hope is a larger audience will help ensure letter delivery. Art Garage to host Black Lives Matter project from N.J. An East Orange…
The Baseball Lifer Baseball has come a long way since the pandemic shut it down Major League Baseball sure has come a long way. Consider where we were this time last year, at what would usually constitute Major League Baseball’s “Mid-Summer Classic” All-Star Game break, the abbreviated 2020 season had yet to begin. Delayed for three-and-half months by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 season did not begin until July 23, cancelling the All-Star Game for the first…
City of the Hills OPD investigating graffiti at Neahwa Park The Oneonta Police Department is investigating hateful graffiti in Neahwa Park that read “Black Lives Splatter” and “White Lives Matter.” “It’s hateful, it’s sad and it’s repulsive,” Mayor Gary Herzig said. “We need to all do what we can to express that we don’t tolerate that here. That type of hateful graffiti is not common in Oneonta. That said, no community is immune to it. There are hateful people in…
‘I’m certain that being called a ‘n—–‘ and experiencing hate many times in the past 47 years of my life has contributed greatly to my feelings of insecurity and lack of acceptance’ MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT Principal, Former Oneonta Council member, NAACP vice president Living With The ‘N-Word’ By MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Many people seem to believe that if one supports the Black Lives Matter movement, they cannot also be pro police. I disagree. And I refuse to participate in the vitriol…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Art Exhibit Opening Reception OPENING RECEPTION – 5 – 8 p.m. Celebrate exhibit opening featuring Eileen Crowell’s ‘Plant Portraits,’ Ruben and Damian Salinas’s ‘The Spirit of Gesture,’ and Pooh Kaye. Free, open to public, masks required. Displayed through 9/27, by appointment only. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070 or visit www.canoneonta.org/event/art-kaye-crowell-salinas/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 9 Black Live Matter Protest PROTEST – 4 – 6 p.m. Bring masks and signs to make the point that Black Lives Matter. Extra masks, signs, materials to make signs will be available. War Eagle Monument, corner of Main St. & Alden St., Cherry Valley. Visit www.facebook.com/groups/1837352163146400/events/?source=4&action_history=null&filter=events for info.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 19 First Juneteenth, Celebrate 155 Years Since End Of Slavery CELEBRATE – 5 – 8 p.m. Celebrate our progress since the official end of slavery with food, music and art. Also, learn about all the work that still needs to be done. Please wear a mask & practice social distancing. Includes speakers at 6 with candlelight vigil at 7:45 p.m. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/events/275119526873479/ for info.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 13 West Kortright Center Presents Afro-Cuban Concert By OKAN AFRO-CUBAN CONCERT – 8 – 9 p.m. Join the West Kortright Center for virtual concert by OKAN, fusing Afro-Cuban and other global rhythms with Jazz, Fold, and classical forms of music. Registration required. Visit westkc.org/eventbrite-event/virtual-afro-cuban-concert-okan/ for info.…
Unadilla To Host Third Black Lives Matter Rally UNADILLA – Unadilla will host the third of the region’s Black Lives Matter rallies 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 13 at the Community Field in Unadilla. “Our little town needs to speak up for our black brothers and sisters,” wrote organizer Taylor Reed in on Facebook.…