Glimmerglass FilmDays Marks Tenth Year By Tara Barnwell This year, Glimmerglass Film Days is offering five days of independent films, filmmaker talks, art, parties, live music and events. The films will be screened at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Fenimore Art Museum, The Farmers’ Museum, Templeton Hall and the Cooperstown Village Hall. “Connection is the theme this year,” Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000, said. “After two years of the pandemic and social isolation, we thought a lot…
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Cooperstown Community Harvest Supper Returns “The rumors are true — after a too-long hiatus due to Covid, we have decided to bring back our much beloved Community Harvest Supper on Main Street, next Sunday, September 25, from 4 to 7 p.m., in front of the Village Library,” Ellen Pope, member of Growing Community, said. “We will have a few minor changes — tables will be spread out more to allow for more circulation, and we will have a separate table…
Film festival back this week for virtual, in-person events By TARA BARNWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Glimmerglass Film Days returns November 4 and runs through November 11, featuring 26 feature-length films, two shorts, an art exhibition, filmmaker talks, restaurant specials, and guided walks around Cooperstown. This year’s week-long festival, the ninth annual, reprises the 2020 virtual format but brings back the shared audience experience with the opportunity to view five of the feature-length films in person and view the exhibition…
Film Days to go virtual again STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Glimmerglass Film Days, a program of Otsego 2000, will present a virtual film festival, plus five in-person events Nov. 4 to 11. Curated by Artistic Director Margaret Parsons and Programmer Joey Katz, the slate of independent documentaries and narrative features and shorts reflects the theme “Rise.” “Rise” is a word of elastic meanings, and we were first inspired by the term at the start of 2021, hearing Amanda…
Otsego ups its outdoor game Marketing efforts switching to recreational activities, including hiking, lake sports By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In response to the COVID crisis, many people have been seeking fun activities that can also be done safely with social distancing. Outdoor activities seems to be the natural solution and Otsego County has plenty of outdoor activities to do for those inclined. Cassandra Harrington, executive director of Destination Marketing, is well versed in outdoor activities for Otsego…
Preserve New York grant awarded to Otsego 2000 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego 2000 will receive a $12,500 grant from the Preservation League of New York for their Preserve New York grant in order to fund a Culture Resource Survey in the City of Oneonta. This survey will be used to help maintain and determine which historic buildings in Oneonta can be renovated. “Oneonta’s neighborhoods encompass a wonderful range of historic and architectural styles from the late 19th…
Despite Pandemic Problems: Local Food Finds Its Customers By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The worst pandemic in a century has impacted the daily lives of everybody including farmers markets, which are a staple of the community in Otsego County. However, some farmers markets, such as the Cooperstown Farmers Market and Richfield Spring Farmers Market, have turned that misfortune into an advantage by implementing new ways of doing business, market officials said. With increased interest in customers buying local,…
With Masked Baggers, Farmers’ Market Adapts At the Cooperstown Farmer’s Market, Sherrie Kingsley, Otsego 2000 Executive Director Ellen Pope and Deb Dalton wear protective masks as they fill 40 orders for curbside pick-ups. “People order online and we follow the list going from vendor to vendor,” explained board member Robert Nelson, who was at the door making sure customers washed their hands before entering. “The vendors have been really prepared and organized, numbering the bags and making sure everything is…
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Glimmerglass Film Days To Feature Local Youth By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – This year, Glimmerglass Film Days wants to make sure that they’re reaching the next generation of filmmakers. “We have a brand-new program at the high school for young students interested in filmmaking,” said curator Peggy Parsons. “Directors Bill Morrison and Aube Giroux will spend the whole afternoon answering questions about their careers in filmmaking.” “Joanne Gardner has been a volunteer with Film Days and…