‘I’d Buy That For A Dollar!’ Historical Advertising Focus Of Newest GOHS Exhibit Tom Heitz, local historian and volunteer at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society shows off some of the scores of historical advertisements on display at GOHS’s newest exhibit Oneonta Commercial Advertising: From the 1850’s to the New Millennium. The exhibit pulled from a collection of nearly 700 ads from the archives of the Oneonta Herald and other local papers from The Fenimore Art Museum microfilm collection. “We all…
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Fenimore Receives $186K To Catalog Artist’s Works Museum Has 3 Eastman Johnson Paintings COOPERSTOWN – The Fenimore Art Museum has received a $186,330 grant for a comprehensive catalog of the works of the 19th century artist Eastman Johnson from The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts. The funds will be used to complete the research on what’s termed a “catalogue raisonné” and transfer the information from an electronic database to a publicly accessible website. The project is…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JANUARY 28 Practice Public Speaking With The Toastmasters PUBLIC SPEAKING – 5:30 p.m. Practice public speaking with the toastmasters. All welcome. The White House Building, The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1466 or e-mail b.fischer@fenimoreart.org.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 ‘The Children’s Hour’ Theatrical Production THEATER – 7:30 p.m. “The Children’s Hour” by Lillian Hellman presents a gripping tale of lies, rumors, & innuendo. Presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. Production Center, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 Film Fest Opening Movie FILM SCREENING – 6:30 p.m. Beat Cabin Fever with “Phantom Thread” (2017) about the love life of dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock. Free with donation. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
NEXT SUMMER’S EXHIBITS ANNOUNCED Famed Rock & Roll Portraits Due At Fenimore Museum By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and more will grace the walls of The Fenimore Museum, beginning April 2, as an exhibit, “Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits,” opens. On loan from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, the exhibit will feature some of the iconic rock photographer’s best known portraits, including David Bowie, Tina Turner, Michael…
2nd Edition Of ‘Cooperstown’ Due In Time For Christmas…
Sign Of Season: Garden Clubs Decorate Fenimore’s Galleries…
Editorial for November 2, 2018 Are We Doing Political Debates Right? Let’s Talk About It League of Women Voters’ moderators lost control of the Monday, Oct. 22, debate between the incumbent Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and his challenger, retired state trooper Bob Fernandez. Not the candidates – the League, to the point where moderator Barbara Heim of Oneonta threatened at least twice to shut it down and send home the 150+ attendees who packed The Fenimore Museum…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Percussive Dance Of North America LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Join Mick Moloney for 2018 Buckley Lecture. Learn about Percussive Dance Traditions in North America ranging from Appalachian, African American flat foot, clogging to Irish sean nos, step dance. Donations welcome. 607-547-2586. HISTORY SERIES – 7 p.m. “Scots-Irish Immigration and Defense of the Colonial New York Frontier including the Cherry Valley Massacre, 1740 to 1778” by Terry McMaster, independent historian whose research focuses on American Revolution…