HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JAN. 22 Audition For The Chorale AUDITIONS – 4-7 p.m. Catskill Choral Society holds auditions for new members and Dox Apprentices. All welcome. Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Call 431-6060 or e-mail ccc@catskillchoralsociety.com or visit CatskillChoralSociety.com PRESENTATION – 8:30-10 a.m. Jane Clark speaks to Cooperstown Chamber members on the current states of Clark entities & businesses in Cooperstown and provide a look into the future. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-9983 or visit cooperstownchamber.org/calendar-of-events/#!event/2018/1/22/jane-forbes-clark-speaks-to-cooperstown-chamber…
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On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reviews Gene Thaw’s Contribution Locally In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), discusses Gene Thaw’s contribution of 1,000 Native American art pieces The Fenimore Art Museum. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO WAMC REPORT…
IN MEMORIAM Gene Thaw, 90, Helped Reinvent The Fenimore COOPERSTOWN – Nationally renowned art collector Eugene Thaw, whose donation of his Native American art collection reinvented The Fenimore Art Museum in the 1990s, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at his home in Cherry Valley. His wife and collaborator, Clare, a Cherry Valley native, passed away last June 29. Eugene Thaw was also a foremost collector of European old master art, and a benefactor of the Morgan Library. His personal collection…
Fenimore To Finance Book On 35 Hamilton-Burr Letters $50K Grant Will Also Be Use To Digitize, Publicize Collection That Inspired ‘Your Obedient Servant’ COOPERTOWN – The 35 letters between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr leading up to the fatal duel, owned by The Fenimore Art Museum, have been well-known to historians. The song, “Your Obedient Servant,” in the hit Broadway museum “Hamilton,” made their content familiar to the general public. Now, with $70,000 in grants from the Robert David Lion…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27 Author Svahn Discusses ‘Conflict & Genius’ Book FCAHS MEETING – 7 p.m. David Svahn, author of “Conflict & Genious: A Brief Introduction to a Complex Man – 19th Century Scholar, Poet & Priest William Wilberforce Lord,” presents the story of Rev. William W. Lord, who was rector of Christ Church in Cooperstown. Fly Creek Area Historical Society, 210 Cemetery Rd, Fly Creek. fcahs.org LATINX DISCUSSION – 7:30-8:30 p.m. “Latinax Women in Literature and Art.” Room 507,…
3 Local Artists Recognized With ‘Art By Lake’ Awards COOPERSTOWN – Brent Delanoy of Oneonta, James Matson of Cooperstown and Wladek Putrycz of Franklin were local winners at the 10th annual Art by the Lake juried art invitational yesterday at The Fenimore Art Museum. The winner of the top Fenimore Award went to Hyde Park artist Tatiana Rhinevault. Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. William Streck of Cooperstown, the award “recognizes the one work of art that can be considered museum quality.”…
Art By Lake Event Attracts Painters, Fans To Fenimore TheTheThe littlest fan may have been Benedict Montecalvo, 10 months, at today’s Art By The Lake juried show on the back lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum, as mom Cali Riese of West Oneonta perambulates him past a depiction of the Glimmerglass Queen. At right, a mom-daughter combination, Barb and Ellen Pope, man the Otsego 2000 food booth. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
Skating Fans Pack Fenimore Symposium Celebrated figure skating Olympians Jojo Starbuck, Dorothy Hamil and Dick Button, seen above with Todd Kenyon, Cooperstown, shared their stories from the figure skating world in front of a packed house this afternoon at the Fenimore On Ice Symposium. The two-hour panel, featured clips of performances, commentary, and even Hamil’s ‘Short and Sassy’ conditioner commercial. Right, professional skating pair Erika Choi Smith and AJ Reiss preform Tableaux Vivant on Glice in the Louis C. Jones…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 16 Ages Of Aluminumware SUMMER SUNDAY SERIES – 1-3 p.m. Learn about Aluminumware with Jim & Diana Hickling. Learn its history from a collector and share your own stories. Junction of Wilcox Ave. & Henry St., Oneonta. swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com SQUARE DANCE – 5-9 p.m. An evening of Round and Square dancing with Dr. Weismore. All persons age 18+ are invited. Cost, $9 per person. Oneonta Moose Club, 87 W. Broadway St., Oneonta. Contact Sandy @ 988-7753…
Rain Can’t Steal Thunder Of Cooperstown Graduation On the lawn of the Fenimore Art Museum this afternoon, graduates at the 138th Commencement of Cooperstown Central School may have arrived in the rain, but they left in the sun. A passing afternoon storm had students and onlookers holding their breath, but, as the rain came down and umbrellas went up, it became clear the show would go on. Applause came when clouds eventually cleared and the sun came out in time…