HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MARCH 20 View Human Rights Film ‘And Still I Sing’ HUMAN RIGHTS—9-11 p.m. Enjoy a screening of “And Still I Sing,” as seen at the 2023 Human Rights Film Festival, about Afghan pop star and activist Aryana Sayeed as she mentors women in the show “Afghan Star,” and the story of two contestants poised to become the first female winners just as the Taliban takes over, putting their careers and lives in jeopardy. Free, open to all.…
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Chancellor John B. King Jr.Visits SUNY Oneonta ONEONTA—State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. visited SUNY Oneonta on Thursday, February 16 to meet with students, faculty, staff, and community leaders and learn more about programs that support student success, research, economic growth, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MARCH 6 Enjoy Human Rights Film ‘Category Woman’ About World Athletes HUMAN RIGHTS—9-11 p.m. Enjoy a screening of “Category: Woman,” as seen at the 2023 Human Rights Film Festival, asking “Who is a woman, and who gets to decide?” Follow the story of four athletes from the Global South who are required by sporting institution World Athletics to medically alter their healthy bodies if they want to continue to compete in their sport. Free, open to all.…
SUNY Theatre Department to Present ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’ ONEONTA—Beginning Friday, March 3, the SUNY Oneonta Theatre Department will present “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” a play written by American playwright Theresa Rebeck. The production shows the challenges faced by 19th-century actress Sarah Bernhardt in her role as Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The real-life Bernhardt performed as Hamlet in 1899, and this play captures both the drama and comedy of the international celebrity’s performance during this time. The SUNY Oneonta production of “Bernhardt/Hamlet” is directed by John McCaslin-Doyle, professor…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Colleges Present Lecture & Reading Series MEMORIAL LECTURE—4 p.m. Join Union College Political Science professor Zoe Oxley for her lecture, “This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest” which is this year’s Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture. Free, open to the public. Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, Oneonta. (607) 431-4887 or visit hartwick.edu/academics/annual-celebrations-lectures/leslie-g-rude-lecture/ READING SERIES—7:30 p.m. The community is invited for the first reading of the 2023…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ‘America’s Got Talent’ Comedian To Perform At SUNY Oneonta COMEDY—9-10 p.m. Enjoy a fun show with Jordan Conley as seen on season 17 of “America’s Got Talent.” Tickets, $6/person. Hunt Union Waterfront, SUNY Oneonta. (607) 436-3012 or visit connect.oneonta.edu/organization/activities TAX PREP—6-8 p.m. Get ready for tax season with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Hartwick college accounting students certified by the IRS, with their professor, will be available to provide one-on-one assistance in preparing individual…
SUNY Student Raising Campus’ First Guiding Eyes for the Blind Puppy ONEONTAThere’s a new student living and learning on SUNY Oneonta’s campus, but he weighs just 27 pounds…and has paws.Ink, a 4-month-old black Labrador retriever puppy, is making history at SUNY Oneonta as the first puppy to be raised on campus for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a nonprofit organization that provides guide dogs to people experiencing vision loss. His puppy raiser, and roommate, is junior anthropology major Taylor Hendrickson,…
In Memoriam Esther A. Babcock, 79 December 1, 1943 – February 17, 2023 CLINTONDALE—Esther Ann Babcock passed peacefully on February 17, 2023 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York from complications of a series of illnesses. Born the daughter of the late Alice (Gannon) and Norman Babcock on December 1, 1943, she spent her formative years in her beloved birthplace, Cooperstown, New York up on Irish Hill. Until her death, she remained a member of the Native Daughters…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Human Rights Film Screening at SUNY Oneonta PRESIDENTS DAY HUMAN RIGHTS—9-11 p.m. Enjoy a screening of “Clarissa’s Battle,” as seen at the 2023 Human Rights Film Festival, about single mother and organizer Clarissa Doutherd as she builds a coalition with other parents to lobby for child care and early education funds, desperately needed by low- and middle-income parents and children across the U.S. Free, open to all. Hunt Union Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. (607)…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 ‘The Scenery Has A Tale To Tell’ Presentation By The Susquehanna Adirondack Mountain Club POTLUCK & PRESENTATION—6 p.m. The Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club hosts its monthly meeting, starting with a potluck at 6 p.m. followed by a presentation at 7 p.m. of “The Scenery has a Tale to Tell” by Dr. P. Jay Fleisher, professor emeritus, geology, at SUNY Oneonta. Learn about the formation of the Leatherstocking Region over millions of years…
