A presentation by Susan Green of Paperkite, auditions for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and a lecture on the bygone Central New York Fair are included in this week's briefs.…
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Wayne Wright to speak at Kinney Memorial Library, the Grand and Glorious Fall Fair is back, and more.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 First Photographers Of Oneonta SUNDAY SERIES – 1 – 3 p.m. Learn about Oneonta Studio Photographers with Wayne Wright at The Swart-Wilcox House Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/SwartWilcoxHouseMuseum/ for schedule updates.…
GOHS Honors President Corinne Smith, Volunteers Deb Bruce, Wayne Wright…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Historical Society Awards Night AWARDS PRESENTATION – 7 p.m. Celebrate presentation of Eduard Hofbauer Outstanding Service Awards to Deb Bruce, Corine Smith. Wayne Wright will receive Albert E. Morris Award for contributions to local history followed by short business meeting. Free, open to public. Refreshments included. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960 or visit www.oneontahistory.org/upcomingevents.htm…
HOMETOWN People Photography Exhibit On Display in City Hall Lobby Wayne Wright, the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s librarian, shows off a two-lens stereoscopic camera that is featured in three panels from the “Oneonta Photographers, 1850-1900” he staged forGOHS during the fall now being installed in the City Hall lobby. The show features work from William Mereness, Perry Young and Howard N. Smith, who took some of the earliest images of Oneonta. …
CAPTIVATED by CAMERAS Collector Lives On In Collection, Remains Of ‘Thousands’ Of Items Paulette Cotter pauses among hundreds of cameras in her Town of Milford home, part of her late husband’s collection. She estimates Alan, who collected and traded toys, cavern memorabilia and other antiques, bought and sold “thousands” of cameras over 45 years. Above is a stereopticon slide of the young couple. By JIM…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Glimmerglass Film Days Opening Night Party OPENING NIGHT PARTY – 8 – 10 p.m. Traditional opening night bash for Glimmerglass film days. Features buffet, complimentary beverage, cash bar, chance to meet artists, filmmakers. Enjoy video, sculpture exhibit by Ted Lott and Yeon Jin Kim. The Smithy, Cooperstown. 607-547-8881 or visit www.glimmerglassfilmdays.org/films-events-01/opening-night-party-and-companion-exhibition VISITING WRITERS – 7 p.m. Kick off writers series with fiction writer Stephanie King, interim coordinator of Hartwick’s Writing Center, award winning author. Celebration Room,…
Exhibits, Lectures Mark Research Library’s 50th…
State Academy Of History Honors Wayne Wright, NYSHA Librarian Wayne Wright of Oneonta, retired head librarian at the New York State Historical Association Library, has received the New York Academy of History’s Herbert H. Lehman Distinguished Service Award for his contributions in his role at NYSHA. The award was presented last Thursday at the Academy’s gala at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York City. The medallion bears the image of Governor Lehman, who served in the state’s highest office from…