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Libby Cudmore is managing editor of Hometown Oneonta, The Freeman’s Journal and AllOTSEGO.com

If you went a little crazy buying seeds and now don’t know what to do with them, The Farmers’ Museum has got you covered with a video tutorial on seed starting. www.facebook.com/farmersmuseum/videos/657656571445914/

What does a red cabbage have to do with acidity and the blue sky? The AJ Read Science Discovery Center will answer all these questions with a kitchen science lesson. BYOC – Bring Your Own Cabbage! 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7, www.facebook.com/AJReadSDC/

Get in pitch-perfect shape with a Spring workout centered around the soundtrack from the “Pitch Perfect” movies. 7:15 p.m. Thursday, May 7, www.facebook.com/OneontaFamilyYMCA/

There’s still time to find some birds as part of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society’s Bird Scavenger Hunt! Download the form, grab your binoculars and see how many you can identify before the deadline on Friday, May 8. www.doas.us/2020-gone-birding

Photographer Leila Durkin takes her “Twenty Years Later” show online, with new photos taken of past participants displayed alongside their photos in previous shows. www.facebook.com/theroseboomshows

Inspired? The Cooperstown Art Association is still seeking entries for their 85th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition through Saturday, May 30.

Treat Mom to a double bill at the Metropolitan Opera with a free livestream of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 10, www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/week-8/

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