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May 18, 2012

What's Happening: May 17, 2012

Non-commercial events only. Readers who wish to list an event in What’s Happening should email information to crier@csdsl.net, mail to the Cooperstown Crier, 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown, NY 13326, or fax to 547-1109 at least 10 days before the event. More information may be obtained by calling 547-9493.

Thursday, May 17

Walk: Jean Miller Memorial Wildflower Walk, 10 a.m. to noon, Gilbert Lake State Park. Presented by Delaware- Otsego Audubon Society. For info: 988-7805.

Friday, May 18

Sale: Church of Christ United rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Church Street, Richfield Springs. Bag sale from 5 to 7 p.m. For info: (315) 858-1553.

Program: ‘Nature and songbirds of the Adirondacks,’ led by photographer Warren Greene, 7:30 p.m., Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St. Oneonta. Presented by Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. For info: 435-5054.

Opening: Richfield Springs Historic Museum, 5 to 7 p.m., 134 W. Main St., Richfield Springs. For info: (315) 858-0027.

Saturday, May 19

Collection: Final book collection for summer book sale, 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Library.

Meal: Fly-in breakfast, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., Cooperstown/ Westville Airport. Presented by Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department and Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1070.

Event: Big Bird Count. Presented by Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. For info: 432-5767.

Market: Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pioneer Alley. For info: www.otsego 2000.org/farmersmarket.

Sunday, May 20

Event: Native American Artisan Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Tepee, 7632 U.S. Highway 20, Cherry Valley.

Walk: Land Trust Bird Walk and brunch, 8 a.m., Paulson Preserve. Presented by Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. For info: 652-2162, AndyMason@earthling.net.

Meal: Breakfast buffet, 7 to 11 a.m., Milford Post 1566 American Legion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion.

Event: Cooperstown Central School Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m., N.J. Sterling Auditorium, Cooperstown Central School.

Monday, May 21

Meeting: Springfield Historical Society, 1 p.m., Springfield Community Center Historical Room, tea for those who participated in the Wardwell Sisters’ Sewing School. For info: (315) 858-0707.

Event: Talking Opera, 7 p.m., Christ Church Parish Hall, 69 Fair St., Richard Johnson, co-editor of the Glimmerglass Opera Guild newsletter, to talk about the golden years of the Broadway musical. For info: 547-8826.

Wednesday, May 23

Lecture: ‘Rhetorical Leadership in the Organic Food Movement,’ 7 p.m., Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum. For info: farmersmuseum.org.

Event: Kid Garden spring festival, 2:30 to 6 p.m., Cooperstown Central School. For info: kristengriger@gmail.com.

Meeting: Board of Directors of Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties, 6:30 p.m., Extension center, 173 S. Grand St., Cobleskill. for info: 547-2536.

Program: ‘Iroquois History at NYHSA,’ 7 p.m., Fly Creek Grange, presented by the Fly Creek-area Historical Society.

Thursday, May 24

Event: Scholarship award dinner, 5 to 6:30, Brewery Ommegang. Presented to Rachael Fort by the Cooeprstown Chamber of Commerce. For info: 547-9983 or pszarpa@ cooperstownchamber.org.

Saturday, May 26

Fundraiser: Tailwaggers Yard Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Susquehanna SPCA, state Route 28. For info: www. susquehannaspca.org, 547- 8111.

Market: Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pioneer Alley. For info: www.otsego 2000.org/farmersmarket.

Fundraiser: Building Minds in Sudan, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, 25 Church St. Talk by Sebastian Maroundit. Sponsored by Cooeprstown School STAND.

Monday, May 28

Parade: Whiteman-Hull- Snyder Post 1360, Cherry Valley, 10 a.m. Lineup at Cherry Valley. For info: 264-3747.

Wednesday, May 30

Lecture: ‘Learning From the Landscape: Agriculture, Barns, and Farmers,’ 7 p.m., Louis C. Jones Center, The Farmers’ Museum. For info: farmersmuseum.org.

Thursday, May 31

Sale: No clothes bargain basement sale, 3 to 8 p.m., First Baptist Church of Cooperstown. For info: 547-9371.

Friday, June 1

Sale: No clothes bargain basement sale, 9 a.m. to noon, First Baptist Church of Cooperstown. For info: 547-9371.

Saturday, June 2

Market: Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pioneer Alley. For info: www.otsego 2000.org/farmersmarket.

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