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May 5, 2011

What's Happening: May 5, 2011

Non-commercial events only. Readers who wish to list an event in What’s Happening should e-mail 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 5

Class: Community Art Night, 6 to 8 p.m., Smith Pottery Studio. For information, call 547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@gmail.com.

Workshop: Intermediate Blacksmithing, Part 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. Fee (includes both parts): $150 nonmembers; $140 members. To register, call 547-1461.

Class: Drawing the Head with Doug Jamieson (part 1), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $100 for members/$105 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Program: NYSHA Graduate Program students to speak at Friends of the Village Library Program, 7 p.m., Village Library, 22 Main St. For information, 547-8199. friday, may 6

Workshop: Intermediate Blacksmithing, Part 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. Fee (includes both parts): $150 nonmembers; $140 members. To register, call 547-1461.

Meeting: Milford American Legion Post 1566, 7:30 p.m., Legion Hall, West Main Street in Milford. For info: 286-9261.

Event: Slumber Party for Girls, 5 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum and Fenimore Art Museum, for all girls ages 8 to 12. Cost is $25 per girl and $15 per adult. For information or to register, call547-1461.

Sale: Spring rummage sale, Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown, 10  a.m. to 4 p.m.reception: Cooperstown Art Association shows; Cooperstown High School show opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m., Ballroom Gallery, to run through June 1; ESSENTIAL ART, Gallery A, to run through June 3; ‘Memories of Cooperstown,’ Gallery B, to run through June 3; 22 Main St. For info: 547-9777, www.cooperstownart.com.

Dance: Otsego Dance Society contradance, 8 to 11 p.m., Presbyterian Church, corners of Pioneer and Church streets. Featuring Illegal Contraband and Casey Mullaney. Cost, $8 for adults, $4 for students and teens, free for children 12 and younger. For more info: 965-8232, (315) 272-6110, www.otsegodancesociety.blogspot.com.

Program: ‘Return to Me’ and talk about organ donation, 7 p.m., Fenimore Art Museum.

Music: Blue Monday, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Resort Hotel.

Saturday, may 7

Class: ‘Books We Love to Watch, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Smithy Pioneer Gallery. For information or reservations, call  547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@gmail.com.

Workshop: Spring beekeeping, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. Fee: $40 nonmembers; $35 members. To register, call 547-1461.

Market: Cooperstown Farmers Market featuring fresh vegetables and fruits, plants, baked goods, meats, cheese, local crafts, and more from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market is behind Key Bank, at 101 Main St. in, Cooperstown. For information, call 547-6195. Sponsored by Otsego 2000.

Collection: Friends of the Village Library book collection, 10 a.m. to noon, at the library, hard- and soft-cover books, audio taps, CDs and videos will be accepted.

Sale: Spring rummage sale, Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown, bag sale, 10 a.m. to noon.

Event: Free car seat check, 9 a.m. to noon, Tops Market, 5 Commons Drive, Cooperstown. For information, call the Otsego County Health Department, 547-7595.

Music: Diane Wicks- Miller Trio, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Hotel. Event: Bird walk sponsored by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, 8 a.m., Oneonta Susquehanna Greenway.

For information, 434-4880 or scheimc@hartwick.edu.

Bake Sale: To benefit Boo-Boo’s Dream Team for Cooperstown/Northern Otsego Relay for Life, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oneonta Walmart.

Sunday, May 8

Meeting: The Smithy Writers Circle, 4 to 6 p.m., Smithy Pioneer Gallery. For information, call 547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@gmail.com.

Event: Mother’s Day high tea, 1 to 4 p.m., Hyde Hall. Free for moms, $10 for adults, $8 for students or seniors. For information, call 547-6129.

Monday, May 9

Class: Open drawing group with live model, 7 to 9 p.m., Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $10 fee. Subject to weather and model availability. For info: 547-9777.

Presentation: Cooperstown Central School budget, 7 p.m., Pierstown Grange.

Program: Talking Opera, 7 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St. Presentation: Charlotte Greenspan, musicologist and author of ‘Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical.’

Opening: Hyde Hall tours, 50-minute tours offered daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10

Presentation: Cooperstown Central School budget, 7:30 p.m., American Legion, Main Street.

Class: Diabetes selfmanagement training, 2 to 4 p.m., Bassett Medical Center Clinic Building, 1 Atwell Road. To register 547-3649.

Wednesday, May 11

class: Watercolor Still Life with David Kiehm (part 6), 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $110 for members/$ 115 for nonmembers. For info: 547-9777.

class: Watercolor Landscape with David Kiehm (part 6), 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $110 for members/$ 115 for nonmembers.  For info: 547-9777.

Class: Plein Air Oil Painting with Mary Nolan (part 4), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $160 for members/$165 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Presentation: Cooperstown Central School budget, 7 p.m., Town of Hartwick Community Center.

Event: Bird walk sponsored by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, 8 a.m., Milford State Forest, meet at DEC tractor barn on Kelly Corners Road in Milford. For information, call 286-9222.

Event: Spring luncheon and fasion show, sponsored by the Women’s Club of Cooperstown, 1 p.m., Otesaga Hotel. Cost $25. For information, call 264-3258

thursday, may 12

Class: Community Art Night, 6 to 8 p.m., Smith Pottery Studio. For information, call 547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@gmail.com.

Class: Drawing the Head with Doug Jamieson (part 2), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $100 for members/$105 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Friday, May 13

Music: Dana Marcine and Jazzified, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Resort Hotel.

Dance: Doubleday Dancers Wester Square Dance Club, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Cooperstown Elementary School. Saturday, May 14

Workshop: In the Medicine Cabinet, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. Fee: $40 nonmembers; $35 members. To register, call 547-1461.

Market: Cooperstown Farmers Market featuring fresh vegetables and fruits, plants, baked goods, meats, cheese, local crafts, and more from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market is behind Key Bank, at 101 Main St. in, Cooperstown. For information, call 547-6195. Sponsored by Otsego 2000.

Workshop: Caring for the Vegetable Garden, 10 a.m. to noon, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 123 lake St. in Cooperstown. Cost is $5. For information or to register, call 547-2536, ext. 0.

Market: Glimmerglass Marketplace, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., beach of Otsego Lake in Glimmerglass  Park. For information,call 547-8662,

Poetry event: The War Between The Poets Civil War Poetry Slam, 5 p.m., New York State Historical Association Library. For information, call  jbroadbe@gmail.com

Dog Wash: Susquehanna SPCA, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $15 donation will get a dog wash and toe nail trimming. Appointments, 547-8111.

Music: Teresa Broadwell and her jazz quartet, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Resort Hotel. Event: Brookwood Garden cleanup day, volunteers needed, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, May 15

Meeting: The Smithy Writers Circle, 4 to 6 p.m., Smithy Pioneer Gallery. For information, call 547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@gmail.com.

Breakfast: Pancake breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Grange Hall, 208 Cemetery Road, Fly Creek. sponsored by the Fly Creek Area Historical Society.

Event: Bird walk sponsored by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, 8 a.m., South Hill State Forest in Davenport, meet at DEC tractor barn on Kelly Corners Road in Milford. For information, call 435-2054.

Monday, May 16

Class: Open drawing group with live model, 7 to 9 p.m., Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $10 fee. Subject to weather and model availability. For info: 547-9777.

Program: Talking Opera, 7 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St. Presentation: In-depth look at ‘Medea.’

Tuesday, May 17

Exhibit: ‘A Splash of Color,’ the kindergarten through 12th grade student art show, 6 to 8 p.m., Lower Elementary Wing, Main Office Windows and Atrium at Cherry Valley- Sprinfield Central School.

Wednesday, May 18

class: Watercolor Still Life with David Kiehm (part 7), 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $110 for members/$ 115 for nonmembers. For info: 547-9777.

class: Watercolor Landscape with David Kiehm (part 7), 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $110 for members/$ 115 for nonmembers. For info: 547-9777.

Class: Plein Air Oil Painting with Mary Nolan (part 5), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $160 for members/$165 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Class: Diabetes selfmanagment training, 2 to 4 p.m., Bassett Medical Center Clinic Building, 1 Atwell Road. To register 547-3649.

Class: Breastfeeding, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., third-floor inpatient conference room at the Bassett medical Center. To register, 547-4593 or (800) BASSETT.

Meeting: Lake and Valley Garden Club, 11:30 a.m., auditorium at Fenimore Art Museum. Program by author, lecturer and flower arranger Nancy D’Oench. Cost $25. thursday, may 19

Class: Community Art Night, 6 to 8 p.m., Smith Pottery Studio. For information, call 547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@gmail.com.

Class: Drawing the Head with Doug Jamieson (part 3), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $100 for members/$105 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Friday, May 20

Meeting: Milford Legion Veterans Club, 7:30 p.m., Legion Hall, West Main Street, Milford. For info: 432-2973. Music: SRM Jazz Quartet, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Resort Hotel.

Saturday, may 21

Class: ‘Books We Love to Watch, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Smithy Pioneer Gallery. For information or reservations, call 547-8671 or e-mail smithypioneer@ gmail.com.

Workshop: Intermediate Blacksmithing, Part 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Farmers’ Museum. Fee (includes both parts): $150 nonmembers; $140 members. To register, call 547-1461.

Market: Cooperstown Farmers Market featuring fresh vegetables and fruits, plants, baked goods, meats, cheese, local crafts, and more from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market is behind Key Bank, at 101 Main St. in, Cooperstown. For information, call 547-6195.

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