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May 19, 2011

What's Happening: May 19, 2011

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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 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.

Sale: ‘Bargain Basement Sale,’ 4 to 7 p.m, First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, Elm Street. For info: 547-9371.

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.

Event: Free cancer screenings, 5 to 7 p.m., Cooerpstown Dreams Park, as part of Cooperstown/ Northern Otsego Relay for Life. presented by the Cancer Service Program of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie counties. For appointment, call (888) 345-0225.

Event: ‘Boogie for Brookwood,’ 6 to 10 p.m., Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown. For reservations, call 547-4060 or www.thebrookwoodschool. org.

Sale: ‘Bargain Basement Sale,’ 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, Elm Street. For info: 547-9371.

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 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.

Music: Julie Falatico and Quartet, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Resort Hotel.

Bird Walk: Glimmerglass State Park, 8 a.m., meet at the ice skating pond, presented by Delaware -Otsego Audubon Society. For information, call Dave Kiehm at 286-9222.

Meal: Fly-in breakfast, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., Cooperstown/ Westville Airport, state Route 166, sponsored by teh Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department and the EAA Chapter 1070. Cost: $7, adults; $4.50, children younger than 12.

Sale: ‘Bargain Basement Sale _ $2 bag sale,’ 9 a.m. to 11 a.m, First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, Elm Street. For info: 547-9371.

Sunday, May 22

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

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.

Meal: Breakfast buffet, 7 to 11 a.m., Milford American Legion, sponsored by the Milford Post 1566 American Legion, Auxiliary and sons of American Legion. Cost: $7, adults; $3, children younger than 10.

Concert: ‘Celebrate with Strings,’ 4 p.m. United Methodist Church of Cooperstown, 66 Chestnut St., to raise funds to restore the church. For more information, call Merrilyn O’Connell, 547-9515.

Concert: ‘Love Is In The Air-Songs of the Heart,’ 4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta, presented by the Catskill Chamber Singers. For info: 433-0999 or www. catskillchambersingers.com.

Hike: Auchinbreck Divide, 2 p.m., presented by Otsego Land Trust, on Butler Road in Cherry Valley. For information, call 547-2366 or connie@ otsegolandtrust.org.

Concert: ‘Sacred Sites’ concert and open house, 3 p.m., United Methodist Church of Cooperstown, 66 Chestnut St. For info: 547- 9540 or 547-9515.

recital: Featuring Ainur Zabenova on violin, accompanied by Annie Wang, 7 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church on Montgomery Street in Cherry Valley.

Festival: Kid Garden Sprin Festival, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., behind Cooperstown Elementary School.

Event: Marking of the grave of Jehiel Todd as Revolutionary War Patriot by the Daugters of the American Revolution Saratoga and  Otsego chapters, 12:30 p.m. at the Carr/Todd Cemetery oncountry Route 59 in Toddsville.

Monday, May 23

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: Many faces and facets of ‘Carmen.’

Tuesday, may 24

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

display: Safe Kids of Otsego County, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bassett Medical Center  Clinic Library, featuring springand summer safety. For info: 547-5256 or richard.mccaffery@ bassett.org.

Workshop: ‘Save Energy, Save Dollars,’ 7 p.m., Exeter Historical Society, corner of state Route 28 and county Route 22, in Schuyler Lake.  Presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County. To reigster, call 547- 2536, ext. 0.

Hike: Leatherstocking Falls, 10 a.m, presented by Otsego Land Trust and Adirondack Mountain club, Susquehanna Chapter, on county Route 28 in Cooperstown. For information, call 547-2366 or connie@otsegolandtrust.org.

Wednesday, May 25

class: Watercolor Still Life with David Kiehm (part 8), 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 8), 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 6), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $160 for members/$165 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Meeting: Otsego County Water Quality Coordinating Committee, 1 p.m., Classroom A of the Otsego County Planning Department. For info: admin@occainfo.org or 547-4488.

Meeting: Fly Creek Area Historical Society, 7 p.m., Fly Creek Grange.

thursday, may 26

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 4), 10 a.m. to noon, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St. $100 for members/$105 for nonmembers. For info: 547- 9777.

Friday, May 27

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

Saturday, May 28

exhibits: Opening for Fenimore Art Museum exhibitions, ‘Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’ and ‘A Window into Edward Hopper.’ For information, visit www.FenimoreArtMuseum.org.

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.

Music: The Andrew and Noah Band, 9 p.m., Templeton Lounge at the Otesaga Resort Hotel.

Sale: Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County annual plant sale, 9 a.m. to noon.

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