This exhibit uses the two rivers that flow through our region as a point of orientation in interpreting the area's history, ecology, and artistic inspiration.
Family Day In the Garden
9/13/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Binghamton, NY
Flower arranging, pot painting, seed sprouting, herb table, master composter & family fun activities.
This juried art show celebrates the talents of national artists. Jurors include publisher, art critic and editors of national magazines.
Belgium Comes to Cooperstown
7/31/2009- 8/1/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Cooperstown, NY www.ommegang.com
Once again, we'll be celebrating the finest imported Belgian beers and American craft-brewed Belgian-style beers available. Over 100 different beers will be available to sample! Camping, Belgian and American foods, live music, and other amusements. Entry and camping fee.
The Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival is held during the summer in the intimate setting of The Farmers' Museum as well as various locations throughout Otsego County. Under the artistic direction of flutist Linda Chesis, the chamber offers a lively mix of chamber music favorites, jazz concerts, and a series for children and families.
Remember me...but, ah! Forget my fate. At the crux of Dido's lament is regret: she sends her true love away in the name of pride. We remember her spirit - but we can't forget her fate. In 2009, the 350tth anniversary of Purcell's birth, we present special dramatized concerts of Dido and Aeneas on Sunday mornings in August, a perfect ...
Doubleday Dancers
5/8/2009
6/12/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Cooperstown, NY
The Doubleday Dancers is a modern western square dancing group offering instruction as well as regularly scheduled dances. Open to the public - soft soled shoes only. Come with a partner or single.
The Cooperstown Art Association is presenting their Annual Regional Juried Art Show celebrating the talents of regional artists. Judges are regional and national artists.
Father's Day at the Museums
6/21/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Cooperstown, NY www.nysha.org
Fathers and Grandfathers receive free admission to both the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers' Museum.
Festival Weekend attendees are among the first to experience all four productions over one weekend, beginning with Rossini's La Cenerentola and ending with dramatized concerts of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Highlights of the weekend include private receptions, lectures and an exclusive Festival Weekend Auction.
Imagine paddling a canoe 70 miles in one day, challenging the elements and testing your endurance levels against the unpredictable Susquehanna River in Upstate New York. You have just entered the canoeing top marathon where paddlers from North America and Europe participate in this grueling event. We have plenty of entertainment awaiting young ...
Women we love grace the 2009 Festival Season at Glimmerglass Opera. Alluring Violetta, long-suffering Cenerentola, determined Magda, and passionate Dido - all woman you probably know and love in your own lives, none of them merely ordinary. In our 35th anniversary season, we invite you to meet or re-acquaint yourselves with these fascinating and ...
The Hall of Fame Classic will feature four Hall of Famers and more than 20 retired Major Leaguers. Along with the exhibition game, there will be a hitting contest and free autograph session throughout the day for all Hall of Fame Classic ticket holders.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame will salute the summer season and Father's Day with the Hall of Fame Classic Weekend. This weekend will include a number of interactive events both at the Museum and Doubleday Field, culminating with the Hall of Fame Classic on Sunday.
In September, the tradition of an old-time agricultural fair is revived at The Farmers' Museum's Harvest Festival. This weekend-long event is a celebration of the season's bounty and enables visitors to experience traditional crafts, food and entertainment.
A true celebration of youth in agriculture. The second largest youth competition in the state and the only one of its kind sponsored by a museum in the United States. The continued collaboration with 4-H programs in a nine-county area of Central New York and the more than 930 volunteer hours ensures a smoothly-run educational event. The show ...
No glass slipper, no fairy godmother - director Kevin Newbury's naturalistic telling of the Cinderella story gives us a young woman of flesh and blood, fire and ashes, who endures insults and injustices from her family until her fortunes change in an instant. After she marries the prince, she exacts her own brand of revenge through love. In the ...
"A happiness which has become impossible..." With those words, Alexandre Dumas Fils ended his affair with Marie DuPlessis, the young socialite with whom he shared a real and impassioned love story. Marie's legend as told in La Dame aux Camelias caught Verdi's imagination, and in La Traviata, he captured the magic of Violetta's impossible ...
Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Club Arts and Crafts Show
A fine craft show exclusively for New York State artisans. With this year's theme "The Art of Wood" the show features an exciting array of functional and nonfunctional work including furniture, vessels, turned and carved items and sculptures.
Memorial Day Weekend at The Farmer's Museum
5/23/2009- 5/24/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Cooperstown, NY www.nysha.org
Sheep shearing takes place at The Farmers' Museum each Memorial Day Weekend and showcases traditional hand-shearing techniques as well as contemporary shearing methods. Other activities related to sheep and wool production also take place, including fleece grading, spinning and weaving. Various breeds of sheep are on display. In addition, ...
Mother's Day at Fenimore Art Museum & The Farmers' Museum
5/10/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Cooperstown, NY www.nysha.org
Moms and grandmothers celebrate Mother's Day with free admission to the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers' Museum.
Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. This ceremony honors new inductees as well as recognizes Ford C. Frick Award winner and J.G. Taylor Award winner. Weather permitting, the ceremony takes place on the lawn of the Clark Sports Center. Professional interpretors are provided for the hearing impaired. A blanket or lawn chair is recommended ...
National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend Activities
Hall of Fame Induction Weekend activities for families and baseball fans of all ages, with interactive events, roundtable discussions, booksignings, a free New York-Penn League baseball game, and numerous other special programs. Hall of Fame Induction Sunday features the return of Hall of Famers to welcome the year's newest inductees into the Hall ...
OmmeFest: Celebrating the Harvest, Beer, and Medieval Arts
9/12/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Cooperstown, NY www.ommegang.com
OmmeFest is modeled on the Belgian Kermesse, a traditional village festival. Featuring Belgian foods; local fermented, and slow foods; beer (including a special-release fresh hop beer!) music, medieval games and amusements.
Enthusiasts from the region join together to display restored gas engines and farm machinery of the past. Feel the rhythm of old-time engines as the Mill features its "one-lung" power display. On Saturday the Mill will hold its annual inventory reduction tent sale in conjunction with Fly Creek Day, a community-wide celebration with yard sales, food ...
The Mill's most popular festival featuring Music, Antique Tractors, Apples and Family Fun hosted by the Cooperstown Rotary Club and sponsored by regional businesses! The festival welcomes apple lovers, antique and classic tractor enthusiasts, and families to The Fly Creek Cider Mill to enjoy live music, sponsors' exhibits, a tractor show and ...
Big trucks, equipment, emergency vehicles and heavy machinery converge on the Mill for children to explore and play for the day. This event is a dream come true for children who long to touch and climb inside diggers and vehicles that really work in the adult world.
Enjoy autumn's most flavorful beverage, cider, at the peak of Upstate NY's spectacular fall foliage. Cider making demonstrations throughout the day using the Mill's vintage equipment dating back to 1856. Sample our cider made without modern technology and enjoy a taste of New York's water-powered past.
Join a performance by comic lyricist and impressionist, Oldy B. Goldy as he entertains guests with his humorous tributes to well-known performers. Name the song and writer and you might win some fresh cider.
An annual fly-in of radio-controlled airplanes and airshow. Come enjoy these giant scale airplanes as they perform aerobatics and see WW I and WW II military replicas, as well as two 50% scaled replicas. Vendors on hand.
Quilts, vintage and new, will be displayed throughout the Major Inn's 52 rooms. This mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Take a walking tour of historic Gilbertsville. Lunch will be available all three days. Quilt raffles and quilts for sale!
Music at the Major's
7/1/2009
8/5/2009
7/8/2009
8/12/2009
7/15/2009
8/19/2009
7/22/2009
8/27/2009
7/29/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Gilbertsville, NY www.artworks.com
Concert series on the lawn of the beautiful Major's Inn, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Three days of military replica radio-controlled aircraft from all eras flying from the groomed grass runway of the Gilbertsville Polo Field. The aircraft will be any size from small electric powered to giant 30-40 pound gas burners and replicate WWI Biplanes and Triplanes through WWII heavy metal fighters with jets also allowed.
Johnson City Field Days
9/4/2009- 9/7/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Johnson City, NY
Amusement rides, game booths, live entertainment, food concessions and one of area's largest fireworks display.
Exciting aerobatics in high perfomance aircraft along with military jet fighters and historic warbirds. A two-day event filled with shows and surprises.
35th Annual Southern Tier Antique Gas & Steam Engine Show
Antique engines & antique tractors on display, craft & flea market, family fun, & food.
45th Annual Antique Show
6/13/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY
Antique dealers displaying books, china, glass, jewelry, tools, furniture and toys. Refreshments available - join us for breakfast and lunch!
Dinner Train
7/2/2009
9/3/2009
8/6/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY www.lrhs.com
All Aboard! Ride the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley train and enjoy a delicious Brooks Barbeque Chicken Dinner several evenings in the summer!
Fall Foliage Train Rides
9/26/2009- 10/25/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY www.lrhs.com
All aboard the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad for scenic fall foliage rides along the beautiful Susquehanna River. Come relax in our refurbished cars while enjoying this tranquil ride.
Great Locomotive Chase
8/1/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY www.lrhs.com
The Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society (LRHS) and the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad will be hosting a Great Locomotive Chase. Come join this action packed adventure!
Murder Mystery Train
8/23/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY www.lrhs.com
Climb aboard the Murder Mystery Train where sleuths solve the mystery.
Oktoberfest on the Railroad!
9/26/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY www.lrhs.com
Come ride the rails to the Oktoberfest - an evening train ride with authentic German food, beer & live German Music!
Area garlic growers offer garlic braids, cooking with garlic demonstrations, garlic give-aways, as well as a "vote for your favorite" garlic dish. Food available, musical entertainment.
Train Robberies Aboard the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley RR
5/23/2009
8/15/2009
6/20/2009
9/5/2009
7/4/2009
9/19/2009
7/18/2009
10/10/2009
8/1/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Milford, NY www.lrhs.com
Gun fights and exploding money boxes will entertain passengers when the train gets stopped "unexpectedly" by a gang of wild west outlaws and confronted by U.S. Marshals! There will be plenty of action on and off the train throughout the ride.
Have fun at the fair viewing the cattle, horse or dog shows or just eating cotton candy! Entertainment for the entire family from parades and fireworks to tractor pulls and ATV drag racing and even a demolition derby.
Science and art - two distinctly different disciplines - combine to create an exciting family-fun adventure called ArtQuest. In this ingenious high-tech adventure, visitors use a global positioning system (GPS) to locate unique, interactive art forms such as a living willow maze and sculptures capturing wind to make sound and light to make shadow. ...
Since 1953, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has provided an unparalleled resource to entertain, educate and inspire audiences of all ages in upstate New York. Presenting a professional ensemble of the highest artistic quality while performing the full range of symphonic literature. This season CSO will hold five subscriber, one youth, and ...
The Oneonta Tigers are in the Class A New York-Pennsylvania league and provide an exciting spectator event for the whole family!
Oneonta's 4th of July Hometown Celebration
7/4/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Oneonta, NY
This annual hometown celebration offers food & games and loads of musical entertainment on the main stage at Neahwa Park. Free Oneonta Tigers baseball game at Damaschke Field. The area's largest fireworks display at dusk!
Orpheus Theatre presents a season of Broadway Hits for their 2008 - 2009 season. Hits include "A Chorus Line", "Crazy for You" and "Beauty and the Beast". Orpheus is the premier producer of Musical Theatre in the tri-county area and are committed to community development through theatre. Celebrating 25 years of artistic excellence!
The Pit Run
10/4/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Oneonta, NY www.pitrun.org
The annual Pit Run has been held in Oneonta in memory of Ricky J. "Pit" Parisian. A USATF Certified 10K race, a 5K race, a 2 mile stroll, a Fun run for kids as well as a community celebration consisting of a picnic, and music. Designed to celebrate Rick's life by bringing the community together for a fun, healthy afternoon of outdoor activities.
Friendship Craft Festival
6/13/2009
Region: Central-Leatherstocking Richfield Springs, NY www.rscocu.com
Over 100 crafters from all over the northeast will be featured with food booths, as well as Brooks Chicken BBQ. Giant bake sale also featured.
28th Annual Lions Car Show and Craft Fair sponsored by the Richfield Springs Lions Club. Gates open at 8:30am, registration until 12 noon. Judging begins at 1pm, dash plate plaques to the first 100 entrants.
The Capitol Theatre's annual festival of rare silent and early talking pictures. Silent films feature live organ accompaniment on the Capitol's original installation Moller Theatre Organ. This year's festival features only those films that showed at the Capitol during its original run. The festival is divided into sessions equivalent to a ...
Spend a fun day at the waterfront, an evening listening to music, and finish the night with fireworks! The festival is family oriented with pie contests, nonstop music and entertainment, talent contests, youth bands, boat rides, cotton candy, and thrilling rides for children of all ages.
SUMMERSTAGE I: Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance
The Capitol Savoyards present a traditional and historically accurate performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operetta, offered as the first production in the annual Summerstage series.
