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Bring out your four-legged friends for the fun Ultimutt Dog Show and support the Susquehanna SPCA. Many classes of show available and, once the showing is done, the yard will be turned into an obstacle course through which owners can take their dogs. All are invited to register or to come out and see the show. Food trucks, vendors, and activities for the whole family, with or without a dog. Susquehanna SPCA, 5082-5088 State Hwy 28, Cooperstown. Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; show begins at 10:45 a.m.
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Celebrate Juneteenth, the day marking emancipation for the last American slaves in 1865, with a festival featuring a full day of Black culture, food, music, performances, and art. There will also be a bounce house, face painting, gallery displays, and food from Oneonta’s local Black businesses. Organizations and services will be available to provide educational opportunities. It’s a fun day for the whole family to celebrate freedom. Field #5, Neahwa Park, 15 James Georgeson Ave., Oneonta. Sunday, June 19, 1 - 6 p.m.
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Enjoy a locally grown dinner from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., and a musical performance with the Grammywinning Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet. Concert tickets, $25/person. Origins Café, 558 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Saturday, June 18. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Take a self-guided tour around the county and get an insider look at how local garden enthusiasts have enhanced their outdoor environments. Cost, $25/vehicle, proceeds go to the West Kortright Center. Begins near East Meredith. Sunday June 19 at 11 a.m.
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Join the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society for a bird walk around the mill pond, in conjunction with Exploration Days at the mill. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Saturday, June 18, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
►ON THE COVER “Cousin Reginald Spells Peloponnesus” by Norman Rockwell (1918)
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Oneonta fan’s labor of love brings ‘Sinatra’s favorite’ back into the spotlight Oneonta resident Marie Hegeman was looking for a song appropriate for a Valentine’s Day 2014 Facebook posting to her husband, Tom, and remembered a song called “The Lady’s In Love With You” she knew would fit the bill. She tracked down the song and its performance on YouTube — a clip from a February 1964 episode of “The Judy Garland Show” — performed by Bobby Cole and his trio. “I posted it and spent the rest of the day watching it,” she said. “I’d sneak off during work to watch it again. It’s amazing.” As music fans do when suddenly obsessed with an artist new to them, she dug as deeply as possible to find more from Mr. Cole and his trio — but his catalog of recorded music was small. He nonetheless was a favorite among some of music’s greatest names — he was musical arranger for CBS-TV’s “The Judy Garland Show” and musical director on her last tour in 1967. And no less an authority on the subject than Frank Sinatra proclaimed Bobby Cole his “favorite saloon singer” during Mr. Cole’s residency at Jilly’s in New York City. Ms. Hegeman left glowing comments on line about the video, vivid and sincere enough to attract the attention of the late Mr. Cole’s Florida-based daughter, Stephanie Edmonds. The two began exchanging e-mail messages and, as the friendship developed, so, too, did a handful of other ideas. They formed the Upper East Side Jazz Company in 2021 to preserve and promote Bobby Cole’s work and, in December, found a home for two dozen of his recordings. The lovingly remastered collection of his 1967 album “A Point of View” was released in April on Omnivore Recordings, a national record label that has earned industry-wide success and respect for its attention to great, but not necessarily often heard, music. “If you’re hungry for inspiration and adventuresome in your musical taste, we invite you to dive in,” says Omnivore’s website. Of Mr. Cole’s album, Omnivore says this: “A Point of View made waves in the boroughs, was raved about in Billboard and Cash Box, and then disappeared — but became a coveted prize by those who experienced it. Artists including Freddy Cole (Nat’s brother), Nancy Sinatra, and Tom Jones all covered material from it.” Grammy-winner Cheryl Pawelski produced the album for release. The nationwide re-emergence of this recording from an artist who, as one critic noted, is “the epitome of what a jazz pianist should be” began with Marie Hegeman’s musical archaeology dig. “For the past eight years, I’ve been gathering what I could from YouTube and other websites,” she said. As her on-line collection grew and correspondence with Ms. Edmonds continued, she and her husband, Oneonta attorney Tom Hegeman, began working with Ms. Edmonds to unravel intellectual property laws and secure the rights to Mr. Cole’s catalog of work. After a German record producer contacted the Hegemans to discuss licensing to include selections from Mr. Cole’s career on a multi-artist compilation, Mrs. Hegeman called Ms. Edmonds. Continued on page 6
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Rockwell exhibit a must-see this summer
New Kids in the Neighborhood, 1967, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Norman Rockwell Museum Collection. Licensed by Norman Rockwell Family Agency.
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It’s a short drive from anywhere in Otsego County to Utica, but once you step inside the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s exclusive Norman Rockwell exhibit on display now, you’ll feel like you’re thousands of miles away. Two stunning galleries of his famous Saturday Evening Post covers — all 323 of them — flank the installation of paintings and sketches covering the whole of the artist’s storied career and creating an exhibition that the Institute’s Deputy Director and Chief Curator Stephen Harrison says opens the viewer to “the breadth and depth of the entire career of this great American artist.” “This is a perfect time to be showing these works,” Mr. Harrison said during a tour with The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta. “In a world so full of strife, we might view these illustrations and paintings as a look at a simpler time but we also can see the work of an artist who portrayed the challenges our country faced throughout his long career.” The exhibit — which runs through September 18, 2022 — opens chronologically with some of Mr. Rockwell’s earliest works — illustrations
and paintings for Boy’s Life magazine that framed what Mr. Harrison called the artist’s “lifelong commitment to the Boy Scouts of America.” “Rockwell was a working cartoonist and illustrator,” Mr. Harrison said. “He wasn’t so much an ‘artiste’ as he was a working artist. He worked on deadline, he worked with assignments from editors.” “But he was so much more than that, too,” he said. “This exhibit shows the many, many layers to each of his pieces. He brought out so many details in each of his works. You can get lost in them for hours.” Mr. Harrison spent a few moments in the tour discussing two works in particular — “New Kids in the Neighborhood” and “Mine America’s Coal.” The latter, a World War II-vintage portrait of a proud coal miner, is — like so many of the works on display — akin to a photograph filled with depth and detail. It’s a moving portrait with stunning ability to convey a deep relationship with its subject. “This says so much about the War effort,” Mr. Harrison said of the work. “There’s determination. Sacrifice, ruggedness, hope. There’s worry in his eyes, but he’s smiling. And look — Rockwell made sure to add the small badge with two stars
on his overalls. That’s the pin showing this miner had two sons in active service.” Careful study of 1967’s “New Kids in the Neighborhood,” he offered, reveals consideration of a desegregating America, with Black children and White children standing separated but tentatively learning more about each other. One boy on each “side” holds a baseball glove. “The uniting spirit of baseball,” Mr. Harrison said. “You know those boys will be playing catch together later, but for now, this potential relationship is something entirely new to them.” That piece comes from the artist’s Look magazine work — the publication to which he moved after his more progressive ideals clashed with editors at the Saturday Evening Post. One piece on display at Munson-Williams-Proctor, 1963’s “Marriage Counselor,” is one that the Post refused to publish. “It’s a commentary on domestic abuse and the hypocrisy with which it’s still portrayed today,” Mr. Harrison said. “And this was 1963.” Nearby, Mr. Rockwell’s study on the civil rights movement, “The Problem We All Live With.” A stark rendering of Ruby Bridges walking to school, surrounded by officers protecting her.
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On display — more portraits, sketches, the famous World War II ‘Four Freedoms’ paintings he created after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech inspired him to contribute to the war effort. In the end, his art raised some $137 million for the United States armed forces — $2 billion by today’s standards. The exhibition ends at an interactive zone, complete with a selfie station where visitors can recreate and pose with the child and police officer from Rockwell’s famous “The Runaway.” There’s a pop-up shop, as well. Mr. Harrison’s choice of colors for the exhibits walls and careful spacing of the artwork on display draw the viewer in and give time and space to study, respect, enjoy, and learn from each piece. “His work is something that engenders enormous emotion,” he said. “We’re so proud of this installation and look forward to visitors enjoying it all summer.” It’s not a traveling show, by the way — the MunsonWilliams-Proctor Institute showing is through special arrangement with the Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Institute Public Relations and Advertising Manager Joe Schmidt said it’s an important opportunity for all of Central New York to have easy access to the artwork. “I love Rockwell and thought I knew a lot about him,” Mr. Schmidt said. “This exhibit blew me away with the detail and the craft. It’s magnificent.” It is indeed, and we can’t recommend it highly enough.
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The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is in the midst of a membership drive — members enjoy free admission to special exhibitions (including the Rockwell), discounts on concerts and films, discounts at the gift shop, invitations to special events and previews, and reciprocal privileges at select museums in New York State.
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Admission for the general public to the Rockwell Exhibition is $10; full-time students $5; reciprocal museum and NARM members $8. MWPAI members, SNAP/EBT cardholders, active-duty military and family, and children aged 12 and younger are admitted free of charge. The Institute’s permanent collection galleries are always free and open to all.
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute at 310 Genesee Street in Utica is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. Closed Monday.
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Directions via Google Maps to the visitor parking lot are at 1207 State Street, the parking lot entrance to the museum. Visit www.mwpai.org or call 315-797-0000 for more information.
Norman Rockwell, (1894–1978), Mine America’s Coal, 1944. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection. All rights reserved.
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310 Genesee Street, Utica, New York 315-797-0000 | mwpai.org We thank our exhibition sponsors Christian and Cheryl Heilmann, Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D., Family of F. X. Matt II, Joseph Abraham, The John and Cynthia DeTraglia Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, P. J. Green, Inc., Dr. W. Anthony and Carol B. Mandour, Nye and Company Auctioneers / Appraisers, and the Hon. Joan E. Shkane (ret.).
Norman Rockwell has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Media sponsorship has been provided by Curtis Licensing, a division of The Saturday Evening Post. ®I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission.
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Let’s correct our editing error from last week’s edition of Summer Dreams and the story about Hanford Mills Museum in East Merideth. Please note that the Museum offers tours Wednesdays through Sundays. The guided tours take place Wednesdays through Sundays at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m., and are limited to 20 guests per tour. Hanford Mills recommends reservations — visitors can call 607-278-5744 or visit www.hanfordmills.org to reserve your spot.
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Continued from page 3 “I said, hey, why don’t we license your dad’s work,” she said. The long process led to a publishing company picking up the catalog and offering it to different labels. Omnivore extended the offer that has led to the re-release of “A Point of View” on compact disc and streaming services; a two-disc vinyl issue is on its way in November 2022. “This is totally a labor of love,” Mrs. Hegeman said. “Tracking down Bobby Cole music became my hobby. He’s so insanely talented. I just wanted to figure out a way to get it out there for everyone to hear.” For Stephanie Edmonds, hearing her father’s work brings mixed emotions. “I can get a little too close to it emotionally,” she said. “Hearing it can be difficult. There have been times when I’ve wanted to protect him and hide his music, but then I see it everywhere online and I know that it brings people joy.” “We’re both protecting your dad’s work,” Marie Hegeman adds. “I’m incredibly grateful to Marie,” Ms. Edmonds said. “Her dedication to my dad’s music is amazing, she’s honored it so beautifully. She worked so hard to restore the rights to me and bring his music back to the world.” There are more Bobby Cole recordings that may eventually see the light of day – projects that Ms. Edmonds said move into a more autobiographical vein and featured his later-in-life ‘Joe Cocker/Louis Armstrong’ kind of raspy voice rather than the saloon-song tones from his days as Frank Sinatra’s favorite. “A Point of View” isn’t Oneonta’s only connection to Mr. Cole’s work — he was the first to record Oneonta native Jerry Jeff Walker’s calling card, “Mr. Bojangles.” As luck would have it, though, Jerry Jeff released his own version of the record just one week after Mr. Cole. The Oneonta link continues; Mrs. Hegeman regularly updates the Bobby Cole Facebook page @bobbycolesinatra with audio and video clips, and there’s a Spotify file including all of his original works. It’s a fascinating trip through outstanding music that deserves the larger audience she envisioned from that first view of the YouTube clip all those years ago.
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BOOK TASTING – 10 a.m. Stop by the library to sample books and pick up your next great read. This month will be celebrating Juneteenth and highlighting Black authors. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314. FIBER ARTS GROUP – 11 a.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 County Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802. ART CLUB – 1 p.m. Bring art to share and the materials to make your art with the group. Springfield Library, 129 County Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-8585802. SPIRIT ANIMAL – 6 p.m. Fun class with meditation and discussion about the spiritual significance of the animal of the month. This time meet a loving friend, The Snail. Cost, $22/person. Presented online by Mountain Magic Healing Studio. 607-287-7278.
►Friday, June 17 ALUMNI WEEKEND – All day. Students, alumni, family, and friends of Hartwick College are invited for a weekend on campus and at Pine Lake where there will be activities like tours, the kickoff party, boating on the lake, karaoke, and much more. Hartwick College, Oneonta. 888-HARTWICK. COMMUNITY NIGHT – 4 - 7 p.m. Enjoy a night of free food, check out some local vendors, and have fun with family and friends. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-3200. CHICKEN DINNER – 4:30 - 6 p.m. Enjoy a Brooks BBQ chicken dinner on the third Friday of each month. Includes half chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, and roll all for $13/dinner plus convenience fee if paying by PayPal. Pre-order by Wednesday strongly encouraged. First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown. Contact baptistcooperstown@gmail.com
HOME GAME – 7 p.m. Local baseball team Oneonta Outlaws vs. The Albany Dutchmen. Damaschke Field, Oneonta. 607-432-6326.
►Saturday, June 18 PANCAKE BREAKFAST – 7:30 - 11:30 a.m. All you can eat pancakes, eggs, sausage, beverages, and more to support the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department. Cost, $9/ adult. Cooperstown/Westville Airport, Rt. 166, Cooperstown. BIRDING WALK – 8 - 10 a.m. Join the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society for a bird walk around the Mill Pond, in conjunction with Exploration Days at the mill. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Hwy. 12, East Meredith. 607-278-5744. MOTORCYCLE RUN – 10 a.m. Oneonta American Legion Riders will ride in the fifth annual ‘Vets for Pets’ motorcycle run to support Susquehanna SPCA and the Super Heroes Humane Society. Register between 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Ride starts at 10. All riders/cars welcome, open to the public. Cost, $20/participant. Will also feature a Chinese auction, 50/50 raffle, food, and more. Starts from The American Legion Post 259, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-0494. PADDLE & PULL – 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Join OCCA and the community to pull the highly invasive water chestnut and European frog-bit from Silver Lake. These two species threaten to clog our waterways and take over our ecosystems,Only OCCA canoes are allowed in the water, so sign up early. Bring sunscreen, water, a hat, and dress to get wet and muddy. Lunch will be provided. Meet at 162 Shore Drive, New Berlin. 607-547-4488. OPENING RECEPTION – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Celebrate the opening of new exhibit ‘Remembering Oneonta in the 1960s about an era of expansion, modernization, and social and cultural growth in Oneonta. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960.
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