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Bring the whole family for the first ever Big Rig Shindig. This event is an opportunity for the children (and the children-at-heart) to get up close and personal with construction equipment, emergency vehicles, trucks, and more. Operators of the vehicles will be on hand to discuss them and the careers that make use of them. Admission, $5/person or $10/car. Saturday, September 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pathfinder Village, 3 Chenango Rd., Edmeston. 607-965-8377 or visit https://catskillchoralsociety.com/inSeptemberwholefood,localssellingfeatureChoralFallpathfindervillage.org/events•GetoutfortheGrand&GloriousFairpresentedbytheCatskillSociety.TheFairwilllivemusic,localvendorsavarietyofartsandcrafts,sellinggaragesaleitems,games,andmuchmoreforthefamilytoenjoy.HeldSunday11from10a.m.-3p.m.NeahwaPark,Oneonta.Visit
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Colorscape Chenango arts festival. featuring vendors from around the state, artists, crafters, and musical performances galore. Get started on the Christmas shopping, bring the kids for a fun day out, and have a plain olde goode time. Will be held rain or shine from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 and 11 in the East and West Parks in Down town Norwich. Visit com/ColorscapeChenango/facebook.•
Get into the great outdoors this weekend with the Butternut Valley Alliance and the Otsego County Conservation Association to learn about our natural history and enjoy a leisurely paddle on the slow-moving Butternut Creek. Participants are welcome to bring their own canoes, kayaks, and stand-up-paddle boards. There are also canoes available from OCCA (pre-registration required). Life jackets are required. This event is free. Launch will be at the bridge on Spring Street, Gilbertsville and will finish at Copes Corners Park, Gilbertsville. Sunday, September 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 607-643-2992 or visit butternut-creek-float/otsegooutdoors.org/event/•Meetlocalartistsattheexciting
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In memory of long-time quilter and cat lover Nancy Richard, the owner of the Heartworks Quilt Shop, Margaret Wolff, donated 30 yards of quilting fabric to the Fly Creek Yard Sale with the proceeds being donated to the Susquehanna SPCA. The sale which took place on Saturday August 27, sold all 300 yards, raising $500 to be sent to the SQSPCA for things needed in the Cattery.
“It was awesome, it was a great feeling,” he said. “I hope I don’t have to wait another 40 years to do it again!”
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Over $1,000 in prizes are being offered at this year’s Lyn Edinger Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2022 at the Meadow Links Golf Course, 476 County Hwy 27, Richfield Springs. The golf tournament is the primary fund raiser for the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation, a non-profit, tax deductible organization. Funds from the tournament support community programs including the Michael Mayne Scholarship at ONC BOCES, Rotary Youth Exchange and community funds such as the Youth Food Movement.Teetime is 1:30 p.m., with teams competing in a Captain and Crew format on the 18-hole course. The entry fee of $60. per person includes the cart and greens fee, plus food and bever ages at the awards ceremony and reception following play. Cash and gift certificate prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places as well as a $25 “Closest to the Pin” prize and a $500
Quilt Shop Raises $500 for SQSPCA
Barry (Bearcat) Gray had his first hole-inone duriing the Leatherstocking Golf Club Championship last week.
“I’ve been playing golf for over 40 years and this is a first!” Mr. Gray said. “When I hit it, I saw it go up and then I lost it in the sun. I didn’t see it land or go in,” he said.
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“Hole in One” prize. Individuals and businesses are welcome to sponsor a hole on the course for $100 or make a dona tion to the auction which will take place following the picnic dinner at the pavilion. Hole spon sors will have their name featured on the hole of their choice but also, along with auction donors, will be recognized at the awards ceremony, and in tournament advertisingFormore information on the Foundation or to sign up for the Golf Tournament, contact Ellen Tillapaugh, 607-547-5646 gmail.com.cooperstownrotaryfoundation@or
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more than the ability to play at a virtuosic level. It takes the ability to forgo genre and to write, improvise and communicate from the heart.
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Their collective sounds, rooted in Jazz and symphonic harmonies, have been described as “dazzling” (NY Times) and “undeniably beautiful,” (DownBeat) and are bound by raw emotion and incandescent stillness. These are truly some of the best modern musicians in the world with credits including profiles in NPR and the New York Times, work with legendary artists such as Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter (to name a few), and a multitude of awards, commissions, and grants.
Ike grew up in a musical home, the son of renowned composer and arranger Fred Sturm, and earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music.
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HEART includes Godwin Louis (sax), Chris Dingman (vibraphone), Jesse Lewis (guitar), Jared Schonig (drums), Melissa Stylianou (voice), and Michael Mayo (voice).
Ike first performed in Cooperstown in September of 2021 with guitarist Jesse Lewis for the inaugural season of the Origins Featured Artist Concert Series. Called Endless Field, they are an ambient acoustic duo that has been featured live on WBGO New York’s “The Checkout” and on NPR, and whose 2017 album includes GRAMMYwinning soloist Donny McCaslin.
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Seeing as the duo also aims to engage others in environmental awareness and activism, the organic beauty of Origins was a natural fit. So much so, Ike was eager to return to the idyllic space to present Ike Sturm + HEART.
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Ike Sturm Returns to Origins
He has played on four Downbeat award-winning record ings and alongside Bobby McFerrin, Donny McCaslin,
Internationally acclaimed bassist, composer, and bandleader Ike Sturm possesses all of these qualities and for the first time, the Cooperstown Concert Series and Origins Café have partnered in order to present Ike with his new septet, HEART, on Sunday, September 18 at 5 p.m. at Origins Café.
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In 2019, the duo trekked to Utah in collaboration with National Geographic videographers and L.A. sound engi neers. Using a mobile, solar-powered recording studio, they created their critically acclaimed album Alive in the Wilderness, which was released in 2020.
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Bar crawl stops include: DoubleDay Café, The Pioneer Patio, Sherman’s Tavern, Cooley’s Stone House Tavern, Natty Bumppo’s, The Lake Front Hotel, Rusty Bison, J & D’s Wagon Wheel, Upstate Bar and Grill, and Brewery Ommegang.
1st prize: Two tickets to one of Ommegang’s monthly beer dinners this winter
2nd prize: Two VIP tickets to a 2023 concert of your choice, acts still to be announced
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Winners selected onsite at Ommegang on September10. Must be present to win.
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Friday, September 9
Tap House Café will be open until 9 pm, food truck and patio bar open until 10 pm.
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Cooperstown Pub Crawl all afternoon — get your pub crawl passport at the Ommegang tent in Pioneer Park!
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Bring your fully stamped passport back to Ommegang to be entered in a drawing for two great prizes!
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is full of flowers, each carried by someone committed to ending this disease. Because like flowers, our participants don’t stop when something’s in their way. They keep raising funds and awareness for a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. It’s time to add your flower to the fight. us at alz.org/walk Walk to End Alzheimer’s - Oneonta Neahwa Park
Sunday, September 25
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25th Anniversary Fireworks display at 10 pm.
Saturday, September 10 Main Street, Cooperstown
He served as Music Director for the Jazz Ministry of Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan from 2004-2021. Saint Peter’s Church also commissioned Ike to compose a Jazz Mass — a work for voices, strings, and soloists — which merges diverse musical languages into a powerfully unified aesthetic.Thepiece was released to critical international acclaim and was named one of Downbeat’s “Best Albums of the Year” and has been performed across the U.S., Scandinavia, and
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decision to create HEART, Ike was clearly positioned to not only assemble a group of such diverse and monumental talent, but to also write and arrange for them with a visionary facility.
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The septet will come to Cooperstown fresh from a featured performance at the Lake George Jazz Festival the day before. It will truly be a unique opportunity to experi ence a group of this magnitude in such an intimate setting.
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Tickets are available at www.cooperstownconcertseries. org, and may also be available at the door. For more infor mation on Ike, also visit www.ikesturm.com.
Firepit Friday Finale Erin Harkes Band from 7-10 pm
All events free to the public — all ages welcome. Tables are first come, first served, no outside food or beverages, please!
25th Anniversary Parade at 11 am
Around 40 artist/maker/vintage vendors are expected throughout Main Street and at CANO. A downtown art walk will feature art exhibitions in galleries and businesses, murals, Augmented Reality art objects, live painting, light projection, and art/craft demonstrations and workshops for children and adults
“Local businesses and organizations will host a variety of free activities. A yoga session, author reading, art/craft demonstrations such as floral arrangement and sewing, and craft beer tastings at Roots Brewing Company and CANO’s Craft Beer Garden will round out the festivities,” Mrs. Von Stengel said.
While the focus of the festival is visual art and music, this all-day event has something for everyone.
“This is the largest committee we have ever had. Due to the pandemic, there hasn’t been a festival in 3 years, so we decided to extend the festivities, said Hope Von Stengel, Executive Director, CANO.
There will be a mural unveiling, yoga, activities for adults and children, drum circle, downtown art walk, craft beer garden, live music and performances, vintage/art/maker vendors and more.
Over 20 musical and artistic performances will entertain festival goers this year. CANO, Main Street, and Huntington Park will host hip hop, a drum circle, rock, acoustic, and more during the day. Live music and performances will continue in local venues from 6 p.m. until after midnight.
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CANO’s City of the Hills Festival Returns
For more information about the festival, go to cityofthe hillsfest.org, or visit facebook.com/cityofthehillsfest/ and Instagram @cityofthehillsfest.
On Saturday, September 17 from noon to past midnight, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO) will bring back the popular City of the Hills Art Festival.
The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the arts and community. “We will celebrate Oneonta and its local artists and performers, businesses, organizations and community partners that make Oneonta a vibrant tourist destination and a magical place to live,” Mrs. Von Stengel said.
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This festival is free and open to the public, with the exception of evening entertainment in local venues.
In the past, CANO hosted the festival on Main Street or behind CANO where the Dietz Street Lofts are being built. The Festival committee chose to create a walking footprint of the festival that incorporated as much of downtown Oneonta as possible. “This year is an all-day event and will encompass Main Street, over to CANO, up to Huntington Park and at participating downtown businesses and organi zations. It’s big!,” she said.
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2nd Ken Johnson 82-87 169
Legends Gross Champion Mike Jastremski 82 Legends Net Joe Membrino 75
$20. Limited number of tickets available. Tickets available on line Ticketscertseries.org/.http://www.cooperstownconatmayalsobeavailable at the door. www.cooperstownconcertseries.org Origins cafe sunday sept. 18 5:00JazzHeartpmensemble
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Runner-Up Dale Bullock 69-75 144
Ferrebee Cup Champion Kathy Faber (playoff winner) 71-77 148
Champion Bob Colucci 71-71 142
T3 Steve Jones 76-74 150
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3rd Steve Hyden 80-90 170
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Champion Steve Gunther 67-73 140
T3 Steve Cembrinski 74-76 150
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Senior Club Champion Jack Drumm 77-83 160
5th Jim Peters 72-79 151
3rd Andrew Davis 75-78 153
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2nd Jeremy Dickens 77-75 152
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Club Champion Cay Franck 94-102 196
BOYS Champion
Champion Lanie Nelen (Playoff winner) 55
Club Champion Matt Hazzard 71-78 149
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Runner-Up Pat Grillo 81-67 148
GIRLS
Catskill Choral Society presents vocalist - DANIELLE MCMULLEN - DECKER SCHOOL OF BALLET
39 JUNIOR 5 HOLE Champion Ava
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B-8 Summer DreamS Thursday, September 8, 2022 All at one lakeside location 2 1/2 miles north of cooperstown on west lake road, 6098 state highway 80 general information: www.bluemingogrill.com607-547-2543 Lake Otsego’s only open-air lakeside dining spot offers creative grill cuisine on its Adirondack porches at the water’s edge. Inspired by a multitude of international cuisines, the Blue Mingo Offers an eclectic menu that The New York Times has calleD “the area’s most interesting dishes.” (607) 547-7496 Spend some quality time on the lake in a rental boat at Sam Smith’s. rentals are available by the hour to a full day (607) 547- 2581 On your way to the dining porches of The Blue Mingo Grill, you will pass through the collection of clothing, gifts and accessories inspired by the classic casual elegance of Adirondack Great Camp style a contemporary take on the classic country store, with a unique and wide-ranging offering of authentic products and provisions from around the world and around the corner. From gourmet foods, take-out lunches and locally-sourced grocery items and produce to kitchen and entertaining essentials, pet and garden supplies, treats for A Perfect Day on Otsego Lake
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