August 17 & 18, Saturday & Sunday
9am – 5pm
$300 (includes all materials)

During this weekend course students will create beautiful round baskets from willow. Learn to construct a traditional basket with a circular base, rounded or sharp angled upsett, a choice of side weaves and a woven border. Time permitting, students can weave a complementary handle. Students who have participated in a previous willow weaving class can either revisit that same basket style or explore a different type of round basket. Participants will finish the class with a sturdy and useful vessel. Willow can be challenging to work with, someone with hand issues or weak hands may find this class difficult. Includes 1 hr lunch break – participants bring their own lunch.

Jes Clark (they/them) is the farmer and weaver at Willow Vale Farm in Stanfordville, NY. Jes weaves traditional and contemporary functional pieces and the basket forms created are a result of their conversation with each stick of willow. All of their willow is grown without pesticides using regenerative practices and with loving care.

Jes has been teaching weaving since 2018 and has taught hundreds of students ranging from absolute beginners to experienced weavers looking to refine their craft. They have taught at the Stowe Basketry Festival, for the Northeast Basketmakers Guild, at the New York Botanical Garden just to name a few, and also privately in one-on-one tutorials. You can discover more of their work at instagram.com/willowvalefarm and https://www.willowvale.farm/

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LEZ ZEPPELIN – All girls. All Zeppelin. LIVE IN CONCERT
Friday, August 23rd / Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center
24 Market Street, Oneonta, NY

Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist, Steph Paynes, the all-girl quartet, Lez Zeppelin, has since gained unanimous critical acclaim as one of the most exciting live acts around, becoming the first female rock act to pay homage to led zeppelin and to garner rave reviews across the board. Lez Zeppelin stays true to the musically audacious spirit of the original, delivering the legendary rock band’s blistering arrangements and monstrous sound note-for-note at sold-out frenzied shows around the world. In June, 2013, Jimmy Page attended their show in London and said of the group, “they played the Led Zeppelin music with an extraordinary sensuality and an energy and passion that highlighted their superb musicianship.”

ALL AGES / CASH BAR FOR 21+

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Patsy Cline: A Tribute to An Icon
Friday, August 30th / Doors at 6:30pm / Show at 7:30pm

Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center – Bettiol Theater
24 Market Street, Oneonta NY

Patsy Cline: A Tribute to An Icon
Rebecca Miner was first introduced to Patsy Cline in 1985 sitting in the passenger seat of her friend’s 1975 Ford pickup truck. Her buddy, Eric, had just bought a cassette of Patsy’s Greatest Hits Album and was excited to play it for her. Rebecca was instantly taken by, not only her amazing voice, but by the heart and passion with which she sang. She’s been in love with Patsy ever since.

Patsy Cline was an original. She was one of a kind. At an early age she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Patsy was not the type to say, “I hope one day to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.” She was the type to say, “I will.” And, boy, did she ever! She was bold and audacious at a time when women held little power in business or entertainment. She was often labeled “difficult” and “too outspoken”, but that didn’t stop her. She knew exactly who she was. Later in her career, she would jokingly refer to herself as “the Cline.”

March 5th of 1963, Patsy was tragically killed in a plane crash. She was only 30 years old. In spite of a career cut short, she left us an amazing legacy of music which continues to inspire and move us even today.

In our Tribute to Patsy Cline’s music we perform her biggest hits from 1955 to 1963. We begin with her first record and end with one of her final recordings. Along the way, Rebecca (dressed at Patsy) shares stories and letters that provide a backdrop to her amazing music.

Rebecca is joined by some amazing musicians from Central New York: John Handzel on bass, Tim Baldwin on guitar and vocals, Joshua Dahlin on drums, Andy Box on keyboards and vocals, and George Newton on Pedal Steel.

Rebecca fell in love with Patsy as a young woman of 20. We hope that by knowing a bit more about what was going on in Patsy’s life as a performer, you will feel an even greater attachment to Cline’s legacy – her music. And if you haven’t already, we hope that you fall in love with Patsy, too. Join us as we celebrate Patsy, the brassy, brilliant, and iconic first lady of Country Music.

ALL AGES / CASH BAR FOR 21+

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GOLD DUST WOMAN – The Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac Collection

Saturday, August 31st / Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:30pm

Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center – Bettiol Theater
24 Market Street, Oneonta, NY

GOLD DUST WOMAN is the ULTIMATE TRIBUTE Show, celebrating the legendary and beloved career of STEVIE NICKS and FLEETWOOD MAC. Gold Dust Woman takes audiences into the 4 plus decades of the timeless solo career of Rock & Roll’s mystic poet and two time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, along with the classic songs of Fleetwood Mac.

Supported by an amazingly accomplished group of seasoned musicians, when Janet Soluri steps onto the stage, she transforms the true, magical essence of the Gypsy Queen that is Stevie. Her likeness both visually and vocally, are CAPTIVATING and has been hailed as the “CLOSEST POSSIBLE THING TO STEVIE HERSELF”.

GOLD DUST WOMAN provides an electrifying and dynamic show like no other, which has audiences, dancing, singing and cheering for more.

SEEING IS TRULY BELIEVING!!!!!

ALL AGES / CASH BAR FOR 21+

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September 7 & 8, Saturday & Sunday
10am – 4pm

Students will work together to restore a historic cemetery wall at Delaware County Historical Association. Participants will learn the basics of building and restoring free-standing dry-laid stone walls under the instruction of a stone wall professional with over 20 years experience.

Participants will learn how to sort and choose stones, use gravity to create a stable structure, while contributing to the conservation of local history and culture.

Bring your own lunch, gloves, heavy boots, and a stone hammer (if you have one).

Instructor Pat Ryan has been building stone walls since 1995. His stonework can be found at Brewery Ommegang, the Lakeview Event Center (in Laurens), and at numerous private residences and religious communities. Based in Oneonta, Pat travels the world looking at stone ruins.

www.patryanstonework.com

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HALFWAY TO HELL – A High-Voltage Tribute to AC/DC
Saturday, September 7th / Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center
24 Market Street, Oneonta, NY

HALFWAY TO HELL returns to the stage at Foothill is Oneonta to deliver a high-voltage tribute to one of rock & roll’s greatest bands of all time, AC/DC! These fellas put on a KILLER show that you DO NOT want to miss!

ALL AGES / CASH BAR FOR 21+

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September 14 & 15, Saturday & Sunday (rain dates 9/21 & 9/22)
10am – 4pm
$150 (does not include materials)

Students will be painting and drawing using as subject matter the fabulous vistas around the West Kortright Center. Kathmann and Firmin will demonstrate before each session. Each artist has a unique approach to depicting landscape.

Richard Kathmann will teach the morning sessions from 10am to noon working in black and white, charcoal and acrylics. After lunch, Lisbeth will teach the afternoon sessions working with color, acrylics, oils, watercolors, or gouache. Class will break for the day around 3:30pm and do a critique of all the work. (Lisbeth and Richard will take each other’s classes).

Lisbeth Firmin is a contemporary American realist known for her urban landscapes. For over five decades her work has been in hundreds of solo and group show across the country and internationally. Honors and awards include inclusion in” “New Prints 2018/Winter, IPCNY, “2017 North American Print Biennial”, 2017 solo exhibition at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a 2017 Printmaking Residency @ Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, Printmaking Residency @ Tides Institute in Eastport ME (2016), a NYFA Fellowship (2007), Pollock-Krasner Grant (1999), full fellowships to the MacDowell Colony, National Seashore Residency, the Vermont Studio Center and Saltonstall Arts Colony. Her paintings and prints are in several public collections including the New York Historical Society, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Munson Williams Procter Arts Institute, Arnot Museum, Tides Institute and Museum of Art, Fleming Museum, University of Texas, Cape Cod Museum, and Hofstra University. Firmin moved from downtown NYC in 2000 to a small village in upstate NY, where she paints every day.

Richard Kathmann was trained at the University of Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Pratt Institute. For Kathmann, It’s all about trees. The mixed hardwood forests in the Catskills, in FL hardwood hammock forests, and the forest galleries along New Mexico rivers. He lives and works in East Meredith, NY.

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Come learn the slow textile technique of Botanical Printing while also designing and making your own table runner. Each attendee will explore this unique natural dyeing technique that allows one to capture the fingerprint of Mother Nature onto fiber. Everyone will leave with their own cotton table runner adorned with seasonal and local plants – just in time to dress up your table feasts for Harvest Season!

Maggie Pate is a slow textile artist and natural dyer located in the Hudson Valley. She has spent years experimenting with Nature’s colors and how to utilize them on fiber, weavings, and in paint mediums. Over the course of her 10+ years, she has traveled across the globe to teach workshops and spark interest in the cross section of botanical arts and slow textiles. www.nade-studio.com

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This Exploration Day features the Dan Rion Memorial Antique Engine Jamboree, and the museum will invite regional collectors of historic engines, tractors, doodlebugs, outboard motors, vehicles, and other machines to display their collections. Hanford Mills staff and volunteers will also display and demonstrate some of the historic engines and machinery that are part of our own collection.

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EMO/POP-PUNK NIGHT featuring THE WARPED TOUR BAND
with special guests ALL THE BLINK THINGS (blink-182 tribute)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH / DOORS 7PM / SHOW 8PM

FOOTHILLS PERFORMING ARTS & CIVIC CENTER / 24 MARKET STREET, ONEONTA, NY

We’re kicking off our Halloween Weekend Double Header with EMO/POP-PUNK NIGHT!

The Warped Tour Band will be performing all of your favorite pop-punk and emo songs from the late 90’s through the new millennium!

Opening act, All the Blink Things, will be starting the night off right by playing a set of blink-182 songs!

We’ve got SHOCK-TOBERFEST the following night, which will feature an interactive performance of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW complete with a shadow cast, axe throwing, sideshow performers, indie horror film screenings and MORE! So if you want to make a weekend of it, get a ticket for both EMO NIGHT & SHOCK-TOBERFEST for only $40 until October 1st! Save $10 and have the best damn Halloween weekend EVER!

LETS GOOOOOOO!

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