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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Prepare for an immersive experience that combines funerals and delicious food as you join Hyde Hall for an unforgettable evening at Death & Dinner!

In the 19th century, funerals developed into elaborate and formal events that often involved specific customs and rituals. Death & Dinner captures the essence of a 19th-century funeral and follows their evolution into the practices we recognize today. You’ll immerse yourself in an atmosphere of the macabre as you learn about 19th-century funerals, engage in conversations, do some reflection, and sit down to a delicious harvest dinner—with a twist!

#WeGoOtsego #ThisIsCooperstown

https://www.facebook.com/events/1078019276652117/

SHOCK-TOBERFEST 2024
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH / 3PM-MIDNIGHT

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

SHOCK-TOBERFEST is a Halloween themed take on Oktoberfest! A marriage of all things October which will feature NYS craft beers and ciders, axe throwing, professional pumpkin carving, live music, locally produced film screenings, tarot card readings, live theater, unusual music performances, horror movie makeup FX demonstrations, sideshow performers, and a late night screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show to top off the evening!

SHOCK-TOBERFEST is the second event of our HALLOWEEN DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND! The day before SHOCK-TOBERFEST on Friday, October 25th we will be hosting EMO/POP-PUNK NIGHT featuring THE WARPED TOUR BAND with opening act ALL THE BLINK THINGS (a blink-182 tribute). So make a weekend of it and come to both events for only $40! That deal lasts until October 1st and saves ya $10!

SHOCK-TOBERFEST DETAILS!

There will be multiple rooms with different events going on simultaneously AND food trucks PLUS axe throwing outside!

Every ticket purchase includes a ticket to AXE THROWING!

Tickets to JUST attend the Rocky Horror screening are available as well if you’re lame!

This event is RECOMMENDED for ages 18+ but we’re ok with kids coming with a grownup!

FULL ITINERARY OF EVENTS COMING SOON!

SHOCK-TOBERFEST 2024 is brought to you by FOOTHILLS PERFORMING ARTS & CIVIC CENTER, FILM OTSEGO and THE WIETING THEATRE!

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Hanford Mills will highlight the importance of trees and forests as we showcase the talents of local woodcrafters and foresters. Museum staff will demonstrate how we process logs into finished products in our mill, and we will also invite exhibitors to showcase their skills in working with wood.

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The 2nd Annual Foothills Fringe is happening this September 20th-22nd here at Foothills!

This event features three days of music, dance, film, stand up comedy, and performance art of all varieties! Applications are being accepted from April 1st until June 30th, so if you want to bring YOUR performance art to one of our stages, apply now and join in what is going to be an amazing weekend of performance art!

Apply here beginning April 1st: https://www.foothillspac.org/foothills-fringe/

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The evening starts with Orange County NY Paranormal as they reveal the findings of their exciting paranormal investigation at Hyde Hall. Then it’s your turn to conduct a paranormal investigation and experiment with various tools and techniques with the team. You never know what you’ll uncover!
This is an amateur paranormal investigation; all are welcome.

Highlights:
– Participate in an authentic paranormal investigation
– Use professional ghost-hunting equipment
– Explore haunted locations under the guidance of experienced investigators
– Learn about the history and folklore surrounding each site
– Share your experiences and theories with fellow investigators

Important Information:
– Suitable for thrill-seekers, skeptics, and believers alike
– Participants must be at least 18 years old (or with parents/guardians present)
– Limited spots available for an intimate and personalized experience

Duration: Approximately 3 hours
• Extended periods of walking and climbing stairs are required.
• Enter through Glimmerglass State Park (1527 Co Rd 31, Cooperstown, NY 13326)

#WeGoOtsego #ThisIsCooperstown #orangecountynyparanormal

https://www.facebook.com/events/1408079026509406/

Across A Barrier of Fear – The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
Starring Ms. Jane VanBoskirk / Play by Sharon Whitney

Sunday, August 18th / Doors 3:30pm / Show 4pm
The Loft at Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center
24 Market Street, Oneonta, NY

We meet Eleanor as a child, orphaned at 10, so withdrawn she is unable to speak in the presence of others. We see her find herself and trace her legacy across the years. Through her eyes, we witness the political rise of FDR. We experience the trauma of her husband’s polio and her struggle to care for him. We witness her reinventing herself and the rols of First Lady. We become her confidants as she reveals the woman beneathe the icon and crusader for human rights.

“Everything I ever did was always accomplished across a barrier of fear.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

All ages / Concessions available

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ORGAN FAIRCHILD – Live in concert with special guests, Specialists!
Saturday, November 2nd / Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center – The Loft
24 Market Street, Oneonta

Jam scene mainstays Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch met in 1983 as members of Buffalo NY Grateful Dead cover band “Wild Knights,” a group that still plays reunion shows to this day.

But it wasn’t until early 2020 that they wrote their first original music together, this time as three-piece instrumental organ trio/funky jam band Organ Fairchild.

The debut gig was just a month before COVID shutdowns, but the horse was out of the barn and the response was immediate!

Individually, these veteran musicians have played music with (not in support of) Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Robbie Krieger (The Doors), Nels Cline, Tony Rice, moe., Oteil Burbridge, Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, Strangefolk, Gibb Droll, Big Leg Emma, Juggling Suns and more.

But since 2020, they’ve been joined together in the pursuit of groovy tunes and juicy jams in a high-powered organ trio format.

Seriously, get ready to get down with Organ Fairchild!

NYC dance rockers SPECIALISTS will open the show!

ALL AGES / CASH BAR FOR 21+

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