Friday Oct 31, 9 am and 1pm: Volunteer tree planting in Oneonta. Meet at Dietz Street parking lot. For info, sign up: 433-2236.
At 5 p.m. Friday: Fish fry at the Oneonta Veterans Club; with live music by Just Throw Money from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Also Friday: Halloween at Hogwarts! Thanks to a special agreement with the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Smart Community Room will be open to all young witches and wizards on Thursday October 30. From 4:00-5:30 all manner of magical crafts and confections will be available. First, get sorted into your House. Don't miss the Potions class, and Care of Magical Creatures – you'll be making your own monster to take home. You can also try your hand at the cauldron toss, make a wand, a Golden Snitch pin, and more! This special Hogwarts event is open to those aged 6 and up.
Friday evening: Halloween trick-or-treating on Main St Oneonta at participating stores, usually from 4pm-6pm.
Also, don't miss the annual Halloween Parade Friday on Main Street in Downtown Oneonta. Formation of the parade will be on Elm Street (between Main & Center) and Walnut Street (between Ford & Maple), move from Elm Street down Main Street to Chestnut Street Extension and into the parking garage. The formation area be blocked off at 6:00 p.m. and Main Street closed at 7:00 p.m. Formation to begin at 6:15 p.m., judging at 6:45 p.m. and parade at 7:00 p.m.
Sat Nov 1 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. in Cooperstown is a Stone Soup community dinner at St. Mary's Church; featuring homemade soup, bread and more, with ghost stories by Bruce Markusen.
Also Sat 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Norwich is the Home Bureau bazaar at the United Church of Christ, West Main Street. For info: 843-5119.
Sat in Morris from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. is the Halloween 'booktacular' at Zion Episcopal Church parish house, Main Street; featuring book and bake sale, children's story hour at 10 a.m., games, activities, crafts and more. For info: 263-2080.
Another bazaar: Sat from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Milford American Legion Auxiliary hosts a holiday bazaar at the Legion Hall; featuring crafts, raffles, door prizes, refreshments. For info: 286-7720.
Sat 7:30 p.m: 'Traditional Songs of New York State' at the Cannon Free Library in Delhi, 40 Elm St.; with Dave Ruch. For info: 746-2662.
Rogers Environmental Education Center offers a Fall Fruit Walk at 11 am (Sherberne, state Highway 80). For info: 674-4017.
Sunday Nov 2 at 2 p.m. is the Paul Newman film series at the New York Power Authority Visitors Center, North Blenheim, state Route 30. Free, open to the public.
Looking ahead:
Don't forget to vote Tuesday Nov 4th! After you vote, stop by the Main View Gallery (next to the Oneonta fire station) at 7pm. Oneonta World of Learning (OWL) will be finalizing plans for Paint Fest! This is also a great opportunity just to meet our team and find out more about plans to create a children's museum in Oneonta.
