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Calendar of Events

Keep checking back as we will be adding events as we go!

Thursday, February 16

6am-9:30pm Clark Sports Center on Susquehanna Avenue - Swimming, bowling, squash, rock wall climbing, basketball. $8 adults and $4 under 20. Under 18 needs an assumption of risk form signed by parent. Call ahead for availability 607-547-2800.

11am-4pm Fenimore Quilt Club 2006 Show presented by Cooperstown Art Association.  This extraordinary exhibit of quilts is a show-stopper, the colors, patterns and stories they tell make this a must see show.  For more information call 607-547-9777.

11am,1,2,3,4 and 5pm Tour the Cooperstown Brewing Company. Beer tastings of Old Slugger, Nine Man Ale and other English style beers. Turn left at the light in Milford.  For more information call 607-286-9330.

Friday, February 17

6am-9:30pm Clark Sports Center on Susquehanna Avenue – See Thursday, February 16

10am-3pm Soup 'R Chili Lunch 'N Bake Sale.  The First Baptist Church on Elm Street in Cooperstown is holding a lunch and bake sale.  Lunch is $6, ages 6-10 $4 and under 6 free.

11am-4pm Fenimore Quilt Club 2006 Show - See Thursday, February 16

11am,1,2,3,4 and 5pm Tour the Cooperstown Brewing Company - See Thursday, February 16

2pm Opening Ceremony NYS Sculpting Championships "ICE is NICE". Ten professional sulpting teams will compete for the right to represent New York State at the National Snow Sculpting Championship. Teams will create magnificent 6ft high ice sculptures in picturesque Lake Front Park. Sculptors will work day and night to complete their entries while sharing with viewers’ insights into the art, tools and techniques used to create these masterpieces.

7pm Cabin Fever Film Series - Under the Tuscan Sun - Fenimore Art Museum

Saturday, February 18, 2006

NYS Sculpting Championship "ICE is NICE" continues at Lake Front Park all day - food, beverages, warming fires. Vote for Peoples Choice Award. Watch as the giant ice sculptures come alive under the skillful hands of the master sculptors.

Sledding - Lake Front Park. Gentle sloping hill right at the site of the snow sculpting championship! Bring your own sled, some available for free on site.

Ice Skating - Village Gardens. Enjoy Cooperstown’s public skating rink on Beaver Street. Warming hut and skates for loan.  For more information call 607-547-2411.

8am-9pm Clark Sports Center on Susquehanna Avenue – See Thursday, February 16

10am-3pm Soup 'R Chili Lunch 'N Bake Sale. - See Friday, February 17

10am-4pm Cross Country Skiing - Leatherstocking Golf Course, skis available to rent. Glide over the groomed rolling fairways of the legendary Leatherstocking Golf Course. Easy enough for all ages. Rental skis available at the Leatherstocking Ski Chalet which will be serving food and beverages.  For more information call 800-348-6222.

10am-4pm Baseball Hall of Fame Game Tickets on sale.  Division rivals Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinatti Reds will play in Cooperstown on May 15th.  Ticket prices are $11 for first and third base reserved seats, while outfield reserved seats are $10. A limited number of tickets will be available through this one-day, over-the-counter ticket sale at the Hall of Fame. For more information call 607-547-7200.

11am-5pm Enjoy the arts at Gil Gallery and Homescapes, 149 Main Street from 11am-5pm.  Refreshments and spectacular rug sale plus other SnowFest Sale items!

10am-5pm Poker Walk. Collect cards from participating stores and enter your hand to win Cooperstown Gift Certificates. A fun way to see the village and check out the stores!

11am-4pm Fenimore Quilt Club 2006 Show - See Thursday, February 16

11am-5pm Enjoy the arts at Gil Gallery and Homescapes, 149 Main Street.  Refreshments and spectacular rug sale plus other SnowFest Sale items!

11am-5pm Tubing - Glimmerglass State Park. Admission $5 per car, tubes free. Exhilarating fun at the park’s two high-speed tubing runs. Smaller run for the younger folks. Warming hut and food available.

11am,1,2,3,4 and 5pm Tour the Cooperstown Brewing Company - See Thursday, February 16

11am Poppytown Puppets Show - Come Join PoppyTown Puppets & Music as they present two fun filled performances featuring: Grandfather Winter & the Magic Snowman in a Winterland World of Merry Imagination! Cooperstown Library Upper Level.

12-3pm Sleigh Rally - Brewery Ommegang. Beautiful sleighs and cutters with handsome horses will be out in the open fields at Brewery Ommegang - a delightful site and a chance for an old fashioned sleigh ride.  For more information call 800-544-1809.

12-3pm Great Food Deserves Great Beer at Brewery Ommegang. Tour this Belgian Style brewery and sample foods made with the brewery’s famous Ommegang, Three Philosphers or Rare Vos beers - a real taste treat.  For more information call 800-544-1809.

12-4pm Horse Drawn Rides. Tour the village aboard a three horse hitch trolley with stops at Lake Front Park, the village Library and the Main Street Kiosk.

12:30pm Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump. Over 100 brave "bears" will take the plunge to raise money for Four Local Children with medical needs, Catskill Area Hospice, Portlandville Methodist Church and the Milford Fire Department.  An awards ceremony will take place at Renee's Crossing following the jump.  For more information call 607-286-7101.

1-4pm Wine Tasting at The Inn at Cooperstown. Free wine tasting at 16 Chestnut Street (just three doors south of the light on Main Street ). Dominick Reisen will be your host for this event and will feature a selection of four wines two reds and two whites. The featured wines are from the Swedish Hill Winery. For more information call 607-547-5756.

2pm Open house at The Sage Center, 21 Railroad Avenue.  Ommegang Brewery beer tasting party with hot h'or dourves.  In store specials with many of your favorite products.  Come join us for the festivities.  For more information please call 607-547-7485.

3pm Poppytown Puppets Show. - See today 11am

8pm Ragin’ Cajun in Cooperstown – Otesaga Resort Hotel. Cooperstown will be HOT, HOT HOT! Come in out of the cold for Ragin’ Cajun in Cooperstown. Join Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers www.captainsqueeze.com and Dr. Swing for an evening of spicy music - New Orleans style. Tickets $30, available for purchase on January 5, in Cooperstown at Augur’s Bookstore, Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, Glimmerglass Opera Ticket Office, and in Oneonta at the Regional Visitor’s Center office (254 Main Street, Oneonta).

Sunday, February 19, 2006

NYS Sculpting Championship "ICE is NICE" continues at Lake Front Park all day - food, beverages, warming fires. Vote for Peoples Choice Award. Watch as the giant ice sculptures come alive under the skillful hands of the master sculptors. Be sure to visit the park at night – the snow sculptures are dazzling in the dark with the spot lights on them!

Sledding - See Saturday, February 18

Ice Skating - See Saturday, February 18

8-11am Pancake Breakfast - Start your day with a hearty breakfast. Pancakes and all the fixing’s at the famous Cooperstown Fire Department’s Sunday Pancake Breakfast. Donation.

9am-6pm Clark Sports Center on Susquehanna Avenue – See Thursday, February 16

10am Walk on the Water! Canceled due to Weather, Sorry.

10am-4pm Cross Country Skiing - See Saturday, February 18

10am-5pm Poker Walk. - See Saturday, February 18

11am Magic Show with Merdwin the Mediocre slightly scatter-brained, historically inaccurate medieval wizard.  This mage's madcap mayhem will delight your audience of the young and the young-at-heart. Cooperstown Library Upper Level.

11am-5pm Tubing - See Saturday, February 18

11am-5pm Enjoy the arts at Gil Gallery and Homescapes - See Saturday, February 18

12-3pm Sleigh Rally - Brewery Ommegang. - See Saturday, February 18

12-4pm Horse Drawn Rides - See Saturday, February 18

1,2,3,4 and 5pm Tour the Cooperstown Brewing Company - See Thursday, February 16

1-4pm Fenimore Quilt Club 2006 Show - See Thursday, February 16

2pm Guided Walking Tour of Cooperstown.  Join your costumed guide Paul Kuhn and discover the most intriguing village in America on foot.  Learn the fascinating history and culture as well as the people and events that shaped Cooperstown.  $10 per person.  Meet at the Deerslayer Statue in Lake Front.  Reservations suggested but not required 607-547-6181.

3pm Announcement of Winners and Closing Ceremony for NYS Sculpting Championships "ICE is NICE". Be sure to be on hand to see who wins the $1,000 prize and the prestigious People’s Choice Award

3pm Magic Show with Merdwin the Mediocre– See today 11am

4pm St. Mary’s Church Elm Street - An Afternoon of Gospel Music and tantalizing desserts. Toe-tapping, finger snapping music and song featuring the University of Rochester Gospel Choir and St. Paul’s Baptist Church Choir. Donation $10 adult, $5 children, $25 family.

Monday, February 20
6am-9:30pm Clark Sports Center on Susquehanna Avenue – See Thursday, February 16

11am, 1,2,3,4 and5pm Tour the Cooperstown Brewing Company - See Thursday, February 16

11am-5pm Tubing - See Saturday, February 18