The O-town Scene

Coming Events Smithy to host auction The inaugural “Forging a Future for the Arts Auction” will begin at 5 p.m. Thurs- day, July 21, with a silent auction at the Smithy, 55 Pioneer St. in Cooperstown. Items for sale will be on display in the gallery and include a boat cruise/cocktail party on Lake Otsego, tickets to a Chamber Music Festival and more. It will end at 5 p.m. Satur- day, July 30, with a recep- tion and live auction. An Indian dinner buf- fet and Patti Van Tassel concert of show tunes will follow the auction at 6 and 7 p.m., re- spectively. The dinner/ show is $15. For more details, call (607) 547- 8671 or email smit- hypioneer@ gmail.com. ideas and techniques to man- age the woods. Topics will include tree identification, simple ways to improve for- ested land and Catskill forest history. The cost is $15. The museum also will offer at digital photography work- shop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, with Anita Briggs. This event is $48. For more info, or to regis- ter, call (607) 278-5744 or go to www.hanfordmills.org. Indian group to play WKC The West Kortright Centre will host North Indian bhangra and brass funk group Red Baraat at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Led Contributed Sunny Jain Museum to hold classes The Hanford Mills Museum will present “Intro to Woodlot Management” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at the museum. It’s located at 51 County Highway 12, at the intersection of Delaware County routes 10 and 12 in East Meredith. Staff from the Catskill Forest Association will offer by dholi Sunny Jain, the band is the first and only dhol ‘n’ brass group in North America. Jain played the dhol in the movie “Ac- cidental Husband,” starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and Isabella Rossellini. The dhol is a double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoul- der. Other instruments join- ing the dhol are five horns, a sousaphone, drum set and other percussion. The band plays originals and Bollywood tunes. Tickets are $25 for adults and $11 for those under 19 years old. The venue is at 49 W. Kortright Church Road in East Meredith. For more info or to buy tickets, call (607) 278-5454 or visit www. westkc.org. Galumpha to perform Modern dance trio Ga- lumpha will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 24, at the Earlville Opera House. The performers “create a sensory feast of images ranging from the sublime, drawn together into a seam- less whole,” according to a media release. They combine acrobatics, visual effects, physical comedy and chore- ography. Skits include “Velcro” and “Clackers.” The event is free as part of the Earlville Awesome House Free Family Series Events. The venue is at 18 E. Main St. in Earlville. To reserve tickets or for more details, call (315) 691-3550. Contest to name beer Brewery Ommegang and the Glimmerglass Festival have collaborated to offer a contest to name and describe the 2012 limited-edition Brewery Ommegang beer of the Glimmerglass Festival. Throughout the summer, Glimmerglass audience members can participate in the contest, describing a beer that captures the essence of the summer opera and musi- cal theater festival. The beer will debut at the opening of 2012 summer season and be available throughout the festival. The participant who submits the winning creation will July 21, 2011 O-Town Scene 23 receive two 2012 Glimmer- glass Festival subscriptions and two cases of the winning Ommegang beer. Entries can be submitted at any Glimmerglass perfor- mance or at www.glimmer- glass.org. The 2011 Glimmerglass Festival runs through Aug. 23 with rotating productions of “Carmen,” “Medea,” “Annie Get Your Gun” and a double bill of new works: “A Blizzard On Marblehead Neck” and “Later the Same Evening.” Contributed Theater to host band The Oneonta Theatre will host Lost in Trees with special guests at 9 p.m. Friday, July 22, in the Balcony Ballroom on Chestnut Street. Group founder Ari Picker describes the group’s music as “orchestral folk music” because “it features arrange- ments that harness both the dramatic power of classical music and the more intimate sounds of the singer-song- writer tradition.” The band plays strings and bass, as well as accordion, bells, musical saw, banjo and mandolin. Tickets are $7. For more details, go to www.oneon- tatheatre.com. Galumpha Festival tickets on sale Tickets are on sale for the Aug. 5 Americana Festival at Brewery Ommegang at the Cooperstown Chamber, 31 Chestnut St. in Cooperstown. The event will feature Steve Earle & the Dukes and Duchesses featuring Allison Moorer, the Felice Brothers, Langhorne Slim and more. Tickets are $40 plus a $5 service fee. Tickets also are available online at www. cooperstownchamber.org. Tickets for the Sept. 27 Avett Brothers concert at Brewery Ommegang are also on sale. RAG to hold auction The Roxbury Arts Group will host its first annual ben- efit silent auction, “For Arts’ Sake,” from 3 to 5:50 p.m. at the center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury. Items to be auctioned include works from regional artisits. The event will include food, wine and more. Auction proceeds will benefit participating artists and RAG. Admission is $20. To pre- view the works, go to www. roxburyartsgroup.org.

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