Things to do, places to eat, shows to see, places to stay in Madison County, NY      

_ Winter Festival

Art Exhibition

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

12 Mill Street, Cazenovia, N.Y. 13035



You are cordially invited to join us for our  36th Annual Winter Festival Art Exhibition

 Come meet the Artists at our Opening Night Reception

on February 9th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Show hours are 

 Friday, February 10th from 12:00 – 6:00 pm

Saturday, February 11th from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

and Sunday, February 12th from 12:00 – 3:30 pm

Sponsored by Cazenovia Arts

for more information please call 315-558-8310 or

email BCW13035@gmail.com

Admission is free

_ The Poolville Winter Farmers’ Market returns on December 10 from 10am to noon at the Poolville Community Center. This month the market welcomes guest chefs Charles Wilburn and Roger Foster from the Poolville Country Store to the cafe, as well as more farmers and local artisans.

_Drover Hill Farm, Evans Farmhouse Creamery, Jewett’s Cheese House, Sunfed Beef, Szarek Farms, and Utica Coffee Roasting Company will join the amazing lineup of over 20 local food producers. Local artisans featuring their work just in time for the holiday season will include Denise Leone, Beth duBois, Goat Lady Soap, and Denise Timms. The market will be the perfect spot to buy fresh food, enjoy a warm delicious lunch and a cup of  freshly roasted coffee, and find locally produced presents for friends and family. (Photo by Kate Klein)

_ Over the past three decades, thousands of patrons have enjoyed the sights, sounds and wonders of the holidays at Lorenzo. And as in years past, hundreds of hours of preparation and decorating have been invested in the 2011 celebration of “Christmas at Lorenzo.” In celebration, The Friends of Lorenzo will kick off the holiday season with their annual “Mansion Preview Party” on Thursday, December 1 from 6-8 pm.

“The Friends are very excited about this year’s party. We’ll be offering sleigh rides to the Mansion, fabulous live music, and great hors d’oeuvres and wine. And we will also sponsor a special raffle for a complete holiday table setting for eight. Attendees will be encouraged, too, to place a silent auction bid on one of the giclees we have reproduced from the incredible Lorenzo fine art collection. The “Preview Party” will be a great way to ring in the season,” offered chairwoman, Dianna  Slodowitz.

For more information about attending the “Preview Party,” please call Diane Voss at 655-3200; admission is $20 for Friends of Lorenzo members and $25 for non-members.  Public hours for “Christmas at Lorenzo” will be from 7-9 pm on Friday, December 9, and from 1-4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, December 10 & 11.

The Great Swamp Conservancy, Inc. will host a non-scary day of fun for children and parents onSunday October 23, and again on October 30 from 11 AM to 4 PM. The Great Halloween Fun Days will feature Halloween displays, games, crafts and fun activities during daylight hours geared for children with accompanying adults. Each child in costume will receive a trick or treat prize. The Good Witch will escort visitors through her house where she will be brewing up some creepy surprises. Other displays include a “petting zoo” with spiders, rats, bats and other creatures of the night, a frog pond, a bird sanctuary, and an underwater scene with giant fish. In the pumpkin patch children can talk to the Great Pumpkin and vote for their favorite jack-o-lantern. At Old McDonald’s Farm there’s a “horse” to ride and a corn-filled “sandbox” to play in.  Children can go into the Bat Cave, and crawl through the Giant Caterpillar. Every hour there will be an interactive story-telling presentation, and the breaking of a Halloween piñata. There will be a coloring contest with prizes awarded in each age group, along with stamping and face painting. A variety of games will test the children’s skills with prizes awarded, while the make-n-take crafts will encourage their creativity. Everyone will be offered free popcorn by costumed waiters. Lunch and other refreshments can be purchased at the Lady Bug Café. Weather permitting; visitors can go on a tractor-drawn hayride.

The Great Swamp Conservancy is located on North Main Street, three miles north of the village of Canastota. Suggested donation for admission to the Great Halloween Fun Day is $3.00 per child, ages 12 and under. Anyone accompanied by a child is free. Kids always have fun at the Great Swamp Conservancy.

Driving into work this morning, two hot air balloons were flying in the Peterboro/Munnsville area and it was a peaceful beautiful sight.  All weekend long the skies of Madison County will be filled with Hot Air Balloons as the third annual Balloons and Bounty festival comes to Wolf Oak Acres in Oneida. 

The fun begins tonight when the festival grounds open at 4pm.  There will be a balloon glow at 7:45 and fireworks at 8pm.  The grounds then stay open until 10 for the flashlight corn maze and other farm activities.
Tomorrow morning bright and early 21 balloons will lift off from the launch field and fill the skies over Madison County.  Pilots from around the country are taking part in this event which continues to grow each year. 
All day long the festival fields will be open for the fall harvest festival.  There will be a farmer's market, wine tastings, and fun for the entire family.  There will also be live music all day long too.  The afternoon balloon launch begins at 4pm.
That same schedule repeats itself on Sunday and Monday, so there will be plenty of opportunities to see hot are balloons fill the skies. 
Check out the complete schedule of events, information on booking a flight and other activities at the farm.  The weather is perfect this weekend, so you have little excuse to miss all of the excitement of the annual Balloons and Bounty Festival at Wolf Oak Acres in Oneida.

Jazz in Caz begins tonight in Cazenovia with performances at the Brae Loch Inn.  Colleen Pratt and Friends will take the stage at 8pm.  Here is the full schedule of music over the next three days:

Thursday September 22nd  

8:00 p.m.         Colleen Pratt & Friends – outside on the Brae Loch lawn  (Brubeck Brothers & Henry Butler will be in attendance)

Friday September 23rd

7:30 p.m.         Brubeck Brothers Quartet – Chris Brubeck bass, Dan Brubeck drums, Mike DeMicco guitar, Chuck Lamb piano

9:15 p.m.         Henry Butler  

11:00 p.m.       JAZZ AFTER HOURS Seven Stone Steps/Lincklaen House with house band (New this year!) Evan Knight sax, Karl Sterling drums and Tom Witkowski piano.    Finger foods and cash bar and all musicians are welcome to jump in.                                     

Saturday September 24th

7:30 p.m.         Gap Mangione and the New Big Band

8:30 p.m.         Jimmy Van Heusen tribute with musical selections of Van Heusen’s performed by the Cazenovia College Singers ‘Swinging on A Star’, David Lowenstein ‘Tender Trap’& ‘Love and Marriage’ and Colleen Prossner ‘Imagination’, audience singing ‘High Hopes’

9:15 p.m.         Gap Mangione and the New Big Band second set

11:00 p.m.       JAZZ AFTER HOURS Seven Stone Steps/Lincklaen House with Jazz ‘N Caz house band (New this year!) Evan Knight sax, Ricki       Montalbano drums, Andy Carroll piano.  Finger foods and cash bar and all musicians welcome to jump in!             

he Phoenix Project Dance, performs Saturday, October 15 at 8pm and has performed with great success in Europe and America.Three signature pieces will highlight the essence of the dancers’ effortless strength, ability, and powerful elegance of movement.  Animal Farm explores the themes of dominance and oppression through movement. Liquid Matter will be a splash as the dancers play in water, exhibiting its various cycles. Brutte Force is the study of pushing, pulling, throwing, and smashing, demonstrating the trust between dancers. Tickets are available for $15 (adults 18+) and $10 (17-). Call 315.824.1420. Visit www.palacetheater.org to learn more about The Palace Theater, 19 Utica Street, Hamilton NY, 13346.

The grapes are growing in preparation for the fall harvest at Owera Vineyards and the anticipation is building for an evening of celebration at the annual Taste of Cazenovia which will take place under the big tent at Owera Vineyards in Cazenovia on Wednesday, September 21st from 6-9 pm.  For 40 years, the community has supported and embraced the mission and work of the Cazenovia Children’s House.  Cazenovia Children’s House, a not-for-profit charitable organization, proudly provides quality early care and education to the children of Cazenovia and surrounding areas. The Taste of Cazenovia is the largest fundraiser for the Children’s House and all proceeds support programming and tuition assistance for qualifying families with financial need.

 

This year’s Taste is generously hosted by our Valued Partner, Owera Vineyards and Presented by Willowbank Company, L.LC.  Event sponsors: Bryant & Stratton, Dannible & McKee, L.L.P., East Lake Designs - Maggie Borio, Ecologic LLC, Marquardt Switches, Inc., Key Bank, Pelco Component Technologies and GHD; Entertainment Sponsor: The Noisy Boys; Media Sponsors: Eagle Newspapers, Oneida Daily Dispatch, Southern Madison County Living and Table-Hopping Newspapers; Graphic Design Sponsor: bzdesign; Printing Sponsor: Avalon Printing Services.