Events Calendar
Peruvian Art Workshop
March 1
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Oneida Public Library
Children 6-12 years old can create their own colorfully designed arpilleras, folk tapestries made from fabric pieces.
Lots and Lots of Llamas
March 2-4
10:00 – 11:00 am
Oneida Public Library
Preschoolers and their parents can discover the strange animals of South America.
“Pope Joan” Author Kicks Off The Big Read
March 6
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Free to the Public
Oneida Community Mansion House
To Build a Bridge
March 8
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Oneida Public Library
Children 9-12 years old can team up with the Boys Scouts of the Seneca-Tuscarora District of the Revolutionary Trails Council to build model foot bridges out of rope and test their strength. Which will collapse first?
Bridges
March 9-11
10:00 – 11:00 am
Oneida Public Library
Librarian Michele Ryan celebrates bridges in story, song and games for preschoolers.
Sherrill Kenwood Library Book Club
March 10
6:30pm – 7:30 pm
Oneida Community Mansion House
Book discussion.
The Bridge is Love
March 11
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Oneida Public Library
“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning,” Wilder concludes in The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Explore the novel philosophically with Prof. John Schuster of Morrisville State College and discover the big questions of life and love, death and fate.
Paddington Bear from Peru
March 16
11:00 – noon
Sherrill Kenwood Free Library
That troublemaking bear, Paddington, comes from “darkest Peru” to entertail preschoolers and their parents.
Fireside Chat Book Discussion
March 18
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Oneida Public Library
Book discussion.
Character Studies: Living and Dying in Our Town
March 19
8:00 – 9:00 pm – Free to the Public
Oneida Community Mansion House
Writer and Producer Tony Vellela will be at the Mansion House for this Big Read event with a showing and discussion of “Character Studies, Living and Dying in Our Town.” This PBS documentary, hosted by veteran stage and screen actor Eli Wallach, about Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town will feature a unique line-up of celebrities including Eric Stoltz, Cynthia Nixon and Paul Newman. Vellela, who wrote and produced the film, will examine the real stories behind two of Wilder’s iconic characters: George Gibbs and Emily Webb — the girl and boy “next door.” The film explores who these characters really are, and, in turn, the deeper, darker aspects of the play.
Inca Art Workshop & The Three Alpacas Fluff, a Puppet Play
March 20
10:30 – 11:30 am
Sherrill Kenwood Free Library
Children in grades K-2 learn about the wonderful art of the native Peruvians and create their own versions of this ancient art.
Inca Art
March 23-25
10:00 – 11:00 am
Oneida Public Library
Preschoolers get a chance to make simple crafts in the style of the Incas.
Llamas and Friends in Peru
March 23
11:00 – noon
Sherrill Kenwood Free Library
Preschoolers and their parents learn about Peru’s exotic animals and the work they do.
Bridging the Gap Between the Novel and the Play
March 25
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Oneida Public Library
How can such dissimilar works as The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town be by the same author? Dr. Roxanna Pisiak of Morrisville State College reveals stringly similar themes, notably the effect of mortality on the living and the profound influence people have on each other.
Foot Bridge Building Workshop
March 27
10:30 – 11:30 am
Sherrill Kenwood Free Library
Children in grades 3-6 learn to build a footbridge in the fashion of The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
High Tide of the Spirit: Dinner Theatre
March 27
5:30 – 11:00 pm
Oneida Community Mansion House
For a full night’s entertainment come to the Mansion House’s Zabroso Restaurant for cocktail hour (5:30-6:30 p.m.), a special South American dinner (6:30-8 p.m.)prepared by Zabroso’s haute chef Ruben Lopez, and desserts following the performance of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town by Victoria Buda’s Academy of Theatrical Arts. Tickets are $60 for dinner and the play, $75 for dinner, the play, and dessert, and $100 for dinner, play, desserts, and listing in the program. Call 315-363-0745 for reservations.
Dramatic Production of Our Town
March 27
8:00 – 10:00 pm
Oneida Community Mansion House
Experience the perrenial stage favorite, “Our Town,” as performed by the best of our community’s young actors. Victoria Buda’s Academy of Theatrical Arts will present Wilder’s most popular play in the Big Hall of the Mansion House. Tickets $10 each, $5 for students and children under 12 free.
Alpacas of Ironwood Farms
March 30
11:00 – noon
Sherrill Kenwood Free Library
Peggy Berndt of Ironwood Farms in Verona is the special guest at the Family Story Hour and tells the real story about the alpaca of the Andes.
