The O-town Scene - Oneonta, NY
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WUOW Featured Artist KT Tunstall PARTIAL PLAYLIST Black Horse and a Cherry Tree Another Place to Fall Someday Soon Fade Like a Shadow Other side of the World Each week, SUNY Oneonta-based NPR affiliate WUOW features a worthy musician in its Friday Night Featured Artist radio program from 8 to 9 p.m. at 104.7 FM in Oneonta and online at wuow.org. This week’s featured artist is KT Tun- stall. The Scottish singer-songwriterrecently released her third album, titled “Tiger Suit.” Tunstall offers instrumentation blends with dance friendly textures she has dubbed “nature techno.” Tunstall’s new album and career will be featured in WUOW’s Friday pro- gram. Sept. 29, 1961 Molinari’s, probably the most popular area restaurant at the time, humorously took note that the Cold War was alive and well. The establishment began as a saloon in the late 19th century. During Prohibi- tion, Molinari’s was a “speakeasy,” and often the target of raids by federal agents. Typically an agent would enter, and a server behind the bar, in an effort to not get caught, took any liquor and poured it down a secret trap door into Silver Creek flowing underneath the property. Molinari’s became a popular place to dine after Prohibition and World War II. It is believed to be the first to commercially serve pizza in Oneonta, a favorite food brought back by war veterans. Urban renewal projects of the early 1970s spelled doom for the South Main Street location, and the restaurant relocated for only a short time to the Bookhout-Friery building on Dietz Street. _ Mark Simonson Mark Simonson is Oneonta’s City Historian. These advertisements once appeared in editions of The Daily Star, Oneonta Star and The Oneonta Herald. May 12, 2011 O-Town Scene 21