The O-town Scene

Scene the O-Town Vol. 2, No. 2 www.otownscene.com 102 Chestnut St., P.O. Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-1000, ext. 255, editor@otownscene.com EDITOR Cassandra Miller ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE DAILY STAR Adrienne Wise PUBLISHER Armand Nardi CONTRIBUTORS Mark Boshnack, Kurtis Breed, John Champlin, Hannah Colburn, Simona David, Michele Ginsberg, Trevor Hayes, Jeffrey Pegram, Emily Popek, Lisa Ryther and Mark Simonson. EDITOR OF THE DAILY STAR Sam Pollak ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Sean Lewis The O-Town Scene is published Thursdays by The Daily Star Inc. Free copies are distributed throughout Oneonta, as well as parts of Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie counties. Member of The Associated Press and CNHI News Service EDITOR'S NOTE I was away from Oneonta until Tuesday night, and I kind of missed it. I heard about people picking apples outside of Cooperstown and others eating lunch at the American Hotel in Sharon Springs. I missed my daily cappuc- cino at Latte Lounge, and I'm bummed I didn't catch the Oneonta Theatre's Battle of the Bands final on Saturday. Although I was in New York City, I felt like I was missing out a little on happenings around Oneonta. New York City is exciting and all, but we have so much activity packed into our beautiful hills that has something extra on big cities. There's an intimacy that couples with all of our activi- ties that makes entertainment in the Oneonta area pretty special. This weekend, there are a 2 O-Town Scene Oct. 13, 2011 few bands playing in town, but it's almost a calm before the flurry of activities sched- uled for next weekend when several high-caliber perform- ers will come to Oneonta. The Oneonta Theatre is host- ing a bulk of the entertainers _ Arlo Guthrie, Chris Robin- son of the Black Crowes, and the Blue Oyster Cult, which is the focus of a popular Satur- day Night Live skit featuring Will Ferrell wailing away on cowbell as Christopher Walken demands more. The band is, of course, more than a vehicle for "more cow- bell" chuckles, but that's prob- ably what put their "Don't Fear the Reaper" on the pop culture map for a lot of young adults familiar with the skit. The show is one of the Oneonta Theatre's major acts this season, and interest has been building up for the show for the past couple of months thanks to the theater's Battle of the Bands, which culminated this past weekend. Oneonta band Nasty Midnight and Utica-based group Autumn Fire, two hard-rocking bands of young men who exhibit stellar showmanship, tied for the grand prize of opening for BOC. Their performances will make the Oct. 21 show with BOC a massive rock event, which will open the weekend of musical perfor- mances around Oneonta _ something Main Street One- onta is calling the American Music Festival. Included in that festival will be shows by Soco Mojo at the Autumn Cafe, and fiddler Mark O'Connor, who will perform with the Catskill Symphony Orchestra at SUNY Oneonta's Alumni Field House. This month is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Scene columnist Lisa Ryther honestly shares her experience as a breast cancer survivor in her early 30s. It could happen to anyone, and all of the pink ribbons seem to be helping with early detection. As always, enjoy the issue. We love getting feedback, so feel free to email me at edi- tor@otownscene.com. – Cassandra Miller Miller is the found- ing editor of the O-Town Scene.

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