The Cortland County Historical Society plans a brunch on Mother’s Day to help create new memories even as it supports the agency that archives the old ones.
The event will be 11 a.m. May 12 at Tinelli’s Hathaway House in Solon. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for children 6 to 12.
The menu includes fresh fruit, yogurt, freshly baked breads and pastries, cinnamon bun French toast, quiche, scrambled eggs, a cheesy hash-brown potato casserole, applewood-smoked bacon and coffee or tea. The fee includes the gratuity.
Mimosas and other beverages will be available via a cash bar.
Live music will help create the environment.
The building was erected in 1844 by Maj. Gen. Samuel Gilbert Hathaway and has many original features, the society reports. The Tinelli has operated its business at the homestead for almost 50 years.
For questions, call 607-756-6071 or email info@cortlandhistory.org.
Artist shows the sky in Owego
OWEGO — The Tioga Arts Council will display “The Skies Above: Close and Beyond” by Mary J. Mack from May 3 to 25 at its gallery at 179 Front St., Owego.
Mack paints and lives on a hill in Owego. Her work has been showed in Tioga and Broome counties. Her 2010 exhibit “Paintings from Provence” showed paintings creating during a residency in France.
This show features works in watercolors and colored pencils featuring skies from around Tioga County, Key West and celestial events. Sales will benefit the Tioga Arts Council endowment.
And opening reception will be 5 to 8 p.m. May 3, and includes an artist talk. The gallery will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays through May 25.
Tompkins library plans book sale
ITHACA – The Friends of Tompkins County Public Library will have its annual spring book sale over three long weekends in May, beginning May 4.
The sale at 509 Esty St., Ithaca is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., May 4 to 6, 11 to 13, and 18 to 1. Prices drop each weekend.
Each weekend offers up to 250,000 books, DVDs, CDs, comics and graphic novels, puzzles, games, and other items, organized into 70 subject categories. The children’s section includes more than 30,000 items. Rare and antiquarian books, first editions, collectible vinyl records and mroe will be on sale.
On May 4, shoppers will be limited to 50 items at a time, but may leave and return.
Proceeds fund the Friends of the Library’s annual grants that support Tompkins County Public Library and other libraries in the Finger Lakes region, as well as local non-profit organizations for literacy and reading projects and scholarships for library science students.
