Check out these other local resources dedicated to family fun, lifelong learning, health & wellness, and community enhancement!
(* designates 2013 OWL supporter)
*Science Discovery Center @ SUCO
*Community Arts Network of Oneonta
James L. Popp Butterfly Conservancy
DCMO BOCES Board of Cooperative Education Services
Otsego County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Catholic Charities (Childcare Resource & Referral)
Foothills Performing Arts Center
Roxbury Arts Group
*OCCA Otsego County Conservation Association
Farmer's Markets
La Leche League
CADE Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship
Watershed Agricultural Council
Howe Caverns (Cobleskill)
Animal Adventure Park (Harpursville)
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier (Binghamton)
MOST (Syracuse)
Wonder Works (Syracuse)
Corning Museum of Glass (Corning)
Celebrate Dr. Suess's Birthday all of March @ OWL
Inspire a love of learning through play! Cubelets are robot blocks that make it fast and easy to engage children as young as four in learning by building rebots. There's no wrong way to build with Cubelets, so it is remarkably easy to transform these blocks into brilliant bundles of robotic curiosity.
February 27, 10am - 2pm @ OWL
Free Open House at The Owl Nest, Oneonta! March 4 from 5 to 8 pm.
All are welcome! Sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta.
(Seeking sponsors for future open houses at $100)
Dan Zanes Concert At The West Kortright Center!
July 18th, 2015
Partying Our Way To Pluto One Planet At A Time!
July 2015
Stop #1 : Mercury
Stop #2 : Venus
Stop #3 : Earth
Stop #4 : Mars
Stop #5 : Jupiter
Stop #6 : Saturn
Stop #7 : Uranus
Stop #8 : Neptune
And Last But Not Least Stop #9 : Pluto
Safety Rules While In The Nest!
Dig Dirt Day At Pine Lake
June 12, 2015
The little archeologists are hard at work digging and finding cool rocks, charcoal and worms!
Adaladal Spear Throwing
Whoo Whoo Doesn't Dig Ice-cream!?
Ice-cream Social 2015
Above: Winnie (age 7) takes a break from the activities and enjoys an icepop!
Above: Lindsay (age 17) and Annie (age 17) volunteer, along with many other Oneonta High School students, to serve the icecream and condiments at the icecream social!
Above: Zach (age 5) and Natalie (age 8) build their own shaker screens out of heavy duty paper plates, screening and tape.
Archeologists would use these shaker screens to sift dirt and recover artifcats that go unnoticed during excavation.
Above: Liam (age 4) excavates a flower while digging at the table top archeology station.
Above: Luke (age 9) is determining the best way to "build a box."
Tae Kwon Do
Below: Scott Andrew and Derek Leventritt, both local to Oneonta, participate in the Tae Kwon Do demonstration!
YMCA
Hanford Mills Museum
Job Corps
Above: Lisa Zuend-Misner and Sara Horne, both locals, present the YMCA station and povide coloring as well as information on the YMCA!
Below: The Oneonta Job Corps Academy volunteers and the little archeologists take a break from digging to Zumba!
Making Blue Nano Worms At Hanford Mills
May 30th, 2015
Above: A brother and sister join forces and pour the blue concentrate into the pot to create some nano worms together!
The photograph above and the photograph below:
Nora Cooper (3 years old) and her brother Will Cooper (6 years old) make a very long nano worm together!
Below left: a young man comes and represents the boyscouts! Below right: a young man makes the longest worm of the day!
Saturday, March 14, at 5:00pm
At the Elks Club
84 Chestnut St, Oneonta, New York 13820
The "Sockhoppers" are at it again, and ready to bring in 2015 with a bang!
Join us on Saturday, March 14th at the Oneonta Elks Club, located on Chestnut Street. You won't find a show like this anywhere - I promise.
50's style food for sale, come early and eat dinner. The sound is incredible, the dancing will be amazing. Join us as Jeff Wood, Thomas Pondolfino, Judy Pitel , Marty Kuhn , Mary Frances Perricone and more bring you all the LIVE sounds of the 50's. Stroll down memory lane with us.........
This family friendly event is just 5.00 per person - no where in Oneonta will you get this kind of entertainment for this pricing.
All door proceeds to benefit OWL - Oneonta World of Learning.
Silent Auction
Children's Activities
A very special thank you to Tavarone Chiropractic for continuing to support our community.
Tickets available NOW by calling 607-432-5450
Art Box Auction!
Our landlords @ 277 Main Street- Karen& Tom Oliver of the former Palace Cigar- donated dozens of cigar boxes to OWL. We distributed them to local artists, who created one-of-a-kind keepsake boxes and wall art!
The boxes were on display and for sale via auction at the grand opening of a new gallery in town: MAS (More Art Space Gallery @ 77 Main Street, next to the police station.)
May 16th (Fabulous friday)
Gallery guests bid on special pieces of Oneonta History- representing the transformation of a cigar store into a children's playspace! All proceeds benefit Oneonta World of Learning.
Huge thanks you's to Tom & Karen Oliver(Palace Cigar), MAS Gallery, thanks to the artists & bidders! Karin Bremer, Diana Cozzens, Hope Von Stengel, Joseph Von Stengel, Doug Jamieson, Simone Mantellassi, Chanda Misevis, Zena Gurbo, Casey Ruland, Peter T. Booth, Julia Rissberger, and the Oneonta High School Art Club!
OWL is in the process of opening a Winter PlaySpace & Children's Musuem on Main Street in Oneonta! We will be open Tues, Thurs, Sat, & Sun starting January 18th, 2014. This is a short term experiment (thru April.)
If we meet our fundraising goal before then, we may extend the lease for another year. This project serves the dual purpose of providing families a warm place to play during the winter, while determining if a brick & mortar space is a viable option for OWL's future.
Oneonta World of Learning (OWL) is an all-volunteer registered 501c3 not for profit organization and is registered with the New York State Board of Regents.
Stay tuned for the launch of our Indiegogo crowd funding campaign!
For this endeavor, we need:
-cash donations
-volunteers! click here to get involved
-primer & (white) paint
-brushes, rollers, & trays
-laminate flooring
-gift cards to Lowes, Home Depot, Price Chopper, Walmart, OfficeMax
Please contact us at WorldofLearning@live.com or via Facebook with questions/comments.
Pictured above (left to right): OWL board members Caitlyn Davey, Aaron Sorenson, Ariann Tubia w/ Tanner Tubia, w/ Palace Cigar owners Tom & Karen Oliver @ 277 Main Street.
Thanks so much for your support!!
Good times at the Fall Festival at Greater Plains yesterday!
Want the recipe for OWL's homemade playdough?
Playdough:
2 C. water (bring to a boil)
food coloring
2 T vegetable oil
1 C salt
4 t. cream of tarter
2 C flour
mix all ingredients- add optional scented oil or spice