Medical benefit planned for today

Daylight Savings Time

It’s here, if you didn’t set your clock ahead when you went to bed last night, then you better do it now. With the newer clocks they set themselves ahead at 2 a.m. New technology is making it even easier for us.

Landen was transferred from Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse to Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center on Feb. 22. The benefit is to help raise funds to make sure his mom can continue to stay right by his side.

New shop

The Center Street Market has recently opened at 106 Center St., Canastota, featuring pies, cakes and other goodies. Marlene Parlow is the new owner of the shop. Stop by and say hello.

Medical benefit

A benefit for 10 year old Landen Smith and his mother, Rebecca Smith of Sherrill will be held Sunday, March 12 from 1-5 p.m. at the Community Activity Center, 139 E. Hamilton Ave., Sherrill. Landen was recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children.

For information or to make a donation, contact Molly Creedon at (315) 5251618, Lisa Tiller at (315) 439-1051 or Danielle Shedd at (315) 316-7060.

Cazenovia Library

The Cazenovia Public Library invites children ages 3 and older to the Community Room on Monday, March 13 for the chance to channel their inner architect and get building. Children’s Programming Coordinator Jenna Wright Martin will lead two handson sessions: “Block Party” at 10:30 a.m. for children ages 3-5 and “LEGO My Library” at 3 p.m. for ages 5 and older. During the morning session, young architects will have access to the library’s collection of large wooden blocks and LEGO Duplo blocks. The afternoon program will feature a LEGO catapult challenge and time for creative construction.

The library is a place of imagination and discovery. Programs like “Block Party” and “LEGO My Library” allow children to socialize, be creative, and see their imaginings come to life. Construction toys offer significant educa- tional benefits to children of all ages. Not only is hands-on play fun and exciting, but it also helps to develop motor and spatial skills, ingenuity, critical thinking, social and language proficiencies.

Collecting Moments

On Monday, March 13 at 7 p.m. the Canastota Public Library will host a poetry reading and artist’s reception for local author and painter Jeanne Dunn. The event will take place in the Lawson Community Room on the lower level of the library, where Dunn’s paintings will adorn the walls for the entire month.

Dunn, a member of the library’s Evening Writing Group, has written “Collecting Moments,” a sampling of the writer’s poetry and watercolor paintings. The book is a celebration of magical moments in the writer’s life. The work varies in subject matter and includes themes of travel and farm life.

“Whether composing poetry or creating a painting the beauty of both activities is that they have the power to return us to a moment in time,” says Dunn.

Dunn’s book will be available for purchase at $15 each. She will also be available for book signing after the presentation. This is Dunn’s second book. Her first book, “Where Once There Were Thorns” is a memoir. Both books are available through the author or for purchase on Amazon.

Afternoon Book Club

The Open Afternoon Book Club will hold its next meeting in the Story Garden Room on Wednesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. The group will discuss Kent Haruf’s final work, “Our Souls at Night” (2015).

The posthumously published novel tells the bittersweet story of two neighbors who come together late in life to share intimacies in the gossipy town of Holt, Colo.

Books are available at the circulation desk. All events at the Cazenovia Public Library are free and open to the public. For more information, call (315) 655-9322 or visit www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org.

St. Patrick’s Day

The Cazenovia Public Library will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a festive free screening of “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” (1959) on Fri- day, March 17 at 1 p.m. The Walt Disney Productions feature film tells the story of a cunning Irishman and his battle of wits with a 21inch leprechaun named King Brian.

The film is rated G and runs 93 minutes.

The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Cazenovia Library.

(de)Constructing Gender

High school students from around the region will meet every Friday in March to discuss the significance of gender in American society. Seminar discussions will examine how gender roles have evolved through time and how they are changing in the United States today. Students will also examine contemporary portrayals of gender in three documentary films. An important outcome of the seminars for students will be self-produced digital media productions – video and audio – through which they express their own thinking about ideas and practices of gender. Student productions will be presented to the public on April 8. The seminar leader is Simone Puff, professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Syracuse University, joined by Molly Jessup, curator of education for Oneida Community Mansion House.

Enrollment remains open, but requires registration and tuition of $35 for the entire month. To enroll, please contact Molly Jessup: mjessup@ oneidacommunity.org or (315) 363-0745.

Oneida Community Mansion House is located at 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida.

Kallet Civic Center

The photography and art of Renee Roman Nose will be on exhibit at the Griffing Gallery of the Kallet Civic Center in Oneida through April 9.

Roman Nose, MAIS, is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and is a photographer, photo journalist, activist, artist, actress, and cultural anthropologist. She is also a published poet and her latest book, “Sweet Grass Talking,” will be published by Uttered Chaos Press later this year. She is president of Fierce Courage which provides team building, wellness facilitation, and motivational speaking in educational and corporate settings.

Most recently, her photography and paintings have been featured at the Terra Tipi Gallery in Tacoma, Wash. (2016), and Cafe` Zippy in Everett, Wash. (2015). Renee` Roman Nose is a mother, a grandmother, and a newlywed, recently married to Brian Patterson, Oneida Nation, Bear Clan Representative.

She began her lifelong love of photography at the age of 8, having been gifted an old Brownie camera from her mother. Instantly captivated by this wondrous art form she has been avidly photographing her adventures, family and friends since then. She invites you to enjoy the beauty that she endeavors to capture through her lens. An evening reception will be held for the artist on Tuesday, March 14, from 6-8 p.m. and is open to the public.

Area artists who would like to exhibit their work in the Griffing Gallery should contact Carli Rodio at oneidakallet@gmail. com. The Kallet Civic Center is located at 159 Main St., Oneida. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by appointment, call (315) 363-8525.

Pancake breakfast

Cazenovia Boy Scout Troop 18 will serve a pancake breakfast on Saturday, March 18 from 7 a.m. to noon at the Cazenovia American Legion, Chenango Street. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children.

Free movie

“All We Had” will be shown at the Sullivan Free Library, Chittenango on Wednesday, March 15 at 1 p.m. It stars Katie Holmes and Stefania Owen and is a drama about a mother and daughter trying to get by in tough times. Admission and popcorn are free. Viewers may bring their own beverage and snacks.

Circus is coming

The 84th Tigris Shrine Circus is coming to the Toyota Coliseum, 135 State Fair Blvd. in Syracuse. Show times are Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 1 at 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Each show is approximately 2.5 hours and includes a half hour intermission. Attendance is limited to 4,000 seats per show. Disabled seating is available at the east entrance on the I-690 side. General admission tickets are available at www.tigrisshriners.com. Tickets are $20 per person; ages 2 and younger are free. Tickets are available at the box office one hour before each performance.

Oneida Library

Wednesday, March 15 at 10 a.m., Senior Services personnel from InterFaith Works invite adults 55 and older to a coffee hour to learn about Senior Companions, a volunteer opportunity to help seniors remain independent, active and sociable.

Wednesday, March 15 at 5 p.m. Teen Coffee House. Students in grades 9-12 can turn the OPL into an artist’s studio. Materials and snacks provided.

Wednesday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m. Family Story Hour. OPL’s Youth Services Coordinator Megan Gillander hosts an evening story hour for children 2-8 and their parents or caregivers complete with stories, games and fun activities to engage children’s imaginations and stimulate their language skills.

Friday, March 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, March 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friends of the Oneida Public Library Spring Book Sale. Books from current best sellers to rare finds will be available at bargain prices. All proceeds benefit the OPL.

Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m. Crocheting for Beginners, the third in a free, four session class. Tari Timmer will teach beginners the basics of crocheting including how to make seven different stitches and to read patterns. Registration at the OPL is required.

Sherrill-Kenwood Library

Wednesday, March 15 at 6 p.m. the library will screen “To Joey with Love,” a story of life, love and a hope that never dies.

On St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17 at 2 p.m., Oneida County Dairy Princess Joanne Pritchard will visit Sherrill-Kenwood Free Library to talk about “Everything Dairy.” Mint ice cream treats will be served. To RSVP, call (315) 363-5980.

The Wednesday, March 22 movie will be “Fences,” starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, to be shown at 1:30 p.m.

Hamilton Library

On Thursday, March 16 from 2:30-4 p.m. Adult Coloring Club for grownups who need some Zen time too — feel free to bring your favorite materials or use some of the library’s. Join us for the last coloring club of the season and color, chat, enjoy some refreshments courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

Friday, March 17 from 2-4 p.m. Lego Fun Dropin and Build for ages 3 and older. Feel free to stop by and build something creative by yourself or with a friend.

Mansion House

Today, the Oneida Community is known for its utopian social practices, including equality between women and men. But in the 1950s and 1960s a number of men’s magazines such as Men’s Conquest and Men, published salacious stories about “Uncle Johnny’s Girl Farm” and “The New Cult that Rocked New York.” Those pulp fiction stories not only misrepresented the lived history of Oneida Community, they also expressed midtwentieth century notions of male gender roles and monogamous marriages in their sensational reinvention of “utopian” alternatives.

Molly Jessup, historian and curator of education for Oneida Community Mansion House, explores how the authors of twentieth century pulp fiction sought to influence popular attitudes about gender roles and equality. The wide ranging discussion takes place at the Mansion House on Sunday, March 19.

The program is free to OCMH members; $7 for non-members including house admission.

The Oneida Community Mansion House was once home to the 19th century utopian Oneida Community (1848-1880) in which men and women shared their life and work on equal terms. Today OCMH preserves, collects and interprets the material culture, intangible heritage, architecture and landscapes of that period. The Mansion House is a National Landmark and history museum chartered by the NYS Department of Education.

The house is open for visitors Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. Guided tours are available Wednesday through Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Oneida Community Mansion House is located at 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida. For information, call (315) 363-0745 or visit www.oneidacommunity. org.