COOPERSTOWN, NY (11/13/2014) — The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown offers holiday shoppers a unique opportunity to acquire signed editions of many of the areas most popular books by twelve regional authors. The event will take place on Friday, November 28 from 11:00a.m. – 2:00p.m. and feature genres such as historical fiction, childrens books, heirloom cookbooks, memoirs, locally inspired fiction, and more. Authors include The Beekman Boys (11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. only), Paul Kuhn (a.k.a. Saint Nicholas), Marly Youmans, Cindy Falk, Richard Duncan, Bob and Trish Kane, Calvin Boal, Chuck D’Imperio, Jim Atwell, and Anna Membrino. The Fenimore Art Museum Shop will also have pre-signed books by other authors (see website for complete list). There is no charge for entry into the book signing event.
The day will also feature character tours of the current Fenimore exhibition Dorothea Lange’s America, led by Dorothea Lange herself – actually one of the museum’s talented and entertaining Templeton Players. Tours will take place on Friday and Saturday at 11:00a.m. and 1:00p.m. with a cost of $2.00 plus regular museum admission.
For more information, visit FenimoreArtMuseum.org
For more information or images, please contact:
Todd Kenyon, Public Relations
New York State Historical Association
Fenimore Art Museum/The Farmers’ Museum
Phone: (607) 547-1472 / E-mail: pr@nysha.org
