This Weekend in CNY

Every Thursday, the weekend's best bets around Utica and the towns around it, checked against the listings already live on cny.life — times, prices, and whether rain changes the plan. This weekend is a craft-fair and indoor-show weekend, which is just as well, because Saturday looks wet.

The weather line

Friday, Nov 6: mostly cloudy, high 66°F, rain chance 10% during the day. Saturday, Nov 7: rain, high 50°F, rain chance 90% (about a third of an inch expected). Sunday, Nov 8: morning showers, high 51°F, rain 50%. In short: Friday is the outdoor day; Saturday, pick the indoor backup.

Thursday night, the day this lands

• Thu, Nov 5 — Clinton, 7–9 PM. Kirkland Art Center's Off the Wall Art Fundraiser: every ticket takes home an artwork. Kirkland Art Center. Ticket price was not published in the announcement — see the ticket page before you go. Full listing →

Friday, Nov 6

• Rome, 9 AM–2 PM. Harvest Bazaar at Copper City Community Connection. Free. Full listing →
• Utica, 5:30–7:30 PM. Happiest Hour: Adults-Only Night at the Utica Children's Museum. The grown-ups get the museum to themselves. $45; $35 for museum members. Full listing →

Saturday, Nov 7 — an indoor day, mostly

• Rome, 9 AM–3 PM. 21st Annual Christmas Craft Fair at Rome's American Legion (Henry P. Smith Post). Free admission. Full listing →
• Utica, 10 AM–2 PM. Craft Fair Fall Festival at Schuyler Commons. Open to the public; no admission fee was mentioned. Full listing →
• Westmoreland, 10 AM–2 PM. Taste of Central New York at North Star Orchards. Free admission and free samples, with local producers, food trucks, and music. This is the one most exposed to Saturday's rain — check the organizer's updates before driving out for a particular vendor. Full listing →
• Utica, 2 PM. Elijah Wampey, a Brothertown Indian, talk at the Oneida County History Center. $5 suggested donation. The dry, indoor afternoon pick. Full listing →
• Rome, 2:30–4 PM. Cat Video Fest 2026 at the Rome Capitol Theatre. $8; $7 seniors, students and military; $6 Capitol Friends; $4 kids 12 and under. Full listing →
• Utica, 7:30 PM. Improv Comedy Night at Players Theatre. $15. Full listing →
• Holland Patent, 7:30 PM (doors 7 PM). The Cadleys play bluegrass and folk at Park Coffee House at the Twin Churches. $15. Full listing →

All ten picks are live as individual listings on cny.life's Events Wall — each one links through above, the way Issue #1 did. No Sunday, Nov 8 event was listed, so the roundup is Friday–Saturday, plus the Thursday-night lead.

News worth a line

• DiCastro's Brick Oven in Rome closes Nov 30 after 16 years — November is the last month for a wood-fired pie or to use a gift certificate.
• November hiring events run in Utica, Marcy, Herkimer, and Oneida, with free civil-service workshops on the state's fast-track NY HELPS hiring.

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That's issue #2. Putting on something next weekend? Send it in — and reply anytime to tell me what I missed.

— The cny.life team

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Sources

• cny.life homepage and Events Wall, checked Tue Nov 3, 2026: all event titles, dates, times, venues, and prices above, including the Nov 5 Kirkland fundraiser, Nov 6 Harvest Bazaar and Happiest Hour, and the seven Nov 7 events. Each event page was opened and verified individually on Nov 3.
• Weather: weather.com Utica 10-day forecast, re-checked Thu Nov 5, 2026: Fri Nov 6 mostly cloudy, high 66°F, rain 10%; Sat Nov 7 rain, high 50°F, rain 90% (about a third of an inch expected); Sun Nov 8 morning showers, high 51°F, rain 50%.