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Albany filmmakers Victoria Diana of the Class of 2015 and Micah Khan provided an insightful talk as part of the inaugural Hewitt Film Festival.

SUNY Oswego hosts inaugural student-run Hewitt Film Festival

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SUNY Oswego launched the new student-run Hewitt Film Festival this spring in the recently renovated Hewitt Hall, now home to the College of Communication, Media and the Arts. The festival showcased emerging filmmakers while celebrating the transformation of the historic...
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Visiting high school students for Dramafest enjoyed a production of SUNY Oswego's spring musical "All Shook Up."

Theatre Department welcomes 400 high school students for annual Dramafest

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SUNY Oswego's Theatre Department hosted 400 high school theatre students and chaperones on Friday, April 24, for a full day of performances, workshops and collaborative learning on campus during its annual Dramafest.
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The Hollywood sign and its surrounding industry have long drawn writers, actors and filmmakers, and was among the sights and highlights of SUNY Oswego's recent Hollywood POV visit.

Program helps make Hollywood dreams into reality

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For 14 SUNY Oswego students, Hollywood stopped being an idea or a vacation destination and became a place they could realistically enter as a career.
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World-renowned trombonist, bandleader and educator Michael Davis will return to SUNY Oswego on May 6 and 7 to share his talents with the campus and community in two concerts and a jazz clinic.

‘World-class trombonist’ Michael Davis to play two shows at SUNY Oswego

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World-renowned trombonist, bandleader and educator Michael Davis will return to SUNY Oswego on May 6 and 7 to share his talents with the campus and community in two concerts and a jazz clinic.
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Students work on a musical number in an early rehearsal of "All Shook Up"

Production of ‘All Shook Up’ building experiences for cast, crew

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Putting together the upcoming SUNY Oswego production of “All Shook Up,” opening April 16, has helped build meaningful hands-on experience for the cast and crew of the musical.
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Bella Poynton, assistant professor of theatre, gives direction at a rehearsal for ""An Existential Staged Reading of Jean-Paul Sartre’s 'No Exit.'"

Philosophy, Theatre Departments to present 'Existential Staged Reading' of 'No Exit'

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The SUNY Oswego Departments of Philosophy and Theatre will present "An Existential Staged Reading of Jean-Paul Sartre’s 'No Exit'" on Wednesday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m. in Tyler Hall's Lab Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.
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Cast members working on the upcoming SUNY Oswego production of "All Shook Up" include, from left, Chelli Lopez, Alexandra Hallam, Ariana Palmer and Faith Wilk

‘All Shook Up’ spring musical ready to rock

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SUNY Oswego’s spring musical “All Shook Up” will open on April 16, running two weekends and showcasing the hard work of student actors, singers, dancers and designers.
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Visiting Oswego Homeschool Association students attend a rehearsal of the department’s upcoming musical "All Shook Up," led by theatre faculty member Steven Mazzoccone

Theatre Department welcomes Oswego Homeschool Association for collaborative performing arts exchange

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The SUNY Oswego Theatre Department recently welcomed students from the Oswego Homeschool Association (OHA) Performing Arts Theater Program for a collaborative visit celebrating performance, creativity and community engagement.
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Collage of images in student juried art exhibition

63rd annual Juried Student Exhibition opens March 10

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Running through April 3, the 63rd annual Juried Student Exhibition honors SUNY Oswego's student-driven focus by presenting an exhibit that is entirely for students — by students in Tyler Art Gallery.
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Soma Mei Sheng Frazier of English and creative writing is author of the acclaimed new novel Off the Books

Oswego professor honored to write newest ORI selection, ‘Off the Books’

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English and creative writing faculty member Soma Mei Sheng Frazier recently became the first SUNY Oswego professor to author the book selected for summer campuswide reading through the longstanding Oswego Reading Initiative (ORI) with her novel “Off the Books”.
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In her one-woman show, “Makin’ Cake,” Dasha Kelly Hamilton slices into American history exploring race, culture and class with aha-moments and poignant vignettes, digital media and a supporting cast of two on-stage bakers.

‘Makin’ Cake’ serves up American cultural history (with dessert)

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In her one-woman show, “Makin’ Cake,” Dasha Kelly Hamilton slices into American history exploring race, culture and class with aha-moments and poignant vignettes, digital media and a supporting cast of two on-stage bakers.
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Poet and Subnivean judge Chen Chen

Luminary poet Chen Chen, award-winning novelist Megan Mayhew-Bergman to judge SUNY Oswego contest

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Subnivean, SUNY Oswego’s student-run international literary magazine, has new contest judges for 2026 and a new editor in chief. All three are nationally acclaimed writers who will help Subnivean continue to champion the work of exciting and diverse poets and...
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Previous performance of "The 4th Witch," courtesy of the Manual Cinema website

'The 4th Witch' brings immersive theatre to SUNY Oswego on Feb. 18

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Inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and featuring immersive theatre elements, Manual Cinema’s "The 4th Witch" will fill SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
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Robert Auler stands at a piano

Focus on Faculty series to feature Robert Auler piano concert Feb. 11

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The SUNY Oswego Music Department continues its Focus on Faculty concert series with a piano recital by Robert Auler on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hewitt Union Ballroom.
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Collage of artists' works for She is on Her Way exhibition

‘She is on Her Way’ opens spring Tyler Art Gallery calendar

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Tyler Art Gallery opens its spring 2026 season with a multi-artist show, “She is on Her Way,” running from Jan. 27 to Feb. 26.
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SUNY Oswego theatre students and faculty members celebrate success at the American College Theatre Festival

Theatre students shine at American College Theatre Festival

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A dedicated group of SUNY Oswego theatre students shared their talents and creativity and earned awards at the annual American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region 2 Conference in mid-January.
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Legendary TV writer and producer Rod Serling will be the subject of a Dec. 18 celebration

SUNY Oswego professor coordinating Rod Serling event at Everson Museum

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A Dec. 18 event at Syracuse’s Everson Museum of Art will honor “The Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling, one of the most significant creative minds from Central New York. SUNY Oswego computer science faculty member Ryan Zlomek said this annual...
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Freshman creative writing major Kayde Knorr with a successful publication in the New York Times

Freshman’s creative work published in New York Times

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Getting published in the New York Times is a dream for many writers. For freshman creative writing major Kayde Knorr, it’s an amazing feat achieved in just the first semester at SUNY Oswego.
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Image of ants during a Nebraska ice storm from Tiffany Deater's video exhibition

Professor’s video installation running in National Museum of Wildlife Art

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SUNY Oswego cinema and screen studies professor Tiffany Deater has created a three-video installation observing the natural world, appearing at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
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The university's ARTSwego office recently announced that Dahlia Bloomstone will serve as SUNY Oswego's Artist in Residence for the 2025-26 season.

Immersive exhibit experience includes Roblox-related workshop today

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SUNY Oswego Artist-in-Residence Dahlia Bloomstone’s exhibit “Unless the Outcome is Income” is an immersive experience that connects Roblox gameplay and social commentary and includes its first interactive workshop today.
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Cheri Johnson — an acclaimed novelist, poet, playwright and educator — will be the final featured guest in this fall’s Living Writers Series at SUNY Oswego, appearing at 3 p.m. oWednesday, Nov. 19, in Marano Campus Center auditorium, room 132.

Award-winning author Cheri Johnson to conclude semester's Living Writers Series

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Cheri Johnson — an acclaimed novelist, poet, playwright and educator — will be the final featured guest in this fall’s Living Writers Series at SUNY Oswego, appearing at 3 p.m. oWednesday, Nov. 19, in Marano Campus Center auditorium, room 132. Her...
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The university's ARTSwego office recently announced that Dahlia Bloomstone will serve as SUNY Oswego's Artist in Residence for the 2025-26 season.

Artist-in-Residence explores video games’ connections with art, society

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SUNY Oswego’s current Artist-in-Residence Dahlia Bloomstone is exploring worker exploitation and other themes in her exhibit “Unless the Outcome is the Income.”
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For SUNY Oswego senior theatre major Ian Katz, directing the Theatre Department’s production of “The Grown Ups” culminates years of hard work in a program that allows students to experience many different avenues.

Student director of ‘The Grown Ups’ enjoys opportunity to experience ‘all aspects of theatre’

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For SUNY Oswego senior theatre major Ian Katz, directing the Theatre Department’s production of “The Grown Ups” culminates years of hard work in a program that allows students to experience many different avenues.
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Albert Abonado, recently announced as SUNY Oswego’s fall 2024 Artist in Residence, will have his book "Field Guide for Accidents" by the National Poetry Series, a prestigious book series that has featured many of America’s best-known poets.

Living Writers Series to feature award-winning poet Albert Abonado on Nov. 10

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Albert Abonado –- an award-winning poet, essayist and SUNY Oswego faculty member -- is the next featured guest in the Living Writers Series on Monday, Nov. 10. The event, at 3 p.m. in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132)...
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SUNY Oswego’s Theatre Department’s second show of the season, “The Grown Ups,” unfolds as an educational and entertaining experience with a production directed by a student and with students as lead designers and technicians.

Student-directed play ‘The Grown Ups’ to open Nov. 12

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SUNY Oswego’s Theatre Department’s second show of the season, “The Grown Ups,” unfolds as an educational and entertaining experience with a production directed by student Ian Katz and with students as lead designers and technicians.
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Award-winning author, poet and professor Shana Youngdahl is the next featured guest in SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series, appearing at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3 in the Marano Campus Center auditorium, room 132.

Living Writers Series to feature Shana Youngdahl, acclaimed young adult novelist

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Award-winning author, poet and professor Shana Youngdahl is the next featured guest in SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series, appearing at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3 in the Marano Campus Center auditorium, room 132.
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Abstract painting by Christopher McEvoy

'All That Remains' faculty exhibition opens Oct. 21

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Opening Oct. 21 in Tyler Art Gallery, "All That Remains" features artwork by SUNY Oswego art faculty members Peter Cardone and Christopher McEvoy. While each artist explores themes of slippage, memories and the push/pull of reality, their artworks engage these...
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Writer, editor and sensitivity reader Shannon Luders-Manuel will be the next featured guest in SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series, appearing virtually at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27.

Acclaimed memoirist, cultural critic Shannon Luders-Manuel to join Living Writers Series on Oct. 27

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Writer, editor and sensitivity reader Shannon Luders-Manuel will be the next featured guest in SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series, appearing virtually at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27.
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Cameron Humphrey as Peter Shaw and Chelli Lopez as Henrietta Leavitt discuss astronomical discoveries in this rehearsal photo for "Silent Sky."

‘Silent Sky’ to showcase how art, science intersect

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SUNY Oswego’s Theatre Department is showcasing how art and science intersect in their production of “Silent Sky,” running Oct. 15 to 18.
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Living Writers Series hosts talk, signing with novelist, professor Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

Living Writers Series presents talk, reading with novelist, professor Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

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Award-winning author and SUNY Oswego professor Soma Mei Sheng Frazier will be the next featured guest in the Living Writers Series at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct, 13 in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132). The event will include...
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The Iron Pour is a highlight of the university's annual Festival of Fire

Annual Festival of Fire to celebrate creativity on Oct. 17

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SUNY Oswego's annual Festival of Fire -- a collaboration between the Department of Technology and the Department of Art and Design, brings an opportunity to heat up creativity on Friday, Oct. 17.
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Daniel Weiss photo of the start of a triathlon

Alumnus, photographer bringing survivor portrait series, advice for students

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Acclaimed photographer and 1994 alumnus Daniel Weiss returns to campus for a three-day visit Oct. 14 to 16 to present his “Holocaust Survivor Portrait Series” in the Penfield Library lobby, culminating in a public artist talk on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
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Chelli Lopez plays the main role of pioneering astronomer Henrietta Leavitt in Silent Sky

‘Silent Sky’ opens theatre season, exploring life of pioneering woman in science

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SUNY Oswego’s Theatre Department will open its season with a production of “Silent Sky.” which follows pioneering astronomer Henrietta Leavitt in the 19th century and her groundbreaking discovery of calculating the distance of the universe using Cepheid variable stars.
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Tim Herron with the signature-covered guitar of the Oswego Guitar Project in a Tyler Hall studio

SUNY Oswego alumnus, instructor Tim Herron writes Acoustic Guitar Project tune for faculty mentor

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Not only has renowned musician and educator Tim Herron returned to teach guitar at his alma mater of SUNY Oswego, but he recently contributed a tune to Central New York’s Acoustic Guitar Project that was dedicated to a faculty mentor,...
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Robin Wall Kimmerer - Photo credit: Matt Roth

ORI author hosting three events on campus today

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The author of this year's Oswego Reading Initiative book, "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants," Robin Wall Kimmerer, will speak on campus today while also discussing her latest grassroots community movement.
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Stu Krieger, who wrote the beloved animated classic "The Land Before Time," will appear on campus as part of the Living Writers Series at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132).

Stu Krieger, 'Land Before Time' screenwriter, to visit Oct. 6

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Stu Krieger, who wrote the beloved animated classic "The Land Before Time," will appear on campus as part of the Living Writers Series at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132).
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SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series is excited to return in person this year, kicking off a diverse series of visiting writers with poet Sara Borjas on Sept. 15.

Living Writers series begins Sept. 15, explores theme of ‘Home'

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SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series is excited to return in person this year, kicking off a diverse series of visiting writers with poet Sara Borjas on Sept. 15.
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Grammy Award-winning trio the Villalobos Brothers will bring vibrant Mexican flair to SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theater to launch this season’s ARTSwego’s Performing Arts Series on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

Grammy-winning Villalobos Brothers to launch ARTSwego season

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Grammy Award-winning trio the Villalobos Brothers will bring vibrant Mexican flair to SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theater to launch this season’s ARTswego’s Performing Arts Series on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.
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Large rhinoceros head from Rhino World Order exhibition

'Rhino World Order' to open Tyler Art Gallery season

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"Rhino World Order," featuring artwork by Buffalo resident Richard Tomasello, will open this season's series at SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery.
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Mario Pietra, a new faculty member in SUNY Oswego’s Music Department, and his TRIO 315 will perform the first concert in the renovated Hewitt Hall ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 3.

New faculty member’s trio to play first concert in renovated Hewitt ballroom

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Mario Pietra, a new faculty member in SUNY Oswego’s Music Department, and his TRIO 315 will perform the first concert in the renovated Hewitt Hall ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 3.
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Pattie Miller, the office manager in Counseling Services, recently earned the 2025 SUNY Mental Health Champion Award from the SUNY Council of Senior Student Affairs Officers.

Pattie Miller earns 2025 SUNY Mental Health Champion Award

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Pattie Miller, the office manager in Counseling Services, recently earned the 2025 SUNY Mental Health Champion Award from the SUNY Council of Senior Student Affairs Officers.
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A view of the control room during Oswego student-run eclipse special

SUNY Oswego earns top NYS public ranking from Broadcast Education Association

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SUNY Oswego’s strong broadcast and digital media coursework and opportunities recently received additional recognition as the highest among New York state public institutions and in the top 50 nationally in the 2025 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) rankings.
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Hundreds of high school students take in a performance in Waterman Theatre during Dramafest

Theatre Department's Dramafest puts area high school students in limelight

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Last Friday, May 2, the SUNY Oswego Theatre Department hosted a vibrant and immersive day of theatre activities for nearly 300 high school students and their chaperones from 13 local and regional high schools during the annual Dramafest.
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Tati Copp, left, as Winnie Foster, and Ethan Soda as Jesse Tuck, ponder immortality in SUNY Oswego's production of "Tuck Everlasting"

'Tuck Everlasting' explores question: 'Who wants to live forever?'

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SUNY Oswego’s current musical theater production “Tuck Everlasting” explores the creative and philosophical motivations: Through themes of immortality, fear and compassion, the musical adaptation presents a timely message for university audiences.
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SUNY Oswego students Marie Sova and Lily Tringali will cohost the 2025 Subnivean Awards

5th annual Subnivean Awards April 30 hosted by two students

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On Wednesday, April 30, SUNY Oswego students Marie Sova and Lily Tringali will cohost the 2025 Subnivean Awards event honoring six international literary competition finalists and naming winners in poetry and fiction. This virtual event, featuring readings by the finalist...
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Student artwork projected as part of the Immersive Elements interactive installation

‘Immersive Elements’ interactive exhibition showcasing student-artist collaboration

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The campus community is invited to step into the world of “Immersive Elements,” an ARTSwego project presented by NOIRFLUX's Electric Heliotrope Theater with student collaboration, running through May 4 in 133 Marano Campus Center.
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Performers in circus attire pose in a production image for Tuck Everlasting

Musical theatre production ‘Tuck Everlasting’ ponders immortality

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For SUNY Oswego theatre professor and director Jonel Langenfeld-Rial, “Tuck Everlasting” –- opening April 23 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre -- is more than a musical: It’s a mirror held up to humanity’s deepest questions.
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The university's ARTSwego office recently announced that Dahlia Bloomstone will serve as SUNY Oswego's Artist in Residence for the 2025-26 season.

ARTSwego announces 2025-26 Artist-in-Residence

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The university's ARTSwego office recently announced that Dahlia Bloomstone will serve as SUNY Oswego's Artist in Residence for the 2025-26 season.
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SUNY Oswego’s Native American studies program will host up-and-coming Seneca filmmaker Caleb Abrams for screenings and a Q&A from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).

Native American studies program to host filmmaker for screenings, Q&A

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SUNY Oswego’s Native American studies program will host up-and-coming Seneca filmmaker Caleb Abrams for screenings and a Q&A from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).
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Faculty member Erik Wade

Faculty member plays role in launch of Public Humanities journal

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English and creative writing faculty member Erik Wade is an advisory board member and initial contributor to Public Humanities, a major new international journal recently launched from Cambridge University Press.
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Jassandra Gonzalez's "Color isn't our Characteristic" is among the 80 artworks on display in SUNY Oswego's 62nd annual Juried Student Exhibition, opening March 7 in Tyler Art Gallery.

62nd annual Juried Student Exhibition opens March 7

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SUNY Oswego's 62nd annual Juried Student Exhibition, features artwork from the student body runs March 7 to April 6 in Tyler Art Gallery.
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Cinema and screen studies professor Josh Adams provides insights into the Oscars

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SUNY Oswego cinema and screen studies professor Josh Adams shares his expert insights on how the Academy selects Best Picture nominees, the nomination process and this year's top contenders at the Oscars.
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Leslie McCurdy portrays Harriet Tubman

‘Spirit of Harriet Tubman’ explores life, impact of Underground Railroad hero on March 12

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“The Spirit of Harriet Tubman,” a powerful one-woman performance by Leslie McCurdy, will present a look into the life and legacy of a historic hero at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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The Fire Within consist of, from left, David Alexander, music faculty member Juliet Forshaw and Michael Judge, shown performing live.

The Fire Within to present Focus on Faculty show March 2

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The Fire Within, led by associate professor and chair of music Juliet Forshaw, will start the spring semester's Focus on Faculty series with a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Albert Abonado, recently announced as SUNY Oswego’s fall 2024 Artist in Residence, will have his book "Field Guide for Accidents" by the National Poetry Series, a prestigious book series that has featured many of America’s best-known poets.

'Roll Call' event March 1 to look at significance, weight of names

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Albert Abonado, ARTSwego’s Artist-in-Residence this semester, invites the community on a thought-provoking journey to explore the significance of one’s name on Saturday, March 1, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Oswego Public Library.
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Finger Lakes Trio plays classical music

Finger Lakes Trio to perform Feb. 26

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The Finger Lakes Trio -- SUNY Oswego music faculty member Robert Auler joined by violinist Sonya Williams and cellist Heidi Hoffman -- will perform in the next installment of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-nekt' Chamber Music Series, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,...
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A dancer performs as part of Proprioceptive Soundscape

'Proprioceptive Soundscape' to blend dance, music, technology

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A new kind of performance space will come alive when "Proprioceptive Soundscape" pops up from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Tyler Hall lab theatre.
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A performance still from "Stampede" by Carlos Martiel (2017) represents the variety of artwork and media in "Justice and Inalienable Rights," Tyler Art Gallery's first 2025 exhibition.

Tyler Art Gallery showcasing 'Justice and Inalienable Rights'

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Opening Jan. 28, Tyler Art Gallery’s first exhibition of the year, "Justice and Inalienable Rights," features artwork from emerging and established artists of color whose artworks explore the concepts of justice and human rights within marginalized communities.
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Albert Abonado, recently announced as SUNY Oswego’s fall 2024 Artist in Residence, will have his book "Field Guide for Accidents" by the National Poetry Series, a prestigious book series that has featured many of America’s best-known poets.

SUNY Oswego celebrates fifth annual Subnivean Awards with local judges

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Subnivean, SUNY Oswego’s student-staffed digital publication, is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its international literary competition, the Subnivean Awards.
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Faculty and students work on a stop-motion animation project as part of producing three short films on local landmark Fort Ontario

Screening of 16 mm student films on Fort Ontario provides learning experience for all ages

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On Tuesday Dec. 3, SUNY Oswego’s Cinema and Screen Studies Department will host a screening of their finished 16 mm short films on local historic treasure Fort Ontario in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).
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Endless Field perform in Slot Canyon.

Drawing on nature's inspiration, Endless Deep duo to perform Dec. 4

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The Endless Deep duo will perform 2024's last show in SUNY Oswego's Ke-nekt' Chamber Music Series at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Global phenom, bestselling author Daniel Handler will speak at SUNY Oswego on Dec. 2

Global phenom known as Lemony Snicket to speak at SUNY Oswego

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According to Lemony Snicket, the pseudonym for author Daniel Handler, who will appear on campus on Monday, Dec. 2: “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”  Attendees to this talk, which will include a booksigning, might want...
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The SUNY Oswego production of “John Proctor is the Villain” depicts teenangers exploring hardships while studying the classic novel “The Crucible." Student performers include Wells Liscomb (standing and reading) and Kamdyn Miller (front and center).

‘John Proctor is the Villain’ explores teen hardships with classic novel as backdrop

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The SUNY Oswego Theatre Department production of “John Proctor is the Villain,” opening Nov. 13, chronicles teenangers exploring the hardships of high school while studying the classic novel “The Crucible.“
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Best-selling author Isaac Fitzgerald is coming to Oswego to speak to the Living Writers Series

New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald to speak on campus

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been an altar boy, a barback, a smuggler and a celebrated memoirist who made it onto both The New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists -- and will appear on campus at 3 p.m. on Wednesday,...
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Organizers and attendees enjoy a previous edition of the Empty Bowls fundraiser

Empty Bowls fundraiser offers involvement opportunities

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The Clay Bodies Ceramics Club will host their annual Empty Bowls fundraiser on Nov. 15 supporting the food pantries of SHOP (Students Helping Oz Peers) on campus and the Human Concerns Center in the community, with the student club hosting...
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Sari Fordham will speak in SUNY Oswego's Living Writers Series

Living Writers Series author Sari Fordham tells her own story, helps others do so

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Sari Fordham, whose fascinating girlhood is captured in her extraordinary memoir about a naïve yet brave missionary family navigating tumultuous 1970s Uganda, is the next speaker on SUNY Oswego's Living Writers Series, at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28.
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Still from the documentary produced by SUNY Oswego cinema and screen studies faculty members Tiffany Deater and Jarrod Hagadorn's documentary for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)’s Stewardship of Public Lands program

Faculty filmmakers produce AASCU’s Stewardship of Public Lands video

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SUNY Oswego cinema and screen studies faculty members Tiffany Deater and Jarrod Hagadorn announced the release of the documentary they produced as part of a select group that will take part in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities...
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"The Laramie Project" actors include, from left, Tati Copp, Ben Capilets and Aiden O'Brien.

Student cast takes on multiple roles for 'Laramie Project'

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The SUNY Oswego Theatre Department has been preparing for the opening night of the Laramie Project since April, with interesting facets including each cast member playing more than one character.
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Chelli Lopez and Aiden O'Brien are among the student cast members for "The Laramie Project," which runs Oct. 16 to 20

Thought-provoking ‘Laramie Project’ to open SUNY Oswego theatre season

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The SUNY Oswego Theatre department will present “The Laramie Project,” the true and tragic story of a boy who was targeted for being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, on the Waterman Theatre stage Oct. 16 to 20.
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Renqian Yang piece from Folding Time Between Worlds

Tyler Art Gallery exhibition features two SUNY Oswego art faculty

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Two exhibitions will open on Oct. 14 at the Tyler Art Gallery featuring SUNY Oswego art faculty Renqian Yang and Cara Brewer Thompson.
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Albert Abonado, recently announced as SUNY Oswego’s fall 2024 Artist in Residence, will have his book "Field Guide for Accidents" by the National Poetry Series, a prestigious book series that has featured many of America’s best-known poets.

Artist-in-Residence's poetry workshop to ask: 'What's in a name?'

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In a free Oct. 24 poetry workshop and exploration, ARTSwego Artist-in-Residence Albert Abonado will partner with the university's Triandiflou Institute for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Transformative Practice to discuss the profound histories of names and how they can define experiences.
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Creative writing major Isaiah Bedoar will take on a new challenge this Friday, Oct. 4, engaging with author and SUNY Oswego professor Soma Mei Sheng Frazier in a public conversation about "Off the Books," Frazier’s debut novel

Creative writing major to interview faculty 'Off the Books' author at Syracuse event

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Creative writing major Isaiah Bedoar will take on a new challenge this Friday, Oct. 4, engaging with author and SUNY Oswego professor Soma Mei Sheng Frazier in a public conversation about "Off the Books," Frazier’s debut novel, at 7 p.m....
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Emerging producer, songwriter and composer Suzi Analogue will bring electronic music and more in the next installment of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.

Ke-nekt' series to host emerging producer/songwriter/composer Suzi Analogue

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Emerging producer, songwriter and composer Suzi Analogue will bring electronic music and more in the next installment of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Paul S. Flores, who has just been named an American Book Award winner for "We Still Be," his collection of poems and performances, will share and discuss his work at Penfield Library Speaker’s Corner at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14.

American Book Award winner Paul S. Flores to share soulful poems in Penfield

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Paul S. Flores, who has just been named an American Book Award winner for "We Still Be," his collection of poems and performances, will share and discuss his work at Penfield Library Speaker’s Corner at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct....
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Portrait of Mary Walker

Oct. 2 performance tells story of Mary Walker, local figure of national prominence

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A free performance of “Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, in SUNY Oswego’s Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132) will present the life of a local figure who gained national prominence.
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The university's ARTSwego program and performers American Patchwork Quartet (pictured) and are seeking stories from the campus community on family origins and/or migration to showcase the vibrant diversity of the SUNY Oswego family.

ARTSwego series starts next week; organization supports arts year-round

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ARTSwego’s annual performing art series begins this week, but the program’s influence and support stretches throughout the year.
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Performance art troupe Squonk Opera

Squonk Opera to present ‘Brouhaha’ outdoor production

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The performance arts troupe Squonk Opera will return to SUNY Oswego for four showings of its musical multimedia extravaganza “Brouhaha.”
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The university's ARTSwego program and performers American Patchwork Quartet (pictured) and are seeking stories from the campus community on family origins and/or migration to showcase the vibrant diversity of the SUNY Oswego family.

American Patchwork Quartet to start ARTSwego season

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The American Patchwork Quartet will weave a variety of musical influences together in kicking off SUNY Oswego’s ARTSwego season with a performance at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre.
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Tenor Oliver Lo

Sept. 18 Oliver Lo performance to open season for SUNY Oswego Ke-Nekt series

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Tenor Oliver Lo will kick off SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series for the season with a performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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The university's ARTSwego program and performers American Patchwork Quartet (pictured) and are seeking stories from the campus community on family origins and/or migration to showcase the vibrant diversity of the SUNY Oswego family.

American Patchwork Quartet gathering stories on family origin, migration for Oswego performance

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The university's ARTSwego program and performers American Patchwork Quartetweave hope to weave a vibrant story of diversity and unity at SUNY Oswego -- and are seeking stories from the campus community on family origins and/or migration.
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Tyler Art Gallery's "Figuratively Speaking" will include artists represented, from left, Amber Lia-Kloppel, Lindsey Guile, Sofía Luz Pérez, Luanne Redeye and Lacey McKinney

Tyler Art Gallery to feature 'Figuratively Speaking' Sept. 3 to Oct. 6

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SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery will open its exhibitions for 2024-25 with "Figuratively Speaking," running from Sept. 3 to Oct. 6, with an opening reception on Friday Sept. 6, from 5-7 p.m. at the first-floor gallery in Tyler Hall.
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Soma Mei Sheng Frazier of English and creative writing is author of the acclaimed new novel Off the Books

Professor’s new nationally acclaimed novel balances character-driven plot with serious subject matter

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“Off the Books,” an acclaimed new novel by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier of SUNY Oswego’s English and creative writing faculty, deftly walks a tightrope of an engaging character-driven story and a serious exploration of international atrocities in China.
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SUNY Oswego enjoyed a visit from Ricardo Nazario y Colón, a well-respected Nuyorican poet and the Senior Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Chief Diversity Officer for the SUNY System

Library of America grant to support appearances by four Latino poets

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SUNY Oswego is among the recipients of grants from the Library of America’s “Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home” project, which invites participants into a nationwide conversation about Latino poetry.
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Production image from Tiffany Deater's film "No Real Distance"

Cinema studies faculty discuss 'nonhuman cinema' in journal spotlight

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Senses of Cinema, a major international film journal and the oldest online film journal in the world, has just published “Change Not Mummified” by Bennet Schaber and Tiffany Deater, faculty members in the Department of Cinema and Screen Studies.
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The Fire Within consist of, from left, David Alexander, music faculty member Juliet Forshaw and Michael Judge, shown performing live.

Music faculty member’s trio releases new album

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Juliet Forshaw of SUNY Oswego’s music faculty keeps her creative spirit burning, as shown by her new release with the trio The Fire Within.
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SUNY Oswego online MBA student Diane Masciale –- the vice president and general manager for Long Island public media WLIW21/WLIW-FM and co-executive in charge for the “All Arts” program -- is among those thriving in the customized and vibrant program

SUNY Oswego continues as top public online MBA in NYS

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SUNY Oswego continues as the top-ranked online master of business administration (MBA) offering in the state among public universities, according to the 2024 Princeton Review Online MBA rankings out this spring.
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Literary superstars including Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, will fill out a Living Writers Series themed around "Play" in fall 2024

Living Writers Series to get 'Play'-ful this fall

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The Living Writers Series at SUNY Oswego has announced a diverse fall lineup -- with its series, titled “Play,” building upon a long history of visiting writers that spans Pulitzer Prize winners and #1 New York Times bestselling authors.
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Nicholas Campbell and the rest of his group receive the audience choice award at Panic Film Festival.

SUNY Oswego student wins two Global Film Festival awards

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Nicholas Campbell, a SUNY Oswego senior who majors in cinema and screen studies and creative writing, won two Global Film Festival Awards, Best Student Filmmaker and Best Horror Short, for his short film “Replaced.”
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Renowned trumpet master Clay Jenkins will wrap up SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt’ Chamber Music Series season at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom

Trumpeter Clay Jenkins to wrap SUNY Oswego Ke-Nekt’ season

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Renowned trumpet master Clay Jenkins will wrap up SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt’ Chamber Music Series season at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom, which will include a collaboration with the Oswego Jazz Project.
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‘Addams Family’ production features all-women directing team

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Among the many remarkable aspects of the musical production of "The Addams Family," continuing its run this weekend in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre, is that the directing team is composed completely of women.
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Orchestra performs at previous Collage concert

Juan La Manna’s final SUNY Oswego recital to feature around 75 alumni performing

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For his final recital as a SUNY Oswego music faculty member, Juan La Manna will lead a free College-Community Orchestra and Alumni Concert –- with around 75 alumni expected to perform –- at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in...
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A tour behind the scenes of the university's musical production of "The Addams Family" is one of a number of new features in this year's Quest focusing on the creative arts.

Quest to offer new activities showcasing creative arts

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SUNY Oswego’s annual celebration of scholarly and creative activities, Quest, will showcase some new features showcasing student creativity in areas including music, poetry and art, filmmaking, theatre and more on April 17.
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Music faculty member Paul Leary has released an EP of original electronic music titled “Artificially Intelligent"

Music faculty member releases collection of electronic songs

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SUNY Oswego professor and chair of music Paul Leary has released an extended play (EP) of original electronic music. Titled “Artificially Intelligent,” it focuses on the consequences of human actions that may be discovered long down the road.
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Early Waterman Theatre rehearsal for Addams Family

‘Addams Family’ musical presents new look at famous characters

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SUNY Oswego's musical adaptation of “The Addams Family,” opening April 16 in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre, offers plenty of student opportunities to shine and make iconic parts their own.
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Juliet Forshaw and Michael Judge of Avalon

'Kaleidoscope' is theme of April 14 Focus on Faculty concert

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The varied talents of faculty in SUNY Oswego's Music Department will power "Kaleidoscope," the next Focus on Faculty recital at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Violinist Rudolf Haken will perform a program ranging from Metallica to Sergei Prokofiev to a faculty member’s original composition during a wide ranging performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, at SUNY Oswego

Rudolf Haken to perform eclectic, electric strings mix from classical to metal

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Renowned and innovative electric six-string violinist Rudolf Haken will perform a program ranging from Metallica to Sergei Prokofiev to a faculty member’s original composition during a wide-ranging performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, at SUNY Oswego.
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Noted lithographer Grant Arnold in a 1982 photo

Pair of special events connect to Grant Arnold exhibition

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SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery still has two special events connecting to its exhibition, “Grant Arnold and the Golden Era of Woodstock Lithography – 1930-1940”: "Remembering Grant Arnold" on March 23 and "Presenting 'Scottsboro Limited' by Langston Hughes" on March...
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alking a trail are, from left, Jim D'Angelo, director of Sterling Nature Center, with student filmmakers Wells Liscomb and Lauren Smith (both seniors) and Ryan King (who graduated in 2023).

Premiere of film on Sterling Nature Center reflects community-campus collaboration

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A film collaboration between students, faculty and community members will debut at SUNY Oswego at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132). “Sterling Nature Center: A Living History” explores the creation of a...
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Trevor Jorgensen plays saxophone

Focus on Faculty to feature saxophone quartet on March 24

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The brassy sounds of the Bacchus Saxophone Quartet will fill the Sheldon Hall ballroom for the next Focus on Faculty concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 24.
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SUNY Oswego’s Music Department will offer a fast-moving fundraising show featuring a variety of ensembles and genres with its annual “Collage” concert, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.

‘Collage’ concert to offer fast-moving musical fundraiser

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SUNY Oswego’s Music Department will offer a fast-moving fundraising show with its annual “Collage” concert, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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“Winter Peace” by Grant Arnold, circa 1930s, is among the pieces on display for Grant Arnold and the Golden Era of Woodstock Lithography – 1930-1940,” running from March 1 to 30 in SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery.

March exhibition to feature celebrated lithographer Grant Arnold

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SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery will present an exhibition titled “Grant Arnold and the Golden Era of Woodstock Lithography – 1930-1940,” running from March 1 to 30 and including a pair of special events.
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SUNY Oswego music faculty members (from left) Robert Auler, Trevor Jorgensen and Amanda Li will perform a Focus on Faculty recital

Focus on Faculty concert to feature trio on March 3

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SUNY Oswego music faculty members Robert Auler, Trevor Jorgensen and Amanda Li will perform a joint Focus on Faculty recital at 3 p.m. on Sunday March 3 in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Vance Gilbert, an award-winning singer-songwriter, will come to the SUNY Oswego campus for a live recording of his podcast and speak to classes during a visit to the Port City in late February.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert to visit SUNY Oswego

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Vance Gilbert, an award-winning singer-songwriter, will come to the SUNY Oswego campus for a live recording of his podcast and speak to classes during a visit to the Port City in late February.
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Marcus Simmons -- a conductor, voice teacher, worship coach and Emmy Award-winner -- will perform a recital featuring a historic overview of African-American songs from the field to the concert stage at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, in 11 Tyler Hall

Bass-baritone Marcus Simmons to perform Feb. 21

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Marcus Simmons -- a conductor, voice teacher, worship coach and Emmy Award-winner -- will perform a recital featuring a historic overview of African-American songs from the field to the concert stage at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, in 11...
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Lowell Hutcheson is the university's director of arts programming

New ARTSwego director looks forward to spring programs

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ARTSwego’s new director of arts programming is the familiar face of Lowell Hutcheson, who looks forward to continuing the excellence of arts programming this spring and beyond.
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For the latest Subnivean Awards, Major Jackson, will be final judge in poetry, while Gish Jen will be final judge for fiction

Major Jackson and Gish Jen to judge SUNY Oswego literary competition

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Subnivean, SUNY Oswego’s student-staffed digital publication, has announced two prestigious final judges for the 2024 Subnivean Awards. The most recent recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement, Major Jackson, will be the final judge in...
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5 members of Actors from the London Stage pose outside a stage door

Actors from the London Stage to present ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at SUNY Oswego

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Actors from the London Stage, a dynamic five-actor touring company, will present the popular Shakespeare comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre.
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Celestial image, among the student works in the 61st annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

61st annual Juried Student Art Exhibition now open

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The 61st annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, showcasing some of the top work among SUNY Oswego students, is now open through Feb. 18 in Tyler Art Gallery.
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Ira Knight, author of “From Myth To Man: A Martin Luther King Interpretation,” will keynote the 35th annual MLK Ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.

Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations scheduled Feb. 1 to 3

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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., SUNY Oswego will host events from Feb. 1 to 3 to remember and celebrate his legacy.
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Aliyah Wright and two co-workers look over her book of poetry

Student finds voice in publishing book of poetry

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Student Aliyah Wright, a junior majoring in history with a minor in journalism, is reclaiming her voice with the publication of her collection of poetry.
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SUNY Oswego professor and renowned novelist Robert “Bob” O’Connor is the next speaker in the Living Writers Series

Celebrated author, popular professor Robert O’Connor to speak on Nov. 15

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SUNY Oswego professor and renowned novelist Robert “Bob” O’Connor is the next speaker in the Living Writers Series, with a virtual discussion at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
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Accomplished performer and teacher Mark Kellogg

Mark Kellogg Quintet to perform Nov. 8

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The Mark Kellogg Quintet will perform a wide-ranging set at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, as part of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Students play a large role in planning this year's Publishing Festival, which will take place on Oct. 27

Publishing Festival on Oct. 27 to feature professionals’ perspectives

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On Oct. 27, four professionals in the publishing industry will provide their unique insights to students at the second Publishing Festival, hosted by SUNY Oswego’s creative writing department.
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Rehearsal image from "The Importance of Being Earnest"

‘Importance of Being Earnest’ opens Oct. 18

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The fall theatre season for SUNY Oswego raises its curtain on Oct. 18 with the premiere of the student production of "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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Julie Pretzat directing the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble

‘American Tapestry’ concert represents swan song for longtime music educator, SUNY Oswego leader

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Longtime SUNY Oswego music faculty member Julie Pretzat will lead the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble in a wide-ranging choral concert titled “An American Tapestry” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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New York Theatre Ballet performing

New York Theatre Ballet to perform Oct. 27

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Acclaimed troupe New York Theatre Ballet will perform in SUNY Oswego's Waterman Theatre at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27 as part of the university's ARTSwego series.
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Comedian Kimberly Clark

Comedian Kimberly Clark to speak Wednesday in Living Writers Series

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Kimberly Clark, one of six comedians hand-picked by Tiffany Haddish to appear in the Netflix series "Tiffany Haddish Presents," is the next virtual presenter in the university's Living Writers Series at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
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Production rehearsal for student play The Importance of Being Earnest

Theatre production ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ to open Oct. 18

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“The Importance of Being Earnest,” opening the SUNY Oswego theatre season from Oct. 18 to 22, shows that the complications of presenting and preserving a personal image are timeless.
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Students looking a bit spooky in the cemetery

Cemetery Ghost and Storytelling Tour returns Oct. 28

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Stories of local legends and spirits will return with a live performance when SUNY Oswego's storytelling class presents the 8th annual Oswego Town Rural Cemetery: Ghost and History Storytelling Tour at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
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DJ/producer/YouTuber Underbelly

DJ/producer/YouTuber Underbelly to perform at SUNY Oswego on Sept. 27

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Electronic music producer, DJ, pianist and YouTuber Underbelly will kick off SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt season with a free performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in Room 11 of Tyler Hall, as well as via livestream.
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Black and white photo of an antenna upon a hill in Ukraine

Ukraine photo exhibition to open artists' residency at SUNY Oswego

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Ukrainian-American artist Lida Suchy will open a residency, which also includes her husband Mišo Suchý, at SUNY Oswego with a collection of photographs starting the Tyler Art Gallery season.
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DuPont Brass

D.C. brass ensemble to bring 'eclectic soul' to Waterman Theatre

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DuPont Brass, a group of college musicians turned nine-piece brass ensemble, will bring their unique sound to Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15.
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Saxophonist Alexa Tarantino

Saxophonist Alexa Tarantino to wrap Ke-Nekt season on May 3

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Award-winning jazz saxophonist Alexa Tarantino will wrap the season of SUNY Oswego's Ke-Nekt Music Series with a performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Owen West and Claire Bosley play the lead roles in Romeo and Juliet

Playing leads in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ offers learning experience for SUNY Oswego students

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For SUNY Oswego students Owen West and Claire Bosley, playing the leads in the Theatre Department’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” has provided a real learning experience. The iconic piece opens at 7:30 p.m. on April 19 in Tyler Hall’s...
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The cast of Romeo and Juliet take part in a reading early in the production cycle

'Romeo and Juliet' to open April 19 in 'quick, action-packed' production

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SUNY Oswego’s Theatre Department will produce “Romeo and Juliet” for the first time in 30 years – and director Steven Mazzoccone, cast and crew are focusing on making this piece appealing and accessible to a wide audience.
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Dan Wood, Eric Schmitz and Rob Auler in a recording studio

Work of music faculty featured on new record

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SUNY Oswego professor Eric Schmitz composed a CD with his brother and father, titled “ACE Composers Ⅱ,” which also features work fellow music faculty members Rob Auler and Daniel Wood.
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The Symphoria wind session performs

Symphoria Woodwind Quintet to perform April 12

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The Symphoria Woodwind Quintet will perform a concert of classic music as the next installment in the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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"Cementerio de belleza," artwork by Tyrone Johnson-Neuland

Tyrone Johnson-Neuland featured as emerging artist in exhibition

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The work of Tyrone Johnson-Neuland, the university's assistant director of instructional technologies, will be on display through May 28 at Schweinfurth Art Center and Cayuga Museum of History & Art, 203 Genesee St. in Auburn.
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Esfir Pievskaya's On the Edge is among the pieces in SUNY Oswego's 60th annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

60th annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opens March 21

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SUNY Oswego's 60th annual Juried Student Art Exhibition showcases top student work from March 21 to April 2 in Tyler Hall's Tyler Art Gallery.
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Sylvia Milo -- creator, writer and star of The Other Mozart -- performs in a set that is a large stunning dress

'The Other Mozart' tells story of forgotten musical prodigy

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The award-winning story of a forgotten prodigy from a famed musical family, "The Other Mozart" will bring its tale to SUNY Oswego's Waterman Theatre at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23.
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Saakumu Dance Troupe performing

Award-winning Saakumu Dance Troupe from Ghana to perform March 8

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The award-winning Saakumu Dance Troupe from Ghana will share a repertoire reflecting traditional and contemporary cultures at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre.
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Orchestra performs at previous Collage concert

‘Collage’ fundraising concert to return for first time in three years

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The last time SUNY Oswego’s Music Department presented “Collage,” its annual fundraising concert, was March 2020 – just before the pandemic changed everything. But the popular music highlight makes its comeback with a free performance at 7:30 p.m. on Friday,...
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Group photo of students in storytelling classes who will perform on Feb. 23

Student storytelling performances Feb. 23 to showcase expressive arts as therapy

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Two storytelling performances on Thursday, Feb. 23, will showcase the work of students in SUNY Oswego’s expressive arts therapy minor while showing storytelling’s power in helping the healing process.
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Three performers form Darrah Carr Dance photographed in mid-jump

Darrah Carr Dance to present 'Ceilidh' on Feb. 17

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Darrah Carr Dance will present “Ceilidh: An Evening of Irish Music and Dance” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre, part of SUNY Oswego’s Artswego Performing Arts Series.
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He Ain't Heavy shows toy soldiers recreating a battlefield scene

Two exhibitions on postwar recovery, rebuilding to open Tyler Art Gallery season

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SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery will open its spring season with two exhibitions with similar themes on recovery, rebuilding and healing after wartime.
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Larry Watson, a 1974 SUNY Oswego graduate and renowned performer, will present an admission-free evening of emotional music, exploration and recollections in concert

Accomplished SUNY Oswego alum Larry Watson to perform ‘American Fruit With African Roots’

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Larry Watson, a 1974 SUNY Oswego graduate and renowned performer, will present an admission-free evening of emotional music, exploration and recollections at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre and via livestream.
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Refugees from World War II at a one-of-kind refugee center included the pictured child and woman in an image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Lost – then found – operetta 'The Golden Cage' details Oswego’s one-of-a-kind refugee center

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The operetta “The Golden Cage” –- first staged in 1945 at a one-of-a-kind refugee shelter and only recently rediscovered –- will showcase Oswego’s singular historic role when the Oswego Opera Theater stages it at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 and...
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Brock Whaley as Justin and Claire Bosley as Ashley play two key roles in the SUNY Oswego student production of "After Ashley"

Student production of ‘After Ashley’ offers robust character work

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SUNY Oswego students Claire Bosley as Ashley and Brock Whaley as Justin will have an opportunity to really develop their character work in the student-directed production of “After Ashley” opening on Nov. 9 in Tyler Hall’s lab theater.
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Faculty video podcast features celebrated cinema costume designer

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Right in time for spooky season, communication studies faculty member Francisco Suarez speaks with costume designer Jany Temime -- whose credits include the "Harry Potter" franchise, "House of the Dragon" on HBO and the James Bond entry "Skyfall" -- on...
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Cris Eli Blak is SUNY Oswego's Artist in Residence for the spring semester

Artist in Residence for spring semester invites students to speak their stories

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Cris Eli Blak — recently announced as SUNY Oswego’s spring 2023 Artist in Residence to teach in the Theatre Department as well as the English and Creative Writing Department — will bring students’ voices to the stage with a contemporary,...
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Four students who are cast members of After Ashley, the fall 2022 student honors production

SUNY Oswego student production ‘After Ashley’ to open Nov. 9

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SUNY Oswego’s student-led production of “After Ashley” will blend comedy and tragedy, opening on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Tyler Hall’s lab theatre.
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SUNY Oswego student dancers take part in video segments that will be projected during "Weight of Water," a multimedia dance presentation coming to SUNY Oswego's Waterman Theatre

Multimedia dance project 'Weight of Water' to flow on Oct. 21

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The multimedia dance project “Weight of Water” will explore ways local bodies of water impact community members during a free performance starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Black and white print by John Weeks showing birds perched upon a stump

Rice Creek to hold 'Inspired by Nature' art auction Oct. 21, 22

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SUNY Oswego’s Family and Friends Weekend will feature an "Inspired by Nature" silent art auction, featuring live music, refreshments, children's art activities and tours of Rice Creek Field Station.
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Students looking a bit spooky in the cemetery

Ghost and History Storytelling Tour returns on Oct. 29

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Tales of local legends and spirits will return with a live performance when SUNY Oswego's storytelling class presents the 7th annual Oswego Town Rural Cemetery: Ghost and History Storytelling Tour at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29.
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Tamar Greene is a 2009 SUNY Oswego alumnus and stars as George Washington in Hamilton on Broadway

Broadway star, SUNY Oswego alumnus Tamar Greene to perform Nov. 28

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Tamar Greene, a 2009 SUNY Oswego alumnus who appears on Broadway as George Washington in the mega-hit musical “Hamilton,” will return for a concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Composer Sean O’Loughlin

Ke-Nekt’ series to open with world premiere of 'Pointillism for Piano Trio'

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The Finger Lakes Trio will premiere composer Sean O’Loughlin’s “Pointillism for Piano Trio” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at SUNY Oswego’s Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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A row of portraits of notable women lines the wall of Penfield Library

'Hidden Women' art exhibit at Penfield Library showcases student work

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The first floor of Penfield Library now hosts the "Hidden Women" art exhibit featuring student work.
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Ann Austen is an Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/showrunner whose career spans a wide range of genres and projects

Living Writers Series returns with variety of creative minds

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The SUNY Oswego Living Writers Series is back with a wide variety of virtual guests covering the world of novels, screenwriting, illustration, broadcasting, filmmaking, poetry, fiction, storytelling and more.
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Both Alice and Laurel fly off the back end of the stage ramps looking at each other. Alice is a multiracial Black woman with short curly hair and coffee-colored skin; Laurel is a white dancer with pale skin and cropped blonde hair. They wear shimmery cost

Kinetic Light to bring ramps as dance partners to Tyler Hall

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Kinetic Light, an internationally known disability arts ensemble, will be bringing their talents to SUNY Oswego for a series of lectures and workshops with a final performance at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.
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SUNY Oswego faculty member Juliet Giglio and her husband Keith, a Syracuse University faculty member, teamed up to write a new novel, "The Summer of Christmas"; here they participate in a book signing

Faculty member’s debut novel explores ‘The Summer of Christmas’

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In writing a new novel, “The Summer of Christmas,” English and creative writing faculty member Juliet Giglio said the accomplishment was a learning experience that will help her students as well.
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"Screen Test," one of many mixed-media pieces created by the late art professor emeritus Al Bremmer, is among the work on display for a retrospective exhibition opening Sept. 9 in SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery.

Retrospective work of late art faculty member to open Tyler Art Gallery season

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“Al Bremmer: A Retrospective,” featuring work from the late SUNY Oswego art professor emeritus, will start the season for the college’s Tyler Art Gallery.
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The Subnivean student-run literary magazine was well-represented during a panel at a large conference in Philadelphia; from left are alumni Pamela Toussaint and Shannon Sutorius; current student Edward Sourby; and faculty member Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

Student-run Subnivean literary magazine earns spotlight in national conference

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Subnivean, SUNY Oswego’s student-run literary magazine with an international reach, recently earned a spotlight on the huge stage of a conference for writers and college writing programs.
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Rochelle Burke congratulated by librarians for award

Penfield Library presents Outstanding Student Employee award

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Rochelle Burke, a Penfield Library Peer Reference Assistant (PRA), has earned SUNY Oswego’s 2022 Northern New York Library Network Outstanding Student Employee award,
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'The Wedding Singer' brings musical romantic comedy to stage

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Performers in "The Wedding Singer" -- which runs April 20 to 24 and marks the return of musicals to the SUNY Oswego stage -- share their excitement about the romantic comedy.
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Terell Stafford plays a trumpet in concert

Trumpeter Terell Stafford to wrap Oswego’s Ke-Nekt season

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The acclaimed jazz trumpeter Terell Stafford and the Oswego Jazz Project will perform at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom to wrap up this season of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Rachel Leotta, at left, and Brock Whaley, at right playing a bass, are among the ensemble cast of The Wedding Singer

Musical theatre – and the 1980s – return this week with ‘Wedding Singer’

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Ahead of the show’s premiere on Wednesday, the cast and crew of “The Wedding Singer” are working hard to make SUNY Oswego’s first live musical in over two years a success.
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The cast of The Wedding Singer hams it up for a promotional photo

‘Wedding Singer’ marks return of live musicals to SUNY Oswego theatre

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As SUNY Oswego’s theatre students prepare for their next show, “The Wedding Singer,” they also gear up to perform a musical to a live audience for the first time since the fall 2019.
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U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera is a judge for the Subnivean Awards

Subnivean Awards event April 13 to feature star judges, writing finalists

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Daniel "Lemony Snicket" Handler and U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera will appear as judges in a live Subnivean virtual soiree that will celebrate for the finalists for the student-run publication’s writing award at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13,...
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Mutlimedia performer Anna Oxygen works with eye tracking software in building a 3D creation

Anna Oxygen to present multimedia, multisensory performance April 13

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Visiting artist Anna Oxygen will collaborate with SUNY Oswego music faculty member Paul Leary for a multimedia and multisensory performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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The Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) is a collective of more than 60 women and non-binary singers who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices.

Resistance Revival Chorus to perform April 8

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The Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) will bring a message of inclusion, empowerment and joy to a 7 p.m. concert on Friday, April 8, in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Alexander Griffin plays a man confounded and confronted by the black bar around the screen in Frame Fumble

Oswego to host virtual SUNYWide Film Festival April 7 to 10

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Students from all over New York will show off their skills in the upcoming SUNYWide Film Festival, hosted virtually by SUNY Oswego from April 7 to April 10.
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Image that shows four quadrants of tongues tied in knots in multiple colors

Inaugural Oswego Design Club exhibition running through this week

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Oswego Design Club is hosting its first spring exhibition through this week in Tyler Hall’s corner gallery –- the first of what they hope will be many opportunities for SUNY Oswego’s students to show off their artistic chops in a...
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SUNY Oswego student Rickey Strachan wit his recent publication, a book of poetry titled “Things Cupid Whispered”

Student poet Rickey Strachan publishes second book

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Valentine’s Day has become a special holiday for SUNY Oswego student Rickey Strachan, as for the second year in a row he published a brand new book of poetry, this one titled “What I Did With Those Words.”
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Cirque Kalabante performers stage an amazing acrobatic feat of a man doing a handstand atop a human pyramid

Cirque Kalabanté to present African-influenced performance on March 25

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This month, Cirque Kalabanté will host an electrifying and African-influenced dance performance for SUNY Oswego on Friday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Waterman Theater at Tyler Hall.
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Laura Donnelly reads her poem Inheritance on WPBS TV

Laura Donnelly reads poetry on public television

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Award-winning poety and English and creative writing faculty member Laura Donnelly recently had the opportunity to read her poem "Inheritance" as part of a series on the work of local artists and creators on public broadcasting station WPBS-TV.
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Four theatre students rehearse in two rows having two conversations

‘Close-knit’ cast, crew carry student theatre production into weekend

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While the SUNY Oswego Blackfriars current student production is titled “A Play Where Nothing Happens,” that certainly is not true for the student cast and crew working diligently behind the scenes to put together a great show.
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Behind the Scenes: “A Play Where Nothing Happens”

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Digital storytelling intern Emma Colling goes behind the scenes for the Blackfriars student production of "A Play Where Nothing Happens," which runs Feb. 24 to 27 in Tyler Hall's lab theatre.
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Wall map of a previous Alberto Rey exhibition connecting to waterways

‘Biological Regionalism’ exhibition, programs to highlight importance of local waterways

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“Alberto Rey: Biological Regionalism: Oswego River and Lake Ontario” – an exploration of the history and the present condition of these waterways by the noted artist – will culminate in an exhibition opening March 4 in SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art...
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Four theatre students rehearse in two rows having two conversations

Upcoming student production to feature 'beautiful little moments'

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SUNY Oswego’s Blackfriars student production this semester will touch on topics familiar to much of its audience, as the intimate “A Play Where Nothing Happens” dives into the life of a recent high school graduate and her best friend struggling...
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Several SUNY Oswego students recently earned awards in the annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

11 Oswego students earn awards at theatre festival

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A talented crew of 11 SUNY Oswego theatre students shared in a total of six awards earlier this year in the annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 2 Conference.
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A dancer soars with a lighted backdrop in a Red Sky Performance piece

Artswego funding available for 2022-23 academic year

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Applications are open for Artswego funding opportunities to support activities in the 2022-23 calendar year, with a March 21 submission deadline.
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Black and white photo titled Drowning by Liam Morgenstern shows a blurred figure on a white background

59th annual Juried Student Exhibition to open Friday

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A longtime traditional showcase of student creativity, SUNY Oswego's 59th annual Juried Student Exhibition will open Friday, Feb. 4, in Tyler Art Gallery.
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A multicolor community-created quilt that uses birds as a metaphor for the Black experience in America

‘... While Black’ exhibition in Tyler deeply explores experiences

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The work of SUNY Oswego’s fall 2021 artist-in-residence Ellen M. Blalock deeply explores the experience of living “. . . While Black” in the Tyler Hall Corner Gallery, room 208.
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Steven M. Smith, Writing Center Director and SUNY Oswego Alumni, recently debuted his first poetry collection titled Strongman Contest

SUNY Oswego Writing Center director debuts poetry collection

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Steven M. Smith, director of SUNY Oswego’s Writing Center and a SUNY Oswego alumnus, recently published his debut poetry book titled “Strongman Contest.”
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Faculty member Soma Mei Sheng Frazier works with students in her Creative Writing 313 class, which is part of the Subnivean literary magazine project.

Student-run literary magazine Subnivean earns national recognition, makes global connections

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Fresh off a nomination for a 2021 Firecracker Award for Best Debut Magazine, SUNY Oswego’s student-run publication Subnivean has big plans as it continues to digitally accept prose and poetry from all over the world.
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Theatre faculty member Toby Malone has co-authored a new book for those bringing plays to stages anywhere, titled Cutting Plays

Theatre faculty member publishes book on 'Cutting Plays'

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SUNY Oswego theatre faculty member Toby Malone has co-authored a book on adapting pieces to the stage available starting today (Dec. 10).
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Cover for Heaven Santiago's book Hectic Holidays resembles a shiny gift with a ribbon on it

Student’s new poetry book explores ‘Hectic Holidays’

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SUNY Oswego student author Heaven Santiago has published a poetry book with a different take on the season titled “Hectic Holidays.”
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Faculty member Juliet Giglio and her husband Keith co-wrote Christmas in Tune, a Lifetime movie starring Reba McEntire and John Schneider

Professor’s latest Lifetime holiday movie partners with Reba McEntire

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This year’s Lifetime holiday movie written by SUNY Oswego creative writing faculty member Juliet Giglio and her husband Keith is “Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune,” premiering at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 26.
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Electronic music group Ensemble Decipher performing

Ensemble Decipher to present new student and faculty compositions on Nov. 11

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The collaboration of SUNY Oswego faculty member Paul Leary and three Oswego students with experimental music group Ensemble Decipher will result in the debut of their new compositions in an admission-free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in Room...
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Photo of the Mambo Kings quartet, who play Latin jazz

Mambo Kings to play Latin jazz at SUNY Oswego on Nov. 12

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The sounds of the Mambo Kings will continue SUNY Oswego’s Artswego Performing Arts Series with a 7 p.m. concert on Friday, Nov. 12, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Production image for Elsewhere showing a lone figure in front of a dark window and with a full moon

'Elsewhere' performer draws from experience for theatre production

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In the lead role of Celia in SUNY Oswego's current production of "Elsewhere," Katy Hartzell draws from personal experience.
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Production image for Elsewhere showing a lone figure in front of a dark window and with a full moon

'Elsewhere' to mark student productions returning to Waterman Theatre

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SUNY Oswego’s theatre department will present its first live in-person play since the pandemic -- with some thematic parallels -- in “Elsewhere,” running Oct. 20 to 24 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Nick Ziobro and Julia Goodwin performing favorite traditional American songs

'Nick and Julia: The Start of Something Big' features American favorites

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SUNY Oswego's first Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series concert of the season will feature two rising stars as "Nick and Julia: The Start of Something Big" offers favorites from the Great American Songbook at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.13 in the Sheldon...
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Artwork by Luanne Redeye showing a woman reading Sheep in a Jeep to a child

'Native New York' exhibition to open Tyler Art Gallery season

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"Native New York,” featuring 50 contemporary artworks by Haudenosaunee artists from the Six Nations in what is now New York, will open the season on Oct. 8 for SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery.
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Heaven Santiago with her book of poetry, Go To Hell, Heaven

Student’s published book of poetry tells stories of struggle, resilience

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SUNY Oswego student Heaven Santiago’s first book of poetry, “Go to Hell, Heaven,” presents a journey through a lot of troubled times but ultimately tells a tale of resiliency.
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Claudia D. Hernandez, author of Oswego Reading Initiative Selection, Knitting the Fog

Oswego Reading Initiative author to speak on campus Sept. 27

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SUNY Oswego’s Oswego Reading Initiative will bring Claudia D. Hernandez, the author of its 2021 selection “Knitting the Fog,” to campus for a live talk and Q&A starting at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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A dancer soars with a lighted backdrop in a Red Sky Performance piece

Red Sky Performance to present ‘Trace’ at SUNY Oswego on Sept. 21

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Canadian Indigenous dance troupe Red Sky Performance will present their most recent award-winning work “Trace” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre on the SUNY Oswego campus.
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Three projected faces appear on trees in a previous installation of Craig Walsh's Monuments

'Monuments' art project to honor three local heroes; extended to Oct. 14

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SUNY Oswego’s Artswego program, teaming up with internationally acclaimed artist Craig Walsh, will showcase a unique way to honor a trio of Oswego County’s unsung heroes: Jiancheng Huang, Kathryn Pagliaroli and Paul Stewart.
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Artwork from two Oswego students -- Reflections on the left, Lanterns on the right -- that are part of SUNY Pride exhibition

Two Oswego students' work featured in SUNY Pride exhibition

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Two Oswego art students, Malia Minckler and Caryn Nabrizny, have pieces in SUNY’s “Pride in Bloom” exhibition that opened over the summer and will remain on display in the first floor gallery of the H. Carl McCall SUNY Building in...
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Ellen Blalock is the college's Artist in Residence

Meet and greet session set Aug. 31 with Artist in Residence Ellen Blalock

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Members of the campus community are invited to meet and welcome the college’s inaugural Artist in Residence Ellen Blalock in an informal event from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, in the Tyler Hall lobby.
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Project visual art of three faces by Craig Walsh at a previous installation in Australia

Nominations open to recognize local unsung heroes

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Artswego at SUNY Oswego is undertaking a new project during the fall 2021 semester which will recognize, celebrate and encourage those who are making a difference in the Oswego County community.
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Collaboration produces sweet music for college choirs

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Collaboration between the college’s music and communication studies departments meant that the show could go on, as the Men’s Choir and Women’s Choir lifted their voices for a live concert and documentary now available for viewing.
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Sonya Williams, assistant concertmaster of Symphoria, is part of the Salt City String Quartet performing in the Ke-nekt' Chamber Music Series

Salt City String Quartet to wrap Ke-nekt' season on April 28

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Top musicians from Central New York's Symphoria Orchestra will wrap SUNY Oswego’s Ke-nekt’ Chamber Music Series when the Salt City String Quartet plays a free virtual concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 28.
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Bailey Maier photo of a baby bird from exhibition in Penfield Library

'Stopping Time' student photography exhibition showing in Penfield Library

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"Stopping Time: A Photographic Collection of Moments in Nature," a photography show by senior studio art major Bailey Maier is now on display on the third floor of Penfield Library.
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Arisa White is among an all-star panel of judges and writers discussion as part of the first-ever Subnivean Awards

Subnivean Awards to feature all-star writers’ discussion, finalists' readings

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“Lemony Snicket” author Daniel Handler, April Sinclair (whose book, "Coffee Will Make You Black," is about to become a major motion picture) and luminary poet Arisa White will share their knowledge and insights in conversation, hosted by and for SUNY...
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Alaina Herman, a sophomore theatre technology major, controlling the stage lighting during a test run of Going Mad in Wonderland

Technical theatre students present 'Going Mad in Wonderland' during Quest

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SUNY Oswego technical theater students show off their skills in an actor free musical lightshow piece during Quest that alludes to the theme of “Alice in Wonderland.”
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Outburst, an abstract painting by Shea McCarthy

‘Abstractions’ exhibition spans 70 years, including recent student work

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Opening April 9, "Abstraction from the Permanent Collection" will fill Tyler Art Gallery with works spanning 70 years, right up to three current SUNY Oswego art students.
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Three members of the Sultans of Swing musical ensemble walk across a colorful landscape holding instruments

Acclaimed Sultans of String to play live virtual show

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Internationally acclaimed ensemble Sultans of String and special guests will perform a live virtual concert for SUNY Oswego’s Artswego program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 13.
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Character in virtual production of Dog Sees God gathered in a Zoom room with custom backgrounds

Student production ‘Dog Sees God’ navigates new conditions

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Producing a play is not easy -- not for professionals, nor for busy college students and definitely not since the pandemic began. Yet the cast and crew of SUNY Oswego’s Blackfriars Student Production of “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a...
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Andrea Cheeseman will present a unique pairing of clarinet compositions with electronics in a free live virtual concert

Free virtual concert to intertwine music of clarinet, electronics

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Andrea Cheeseman will present a unique pairing of clarinet compositions with electronics in a free live virtual concert at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, as part of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-nekt’ Chamber Music Series.
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Giovanni Ayala-Martinez directs Dog Sees God, SUNY Oswego's Blackfriars Student Production

Student production of ‘Dog Sees God’ probes identities

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The new SUNY Oswego Blackfriars student production, “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” envisions that the gang from “Peanuts” has grown up -- and just like growing up in real life, it isn’t always pretty.
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SUNY Oswego student Rickey Strachan wit his recent publication, a book of poetry titled “Things Cupid Whispered”

Oswego student publishes book of poems looking at love

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For SUNY Oswego student Rickey Strachan, his recent publication of a book of poetry titled “Things Cupid Whispered” was a labor of love -- in more ways than one.
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Acclaimed trombonist Melissa Gardner

Oswego Jazz Project, CNY Jazz Central to collaborate for March 12 virtual concert

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The Oswego Jazz Project will join CNY Jazz Central artists to perform original compositions and jazz standards in a free virtual concert for SUNY Oswego at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 12.
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Blind, a painting by student Miranda Smith, shows a woman with a large easel in a room with paintings upon its walls

58th annual Juried Student Exhibition showcases top work

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A wide range of student artwork will star in SUNY Oswego's 58th annual Juried Student Exhibition, opening Feb. 19 in Tyler Art Gallery.
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Native American and African-American singer/songwriter Martha Redbone

Singer/songwriter Martha Redbone to perform Artswego concert March 2

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The Martha Redbone Roots Project featuring the Native American and African-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and educator will provide a live virtual concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in SUNY Oswego’s Artswego Performing Arts Series.
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Students preparing to film a scene from It's A Wonderful Life

Virtual staging of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ provides learning experiences

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Bringing a favorite holiday movie to the stage and filming it made “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” a learning opportunity for SUNY Oswego students. Five free virtual showings will unwrap Dec. 11 through 13.
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Theatre and broadcasting students work together to produce It's A Wonderful Life

Holiday favorite ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ comes together as virtual production

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A new take on a holiday classic will wrap SUNY Oswego’s fall theater season when “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” has five virtual performances Dec. 11 to 13.
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Virtual Choir returns with message of peace

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SUNY Oswego choir students continue to make music through their Virtual Choir directed by Mihoko Tsutsumi, this time with "Let There Be Peace On Earth."
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Students acting and filming cemetery storytelling

Cemetery history storytelling tour to appear virtually Nov. 27 to 29

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The annual Oswego Town Rural Cemetery: Ghost and History Storytelling Tour will appear virtually this year, with a total of five online showings from Nov. 27 to 29.
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Kamal Morales recently released a new EP, Cycles of Love

Kamal Morales’ new EP, musical drive fueled by faith, creativity

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For SUNY Oswego junior theatre major Kamal Morales -- who recently released his first EP, “Cycles of Love” as K The Vocalist -- artistry and performing comes naturally. His faith and creativity have fueled him throughout life, continuing through the...
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Jason Priestley and Melissa Joan Hart in promotional photo from Dear Christmas

Faculty member’s holiday film ‘Dear Christmas’ to debut on Lifetime Nov. 27

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SUNY Oswego creative writing faculty member Juliet Giglio and her husband Keith continued an annual holiday tradition of writing a Lifetime Network movie, with “Dear Christmas” debuting 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27.
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Tamar Greene, a SUNY Oswego alumnus who is part of the Hamilton cast on Broadway

'Hamilton' Broadway performer, Oswego alum to perform Dec. 2

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Artswego and the Ke-nekt' Chamber Music Series will present SUNY Oswego alumnus and Broadway performer Tamar Greene, in a special live virtual concert titled “What is a Legacy” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2.
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Paul Leary is an acclaimed composer of classical as well as electronic music

Music faculty member to perform in Nov. 6 virtual music festival

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Paul Leary of Oswego’s music faculty will livestream a performance as part of Electroacoustic Barn Dance, a virtual music festival on Friday, Nov. 6.
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Grammy-winning Native American performer Joanne Shenandoah

Grammy-winning Joanne Shenandoah to help open Global Awareness Conference

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Grammy Award-winning musical artist Joanne Shenandoah will perform Nov. 6 as part of the Global Awareness Conference opening ceremonies, which begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6.
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Black Violin merges classical with hip hop music

Classical-meets-hip-hop duo Black Violin returns via live virtual Nov. 12 concert

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The popular classical-meets-hip-hop duo Black Violin will return to the college’s Artswego Performing Arts Series via a live virtual concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.
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Virtual Choir hits right notes through planning, skills

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The SUNY Oswego Virtual Choir’s performance of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” hit a positive chord in earning thousands of plays online when it was released last week. But how did it come together?
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Flora and Fauna is a series of digital photographs of nature by Kelly Roe

Oswego Art Faculty Exhibition runs through Nov. 20

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The Oswego Art Faculty Exhibition, now virtual and running through Nov. 20, showcases the range of skills and creativity of art faculty members.
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Midwest Gothic, a new award-winning book from English and creative writing faculty member Laura Donnelly, brings together a collection of poems on the themes of family, memory, history and a sense of place.

Faculty member publishes award-winning poetry collection 'Midwest Gothic'

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“Midwest Gothic,” a new award-winning book from English and creative writing faculty member Laura Donnelly, brings together a collection of poems on the themes of family, memory, history and a sense of place.
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Finger Lakes Trio plays classical music

Finger Lakes Trio to perform classical virtual concert Nov. 4

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The Finger Lakes Trio will perform a range of classical music in a free live virtual concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, as part of the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Grammy-winning Native American performer Joanne Shenandoah

Global Awareness Conference to focus on First Nations

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SUNY Oswego’s Global Awareness Conference will go virtual this year for the first time, with a theme of “The Year of First Nations” on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7.
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Rehearsal image of The Misanthrope via Zoom

Virtual production of ‘The Misanthrope’ connects 17th century with today

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While the SUNY Oswego production of Moliere’s “The Misanthrope” will translate a 17th century play into a virtual environment, viewers might see a lot of connections with the story.
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Cast and crew discussing In The Cotton

‘In the Cotton’ production uses innovative techniques to tackle serious topic

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“In the Cotton,” which opens the SUNY Oswego theatre department season by tackling the serious topic of racism, has required innovative teamwork to be ready for its virtual run Sept. 25 to 27.
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Rachel Leotta performs on campus production of Fun Home

Oswego student earns opportunity to duet with Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez

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SUNY Oswego senior theatre major Rachel Leotta will be featured in a duet with Broadway star and recording artist Mandy Gonzalez as part of a free online concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29.
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Broadway star, recording artist Mandy Gonzalez

Broadway star, recording artist Mandy Gonzalez to open Artswego season virtually

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A Sept. 29 live, free virtual concert and Q&A with Mandy Gonzalez -- star of “Hamilton,” “In The Heights” and “Wicked” on Broadway -- will open SUNY Oswego’s Artswego Performing Arts season.
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Print of two actors in a scene from Moliere's The Misanthrope

Online auditions scheduled for upcoming theatre productions

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The college theatre department will host Zoom rehearsals for three upcoming productions on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 2 and 3, via Zoom.
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Alex Katz painted self-portrait

‘Behind the Mask’ portrait series to open Tyler Art Gallery season

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“Behind the Mask: Portraiture from the Permanent Collection,” which begins its run today in Tyler Art Gallery, portrays a variety of faces in works from the college’s art collection ranging from the 17th to 21st century.
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Notes from Home: Senior Nicky Radford #OzGrad2020

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Senior music major Nicky Radford, who has a new recording out, has been a valuable member of Oswego’s vibrant musical family and a leader for campus inclusion.
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Notes From Home: Interview with a professor -- Paul Leary

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Music faculty member Paul Leary discusses how he stays in tune with his students and creativity. Close connections and technology keep them in #TogetherOz harmony.
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Juliet Forshaw and Michael Judge of Avalon

Music faculty member’s band Avalon produces new record

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The group Avalon -- consisting of SUNY Oswego music faculty member Juliet Forshaw and Michael Judge -- has a new album that dovetails with their mission of building community.
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Finger Lakes Trio plays classical music

Finger Lakes Trio to perform classical set March 11

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The Finger Lakes Trio will perform a range of classical music at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Orchestra performs at previous Collage concert

‘Collage’ concert March 6 to support SUNY Oswego music scholarships

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SUNY Oswego’s annual “Collage” concert, supporting music department scholarships, will feature a range of student and faculty performers starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Four members of Blue Jupiter a cappella act

Blue Jupiter’s “Twisted Broadway” to bring a cappella to campus

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Blue Jupiter, an internationally acclaimed a cappella group featuring former SUNY Oswego student Diana Preisler, will perform a concert of Broadway tunes at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Benjamin Entner sculpture of a head resembling ruins of Greco-Roman sculpture

Sculpture series to open Feb. 28 in Tyler Art Gallery

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“Mortals and Gods,” featuring the sculpture work of SUNY Oswego art faculty Benjamin Entner, will open Feb. 28 in the college’s Tyler Art Gallery.
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Cast and crew doing a pre-production group reading

'Kill Shakespeare' production to make popular comic series come alive

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A popular comic book series culminating in an epic battle between a famous playwright’s good and evil characters will play out on stage when SUNY Oswego hosts “Kill Shakespeare: The Live Graphic Novel,” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20,...
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Soft Edge, a sketch by Suzanne Gaffney Beason

Accomplished SUNY Oswego alumna to exhibit newest work

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SUNY Oswego alumna Suzanne Gaffney Beason -- a prolific comic-book designer before returning to the campus, where she now works -- will showcase her latest work in “The Figure and The Cocktail Era, Yesterday and Today,” opening Feb. 13 at...
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Dancers soar in the air as groups of fellow troupe member wait to catch them

Feb. 12 Artswego performance to feature ‘mesmerizing’ dance troupe

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The energetic and expert dancing of Cie Hervé Koubi will continue the season for SUNY Oswego’s Artswego series with a production of “What the Day Owes to the Night” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman...
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Tenor Hugo Vera

Tenor Hugo Vera to continue college’s Ke-Nekt series on Feb. 7

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Hugo Vera, an in-demand tenor on the Metropolitan Opera roster, will perform a program titled “What About Love?” at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, in SUNY Oswego’s Sheldon Hall ballroom, as part of the college’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Portrait of a woman

BFA exhibition and ‘Closure’ to open Dec. 3

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The Fall Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition and Kristy Hoover’s Master of Arts Exhibition, titled “Closure,” will both open Dec. 3 in SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Hall.
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Robert Auler stands at a piano

Pianist Robert Auler to perform classical concert Nov. 24

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International-award-winning pianist Robert Auler, professor and chair of music at SUNY Oswego, will present a Focus on Faculty concert of classical works at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the college’s Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Students participating in Inktober exhibition in 208 Tyler Hall

'Inktober' exhibition to showcase illustration students

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An "Inktober" exhibition, featuring work by illustration students, runs Nov. 11 to 20 in Tyler Hall's Corner Gallery, 208 Tyler Hall.
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Production image for Dead Man's Cell Phone with actors in River's End Bookstore

Student honors production to present absurdist comedy ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’

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An absurdist adventure featuring a woman trying to solve the mystery of a recently deceased man unfolds in the SUNY Oswego honors theatre production “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” opening Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Tyler Hall lab theatre.
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Jenilee Ward photograph of shadows of trees in a forest

Alumna artist’s nature photography to open Nov. 22 at Oswego State Downtown

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Jenilee Ward, who earned her master’s degree in graphic design and bachelor of fine arts from SUNY Oswego and now is the digital technician for college’s art department, will showcase her nature photography in the next exhibition in Oswego State...
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Michael James Olson will present an eclectic, inventive program blending electronic music with live instruments

Nov. 6 Ke-Nekt concert to feature musician's eclectic, electronic influences

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Michael James Olson will present an eclectic, inventive program blending electronic music with live instruments in the next installment of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Juliet Giglio, her husband Keith and star Melissa Joan Hart on set of their Hallmark movie Christmas Reservations

Faculty member’s screenplay ‘Christmas Reservations’ to debut on Lifetime Nov. 2

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A holiday movie co-written by Juliet Giglio of SUNY Oswego’s creative writing faculty, “Christmas Reservations,” will debut at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, on the Lifetime network.
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Young lovers meet in this production photo from The Fantasticks

‘The Fantasticks’ offers tale of forbidden love -- with a twist

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“The Fantasticks,” a story about forbidden lovers, incorporating a range of emotions and unexpected twists and turns, will open the SUNY Oswego theatre in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre.
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Pianist and composer David Cook

Accomplished pianist, composer to open Ke-Nekt season

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David Cook, an accomplished pianist, composer and musical director, will open the season for SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series by teaming up with the college’s Oswego Jazz Project (OJP) for a 7:30 p.m. concert Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the...
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Photo of Marie Lorenz rowing a boat in New York City harbor

Artist’s explorations of waterways to open Oct. 18 in Tyler Art Gallery

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Marie Lorenz’s “Travels, 2010-2019,” a multimedia exhibition exploring waterways, will open Friday, Oct. 18, in SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery. An opening reception with the artist in attendance, free and open to the public, will take place from 5 to 7...
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Rehearsal image of performers trying to discern the future via a crystal ball

Enduring musical ‘The Fantasticks’ to open theatre season

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A story about forbidden lovers, with plot twists and turns, will open the theatre season at SUNY Oswego when “The Fantasticks” opens Oct. 17 in Waterman Theatre.
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Ron Throop with a painting on Roy Lichtenstein's time in Oswego

Exhibition envisions pop art pioneer Roy Lichtenstein's time in Oswego

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A groundbreaking pop art pioneer's days as an Oswego faculty member get an imaginative treatment in "Roy Lichtenstein in Oswego 1957-1960," an exhibition by local painter and writer Ron Throop running Oct. 12 to Nov. 17 in the Wilber and...
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Air flow, music, sound effects and performance art constitute the Squonk Opera staging of Pneumatica

Squonk Opera to present free ‘Pneumatica’ performance

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Squonk Opera will bring “Pneumatica,” a free show that uses air flow to produce music and art, to the SUNY Oswego campus Oct. 4 and 5.
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Michaela Buckley and Sean Ryan's new play takes place in an elevator

2 theatre students presenting original play at Rochester Fringe Festival

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SUNY Oswego senior theatre majors Michaela Buckley and Sean Ryan will perform a play they wrote, "Between Fourth and Fifth" to the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival with performances on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20 and 21.
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Drummer Mark Lomax playing

Mark Lomax Quartet to stage '400: An Afrikan Epic' at SUNY Oswego

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The Mark Lomax Quartet will explore past, present and future when they perform “400: An Afrikan Epic” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Cala Glatz creates paintings and mixed media

Alumna artist to explore ‘Shape of Things’ at Oswego State Downtown

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Three-time SUNY Oswego graduate Cala Glatz will convey “The Shape of Things” through her mixed media creations in an exhibition that opens Friday, Sept. 20, in Oswego State Downtown.
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Robert Mirabal is a Native American singer, songwriter, poet and screenwriter

Living Writers Series brings variety of creators to campus

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This fall’s Living Writers Series at SUNY Oswego will feature speakers who craft poetry, novels, graphic novels, short stories, songs, plays and screenplays -- and even exposed the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
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ETHEL and Robert Mirabal will present their collaborate musical work The River

String quartet, Grammy-winning Native American musician to present ‘The River’

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The ETHEL string quartet and Robert Mirabal, a Native American musician, instrument builder and Grammy award winner, will present “The River” to open the 2019-20 SUNY Oswego Artswego performing arts series at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman...
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Painting by James Gale Tyler of a three-masted ship

Tyler Art Gallery to feature water-themed works of namesake painter, two emeriti faculty

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A themed collection of work from James Gale Tyler, namesake of SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Hall and Tyler Art Gallery, plus emeriti art professors Paul Garland and Sewall Oertling, will open the college’s Tyler Art Gallery fall season in “Water: Swift,...
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Cie Herve KOUBI, shown with two of its members soaring above the stage, is a high-energy 13-man dance troupe from Algeria and Burkina Faso will perform in February

Artswego season to serve up music, dance, science, more

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This year’s Artswego performing arts season at SUNY Oswego will feature a variety of music plus dance, family-friendly science and more.
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Ahmed Albajari, at podium, was selected to speak on behalf of all scholarship students at the annual SUNY Oswego Scholars Breakfast

Finance major Ahmed Albajari named 2019 Outstanding Senior

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For academic distinction and leadership activities outside the classroom, SUNY Oswego May graduate Ahmed Albajari earned the Oswego Alumni Association’s 2019 Outstanding Senior Award.
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Students and a senior citizen with items from Recollections art exhibition

'Recollections' exhibition portrays mementos as sparks for cherished stories

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Randy Bowling treasures a ceramic bull, recalling his youthful days riding a Brahman bull named "Jack." His story is one of many highlighted in a traveling SUNY Oswego art exhibition, "Recollections: Storytelling Through Mementos," on display for the next month...
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Oswego Festival Chorus performs in St. Mary's Church

Oswego Festival Chorus to offer free performance of Mozart's 'Requiem'

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SUNY Oswego and community choral singers will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Requiem” in a free concert, open to the public at Saturday's spring appearance of the Oswego Festival Chorus.
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Art student Julie Farquhar poses with pieces from her portfolio

Exhibitions to display artwork of 23 BFA degree candidates

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The portfolio work of 23 SUNY Oswego bachelor of fine arts degree candidates will greet visitors to Tyler Art Gallery for two spring BFA exhibitions.
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Yarbrielle Ingram shows artwork inspired by fantasy-inspired characters

Illustration-rich artwork to fill new gallery for graduate exhibitions

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Graduate students Asli Kinsizer and Yarbrielle Ingram soon will display portfolio work created during their graphic design studies at SUNY Oswego --- from Kinsizer's women of historical stature to Ingram's fantastical illustrations from reimagined fairytales -- in their spring Master...
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Cast photo of actors playing children filming a funeral home ad

Trio of Alisons tries to comprehend relationship with father in 'Fun Home'

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It takes three Alisons to interrogate a lifetime of memories of one brilliant, complex, self-destructive, but ultimately loving father in the SUNY Oswego theatre and music departments' soon-to-open spring musical, "Fun Home."
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Production image for Fun Home of actors portraying children playing in a funeral home

Tragedy, comedy arise in ‘Fun Home’ as author explores tangle of memories

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SUNY Oswego’s spring musical, "Fun Home," is a memory play that director and theatre faculty member Jonel Langenfeld likens to a snow globe -- one that allows the main character to observe from outside the good, the bad and the...
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Musical trio performs in concert

Focus on Faculty concert to feature Avalon duo plus alumnus

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Juliet Forshaw, a member of the SUNY Oswego music faculty, will appear in concert Sunday, April 14, with duo partner Michael Judge and bassist and 2012 Oswego alumnus Taylor Ricks to perform "Living on Faith" and other original songs of...
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Asli Kinsizer with her mandala model

Student's community mandala invites public participation

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Asli Kinsizer first made a trip from her native Turkey to SUNY Oswego as a mentor to high school students competing in the GENIUS Olympiad. Less than four years later, she is a graduate student at the college, considers Oswego...
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Monks work on creating mandala, beautiful sand art

Monks to create mandala during weeklong 'Mystical Arts of Tibet'

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World-touring monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will promote peace and spiritual healing April 8 to 12 as they demonstrate "The Mystical Arts of Tibet," performing colorful and musical rituals around their construction of a mandala in the main lobby...
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Music faculty member Paul Leary with instrument that combines flute with bicycle wheels

Recital to feature electronic music, guests, inventions

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SUNY Oswego faculty member Paul Leary, who specializes in music technology, composition and flute, will offer a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 31, in Tyler Hall's Room 11, featuring two students, his wife, one or more of his electronic...
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Colorful detail of an acrylic painting

Exhibition to feature artwork of acrylics painter Wendy Stein

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A free, public reception Thursday, April 4, will kick off a exhibition at SUNY Oswego in Syracuse titled "Somewhere Else: Paintings by Wendy Stein" and showcasing the abstract stylings of the artist's acrylic paintings through a lens of playful and...
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Masayo Ishigure plays a traditional Japanese horizontal harp or zither known as the koto

Koto virtuoso Masayo Ishigure to perform March 27

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A master of the traditional Japanese horizontal harp or zither, the koto, Masayo Ishigure will bring to SUNY Oswego the talent that led to her playing on a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack by famed composer John Williams.
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A colorful abstract-looking photo titled Fire and Water

Oswego State Downtown to display Galins' photographic artistry

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Chris and Arnold Galin aim to catch the eye of visitors to Oswego State Downtown with photography that captures "nature in motion" during an exhibition taking place from March 29 through May 3 as part of SUNY Oswego's Downtown Artist...
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The late Richard Zakin, a longtime art professor and noted ceramicist

'A Tribute to Richard Zakin,' noted ceramist, to join with Faculty Art Exhibition

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SUNY Oswego's annual Faculty Art Exhibition, opening Friday, March 8, will remember Richard Zakin, the late emeritus professor of art, with a display of his beautifully fashioned works -- from sculptures to ceramics, digital to hand-sketched pieces -- that helped...
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Five cast members of The Good Doctor in 19th century costumes

Student honors play 'The Good Doctor' to portray absurdity, surprises in life

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Combine classic tales by famed Russian writer Anton Chekhov with the wit and whimsy of Neil Simon, the author of many Broadway hits, and the result is "The Good Doctor," a series of 10 vignettes in one play, to take...
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Trevor Jorgensen plays saxophone

Bacchus Saxophone Quartet to offer wide-ranging performance

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The SUNY Oswego music department will present the Bacchus Saxophone Quartet -- performing a wide variety of styles appropriate for all ages and musical tastes -- at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Participants take part in reading onstage for Beyond Sacred performance

'Beyond Sacred' to explore experiences of Muslims, post-9/11

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SUNY Oswego will present "Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity," an interview-style production that illuminates the daily experiences of five young Muslim Americans who came of age in a post-9/11 society, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Sheldon Hall...
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JR Fralick will perform Russian arias, discuss musical history

Tenor to perform Russian arias, trace history in Ke-Nekt recital

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JR Fralick, a "vocally suave" and multifaceted solo tenor, will conduct a recital of powerful 19th century Russian arias at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Taylor 2 dancers strike a variety of outstretched poses

Taylor 2 Dance Company to offer athleticism, humor, emotion

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The legacy of pioneering choreographer Paul Taylor lives on in the Taylor 2 Dance Company, a troupe of six rising young dancers coming to SUNY Oswego's Waterman Theatre stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7.
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Multicolor painting that looks like sprigs of plants against green background

Artist Kim Kittleson to display work at Oswego State Downtown

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An art exhibition titled "Memory. Home. Tradition. Work by Kim Kittleson" will open with a free public reception for the artist from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Oswego State Downtown.
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Face of Oswego student as painted portrait

Juried Student Exhibition to display works from across campus

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SUNY Oswego will present its 56th annual Juried Student Exhibition from Feb. 1 to 24 in Tyler Art Gallery, a competition for all students in a wide variety of media.
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Paul Leary plays flute which becomes modified via computer

Composer to premiere his multimedia tribute to space missions

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*UPDATE (Jan. 19): Due to forecast winter storm, this performance has been postponed to a future date.* SUNY Oswego music faculty member Paul Leary has been finishing a composition that meshes music and science, computer programming and artistic skills --...
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Festival Chorus performs at St. Mary's church

Festival Chorus holiday concert to feature college, high school choirs

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Choral singers from SUNY Oswego and area high schools will offer Mendelssohn's "Magnificat" and other holiday music in a free Oswego Festival Chorus Holiday Concert.
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Dick Oatts playing the saxophone

Celebrated jazz saxophonist Dick Oatts to join faculty combo for Ke-Nekt concert

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Renowned alto saxophonist Dick Oatts will join the Oswego Jazz Project at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom concert for the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Performers preparing for staged reading of Western play

'Blanco Posnet' characters to re-create George Bernard Shaw play with 'voices alone'

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The SUNY Oswego theatre department will present a one-performance staged reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw’s “The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama.”
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Faculty member Juliet Giglio poses with co-writing husband and stars from A Very Nutty Christmas

Faculty member co-writes 'Nutty' holiday film to air on Lifetime

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SUNY Oswego faculty member Juliet Aires Giglio and her husband, Keith Giglio, teamed as screenwriters for the comedy romance "A Very Nutty Christmas," premiering at 8 p.m. Nov. 30 on the Lifetime network and starring Melissa Joan Hart and Barry...
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Black and white sketches of women's faces, somewhat obscured, by Marcela Hanford

Artist Marcela Hanford to display new figurative work in exhibition

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Artist Marcela Hanford will display her figurative ink drawings and paintings -- created by using "a gestural and urgent approach" -- in an exhibition Nov. 14 through Jan. 25 at SUNY Oswego’s campus in Syracuse.
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The meek Adam meets outgoing artist Evelyn in production image for The Shape of Things

'Shape of Things' to explore 'losing yourself' in intense relationships

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The SUNY Oswego theatre department next month will present playwright Neil LaBute's romantic drama "The Shape of Things," a "shocking" production that exposes four college students entangled in relationships to harsh life lessons about moral conflicts.
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Video preview: 'The Shape of Things' examines love, choices, identity

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The upcoming SUNY Oswego production "The Shape of Things," running Nov. 7 to 11 in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre. looks at love, choices and identity.
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Rehearsal image for The Shape of Things play

Off-stage team helps 'Shape' play into 'collaborative art form'

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As the SUNY Oswego theatre department approaches opening night Wednesday, Nov. 7, for Neil Labute's "The Shape of Things," the students on the production team help mold a play that emphasizes the power of manipulation in relationships.
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Students looking a bit spooky in the cemetery

Storytelling class to present 'A Night at Oswego Town Rural Cemetery' Oct. 26

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A SUNY Oswego storytelling class will bring the tales of local historical figures to life during "A Night at the Oswego Town Rural Cemetery" on Friday, Oct. 26.
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Painting showing a moon peeking over mountains

'Under the Moon' exhibition to feature artwork of storyteller Mary Pierce

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Mixed media and print artist Mary Pierce, a storyteller and cultural anthropologist, will display her latest work in an Oswego State Downtown exhibition running from Oct. 26 through Jan. 25.
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Vibrant colors decorate a building in Cuba

Photographer to showcase historic former 'company town' of Hershey, Cuba

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Photographer and SUNY Oswego art faculty member Julieve Jubin will display her work from Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuba -- formerly known as Hershey -- in an exhibition Oct. 26 through Nov. 18 at Tyler Art Gallery.
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Robert Auler at piano

Pianist, professor Robert Auler to perform favorites in Oct. 21 concert

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International concert pianist and SUNY Oswego music professor Robert Auler will present a concert of favorite works at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Musician Masayo Ishigur, virtuoso of the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument

Ke-Nekt chamber performance season to display global influences

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SUNY Oswego's signature chamber series, Ke-Nekt, will take audiences on a journey of music from around the world during the 2018-19 season's five performances.
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Symphoria orchestra in concert

Symphoria concert to celebrate women composers, suffrage movement

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Central New York regional orchestra Symphoria will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in SUNY Oswego's Waterman Theatre to showcase achievements of women composers as part of Symphoria’s celebration of women's suffrage.
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Coreyah performing in concert

Breaking musical barriers, Coreyah to perform Sept. 25

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The band Coreyah will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in Hewitt ballroom to showcase its "mesmerizing" twist on traditional Korean music with contemporary influences.
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Danny Ziemann on bass

Sept. 23 concert marks bassist's return to Oswego Jazz Project

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The Oswego Jazz Project, a combo of four professional musicians on SUNY Oswego's music faculty, will mark the return of accomplished bassist Danny Ziemann in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery work on sand art painting

Artswego season to feature 'strong diversity' of performances

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Artswego, the arts presentation arm of SUNY Oswego, will offer a wide-ranging feast during its 2018-19 Performing Artists Series.
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Small park under Route 81 bridge

Exhibition to document life on, under, around Route 81 in Syracuse

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Starting Sept. 7, SUNY Oswego in Syracuse will exhibit the work of nearly two dozen artists participating in the "Picture 81" project to document, artistically, the before, during and after of the end-of-life viaduct that bisects the city.
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Artistic rendering of the face of a lioness

Professor's 'Animalario' exhibition to focus on humanity's alter egos

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SUNY Oswego professor of art Juan Perdiguero will present his recent mixed-media work in "Animalario," the opening exhibition of Tyler Art Gallery's 2018-19 season starting Aug. 31 in Tyler Hall on the college's main campus.
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College students prep, hang variety of artwork by schoolchildren in gallery

My Hometown Project exhibition to showcase schoolchildren's work

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Now in its second year, the My Hometown Project at SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery continues to provide public space for artwork by students in the Oswego City School District.
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Tyler Hall rehearsal space viewed from above

Tyler Hall renovation featured in Architect Magazine

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The elegant, efficient and energizing renovation of Tyler Hall, SUNY Oswego's visual and performing arts building, recently earned recognition in Architecture Magazine.
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Corruption depicted in rehearsal image

Comic musical 'Urinetown' satirizes corrupt politicians, greed

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SUNY Oswego’s presentation of “Urinetown: The Musical” offers a satirical view on what many communities experience: official corruption, corporate greed and an ecological crisis.
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Ballet dancers rehearse

Ballet students to join College-Community Orchestra members in concert

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Members of SUNY Oswego's College-Community Orchestra will perform pieces by Bach, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn and Mozart in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Sheldon Hall ballroom, joined by students from the college's "Intermediate Ballet Technique" class and...
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Chelsea Jodway presents her charcoal drawing

BFA exhibitions feature work of 24 student artists

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The work of 24 SUNY Oswego bachelor of fine arts degree candidates will greet visitors to Tyler Art Gallery for two spring BFA exhibitions.
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Canfield twins and a piano

Canfield twins to perform faculty concert

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SUNY Oswego music faculty members, alumnae and twins Evangeline and Elizabeth Canfield will perform four-hand piano duets in a Focus on Faculty concert at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Students doing artwork and filmmaking

Intercultural student teams prepare films, artwork for April 17 gala

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SUNY Oswego faculty member Francisco Suárez says an intercultural student documentary project will dovetail with a Tuesday, April 17, presentation on campus by noted documentary filmmaker Rita Coburn.
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Oswego Jazz Project playing in downtown Oswego

Oswego Jazz Project, guest trumpeter to perform

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"An Afternoon with the Oswego Jazz Project" will feature the SUNY Oswego faculty combo with special guest trumpeter Tom Manuel at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Mustumi Tsuuzaki holding xylophone mallets

Xylophonist to bring passion, legendary instrument to concert

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The talents of a world-class musician will come together with a storied musical instrument when Mutsumi Tsuuzaki performs a concert titled "Recalling Xylophone Days: The Return of a Legendary Xylophone" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon...
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Michaela Buckley dancing while holding a plunger

'Urinetown' pair balances acting, dancing roles in college's spring musical

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Audiences can see the balancing act of SUNY Oswego student cast members Michaela Buckley and Shelby Gilbert -- balance acting and their roles as dance captains -- as the college presents "Urinetown: The Musical," opening at 2 p.m. Saturday, April...
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Ceramic turtle made by Jowonio schoolchild, part of exhibition

Work of artists-in-residence, Jowonio children featured

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Starting April 12, SUNY Oswego's Syracuse campus in the Atrium on Clinton Square will present group work guided by artists-in-residence working from 2002-12 with children at Jowonio, an inclusive Syracuse preschool.
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A bee approaches a flower

Garden's small world to open in James Kraus' photo exhibition

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An exhibition titled "Filtered Through the Garden: Photographs by James Kraus" will run March 30 through June 1 at Oswego State Downtown, SUNY Oswego's gallery and store at the corner of West First and Bridge streets in Oswego.
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Poet, memoirist and civil rights activist Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou documentary to screen in advance of filmmaker's Oswego visit

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A free screening of Rita Coburn's and Bob Hercules' award-winning feature documentary, "Maya Angelou and Still I Rise," will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in SUNY Oswego's Marano Campus Center auditorium.
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Master's students like Paul Farinelli will display artwork in exhibition

Graduate students to display artwork in thesis exhibition

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Graduate student Paul Farinelli credits his studies in graphic art and digital media -- and some crucial advice from a professor -- with helping him develop video game characters "with a mystique" for display March 23 to April 8 in...
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Christopher Spinelli, a very talented student pianist

Student pianist to perform with career musicians for 'Pocket Concertos'

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SUNY Oswego second-year music major Christopher Spinelli, who has been playing piano since age 3, will demonstrate his skills among professional musicians for "Pocket Concertos," a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Performer Sarah Kilborne

Performer to explore pre-WWII queer music in 'Lavender Blues'

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Author, performer and LGBT activist Sarah Kilborne will explore music ahead of its time almost a century ago in a Wednesday, March 7, performance of “The Lavender Blues: A Showcase of Queer Music Before World War II.”
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Student veteran Jessica Dorans

Penfield Library to showcase SUNY Oswego veterans' stories

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SUNY Oswego student veterans are at the forefront of a special collaborative project that will share their stories in an exhibition for the campus and community.
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Music students warm up for upcoming scholarship concert

'Collage' concert to offer variety, support scholarships

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SUNY Oswego faculty and student musicians will raise scholarship funds during the eclectic and fast-moving annual "Collage" concert, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
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Trevor Jorgensen plays saxophone

'Rhythmically exciting' offerings to enliven 'Timepieces' recital Feb. 25

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Accomplished concert instrumentalists Trevor Jorgensen on saxophone, oboe and clarinet and accompanist Robert Auler on piano will present a Focus on Faculty recital titled "Timepieces" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Members of New York Polyphony vocal quartet

Acclaimed vocalists New York Polyphony to blend ancient, modern in concert

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Twice Grammy-nominated in classical music categories and hailed for "superb musicianship and vocal allure," chamber ensemble New York Polyphony will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church as part of...
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Scott Joplin at the piano

Black History Month Recital set for Feb. 11

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SUNY Oswego's music department will celebrate the works of black composers at its Black History Month Recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, in Room 50 of Tyler Hall.
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Feathers of Fire promotional illustration showing two people, castle, gazebo and garden

Modern technology to make ancient tale come alive in 'Feathers of Fire'

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Hailed as "breathtaking" and "spellbinding," a unique production titled "Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic" will display for all ages an ancient storytelling form infused with cinematic and technical artistry in performances Tuesday, Jan. 23, at SUNY Oswego.
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Image of artwork depicting bare trees

Gallery to host 55th annual Juried Student Exhibition

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SUNY Oswego alumna and artist Lindsey Guile, a Dutchess Community College faculty member and gallery director, will serve as juror for Oswego's 55th annual Juried Student Exhibition, running Jan. 26 through Feb. 11 at Tyler Art Gallery.
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Ballet dancers rehearse

'Sleeping Beauty Waltz' to feature dancers, orchestra from college, community

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The College Community Orchestra, under the direction of SUNY Oswego music professor Dr. Juan F. La Manna, and dancers from the community and college will perform Tchaikovsky's famous "Sleeping Beauty Waltz" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, in Tyler Hall's...
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Student director of Dracula works with student actors

Student producer readies 'Dracula' for lab theatre

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SUNY Oswego theatre major Nova Grayson Casillo chose an ambitious senior honors thesis, a project with some serious bite: producing and designing the Steven Dietz adaptation of "Dracula."
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Sculptor of the head of artist's father

Student-curated Art Association exhibition focuses on '90s nostalgia

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Beanie Babies, Starter jackets, Nintendo 64 and the beeper all have one thing in common -- the 1990s. SUNY Oswego students plan to showcase their passion for the '90s in an exhibition called "'90s Nostalgia" at the Art Association of...
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Star Daniels applies moss to a sculpture

Exhibition to showcase work of 14 BFA degree candidates

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The Fall BFA Exhibition, featuring the best-of-portfolio work of 14 candidates for SUNY Oswego's bachelor of fine arts degree, will open with a free, public reception for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, in Tyler Art...
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Rehearsal scene of lover being held back by maid from man who is cheating on her

Staging of 'Boeing Boeing' allows student director to showcase talents

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For Megan Hickey the child, performing in church plays and participating in theatre clubs seemed like just a fun pastime. In the present, it has become one of the most important elements in the SUNY Oswego senior theatre major's life.
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Matt Wilson Quartet standing against a wall

Acclaimed jazz drummer Matt Wilson to lead quartet concert

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Globally accomplished jazz drummer Matt Wilson will bring his Matt Wilson Quartet to SUNY Oswego for a Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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'Boeing Boeing' to deliver absurd comedy, challenge stereotypes

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The 1960s was a time of revolutionary change, with challenges to social norms as society moved away from tradition. This fall's student honors production of the French farce "Boeing Boeing" at SUNY Oswego portrays this concept of change by challenging...
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Robert Auler at piano

Pianist Robert Auler to celebrate Chopin in concert

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SUNY Oswego music professor and concert pianist Robert Auler will headline a recital titled "Chopin Celebration" for the Focus on Faculty Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Jingyuan Duan works on her art via computer

3 master's students to hold exhibition in Tyler

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The fall master of art in studio arts exhibition will start Nov. 21 and continue Nov. 28 to Dec. 3 in Tyler Art Gallery, highlighting the portfolio work of three candidates for December graduation.
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Rehearsal scene of husband and wife celebrating purchasing a new home

'Clybourne Park' to take on race, gentrification with sharp script

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The SUNY Oswego theatre department's October production of "Clybourne Park," a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning play satirizing ingrained notions about race relations and gentrification, should cause audience members to recognize their shared humanity, the play's director says.
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Monica Haller works on the Veterans Book Project

'Veterans Book Project' to illuminate experiences of war

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Tyler Art Gallery will host an exhibition titled "Veterans Book Project: Objects for Deployment" starting Tuesday, Sept. 26, and will welcome visual artist Monica Haller, the project's coordinator, for a talk on Thursday, Oct. 5.
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Image of dragon and human prepared for combat

Artswego shows include Afro-Caribbean band, Persian shadow play

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SUNY Oswego's mix of performances during the 2017-18 Artswego Performing Arts Series will include a Grammy-nominated Afro-Caribbean, an ancient Persian tale told as an acclaimed shadow play, cabaret-style "The Lavender Blues" and a highly regarded ballet company.
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Illustration of person with pen by David Owens

Illustrator, alumnus David Owens to exhibit work

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David Owens, a freelance illustrator and the art director for Oswego County Promotion and Tourism, will exhibit his work focusing on illustration, publication design and branding from Sept. 1 through Oct. 27 at Oswego State Downtown's gallery.
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Artist Zhinan Jiang works on a watercolor painting

Near-fatal crash informs work of visiting artist

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Award-winning Chinese watercolorist Zhinan Jiang, now a visiting professor of art at SUNY Oswego, did not know after a car crash in 1999 whether he would live or, if he did, whether he would walk, talk or paint ever again.
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Monica Haller works on the Veterans Book Project

Grant will help explore 'Many Voices, One Oswego'

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A SUNY grant will support a wide range of campus programs in its "Many Voices: One Oswego: Diversity and Inclusion Through the Arts" series, including the stories of veterans, the black experience in America and the tales of current international...
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Exhibition, auction mark celebration of Judith Ann Benedict's artwork

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SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery has embarked on a celebration of the life and work of the late art faculty member Judith Ann Benedict with an exhibition through Sept. 17 and a live auction Aug. 19 to raise funds for...
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Benjamin Allocco

English faculty member's sci-fi novel becomes Amazon bestseller

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Benjamin Allocco of SUNY Oswego's English and creative writing faculty has earned bestseller status in a very modern format -- the Amazon Kindle charts -- with his futuristic novel, "Deathform."
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Pride & Prejudice to feature 'contemporary heartbeat'

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The spring production of Pride & Prejudice, opening April 21 in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre, will feature a "contemporary heartbeat."
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'Contemporary heartbeat' pulses in 'Pride & Prejudice'

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A classic story that its stage manager says is adapted to display a "contemporary heartbeat," the SUNY Oswego theater department's "Pride & Prejudice" will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, in Waterman Theatre.
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Actors in Pride & Prejudice

College to stage loathing-to-love story 'Pride & Prejudice'

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The SUNY Oswego theater department will premiere its spring play, "Pride & Prejudice," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Waterman Theatre -- a show that one of its lead actors, freshman Sean Ryan as Mr. Darcy, describes as about...
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Jennifer Varvano working in studio

Art degree candidates to participate in 3 exhibitions

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SUNY Oswego art students anticipating bachelor's degrees in May will display their work in three shows, starting with Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition I on April 4 in Tyler Art Gallery.
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Jimonn Cole in theatre class

Upcoming plays 'Caesar,' 'X' inspire cross-campus engagement

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SUNY Oswego students and faculty in English and creative writing, political science, philosophy, art, theater are working with the professional actors, directors and a playwright of "Julius Caesar" and "X," appearing March 27 and 28 at SUNY Oswego's Waterman Theatre...
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Welcoming atmosphere, opportunities attracted Mya Brown to theater department

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A welcoming atmosphere, outstanding people and ready opportunities attracted Mya Brown to teach at SUNY Oswego as well as direct the spring production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
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Mark Kellogg

Trombonist, trumpeter to offer free duet recital

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Two brass musicians native to Central New York who reconnected as professionals at a music festival on the other side of the globe will display their virtuosity in a free, public duet recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in...
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Graduate students in art to display work

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An artist's reception for four SUNY Oswego candidates for graduate degrees in art will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, in Tyler Art Gallery, marking the formal opening of the Master of Art Student Exhibition, which...
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Robert Auler at piano

Professor plays concerts transcending international borders

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SUNY Oswego music professor Robert Auler recently took part in two landmark concerts that literally transcended borders.
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David LeDoux

Schubert piano trio to power Ke-Nekt concert March 8

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SUNY Oswego's Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series will feature accomplished musicians David Fulmer on violin, David LeDoux on cello and Rob Auler on piano performing Franz Schubert's expressive "Piano Trio in E Flat, Op. 100" and other works at 7 p.m....
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Collage Concert

'Collage' concert at SUNY Oswego to support scholarships

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The SUNY Oswego music department will offer its annual "Collage" concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 3, in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre, with all proceeds supporting the Music Department Scholarship Fund.
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Student playwright Michael Jaquez

Student playwright wins national competition, NYC trip

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The Acting Company recently named SUNY Oswego senior Michael Jaquez a winner in a national playwriting competition that spun off two plays coming to Waterman Theatre in March, "Julius Caesar" and "X."
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Professors' book focuses on how popular culture impacts society

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Miley Cyrus and Dr. Dre, “Mortal Kombat” and “Star Trek,” Festivus and the Ice Bucket Challenge—they all make it into an academically motivated but approachable new book on popular culture from SUNY Oswego sociology chair Tim Delaney and co-author Tim...
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Speaker series to feature journalist, poet working across cultures

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Presentations by New York Times columnist and author Anand Giridharadas and Chinese-American poet Marilyn Chin will continue SUNY Oswego’s spring Diversity Speakers Series that began with social justice leader Bernice A. King and BET TV news anchor Marc Lamont Hill.Giridharadas,...
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Exhibitions to highlight art of schoolchildren, teachers, graduate students

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Two free exhibitions in Tyler Art Gallery in SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library this March include one with the work of young artists from area schools under the tutelage of SUNY Oswego student teachers and the other showing the versatility of...
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Candidates for degrees in art to exhibit works at Tyler Art Gallery

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Candidates for SUNY Oswego undergraduate degrees in art will exhibit work from their portfolios starting Saturday, Nov. 21, in Penfield Library’s Tyler Art Gallery. The free show will run through Dec. 10.The Fall 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Bachelor...
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Professor, students restore local photo collection for display

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Recovered photos of people and scenes of Oswego in the 1950s and 1960s will be displayed in SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library until Dec. 2, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13.The Found Negative Project began...
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Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition to display artists' deeply felt works

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Graduate degree candidates David James and Marlon Vassell will exhibit artwork inspired by vivid life events from Oct. 31 to Nov. 15 in Tyler Art Gallery during SUNY Oswego’s fall Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition.A reception for the artists will...
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'Re-emerging' art of illustration added as minor at SUNY Oswego

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A new minor in illustration promises to provide SUNY Oswego art majors and students across disciplines with a strong foundation in a skillset that art department chair Cynthia Clabough says is enjoying resurgence in demand.“Illustration is re-emerging as a contemporary...
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Master of arts, sustainability exhibitions to open at Penfield's Tyler Art Gallery

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Six graphic design candidates for graduate degrees at SUNY Oswego will display their best work in the Master of Arts Spring Exhibition from March 10 to 27 in Tyler Art Gallery at Penfield Library.
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Pianist Juan La Manna to perform free campus concert March 8

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Pianist Juan La Manna, professor of music at SUNY Oswego, will offer a free music recital featuring works of Brahms, Mozart and more at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, in Sheldon Hall ballroom on campus.La Manna will play “3 Intermezzi,...
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'Fantastic Architectures' to focus on 3-D illusion, design basics

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SUNY Oswego student artists will open an exhibition titled “Fantastic Architectures” with a free public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Oswego State Downtown.The exhibition will run through March 6 at the branch of Tyler Art...
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