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The ARTSwego Performing Arts Series will begin its 2026-27 season with “Magdalen,” a layered one-woman play written and performed by Erin Layton at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre. Inspired by the true stories of the...

SUNY Oswego’s ARTSwego Performing Arts Series will bring the campus and community another robust lineup of performances exploring various themes in history, culture, music, dance and the environment.  The season opens Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in Waterman Theatre with...

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.

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.”

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.

The university's ARTSwego office recently announced that Dahlia Bloomstone will serve as SUNY Oswego's Artist in Residence for the 2025-26 season.

“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.

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.

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,...

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.

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.

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.

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

The performance arts troupe Squonk Opera will return to SUNY Oswego for four showings of its musical multimedia extravaganza “Brouhaha.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

“A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates,” featuring the award-winning author and journalist, will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, in SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery will open its spring season with two exhibitions with similar themes on recovery, rebuilding and healing after wartime.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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...

Applications are open for Artswego funding opportunities to support activities in the 2022-23 calendar year, with a March 21 submission deadline.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

This year’s Artswego performing arts season at SUNY Oswego will feature a variety of music plus dance, family-friendly science and more.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The internationally touring Houston Ballet II -- one of the nation's premier second companies -- will provide a "rare treat" for Central New Yorkers as it performs a diverse range of classic and contemporary works at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March...

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.”

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.