Monday, October 5 • 6:30 PM
Sponsored by Women’s Studies, Peace & Conflict Studies, Hart Hall
FILM: Degham (Body)
Room C118, Campus Center Auditorium
A documentary film exploring the transgender experience in India through the lives of five transgender women.

Wednesday, October 7 • 12:40 PM
KE-NEKT CONCERT PREVIEW
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Professional bass-baritone Chris Grapentine joins Russell Miller from Eastman School of Music and Oswego faculty members in exploring art song by U.S. composers such as Ives, Foster, Hundley and Beach. Join us for a preview of the Ke-nekt' concert and perspective on this fascinating native repertoire.

Wednesday, October 7 • 12:40 PM
ORI Q&A SESSION: Understanding Islam
Room 114, Campus Center
Dr. Ulises Mejias, Communications Department, leads an interactive session aimed at creating an open and candid dialog about Islam.

Wednesday, October 7 • 12:40 PM
LATIN RHYTHMS BASIC STEPS: Magdalena Rivera
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
This class offers beginner level dance steps (easy to follow moves) to different latin dance styles such as Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cha Cha Cha.

Wednesday, October 7 • 7:30 PM
Pre-concert talk begins at 7 PM
KE-NEKT’ CONCERT: American Song
Ballroom, Sheldon Hall
Todd Graber hosts this intimate evening of song and musical theatre that includes American art and folk songs by Ives, Hundley, Beach, Gottschalk, Sondheim and more. Performed by baritone Chris Grapentine, Eastman faculty member Russell Miller and SUNY Oswego faculty members Todd Graber, Trevor Jorgensen, Rob Auler and Juan Francisco La Manna.
Adults $15, Seniors/Students $10, SUNY Oswego Students $5
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Friday, October 9 • 9 AM-12 PM
SYMPOSIUM: Emergent Collectives of the Human and Nonhuman
Room 201, Campus Center
Bartow + Metzgar art collaborative with invited speakers.
How do we engage our environment in a manner that can draw out complex relations to time and place, that is sensitive to the histories and physical manifestations that directly and indirectly act upon the world we live in? This symposium brings together speakers who will share their research from a range of disciplines, discussing the complex relations of the human and nonhuman from the perspectives of cartography, geology, philosophy, history and microbiology. In conjunction with the Tyler Art Gallery exhibit, Spatio Geographica: an experimental archive of human and nonhuman agents in North America, September 11-October 18, 2009.

Friday, October 9 • 4:30-6 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: Emergent Collectives of the Human and Nonhuman
Room 101, Lanigan Hall
See description above.

Sunday, October 11 • 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT SERIES: Kristen Jorgensen and Rebecca Horning
Room 118, Campus Center Auditorium
Flutist Kris Jorgensen and pianist Rebecca Horning are joined by soprano Lisa Kisselstein in a chamber music collaboration. Enjoy the performance of works by J.S. Bach, Muczynski, Sancan and others.
Adults $7, Seniors/SUNY Oswego Students $5

Tuesday, October 13 - Saturday, October 17 • 8 PM
Sunday, October 18 • 2:30 PM
THEATRE: War of the Worlds
Written by Howard Koch, adapted from the book by H.G. Wells
Directed by Mark Cole
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
In this imaginative and compelling version of the novel by H. G. Wells, a radio show is interrupted by announcements of explosions on the planet Mars. Soon an account of a full-fledged alien invasion is underway, told in horrifying detail as performers and audience experience the panic, mystery and terror of this legendary Halloween prank. 
Preview $5, Adults $12, Seniors/Students $10, SUNY Oswego Students $7
Suggested for ages 14 and older.
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Wednesday, October 14 • 12:40 PM
LATIN RHYTHMS BASIC STEPS: Magdalena Rivera
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
This class offers beginner level dance steps (easy to follow moves) to different latin dance styles such as Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cha Cha Cha.

Wednesday, October 14
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Cello Fest with Jeffrey Solow
Syracuse University
Final day to register for the November 14 Cello Fest at Syracuse University. Cellist Jeffrey Solow is the guest artist at a day-long cello festival that includes workshops and a recital/demonstration with Solow.
Registration: $40 includes a free ticket to the evening recital by Solow. To register, call Jackie Darvill at 315-343-5422 or email president@nysta.com. (Special Note: FREE registration is available for SUNY Oswego students through ARTSwego. Call 315-312-4581 or email joyce.molinari@oswego.edu.

Friday, October 16 • 8 PM
INDIE SERIES CONCERT: Owen
Opening Act: Gregory and the Hawk
Ballroom, Sheldon Hall
The College’s new Indie Series, orchestrated by Artistic Director Jasmyn Belcher, in partnership with WNYO, announces its 3rd concert, Owen, a solo project of Mike Kinsella, one of the dominant figures in the Chicago Indie scene. Owen is known for its soft melodies, complex acoustics, combining lead acoustics with keyboard and other guitars, plaintive vocals and, on occasion, adding drums.
Tickets: $10, $5 SUNY Oswego Students
Tickets on sale in Campus Center and Tyler Box Offices
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Saturday, October 17 • 3 PM
COMEDY/JUGGLING SHOW
Presented by the Student Association Programming Board
Room 118, Campus Center Auditorium
Come prepared to be mezmerized by Joe Peden & Joe Showers in this fast-paced, entertaining show with everything from acrobatics to unicycling and comedy. Great family fare!

Sunday, October 18 • 12 PM
CONCERT: Parents Weekend
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
Features the College Choir, StateSingers, Oswego State
Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band and the College Community Orchestra

Monday, October 19 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITERS SERIES: TALK: Laurie Halse Anderson, Young Adult Novelist
Room 118, Campus Center Auditorium
Chains, the latest Young Adult novel by National Book Award Finalist Laurie Halse Anderson, presents the reader with Isabel, a slave girl owned by wealthy New Yorkers, whose struggles for freedom and dignity parallel those of her incipient nation’s Revolutionary War.

Part of this year's Arts, Identity & Diaspora

Wednesday, October 21 • 12:40 PM
LATIN RHYTHMS BASIC STEPS: Magdalena Rivera
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
This class offers beginner level dance steps (easy to follow moves) to different latin dance styles such as Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cha Cha Cha.

Wednesday, October 21 • 12:40 PM
VOCAL MASTER CLASS: Soprano Andrea Huber
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Noted soprano, Andrea Huber, here for a performance of Kurt Weill's music on Thursday evening, conducts a master class for interested vocal students. The focus is on Weill's music, but other repertoire will be included as well.
REGISTRATION: Contact Todd Graber x2976 or todd.graber@oswego.edu

Wednesday, October 21 • 12:40 PM
ORI TALK: Women in Islam by Dr. Asma Barlas
Presented by the Student Association Programming Board
Room 118, Campus Center Auditorium
Dr. Asma Barlas, Director of the Center for the Study of Culture. Race and Ethnicity at Ithaca College, talks about the role of women in Islam.

Thursday, October 22 • 7:30 PM
PERFORMING ARTS: A Little Weill...
Presented in cooperation with the Modern Languages Department
Ballroom, Sheldon Hall
Styled after the cabaret evenings of old Berlin, A Little Weill explores the life, career and music of Kurt Weill, the composer of Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Lady in the Dark, Street Scene and many other innovative works, including what is probably his best known song, Mack the Knife. Features internationally-acclaimed soprano Andrea Huber with Alexander Kalajdzic, conductor for the National Theater in Mannheim, Germany, on piano.
Adults $15, Seniors/Students $10, SUNY Oswego Students $5
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October 23 – November 8
GALLERY EXHIBITION
Recent Work by SUNY Oswego Art Faculty
This exhibition showcases in two galleries recent work by the talented Art Faculty. Visitors will marvel at the visual explorations of SUNY Oswego’s creative art teachers.

Monday, October 26 • 6-9 PM
FILM & TALK: Omar Majeed, Filmmaker, on his film TAQWACORE!

Tuesday, October 27 • 12:45-2:05 PM
MASTER CLASS: Taylor 2 (Beginner Level)
Dance Studio, Lee Hall
Courtesy of Syracuse University, we are pleased to offer an opportunity to experience Paul Taylor’s work. For more information about Paul Taylor and the company go to www.ptdc.org. To register contact Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell x2339 or cmitche1@oswego.edu

Tuesday, October 27 • 2:20-3:40 PM
MASTER CLASS: Taylor 2 (Intermediate Level)
Dance Studio, Lee Hall
See description and registration information above.

Tuesday, October 27 • 7-9 PM
COMMUNITY MASTER CLASS: Taylor 2 (Intermediate to Advanced Level) 
Dance Studio, Lee Hall
For dancers interested in more intensive immersion into Taylor 2 technique. Open to the first 30 dancers to register. To register contact Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell x2339 or cmitche1@oswego.edu

Wednesday, October 28 • 12:40 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Lauren Bristol
Room 102, Tyler Hall (TBD)
Recently returned to Syracuse, Bristol is a self-taught fiber artist. Her coiled basketry evolves from ancient techniques. Her many years and hours devoted to working in fiber stem from her love of rhythmic and meditative acts – a spiritual practice of “being in the moment, yet aware of the flow.”

Wednesday, October 28 • 12:40 PM
OPERA THEATRE: Opera Love Stories
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
A preview and background talk about Oswego Opera Theatre's fall production of Opera Love Stories. Includes excerpts from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
For more information email: contactus@oswegoopera.org

Wednesday, October 28 • 12:40 PM
LATIN RHYTHMS BASIC STEPS: Magdalena Rivera
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
This class offers beginner level dance steps (easy to follow moves) to different latin dance styles such as Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cha Cha Cha.

Wednesday, October 28 • 7 PM
FILM: Carmen (in Spanish, with English subtitles)
Room 118, Campus Center Auditorium
In this explosive interpretation of the classic opera Carmen, the lines between passionate illusion and real life become intricately entwined, as the characters dance a fine line between fantasy and reality. This story of passion, obsession, jealousy and betrayal features some of the greatest flamenco dancers in the world and the guitar playing of Paco de Lucia.

Friday, October 30 • 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 1 • 2 PM
Presented by Oswego Opera Theatre
OPERA THEATRE: Opera Love Stories
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Mack Richardson, Artistic Director and Conductor
J. J. Hudson, Stage Director
Love, Opera’s ultimate expression is the theme for an evening of dramatic and comedic scenes from six of opera’s great love stories. Adults $25, Seniors/SUNY Faculty/Staff $20, SUNY Oswego Students $15
For more information: www.oswegoopera.org or contactus@oswegoopera.org or 315-638-1085
Suggested for ages 10 and older.
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