OCTOBER

2

12:45-2:05
ARTIST TALK: David MacDonald on Ceramics
Room 102, Tyler Hall
Well-known ceramist David MacDonald will present an overview of his artwork of which three pieces are featured in the Tyler exhibition, SHADES OF CLAY. Inspired by African art and culture, MacDonald produces art as a celebration of his African heritage. The public is encouraged to view the exhibition at Tyler Art Gallery prior to the artist’s talk. Note: Free and open to the public.

8 PM
ORI SPEAKER: Bombingham Author Anthony Grooms
Oswego Reading Initiative Book Selection
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
Constructed so well that it could be used as a textbook, Bombingham transports the reader to the war-torn rice fields of Vietnam and the riot-filled streets of Birmingham, Alabama. With wry humor and haunting description, Grooms portrays the wonder and terror of childhood at a time when ordinary citizens risked their lives to change America.
TICKETS FREE BUT REQUIRED: Available through Tyler Box Office. Tickets not picked up by 9/28 will be released.

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2 PM
CERAMIC TECHNIQUE: Demonstration by David MacDonald
Ceremaic Studio, Room 128, Tyler Hall
See description: October 2

3 PM
VISITING WRITER: Kermit Frazier
Steeper Bell Auditorium, Hewitt Union
Kermit Frazier is the writer of numererous play and TV series. For two seasons he was head writer of Ghostwriter, the popular series for young people—a series he helped to create. A new play, Smoldering Fires, written under a commission from the First Stage Children’s Theater in Milwaukee, WI, had a successful run at that theater in January-February, 2006.

7:30 PM
JAM SESSION: Oswego Jazz Project
King Arthur’s Steakhouse Brewery, 7 West Bridge Street
Provides SUNY Oswego students and community members with an opportunity to play jazz with a faculty-led quartet.

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7 PM
CONCERT: Omnia Deo
Church of the Resurrection, 120 West 5th Street, Oswego
Amanda Newhouse Carnie, Gregory Sheppard and Debra Tillery accompanied by Rebecca Horning will present a classical vocal recital singing solos, duets and trios from Mozart to Gershwin to Barber.

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9:10-10:05 AM
LEC/DEM: Singing for Survival
Room 101, Lanigan Hall
Join 20th century history classes for a lecture/demonstration on music of the Holocaust. See description below.

8 PM
CONCERT: Singing for Survival: Music of the Holocaust and WW II
Room 101, Lanigan Hall
Musicians Jon Shallit, violin; Leon Carapetyan, bass baritone and Howard Spindler, piano present music from the Holocaust and World War II, including Singing for Survival: Songs of the Lodz Ghetto,1940-1945; selections from Schindler’s List; the Hindemith Sonata for violin and piano and the Copland Sonata for violin and piano.

9

12:45-2:05
INFORMANCE: On Composer Steve Reich
Ballroom, Sheldon Hall
Robert Auler talks about and performs the music of Steve Reich, widely regarded as one of the most important composers of our time.

7 PM
ORI FILM SERIES: Four Little Girls by Spike Lee
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
This film tells the story of hate crimes in “Bombingham” (Birmingham), Alabama during the civil rights era. This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham.

9 (preview night), 10-13 8 PM, 14 2:30 PM

Twelfth Night or What Your Will
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Mark Cole w/music direction by Julie Pretzat
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. This enchanting comedy features a pair of identical twins, separated by a shipwreck, who surface in Illyria. Mistaken identity, folly and retribution, plus the pretensions and illusions of love, drive this play of antic merriment, romance and good humor.
TICKETS: Adults $12; faculty/staff/senior $10; SUNY Oswego students $7, preview $5

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7 PM
Pre-Concert Chat
7:30 PM
KE-NEKT’ CONCERT: Homage to Steve Reich
Ballroom, Sheldon Hall
Faculty host Rob Auler
Presented in coorperation with LeMoyne College and Onondaga Community College.
Steve Reich is widely regarded as one of the most important composers of our time. The evening’s concert, with Reich in attendance, will feature some of his best known works including: Cello Counterpoint, Piano/Video Counterpoint and Sextet.
TICKETS: Adults $15, seniors/students $10, SUNY Oswego students $5.
A Ke-nekt’ Young Professionals (KYP) gathering follows the concert. For details contact Rob Auler at auler@oswego.edu

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3 PM
OPEN HAND THEATRE: The Chocolate War
Main Level Food Court, Hewitt Union
Family & Friends Weekend Event
Open Hand Theatre creates a delightful fantasy land where music and laughter reign. A magical dwarf and a wistful stilting moon watch over a friendship that goes awry.

14

Noon
CONCERT: Parents, Family & Friends Weekend Concert
Ballroom, Hewitt Union
Family & Friends Weekend Event
Music Department ensembles perform a wide variety of music from classical to jazz.

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23

12:45-2:05
INFORMANCE: Carousel
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Led by Juan F. LaManna from SUNY Oswego’s Music Department, this informance features the lead singers from a musical that is considered to be one of the finest ever written. Learn about Oswego’s Opera Theatre and what it takes to stage a major musical and hear excerpts from the performance. The full production can be seen in Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall October 26-28.

365 Days - 365 Plays 12:45-2:05
Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS
Steeper Bell Auditoium
Directed by Milton Loayza.
Oswego State students perform 10 of these brief, suggestive, and thought provoking plays. 365 Days/365 Plays started in November 2002 when Pulitzer winning author Suzan-Lori Parks committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. From Nov 13, 2006- Nov 12, 2007 the 365 Days/365 Plays National Festival will present the work simultaneously across the country, creating the largest collaboration in the history of American theater.

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26, 27 7:30 PM

28 2 PM

OPERA THEATER: Carousel
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Presented by Oswego Opera Theatre
Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Directed by Jon English and conducted by Juan F. La Manna
One of the first musicals to contain a tragic plot, Carousel is considered by many to be among the finest stage musicals ever written. In 1870s New England carnival barker Billy Bigelow wins the heart of demure Julie Jordan. Down on their luck, the newly married couple discovers they are expecting their first child. Determined to provide for his family, Billy turns to crime. During a botched robbery attempt, the ill-fated lovers are parted by death. Now, 15 years later, Billy is sent down “from above” to atone for the mistakes of his life and help his only child as she struggles with her father’s legacy.
TICKETS: Adults $25; children/seniors $20; SUNY Oswego students $15

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1:50-5:05
DISCUSSION: Description of Two Senses in a Political Arena w/ Mary Dritschel
Room 34, Lanigan Hall
This will be a discussion of a body of work that includes black and white photos printed on transparent sheets that are mounted in lightweight frames and accompanied by an “audio-photo.” In its DVD format, the audio-photo work is exhibited on a continuous loop either as a computer projection or on a LCD screen. It contains close to 300 photographic groupings of individual eyes and mouths taken over a period of three years. The audio element of the work is the recorded exchange between Senator Joseph McCarthy and the US Army’s chief counsel, Joseph Welch, during the Army McCarthy Senate hearing in Washington, DC (June 1955).

7:30 PM
PERFORMING ARTS: Men Fake Foreplay By Mike Dugan
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
By Mike Dugan
A simple look at "foreplay" quickly shifts into a humorous and insightful tour of the male psyche as Emmy Award Winning Tonight Show Comedian Mike Dugan considers the influences that shape a man's character. The result is an unflinching and hilarious look at men's experiences with street-corner sex education, role models, masculinity, shock jocks, cheating, responsibility, trust, intimacy, commitment and, of course, their relationships with women. Recommended for ages 18 and above.

TICKETS: Adults $12; seniors $10; SUNY Oswego students $5

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12:45-2:05 PM
ARTIST TALK: Using Material as Metaphor w/ Mary Dritschel
Room 101, Lanigan Hall
Dritschel talks about her use of non-art materials in which word and image share equal importance and the material acts as a metaphor to reinforce the meaning. Her sources range from the Bible, the Thesaurus and Shakespeare to the evocative names for cosmetic colors.

7 PM
TALK: Life in the Changing Lane: Reinvention of the Artist w/ Mary Dritschel
Room 101, Lanigan Hall
Dritschel talks about the development and transformation of her work from traditional media to work not defined by media. She demonstrates by example how we are often shaped by the whim of chance in our lives.

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7:30 PM
JAM SESSION: Oswego Jazz Project
King Arthur’s Steakhouse Brewery, 7 West Bridge Street
Provides SUNY Oswego students and community members with an opportunity to play jazz with a faculty-led quartet.

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