Theatre & Dance

Wednesday, September 26 • 6:30 PM
ALANA Cultural Movements
FUN DANCE: Salsa Rueda de Casino w/ Brian Bromka
Activity Food Court, Campus Center
Part I. Featured guest, Brian Bromka, of La Familia De La Salsa, conducts an interactive "Salsa Rueda de Casino" fun dance. Salsa Rueda is a wonderful, exciting and exhilarating form of Cuban style Salsa dancing and is the preferred method for teaching Salsa in Cuba!!! Leaders and followers are arranged in a circle with a caller telling the dancers what move is coming next via verbal cues and hand gestures. There are approximately 200-300 moves ranging from the simplest to the most complex. Sometimes there is stomping of feet, yelling, hand gestures, clapping etc. making this traditional dance a vivid and exciting spectacle! Come experience the joy, excitement and community of Latin dance through “Salsa Rueda de Casino”. Rueda is also the most FUN you’ll ever have on the dance floor. (1 hr.)
Part II. Interactive Zumba Dancing with integrated international rhythms. Professional instructors from the Oswego YMCA lead this fun and interactive session. (1 hr.)
IST APPROVED: MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS TO RECEIVE IST CREDIT.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 11 (PREVIEW) • 8 PM 
Friday, October 12-Saturday, October 13 • 8 PM
Friday, October 19-Saturday, October 20 • 8 PM
Sunday, October 21 • 2:30 PM
THEATRE: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
Adapted by Steven Dietz from the play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed by Mark Cole
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Sherlock Holmes, aided by the indispensable Doctor Watson, challenges the power of evil and attempts to foil the machinations of the cunning and ruthless Professor Moriarty. Suspenseful, witty and fast-paced.
"Time is short, Watson, and one final adventure is at hand!"
Presented through special arrangement with Dramatist's Play Service, Inc., New York
Preview $5; General Public $13; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Saturday, October 27 • 7:30 PM
PERFORMANCE: John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes Choreographed
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Join us for this remarkable performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Cage's birth. One of the most inventive, provocative and forward-looking composers of the 20th century, Cage was a pioneer in the fusion of art forms, notably through his collaborations with choreographer Merce Cunningham. This performance honors Cage's music/dance collaborations, featuring his landmark piano work, Sonatas and Interludes, alongside newly-created choreography by Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell.
General Public $8; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Tuesday, November 13 (PREVIEW) • 8 PM
Wednesday, November 14-Saturday, November 17 • 8 PM
Sunday, November 18 • 2 PM
THEATRE: Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet
Written by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Directed by Robert Kristel
Lab Theatre, Tyler Hall
"Constance (amusingly) proves the pen is more powerful than the sword."
"It's slapstick Shakespeare."
"One plus two make one not three."
Constance Ledbelly, research assistant and bookworm, throws herself into decoding the work of Shakespeare, discovering that Desdemona and Juliet were in fact no shrinking violets. When her thesis comes to life, a righteous retelling of the Shakespearean classics transforms Constance the wallflower into Constance the Great.
Performed by special arrangement with Lorraine Wells & Company Talent Management, Inc.
Preview $5; General Public $13; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Wednesday, February 27 • 7:30 PM
DANCE: Brian Brooks Moving Company: Big City
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
His dancers move fluidly through spaces arranged with the eye of an architect. The result is visually arresting and physically impressive. Brian Brooks brings an original and street-wise dance vocabulary to his explorations of space, time, and motion. Expect the unexpected from this thrilling and creative company.
Artist Website

General Public $25; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $20; SUNY Oswego Students $7

 

 

 

Thursday, February 28 (PREVIEW) • 8 PM 
Friday, March 1-Saturday, March 2 • 8 PM
Sunday, March 3 • 2 PM
THEATRE: Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Joan Hart Willard
Lab Theatre, Tyler Hall
Tales of Desdemona's sexual prowess are shared with Othello's entire encampment. The tales may be true or embellished, yet all draw the ire of those around her. The supposed intimacies, lies, and jealousy lead to threats on her life as Desdemona seeks to clear her name in this Shakespearean love triangle.
Presented through special arrangement with Dramatist's Play Service, Inc., New York

Preview $5; General Public $13; SUNY Oswego Students $7

 

Thursday, April 18 (PREVIEW) • 8 PM 
Friday, April 19-Saturday, April 20 • 8 PM
Saturday, April 27 • 8 PM
Sunday, April 28 • 2 PM
THEATRE: Once Upon A Mattress
Music by Mary Rodgers
Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
“In an era of bigger-is-better theatrical pyrotechnics, Once Upon A Mattress harkens back to an era of simplicity-from-necessity, and its enduring popularity, from the Broadhurst Theatre to high school auditoriums, confirms that there is still appeal in that magic formula.” “Once Upon a Mattress,” wrote the Daily News' Kissel, “shows you can retell fairy tales with wit and sophistication, and, more important, human feeling.”
Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin-off on "Princess and the Pea" tells of royal courtship and comeuppance that provides for some side-splitting shenanigans. Chances are you'll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again.
Presented through special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals 

Preview $5; General Public $13; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Music

Sunday, September 9 • 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: A Tour of Baroque
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Jonathan Shallit and Howard Spindler perform Baroque literature demonstrating the stylistic and regional compositional differences among major European countries where primary works were written for violin and keyboard. The duo will celebrate pieces including Vitali’s Chaconne, Bach’s Sonata in E major, Veracini’s Sonata in E minor, and Bannister’s Variations on “Greensleeves.”
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Tuesday, September 18 • 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Kyle Dean Massey: Eclectic Broadway
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Hosted by Todd Graber: Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
“…a beautiful actor with an exquisite voice and he’s incredibly moving” -Tom Kitt, Tony-Winning composer (afterelton.com)
Currently playing “Fiyero" in Wicked on Broadway, Massey has been seen on the screen in Cupid (ABC) and Sex And the City 2 (HBO Films) and on Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, Regis & Kelly, and The 62nd Annual Tony Awards. He is best known for his work on Broadway in Next to Normal, Xanadu, and Altar Boyz. Eclectic Broadway highlights the diverse music heard on Broadway in the last ten years.

General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6

NOTICE OF CANCELLED INDIE CONCERT:
Friday, September 21 • 7 PM
THE INDIE SERIES CONCERT FEATURING LARCENIST AND SCHEDULED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD HAS BEEN CANCELLED 
The next Indie Concert is scheduled for November 16 at 7 PM in Hewitt Lounge and features The Front Bottoms. 

Friday, September 21 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Rich Thompson Generations Trio
Campus Center Auditorium
Drummer Rich Thompson, bassist Miles Brown and pianist Christopher Ziemba bring a lively jazz performance to the SUNY Oswego campus. This group bridges the generations through their pure love of jazz. They released their first album Rich Thompson: Generations Trio this past spring.

Sunday, October 7 • 3 PM
SKYPE CONCERT: Serdce from Belarus
Campus Center Auditorium
Serdce, a contemporary fusion band from Belarus, performs a lecture/demonstration concert over Skype. They discuss the origins of their cutting edge contemporary music, its place in a society in transition, and its roots in Belarusian folk music, metal, jazz, protest music, and the attitudes towards experimental music.
Artist Website

Wednesday, October 10 • 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Symphony Syracuse Chamber Players
Hosted by Trevor Jorgensen: Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
With a mission to build an appreciation for symphonic music through the presentation of orchestra concerts throughout Central New York, Symphony Syracuse musicians perform larger chamber works including Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde, Op. 81a, William Walton’s Façade, and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera.
Artist Website
General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6

Sunday, October 21 • 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: Oswego Jazz Project: Originals
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Quartet-in-residence, OJP’s repertoire features all original pieces written for the group’s newest CD release. New tunes influenced by and representative of the vastly diverse genre itself- Jazz, American’s truly original art form. Features Rob Auler, piano; Trevor Jorgensen, saxophone; Max McKee, bass; Eric Schmitz, drums.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Saturday, October 27 • 7:30 PM
PERFORMANCE: John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes Choreographed
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Join us for this remarkable performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Cage's birth. One of the most inventive, provocative and forward-looking composers of the 20th century, Cage was a pioneer in the fusion of art forms, notably through his collaborations with choreographer Merce Cunningham. This performance honors Cage's music/dance collaborations, featuring his landmark piano work, Sonatas and Interludes, alongside newly-created choreography by Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell.
General Public $8; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Sunday, November 11 • 2:30 PM
PERFORMANCE: Welcome Back Concert
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
The production celebrates young Opera and Musical Theatre artists who call Oswego "home." The music includes arias and ensembles from Rigoletto, I Pagliacci, Lucia di Lammermoor, Die Fledermaus, The Secret Garden, Les Miz, and many more.
TICKETS: Regular $15; Students/Youth $5. Available at all SUNY Oswego Box Offices, or call 315-312-2141, or email to tickets@oswego.edu  or oswegoopera@aol.com
For more information go to Oswego Opera

Friday, November 16 • 7 PM
INDIE CONCERT: The Front Bottoms
WITH LARCENIST AND CONNOR THUOTTE
Hewitt Union Lounge
DOORS @ 6 PM
Brian Sella and drummer-bullhornist Mathew Uychich have known each other since they were 10 and 8 years old respectively and have been making music for a lot of that time. It shows in the rich hooks and clever rhythms and the effortless way they string riffs together into surprising song structures. Take a song like “Maps” - it opens with half a Sex Pistols riff before going into an orchestral flourish on keyboards. Then there’s a verse complete with a hillbilly hiccup in the vocal followed by an arpeggio guitar part and full-on raging synthetic strings that lurch into handclaps and an enigmatic chorus “one day you’ll be washing yourself with hand soap in a public bathroom,” And that’s in the first minute and a half of the song. Come see what the buzz is about.
Artist Website

General Public $10; Faculty/Staff $8; Students $5

Friday, November 16 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Oswego Wind Ensemble: Divine Comedy
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
The Oswego State Wind Ensemble performs contemporary literature focused around Robert W. Smith’s take on Dante’s classic work. Exciting, exhilarating, and explosive compositional techniques make this work an appropriate platform from which to launch this evening of music.
Suggested Donation: $5

Saturday, November 17 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Symphony Syracuse
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
The dedicated and resilient musicians of Symphony Syracuse are working hard to keep fine orchestral music in Central New York. The Oswego audience can show its enthusiastic support through this specially arranged concert. SUNY Oswego pianist Robert Auler is featured soloist for Beethoven's triumphant "Emperor" Concerto. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor and other popular works round out the program. Heather Buchman conducts.
Artist Website
General Public $25; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $20; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Friday, November 30 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Oswego Jazz Ensembles
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
This concert, titled It's About Time, features Rochester guest musician and alumnus Tamar Greene. Ensembles include the jazz small group, the Latin Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Ensemble. Greene, a 2009 SUNY Oswego graduate, is the guest vocalist.
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5     

Sunday, December 2 • 3:30 PM
CONCERT: Festival Chorus and College Choir
St. Mary's Church, Oswego, NY
The Festival Chorus and College Choir present Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah.
FREE
Sunday, December 2 • 3:30 PM
CONCERT: Festival Chorus and College Choir
St. Mary's Church, Oswego, NY
The Festival Chorus and College Choir present Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah.
FREE

Tuesday, December 4 • 7:30 PM
FALL CONCERT: State Singers
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
FREE

Wednesday, December 5 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: College Community Orchestra
Church of the Resurrection, Oswego

SUNY Oswego's Juan F. LaManna conducts the orchestra in selections from famous Italian composers, including Vivaldi's "Concerto for Two Violins," Rossini's overtures from The Barber of Seville and The Italian Girl in Algiers as well as "Variations for Clarinet," and Pergolesi's Sinfonia da Lo Frate 'Nnamorato. DONATIONS: Appreciated (to benefit the Music Department Excellence Fund scholarships)      

 

Friday, February 1 • 7:30 PM
PERFORMANCE: Cantus: Vocal Ensemble
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Cantus, one of America's finest male vocal ensembles, perform popular masterworks by composers and songwriters, from Sibelius and Schubert to Lennon and McCartney.
Artist Website

General Public $25; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $20; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Sunday, February 10 • 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: Prelude, Cadence, et Finale
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Saxophonist Trevor Jorgensen, Trumpeter Terry Caviness, and pianist Robert Auler take a musical journey exploring such influential instrumental composers as Debussy, Desenclos, Fasch, and Hummel. The performance culminates with the dynamic and elaborate Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Trumpet by Jean Rivier.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Wednesday, February 20 • 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Ariel String Quartet
Hosted by Rob Auler: Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
“…a tour de force” -The Frankfurter Allgemeine
Characterized by its youth, brilliant playing, and soulful interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation. Recent Quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, an astonishing accomplishment for such a young ensemble and a testament to the Ariel’s skill and dedication to their craft. The program includes the Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1, Britten: Quartet No. 2, and Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44.
Artist Website

General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6

Saturday, February 23 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: SYMPHORIA POPS ORCHESTRA 
HERE TO STAY: THE GERSHWIN EXPERIENCE
Music and Lyrics by George Gershwing and Ira Gershwin
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Sylvia McNair, Vocalist; Kevin Cole, Pianist
Syracuse's new orchestra offers a program of Gershwin standards like Rhapsody in Blue; Love Is Here to Stay; Someone to Watch Over Me; The Man I Love; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Love Walked In and much more! Backed by lively tap dancing and multi-media images, some of which haven't been seen for generations.
 General Public $30; Seniors $25; Students $15

Friday, March 8 • 7:30 PM
MUSIC DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP COLLAGE CONCERT
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Come join the Music Department for an inspired evening of music making. The annual Scholarship Concert features selected student soloists, faculty artists and large/small ensembles. All proceeds go to support music scholarship
recipients. Please help support our hardworking future musicians!
Regular Admission $15; Students/Seniors $7 

Sunday, March 10 • 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: Mountain Roads
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
The Oswego and Syracuse based Bacchus Saxophone Quartet enchants audiences with invigorating contemporary literature and innovative arrangements of classics. Selections include pieces by such inspiring master composers as Gustav Fauré, Alexander Glazunov, David Maslanka, and Astor Piazzolla. Performers include Trevor Jorgensen, Stephen Defren, Marilee Blumenthal, and Daniel Blumenthal.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Tuesday, March 12 • 7:30 PM
PERFORMANCE: Celtic Nights: Journey of Hope
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Celtic Nights expertly weaves together the lilting melodies and plaintive lyrics of the rich Celtic heritage to tell the story of a people on a journey of hope, transported in time through traditional ballads, vivid choreography and the story of a people struggling to find their place in a changing world. Irish vocalists and step dancers create an exhilarating picture of a proud people who dared to dream big and carved out a home in the New World.
Artist Website

General Public $30; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $25; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Friday, April 5 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Oswego State Latin Jazz Ensemble w/ Emilio Del Monte TBD
Hewitt Union Ballroom
Special guest Cuban percussion legend Emilio Del Monte takes the stage with the Oswego State Latin Jazz Ensemble for an evening filled with music reflecting his homeland of Cuba.
Free and open to the public

Saturday, April 6 • 7:30 PM
GUEST VOICE RECITAL 
Paula Patterson, messo-soprano; Juan La Manna, piano
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Visiting Missouri State faculty member, Paula Patterson, joins music faculty member, Juan La Manna, in presenting a vooice recital including the music of Schub ert, Schumann (Frauenliebe and -Leben), Faure and Elgar.
Free and Open to the Public 

Wednesday, April 10 • 3 PM
VOICE AREA RECITAL
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Applied Voice Students and faculty members Elizabeth Kisselstein and Todd Graber present a program of popular art song with pianist Rebecca Horning.
Free and Open to the Public

7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Daedalus Quartet
Hosted by Juan La Manna: Pre-concert talk begins at 7 PM
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
“a fresh and vital young participant in what is a golden age of American string quartets" -The New Yorker
Establishing itself as a leader among the new generation of string ensembles, in the ten years of its existence the Daedalus Quartet has received plaudits from critics and listeners alike for the security, technical finish, interpretive unity, and sheer gusto of its performances. The quartet will be playing Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No.1 in Eb major, Op.12, for which the Washington Post in turn has acclaimed their performance of Mendelssohn for its “rockets of blistering virtuosity,” and George Perle’s Molto Adagio.
Artist Website

General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, April 18 (PREVIEW) • 8 PM 
Friday, April 19-Saturday, April 20 • 8 PM
Saturday, April 27 • 8 PM
Sunday, April 28 • 2:00 PM
THEATRE: Once Upon A Mattress
Music by Mary Rodgers
Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
“In an era of bigger-is-better theatrical pyrotechnics, Once Upon A Mattress harkens back to an era of simplicity-from-necessity, and its enduring popularity, from the Broadhurst Theatre to high school auditoriums, confirms that there is still appeal in that magic formula.” “Once Upon a Mattress,” wrote the Daily News' Kissel, “shows you can retell fairy tales with wit and sophistication, and, more important, human feeling.”
Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin-off on "Princess and the Pea" tells of royal courtship and comeuppance that provides for some side-splitting shenanigans. Chances are you'll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again.
Presented through special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals 

Preview $5; General Public $13; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Sunday, April 21 • 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: Song and Dance
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Pianist Juan F. La Manna and dancer Ligia Pinheiro collaborate to bring to life a visual, kinesthetic, and aurally engaging performance. Integrating movement and music seamlessly in this homogenous event illuminates the historical significance and startling evidence that makes it impossible to separate song and dance.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5

Monday, April 29 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Festival Chorus and College Choir
Church of the Resurrection (TBD)
The Festival Chorus presents Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, and the College Choir performs Songs of Reflection, Requite, and Repose.
 

Wednesday, May 1 • 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Trombonist Michael Davis
Hosted by Eric Schmitz; Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Featuring the Oswego Jazz Project
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
“In this ‘bone dry era, it is essential to have Michael Davis around.” – Charlie Watts, drummer, Rolling Stones
Widely known as the trombonist for the Rolling Stones and Frank Sinatra, Michael Davis has enjoyed a diverse and acclaimed career. Beginning in the Buddy Rich Band he went on to work with a variable Who’s Who of talent: Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, Jay Z, Sarah Vaughan, Sting, Branford Marsalis, Peter Gabriel, Lyle Lovett, Paul Simon, David Sanborn, and scores of others. A multiple recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, he maintains his own jazz groups and projects through Hip-Bone Music.
General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, May 2 • 7:30 PM
SPRING CONCERT: Jazz Ensembles with special guest Michael Davis
Our Large and Small Jazz Ensembles present their annual Spring Concert, with special guest trombonist Michael Davis.

Saturday, May 4 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: State Singers
Sheldon Hall Ballroom (TBD) 

Sunday, May 5 • 4 PM
CONCERT: College Community Orchestra
Waterman Theater, Tyler Hall
A concert featuring student soloists performing the world premiere of a commissioned concerto for flute and clarinet, as well as selections from the Classical repertoire  

Wednesday, May 8 • 3 PM
MUSIC DEPARTMENT CONVOCATION RECITAL
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Applied instrumental and voice students present a varied recital program which is open to the public. 

Literary

Monday, September 10 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Kimi Eisele
Campus Center Auditorium
Multi-disciplinary artist Kimi Eisele shares how writing has infiltrated her artistic endeavors and community-based projects and how being a writer has meant more than putting words on paper. Her talk explores how conversations and essays can reveal community; how words and text enhance dance, visual arts, and even online social networking; and how our words can become literary activism.
Artist Website

Tuesday, September 18 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Jon Chopan
Campus Center Auditorium
SUNY Oswego alum Jon Chopan blends letters, stories, obits and writing fragments in his new autobiographical novel Pulled from the River. He creates a haunting view of what it means to grow up in a city haunted by the serial killer Arthur Shawcross.

Monday, September 24 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Susan Fox Rogers
Campus Center Auditorium
In My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir, author Susan Fox Rogers guides the reader through both her own memories and down the Hudson River. Part nature guide, part history, part memoir, this nonfiction work is beautifully evocative of the way memory shapes experience.
Artist Website

Monday, October 8 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Marge Pellegrino
Campus Center Auditorium
Marge Pellegrino weaves narrative, dreams, and folktales in her prize-winning novel, Journey of Dreams. The story follows Tomasa, a Guatamalan teenager seeking refuge, as she and her brothers travel north to Mexico and Arizona in hopes of reuniting her family. Pellegrino talks about how expressive-arts work with refugees inspired the book and about how writing can be a tool for healing and building community.
Artist Website

CANCELED : THE LIVING WRITER TALK WITH BETH ALVARADO HAS BEEN CANCELED.

CANCELED

Monday, October 29 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Beth Alvarado
Campus Center Auditorium
Tucson fiction and nonfiction writer Beth Alvarado layers portraits, scenes, memories, and dreams in her new work, Anthropologies. The stories, which are both fragmentary and cohesive, overlap and accumulate to reveal tenderness and grief in this lovely, cross-cultural "web of interrelationships."
Artist Website

Monday, November 5 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Samantha Shelton
Campus Center Auditorium
Samantha Shelton, a graduate of SUNY Oswego's creative writing and journalism programs, returns to talk about her work at Fitness Magazine. Having advanced from reader, to intern, to freelancer, to full-time employee, Shelton will discuss how her college experiences - writing for the Oswegonian, establishing the local chapter of Ed 2010, and getting Her Campus up and running - helped her find success in the competitive world of New York City magazine writing.
Artist Website

Photo by Molly Anne Photography
Monday, November 12 • 3 PM
LIVING WRITER: Patrick Lawler
Campus Center Auditorium
"Jack of all trades, master of none." Patrick Lawler proves this saying wrong, writing beautifully and compellingly in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He teaches in multiple genres as well, and is the ecopoetry and drama editor for a leading literary journal. Lawler will talk about his book Underground (Notes toward an Autobiography), which is "part interview, part poetry, part elegy for his father, part examination of how a son with this particular father became a writer..."

Thursday, February 28 • 6 PM
ERNST & YOUNG LECTURE SERIES
TALK: "Equal Work, Equal Pay" w/ Lilly Ledbetter
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Lilly Ledbetter is the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play Act of 2009 and an inductee in the Women's Hall of Fame in 2011. 

Wednesday, April 24 • 7 PM
ORI KEYNOTE SPEAKER: David Benioff
City of Thieves
Campus Center Auditorium
Benioff talks about his often-dark, always-challenging story of two young men on an impossible adventure, trying to survive against desperate odds in Russia during the infamous WWII siege of Leningrad by the Nazi army. Author and screenwriter Benioff follows up The 25th Hour with this hard-to-put-down novel of one of history’s darkest hours.

Film

Tuesday, September 25 • 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Gen Silent w/ Producer Director Stu Maddux
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street, Oswego
"Every single person should see this film... It deserves an Oscar". Best selling novelist Patricia Cornwell
"You need tissues to watch this..." U.S. Asst. Secretary of Aging Kathy Greenlee
Gen Silent, a critically-acclaimed documentary, asks six aging LGBT seniors about the discrimination against them within the senior care system. How can they handle the fear, the isolation, the bullying, the abuse they face as they grow older? Followed by Q&A with film director.
Movie Website

Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema

Tuesday, October 9 • 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Runaway w/ Director Amit Ashraf
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street, Oswego
Runaway, a Bengladeshi film, centers on the story of husbands and fathers who think they can find a better life by leaving their families – running away - and one man's efforts to bring them back home. Followed by Q&A with film director.

Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema

Tuesday, October 16 • 7:30 PM
FILM: Crooked Arrows
Followed by Q&A with writer Brad Riddell and members of the film team
Hewitt Union Ballroom
A mixed-blood Native American, Joe Logan, eager to modernize his reservation, must first prove himself to his father, the traditionalist Tribal Chairman, by rediscovering his spirit. He is tasked with coaching the reservation’s high school lacrosse team, which competes against the better-equipped and better-trained players of the elite Prep School League. Joe inspires the Native American boys and teaches them the true meaning of tribal pride.
Film Website

Friday, November 2 • 7:30 PM
Introduction by the Co-Creators at 7:00 PM
BENEFIT VIDEO SCREENING: Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo
With Special Guests: Ping Chong-- Artistic Director, Ping Chong & Company, NYC
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Chong and Bass joined forces to create a compelling new theater work with members of the Congolese community in Syracuse. While living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, these Central New York neighbors faced horrific tribal violence; their goal is to reconcile across tribal lines as a model for Congolese people everywhere.
A benefit screening of WCNY’s made-for-public television version of this important project, fostered by Syracuse University.

$5 donation for relief work in the Congo.
IST APPROVED

Tuesday, November 13 • 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Dislecksia: The Movie w/ Director Harvey Hubbell V
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street, Oswego
Dyslexic director Harvey Hubbell V, with a crew containing several dyslexic members, presents the latest scientific knowledge about dyslexia and the experiences of dyslexics. Viewers come to know dyslexics as people, not just statistics, and the causes and effects of dyslexia as well as what can be done about it. Followed by Q&A with film director. TICKETS: Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema
Movie Website

Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema

Tuesday, February 26 • 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Cafeteria Man w/director Richard Chisolm
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street, Oswego
“A compelling and original wake-up call. Cafeteria Man shows us that improving school food isn't about nutrients and recipes — but vision.” - Jane Black, Food Writer
Cafeteria Man tells the story of an ambitious effort to 'green' the public school diet serving 83,000 students in Baltimore. It features Tony Geraci, food-service director for the city schools, leading the charge to replace pre-plated, processed foods with locally-grown, freshly-prepared meals, including a program of school vegetable gardens, student-designed meals, meatless Mondays, and nutrition education in the classroom. Followed by Q&A with film director.
Film Website

Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema

Tuesday, March 5 • 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Abel Raises Cain w/ Producer/Director Jenny Abel
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street, Oswego
Abel Raises Cain is an unprecedented glimpse into the life and bizarre career of Alan Abel, the notorious media prankster who has made a name for himself several times over with stunts that are just ridiculous enough to be believable, especially to a media that feeds on salacious stories. In this loving portrait of an eccentric father, Alan's daughter, Jenny, takes the audience on a roller coaster ride through the myriad of elaborate hoaxes and schemes that Abel pulled off over the years, all of which were designed to provoke, amuse and make people question everything that they see, hear or read. Followed by Q&A with film director.
Film Website

Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema

Tuesday, April 9 • 7 PM
FILM & TALK: Jeffrey Newell
Campus Center Auditorium
SUNY Oswego alum, Jeffrey R. Newell is co-founder and chief videographer at Digital Media Solutions in Syracuse. As an accomplished experimental filmmaker, Newell presents his independently produced short-film trilogy that challenges viewers to remember a world we take for granted every day. Following the screening, Newell will discuss the production’s history and the difficulties faced by the modern video artist.

Thursday, April 18 • 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: What We Need is the Impossible! w/Director Sam Green
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street, Oswego
Green brings a program of his award-winning shorts, highlighted by his film, The Universal Language about the history and legacy of Esperanto, a utopian universal language created by Polish doctor Ludovic Zamenhof in the late 1800s, as a path toward world peace. Other films in the program include The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie (1999), lot 63, grave c (2006), Clear Glasses (2008), and more. Followed by Q&A with the film director.
Film Website

Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50 Available from any campus box office or Oswego Cinema

ON SCREEN/IN PERSON films are followed by a Q&A with the film director(s) or producer that has been organized by the SUNY Oswego’s Cinema and Screen Studies Program with support from ARTSwego and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. All On Screen/In Person screenings take place at Oswego Cinema on Tuesday evenings at 7 PM.

TICKETS: Tickets are available from any campus box office, online at tickets.oswego.edu, or from Oswego Cinema.
Adults $7 
Seniors $5 
Students $3.50

ON SCREEN/IN PERSON is made possible with support from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program. This series is presented by SUNY Oswego's Cinema & Screen Studies Program in collaboration with ARTSwego; Oswego Cinema; our student organization, the Oswego Film Club; and the community film organization, Oswego Film Group.

 

Visual Arts

Friday, September 7 • 5-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION FOR TWO EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery

Friday, September 7-Saturday, October 6
TWO GALLERY EXHIBITS

Promise of Water
Oswego Art Alums
Tyler Art Gallery North
Features artwork by a select group of art alumni, from recent graduates to those who studied in decades past. Nominated by current and former art faculty, this collection of eclectic and dedicated artists demonstrates how art can be a life-enriching, long-term endeavor.

My House That I had, 2011; Photo by Guy L'Heureux 

Hannah Claus: In/Tangible Presence
Tyler Art Gallery South
Claus is a Canadian artist of Mohawk heritage whose mixed media installations merge traditional art forms such as beadwork with new media like photography, digital imagery, and video in order to rethink the cultural, historical, and personal boundaries that define one’s identity. In her work Claus combines materials ranging from interfacing, quilts, and seed beads to fiber optics, reprography film and Tyvek along with arduous, repetitive processes in order to underscore the tenuous and fluctuating relationship between memory, the body, place, and identity.
Artist Website

Wednesday, September 19 • 12:40 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Hannah Claus
Room 102, Tyler Hall
See exhibit description: Friday, September 7-Saturday, October 5

Monday, October 8 · 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Leslie Hirst
Room 105, Lanigan Hall
Hirst's work explores the essence of place within the context of human habitation and dwelling, and the role of materiality as it relates to location. Primarily, she is intrigued by visual patterns within the environment - both natural and man-made - and the symbolic evidence of humans interacting with the world around them. Her current work, The Graffiti Project, examines the way in which the visible word is woven into the social context of societies.

 

Tuesday, October 16 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Mariana Najmanovich
Campus Center Auditorium
Artist Website
See exhibit description: Friday, October 19-Tuesday, November 20

Tuesday, October 16 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Mariana Najmanovich
Campus Center Auditorium
Artist Website
See exhibit description: Friday, October 19-Tuesday, November 20

Friday, October 19-Tuesday, November 20
TWO GALLERY EXHIBITS

Neuvo (acrylic on Canvas) 2009
Friday, October 19 • 5-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION: Mariana Najmanovich: Records of Captivity
Tyler Art Gallery South
The predicament of animals figures prominently in the drawings and paintings of Chilean artist Mariana Najmanovich. Formally, she is interested in the sensation of weightlessness of the pictorial plane; when elements seem to float and create a visual environment which doesn’t answer to the conventional laws of pictorial space.
"The main concern of my work consists with the animal kingdom’s demand to recover their territory. In different contexts of our geography, this space has been occupied and violated by man, displacing the rest of the species from their respective habitats... The central question surrounding my creative process is: What is the terrain that corresponds to the animal kingdom within a natural order dominated by human beings?"
Artist Website

Ride 'Em
Cynthia Clabough: My name is Cynthia, my mother’s name is Anna, my family is of many, my memory is evolving
Tyler Art Gallery North
An exhibition of visual essays by Cynthia Clabough on becoming “of-age” and other sundry, painterly tales from an artist unraveling with purpose. On display will be mixed media works that incorporate photographs from family photo archives and continue the stories explored in several previous exhibitions. "My recent work was born from my need to dissect, inspect, and make sense of the impact life experiences have had on the way I remember. The work provides a structure I can frame conversations with myself about my family and ways we shape and influence our children."

Brett Baker's Studio
Wednesday, October 24 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Brett Baker
Room 105, Lanigan Hall
Baker's work explores painting as a place of interaction and reflection where human presence completes the work. He has won numerous awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in painting. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the nation, and he is the editor of Painter's Table, a nationally recognized on-line magazine of the painting blogosphere.
Artist Website

October 27, 2012 • 2-4 PM
Artist Talk and Reception: Cynthia Clabough: My name is Cynthia, my mother’s name is Anna, my family is of many, my memory is evolving
Tyler Art Gallery North
An exhibition of visual essays by Cynthia Clabough on becoming “of-age” and other sundry, painterly tales from an artist unraveling with purpose. On display will be mixed media works that incorporate photographs from family photo archives and continue the stories explored in several previous exhibitions. "My recent work was born from my need to dissect, inspect, and make sense of the impact life experiences have had on the way I remember. The work provides a structure I can frame conversations with myself about my family and ways we shape and influence our children."

Moss Glen Camouflage Oh Show See (2007)
Monday, November 12 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Susanna Coffey
Campus Center Auditorium
Coffey’s self-portrait paintings are brash, assertive in their sourness and relentlessly fixed to the central axis of the canvas. She shows a keen eye for color, exquisite tonal control and super command of painterly surfaces and texture.
Artist Website

Friday, November 30-Wednesday, December 12
TWO GALLERY EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery North: Fall Bachelor of Fine Art
Tyler Art Gallery South: Fall Master of Fine Art

Friday, November 30 • 5-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION: Fall BFA and MFA Exhibitions
Participation in a group (BFA) or a solo exhibition (MA) is a requirement for art graduates. Presenting a grouping of each art student’s unique creations, these exhibitions always feature fresh, provocative ideas and a few surprises.

Friday, December 7 • 2:30-4:30 PM
ART EXHIBITION: IMAGINE
101 Tyler Hall (Music Listening Room)
A one time salon of work created by the Digital Illustration students inspired by John Lennon's Imagine. Each contributing artist will be on hand to answer questions. Refreshments will be served throughout. 

Friday, February 1 • 5-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION FOR BOTH EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery

Friday, February 1-Saturday, March 9
TWO GALLERY EXHIBITS

50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Tyler Art Gallery North
Open to any undergraduate student at Oswego, this half-century-old tradition is eagerly anticipated, well-attended and presents timely and provocative contemporary ideas.
Chosen by outside jurors, a variety of student awards are presented at the opening reception.

Art Faculty
Tyler Art Gallery South
This annual event showcases the talent and accomplishment of Oswego’s art faculty as they share their most recent creative endeavors. The high level of artistic achievement, as well as the range of artistic media and subject matter, make this a much anticipated event each year.

Crush (printed photo on canvas, human hair, fan) 2011
Wednesday, February 20 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Adam Parker-Smith
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Smith, a creator of both two and three-dimensional works, appeals to a broad range of students, including art and theater students. His sculptural work includes the use of felt, from which he made an impressive doll and puppet series, and sculpting materials such as wood and resin and found objects such as foam, rope, latex masks and more. His two-dimensional works include photographs, acrylic paintings, printed photography on canvas, and more. His work has been exhibited at various institutions, such as The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, DE, as well as solo exhibitions in Tokyo, New York City, Luxembourg, Montreal and San Francisco.
Artist Website

"Memories," Wall 1 (pigment ink on linen), 2011
Wednesday, March 6 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Carrie Pollack
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Pollack describes her work as "a catalog of her memories". In it she examines what we as individuals consciously or unconsciously choose to remember and how our memories of people, places and events degrade and change over time. Begun after the death of her father in 2009, Pollack's new paintings are both poetic and existential, and they investigate the notions of permanence and impermanence, as well as uncertainty and contradiction.
Artist Website

Tuesday, March 26-Saturday, April 27
TWO GALLERY EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery North
Spring MA
Students pursuing a Master of Arts degree display the fruit of years of dedicated study. This exhibition requires MA candidates to show a larger, more focused body of work than their undergraduate colleagues.

Imagining Cuba
Tyler Art Gallery South
The exhibition includes ten prominent Cuban and international photographers whose subject is Cuba. Illustrating different visual approaches, from the realistic to the conceptual, each artist brings unique perspectives on the complexities of Cuban society while inviting the viewer to participate in the imaginative poetic visions presented by the artists.

Wednesday, March 27 • 7 PM TBD
ART HISTORIAN: William Ganis
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Ganis, associate professor of Arts History at Wells College, is also the director of the String Room Gallery. His research areas include the effects of the art market on contemporary art history, the legacy of Andy Warhol on contemporary art practices and video games as culture.

Absolute Revolution La Isla (silver/gelatin print on B&W Paper) 2009
Thursday, April 4 • 7 PM
VISITING ARTIST: Nelson Arellano
Location TBD
Arellano is one half of a husband and wife artistic collaboration and are known for their cutting-edge conceptual photography. They have been working together in Havana, Cuba, since 1994 and have had solo exhibitions in main shows at the VIII and X Havana Biennials (2003, 2009). They have won numerous awards and their work has been displayed in Europe, North America, South America and Africa.
Artist Website

Friday, April 5 • 5-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION FOR MARCH 26-APRIL 27 EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery

Thursday, May 2-Friday, May 31 
FACULTY & STAFF ART EXHIBITION: "On My Own Time"
Penfield Library Lobby
Library Hours:
Sunday · 11:30 AM-11 PM
Monday-Thursday · 7:45 AM-11 PM
Friday · 7:45 AM-9 PM 
Saturday · 10:30 AM-9 PM 
"On My Own Time" celebrates the creative talent of faculty and staff who are visual artists "on their own time." Created in 1974 by CNY Arts (formerly the Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County), in cooperation with the Everson Museum of Art, "On My Own Time" is a community arts program that links the business and cultural sectors of Central New York to promote an appreciation of arts and to recognize creativity in the workforce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, May 3 • 5-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION
Tyler Art Gallery

Friday, May 3-Saturday, May 18
GALLERY EXHIBIT: Spring BFA
Tyler Art Gallery
Continuing the high standard expected of Oswego graduates, Bachelor of Fine Art students present work concentrated in either Graphic Design or Studio Art as part of their degree requirement. Installed by the students themselves and occupying both galleries, a multitude of artistic media as well as conceptual approaches are represented.

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