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Below, find the list of upcoming shows at a glance. For a comprehensive list, visit the tabs above. For more indepth descriptions, check out the the fall calendar in the menu to the left.

 

Theatre/Dance


Much Ado About Nothing
Oswego State Theatre Department presents
Thursday, April 19 (preview) • 8 PM
Friday, April 20; Saturday, April 21 & Saturday, April 28 • 8 PM
Sunday, April 29 • 2 PM

Much Ado About Nothing
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Gary Izzo
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” Two pairs of lovers fall for the trickery and match making deceptions of the haughty Prince of Arragon in Shakespeare’s popular comedy.
ticketsPreview $5; General Public $15; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $7

 

Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Oswego State Theatre and Music Departments present
Friday, May 4 8 PM
Saturday, May 5 • 8 PM
Sunday, May 6 • 2 PM

An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
The Songs we love to hear and sing such as "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music" and "South Pacific's" "Some Enchanted Evening". The Festival Chorus, College Choir and College Community Orchestra present a light-hearted and rousing evening of classic R&H favorites.
ticketsGeneral Public $15; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $7

Concerts


Thursday, April 26 • 7:30 PM
CONCERT: State Singers
First Methodist Church, 7111 State Route 104, Oswego
Before going out on the town, come get intimate with the SUNY Oswego State Singers, as they offer an evening of standards, spanning the Renaissance period through today, with a few surprises thrown in, to boot!

Friday, April 27 @ 7:30 PM
SPRING CONCERT: Conductor's Lab Orchestra
Campus Center Auditorium
Enjoy a performance of beautiful and challenging pieces including Mozart's "Magic Flute Overture", Beethoven's "Symphony #1", Schubert's "Symphony #8 Unfinished", and Smetana's "Ma Vlast - The Moldau".  

Authors

Stay tuned for information about the Creative Writers Series which will return during the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year.

 


Film

On Screen In PersonON SCREEN/IN PERSON is a series of 6 films 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

MAAF NEA The series 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

SUNY Oswego’s Art Department has three exhibit locations. For information about any of the exhibitions or to schedule a tour of the Tyler Art Gallery exhibits contact Michael Flanagan michael.flanagan@oswego.edu or 315-312-2112

 

Tyler Art Gallery
Tyler Hall, SUNY Oswego Campus, Route 104 West, Oswego
11:30-3 PM Tuesday thru Saturday
SUNY Metro Center Gallery
Downtown Syracuse at the Atrium, 2 Clinton Square, Syracuse
Call ahead for gallery hours: 315-399-4100
Oswego State Downtown Gallery
Corner of West First and Bridge Streets, Oswego
Call ahead for gallery hours: 315-216-4985



April 13-May 5

EXHIBIT: Sarah Argus: The Blank Slate 
RECEPTION Friday, April 13 • 5-7 PM
Oswego State Downtown Gallery 

April 25 @ 7 PM 
ARTIST TALK: Shay Church
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Church's work explores images of extinction, death and transformation. The un-fired large-scale clay forms wither, dry and crack during the length of an exhibition, illustrating the sobering reality of vanishing species such as the gray whale and the African elephant.

April 27-May 12  
EXHIBIT: Spring BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts students present work concentrated in either Graphic Design or Studio Art as part of their degree requirement. Occupying both galleries, a multitude of artistic media and c onceptual approaches are represented. 
RECEPTION Friday, April 27 • 5-7 PM
6 PM Awards Ceremony
Tyler Art Gallery








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