Arts + culture

SUNY Oswego theatre major Nova Grayson Casillo chose an ambitious senior honors thesis, a project with some serious bite: producing and designing the Steven Dietz adaptation of "Dracula."

Beanie Babies, Starter jackets, Nintendo 64 and the beeper all have one thing in common -- the 1990s. SUNY Oswego students plan to showcase their passion for the '90s in an exhibition called "'90s Nostalgia" at the Art Association of Oswego.

The Fall BFA Exhibition, featuring the best-of-portfolio work of 14 candidates for SUNY Oswego's bachelor of fine arts degree, will open with a free, public reception for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, in Tyler Art Gallery and the adjacent lobby of modernized Tyler Hall.

For Megan Hickey the child, performing in church plays and participating in theatre clubs seemed like just a fun pastime. In the present, it has become one of the most important elements in the SUNY Oswego senior theatre major's life.

Globally accomplished jazz drummer Matt Wilson will bring his Matt Wilson Quartet to SUNY Oswego for a Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.

The 1960s was a time of revolutionary change, with challenges to social norms as society moved away from tradition. This fall's student honors production of the French farce "Boeing Boeing" at SUNY Oswego portrays this concept of change by challenging stereotypes and flipping them.

SUNY Oswego music professor and concert pianist Robert Auler will headline a recital titled "Chopin Celebration" for the Focus on Faculty Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.

The fall master of art in studio arts exhibition will start Nov. 21 and continue Nov. 28 to Dec. 3 in Tyler Art Gallery, highlighting the portfolio work of three candidates for December graduation.

The SUNY Oswego theatre department's October production of "Clybourne Park," a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning play satirizing ingrained notions about race relations and gentrification, should cause audience members to recognize their shared humanity, the play's director says.

Tyler Art Gallery will host an exhibition titled "Veterans Book Project: Objects for Deployment" starting Tuesday, Sept. 26, and will welcome visual artist Monica Haller, the project's coordinator, for a talk on Thursday, Oct. 5.