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Violinist Ahreum Kim, new last fall as a member of the SUNY Oswego music faculty, will make her campus concert debut in collaboration with colleague and pianist Robert Auler at 3 p.m. Feb. 22, in Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the music department’s Focus on Faculty series.

Spirit Week benefited the KPS Student Council’s 2015 agenda. Some of the money that was collected during the fundraiser will be used to purchase fleece and make no-sew blankets for local animal shelters.

A free public artists’ reception to open an exhibition titled “Apartheid and Identity: Race. Place. Being.” will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center in Syracuse. The multimedia exhibition, under the direction of Oswego art department chair Cynthia Clabough, will explore the convergences between South Africans’ struggles against apartheid and the American Civil Rights Movement. It will run through March 28 in the Atrium on Clinton Square.

Beginning Feb 21, the Salmon River Fine Arts Center in Pulaski will host an amazing art show displaying works from selected artists ages 5 through 1 from Lura M Sharp and Sandy Creek Elementary schools. This show, free and open to the public, will be held in the main gallery at 4848 N. Jefferson St, Pulaski through March 14.

The Fulton Elks Lodge at 57 Pierce Drive has resumed its Friday night dinners. The Elks serve a full menu including fresh fish, chicken, steak and seafood that includes homemade sides.

The selection of the 2015 Oswego Harborfest poster is just about completed. This year art students at the G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton partnered with Harborfest to create colorful posters for consideration.

State Senator Patty Ritchie joined fellow lawmakers at the Capitol to call for an end to the “Gap Elimination Adjustment,” a budget gimmick that has continued to hurt schools and students since its implementation in 2010.

They will now represent the school in the district-wide spelling bee to be held on March 21 at 10 a.m. at Oswego High School’s Ralph M. Faust Theatre.

Fairley Elementary students learned that the sky is the limit at a recent concert by musician Jared Campbell. His elementary concerts are a part of what he calls the “Blue Project,” an initiative to help students gain self-esteem and an understanding that everyone has value.