Students at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will have the opportunity to premiere the three winning operatic works of the Domenic J. Pellicciotti Opera Composition Prize next week.
A new book co-authored by Mark Zelcer of SUNY Oswego’s philosophy department aims to elevate one of Plato’s overlooked works to greater recognition. “Politics and Philosophy in Plato’s ‘Menexenus'” — co-written with Nickolas Pappas, Zelcer’s former boss and mentor at City College of New York — finds hidden gems in a work that many modern philosophers and critics have disregarded, considering it a parody and a lesser work of one of the world’s most important thinkers.
The Oswego County Health Department is offering influenza immunization clinics for people age 19 and older weekdays at the Nick Sterio Public Health Clinic, 70 Bunner St., Oswego
The Minetto United Methodist Church will host a free dinner on November 23 serving from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The menu will be spaghetti, meatballs, salad, Italian bread, and dessert. Donations are not expected but will be accepted.
Students at Fairgrieve Elementary School were announced as Expectation Experts for exhibiting the district’s behavioral expectations for the month of October. The students represented the four expectations: Be Safe; Be Respectful; Be Responsible; and Be a Problem Solver.
The firefighters shared safety and prevention information with students at the school.
With a new location, CNY Arts Center kicks off a month-long slate of events to launch the new partnership with Cayuga Community College. Located in the River Glen Plaza on Route 481 South, in the former Fashion Bug retail store, CNY Arts Center hosts its first art show open to the public on November 15 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and November 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students in Martin Scoville’s Advanced Drawing and Painting classes at Sandy Creek High School took a recent field trip to Old Forge where they drew inspiration from nature. Prior to the field trip, the students studied the water colors of Winslow Homer, who worked in the Adirondack Mountains during a period of his life and painted many works during that time.
Of all the human services programs that United Way supports the ones with the most visible impact are those that address one of Oswego County’s most pressing needs…hunger. The need for food subsidy remains high as food pantries and nutrition services struggle to meet the demand. Under United Way’s strive to ensure basic needs for all they help fund four programs to reach results in their initiative to stop hunger.
It may surprise many people to learn that 25 percent of those who die every year in the United States are veterans. To help provide care and support that reflects the important contributions made by these men and women, Oswego County Hospice is a national partner of the We Honor Veterans program, and is a level 2 of the four level tiers.
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