Community

The Oswego Film Group presents a free screening of the celebrated mystical drama nominated for four Academy Awards this year, Beasts of the Southern Wild, on March 6 at 6:45 p.m. in the Community Room of the Oswego Public Library, 120 E.Second St.

The district recognizes that good attendance habits including arriving on time and ready to learn are critical to school success and also set the foundation for future success in college or a career.

Moms and sons enjoyed a dance together during the recent Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School Glow-In-The-Dark Dance. So did fathers and daughters.

This month, New York State will honor a group of individuals who are just getting started, students. February is National Youth Leadership Month.

Oswego County Opportunities’ Literacy Volunteers program is offering a tutor orientation for its 2013 spring session on April 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. The tutor orientation will be held at OCO’s Midtown Plaza Offices, 75 E. First St.

The next round of auditions will be held Feb. 16 from 2 to 3 p.m. at CNY Arts Center’s new facility in State Street Methodist Church, 357 State St.

For the first time in recent memory, the Oswego Players needed to cancel last Friday’s performance and 75th season opening reception due to inclement weather forecasts. Bobby Fontana is readying for auditions for the second selection of the 75th season. He has chosen Gore Vidal’s political composition, “The Best Man.”

The 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at SUNY Oswego on Jan. 31 featured Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity’s annual Community Service Awards.