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Artswego Season to Offer Globe-spanning Feast of Music, Dance, Comedy

Step Afrika, a high-energy dance troupe skilled in the African art of stepping, provides a free show to open the 2010-11 Artswego Performing Arts Series at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 30 in SUNY Oswego's Campus Center arena. The series features music, dance and comedy performances from five continents, through mid-February.Artswego at SUNY Oswego launches its 2010-11 Performing Arts Series with a free, pulse-pounding appetizer of a performance by Step Afrika, follows up with the flavorful rhythms of Sol y Canto and moves on to music and dance entrees of international flair, with a side order of classic American comedy.

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Fort Ontario Hosts National Brigade of American Revolution Aug. 14 – 15

Hundreds of re-enactors are scheduled to present tactical weapons demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14-15, during the National Encampment of the Brigade of the American Revolution at Fort Ontario in Oswego. The event commemorates the important role Fort Ontario played in the nation’s War for Independence (1775-1783), said Paul Lear, Historic Site Manager. Children’s games, a colonial tavern, period music and other activities are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tactical weapons demonstrations with an assault on the fort will be held at 2 p.m. both days.

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