Riff Raff (Jesse Lessner, left), Columbia (Clarissa Bawarski, front center) and Magenta (Amanda Joseph, right) support the grand entrance of Dr. Frank N. Furter (Josh Dobbin), the proprietor of a house of horrors that greets innocent newlyweds on a dark and stormy night in "The Rocky Horror Show," the SUNY Oswego music and theatre departments' production running Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 14 and 15.
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‘Rocky Horror’ character Frank-ly makes case for comfort in one’s skin

The SUNY Oswego music and theatre departments welcome to the stage the cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show,” which runs 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 14 and 15 in the Hewitt Union ballroom. The bawdy horror-comedy dealing with sexual themes is recommended for mature audiences only.

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Grand River Cellars.
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Sandra Scott Travels: Wine Trail A treat For The Taste Buds

John and I like to break up our road trips by stopping at new places. On our way to visit family in Ohio, we had a wonderful stay at The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake. Yes, there is more than one Geneva-on-the-Lake. The one in Ohio is part of Geneva State Park where there is picnicking, camping, cabins, boating, trails, swimming, fishing and more. The lodge is a beautiful resort with rooms that have great views of Lake Erie. The first day we were there it was rainy and the lake was kicking up but the next morning the water calmed, the sun came out, and it was beautiful.

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SUNY Oswego faculty member and concert pianist Robert Auler will present a recital, "Reinventions," at 3 p.m. Nov. 9, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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Auler to play works of Bach, Gershwin, colleague in Nov. 9 recital

Accomplished concert pianist Robert Auler of SUNY Oswego’s music department will present “Reinventions,” a Focus on Faculty Series recital at 3 p.m. Nov. 9, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. For each piece, Auler either will play a different version from the original or comment in new ways on existing source material or inspiration.

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Plenty of spirits linger around Fort Ontario's cemetery.
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Sandra Scott Travels: It’s The Season To Take In A Haunting – Or Two

The Rolling Hills Asylum in East Bethany is a sprawling brick building built in 1827 as The Genesee County Poor Farm and in the 1950s it was a county home and infirmary. Over the years, people reported strange occurrences of the paranormal kind. It was declared the “Second Most Haunted Place in the United States” by Haunted North America and has been featured on many TV shows. Forts are often places with hauntings and Fort Ontario is no exception.

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'Rocky Horror' happening
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‘Rocky Horror’ happening

Starting on Halloween night, SUNY Oswego’s theatre and music departments will present six stagings of the classic campy musical comedy “The Rocky Horror Show.” Curtain time will be 7:30 p.m. on three Fridays and Saturdays — Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, Nov. 7 and 8, and Nov. 14 and 15 — in the college’s Hewitt Union ballroom. The performance is suggested for ages 16 and over.

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Sybarite 5, a string quintet known to play Radiohead and Led Zeppelin as well as the classics, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, in Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the college's Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.
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Sybarite 5 to perform repertoire from Radiohead to Mozart at SUNY Oswego

String quintet Sybarite 5 will bring its eras-bridging style to SUNY Oswego at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, at Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series. The group has taken audiences by storm across the U.S., helping change the perception of chamber music performance, event organizers said. Critics say that from the moment their bows hit the strings, this quintet of talented, diverse musicians takes the audience on an exciting ride that engages the senses and redefines the rules.

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Mystery
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Tales From the Netherlands: Montreal’s Mystery is revealed at last

While progressive rock may stand as a bad word in some sectors of the sonic world, the Dutch have always harbored a special affinity for this extended and cerebral brand of music. So it comes as no surprise that the stars aligned themselves perfectly on May 10, 2013, when Montreal based prog-rock band Mystery took to the stage of the Boerderij Cultuurpodium in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. The end result is the group’s first-ever live release, Tales from the Netherlands, an astounding ride through the band’s recent catalogue that could also serve as the perfect jumping on point for the uninitiated.

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View of Middle Falls from Glen Iris
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Sandra Scott Travels: Enjoy The View at Letchworth State Park

Letchworth State Park is located 35 miles southwest of Rochester and 60 miles southeast of Buffalo in Livingston and Wyoming counties. The park is roughly 17 miles long, covering 14,350 acres of land along the Genesee River with three major waterfalls and several lesser ones. The largest is 107 feet high. The canyon was carved by the river over thousands of years with some of the cliffs nearly 600 feet above the river. John and I have been to Letchworth several times and it is at its loveliest in the fall.

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Fulton Community Theatre Presents Last of the Red Hot Lovers

Neil Simon’s classic comedy about the foibles of middle age comes to Fulton this November as Fulton Community Theatre proudly presents “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” The play, which closes out FCT’s 24th season, will run weekends, November 8, 9, 15, and 16 at Tavern On The Lock, 24 S. First St. The comedy will be presented as a dinner theatre offering, with Saturday dinners beginning at 6 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. showtime.

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