Arts and Entertainment

SUNY Oswego’s Artswego Performing Arts Series will host the premiere of a new collaborative program by popular guitarist Kaki King with groundbreaking string quartet ETHEL March 26. Following the first concert at the college, the partnership will present the new evening-length program “And Other Stories…” at the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA and additional venues from Miami to New York City.

After more than six weeks of rehearsals, the cast of Willy Wonka, Jr prepares for the musical opening March 14 at CNY Arts Center located in State Methodist Church, 357 State St. The production featuring more than 30 local children will run for two weekends March 14, 15 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and March 16, 22 and 23 at 3 p.m.

Young performers will be showcased in a new spotlight at CNY Arts Center, 357 State St., in Fulton on February 28 at 7 p.m. in a free performance open to the public. Because of a generous grant from the Shineman Foundation, CNY Arts Center is spotlighting several exceptionally talented kids who are making their mark in the performing arts already.

SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series will feature cellist Elinor Frey in concert at 7:30 p.m. March 5, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Frey’s repertoire will include Benjamin Britten’s “Cello Suite No. 2, op. 80,” the second suite in his series of three cello compositions, as well as Leos Janacek’s cello and piano arrangement “Pohadka,” which means “Fairy Tale.”

A small town in Ohio wasn’t big enough for Oswego Players’ actress Banna Rubinow. She wanted something much more. Born in 1949, Rubinow lived a solitary life during her childhood, “Partly by choice, partly not by choice,” she said. But for her, it was a great opportunity. She discovered early on her thirst and hunger for reading. She’d read anything she could get her hands on — especially plays.