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Oswego magician returns for third show at Destiny comedy club

A SUNY Oswego alumnus will return to the stage of the Funny Bone Comedy Club at Destiny USA when he appears there for the third time Nov. 30. John Wolfson will bring The Magical John Show to the FunnyBone Nov. 30 for a family matinee that includes magic and comedy for all ages, the only exception to the Funny Bone’s 21 and over policy.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Walking in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark

Seaman.

In May 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed from St. Louis on an expedition commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase. Along with them was their trusty black Newfoundland dog, Seaman. While there is no definitive proof that Seaman survived, surely Clark would have mentioned the death of his trusted friend.

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Children take center stage at CNY Arts Center

CNY Arts Center announces the debut of two youth productions onstage November 22 and 23 with Drama Club and Kids Onstage. Both groups have been meeting weekly since mid-September and will present to parents, family and friends in separate performances. Both presentations are pay-what-you-can performances open to the public in lieu of tickets and take place at 357 State St., in Fulton (use the Park Street entrance).

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Villainous trio plots in SUNY Oswego’s ‘Wait Until Dark’

Villainous trioThe villains in the thriller “Wait Until Dark,” SUNY Oswego’s fall student honors production, conspire to seize a drug-filled toy from a Greenwich Village apartment. The 1966 Frederick Knott play in Tyler Hall’s lab theatre will preview at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, and run at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 to 23, with a finale at 2 p.m. Nov. 24.

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Auler to perform piano piece by young protege Nov. 24

SUNY Oswego pianist and music faculty member Robert Auler will perform at 3 p.m. Nov. 24, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom, playing a repertoire that will include a work by 2007 alumnus and classical composer George N. “Nick” Gianopoulos. Gianopoulos was an 18-year-old freshman from Baldwinsville when he took an introductory music course and his first-ever piano lessons at SUNY Oswego.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Tinian Island Offers Glimpse Into World War II

When John and I visited Tinian Island we rented a car and drove to North Field at the far end of the island. North Field is in the process of being reclaimed by nature with most of the field overgrown. There are a few monuments commemorating units who served on the island, glass shelters over the two pits that once housed the atomic bombs, and some bomb shelters.

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Taut thriller ‘Wait Until Dark’ to take SUNY Oswego stage

Susy Hendrix, left, played by SUNY Oswego's Mikaela Hollonds, tries a ploy to evade the villainous Harry Roat (Jesse Lessner) in the college's student honors production of the gripping play "Wait Until Dark," previewing at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, and running at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 to 23, with a finale at 2 p.m. Nov. 24, in Tyler Hall's lab theatre.SUNY Oswego’s student honors production of “Wait Until Dark,” playing Nov. 19 to 24 in Tyler Hall’s lab theatre, will put the audience right on top of the thriller, and that’s fine with director and senior theatre major Dana Ernest.
“One thing about this play that’s so great is that it’s such heightened realism,” Ernest said. “That’s really what we’re going for … But the audience is so close, we can’t get away with anything — it has to be real.”

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