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ADK Summer Playhouse Presents Cabaret on Gore Mountain

The Adirondack Summer Playhouse puts a unique twist on the musical “Cabaret” in three performances this summer on Gore Mountain.  The production, which runs July 11-13, takes place in a modern “Spiegeltent,” an Austrian mirrored circus tent, offering classic German beer and goodies such as knödel, bratwurst, sauerkraut, sausages and pretzels.

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Sandra Scott Travels: A Haunting Journey Through New York

The Rolling Hills Asylum The Rolling Hills Asylum is located in East Bethany, south of Batavia in Genesee County. The sprawling red brick building was built in 1827 as The Genesee County Poor Farm and in the 1950s it was a county home and infirmary. For a short time it was an antique mall. Over the years people reported strange occurrences of the paranormal kind.

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Oswego Players Present ‘Mame’ Next Month

Peter Mahan and Moe Harrington play a scene from the musical “Mame.” Picture Credit: Tobie McIntosh

“You coax the blues right out of the horn … you charm the husk right off of the corn….” Ah, the strains of one of Broadway’s most loved musicals, “Mame,” will be flowing through the Frances Marion Brown theatre, beginning July 5 for a two-weekend run. Stage director Inez Manor Parker and music director Abel Searor are deep in rehearsals with their stellar cast of this marvelous piece of nostalgia for the pleasure of local audiences.

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Fulton Community Theater to present The Golden Age of Broadway

The familiar sounds of some of the greatest songs of all time will fill the air, as the Fulton Community Theater takes to the stage with its latest production in the popular Evening on Broadway series, “The Golden Age of Broadway:  The Music of Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Cohan, Berlin and Rodgers & Hart”

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Sandra Scott Travels: O, Say Can You See? A Salute To Flags

Fort StanwixWe learn in school that Betsy Ross designed the American flag. But did she really? Legend has it that she made the first flag but there is no documented evidence that says she did which is always dilemma for historians. However, there are several factors that made it likely that Betsy did indeed create the first American flag.

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Fulton Community Theater presents Broadway’s Golden Age of music

The familiar sounds of some of the greatest songs of all time will fill the air as the Fulton Community Theatre takes to the stage with its latest production in the popular “An Evening on Broadway” series, “The Golden Age of Broadway:  The Music of Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Cohan, Berlin and Rodgers & Hart.” Under the direction of Kathy DeGolyer “The Golden Age of Broadway” will be performed June 21, 22, 23 and June 28, 29, 30 in Jubilee Hall at Holy Trinity Parish, 309 Buffalo St.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Get Away and Explore New York’s Rich History

Safe Haven in Oswego.Path Through History is an attempt by Governor Andrew Cuomo to promote New York State’s history and culture through tourism and bring tourist dollars to all parts of the state. There is a website, paththroughhistory.ny.gov, so people can plan day trips and/or weekend getaways that explore the history and culture of New York State. By exploring the Paths visitors can experience a Revolutionary War battle, discover some of the state’s and nation’s greatest natural wonders or relive some of sports greatest moments.

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Oswego professor’s new play explores web of deceit, choices

SUNY Oswego theatre professor Mark Cole (left), author of "The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth," plays an investigator as he grills Gloria (Sara Weiler, right) and his fellow investigator (Dan Williams) tries to get a word in edgewise in the new play to premiere June 27 to 30 at Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. in Syracuse. Gloria, a suspect in her thesis adviser's presumed assault, shares her life in song.Take the wrong coat. Reach into the pocket. Pull out an enigmatic note. Plunge into a Hitchcockian web of deceit. Mix gently with suspense, desperation and song, and the ingredients for SUNY Oswego theatre professor Mark Cole’s new play emerge as “The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth.”

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