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Sandra Scott Travels: Exploring Vietnam’s Cao Dai Religion

March 18, 2016 Contributor

There are many interesting places to visit in Vietnam and one of the most colorful places is the Cao Dai temple not far from Saigon. Cao Dai is a religion that was founded in southern Vietnam in 1926 mixing ideas from many other religions. Cao Dai draws upon ideas from Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Christianity. Its saints includes such diverse figures as the Buddha, Confucius, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Pericles, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Sun Yat-sen.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Make Your Own Spicy Korean Chicken Stew

March 11, 2016 Contributor

Cookbooks are one of the most popular selling genres and now people can turn to the internet for recipes plus we all have family recipes. But, the best way to learn a new recipe is to take a cooking class. John and I have enjoyed cooking classes in several countries and we always learn more than something new to cook. When John and I were in Seoul, Korea, we took a cooking class at O’ngo Food Communications.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Hit The Beach In The New Central American Hot Spot

March 4, 2016 Contributor

Nicaragua is the new Central American hot spot. Costa Rica has been done, so now people are looking for a new tropical adventure that is unspoiled. Nicaragua has a coast on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans offering visitors beaches, rainforest, history, colorful culture and adventure.

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Wayne and Richard Mosher embrace in a scene from the Oswego Players' production of "Tuesdays With Morrie." Tickets can be reserved by calling the box office at 343-5138.

Play Examines Relationships Amid Illness

March 1, 2016 Contributor

When Mitch Albom returns to visit with his former professor, Murray Schwartz, he has no idea that one conversation on a Tuesday afternoon will lead to a long series of life lessons at the hand of his old, now dying professor.

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Opening Night Nears for ‘Mousetrap’

March 1, 2016 Contributor

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performances March 4, 5, 11 and 12 and 2 p.m. March 13 in the college’s Hewitt ballroom are available at all SUNY Oswego box offices, online at tickets.oswego.edu or by calling 315-312-2141.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Visiting Ometepe Island’s Two Volcanoes

February 26, 2016 Contributor

John and I arrived in Nicaragua late in the afternoon and so we stayed at the Las Mercedes Best Western Hotel which is across from the airport. The hotel provides free transportation but it is walkable from the airport. Ometepe Island, located in Lake Nicaragua, is one of the world’s largest freshwater islands. The island was formed thousands of years ago when sand accumulated creating an isthmus between the two volcanoes. Only the Conception Volcano is active.

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In SUNY Oswego's student honors production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," the revelations keep on coming as the play unfolds, offering a murder mystery that's both suspenseful and funny. It all starts March 3 with a preview and runs March 4, 5, 11, 12 and 13 on the stage in Hewitt ballroom.

Quirky, Layered Characters Deepen ‘The Mousetrap’ Mystery

February 26, 2016 Contributor

“The Mousetrap,” SUNY Oswego’s student honors production opening March 4, offers a character-driven play populated with legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie’s delicious inn full of quirky characters, and the driven actors portraying them. The players take the stage for a preview at 7:30 p.m. March 3, and then for the run of the play at 7:30 p.m. March 4, 5, 11 and 12, with a finale at 2 p.m. March 13 in Hewitt ballroom.

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Ke-Nekt Concert To Feature Renowned Jazz Bassist Larry Grenadier

February 23, 2016 Contributor

Larry Grenadier, one of contemporary jazz’s most accomplished and in-demand bassists, will play with the Oswego Jazz Project – and in three duets with SUNY Oswego’s own award-winning upright bassist Danny Ziemann — at 7:30 p.m. March 9, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. A pre-concert talk for the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series performance is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Sandra Scott Travels: A Visit To The Athens of the Mayan World

February 19, 2016 Contributor

If the global warming progresses as some predict the oceans will rise significantly and possibly 1,500 years from now the cities and localities we know today may be under water. Seems impossible but I imagine the Mayans never thought their flourishing world would one day be overtaken by the jungle. Copan is just one of the great Mayan cities with pyramids, temples, and where art flourished.

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In the SUNY Oswego student honors production of "The Mousetrap" by renowned mystery writer Agatha Christie, Kelci Schlierf (at far right rear) plays the "nearly departed" sourpuss Mrs. Boyle as suspects in her murder surround her. In front from left are Detective Sgt. Trotter (Josh Jarvi), innkeepers Molly (Megan Twamly) and Giles Ralston (Peter Kunz) and (from left rear) Miss Casewell (Taylor McCown), Christopher Wren (Brian Bueche), Major Metcalf (Evan Debevec-McKenney) and Paravicini (Libbie Wansink). Under the direction of Ana Richardson, the play will preview on March 3 and run March 4 to 5 and 11 to 13 in Hewitt ballroom.

Balancing Suspense, Hilarity Provide Challenge For ‘The Mousetrap’ Director

February 19, 2016 Contributor

Murder, misperception and mirth come to Monkswell Manor as SUNY Oswego’s student honors production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” takes the Hewitt ballroom stage in March. For a “Clue” to the approach of director Ana Richardson in staging the classic whodunit, “The Mousetrap” will preview at 7:30 p.m. March 3, and run at 7:30 p.m. March 4, 5, 11 and 12, with a 2 p.m. finale on March 13.

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