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Arts and Entertainment

Artswego Season to Offer Globe-spanning Feast of Music, Dance, Comedy

Step Afrika, a high-energy dance troupe skilled in the African art of stepping, provides a free show to open the 2010-11 Artswego Performing Arts Series at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 30 in SUNY Oswego's Campus Center arena. The series features music, dance and comedy performances from five continents, through mid-February.Artswego at SUNY Oswego launches its 2010-11 Performing Arts Series with a free, pulse-pounding appetizer of a performance by Step Afrika, follows up with the flavorful rhythms of Sol y Canto and moves on to music and dance entrees of international flair, with a side order of classic American comedy.

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Oswego Daily News

Facing Protest, McHugh Withdraws from SUNY Oswego Commencement

John McHugh, Secretary of the ArmySecretary of the Army John McHugh will not attend SUNY Oswego’s 149th Commencement on Saturday, May 15, to receive an honorary degree. He informed college President Deborah F. Stanley of his decision Monday.

Referencing objections by some members of the campus community to his appearance, he explained, “it is clear my presence at the ceremony might well have a disruptive effect.”

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