Apr 26 Friday
It’s the Wait Wait Stand-Up Tour—a night of stand-up comedy featuring some of the funniest panelists from Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
Wait Wait’s panelists are incredible — some of the most hilarious and insightful people in the country. You’ve heard them answering questions on Wait Wait—subject to FCC limitations. Here’s a chance to enjoy a full evening of their unfiltered stand-up comedy.
Featuring Panelists Alonzo Bodden, Maeve Higgins, Hari Kondabolu and Emmy Blotnick!
The Oswego County 4-H Program will be presenting another short-term Sparks Club. A ‘Sparks Club’ is a short, two- to four-session club that introduces youth to the 4-H program and the curriculum developed by 4-H educators. Youth joining a Sparks Club will be enrolled as a 4-H independent member for the 2023-2024 year.
There will be three sessions in this series, to be held Fridays, April 12 from 6 – 7:30 p.m., April 19 from 6:30 – 8 p.m., and April 26 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Believers Chapel North, 5375 State Route 3 in Mexico. Youth attending Sparks – Small Animals will discover the diversity of pets, from reptiles to birds to small mammals.
For more information and to register, visit thatscooperativeextension.org/events/2024/04/12/sparks-small-pets
Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities, and provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County office if you have any special needs.
Apr 28 Sunday
Join us for a two-part workshop with exhibiting artist Sofía Luz Pérez and Syracuse artist Cayetano Valenzuela.
In this workshop, Cayetano Valenzuela and Sofía Luz Pérez will share their own practices and processes in making a portrait/self-portrait and ask participants to create a portrait or self-portrait. The emphasis of the portrait should be on identity and cultural background/ancestry, but they encourage everyone to delve into any part of themselves or the person they are drawn to portraying.
This is a free workshop with limited space available. We ask that you attend both sessions. Art supplies will be provided and you are welcome to also bring your own.
Workshop #1 April 28 2-4pmWeek one will begin by detailing their approach to creating a portrait, which can include any research that needs to be done, any preliminary sketches and references, and then materials to be used. They will present their art to demonstrate their processes.
Workshop #2 May 5 2-4pmIn the second workshop (Sunday May 5th) , they will help guide everyone to use their materials and research to create their own portraits/self-portraits. Everyone is encouraged and welcomed to bring in materials to draw and/or collage. Materials can include colored pencil, pen, oil pastels, magazine cut-outs, any kind of paper/collage material that can be adhered to paper or canvas.
May 02 Thursday
Join us to explore Sofía Luz Pérez’s: ‘My Shadow is my Teacher’. Leading the workshop will be Jessica Fundalinski, Doctoral Student at the Syracuse University School of Education. Participants will examine artwork in the gallery through thinking routines, consider how the artist has explored issues of identity and explore what we might do as educators to address such topics in our own curriculum.
Your $10 fee includes dinner from Thanos Import Market with your choice of sandwich.
Objectives: Examine the gallery exhibition through the pedagogy of arts integration, including Artful Thinking Routines Consider how the artist has explored ideas around identity and reflect on what unique advantages art objects might offer as a means of discussing identity in the classroom Engage in creative writing to consider what shapes our identities as educators.
May 04 Saturday
Syracuse community agencies and neighbors who support our youth, please join Syracuse Reads+ and Believe in Syracuse for the Community-wide Literacy Kick-Off!
Dive into the secrets of boosting our community's reading skills!
Syracuse Reads+ is rolling out a special literacy boot camp to boost reading skills for our community! We will spend the day training everyone from teens to grown-ups and even our community superheroes, which include community agencies, faith groups, and youth supporters, in strategies that impact literacy skills for learners. We will arm you with the literary powers that you need to make an impact!
"Literacy is the global metric used to assess the health and competence of communities that includes everything from economic access, nutrition, juvenile interactions with law enforcement (2024, Literacy Mid-South), overall neighborhood safety and sustainability(2024, The National Council of English Teachers).
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May 05 Sunday