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Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 6:03 pm
POTSDAM SUNY Potsdam’s Loko Arts Festival will be April 29 to May 9 with all events free and virtual.
There will be music performances, art workshops, gallery exhibitions, visiting artist talks and other events.
Events will be livestreamed on https://getinvolved.potsdam.edu and clicking the events tab. Events marked below with an asterisk require advance registration on that website.
Schedule:
- Thursday, April 29: 6 p.m., poet Martín Espada reading poems from his most recent collection titled “Floaters”; 7:30 p.m., jazz performance: Crane Jazz Ensemble & Giroux Honors Jazz Combo, the concert will feature both groups doing live pre-recorded performances that include remote students superimposed into the video and audio mix, and also an actual live performance from the Giroux Combo. The musical selections are from composers and arrangers including Tom Kubis, Matt Harris, Amanda Gardier, Duke Ellington, Maria Schnei
And that organizer, Rinaldo Del Gallo III, probably wonât attend.
The course correction comes after opposition arose to Del Galloâs plan to blend a vigil for the late William âBillyâ Evans with what he described as âa protest against all race-based hate crimes, regardless of the race of the perpetrator or race of the victim.â
NORTH ADAMS â The reason for a vigil this Saturday got its own section, âWHY,â in the release organizer Rinaldo Del Gallo III sent this week: â¦
Del Gallo said Friday he was urged to unlink the show of support for Evans from the eventâs broader call to support police.