Before the Festival
The Potsdam Legacy Project
SUNY Potsdam student-original theatrical works curated and presented by the Potsdam Legacy Ensemble, an affiliate of the SUNY Potsdam Department of Theatre, Dance, and Arts Management, as part of the closing season.
- Full Performance: Friday, April 11 – Sunday April 13, 2025
20 minute talkback to follow April 12 performance
Black Box Theatre, SUNY Potsdam Performing Arts Center
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Musical Theatre Showcase: Fearless! Songs of Empowerment and Determination
- Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts Center
Join over 50 student from across the SUNY Potsdam campus for the 2025 LoKo Arts Festival Musical Theatre Showcase! This year’s theme, “Fearless!”, shines a spotlight on songs of empowerment and determination, featuring performances of “Fearless” from Mean Girls, “I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music, “Bend and Snap” from Legally Blonde, “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago, “Who I’d Be” from Shrek, and more! Experience an unforgettable evening of music, community, and celebration. This is a night to be fearless!
SUNY Potsdam Welcomes Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer on Thursday, April 3, 2025
WISER Greenhouse Workshop (open to the public)
- Thursday, April 3, 2025
3:30 – 4:40 p.m.
WISER Greenhouse, Stowell Hall
An Evening with Robin Wall Kimmerer (open to the public)
“Moving Beyond Gratitude: Our Responsibility to Develop a New Narrative for our World”
- Thursday, April 3, 2025
6 p.m.
Hosmer Hall
Book signing and refreshments to follow, with a limited supply of books available for purchase. Planned in partnership with the Potsdam Native American Initiative.
To help us plan for our expected audience size, please register (free) HERE.
About Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses.
Robin tours widely and has been featured on NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.
All Festival (April 30 - May 5)
Display for Rocks Revealed
Rocks Revealed is a fusion of art and science, featuring 7-foot-tall towering illuminated displays that showcase the hidden beauty of rocks and the stories they tell. These glowing panels reveal the intricate details of minerals, textures, and fossils that geologists use to decode the environments of the past. We invite you to come see geology in an entirely new light!
The College Community Coloring Book
The “College Community Coloring Book” invites the college and local community to create a paint-by-number style mural alongside a professional artist. The mural’s design was inspired by an article on the history of Max C. Bear
We hope to provide a unique educational and artistic experience that engenders a sense of community and college pride within Maxcy Hall Sports Complex.
April 30
Jason Chin, Guest Author & Illustrator Visit
3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Rebecca V. Sheard Literacy Center
Rocks Revealed: Nature’s Hidden Beauty Opening
5 - 6 p.m., Dr. Page Quinton, Timmerman Commons (Timmerman Hall)
Verismo Presents: Construction & Creation: An Interactive, Free Improvisation Workshop
Join Verismo, a traveling trio, in a workshop experience on their unique improvisational language that combines sound, movement, and silent movies! The workshop will be split into two parts. It will encompass building simple instruments using everyday objects and discovering the relationship between sound and movement by improvising on silent film.
*Participants are not required to have any prior musical skills or even own an instrument*
7:30 p.m., Rehearsal Room C119, Crane
May 1
BIG INK
Come and Join the SUNY Potsdam Art Department and BIG INK for a special demonstration of large-scale woodblock printmaking! BIG INK will be working with an array of guest artists, students and faculty to transform the PAC lobby into a printshop featuring ‘The Big Tuna’, a custom-designed giant mobile press. Large-scale woodblock prints will be pulled on the press all day – both days! Kids can watch and have mini prints made on ‘The Anchovy’, a miniature press. We invite you to come meet the artists, learn about printmaking, and see BIG INK in action!
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., PAC Lobby, PAC
Matthew Carey Salyer Reading
Please join us in welcoming professional writer, poet, and academic researcher Matthew Carey Salyer to the SUNY Potsdam Campus! During the reading, Mr. Salyer will be reading from his most recent collection of poetry, titled Probation (Pen and Anvil Press, 2024).
4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU
Spring Dance Concert 2025
7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC
May 2
BIG INK
Come and Join the SUNY Potsdam Art Department and BIG INK for a special demonstration of large-scale woodblock printmaking! BIG INK will be working with an array of guest artists, students and faculty to transform the PAC lobby into a printshop featuring ‘The Big Tuna’, a custom-designed giant mobile press. Large-scale woodblock prints will be pulled on the press all day – both days! Kids can watch and have mini prints made on ‘The Anchovy’, a miniature press. We invite you to come meet the artists, learn about printmaking, and see BIG INK in action!
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., PAC Lobby, PAC
Spring Dance Concert 2025
7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC
May 3
Art-in-the-Quad
12 p.m. – 3 p.m., Academic Quad (In front of Satterlee)
Madfest
Madstop Records proudly presents Madfest, our annual music festival celebrating the incredible talent of student musicians and artists from across New York State! Get ready for an unforgettable day filled with high-energy performances, great vibes, and amazing live music. Mark your calendars – you won’t want to miss this Madfest experience!
4 p.m. – 10 p.m., Bandshell, Marshall Park
Spring Dance Concert 2025
7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC
May 4
Spring Dance Concert 2025
2:00 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC