Thanks to all of you who attended the Pre-Festival Events!
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
Crane Spring Festival Concert
The Crane Symphony Orchestra and Crane Chorus will perform Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, a cantata by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, with guest artist (and SUNY Potsdam alumnus) Noah Unser, tenor soloist. Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast was performed at the first Crane School of Music Spring Festival in 1932.
7:30 p.m., Hosmer Hall
Watch the livestream here
Spring Dance Concert 2025
7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC
May 3
Fun & Smiles Event
SUNY Potsdam Esports presents North Country Claw, an annual video gaming tournament. Stop by the Potsdam Video Gaming Lab to compete in any number of video games including Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Rocket League, and more! There will also be a wide variety of arcade and retro game options available to enjoy.
North Country Claw - Day 1
- Overwatch 2: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Mario Kart: 1 - 4 p.m.
- Rocket League: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Pokemon Showdown: 6 - 8 p.m.
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
Fun & Smiles Event
SUNY Potsdam Esports presents North Country Claw, an annual video gaming tournament. Stop by the Potsdam Video Gaming Lab to compete in any number of video games including Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart, Rocket League, and more! There will also be a wide variety of arcade and retro game options available to enjoy.
North Country Claw - Day 2
- Smash Melee: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Rivals of Aether II: 2 - 5 p.m.
- Smash Ultimate: 5 - 9 p.m.
Spring Dance Concert 2025
2:00 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC