POTSDAM -- The arts will come alive at SUNY Potsdam from April 24 to May 3, through the fourth annual Lougheed-Kofoed Festival of the Arts. Both campus and community are welcome for a variety of cross-disciplinary art events at the 2015 LoKo Festival.

The LoKo Festival includes a wide array of events, including author readings, theater productions, multimedia presentations, art openings, special exhibitions, public lectures, masterclasses and concerts.

Alumna Kathryn (Kofoed) and honorary graduate Donald Lougheed founded the festival in 2012 to bring the campus festival tradition back to the school.

The festival will welcome a number of visiting artists to campus for its fourth season.

Award-winning Chinese-American playwright and television screenwriter Elizabeth Wong is in residence on campus, and will direct a SUNY Potsdam production of her play, "Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King."

J. Maarten Troost, the author of "The Sex Lives of Cannibals," "Getting Stoned with Savages," "Lost on Planet China" and "Headhunters on my Doorstep," will also visit for the LoKo Festival. Born in the Netherlands, the bestselling author is well known for his comic travel writing, and has lived in seven countries and traveled extensively.

The accomplished choreographer and dancer Antonio Brown will work with students to perform a work based on the groundbreaking piece "Story/Time." Brown is a member of the celebrated Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

SUNY Potsdam alumnus Todd McGrain is the multitalented sculptor, filmmaker, author and creative director behind "The Lost Bird Project." He has created sculpted memorials to five extinct species of North American birds, which have each been permanently placed at locations in the birds' former habitats, and were also displayed at the Smithsonian. A documentary about the project is airing on public television nationwide this spring.

"Being 'LoKo' for the arts means that we are passionate about the culture of creativity on our campus, and that we embrace the diversity of expression that is embodied here at SUNY Potsdam," President Kristin G. Esterberg said.

All events are free.

The complete schedule is as follows:

Friday, April 24

• Presidential inauguration, installation of Dr. Kristen G. Esterberg, 11:30 a.m., Hosmer Hall; reception to follow in the PAC lobby.

• Dance masterclass with Antonio Brown, 1 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.

• Lecture: “My Agents Says the Neighbors Are Nice,” 3 p.m., Brainerd Hall 202.

• Theatre performance: “Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King,” 7:30 p.m.; Proscenium Theater, PAC.

• One act plays: “Moon People,” “Race Card,” and Stonewater Rapture,” 7:30 p.m., Blackbox Theater, PAC.

• Performance: Latin Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Snell Theater.

• Dessert and dance party with KTX, Knowles MPR, 9 p.m.

• Fireworks, 9:45 p.m., Maxcy fields.

Saturday, April 25

• Reading: North County Schools Peace Poetry Contest, 10 a.m., Dunn Theater.

• Interactive workshop: Airbrush and special effects makeup, 10 a.m., choral dressing room, PAC.

• One act plays: “Truman,” “The Whole Shebang,” and “Brilliant Traces,” 2 p.m., Black Box Theater, PAC.

• Theater performance: “Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King,” 2 p.m.; Proscenium Theater, PAC.

• Dance performance: “Story/Time,” 6 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.

• One act plays: “Gruesome Playground Injuries” and “Am I Blue.”

• “Today in Broadway, Exploring Contemporary Musical Theater,” 7:30 p.m., Dunn Theater.

• Potsdam Brass Quintet, 7:30 p.m., Snell Theater.

• Dance performance: “Story/Time”, 9 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.

Sunday, April 26

• Interactive workshops” airbrush and special effects makeup, 10 a.m., Dunn Theater.

• Performance: Today on Broadway, exploring contemporary musical theater, 2 p.m., Dunn Theater.

• One act plays: “Moon People,” Race Card” and Stonewater Rapture,” 2 p.m.; Black Box Theater, PAC

• Theater: “Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King,” 2 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC.

• One act plays: “Truman,” ‘The Whole Shebang” and “Brilliant Traces,” 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, PAC.

• Performance: Voices of Victory, 7:30 p.m., Dunn Theater.

Monday, April 27

• Presentation: The Writer’s Craft, Debora Kuan, Multiple Lives: Writing and Navigation More than One Genre, 10 a.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Lecture: “From Fluid to Solid,” 12:30 p.m., Brainer Hall 202.

• Reading: Emerging Writer’s Series, Debora Kuan, reading from her debut collection of poetry, XING and selected new poems, 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Performance: Spoken Word, SUNY Potsdam Performance Poets perform original work, 5:15 p.m., Black Box Theater.

• Showcase: Creative Writing, Reading by graduating seniors Janet Lienau and Emma Doolittle, 6 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

Tuesday, April 28

• Presentation: The Writer’s Craft, Susi Wyss, Setting as Character, 10 a.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Demonstration: Lithography with Danielle Johns, noon, Brainerd Hall 204.

• Reading: Emerging Writer’s Series, Susi Wyss, reading from Civilized World, 2 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Showcase: Alumni Invitational Art Exhibit, 5 p.m., reception in Hosmer Gallery.

• Screening: Junk Drawer, a non-narrative pre-recorded electronic music and video collaboration by faculty members Jerod Sommerfeldt and Doyle Dean, 6 p.m., Wakefield Recital Hall, Crane.

• Presentation: John Van Alstine, “Turning Negative, Positive,” 7 p.m., Kellas Hall 103.

Wednesday, April 29

• Theater: “Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King,” 9:30 a.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC.

• Presentation: The Writer’s Craft, Ian Stansel, Setting as Character, 1 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Demonstration: Drawing with Liza LaBarge, 2 p.m., Satterlee Hall 119.

• Exhibition: Arts Garden, music, movement, visual art and spoken word unite and influence each other in a creative outdoor atmosphere, 2 p.m., near Minerva statue.

• Presentation: John Van Alstine, planning for public sculpture, 3 p.m., Brainered Hall 202.

• Q&A with Joseph Flummerfelt, visiting conductor, 3 p.m., Snell Theater.

• Reading: Emerging Writer’s Series, Ian Stansel, “Everybody’s Irish,” 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Performance: Spoken Word, original works by SUNY Potsdam Performance Poets, 5:15 p.m., Black Box Theater, PAC.

• Reading with Q&A: author J. Maarten Troost, “The Sex Lives of Cannibals,” “Getting Stoned with Savages” and “Lost on Planet Chine,” 7:30 p.m., Kellas Hall 105.

Thursday, April 30

• Workshop: “Monarch Migration, Exploring Sustainability Through Creative Expression, 9 a.m., Satterlee Hal 312.

• Presentation: Rodrigo Dorfman, filmmaker, 11 a.m., Raymonf Hall 8th floor.

• Conducting the masterclass with Joseph Flummerfelt and Hosmer Choir, 12:30 p.m., Snell Theater.

• Discussion: Creativity and Problem Solving, 3 p.m., Stowell Hall 211.

• Q&A with Craig Verm, baritone, 4 p.m., Wakefield Recital Hall, Crane.

• Film: “Occupy the Imagination, Tales of Seduction and Resistance,” 4 p.m., Kellas Hall 102.

• Exhibition: Rethink, 5 p.m., Weaver Gallery, MacVicar Hall 130.

• Dance workshop: jazz clogging, 6 p.m., Bishop Gall C107, Crane.

• Lecture: Margie Hughto,”A Life Time of Art Making,” 6:30 p.m., Brainered Hall 202.

• Theater: “Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King,” 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC.

Friday, May 1

• Presentation: The Writer’s Craft, MC Hyland, “Publishing is Personal,” 1 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Voice masterclass with Nicole Cabel, soprano, 1 p.m., Snell Theater.

• Lecture: Jan Swafford, “Listening to Your Subject,” 3 p.m., Wakefield Recital Hall, Crane.

• Reading: Emerging Writer’s Series, MC Hyland reading poetry from “Neveragainland,” and selected new works, 5:30 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU.

• Performance: Vaser Than Empires, 6 p.m., Dunn Theater.

• Dress rehearsal: A German Requiem, Johannes Brahms, 7:30 p.m., Hosmer Hall.

• Film Screening: Lost Bird Project, Todd McGrain, 7:30 p.m., Kellas Hall.

• Performance: senior choreography concert, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.

• Theater: “Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King,” 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC.

Saturday, May 2

• Presentation: Workshop: Making Photograms in the Darkroom, 10 a.m., Brainered Hall 202.

• Jazz and yoga: bring own mats, noon, academic quad; rain location is Van Housen Labyrinth Room.

• Senior choreography concert, 5 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.

• Pre-concert lecture: Jan Swafford, 6:30 p.m., Wakefield Recital Hall, Crane.

• Concert: A German Requiem, Johannes Brahms, Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor, Nicole Cabell, soprano, Craig Verm, baritone, 7:30 p.m., Hosmer Hall, free ticket required, 267-2277.

Sunday, May 2

• Senior choreography concert, 2 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.

• Performance: Color in Motion, 7 p.m., Dunn Theater.

• Senior choreography concert, 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater, PAC.