POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam's annual Lougheed-Kofoed Festival (LoKo) Festival of the Arts will take over campus from April 28 to May 7.

Both campus and community are welcome to experience a variety of free cross-disciplinary art experiences at the 2017 LoKo Festival.

Among the highlights is a concert by the Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, as they perform Francis Poulenc's "Gloria" and Sergei Rachmaninoff "The Bells."

The LoKo Festival will also feature five performances of "The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite" by Wole Soyinka.

The annual Festival of Lights is a dynamic, family-friendly event not to be missed! Students display their illuminated sculptures and interactive displays to light up the quad at night.

Families can also enjoy a production of "The Three Bears." This one-act children's opera is a sequel to the tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

Parking permits will not be required during the LoKo Festival.

All events are free and open to the public, except for one special performance by Branford Marsalis Quartet. For tickets and information about this concert visit www.cpspotsdam.org or call (315) 267-2277.

New this year is the free LoKo Festival mobile app. To keep up with all that's happening, please go to the App Store or Google Play Store, search for and download Guidebook.

After downloading the app, search for "LoKo." The interactive app features the full schedule, artist bios, and festival updates.

Some of the events (viewable online at www.potsdam.edu/loko) scheduled are:

• Friday, April 28, student photography presentation, Alison Thompson, senior art history student from her study abroad, 1 p.m., Brainerd Hall 202; historic music recordings presentation, Gary Galo ’73, Crane Audio engineer emeritus, recordings of music by Rachmaninoff and Poulenc, performed by Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra at the 1962 and 1986 Spring Festivals, 3 p.m., Wakefield Recital Hall, 2nd floor Bishop Hall; painting discussion with Ann Gale, celebrated American figurative painter, 6 p.m. Brainerd Hall 202; senior choreography concert performance, Imprint, 7:30 p.m. dance theater, PAC.

• Saturday, April 29, reading: North Country Schools Peace Poetry Contest, local K-12 students’ poems on the topic of peace; students give a public reading, selected poems are published, 10 a.m. Dunn Theater; stage makeup workshop, stage makeup design, family friendly, 10 a.m., CAD Lab, PAC; Creating Human Forms for Theatrical Props workshop, create life casts on human subjects, see process used to create 3D severed head used in the production of The Bacchae of Euripides, 1 p.m. craft shop, PAC; senior choreography concert performance, Imprint, 2 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. dance theater, PAC; performance of Francis Poulenc’s “Gloria” and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells” by Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Hosmer Hall, free ticket required: CPS Box Office 315-267-2277.

• Sunday, April 30, senior choreography concert performance, Imprint, 2 p.m., dance theater, PAC; 18 and Up Improv Group with guest artist Jay Rhoderick, Second City Theatre, short-form improve comedy pieces, 6 p.m. Black Box Theater (suitable for audience ages 18 and up);

• Monday, May 1, writer Patrick Ryan Frank reads poems about commercials and dead celebrities, 10 a.m. Fireside Lounge, BSU; discussion with artist James Esber on distortion and perception using paint and plasticine, 1 p.m. Brainerd Hall 202; presentation on writer’s craft by Patrick Ryan Frank, 4 p.m. Fireside Lounge, BSU; creative writing readings by graduating seniors, 5 p.m. Fireside Lounge, BSU; comedy improvisation workshop facilitated by Jay Rhoderick, Second City Theatre, 5 p.m., Black Box Theater, PAC, limited to 25 participants; technique discussion with artist Jane Fine, 5 p.m. Brainerd Hall 202; performance of “Silence Will Not Protect You” for voice, instruments, and electronics composed by Tim Sullivan, 7:30 p.m. Snell Theater; performance of "Give My Regards, A History of Broadway," songs from Oklahoma!, Chorus Line, Wicked, Hamilton and many more, 7:30 p.m. Dunn Theater;

• Tuesday, May 2, creative writing readings by graduating seniors, 5 p.m. Fireside Lounge, BSU; performance of "Give My Regards, A History of Broadway," songs from Oklahoma!, Chorus Line, Wicked, Hamilton and many more, 7:30 p.m. Dunn Theater; Festival of Light, illuminated sculptures, wearable art and interactive displays created by students at dusk in the Academic Quad;

• Wednesday, May 3, writer Mason Smith reads from a work in progress “Regarding Leo, Then,” 10 a.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU; bilingual poetry reading by writer Helene Dorion, 11 a.m., 8th Floor, Raymond Hall; Mason Smith talks about writer’s craft, 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU; presentation by Saad Hajidin ’88, regarding his career at Donna Karan, Liz Clairborne and Ralph Lauren, 5 p.m., Brainerd Hall 202; “You, Me and The DeVille Makes Three,” Christopher Olszewski travels North America in a Cadillac DeVille, creating interactive art installations, 7:30 p.m., Brainerd Hall 202.

• Thursday, May 4, writer Leila Philip reads from “A Family Place” and a new work, 10 a.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU; writer Melissa Castillo-Garsow reads from “Coatlicue Eats the Apple,” her debut poetry book, 11 a.m., 8th floor Raymond Hall; interactive installation with Christopher Olszewski, Chippewa Mnjikaning First Nation member, invites the public to scribe their darkest secrets onto a canvas covered car and have your demons driven out of town, noon, Academic Quad; Q&A with Linda Beaupre ’74 of The Bach Children’s Chorus, 3 p.m., Snell Theater; writer’s craft with Leila Philip regarding family history, 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU; concert by The Bach Children’s Chorus, 4:30 p.m. Snell Theater; performance of “The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite” by Wole Soyinka, 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC; pre-CPS concert meet the artist reception with Branford Marsalis, 6 p.m. PAC Lobby; CPS Concert with Branford Marsalis Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Hosmer Hall, ticket purchase required $15-$50, 315-267-2277, www.cpspotsdam.org;

• Friday, May 5, writer Rebecca Hazelton reads poems from “Vow” and new work, 10 a.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU; interactive installation with Christopher Olszewski, Chippewa Mnjikaning First Nation member, invites the public to scribe their darkest secrets onto a canvas covered car and have your demons driven out of town, noon, Academic Quad; writer’s craft with Rebecca Hazelton, “The Generative Power of Constraint,” 4 p.m., Fireside Lounge, BSU; presentation by Stephan Savoia ’75, Pulitzer Prize winning AP photographer, 5 p.m., Brainerd Hall 202; performance of “The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite” by Wole Soyinka, 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC; concert by the Crane Latin Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Snell Theater;

• Saturday, May 6, performance by SUNY Potsdam student blues and jazz musicians, noon, Brick & Mortar Music, 15 Market St., Potsdam, off campus; performance of “The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite” by Wole Soyinka, 1 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC; performance of “The Three Bears,” a one-act children’s opera, a sequel to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2 p.m., dance theater, PAC; concert, Crane Laptop Orchestra presents a live, improvised soundtrack to Walter Ruttman’s 1927 silent film “Berlin: Symphony of a Great City,” using custom software and digital tools, 6 p.m., Black Box Theater, PAC;

• Sunday, May 7, performance of “The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite” by Wole Soyinka, 2 p.m., Proscenium Theater, PAC; concert, “Voices of Victory,” SUNY Potsdam Gospel Choir, 7 p.m. Dunn Theater.

• All festival, dancing, painting, performances and more in the Academic Quad, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, starting at 11:50 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday, at 12:15 p.m.; exhibits in the Gibson and Hosmer galleries.

To keep up with the latest, visit www.facebook.com/lokofestival.

For more information, log on to www.potsdam.edu/loko.