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3 Redneck Tenors

OGDENSBURG: 3 Redneck Tenors open Ogdensburg Command Performances 56th Season; curtain time is 7:45 in George Hall Auditorium at Ogdensburg Free Academy; preshow chat at 6:45: tickets: $19 to $43, call 315-393-2625 or visit ILoveTheatre.org; discounts are available for seniors, students, groups of 15 or more, and “Friends.”

‘The Soldier’s Tale’

POTSDAM: SUNY Potsdam arts faculty will present Igor Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale)," a unique blend of music, theatre and dance, in a special performance at 7:30 p.m., in the Proscenium Theater, located in the College's Performing Arts Center; centenary celebration, The Crane School of Music and SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance will collaborate in bringing a parable of "deals with the Devil" to life; performance honors 100th anniversary of the work's composition in 1918, at the close of World War I; free, public invited to attend, no tickets required, seating by general admission.

Poet reading

CANTON: St. Lawrence University’s annual Writer's Series continues with a reading by poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib, 8 p.m., Sykes Common Room; poet, essayist, and cultural critic, Abdurraqib’s first full-length poetry collection, "The Crown Ain’t Worth Much," was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book prize; also hosting a spoken word open mic event at noon Oct. 12 in Sykes Common Room in which students and staff and members of the community are invited to perform; both events are free and open to the public; 315-229-5125, www.stlawu.edu/english.