"I'm an isle of yellow in a sea of white," Chester shouts to Travis meaningfully, introducing a significant theme of GENseng's latest production, "Cowboy v. Samurai," written by Michael Golamco.

On March 24, Portland-based indie rock band The Decemberists debuted their fifth full-length album, The Hazards of Love, which front man Colin Meloy created as an epic rock opera.

Shihan the Poet, past winner of the National Poetry Slam, along with some of Geneseo's slam poets performed to an energetic audience at the KnightSpot last Friday evening.

The Kaba Modern Legacy dance troupe, seen on MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew," performed a sold-out show Saturday in Wadsworth Auditorium as part of Sibling's Weekend 2009.

Starting on March 9, the Lockhart Gallery hosted the exhibit "Mind and Matter: Aspects of a Scholar's Garden," with a reception hosted by guest curator Lena Hyun, an adjunct professor at Rockland Community College.

Last Friday afternoon, the sounds of laughter echoed through Sturges Auditorium as the members of No Laugh Track Required performed for a packed house.

For the seventh year in a row, Geneseo's a cappella groups Exit 8, Southside Boys and Hips 'n Harmony performed a concert to benefit AIDS Rochester.

Last month, Razia's Shadow: The Musical was released online, and later on CD, by the indie-alternative band Forgive Durden.

The Canadian indie-rock band Great Lake Swimmers, whose most recent album, Ongiara, is as nature-inspired as the rest of their music, has recently come into acclaim, compared with such Canadian indie bands as the Weakerthans and Iron & Wine.