ONEONTA _ Arts events Saturday will offer ways to note, contemplate and otherwise react to 9/11 with positive gestures.
Saturday is the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States, including destruction of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, where more than 3,000 lives were lost.
In Oneonta, a 2 p.m. observance at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center on Market Street will be followed by a free concert of roots, Americana, rock and other styles of music performed by area bands.
At 8 p.m., a performance artist will appear at State University College at Oneonta. Choreographer Maureen Fleming said Wednesday that studies of other cultures have helped her create moving and still images that respond artistically to pain and violence. She said Wednesday that she hopes her "Waters of Immortality" performance Saturday night will give viewers some perspectives to transform their experiences.
"The more we understand about other cultures, the more bridges can be made and alternatives found to violence," Fleming said.
One piece to be presented was inspired by photographs of people falling from a World Trade Center tower, she said.
"The piece starts at the top of the theater, and it looks like I am falling," Fleming said. Through contemplation, the idea of falling can be transformed into an "image of being an angel," she said.
Fleming said her work is based on the mystical cycle of longing, fulfillment, loss, mourning and a final union with the divine. She also draws on poetry for inspiration and written enhancement of her performance.
An audience/artist discussion will follow her performance in the Goodrich Theater, she said, and a photography display in the Fine Arts Building presents a retrospective of her work.
Janet Hurley-Quackenbush, managing director of Foothills, said the 2 p.m. observance will include time to remember the tragedy and an open mic for participants to share feelings and stories related to 9/11.
The StandTogetherJam2010 concert will feature six bands. Organizers said all donations collected at the event will go to the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund. And throughout the day, The Daily Star will collect items for deployed soldiers.
Todd Russell, a jam organizer and musician with the band Esquela, said the concert is to build community and raise money for an organization supporting some of the families affected by the attacks.
"I hope that lots of people come out and check out the music, dance and come together," Russell said Wednesday.
Bands will perform at the top of each hour starting at 4 p.m., and the tentative lineup is the Honest Mistakes, Pispoure, the John Scarpulla Band, Digger Jones, Esquela and the Bicycle Thieves of Berlin. Dena will be a special guest.
"The talent that's in this show is pretty remarkable." Russell said. "What we really want to do is have a really big, fun concert."
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