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RETRO Special held on April Fools’ day Music faculty to poke fun at serious musical repertoire

Contributor to The LeaderApril 1, 2015August 15, 2019

April 1, 2015August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Fredonia is known for its matchless creativity and amazing endeavors in all aspects of the university; it is only fitting that faculty in the School of Music would create a way to put an exciting twist on performing traditional music. Tonight at 8 p.m.......

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Acafest sells out MPR

Contributor to The LeaderApril 1, 2015August 15, 2019

April 1, 2015August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesCARLY KNASZAK Staff Writer Some Like It Hot presented a sold-out Acafest 2015 on Friday, March 28. The night also featured groups from SUNY Geneseo and University at Buffalo. People were anxious as they waited outside the Williams Center Multi-Purpose Room. The muffled sounds of the a cappella......

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Theater review: “This is Our Youth”

Contributor to The LeaderApril 1, 2015

April 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor Picture a small play; a tiny play that packs a punch — a production that somehow seems a harmless comedy on the outside, but rips at the audience’s emotional heartstrings internally. Written by Kenneth Lonergan, “This is Our Youth” premiered last weekend, and nearly......

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Spectrum Entertainment Presents: Artists on the Rise Part Three

Contributor to The LeaderApril 1, 2015

April 1, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesVERONICA PENOYER Special to The Leader For most new artists, the stage becomes a safe haven to lay everything out in the open. “My dreams are my top priority, and I will do anything to make my dreams become my reality,” said Artists on the Rise performer Cameron......

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PAC’s ‘This is Our Youth’ to open

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2015

March 27, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor The Performing Arts Company will present its first show of the semester this weekend: Kenneth Lonergan’s “This is our Youth.” “This is Our Youth” is a small-scale play, featuring only three characters: Warren, Dennis and Jessica. Joan Cusick, a junior acting major who plays Jessica said......

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‘Run All Night’: familiar but thrilling and entertaining

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2015

March 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR BURTON Special to The Leader Ever since Liam Neeson delivered the now iconic threat to his daughter’s kidnappers in “Taken,” he has been on a streak of action movies that center on a troubled, but likeable, character with a specific set of skills. There is a pattern to his......

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The unsung failures of VR

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2015

March 26, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutesMO SADEK Staff Writer In the past two years, tech news outlets and game tastemakers have raved about the coming of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that would allow gamers to take part in their games from the inside. Then came Playstation’s Project Morpheus, a VR experience that......

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WNYCO to present ‘Don Giovanni’ Stage concert production to be held in King

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2015August 15, 2019

March 26, 2015August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Each year, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra brings to the community one operatic production. This year, on March 29 at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall, WNYCO will collaborate with students in the School of Music and guest artists to present a semi-staged concert version......

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Advice Column: making the most of your last semester

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 25, 2015

March 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutesBRIONA SAAS Special to The Leader Welcome back from break everyone; also, I’d like to welcome you to the final stretch. After hours of studying, midterms and fun breaks we never want to leave, we have made it to the last part of the year. We only have two months......

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Women’s herstory month features Riot Grrrl! Zine workshop

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 25, 2015

March 25, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutesCARLY KNASZAK Staff Writer Women’s Student Union hosted a “Riot Grrrl! Zine making workshop” on Thursday, March 12, in Williams Center room S204ABC. The event featured history of the feminist punk movement and a webinar with Hazel Cills, who writes for the magazine Rookie. The Riot Grrrl movement, according to......

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RETRO Special held on April Fools’ day Music faculty to poke fun at serious musical repertoire

Acafest sells out MPR

Theater review: “This is Our Youth”

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PAC’s ‘This is Our Youth’ to open

‘Run All Night’: familiar but thrilling and entertaining

The unsung failures of VR

WNYCO to present ‘Don Giovanni’ Stage concert production to be held in King

Advice Column: making the most of your last semester

Women’s herstory month features Riot Grrrl! Zine workshop