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‘It’s okay to be different’ ‘Trans: The Movie’ documents transgender lives

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Reading Time: 4 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer “It’s okay to be different,” were the wise words of an eight-year-old transgender girl in “Trans: The Movie,” a film shown on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in McEwen Hall as part of TransDiscovery: Exploring Gender Variant Lives. “Trans” is a documentary about transgenders either transitioning, in the......
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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to open

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Reading Time: 3 minutesPicture taken by: Reecca Hale/ Assistant Reverb Editor REBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor This weekend, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will open as the first production in this year’s Walter Gloor Mainstage Series in Marvel Theatre. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, and the Department of Theatre and......
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An artist’s life after Fredonia: Greg Paladino

Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer It is evident to most students pursuing the arts that finding a career to fit one’s area of study will be a challenge, especially in today’s society where arts programs in schools and communities are continuously diminishing. Greg Paladino, a graduate from the School of Music......
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The Digital Art of Storytelling with Yves Geleyn World-Renowned Animator Visits Fredonia

Reading Time: 3 minutesNAOMI LYNCH Special to The Leader On Thursday, Oct. 2, internationally acclaimed animator Yves Geleyn visited Fredonia as the first artist of the 2014-15 Visiting Artists Program (VAP). Geleyn has worked with various companies, including Zune, BBC Radio 6 and Toyota. “Animation is about four things,” Geleyn told the crowd,......
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“Found Objects” creates unique experience for viewer

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDYN HOLKA Reverb Editor Art Forum displayed its “Found Objects” exhibit in the Emmitt Christian Gallery from Set. 24 to Oct. 1. According to Dylan Scacchetti, Art Forum president, “the main objective of Found Objects was to transform the traditional gallery setting, and to create a sensory environment in which......
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Fredonia Marxonia Annual event pays tribute to 100th anniversary of Marx Brothers

Reading Time: 2 minutesPicture taken by Minju Kim/ Staff Photographer MINJU KIM Staff Writer Duck soup is easy to make. The Marx Brothers, however, did something not so easy — created a masterpiece of American comedy film. On Oct. 3, the film “Duck Soup” was screened for the commemoration and celebration of the......

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