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The Goods and Yonic get bluesy at Old Main

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 6, 2014

March 6, 2014

Randy Dean, the bassist for Yonic, plays the band’s song “Man on a Plane.” Photo courtesy of Eric Kearney (http/:www.erickearneyphoto.com) RILEY STRAW Copy Editor Old Main was filled with music and good vibes on Thursday, Feb. 27. Yonic and The Goods, two Fredonia-based bands, performed at the local bar for......

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VAP hosts two dynamic artists

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Visiting artist Mark Hosford visited Fredonia Thursday for a Visiting Artist lecture. His work was shown the following night in conjunction with Craig LaRotonda’s sculptures and paintings, above, in the Marion Art Gallery Photo courtesy of Mary Laing / Special to The Leader HANNA NEUMANN Staff Writer “As artists, we......

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PAC’s ‘The Dining Room’ exposes WASP social issues

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

REBECCA HALE Staff Writer The Performing Arts Company’s first show of the semester had its debut last weekend; the show had themes so widespread that the scenes depicted could be related back to every person and their family. The Dining Room, a play by A.R. Gurney, takes 18 different scenes......

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Saving ‘Opera Scenes’: From pirates to orphans, Horn fills roles in ‘Opera Scenes’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Lucille Horn, far left, performs in the ensemble of “the Orphans in Autumn.” Photo courtesy of Andrea Adinolfe / Staff Photogrpaher COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor Sophomore music performance major Lucille Horn was in the final stages of learning her role in this year’s Opera Scenes production of “The Pirates......

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Robocop does a cybernetic face plant

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 28, 2014

February 28, 2014

Photo courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. SCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader I often complain that Hollywood has let us down. Every new movie is an old idea. Nothing with imagination seems to come our way. In the long line of failure is the new Robocop movie. Robocop originally came out in......

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Opera Scenes 2014 presents something old, something new

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2014August 15, 2019

February 26, 2014August 15, 2019

Sean Doyle, a theory professor and composer of “The Orphans in Autumn,” rehearses his original opera with cast members. Photo courtesy of Courtnee Cesta / Assistant Reverb Editor COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor SUNY Fredonia’s Student Opera Theatre Association will present its annual Opera Scenes production this weekend, featuring scenes......

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A table for many uses

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2014

February 26, 2014

Cast members of “The Dining Room” rehearse a scene. Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor KRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer Many plays are set in a world that we may or or may not know. “The Dining Room” is no exception. The play focuses on a dining room set,......

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10 Signs that it has been a long winter

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2014

February 26, 2014

Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor MAGGIE GILROY AND SYLVANA DUSSAN Reverb Editor and Editor in Chief It’s becoming clear that even though there was a glimpse of warm weather (and by warm we mean 40 degrees) this past weekend, there is still no light at the end......

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Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2014September 2, 2019

February 25, 2014September 2, 2019

Hanna Neumann and other members of the cast perform “My First Period.” Mary Laing / Special to The Leader CHRISTINA CONCEICAO Sports Editor This past weekend, SUNY Fredonia put on its 13th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” a play written by Eve Ensler, a Tony Award winning playwright, performer......

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Fredonia gets Stucky on New Music

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 24, 2014August 15, 2019

February 24, 2014August 15, 2019

COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor When Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky held a series of workshops at the School of Music last weekend, many students learned they are much more similar to the accomplished composer than they realized. “When I have to compose a piece … I really put it......

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The Goods and Yonic get bluesy at Old Main

VAP hosts two dynamic artists

PAC’s ‘The Dining Room’ exposes WASP social issues

Saving ‘Opera Scenes’: From pirates to orphans, Horn fills roles in ‘Opera Scenes’

Robocop does a cybernetic face plant

Opera Scenes 2014 presents something old, something new

A table for many uses

10 Signs that it has been a long winter

Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

Fredonia gets Stucky on New Music