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Fred Fest

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 12, 2014

March 12, 2014

MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor Plans are currently in progress for May 3rd’s Fred Fest, which will follow last years’ carnival structure. This was a change from years’ past, which featured a headliner. However, a poor turnout for the headliner caused Spectrum to remodel the event. According to data provided by......

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The good, the bad and the ugly: Brown Bag 2014 discusses impact of technology on the world of the arts

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 12, 2014

March 12, 2014

COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor Chances are that in just a few years, kids won’t even know what a VHS is. Because of new technological advancements, we’ve been forced into “bigger” and “better” things and left the outdated in the dust; the impact of technology is essentially unavoidable. Film cameras,......

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Nisker’s ‘A Sticky Situation’ shows Fredonia the gloom of gum

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 12, 2014

March 12, 2014

S. L. FULLER Staff Writer I’m a fan of documentaries; they’re my favorite thing to watch on Netflix. But when I heard that I would be reporting on a documentary about gum, I wasn’t expecting much. I don’t care about gum. I’m not even a regular chewer of gum. So......

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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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Fred Fest

The good, the bad and the ugly: Brown Bag 2014 discusses impact of technology on the world of the arts

Nisker’s ‘A Sticky Situation’ shows Fredonia the gloom of gum

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