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‘Dancing with the Athletes’ Unique event raises money for Moving Miracles

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 20, 2013August 17, 2019

November 20, 2013August 17, 2019

ALEXIS FORES Special to The Leader “And first place goes to … Abby Sullivan and Marcus Moles for their jazz routine!” said Jordan Louis Fischer, host. Ballet, salsa and twerking took the center stage as students gathered in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Williams Center on Sunday, Nov. 17 to......

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Orchesis: Unplugged, Student-run dance company’s show sells out despite change of venue

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 14, 2013

November 14, 2013

Rebecca Hale Staff Writer Dancers of all styles and colors twisted, jumped and rolled in Mason 1080, bringing movement and color to the dark, rainy Saturday evening. Students, faculty, friends and family squeezed into the room until no more could fit, many standing in the back of the room to......

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‘The School for Scandal’ Theater meets Twitter in mainstage play

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 14, 2013

November 14, 2013

Jordyn Holka Staff Writer In an age where many members of the cultural elite see social media as a vexing taboo, the Department of Theatre and Dance’s latest production has received a slew of positive electronic reviews, each of which was compiled in a mere 140 characters or less. The......

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Movie Review: The Counselor “Not for the casual moviegoer”

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 6, 2013

November 6, 2013

CONNOR BURTON and DAVID GLANTZ Specials to The Leader The Counselor is a suspense thriller about a respected lawyer who gets caught up in a drug deal gone badly as the world around him spirals out of control. It is a film of greed, caution and deception and the consequences......

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Arturo Sandoval, Cuban Jazz trumpeter, supplies soul to SUNY Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 6, 2013August 25, 2019

November 6, 2013August 25, 2019

COURTNEE CESTA Staff Writer Nine-time Grammy winner and protégé of Dizzy Gillespie Arturo Sandoval will join SUNY Fredonia students and faculty on Monday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Sandoval is a distinguished musician in both the jazz and classical worlds, and performs regularly with some of......

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Chris O’Dell on gender, drugs and rock ‘n roll

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 6, 2013September 1, 2019

November 6, 2013September 1, 2019

EILEEN MOWREY Assistant Reverb Editor Last Tuesday, Chris O’Dell, author of “Miss O’Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved,” shared with Fredonia students what it was like to work with some of the biggest rock and......

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Adjunct Spotlight: Musically and technically speaking, Yuen has it all

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2013September 1, 2019

October 29, 2013September 1, 2019

CARL LAM Staff Writer Many who are not familiar with Mason Hall could attest that all that can be seen are doors. Gray doors, green doors, wooden doors — any type of door, really. And then there are the red doors, often filled with reminders, lesson schedules, concert information and......

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The Lone Bellow

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2013August 31, 2019

October 29, 2013August 31, 2019

EILEEN MOWREY Assistant Reverb Editor One morning at Dizzy’s Diner in Park Slope, Brooklyn, three musicians, Zach Williams, Brian Elmquist and Kanene Pipkin, made music together for the first time. They were, respectively, a solo artist, a diner employee and a girl who had recently returned from Beijing. Today they......

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ARIA: Another year, a new album

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2013August 31, 2019

October 29, 2013August 31, 2019

EILEEN MOWREY Assistant Reverb Editor Last October, The A-Tracks featured a story on ARIA, a female-fronted rock/alternative band from Buffalo, NY. Since then the band has been busy, and now they have new stories to tell. When we last talked to ARIA, they were preparing to take on the country.......

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The best three music apps you (probably) don’t have

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2013September 1, 2019

October 29, 2013September 1, 2019

PJ GERLACH Special to The Leader In the era of the Smartphone, music is the cornerstone. The stylish mini-computers we carry around with us everyday evolved out of a growing desire to always be plugged in to our music. It all started with the Sony Walkman, the first product (besides......

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‘Dancing with the Athletes’ Unique event raises money for Moving Miracles

Orchesis: Unplugged, Student-run dance company’s show sells out despite change of venue

‘The School for Scandal’ Theater meets Twitter in mainstage play

Movie Review: The Counselor “Not for the casual moviegoer”

Arturo Sandoval, Cuban Jazz trumpeter, supplies soul to SUNY Fredonia

Chris O’Dell on gender, drugs and rock ‘n roll

Adjunct Spotlight: Musically and technically speaking, Yuen has it all

The Lone Bellow

ARIA: Another year, a new album

The best three music apps you (probably) don’t have