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Poetry Slam to premiere on rape and assault against men

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Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Staff Writer On Friday night, students will gather to listen and pour their hearts out in “Breaking the Silence: Spoken Word Against Rape, Sexual Assault, and Violence Against Men,” a student-organized poetry slam. The event was organized by Rebecca Panarello as a part of her Scholar Activism Project.......
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‘A cap’ on improv: American Choral Directors Association features a capella workshop

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Special to The Leader The stage in Diers hosted some of the campus’ best a cappella groups during a workshop put on by the American Choral Directors Association and Dr.Huff. Featured groups included Premium Blend and Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Both got their chance to show the audience their......
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Faculty present anything-but-ordinary recital

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Reading Time: 5 minutesSUNY Fredonia School of Music faculty introduces ‘New Music Electronic Music’ KORI BARKLEY Special to The Leader Rosch Recital Hall was packed Tuesday night as Paul Coleman and Jeremy Sagala presented their anything-but-ordinary faculty recital, “New Music Electronic Music,” featuring both electronic and acoustic music alike. Paul Coleman is a......
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Fairytale took King in the form of an opera

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS and MAGGIE GILROY Special to The Leader and Reverb Editor On Friday night, King concert hall erupted with sounds of idle chatter and the warming up of an orchestra. On the stage in front of that orchestra sat a lonely fireplace just waiting for the singers to arrive......
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‘12 Years a Slave’ — A nation’s dark history is the year’s best picture

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Reading Time: 2 minutesA negro musician in 1981 is drugged kidnapped and sold into slavery. Director Steve McQueen and actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender throw you headfirst into the pits of hell that would unbearable if it never actually defined the American slave trade. CONNOR BURTON AND DAVID GLANTZ Specials to The......
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‘Dancing with the Athletes’ Unique event raises money for Moving Miracles

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Reading Time: 2 minutesALEXIS 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

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Reading Time: 2 minutesRebecca 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

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJordyn 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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Arturo Sandoval, Cuban Jazz trumpeter, supplies soul to SUNY Fredonia

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCOURTNEE 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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