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The Leader
Life & Arts

Keep campus a respectful place this Halloween: The conversation on cultural appropriation continues

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Special to The Leader Halloween is coming soon, and with that means an array of costumes from cute to funny to scary. Sadly, Halloween is known for its use of cultural appropriation as costumes for trendy or comedic effects. For people who aren’t sure what cultural appropriation means,......
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Buffalo natives take BJ’s stage for Halloween show

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Asst. Life & Arts Editor This week, the BJ’s stage will get a taste of Buffalo — and I’m not talking about chicken wings. Last Call Entertainment, along with BJ’s Fredonia, are adding three Buffalo-born groups to their concert series. Alternative rock group, Post Prom, will be accompanied......
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Visiting Artist Program welcomes filmmaker Julia Yezbick

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Special to The Leader Visiting Artist Program (VAP) hosted a film screening of “Into the Hinterlands” directed by filmmaker and anthropologist, Julia Yezbick. VAP wanted Yezbick to come to this event because it provides the opportunity for students to see how art can be combined with a multitude......
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Spooky Circus Cabaret to come to Dunkirk

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer What if the circus traded laughs for frights instead? After scaring a full house last year, Crash/Mat is returning for a new show this Saturday, Nov. 2. Hosted by the Adams, this Spooky Circus Cabaret will include dance trapeze, aerial contortion and other unique performances. The......
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These five songs should be in your spooky season playlist

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Asst. Life & Arts Editor Leaves of assorted colors are falling. You can’t get away with forgetting your jacket at home anymore. Everyone around you seems to have a new significant other now. That’s how you know fall, (or “spooky season” as Twitter calls it) has arrived. Now......
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Fredonia Performing Arts Company to present ‘Stupid Fucking Bird’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA COST Life & Arts Editor A young playwright, Con, is hopelessly in love. His muse, Nina, is distracted and drawn toward someone else — a well-known novelist. And Con’s two friends, Mash and Dev, are dating each other, only Mash secretly wants Con’s heart. “Stupid Fucking Bird” by Aaron......
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A musical event in Dods Grove to celebrate Halloween

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB Special to The Leader The air is getting colder, but there’s still time left to be outside enjoying life and music and doing fun activities. Rocktoberfest will be the perfect event to wrap up the excellent outdoor shows that go on at Fredonia and kick off Halloween. The......
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Indie bands and brass players take the BJ’s stage

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB Special to The Leader On Oct. 16, Last Call Entertainment hosted their bi-weekly show at BJ’s that featured three bands that resulted in an energetic and confident performance. The show was filled with something for everyone with a stacked lineup that featured ’90s emo pop band Cooler, a......
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ACT UP Locally and Pride Alliance recognize LGBTQ change-makers and the AIDs epidemic

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Special to The Leader Fredonia Pride Alliance is partnering with the convocation committee to host: ACT UP Locally. (WNY) Members of the ACT UP Western New York chapter will be in attendance to provide oral histories with a focus on issues of activism and social change. ACT UP......
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