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Life & Arts

Tradition marries competition: Day of the Dead to be celebrated with altar competition

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer   Day of the Dead will be celebrated on campus this semester by mixing some competition with tradition. On Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., an altar competition will take place in the Reed Library Commons. Some of those competing include students from professor Diane......
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Homecoming royalty crowned after Fredonia’s Got Talent

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=10167]   JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer On Friday night, students gathered in Steele Hall to watch a showcase of talented SUNY Fredonia students in a spectacle that was part pep-rally and part dance show, all of which culminated in the crowning of this year’s homecoming royalty. Although the event......
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Harvey Breverman: A decade of drawing

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=10221]   ELYSE GRIECO Special to the Leader   University at Buffalo’s own Professor Emeritus Harvey Breverman has brought a decade’s worth of art to the SUNY Fredonia campus this month. Breverman’s collection, “A Decade of Drawing 2005-2015 (Idiosyncratic Amalgams and Disparate Composites)” consists of forty-six portraits of writers,......
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‘Take Back the Night’ offers safe space for victims of sexual violence

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer   Fredonia Feminists hosted their annual “Take Back the Night” on Oct. 18 in McEwen Hall. This is arguably one of Fred Fem’s most anticipated events of the year, where survivors of sexual assault and violence are given a place to share their stories. With only......
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Painting, props and puppets: Clare Osborn does it all

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLEAH GRAZIANO Special to The Leader   Have you ever wondered how shows like “Fredtown, USA” and “Fred Before Bed” get their props? That backdrop you see on “Fred Before Bed” and the funny props used in Fredtown come from the hands of Clare Osborn. Osborn has been creating props......
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A Peter Pan origin story: ‘Peter and The Starcatcher’ comes to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer   The Department of Theatre and Dance is bringing Fredonia the story before Peter Pan emerged. “Peter and the Starcatcher” will premiere on Friday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. “It’s all about how Peter Pan becomes Peter Pan, and the story is simply beautiful. It’s a......
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Meet Amy Gruttadauria: WCVF’s program director and Peter and The Starcatcher’s stage manager

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHELSEA BARON Special to The Leader   College students are oftentimes categorized as lazy, but Amy Gruttadauria is an exception. A senior double major in theatre and audio and radio production, Gruttadauria’s focus in her theater degree is stage management. She is an active member of Sigma Gamma Phi (Arethusa),......
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Brews Under Review: Raspberry Beret is underappreciated and should be a regional treasure

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCURTIS HENRY Sports Editor As always, it is imperative to take three things into account when reading this column. First, I am not a beer expert. Second, I am not a professional food critic. Finally, I probably shouldn’t even write for the Life & Arts section. Ever. Yet, here we......
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