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A Premium Blend-ing of voices Seniors sing in last Spring Showcase

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2016August 15, 2019

May 1, 2016August 15, 2019

[metaslider id=6551] SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer Premium Blend rocked the stage once again with its Spring Showcase featuring Call4Backup. Premium Blend, doing what it does best, started off with slow melodies then went into strong vocals emulating popular songs, while giving them a slight Premium Blend twist. The group’s......

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10th annual BJ’s Fest brings a barrage of bands

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2016August 15, 2019

May 1, 2016August 15, 2019

MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer Today and tomorrow will see the 10th annual BJ’s Fest. BJ’s, the Fredonia downtown staple, has been slinging drinks, serving greasy food and hosting great local bands since 1933. This 10th anniversary event will feature seven bands from the western and central New York areas.......

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A true display of balance and creativity Senior Show II set to open this week

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2016

May 1, 2016

AMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor Art itself is a concept with no boundaries. What defines art is left to the individual experiencing it. This is exactly the idea that the Visual Arts and New Media (VANM) faculty had in mind when planning the two Senior Shows this year. The......

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PAC’s ‘SubUrbia’ sheds a light on small town society

Contributor to The LeaderMay 1, 2016

May 1, 2016

CLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer The sun is just about to set in a small town called Burnfield, and the local 20-somethings have all met up in their favorite hangout behind the 7-Eleven to light a few joints and crack open a few beers. Neil “Pony” Moynihan, a successful rock......

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‘Something in the gallery for everyone’ Senior Show I opens in Marion

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

EMMA SCHAIBLE Special to The Leader Why art? Better question: Why not art? Art has such a fluid definition, full of complexity yet simplicity. On April 15, the opening reception of Senior Show I was open to the public. Twelve undergraduate senior artists that were full of ambition and......

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A Pulitzer well-deserved All about the hit musical, ‘Hamilton’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016August 15, 2019

April 22, 2016August 15, 2019

RIANNA SEELIG Staff Writer For those who don’t know — Alexander Hamilton was kind of a big deal. He was a Founding Father, a big player in the drafting and writing of the Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, the first Secretary of the Treasury, part of George......

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‘Don’t be a drag, just be a queen,’ or a king Pride Alliance presents ‘Evolution of Drag’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

CLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer Glitter, eyeshadow pallets, bedazzled heels and tubes of lipstick littered Steele Hall’s lower-level bathrooms on Friday night. It was time for Evolution of Drag. For some performers, this was their last show at Fredonia. For senior visual arts and new media major Maegan Clark,......

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Seniors signoff singing Vocal Point presents semi-annual showcase

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016August 15, 2019

April 22, 2016August 15, 2019

SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer Once again Vocal Point came back with a killer performance this semester. Vocal Point performed its semi-annual showcase with choreography by Liana Kaplan. It was a wonderfully displayed show in which the audience was enthralled. The songs varied from classics, such as “Somewhere Out There”......

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Shakespeare in Buffalo Local celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th year

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer In the center of the first floor of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library sits the unassuming Rare Book Room. The city owns an impressive number of rare books, kept in the archives of the Grosvenor Room and available by request. The Rare......

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Everything is peachy keen ‘James and the Giant Peach’ to come to Bartlett Theatre

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

AMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor This year the Department of Theatre and Dance will be putting on a particularly interesting show. It will be whimsical, humorous and enjoyable for all ages. The show is “James and the Giant Peach,” which many know as the book written by Roald Dahl.......

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A Premium Blend-ing of voices Seniors sing in last Spring Showcase

10th annual BJ’s Fest brings a barrage of bands

A true display of balance and creativity Senior Show II set to open this week

PAC’s ‘SubUrbia’ sheds a light on small town society

‘Something in the gallery for everyone’ Senior Show I opens in Marion

A Pulitzer well-deserved All about the hit musical, ‘Hamilton’

‘Don’t be a drag, just be a queen,’ or a king Pride Alliance presents ‘Evolution of Drag’

Seniors signoff singing Vocal Point presents semi-annual showcase

Shakespeare in Buffalo Local celebrations of Shakespeare’s 400th year

Everything is peachy keen ‘James and the Giant Peach’ to come to Bartlett Theatre