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Peacebuilding through the arts Karimi-Hakak speaks on Shakespeare and terror

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Students, faculty and community members gathered in a Fenton lecture hall on the cold, dark, windy night of Nov. 14. Everyone was speaking in hushed tones of the uncertainty and confusion over what was currently unfolding an ocean away from that room. People were......
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Web Exclusive: Getting excited for ‘Dancing with the Athletes’

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=4697] CURTIS HENRY Distribution Manager   This Sunday the Fredonia Student Dance Organization will be putting on the annual “Dancing with the Athletes” competition. The competition is set up in a format similar to ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Students who are majors in dance or specialize in dance......
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Southern Blues and Stellar Grooves BJ’s latest show features Buxom and Aircraft

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4360] KRIS HARRIS Staff Writer   Last Wednesday, swamp rock and outer space jams came together: Buxom and Aircraft were on the bill at BJ’s. Blues rockers Buxom came onstage first and immediately put everyone into high spirits. Starting from a simple acoustic rock duo, the band is now......
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‘Realism to surrealism and fantasy to reality’ ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ opens in Bartlett Theatre

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4489] CARLY KNASZAK Assistant Reverb Editor     Have you ever thought about what would happen if fictional characters came to life and demanded for an author to finish their story? Look no further because Fredonia’s Department of Theatre and Dance will be continuing “Six Characters in Search of......
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Preparing for Battle of the New Bands Music Industry club gets ready to present new talent and familiar faces

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  VALERIE MUSSON Special to The Leader   Students who are always on the lookout for the newest local music will get the ultimate chance to sample some of Fredonia’s finest musicians this Thursday at the Battle of the New Bands in the Williams Center MPR. This annual event, coordinated......
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The persistence of Richard Williams Visiting artist Kevin Schreck presents award-winning documentary

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Reading Time: 4 minutesALISSA SALEM Special to The Leader The week of Thursday, Nov. 5 a very special visiting artist was in store for Fredonia students. Young filmmaker Kevin Schreck presented his award-winning documentary titled “The Persistence of Vision.” “The Persistence of Vision” is an incredibly well-crafted documentary focusing on legendary animator Richard......
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Sneak peek: The Hillman in the making Hillman Opera to present “The Merry Widow” this weekend

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4570] REBECCA HALE Reverb Editor       The word in the halls of Rockefeller is that this year The Hillman Opera will be an English-adapted version of Franz Lehar’s “The Merry Widow,” a lighthearted and comic operetta. With the help of over 100 instrumentalists, vocalists and technicians, the production will......
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Applause for peers Ethos New Music Society presents its second student composer concert

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=4573] AMBER MATTICE Staff Writer   Rosch Recital Hall was alive with music on the evening of Nov. 3. This particular concert, however, was not a typical performance; it was Ethos New Music Society’s second student composers concert of the year. The concert as a whole was an eclectic......

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