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Poetry Festival highlights well-known and up-and-coming poets

RILEY STRAW Copy Editor Sometimes, snapping fingers at people while they speak can be considered rude, but at the Fredonia Poetry Festival, audience members did so out of admiration. Rachel McKibbens, Ashley Wylde and several diverse poets from the on-campus writing community performed last Wednesday, April 15. McKibbens, according to......
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Spring ‘awakens’ at the President House Final PAC production to feature ‘Spring Awakening’

MAGGIE GILROY Editor in Chief The spirit of self-discovery and youthful angst will inhabit President Virginia Horvath’s backyard as the Performing Arts Company presents Frank Wedekind’s classic tragedy, “Spring Awakening.” Directed by senior acting major Cody Jones, with assistance by junior acting major Joanna Shapiro, the classic German play marks......
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Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series comes to an end Ethan Rutherford, visiting fiction writer, talks about endings

RILEY STRAW Copy Editor The Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series has brought many poets and fiction writers to Fredonia, including Rachel McKibbens, Matthew Olzmann and most recently, Jericho Brown. However, after 14 years of various creative writers, Fredonia has ceased the program, and the final visiting writer visited Fredonia......
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Dance review: feel the ‘Synergy’ with Orchesis Student-Run Dance Company shines at annual spring show

NAOMI LYNCH Staff Writer Fredonia’s student-run dance company, Orchesis, presented “Synergy,” the company’s annual spring showcase on April 17, 2015. This year, the company held its showcase at Fredonia High School, a more spacious dwelling than Fredonia’s Multipurpose Room, where Orchesis has been held in past semesters. All the dance......
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Mainstage theater review: “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”

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REBECCA HALE Reverb Editor “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” opened on April 10 in Marvel Theatre, and those who have seen it have been blown away. “Hair” is a theatrical beast that the Department of Theatre and Dance tackled full-force, and the result was a show that was powerful,......
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‘Daredevil’: The hero Hell’s Kitchen needs, the show you need to watch

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CONNOR BURTON Special to The Leader The Marvel Cinematic Universe, which all began with “Iron Man” in 2008, has grown exponentially and doesn’t show signs of stopping anytime soon. “Daredevil” is just the first series to debut on Netflix; several other Marvel projects, including “A.K.A. Jessica Jones,” “Iron Fist” and......
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Department of Communication to host Honors Celebration

KORTNEY YOUNG Special to The Leader Every Spring semester a department-wide Honors Celebration is hosted by the Department of Communication in order to recognize students who have been outstanding in the department. This year’s ceremony is slated for Saturday, April 18, at 2 p.m. in the Williams Center Horizon Room.......

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