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Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader   Lights. Camera. Action! Academy Award-nominated actress Mary McDonnell visited Fredonia over homecoming weekend. McDonnell attended Fredonia and graduated in 1974. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., McDonnell chose Fredonia because she needed to go to a state school, and she wanted to be......
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Freedonia Marxonia: A Fall Fredonia Tradition

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Hail! Hail Freedonia! Land of the Brave and Free! This phrase can be heard around Fredonia this time of year, and the Marx Brother film, “Duck Soup,” can tell you why. The film debuted in 1933. “Duck Soup” takes place in an imaginary country called......
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Remembering Bernard Woma

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Fredonia’s own Ghanaian xylophone player, performer and mentor recently passed away on April 27 after battling cancer. A memorial service will be held for Bernard Woma Saturday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. in Mason Hall. It will begin with prayers and an unveiling of the......
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Exploring photography at the Marion Art Gallery

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA COST Special to The Leader   Different media, celebrities and some themes of American culture are all represented in a collection of works that date back to 1930. Sixty photographs were selected by the Louisiana State University Museum of Art from their permanent collection for this exhibition. Both historic......
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Christopher Robbins brings inspiration, activism to the Visiting Artist Program

Reading Time: 3 minutesBETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer     This week’s Visiting Artist Program featured Christopher Robbins, one of the founders of Ghana ThinkTank. Robbins is an unusual artist. Instead of producing art in the form of paintings, drawings and ceramics, Robbins uses the ideas from the results of the ThinkTank and produces......

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