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PAC’s ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ features emotional performances

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Reading Time: 2 minutes    ZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer   The Performing Arts Company opened John Patrick Shanley’s play “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea: An Apache Dance” this past weekend in Houghton Hall. Directed by senior musical theatre major Carly Dieck, “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” follows the story of two......
Life & Arts

“Escapes” installation opens

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  The “Escapes” art installation at Kasia Coffee. (Corey Maher/Photo Editor)   LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer   Artistic expression can have many benefits, one of them being building a community. On Feb. 10, the North Shore Alliance hoped to do just that with their most recent art installation entitled “Escapes.”......
News

Immigration executive order sends shockwaves through SUNY

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Reading Time: 4 minutes[metaslider id=8235]   CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   On Dec. 7, 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump called for the U.S. to bar all Muslims from entering the country. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can......
Life & Arts

Art in the Trump Era: Artists across media are ‘questioning the status quo’

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  KRIS HARRIS and LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writers “Take your broken heart. Make it into art.” As a closing for her Golden Globe acceptance speech, Meryl Streep referenced her late friend Carrie Fisher to express the importance of the arts and diversity. In times of political turbulence, the film industry......
News

Black History Month kicks off in February

Reading Time: 4 minutesJACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader Since the presidency of Gerald Ford, the U.S. has federally recognized the month of February as Black History Month. At Fredonia, the Black Student Union will be sponsoring a number of events, open to all students and faculty, highlighting the history, achievements and current......
Life & Arts

Orchesis comes ‘Full Circle’: Dance company presents 360 degree experience

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=7944] BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer On Tuesday, Nov. 29, Orchesis Dance Company, a student-run dance company, put on their show of the semester, titled “Full Circle.”  The show was the culmination of countless hours of work by students choreographing, designing and, of course, dancing. Some students that were present......
Life & Arts

‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ ends semester with holiday chaos

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Reading Time: 2 minutesZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer The Department of Theatre and Dance opened the next show in their season on Nov. 30 with George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s play, “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” directed by theatre professor James Ivey. The show follows the chaotic happenings and events following famous......
Life & Arts

A not so merry Christmas: ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ comes to Fredonia

Reading Time: 2 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer They say there’s no place like home for the holidays, or in Sheridan Whiteside’s case, someone else’s home. “The Man Who Came to Dinner” is the last Walter Gloor Mainstage Series production of the semester. It’s an American comedy in three acts, written by Moss Hart......
Opinion

From the Desk Of Kevin Gleason, Business Manager

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Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the Desk Of Kevin Gleason, Business Manager Sherman, New York. This is the place that I will always call home. This is the little farm town where everyone would attend the basketball game on a Friday night. This is the small town that allowed me to express myself by......
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The Lampoon endorses David S. Pumpkins for president

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEMMA PATTERSON Staff Lampoonist   It’s no secret that this presidential election has been, in short, exhausting. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been met with either lukewarm acceptance or alarming reverence from voters, resulting in this being the first election people under the age of 30 have actually cared......

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