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Review: Hillman Opera captivates audiences with two different shows

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2016

October 27, 2016

[metaslider id=7587] LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer The School of Music shook things up this year by collaborating with the Hillman Opera and putting on two shows, “Dido and Aeneas” and “The Medium.” The combination was brilliant, giving audiences two very different stories and musical styles: one, a Baroque tale of......

Life & Arts

‘Godspell’ takes audiences on journey of community: All seven performances sold out

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2016

October 27, 2016

ZOE KIRIAZIS Special to The Leader Every show has a moral or lesson to be learned, whether it be obvious or more indirect. “We can build a beautiful city, not a city of angels, but finally a city of man,” sang the company of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s......

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Homecoming Pep Rally showcases an international Fredonia

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 27, 2016

October 27, 2016

[metaslider id=7577] DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer Countries all around the world were represented at this year’s Homecoming Pep Rally at Steele Hall. This year’s theme, “Fredonia Around the World,” captured the international diversity on Fredonia’s campus. The bleachers filled within minutes, quickly becoming a sea of blue and white.......

Life & Arts

Hillman Opera tells stories of mythology and magic

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2016August 15, 2019

October 19, 2016August 15, 2019

LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer This year, the Hillman Opera presents students with not just one, but two musical shows that will give audiences more than they expect. The pairing of the one act operas, Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” and Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium,” show a......

Life & Arts

‘Godspell’ tells Gospel stories with community focus

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 19, 2016

October 19, 2016

ZOE KIRIAZIS Special to The Leader Theatre is performed and interpreted as we see life, with greater risks. Theatre is life imitating art imitating life. The Department of Theatre and Dance (TADA) follows those principles as it opens the first show of the season with ‘Godspell.’ With already......

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Life’s a drag

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

October 13, 2016

BETHANY CLANCY Special to The Leader For over 10 years now, Fredonia’s Pride Alliance has been throwing drag shows. It’s a great event that gets the queer community together each semester, and on Friday Oct. 7 in the Williams Center, many entered with high energy, anticipating the start of......

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Hundred Plus Club and All’amore at BJ’s

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

October 13, 2016

LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer One of the best things about Fredonia is the wide array of music it has to offer. We might be in a somewhat secluded location, but we get some of the newest music from all over. That was definitely the case on Oct. 5, when......

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Fall fun for all: First Harvest Fest is a hit

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016

October 13, 2016

MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer It may have been a gloomy weekend in downtown Fredonia, but that didn’t stop Fredonia’s Habitat for Humanity club from putting on their first annual Harvest Fest this past Saturday, Oct. 8. Despite the rain, club members had to deal with during set up, the weather......

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Don’t think, just dance: Recapping Fredonia’s first Dance-A-Thon

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 13, 2016August 16, 2019

October 13, 2016August 16, 2019

ZOE KIRIAZIS Special to The Leader Fredonia’s Student Dance Organization held its first annual Dance-A-Thon on Friday Oct. 7 in Steele Hall’s Fieldhouse. A charity event for the Dizzy Feet Foundation created and founded by ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ judge, Nigel Lythgoe. The night was filled with an......

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Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 6, 2016

October 6, 2016

CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer In 2012, professor Scott Ferguson of the Biology Department was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “Genetic Analysis of Gurken Translational Control.” The $250,000 grant, the largest ever awarded to a Fredonia Biology faculty member, has helped......

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Review: Hillman Opera captivates audiences with two different shows

‘Godspell’ takes audiences on journey of community: All seven performances sold out

Homecoming Pep Rally showcases an international Fredonia

Hillman Opera tells stories of mythology and magic

‘Godspell’ tells Gospel stories with community focus

Life’s a drag

Hundred Plus Club and All’amore at BJ’s

Fall fun for all: First Harvest Fest is a hit

Don’t think, just dance: Recapping Fredonia’s first Dance-A-Thon

Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history