Lily Dale: A haven of spiritualism, suffrage and history
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis town is a bit different from your regular, run-of-the-mill gated community. It's full of mediums, reiki healers, spiritualists and more. ...
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Local TV station owner Phil Arno shares insight into reality of news industry
Reading Time: 3 minutesABBIE MILLER Editor-in-Chief While he spent a lot of his career behind the silver screen, there is nothing two-dimensional about Phil Arno. This is exactly the thought process that led Communications Professor Mike Igoe to choose the WBBZ TV Owner as a guest speaker for his journalism class. Arno described......
The art of being two people at once: Saint Blind artist profile
Reading Time: 8 minutesJORDAN BUDD Staff Writer Aaron Schapiro, also known as A.W. Schapiro, started his musical project SAINT BLIND in Igoe Hall 311A by trying to be two people at once. Shapiro emulated a method done by Johnny Marr and Morrissey of the band The Smiths. SAINT BLIND’s origin was inspired by......
Fredonia students and alumni to perform at Local Lo-Down concert
Reading Time: 2 minutesHUNTER HALTERMAN Staff Writer Local Lo-Down Logo Provided by CHLOE KOWALYK | Editor in Chief If you walk down the Fredonia streets at night, chances are you’ll hear some music. Maybe that music is coming from a bar, a house show or even just someone’s speakers. Regardless, that’s what Fredonia’s......
Fredonia Farm Festival unites local and college community
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor Downtown Fredonia was filled with excited residents and returning students at the end of August with the Fredonia Farm Festival. The festival was held Aug. 26–28 in Barker Commons, and featured countless local vendors selling a variety of goods including jewelry, honey, fresh produce and homemade......
Director’s notes: Soon-to-debut short film “The Cryptid Cast vs. The Goopy Ganker”
Reading Time: 8 minutesJULES HOEPTING Managing Editor (All photos courtesy of Jackson DiCarlo.) “Out for intrigue and out of their league” is the slogan of the soon-to-debut short film, “The Cryptid Cast vs. The Goopy Ganker.” What’s the 45-minute film about? “A host of a monster-themed college radio show that gets herself and......
Meet Yuwan Viros: Fashion trendsetter by day, iconic drag queen by night
Reading Time: 5 minutesALYSSA BUMP Editor in Chief SUNY Fredonia is quite a small campus. With only 3,000 or so students on campus, some are destined to stand out among the rest. One of those students is Yuwan Viros, a senior public relations and theatre arts major, with a concentration in costume design.......
Local “CREATE Project” non-profit serves those dealing with childhood sexual abuse and its aftermath
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor Since second grade, Valerie Walawender has held a vision: one day, she would help others. She drove through less-fortunate neighborhoods with her parents and went to school where she and her siblings were practically the only white students in the school. She was constantly surrounded by......
What it’s like being a small business owner and a full-time SUNY Fredonia student
Reading Time: 4 minutesCLARE NORMOYLE Special to The Leader Inside her cramped dorm room in Gregory Hall at SUNY Fredonia, her light brown cookie-cutter desk not only doubles as a workspace for schoolwork, but also an office for her small business. “Like it or not, being a student is also a full-time job,......
Music Industry Club presents “Amp It Up”
Reading Time: 4 minutesJORDAN BUDD Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club hosted its annual concert “Amp It Up” in Dod’s Grove on Sept. 25. The show started off with the soft folk-tinged indie rock band, Kiddie Pool. Their emotive collection of covers and originals was a sensitive and stylish mix. Kiddie......