Movies

The “50th Anniversary of the 60s” Mainstage season to celebrate baby boom era

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 3, 2014September 1, 2019

September 3, 2014September 1, 2019

KORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Fredonia’s Theatre and Dance Department, commonly known as TADA, is gearing up for its 2014-15 Walter Gloor Mainstage season with productions full of laughter, controversy and potentially even a few tears. This season, TADA will bring five major productions to the Fredonia campus. Without really intending......

Life & Arts

Video production majors gear up for capstone screening

Contributor to The LeaderMay 7, 2014

May 7, 2014

MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor While many students spend finals week drafting essays and studying for final exams, senior video production majors demonstrate their skills in a final screening of their work open to the public. The screening features the largest project of their college career: a 30 minute video capstone.......

News

Hillel sets up for Jewish History Month

Contributor to The LeaderApril 24, 2014August 17, 2019

April 24, 2014August 17, 2019

S.L. FULLER Assistant News Editor Jewish History Month is nationally recognized in May. But since that month is usually crazy for college campuses, most recognize it in April. Formally known as the Jewish Student Union, Hillel has been holding events all month to celebrate. “We were originally known as Jewish......

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Back to its roots: Fred Fest

Contributor to The LeaderApril 16, 2014August 18, 2019

April 16, 2014August 18, 2019

S.L. FULLER Assistant News Editor The main emphasis on Fred Fest this year has been trying to get the event back to its roots of a peaceful celebration of spring and away from the downtown night scene. Many people made suggestions on how the university should go about doing this......

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Adjunct Spotlight: Students hail Quatroche as ‘inspiring’ and ‘remarkable’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 9, 2014September 1, 2019

April 9, 2014September 1, 2019

CARL LAM Senior Staff Writer In a short follow-up email after the interview, Vincent Quatroche suggested the tagline of, “I’m just an adjunct.” Sure, it works. But as one of the longest serving adjunct professors in the Department of Communication, he’s earned a far better tagline than what he suggested.......

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Special message for the cast and crew of ‘RENT’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 8, 2014

April 8, 2014

Special message for the cast and crew of ‘RENT’ from Fredonia Leader on Vimeo. This video of Adam Pascal, actor of “Roger” in the Original Broadway Cast and movie adaptation of “RENT,” was recorded by associate professor Ray Stewart in the Spring of 2013. The video was recently distributed to......

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No day but today: the making of ‘RENT’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2014August 15, 2019

March 27, 2014August 15, 2019

Cast members Steven Saelzler and Ilana Lieberman rehearse with the pit for the upcoming production of “RENT.” Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor. MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor Tucked beneath the three story set of “RENT” will be a five piece rock band. While it will be located behind......

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The good, the bad and the ugly: Brown Bag 2014 discusses impact of technology on the world of the arts

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 12, 2014

March 12, 2014

COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor Chances are that in just a few years, kids won’t even know what a VHS is. Because of new technological advancements, we’ve been forced into “bigger” and “better” things and left the outdated in the dust; the impact of technology is essentially unavoidable. Film cameras,......

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Gum documentary sticks to audience

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

S.L. FULLER Staff Writer Being an audience member for a test screening of a new documentary is not an opportunity that comes along often. But SUNY Fredonia students and members of the surrounding community got the opportunity to attend the initial viewing of “A Sticky Situation.” This documentary by Canadian......

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Robocop does a cybernetic face plant

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 28, 2014

February 28, 2014

Photo courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. SCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader I often complain that Hollywood has let us down. Every new movie is an old idea. Nothing with imagination seems to come our way. In the long line of failure is the new Robocop movie. Robocop originally came out in......

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The “50th Anniversary of the 60s” Mainstage season to celebrate baby boom era

Video production majors gear up for capstone screening

Hillel sets up for Jewish History Month

Back to its roots: Fred Fest

Adjunct Spotlight: Students hail Quatroche as ‘inspiring’ and ‘remarkable’

Special message for the cast and crew of ‘RENT’

No day but today: the making of ‘RENT’

The good, the bad and the ugly: Brown Bag 2014 discusses impact of technology on the world of the arts

Gum documentary sticks to audience

Robocop does a cybernetic face plant