Photo gallery: SUNY Fredonia Spring Formal 2022
Photographs by Derek Raymond, Photo Editor of The Leader. “Step into Wonderland” was the theme of the Resident Assistant Advisory Board’s first-ever Spring Formal....
Music
Mason Hall from an outsider’s perspective
ANDREA VÉLEZ-DAVIS Special to The Leader As I approach the red brick building where only some of the most talented people go, I stare at the oldest building of the Fredonia Normal School campus that marked the beginning of the music program in 1941. It is famously known as Mason......
North Pole Strip Club March 12 & 26 show reviews: Featuring BP & the Oil Spills, Pool Kids, Carpool
JORDAN BUDD Staff Writer The Fredonia house venue, The North Pole Strip Club (NPSC), has successfully held shows on March 12 and 26 since the vital shutdown announcement. During the first event, the old house filled up with a boatload of midterm-liberated students for one last show before the crowd......
Local live music venue, The North Pole Strip Club, set to stop shows after this spring 
JORDAN BUDD Staff Writer The local Fredonia house venue, The North Pole Strip Club (NPSC) has been chugging along this semester with four shows under their belt already. On March 6, in between the venue’s second and third show of the year, the entity took to its social media to......
Fredonia String Festival
Photographs by Derek Raymond....
Old school or new school music: What’s more popular?
MADISON MCCLELLAND Special to The Leader Seventy percent of the music market is represented by older music. The new music market is shrinking, as we speak. According to an article published in The Atlantic, music market growth is coming from older songs from older generations. So why is it that......
Reeling in history: Fredonia Radio Systems Archive Project
JULES HOEPTING Managing Editor Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS) has been reeling in history — literally. The club’s Archival Project consists of taking reels of audio tape, cassette tapes, mini discs and compact discs stored in the station’s archives and digitizing it. Once digitized, the files, along with any behind-the-scenes information......
“The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera” review
LYDIA TURCIOS Art Director Is that the call of the great beyond, or an operatic high C? Trick question; it’s both! The SUNY Fredonia Performing Arts Company has just wrapped up their rendition of “The Dolls of New Albion: A Steampunk Opera,” an audioplay written by Paul Shapera. This opera......
Show review: Last Call Entertainment returns to BJ’s
JORDAN BUDD Staff Writer On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Last Call Entertainment, a local concert promotion company, created and run by SUNY Fredonia students and alumni teamed up with one of the town’s bars, BJ’s. The flyer featured a stacked lineup. The indie cowboys of Buffalo, Johnny & the Man Kids,......
Battle of the New Bands finals
JORDAN BUDD Staff Writer The Music Industry Club (MIC) held Battle of the New Bands Dec. 3 from 7–9 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Williams Center. The room was decked out for a memorable musical experience complete with speaker systems and lighting provided by the Sound Services club. ......