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Life & Arts

‘The Wolves’ kicks into gear this weekend in Bartlett Theater

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB Staff Writer Opening on Thursday, Dec. 5, Fredonia’s Department of Theater and Dance is putting on “The Wolves” in Bartlett Theatre inside of Rockefeller Arts Center. “The Wolves” is an all-female cast play that centers around a girls soccer team and their pre-game warm-ups every week. It is......
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Life & Arts

VAP presents Rainy Lehrman: The woman behind ‘Stockpiles’ sculptures

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Asst. Life & Arts Editor If you’ve ever wondered about the meanings behind those pink sculptures between Maytum and Mason Halls, look no further. The abstruse shapes you pass on your way to class, called “Stockpiles,” are the works of artist and educator, Rainy Lehrman. With the help......
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Sports

Coaches Corner: Astrid Escobar on swimming and her journey to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY Staff Writer It was a cold and early morning in the Steele Natatorium the Friday before Thanksgiving Break, and there was definitely no one more excited to be at their job more than Coach Astrid Escobar. This is Escobar’s first year coaching at Fredonia for both the men’s......
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Life & Arts

The Hillman Opera presents ‘Cendrillon’

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB Special to The Leader Opening this week, The Hillman Opera will present “Cendrillon” (Cinderella) in Marvel Theater, located in Rockefeller Arts Center. The opera is a collaborative project put on by many departments that will run Nov. 15 through Nov. 17. “Cendrillon” is an opera classic written by......
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News

From FBI Special Agent to University Police Chief

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesSOPHIE WOJCIECHOWSKI Special to The Leader Brent Isaacson, former FBI Special Agent and U.S. Navy nuclear engineer, became the University Police Chief just a short three months ago. He replaced Ann Burns after she retired, having been the UP Chief for 37 years. Chief Isaacson was born and raised in......
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Life & Arts

New Music Listening Club promotes diversity in music taste

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB Special to The Leader The new Music Listening Club (MLC) might have something for you, despite your listening tastes or preferences. The club is for everyone with a thirst for hearing music that they generally wouldn’t listen to or just new music that they would listen to. In......
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Life & Arts

Spooky Circus Cabaret to come to Dunkirk

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Staff Writer What if the circus traded laughs for frights instead? After scaring a full house last year, Crash/Mat is returning for a new show this Saturday, Nov. 2. Hosted by the Adams, this Spooky Circus Cabaret will include dance trapeze, aerial contortion and other unique performances. The......
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Life & Arts

SUNY’S Got Your Back: Students volunteer to help survivors of violence

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesMADDIE LITTLE Special to The Leader According to www.theHotline.org, “24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States.” SUNY’s Got Your Back Started in 2016. It’s an initiative to provide comfort bags with personal hygiene products to local domestic......
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Life & Arts

Walter Gloor Mainstage Series presents ‘The Grapes of Wrath’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBRENTON NEWCOMB Special to The Leader The department of theater and dance will present a stage production for the American novel, “The Grapes of Wrath” in Marvel Theater. The stage production, which holds very true to the novel by John Steinbeck in themes and plot, was written by Frank Galati......
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Life & Arts

Cinema Alternatives: The club that takes cinema from ‘Hollywood’ to ‘Hollyweird’

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesJESSICA MEDITZ Staff Writer Since we as college students are often focused on our academics, it’s important to find outlets for expression that are outside of our majors. Among Fredonia’s wide variety of clubs is Cinema Alternatives — a film-based club that allows students to do so. Cinema Alternatives’ main......
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