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V-Day at Fredonia: The Vagina Monologues

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   V-Day presented another spectacular performance of Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues.” With 19 years of monologues under its belt, V-Day continued to spread awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault. All proceeds went to the Salvation Army ANEW Center located in Jamestown which continues to......
Life & Arts

PAC’s ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ features emotional performances

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Reading Time: 2 minutes    ZOE KIRIAZIS Staff Writer   The Performing Arts Company opened John Patrick Shanley’s play “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea: An Apache Dance” this past weekend in Houghton Hall. Directed by senior musical theatre major Carly Dieck, “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” follows the story of two......
Life & Arts

“Escapes” installation opens

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  The “Escapes” art installation at Kasia Coffee. (Corey Maher/Photo Editor)   LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer   Artistic expression can have many benefits, one of them being building a community. On Feb. 10, the North Shore Alliance hoped to do just that with their most recent art installation entitled “Escapes.”......
Life & Arts

Introducing Artists Alliance; New club on campus reaches across majors to connect various art forms

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Reading Time: 3 minutes      SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   “The purpose of Artists Alliance is to provide the campus and community with a network of resources in which to create, produce and perform original works of art that are inclusive to a diverse array of art disciplines,” said Riley Baracskai, secretary......
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Immigration executive order sends shockwaves through SUNY

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Reading Time: 4 minutes[metaslider id=8235]   CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   On Dec. 7, 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump called for the U.S. to bar all Muslims from entering the country. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can......
Life & Arts

Art in the Trump Era: Artists across media are ‘questioning the status quo’

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  KRIS HARRIS and LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writers “Take your broken heart. Make it into art.” As a closing for her Golden Globe acceptance speech, Meryl Streep referenced her late friend Carrie Fisher to express the importance of the arts and diversity. In times of political turbulence, the film industry......
Life & Arts

‘Alice in Slasherland’ draws blood and laughs

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=8039] MOLLY VANDENBERG Staff Writer Over this past weekend, the production “Alice in Slasherland” provided the perfect amount of cheesy slasher-flick inspired entertainment to a very enthusiastic crowd. The play was originally created by Qui Nguyen and was presented by Fredonia’s student-run Performing Arts Company, known commonly as PAC.......
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Rescue dogs take Fredonia by storm: ‘Mutts Gone Nuts’ comes to Fredonia

Reading Time: 3 minutesCLAIRE O’REILLY Staff Writer If you like dogs, a good laugh and some good old-fashioned fun, “Mutts Gone Nuts!” is the show for you. “It’s fun, it’s a lot of fun, and if anybody has ever owned a dog, they will especially enjoy it,” said Rockefeller Arts Center Director Jefferson......
Life & Arts

Orchesis comes ‘Full Circle’: Dance company presents 360 degree experience

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=7944] BETHANY CLANCY Staff Writer On Tuesday, Nov. 29, Orchesis Dance Company, a student-run dance company, put on their show of the semester, titled “Full Circle.”  The show was the culmination of countless hours of work by students choreographing, designing and, of course, dancing. Some students that were present......

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