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The rule is there are no rules — except innovation and style Fredonia Dance Ensemble to have theme-less show

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AMBER MATTICE Assistant Reverb Editor   With pieces varying from classical ballet to comical theater, this year’s Fredonia Dance Ensemble (FDE) is sure to be a show featuring beautiful and unique performances. The show will take place on April 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and April 10 at 2......
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Life & Arts

Life is a cabaret Vocal Point takes the Tim Hortons stage

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CLAIRE O’REILLY Special to The Leader             As many shuffled in and out of Tim Hortons on Tuesday night, students dressed in all black get-ups got ready to take the stage. The café buzzed with conversation and nervous-excited energy. It was time for Vocal Point’s annual Cabaret.             “It’s actually......
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Life & Arts

‘Watching God’ in Reed Library Fredonia senior adapts novel to play

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[metaslider id=6062] MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   On the night of March 10, the back of Reed Library, towards the Japanese gardens, was transformed into a theater. Trees, leaves and other scene setters were projected onto a screen at house left. The library’s seats were arranged into rows, four deep,......
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‘Feminist and Womanist sensibilities’ Fredonia Big Read events include Hurston, stage-adaption of novel

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  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   The Big Read, a program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides grants for unique community reading initiatives. This year, Fredonia was honored with a grant to be a Big Read community. Each community in the program has a single, classic novel......
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Accounting and artwork for the win: Fredonia alumni receive Chancellor’s Award

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LERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader   This year, two professors have won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Both faculty members, Louann Laurito-Bahgat and Raymond Bonilla, are Fredonia graduates and have returned here after following their own different paths. Laurito-Bahgat has been teaching accounting classes at Fredonia......
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Life & Arts

Enter Bartlett, visit Wyoming ‘The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’ transports audiences

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SHENECA SHARPE   Special to The Leader   “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later” is about going back to Laramie, Wyoming, to talk to people who had connections with Matthew Shepard, who knew Matthew Shepard, or who even had connections to the murder. The play showed the difference between memories......
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A simple backdrop for a shining message: ‘The Laramie Project’ opens in Barlett Theatre

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MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   The black space of Bartlett Theatre darkened as cast members, one by one, blew out a candle. “The Laramie Project” ended as it began: Cast members in a circle on a dimmed stage hummed “Amazing Grace.” The stage was simple: a painted satellite image of......
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Review: Committed to the characters: Summer of ’42 showcases great acting start to finish

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[metaslider id=5657] LERON WELLINGTON Special to The Leader   A musical about adolescence and all the awkwardness along with it may not sound very enjoyable, but the Performing Arts Company’s production of “Summer of ‘42” was a light-hearted comedy that left audiences with a few chuckles and smiles from ear......
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Life & Arts

A sneak peak of ‘St. Matthew Passion’ in Rosch School of Music hosts sixth Intercollegiate Choral Festival

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EMMA SCHAIBLE Special to The Leader   Three conductors, two schools and one theater. The talent in Rosch Recital Hall was overflowing with the many sounds of collegiate choir students. On the sunny afternoon of Feb. 20, the Sixth Annual Intercollegiate Choral Festival was hosted by the Fredonia School of......
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