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Life & Arts

Review: ‘It is what it is!’ ‘The Merry Widow’ proves brilliant

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKRIS HARRIS Staff Writer Wild merriment and tender love filled the Rockefeller Arts Center’s Marvel Theatre, as the Hillman Opera played last weekend with its hilariously updated version of Franz Lehar’s “The Merry Widow.” The production was truly a feast for the eyes and ears, from extravagant costumes, entrancing dance......
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Life & Arts

CrossFit and praying mantises: Meet the winner of the Fredonia Speaks Essay Contest

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Reading Time: 6 minutesS.L. FULLER Editor in Chief   Name: Meredith Nugent Year: Senior Major: Biology Essay: “Beauty in Strength,” written about the book “Wintergirls” by Laurie Halse Anderson     Meredith Nugent plays the trumpet, wears oxford-style shoes and is a biology major. She also has nine tattoos, plays rugby and does......
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News

Fredonia’s first female mayor Landis elected as Keefe’s term ends

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Reading Time: 4 minutes  AMANDA DEDIE News Editor   After 186 years, Fredonia has finally voted in their first female mayor. Dr. Athanasia Landis, a 23-year resident of the Village of Fredonia, will officially hold the mayoral office come this January. “I feel a lot of responsibility — it’s a big responsibility to......
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Life & Arts

Peacebuilding through the arts Karimi-Hakak speaks on Shakespeare and terror

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Students, faculty and community members gathered in a Fenton lecture hall on the cold, dark, windy night of Nov. 14. Everyone was speaking in hushed tones of the uncertainty and confusion over what was currently unfolding an ocean away from that room. People were......
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Life & Arts

‘Realism to surrealism and fantasy to reality’ ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ opens in Bartlett Theatre

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4489] CARLY KNASZAK Assistant Reverb Editor     Have you ever thought about what would happen if fictional characters came to life and demanded for an author to finish their story? Look no further because Fredonia’s Department of Theatre and Dance will be continuing “Six Characters in Search of......
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Life & Arts

Sneak peek: The Hillman in the making Hillman Opera to present “The Merry Widow” this weekend

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4570] REBECCA HALE Reverb Editor       The word in the halls of Rockefeller is that this year The Hillman Opera will be an English-adapted version of Franz Lehar’s “The Merry Widow,” a lighthearted and comic operetta. With the help of over 100 instrumentalists, vocalists and technicians, the production will......
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Life & Arts

Six psychics Spectrum holds Psychic Fair on Family Weekend

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4279] MARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Last weekend was Fredonia’s annual Family Weekend. For many students, finding entertainment to keep the whole family occupied can be a bit of a struggle. This is where Spectrum comes in. The student-run campus entertainment group has been organizing presentations and activities for......
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Life & Arts

A play within a play The Department of Theatre and Dance presents its second Mainstage production

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Reading Time: 3 minutesRIANNA SEELIG Staff Writer   The Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance has been in the process of rehearsing an adaptation of “Six Characters in Search of an Author” by Robert Brustein. The production is the second of the semester in the Walter Gloor Mainstage Series, directed by Dr. James......
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Life & Arts

Lizards in the Garden PAC performs ‘Lizards’ in the Japanese Garden

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4291] STAFF REPORT   While many this past Halloween weekend were dressing up as monsters on the outside, members of  Fredonia’s student-run Performing Arts Company were dealing with monsters on the inside. The company performed “Lizards,” a piece of work that deals with the struggles of change and how......
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News

Fredonia alumni come ‘home’ Homecoming weekend not just for students

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=4107] AMANDA DEDIE and SCOTT DOWNEY News Editor and Special to The Leader   Homecoming weekend isn’t just for students to celebrate with pep rallies and spirit days. It also gives Fredonia alumni a chance to come together to see the campus they used to stroll daily, the classmates......
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