May 13, 2026
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Life & Arts

Fredonia School of Music and Hillman Opera present ‘Don Giovanni’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader   Fredonia’s School of Music and The Hillman Opera are collaborating to put on a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” “Don Giovanni” is an opera based on the legend of Don Juan. It tells the classic story of a young nobleman who is sexually......
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Life & Arts

Pride Alliance’s Fall drag show brings new and inclusive changes

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   You can always expect people dancing to ABBA and lip-synching to Lady Gaga at Fredonia Pride Alliance’s semesterly drag shows. However, some new and inclusive changes have been made this time around. Participants no longer fall under “king” and “queen” categories. This way, they do......
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Life & Arts

New “Halloween” movie is sure to scare the pants off of horror fans

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMATTHEW TURNER Special to The Leader   The wait is now over for a return-to-form sequel in the long-running and controversial “Halloween” franchise. The series has proved to be something of a wildcard following the release of John Carpenter’s original 1978 “Halloween.” The movie is often seen as one of......
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Life & Arts

A frightful Fredonia favorite: Terror in the Trees returns

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader   It’s that time of the year again: pumpkin carvings, apple pickings and running through corn mazes and haunted houses. And yet, the woods near the clock tower sit untouched until it’s their time to cause terror on campus. Terror in the Trees is......
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Life & Arts

Actress and Fredonia alumna, Mary McDonnell, returns for Homecoming Weekend

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELIZABETH SUSKI Special to the Leader   Lights. Camera. Action! Academy Award-nominated actress Mary McDonnell visited Fredonia over homecoming weekend. McDonnell attended Fredonia and graduated in 1974. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., McDonnell chose Fredonia because she needed to go to a state school, and she wanted to be......
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Life & Arts

Freedonia Marxonia: A Fall Fredonia Tradition

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Hail! Hail Freedonia! Land of the Brave and Free! This phrase can be heard around Fredonia this time of year, and the Marx Brother film, “Duck Soup,” can tell you why. The film debuted in 1933. “Duck Soup” takes place in an imaginary country called......
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Life & Arts

Remembering Bernard Woma

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Fredonia’s own Ghanaian xylophone player, performer and mentor recently passed away on April 27 after battling cancer. A memorial service will be held for Bernard Woma Saturday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. in Mason Hall. It will begin with prayers and an unveiling of the......
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“Protein cold bruh”causes Starbucks boom

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDOM MAGISTRO Guest Scallywag   Starbucks released its new Protein Blended Cold Brew last month, and the results could not have been better for the corporation. Gym rats and hipsters alike took to the streets, some waiting in lines longer than the gym rats could throw the hipsters. And now,......
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