Battle of the Bands event offers platform for student musicians to showcase talents

Music enthusiasts poured into the Union Ballroom to watch students sing, strum and strut their stuff in the 2019 Battle of the Bands on Thursday April 11. 

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Limelight and Accents event entertains with showmanship, talent of musicians

Students and community members came together to view the third Limelight and Accents show of the year, Presidio Brass, in Wadsworth Auditorium on Saturday April 6. 

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Energy of Symphony Orchestra keeps creative concert engaging

Students and their families piled into the rows of Wadsworth Auditorium to view and support the talented Geneseo Symphony Orchestra conducted by coordinator of instrumental activities Leah McGray on Sunday March 31.

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Concert allows community to join staff, students in song

Local families and Geneseo students gathered at the Central Presbyterian Church to listen to a collection of Brahms and P.D.Q. Bach sung by Geneseo’s Festival Singers on March 14. 

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Lively string band, traditional dancers give community a glimpse into Irish culture

Wadsworth Auditorium filled with families and local residents as they gathered for the 40th Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Concert by Geneseo’s string band directed by lecturer of music James Kimball on Saturday March 9.

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Geneseo Dance Ensemble showcases routines of different genres to promote significant messages

The Alice Austin Theatre crowded with friends and family holding bouquets of flowers for the Geneseo Dance Ensemble’s performance of “Keeping on Balance” on Friday March 1. The crowd cheered and shouted encouragements after each of the individual performances, reminded of the dedication and skill of the talented dance ensemble.

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Charismatic folk musician draws emotion from local crowd, showcases instrumental versatility

Local residents and students gathered in the warm, rustic atmosphere of Cricket’s Coffee Company on Thursday Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. to see Jackson Cavalier, the one-man folk-rock band.

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Student-run Memories Campaign club preserves stories of Geneseo community

Building a connection between Geneseo students and community members is the goal of the student-run Geneseo Memories Campaign club. Club members work to achieve this through interviewing senior citizens and printing their life stories in chapbooks for the members’ families and Milne Library.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: The engaging, dramatic historical romance film

If you’re looking for a dramatic romance film this Valentine’s Day, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will delight audiences and invest viewers in the tragic events that bring one particular couple together. 

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Furniture, ceramic art beautify Lockhart Gallery

Students milled around the spacious Lockhart Gallery on the night of Feb. 6 to observe the art around the room. The Lockhart Gallery had an open reception for their new exhibit called “Contemplative Interiors: Furniture and Ceramics.” 

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Musical engages audience with charming wit, cast largely composed of female characters

Under the dimmed lights of Wadsworth Auditorium, Geneseo’s Musical Theatre Program presented “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” by David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane, from Wednesday Jan. 30 to Saturday Feb. 2.

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Traditional music groups perform modern compositions in aberrant New Music concert

A sea of supporters held flowers for performers they knew while watching the New Music Concert on Friday Nov. 30. Enthusiastic friends and family gathered to support Tracet Bass, Spectrum singers, and the GSO Winds at this event in Doty Recital Hall. 

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Student groups perform in Lederer Gallery to increase support for arts

Students displayed their various talents alongside traditional art on display at the intimate Gallery Night. This collaboration of student organizations and the art galleries took place on Nov. 14 in Brodie’s Lederer Gallery.

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Dance group inspires sense of culture, community

Step Afrika!, the first professional company that practices traditional “stepping,” performed at Geneseo in the lofty Wadsworth Auditorium on Saturday Nov. 10. The sensational dance troupe has traveled all over the world performing and connecting with communities. 

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Arts Opinion: Popular artists must be liable for their crimes

Several artists in the entertainment industry have committed crimes which are seemingly kept under wraps as the stars are allowed to continue their careers. In many cases, the artists’ trials are not taken seriously enough, promoting their carefree actions.

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Film elevates representation of transgender community

In an emerald palace trimmed with gold, The Geneseo Riviera on Main Street presented A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) on Thursday Oct. 25. This presentation was a part of the Transgender Identities on Film series, a 2018-19 program for the Alan Lutkus International Film Series at Geneseo.

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Artists should continue to highlight mental health

The dark secret of the music industry has slowly crawled into the light for the public to see. As mental health becomes a more common conversation within the music industry, society is seeing inside the minds of those they idolized. 

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Book talk explores link between culture, society in 1920s Belgrade

In the small, comfortable room of Welles 121, the History Department held a book talk on Friday Oct. 12. Assistant professor of history Jovana Babović, who has a specialization in modern European history, discussed her most recent book Metropolitan Belgrade: Class and Culture in Interwar Yugoslavia.

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Philosophy club’s “Good Place” lecture analyzes ethics, appeals to eclectic audience

Philosophy Club held a deep spoiler-filled discussion over the television show “The Good Place” in the dusty corners of Welles on Thursday Sept. 27. 

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Arts Opinion: Bill aids struggling artists despite industry criticism

Congress passed the bipartisan Music Modernization Act on Sept. 18. The proposed legislation has paved the way for fair payment of songwriters in this streaming-crazed world. 

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