Finding strength and community at Pride
Allie O'Connor, Assistant Culture Editor
6 hours ago
There’s something undefinable about the moment you look around and realize you aren’t alone. Marching down Church street in the Burlington Pride Parade, surrounded by fellow students adorned with rainbows and smiles, I experienced that moment. It was my first pride parade, and I don’t think I’ve ...
Dancers inspire audience
Keely Lyons, Staff Writer
1 day ago
As three women danced on stage at the Redstone Recital Hall, the audience could hear their breath and they made intense eye contact with those watching the performance. The UVM department of music and dance collaborated with the Vermont Dance Alliance to present the Vermont Dance Sampler Sept. 8. ...
TREK expands programming to include mountain biking and LGBTQ groups
Addie Beach, Senior Staff Writer
5 days ago
Filed under Campus Life, Culture, Life
Miles of lush green forests and stark mountains make up the Vermont wilderness, perfect for hiking, skiing and college. TREK is a program for UVM first-year and transfer students that takes place the week before classes and lets its participants take advantage of the state’s outdoors. Divided ...
Student Life has new leadership
Jean MacBride, Staff Writer
6 days ago
Filed under Campus Life, Culture
The office was bathed in sunlight. A house plant and tea pot sat on the window sill. This summer, Daphne Wells ‘06 took the office of Pat Brown as the new director of Student Life. She has over 13 years of experience in Student Life and graduated from UVM’s Higher Education Student Affairs Master’s degree program, accord...
Culture staff recommends
September 12, 2018
TV Show "Sharp Objects" Recommended by Sarah Robinson Based on a novel by Gillian Flynn, “Sharp Objects” follows Camille Preaker (Amy Adams), a journalist in Saint Louis. When a girl is found viciously murdered, Camille goes back to her hometown looking for the scoop but is reunited with o...
Art Hop boasts new events and workshops
Keely Lyons, Staff Writer
September 6, 2018
Filed under Culture
The South End Arts and Business Association will hold its 26th annual Art Hop in the South End Sept. 7-9. The three-day event sprawls mostly along Pine street, with over 600 artists displaying their work in studios or local businesses that are briefly reimagined as galleries, according to the ...
Intervale offers fresh produce and strong community
Bridget Higdon, Culture Editor
September 5, 2018
Filed under Culture, Headliners
Sweet bell peppers, leafy green arugula, and papery yellow onion create a rainbow at the end of an otherwise dusty and gray Vermont road. All this produce was grown by local farmers at the Intervale Community Farm, a 58-acre farm in Burlington that includes seven sections of the Winooski River’...
“Eighth Grade” hits the mark
Hunter McKenzie, Senior Staff Columnist
September 5, 2018
Holly Coughlan It didn’t occur to me until the first blinding moments of “Eighth Grade” that I didn’t remember what it was like to be 13 years old in middle school. But when I sat in my theater seat and watched as the film opened on a grainy, adolescent face in front of a webcam, it all came ...
Concerts at Higher Ground to look forward to and how to prepare to go
Allie O'Connor, Assistant Culture Editor
August 30, 2018
A favorite venue of concert goers in the Burlington area is geared up and ready for another year. Higher Ground’s calendar is jam-packed with shows featuring next few months. Nationally headlining bands and local groups alike will take the stage. The local Burly venue hosts a wide variety of band...
Professor’s novel selected by actress for book club
Sarah Robinson, Senior Staff Writer
August 29, 2018
Filed under Culture, Editor's Picks
A Los Angeles artist is known for her provocative paintings depicting herself as famous female murder victims. That same LA artist organizes a gala of her paintings to save the Rocque Museum from complete atrophy. The artist never arrives, which begs the question: has the artist become a victim like those i...
New director of student life selected
Sawyer Loftus, Senior Staff Writer
July 10, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Life, News
A new director of student life has been selected following the departure of former director Pat Brown. Daphne R. Wells will be replacing Brown, who retired this June after 39 years of service to UVM. Wells was selected after a nationwide search according to a July 9 email from Dennis DePaul, asso...
Following the Calling: The Cynic reviews Boston Calling
Hunter McKenzie, Culture columnist
June 3, 2018
Filed under Arts, Culture, Editor's Picks, Reviews
Natalie Portman was seated upon a platform stage in the Arena of the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge when the noise started. Hundreds of baffled festival-goers watched her engage in a Malcolm X-dedicated spoken-word performance while a strange, silent short film from 1930 called “Hell-B...
