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The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Poster for Catamount Film Festival hangs in Williams Hall April 13.

The Catamount Film Festival: sharing UVM’s film work with the Burlington community

Maggie O’Shea, Culture Staff Writer April 14, 2025

The student-organized Catamount Film Festival aims to create something that will continue for years to come.  This festival was organized by two senior film and television studies majors, Catherine...

“The Giver:” new identities in country music

“The Giver:” new identities in country music

Peyton Paquette, Culture Staff Writer April 4, 2025

With the release of her new single “The Giver,” Chappell Roan expands the genre and challenges the general societal consensus of what country music is and who can write it. “Good luck finding...

People participating in the UVM Contra Club’s glow-themed dance in Mann Hall March 22.

UVM Contra: spreading the love for folk dancing on campus

Max Handelman, Culture Staff Writer April 1, 2025

Mann Hall shined as rainbow strobe lights bounced off the equally colorful attire of the people filling the room.  Adorned with glitter and glow-in-the-dark face paint, many attendees left their shoes...

Hissy Fit plays March 4.

Battle of the Bands: Skrom goes to SpringFest

Erika Tally, Culture Editor March 31, 2025

Brennan’s Pub became unrecognizable as groups of music-loving students crowded into the makeshift concert venue to support the candidates for this year’s Battle of the Bands. The competition can...

Performers gather onstage during “Eleganza & Espresso: A Drag Brunch,” at the Vermont Comdey Club

Home is where the herd is: how Vermont Drag Queens have cultivated community in an unlikely place

Maggie Swanborn, Culture Staff Writer March 20, 2025

While Vermont may not have the audience size or cultural capital that has allowed major cities to develop prominent drag communities, the enthusiasm of locals and dedication of local drag artists have...

dug Nap poses with his portrait of a photographer Oct. 15.

dug Nap: a glimpse into the world of a local Vermont folk artist

Maggie O’Shea, Culture Staff Writer March 17, 2025

Inside dug Nap’s cozy Burlington waterfront studio located at 1 Main Street, art lines many of the walls.  A tour of the studio shows each stage of his work. Further inside, Nap has a cozy corner...

Hawaiian slack-key guitar: music for a winter wonderland

Hawaiian slack-key guitar: music for a winter wonderland

Clare Yesilonis, Culture Staff Writer February 12, 2025

Vermont is known for many things, including but not limited to maple syrup, outdoor activities and long, snowy winters. I chose to enroll at UVM knowing well that the winter season would be mentally and...

Top journalist rom-coms to watch this Valentine’s Day

Top journalist rom-coms to watch this Valentine’s Day

Emma Dinsmore, Digital Media Editor February 11, 2025

My ideal Valentine’s Day consists of three things: pizza, chocolate and cuddling up on the couch with a rom-com. As an extremely single hopeless romantic, I love to feel the joy and longing that comes...

Father, son and the holy daddy: “Daddy Lessons”

Father, son and the holy daddy: “Daddy Lessons”

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer February 7, 2025

Whenever I enter a bookstore, my feet carry me to where the memoirs are stacked. I can’t pinpoint the genesis of my adoration for the genre, but reading Ellie Wiesel’s “Night” in middle school...

Ethel Cain serves a small dose of disquiet

Ethel Cain serves a small dose of disquiet

Emily Siess, Culture Staff Writer February 7, 2025

If you’ve forgotten what the feeling of discomfort is like, look no further than Ethel Cain’s new horrific soundscape of perversion and white noise to remind you. “Perverts,” released on Jan....

Posthumous sustenance: “Balloonerism”

Posthumous sustenance: “Balloonerism”

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer January 31, 2025

Mac Miller’s second posthumous studio album, “Balloonerism,” came out on Friday, Jan. 17.  This was more than seven years after his death and exactly five years after the release of “Circles,”...

Friends share Café HOT hot chocolate and sandwiches Dec. 7.

Hot topic: Burlington’s hot chocolate

Annalisa Madonia, Managing Editor January 22, 2025

My favorite way to spend a chilly winter day in Burlington is to stroll down Church Street with friends with a warm hot chocolate in hand to fight off frostbite. The delicacy dates back thousands of...

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