The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

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

Snyder gives audiences multiple reasons to watch the Watchmen

March 22, 2009

"Watchmen" is a comic book film success story. Coming in the midst of a superhero-movie deluge dating back through the last decade, and directed by Zack Snyder — a man known more for his stylistic...

Pop Sensation to bore the nation

March 5, 2009

The Manhattan School of Music educated duo create a sparkling yet leveled atmosphere on their sophomore album, "Hush." With the lovely female vocals of Yuki Chikudate, Asobi Seksu redeemed their endearing...

Higher Ground offers New Deal to a boisterous packed house

March 5, 2009

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Combat paper: The Art of Reconciling Wartime experiences

March 2, 2009

"War is hell," opined General William T. Sherman while speaking to Military Academy graduates in 1879. Judging by their pieces on display at Church Street's Firehouse Gallery, the artists featured in the...

Vantage Point lovingly embraces Metronome

March 2, 2009

"Vantage Point Loves You," a benefit for the University of Vermont literary magazine took the Metronome by storm on Feb. 26th.Barring the flowing bar and the hardwood dance floor, UVM turned the Metronome...

Harris/Millis: The makings of an unconventional concert hall

February 27, 2009

On the evening of Feb. 24, a stage suddenly appeared in the Harris/Millis lobby. It came complete with a table of food, a tapestry featuring Bob Marley with a wide-toothed grin, colored lights, instruments...

The Barefoot Truth: They “love life”

February 26, 2009

"Balsamic dressing and extra ranch on the side" are not the typical glamorous, hotel trashing or out of control demands of a successful band. But this is exactly what was demanded of Sodexho prior to Barefoot...

Chekhov’s “The Sea Gull” flies, but can’t quite soar

February 23, 2009

Anton Chekhov's demands are met, not conquered in UVM's production of "The Sea Gull," which premiered Feb. 18 at the Royall Tyler Theater.Chekhov's Sea Gull is a story of dreams and disappointments, illusions...

The Reader, Daldry’s second film success with adaptations

February 23, 2009

"Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it," Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe said. Stephen Daldry's "The Reader" epitomizes...

Pretty & Nice? (Anything but)

February 23, 2009

After lots of press and hype that the former hometown boys were back, Pretty & Nice failed to bring out the local fans on Thursday night at the Monkey House. The now Boston-based band on Hardly Art, a...

The Manhattan Short Film Festival will leave viewers cosmopolitan

September 22, 2008

A bad day gets worse when you pull up to your girlfriends parents house after killing her father (accidentally) and stealing his car which happens to have the family's dead dog in it. An obsessive waiter...

The Philistine: Goodbye, Jack Kerouac!

September 22, 2008

The literature of lefty-ism was originally a response to an Anglo-centric canon, but in recent years it has spawned homogeneity all its own among the young, underclass intellectuals.When you go to decorate...

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