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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

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...

Barn ball bounces back into Burlington

September 15, 2008

On the way to Burlington each year, many UVM students pass the classic red clapboard barns that so scenically dot the Vermont countryside.So when walking through campus, one may not be surprised to spot...

Manhattan short film fest

September 15, 2008

The short film is the oft-forgotten little brother to the feature-length movie. These little pictures often rival feature-length films in terms of excellence, but are regrettably underrepresented in popular...

The Philistine: Why if art and culture were a demographic, it would vote for John McCain

September 15, 2008

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, "a lack of necessity somehow bred excess, while suicide carried off many, drink and the devil took care of the rest." This has always puzzled me. What he means is that we...

Q & A with O.A.R.

September 8, 2008

The Cynic caught up with O.A.R. band member and saxophonist Jerry DePizzo to talk with him about their sixth album, forming a band in college and his biggest nonmusical influences, his family. They are...

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