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Band combines genres for unique sound
Vermont band ONEoverZERO is a “musical melting pot,” according to their Facebook page. The eight band members combine funk, hip-hop, world, jazz and reggae music to create their unique sound. The Cynic had the chance to talk to ONEoverZero drummer and UVM sophomore Jake Mayers.
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Springing in the rain
Springfest pleases student attendees
Despite rainy weather, hundreds of people attended SpringFest 2012 April 21 on the Chittenden/Buckham/Wills central green. Soulive headlined the event with support from DJ Dillion Francis. Battle of the Bands winner Sloe Loris and SpringFest Remix Contest winner Andrew “DJ Whole-Z” Holzberger opened the show.
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UVM professor Eric Lindstrom speaks about Austen’s novel ‘Sandition’
Soft chamber music, peppermint bonbons, cucumber sandwiches and steaming cups of English breakfast tea were used to transport a community of Jane Austen fans to rural 19th century England. The Hauke Conference Center at Champlain College held an event for the Vermont chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) April 15.
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'American Reunion'
With the entire original cast of “American Pie” reunited, “American Reunion” depicts the hilarious, morally questionable and disaster prone weekend of the friends’ high school reunion 13 years later. Jim and Michelle are now living the married life and provide a semi-devastating peek into life after babies.
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FeelGood raises awareness
Club brings local artists together in Btown to support nonprofit’s work to end hunger
UVM FeelGood club brought local bands and performers together at Higher Ground April 13 for its fifth annual “Jammin’ 4 Hunger” benefit concert. Many UVM students know the FeelGood club through their grilled cheese stand in the Davis Center. Though the familiar smell of gourmet grilled cheese was not present at Higher Ground, music and dance performances from acts like DJ TwoSev, the Bumping Jones and the Catamount Dance Crew energized a crowd of students from 7:30 p.
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Student DJ Whole-Z wins SpringFest set
Junior Andrew “DJ Whole-Z” Holzberger will DJ SpringFest 2012 alongside Soulive, Dillon Francis and Battle of the Bands winner Sloe Loris April 21. In search of a DJ to play SpringFest 2012, the UVM Concerts Bureau released the “Soulive Remix Contest” on March 19.
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Ziggy Stardust: a retrospective
Before I begin I have a confession to make: I have a man crush on David Bowie. I can’t deny it. He is a sexy human being, despite all of his efforts to be alien. This year his seminal album, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” is having its 40th anniversary and being reissued.
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Spring poetry in full bloom
Amid the flowers and fresh colors of the upcoming month of May, consider reading some poetry that uses bloom and growth as a means to communicate human emotion. You’ve probably heard “A Red, Red Rose,” by Scottish poet Robert Burns, with the famous line: “O my luve’s like a red, red rose…” Read or listen to a recording of Burns’ “A Red, Red Rose” if you’re interested in some roses and some lovin’.
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Marriage=Death displayed downtown
Art exhibit “Marriage = Death: A Transqueer Critique of Homonormativity” raises awareness about LGBTQA politics and represents queer art in the Burlington community. In the exhibit, senior Hannah Melton combines raw, provocative text with objects to take a stance against mainstream queer stereotypes.
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Hall wows with custom concert
Several hundred people came out to listen to Trevor Hall’s feel-good music at Higher Ground April 1. Before Cas Haley opened, concertgoers lingered in the ballroom talking among themselves and taking pictures. People wore long skirts, tie dyed shirts and beanies — many of the crowd rocked dreads as well as feathers, facial piercings, gages and flannel.
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