Das Racist to perform at annual VC spring concert
Acts Tobacco, Skizzy Mars to open concert
From Miscellany News
By Adam Buchsbaum
The headliner for this year’s annual Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE) spring concert, co-sponsored by Hip Hop 101, is Das Racist. Up-and-coming hip-hop artist Skizzy Mars and electronic-influenced Tobacco will open at a concert that takes place at Noyes Circle on April 20 from 7 to 10 p.m.
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One Last Chance
ViCE, in collaboration with the Class of 2012 and the Council of Black Seniors is celebrating the Class of 2012′s last 50 nights until graduation (!) in style.
Join us for ONE LAST CHANCE, the party of a lifetime at The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie.
You get One Last Chance to party like you never have before. One Last Chance
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Check Out this article about the fall concert on The Miscellany News:
http://www.miscellanynews.com/2.1579/vice-brings-underground-upbeat-acts-anamanaguchi-fang-island-1.2659921#.TqjEkU_NWQY
ViCE brings underground, upbeat acts Anamanaguchi, Fang Island
By Rachel Borné
Arts Editor
No doubt many members of the student body either sincerely or ironically consider themselves tech-savvy 90s babies who reminisce about the good ol’ days of Nintendo’s pixilated graphics and eight-bit soundscapes. For this group
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of Montreal at Vassar College: What’s in a Name?
Quoted from Chronogram
Written by Peter Aaron
As far as band names go, Of Montreal might just be the most mystifying moniker since Johnny Winter And. It trips you up, to say the least. Unless, of course, you’re already a fan, and are thus well over the group’s potentially perplexing handle. If that’s the case, you most likely know that
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of Montreal named one of the 25 musical acts you need to see live
Flavorwire recently released its list of “25 Musical Lists You Need to See Live”
of Montreal to headline ViCE spring concert with opener the Knocks!
You heard it right! ViCE Music is proud to announce that indie pop-rock sensation of Montreal will be headling our spring concert with special opener the Knocks.
of Montreal hails from Athens, Georgia and is signed with Polyvinyl and Joyful Noise Recordings. Their tenth studio album, “False Priest”, dropped in September 2010. Check them out at: http://www.myspace.com/ofmontreal
The Knocks, a electronic music
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Jazz Night New and Improved for Spring
High energy, movin’ and groovin’ vibes of Jazz Night
THANK YOU!!!
Hey Vassar!
Thank you for making your opinion heard on our poll! We had an overwhelming response, with everyone being very passionate about their own choice. As we start trying to turn your opinion into reality, we ask you to keep an open mind and understand that booking a great show is harder than it looks! We can promise you,
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Vassar Concert Featured Some Impressive Acts
Quoted from The Poughkeepsie Journal
Written by Dean Engle
Vassar College’s annual fall semester concert Nov. 12 lived up to its venerable chapel venue with headliner Yeasayer and opening acts French Horn Rebellion and Dominique Young Unique.
The first act, French Horn Rebellion, had left me pretty cold when I sampled their recordings before the show, but their live act
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Check out the Yeasayer openers!
Yeasayer isn’t the only one rocking the chapel this friday! ViCE has some awesome openers for you!
ViCE is proud to announce our fall concert: Yeasayer
ViCE Music in collaboration with the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014 present:
Friday November 12th 8pm at Vassar Chapel
Tickets will be $10
Tickets will be sold in the College Center
November 3rd 3pm
November 4th 11am
November 5th 11am
1 ticket per Vassar ID and three Vassar IDs per person
The show will be open to the
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ViCE mixes it up with new DJ Discovery Night in Mug
Quoted from the Miscellany News
By Julia Sharpe-Levine
People go to the Mug on Wednesday nights?” one student asked me upon hearing that there was a new Matthew’s Mug Night set to take place on Wednesdays, a night usually consumed by schoolwork, extracurriculars and meetings.
However, there is now a reason to go out on Wednesday. Vassar College Entertainment’s (ViCE)
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ViCE, Russian Studies screen films in spirit of Halloween
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Adam Buchsbaum
Halloween is this week, and to celebrate the notorious holiday the Russian Studies Department and the Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE) Film League will hold a movie marathon in its spirit.
The Russian Studies Department will put on the Three Nights of Terror: three Russian films over three nights, each one meant to
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ViCE Jazz Night guarantees “dance-ability”
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Rachael Borne
“My first jazz night was hot and wet. Densely-packed people sweated wildly in the basement sauna that the Mug so easily becomes. I remember not the music, but the crowds, the movement, and that energy that comes only from a good beat and a frolicking herd,” said loyal Jazz Night enthusiast
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Vassar Student Band Union kicks off inaugural semester
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Rachael Borne
Last Thursday, the Vassar Student Band Union (VSBU) kicked off the year with a show of epic proportions. There were light effects, three high-energy rock ‘n’ roll bands and a huge crowd of students busting sick moves. That’s not even to mention the latest, state of the art 3-D glasses that amplified
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Think You Can DJ?
Do you want to DJ a HUGE dance party?
Do you want a huge crowd of people screaming your name?
Do you want LOTS OF MONEY!!!
Well ViCE can help you out on 2 of these (not the money part)
This week we are holding an exciting DJ contest.
The winner will be a featured opener for our ALL CAMPUS
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ViCE Presents:Back to School Week 2010!
ViCE is back! Join us for Back to School Week 2010! Tuesday August 31st Jazz NightNew Orleans Jazz Quintet
Samirah Evans and her Handsome Devils
10:30pm the Mug Wednesday September 1st
ViCE Film League Presents
Mean Girls
Res Quad
8-10pm Thursday September 2nd
NO-VICE Show ON
City Center // Wise Blood // Blithe Field
SUNSET HILL 8PM Friday September
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ViCE to add Band Union to its Board
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Rachael Borne
Need an accordion-playing harpist-drummer who is into Afrofunk, trip-hop, blues and ska? Well, believe it or not, the Vassar Student Band Union (VSBU) probably has just want you’re looking for, plus a whole lot more. With its growing online database of enthusiastic and talented musicians, not to mention its recent fusion with
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Introducing Vassar Student Band Union!
In the fall of 2010, ViCE’s After Hours committee will be expanding into a new and exciting organization called the Vassar Student Bands Union (VSBU). Much like After Hours, the VSBU. will host concerts and showcases for student musicians to perform for their peers. However, VSBU shows are going to sound, look, smell, and feel as if those old After
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ViCEPOKalypse is upon us
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Danielle Nedivi
California has Coachella, Tennessee has Bonnaroo, Chicago has Lollapalooza, England has Glastonbury, Scotland has T in the Park…and now, Poughkeepsie will have ViCEPOKalypse. You read correctly—Vassar will get its very own bona fide music festival on May 4 at the Ballantine Field, organized by Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE). The event will take
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Lips on Fire: A Night with the Flaming Lips
Quoted from Death + Taxes
By Johnny Sanford
Words can hardly describe a Flaming Lips show, but I’ll try. Seeing as the band decided not to do a show in New York City, seeing them on Saturday night required an hour-and-a-half train ride to Poughkeepsie, New York. It was certainly worth it. In fact, the train ride itself added an
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Civic Center to host legendary Flaming Lips
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Erik Lorenzsonn
The Flaming Lips know of a girl who will make you some very peculiar toast. “She don’t use butter, she don’t use cheese, she don’t use jelly or any of these; She uses Vaseline!” croons the band’s front man Wayne Coyne in the 1993 single “She Don’t Use Jelly,” their most successful
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Flaming Lips making a musical?
Quoted from Brooklyn Vegan
The Flaming Lips have revealed they’re in talks with Des McAnuff to turn their hit 2002 album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots into a theatrical spectacular.
Frontman Wayne Coyne tells WENN, “We’ve talked about doing something with Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots now for about five or six years. They did it with Tommy and Des
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The Miscellany commends ViCE for inclusivity of Flaming Lips concert
Quoted from The Miscellany News
By Miscellany News Staff Editorial
Last Thursday Feb. 11, Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE) announced that their spring concert will feature the rock band The Flaming Lips. Although the concert is two months away, we must acknowledge that ViCE has outdone itself in planning its most ambitious entertainment event to date in the College’s history.
The
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