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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

A RnB tell-all: inside volunteering at the fest

Amanda Battmer September 23, 2015

Roots N Blues N BBQ brings great food, awesome music and super cool people together every year. How, you ask? From the hard work and dedication of hundreds of volunteers. The festival usually coordinates...

Roots N Blues embraces sustainability

Kathryn Cawdry September 23, 2015

The Roots N Blues Festival is going green this Friday. **Partners**: Green Team, Earth To Go and the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture. ####Tips from the fest. site: — Ride your bike to the festival....

Rebirth Brass Band takes the stage at Roots N Blues

Rebirth Brass Band takes the stage at Roots N Blues

Nancy Coleman September 23, 2015

The streets of the New Orleans Tremé district in 1983 were alive with music. The loud, intertwining cries of trumpets, trombones, tubas and saxophones collided with the driving rhythms of bass and snare...

Talk TV to Me: Give these “super” returning series a watch!

Gabriela Velasquez September 23, 2015

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no Wi-Fi, you’re probably aware that superheroes are everywhere. No, I don’t mean that guy who jumped through lanes of traffic to rescue a cat on Vine,...

Southern Comfort: Roots N Blues merchandise style

Bianca Rodriguez September 23, 2015

Every time I attend a live music event, the first thing I do is run to the merch table. Merch from any festival or concert is a gem in my closet. I can wear the clothing to sleep, to class and even to...

Street pianos strike a chord in Columbia

Street pianos strike a chord in Columbia

Bianca Rodriguez September 23, 2015

You see them every day and have passed them on the sidewalk countless times. Most of the time, the seat is taken by a professional playing a tune that is easy to recognize, and other moments are filled...

From the editor: MOVE loves Roots N Blues

Elana Williams September 23, 2015

OK, so you’re probably looking for some backstory here. “What’s RnB, or if we’re feeling creative with acronyms (acronymonious?), what’s RnBnBBQ?” “Woah woah woah, this is a new editor talking...

Black, White and Read: five ways to make more time for reading

Katie Rosso September 23, 2015

It happens. We binge watch the entire first season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix or take an extended nap and don’t even think about reading. And while I love the Mole Women as much as...

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors give songs a second life on the road

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors give songs a second life on the road

Taylor Ysteboe September 23, 2015

When Drew Holcomb hits the road, his band’s music takes on a new life. His Tennessee band Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors will certainly transform their heartfelt and personal songs into new shapes Sept....

Inside Ragtag’s Passport X

Emily Brehe September 23, 2015

This month, Ragtag Cinema kicked off the 10th year of its Passport series. The first screening in the series, the Jordanian film “Theeb,” attracted more than 100 viewers. “There are a lot of international...

Q&A with a Roots N Blues vet

Q&A with a Roots N Blues vet

Tess Vrbin September 23, 2015

Are you thinking about going to Roots N Blues but unsure if it will be all it’s cracked up to be? First-year graduate student and former Maneater staffer Katie Yaeger, a seasoned Roots N Blues veteran,...

GRiZ closes out the summer with surprise EP

GRiZ closes out the summer with surprise EP

Ashlee Czapla September 23, 2015

It has been a life-changing year for DJ/producer GRiZ. The future funk artist kicked off 2015 with the launch of his own record label All Good Records. GRiZ then continued to bring the heat with a new...