In an industry where bad romantic comedies and gratuitous horror flicks can be filmed in as few as six weeks, it’s comforting to know that it took six months to... Read more
Just as a writer will use the short story format to address a topic too narrow to fill an entire novel, directors use the “short subject” as a medium... Read more
Francis “Fritz” Brogan, the co-owner of Kitchen2404 in Glover Park, is a tall, imposing guy who is never one to sit still. He’s also a Hoya, having graduated from the... Read more
The music began, a quick four/four. Dryden counted the beats aloud for me through her broad smile as she led me through the steps I had learned a little over an hour ago. How did I get here? A mere 24 hours ago I had become an honorary member of the Georgetown University Ballroom Dance team. But hell, three weeks before that day they weren't even in my periphery.
This weekend the “Global Glimpses” film festival, only in its second year of operation, will screen all five foreign films nominated this year for an Academy Award. The festival aims... Read more
More than a year after purchasing the space at 1229 Wisconsin Avenue, Apple is still working with local government boards to develop a design that will harmonize the company’s modern aesthetic with the Georgetown neighborhood’s historical preservation standards.
In Act II of Macbeth, a porter, who had been “carousing till the second cock,” tells MacDuff that drink “provokes the desire, but takes away the performance,” a phenomenon known... Read more
Why was this weekend different from all other weekends? There wasn’t unleavened bread, bitter herbs, or haroset, but just like at your Passover Seder, there were lots of old people.
If PDA and public nudity are not on your agenda for Valentine’s Day, maybe they should be. Whether you’re flying solo this year or still chugging along with last year’s... Read more
For an ant mound populated by 12,000 20-somethings, Georgetown has a startling lack of PDA. Maybe that’s a good thing (do you really want to see the kids from model... Read more
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