Masa 14 feels a little out of place. Barely a week old, the swanky restuarant that is owned and operated by two successful chefs sits across the street from a... Read more
My youngest brother was the first of the Timko brothers to wear cowboy boots. Although a love for western footwear is not common among most toddlers, Matthew would always end... Read more
If you’ve ever felt a strange sense of nostalgia for the ‘80s childhood you never had, grab the latest from Neon Indian, the most recent project from Texas musician Alan... Read more
Alec Ounsworth may have a voice that makes Bob Dylan sound like Frank Sinatra, but on Mo’ Beauty, he reveals a bluesy sensibility with enough vibrancy to make even Thom... Read more
I detest blatant self-promotion, so let’s just get the stupid part out of the way: I’m in a band. We’re playing a show tonight at the Red and the Black... Read more
An 18 hour D.C. Council hearing last Friday that featured over 100 petitioners proved that tensions are still high in the District of Columbia Public School System over the recent... Read more
Today, the Federal Communications Commission will begin to decide the future of the internet by deciding whether it will make regulations to protect net neutrality. The Commission should insert itself... Read more
Although Midnight Madness is usually a less-than-apt moniker for an event that ends well before the zero hour, the event lived up to the second half of its name Friday... Read more
Undergraduate student veterans at Georgetown receive far less in education benefits than veterans at neighboring institutions like George Washington University and peer institutions like Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania,... Read more
Activists from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C. this Sunday for the National Equality March, where protesters sought equal civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning... Read more
This Friday’s Midnight Madness will emit thirteen tons of carbon, according to an audit conducted by Georgetown Eco-Action. To offset these carbon emissions, Georgetown will spend about $170 on carbon... Read more
Over the summer, Georgetown made online materials for a handful of courses free to the public as part of the OpenCourseWare movement that grants the public access to syllabi, lectures,... Read more
Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) introduced legislation last week that would allow the Circulator buses, such as the Union Station – Georgetown route to expand into nearby areas like Rosslyn,... Read more
Georgetown’s Communications Department will take charge of giving the University website a badly-needed update, its first since 2002. The project “will redo the homepage and content found just off of... Read more
At No Exit, everything is done well, nothing seems out of place, and the effect works. Audience members walk through an impeccably decorated antechamber, creepy and Halloween-appropriate in red and... Read more
We all rely on gimmicks. We discover actions that please us—a particular manner of speaking with hand gestures, crossing a left leg over a right knee, incessantly quoting The Hangover—then... Read more
Ever since the first forest-dwelling pagans grotesquely sacrificed children and virgins to what they believed to be the Sun God, humans have recognized the significance of the brilliant orb of... Read more
If you’re looking for a breezy Saturday night, stop reading now: Six Characters in Search of an Author isn’t light fare. The Department of Performing Arts’ first performance is an... Read more
Leave it to Joel and Ethan Coen to turn the quotidian struggles of a middle-class Jewish family in 1960s suburbia into a dark, brooding masterpiece. A Serious Man is the... Read more
My head throbbing with pain, I open my eyes ever-so-slightly, but the light—that harsh light of day, streaming through my bedroom window—is too painful for me to handle. There is... Read more
Maybe we haven’t yet found a way to make music work as narrative, as discussed by my High Fidelity counterpart in this space last week, but narrative and music have... Read more
In the world of free internet music, Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox is a god. Not only does he share personal playlists and unreleased covers on his blog, but last year... Read more
It’s true that “the media” is synonymous with information overload—the constant barrage of current event tickers, fast action fast-food commercials, and nonstop Blair Waldorf outfit changes that leaves the mind... Read more
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer During a typical afternoon in the Atlas District, the businesses along H Street NE are closed, windows shuttered, and doors locked. The only crowds... Read more
The summer of 2008 was a fantastic time for those in D.C. who often gaze wistfully at efficient and popular public transportation systems of European cities. It seemed as though... Read more
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