Christina Libre

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The Weekly List: Music For Making

I came home to my apartment this past Friday to a deafening silence; not one of my roommates was home. As I came to the realization that each had departed... Read more

By February 16, 2015

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Love on the Hilltop: a Snapshot of Sweden

This February I find my heart strings pulled by a good many wonderful people, but I also find myself waxing sentimental about the physical places and spaces that have shaped... Read more

By February 6, 2015

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The Summiting Of The Dawn Wall

“What makes [climbing] the Dawn Wall so special is that it’s almost not possible,” ~Alex Honnold, free solo climber Something curious happened last week. Rock climbing, a sport not ordinarily... Read more

By January 23, 2015

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Critical Voices: Låpsley, Understudy

There’s something fascinating about individuals who find what speaks to them—what they intend to devote their life’s time and energies to—at a young age. 18 year-old Holly Lapsley Fletcher, the... Read more

By January 13, 2015

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The Weekly List: Travel

[8tracks url=”http://8tracks.com/clibre/to-travel “] Little more than a week stands between Georgetown students and their Thanksgiving break, and, yet, the wait feels interminable. Gathering up the strength to haul oneself to... Read more

By November 17, 2014

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The Weekly List: Free Henle

[8tracks url=”http://8tracks.com/clibre/free-henle” ] Novembers on the Hilltop bring their usual brisk days, and a concurrent increase in time spent indoors and bothersome additional layers of clothing. All of this can... Read more

By November 3, 2014

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The Weekly List: Escape

[8tracks url=”http://8tracks.com/carleytucker/the-escape-folk-and-bluegrass” ] The word midterm is definitely a misnomer, especially when the infamous “midterm season” seems to last for about two months. The late night studying, last minute cramming,... Read more

By and October 31, 2014

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Shakey Graves charms at the Hamilton

An ex-Spy-Kids actor, donning a cowboy hat and a Wu-tang Clan T-shirt, walks into a bar. The Hamilton’s bar at the corner of 14th and F Street, that is. On... Read more

By October 28, 2014