Nicole Kuhn

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CV: Lupe Fiasco, Testuto & Youth

I’ll just come out and say it. I’m in love with this album. Lupe Fiasco’s Tetsuo & Youth has been a long time coming, and despite the controversies and delays—it... Read more

By January 22, 2015

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American Art Museum exhibit gets real

Having strolled through a couple rooms of the American Art Museum, I went up to a pair of guards and asked to be pointed to the Modern American Realism exhibit.... Read more

By March 20, 2014

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Spagnuolo photos border on brilliant

Each picture represents a house on the road. Some have only one inhabitant, some up to seven or eight. Some lie against one another, while some sit and stare off... Read more

By February 13, 2014

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DCity BBQ smokes up

Cozily situated and reminiscent of Frank Underwood’s favorite refuge, DCity Smokehouse is D.C.’s newest barbecue joint helmed by Hill Country’s former pitmaster Rob Sonderman.

By November 20, 2013

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Critical Voices: Kelly Clarkson, Wrapped in Red

Ah, Kelly Clarkson. She stole the show with American Idol, stole our hearts with Breakaway, and stole our praise with Stronger. No? Hyperbole aside, Kelly Clarkson has been around for a while, and there is no denying she’s got a hell of a voice. But as the name may suggest, Wrapped in Red is her first Christmas-themed album, and that’s always a dangerous body of water to tread into.

By October 31, 2013

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D.C. Fashion Week struts its stuff down the National Mall

Perhaps not quite up to the standards of the holy quartet of cities who host what is informally known as fashion month (New York, London, Milan, and Paris), D.C. is doing everything in its efforts to establish a noteworthy fashion week of its own.

By September 26, 2013