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Reviews and think pieces on music, movies, art, and theater.



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Georgetown brews and balls

We Georgetown students work hard all week. On Sundays, there’s no better way to serve the Lord than taking in some football. For those of us over twenty-one, the best... Read more

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There will be Burtynsky at the Corcoran

My first visit to the Corcoran Gallery of Art was not entirely a success. On the way over, I struggled through sheets of rain only to arrive and find the... Read more

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Korean carts on K

K Street is an area known principally for its lobbyists and influence peddlers, but within a block of the intersection of 14th and K Street, two Korean food carts hope... Read more

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Amelia’s plot lost mid-flight

After becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart’s 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the globe—ending, of course, with her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific Ocean—made... Read more

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Bottoms Up: Land of a thousand beers

“A couple of tables a night are overwhelmed with the selection,” Dorlyn Carter, my waitress at The Brickskeller, said. “But if I just take the time to talk them through... Read more

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Mo’ Fest

Get your whiskers ready, it’s moustache-growing season. Movember, the month previously known as November, is right around the corner. What is Movember, you ask? It’s only the best opportunity to... Read more

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Critical voices: Real Estate- “Real Estate”

When leaves change color and blanket the ground, even the most summer-obsessed must concede that the warm season is over. Thankfully, Real Estate’s forthcoming, self-titled album captures summertime nostalgia in... Read more

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Critical voices: Devendra Banheart- “What we will be”

If Devendra Banhart believes that he just plays rock ‘n’ roll, he might need to look at a dictionary. On his newest album, What Will We Be, Banhart showcases the... Read more

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Troubled troubador or smiling songsmith?

Tortured souls often write the best music. The heartbreak, the sorrow, the deviance, it all boils down to a yearning that, despite being too dramatic for listeners to completely associate... Read more

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Wild Things will make your heart sing

Life can be scary. You and I may not have to face off against humongous monsters that gnash their terrible teeth and roll their terrible eyes and show their terrible... Read more

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Solving your coffee conundrum

Georgetown students are, by and large, avid consumers of legal recreational consumables. Alcohol is the most obvious, dominating the weekend nightlife. Tobacco also does its part to color the Georgetown... Read more

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Trick-or-treating in style

They wink at you every time you open your underwear drawer—that pair of fishnets that only gets taken out for a spin every late October. They’re aching to be worn,... Read more

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Avian art takes flight

The Pre-Columbian artifacts showcased in Flights of Fancy, a new exhibit at Dumbarton Oaks, aren’t as overtly flashy as the dazzling gold necklaces and chest plates in the museum’s permanent... Read more

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A new fusion for U Street

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

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Suffer For Fashion: On the range with urban cowboys

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

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Critical Voices: Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms

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

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Critical Voices: Alec Ounsworth – Mo’ Beauty

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

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High Fidelity: One more time for the encore

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

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One man’s Exit is another man’s entrance

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

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Klosterman’s critical theory

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