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



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The sole truth

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

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Just a taste of visual art at Georgetown

The new art exhibition in Walsh may not be Georgetown’s biggest art show, but for what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in diversity.

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Another play about a dysfunctional family

Nothing really happens in The Subject Was Roses, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time.

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Pocahontas plus pedophilia

The film retells the colonial legend of Pocahontas, but provides more historical accuracy and, consequently, more edge than the standard tale that audiences are familiar with.

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Try your potluck

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

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Concert Calendar

Saturday, Jan.28 – Wednesday, Feb.8

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James Bond meets Bad Santa

“Two things that taste better in Mexico: margaritas and cock.” That is the kind of shocking but funny line that perfectly captures what Julian Nobel in The Matador is all about.

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Wallace’s _Lobster_ traps readers

It would not be an overstatement for me to say that David Foster Wallace is the most important, or at least smartest, writer working today.

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_The Trestle_ is all water under the bridge

After watching the play, the audience might be thankful that this is the first time the two groups have worked together.

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No dress is an island

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about dressing leisurely

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He’s got a secret… lots of them.

Frank Warren’s Post Secret is not the typical blog of personal rants and essays.

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The life story of a P.I.M.P

Get Rich or Die Trying is a semi-autobiography based on superstar rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s life.

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Barely making rent

Drag queens, drug addicts, and AIDS patients are just a few of the various uncanny characters in the movie Rent.

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Free lunch, anyone?

Steak Out – a bi-weekly column on food

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Tucker Max takes you to hell

Tucker Max is not your typical internet celebrity.

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Ben Folds goes orchestral in Bethesda

When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra took stage at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda last Thursday, they were greeted with an audience clad in t-shirts and jeans rather than the usual black ties.

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He’s Bob Saget, bitch!

The man who showed up at George Washington University’s Auditorium Tuesday night was someone entirely different than Full House’s Danny Tanner.

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Numbers brighten up Oberst

There’s very little that hasn’t been said about Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst’s diva behavior this year.

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Making unitards hot

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion