Vinyasa with Mick Jagger and Ad-Rock

How could I not be intrigued by such a combination of my three great loves: sweat, contortionism and rock?

By the Voice Staff October 20, 2005

O Street Special

Walking into the basement of 2020 O St. is like walking into a nightmare, making for an unintentionally terrifying experience for the Halloween season.

By the Voice Staff October 20, 2005

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Animal Collective, Feels

When a band’s members dress up as animals and adopt aliases like Panda Bear, terms like “pop” and “accessible” become relative at best and useless at worst.

By the Voice Staff October 20, 2005

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Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers

In one of the most highly anticipated indie rock releases of the year, Silver Jews frontman and brilliant lyricist David Berman has reunited with guitarist Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and a dozen or so other musicians to craft a classic comeback album.

By the Voice Staff October 20, 2005

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Period pieces

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the Voice Staff October 20, 2005

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Familiar comfort in Thumbsucker

Thumbsucker has everything one would expect from a movie about a high school outcast: the inspirational teacher, disorienting camera shots of suburban dystopia and Sundance Film Festival accolades. But stay patient, because the movie showcases acting that is brilliant in its simplicity.

By the Voice Staff October 13, 2005

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Hollywood and GWU show Proof of greatness

David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Proof delves into the idea of brilliance on the brink of insanity and its repercussions for broader society.

By the Voice Staff October 13, 2005

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Machinal is no bacchanal

In a world of black and white, Helen Jones wore navy blue. This simple detail goes to the core of Nomadic Theater’s powerful new play.

By the Voice Staff October 13, 2005

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Organic place

You Taste Like A Burger – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff October 13, 2005

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October Concert Calendar

Thursday, 10/13 – Friday, 10/21

By the Voice Staff October 13, 2005

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Aussies spill the gluten-free beans

It seems diners at Leo’s aren’t the only ones having a hard time finding something to fit their tastes. Architecture in Helsinki trombonist Gus Franklin laments that trying to find gluten-free vegan offerings at the Pennsylvania Interstate IHOP is an equally frustrating venture.

By the Voice Staff October 6, 2005

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Wallace and Gromit take the big screen in style

You’ll definitely laugh and you just might cry, but you will certainly enjoy yourself.

By the Voice Staff October 6, 2005

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Born Yesterday proves just as lively today

“A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing,” one character says in Arena Stage’s latest production.

By the Voice Staff October 6, 2005

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The thrills of Violence

When family man Tom Stall’s uninteresting small town life is upended by an attempted robbery and a group of Philadelphian mobsters, his past, or someone else’s, comes back to haunt him.

By the Voice Staff October 6, 2005

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Eco-friendly fashion

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the Voice Staff October 6, 2005

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Corpse Bride not stiff at all

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride exhibits the masterful blend of fun and macabre that we’ve come to expect from this director.