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

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No joy in Elizabethtown

Those lured in by director Cameron Crowe will not find an ounce of originality in this mediocre Garden State imitation.

By the October 27, 2005

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Vibes and IMAX

Among the swankiest entertainment options in the District, the Friday night IMAX cinema and jazz music at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is an improbable yet ingenious combination.

By the October 27, 2005

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Lez’hur Ledger: The ghosts of … Farragut Square?

When I realized that Halloween in college would be all about bobbing for beer cans and a pageant of risqu? costumes, I started to miss the eerie element of late October.

By the October 27, 2005

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Ben and Jerry’s funky, chunky forgotten flavors

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

By the October 27, 2005

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Concert Calendar

Saturday 10/29 – Tuesday, 11/8

By the October 27, 2005

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Doing Nothing, and doing it well

Mask and Bauble’s production of Much Ado About Nothing dabbles in deception that is both playful and malicious.

By the October 20, 2005

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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 October 20, 2005

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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 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 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 October 20, 2005

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Period pieces

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the October 20, 2005

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October Concert Calendar

Thursday, 10/13 – Friday, 10/21

By the October 13, 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 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 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 October 13, 2005

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Organic place

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

By the 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 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 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 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 October 6, 2005