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

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BMDT goes to work: Exploring women’s role in society through dance

Women contribute to every culture, every belief-system and every era, but is there one universal trait that binds them all together? Georgetown University’s Black Movements Dance Theatre seeks to answer... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Under the Covers: Goldfinch soars beautifully

On Oct. 12, 1654, the munitions factory in Delft exploded. More than a quarter of the city was destroyed and there were countless victims, among them the painter Fabritius—Rembrandt’s student,... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Day Tripper: Surviving Montezuma’s revenge

Flu season is upon us at Georgetown. As your classmates and friends start coughing and missing class, you’re either smugly smiling about your responsible decision to get a flu shot... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Critical Voices: Dum Dum Girls, Too True

Imagine the soundtrack to a neo-noir thriller set at an upscale fashion show. Chances are you’ve thought of something pretty close to the Dum Dum Girls’ new album Too True.... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Critical Voices: The Gaslight Anthem, The B-Sides

The Gaslight Anthem’s The B-Sides is like the sand you scoured as a child for cool-looking rocks that occasionally cut you with a shard of sea glass instead. It holds... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Damage Control: Creative destruction hits Hirshhorn

Look straight ahead: it looks like a jar of cookies from afar, but as you get closer, you find them to be a sickly green-blue color. To the right is... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Dear Harvey: Staged reading about Harvey Milk arrives in Georgetown

We’ve all seen the movie. We’ve all heard the story. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected into office. Patricia Loughrey’s Dear Harvey aims at depicting Milk’s life... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Fainting Goat, not all that baaa-ad

U Street has a sexy new attraction and it promises to make you swoon. The Fainting Goat, a new restaurant and bar lighting up U street, will serve you plenty... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Reitman’s Labor Day proves arduous

Jason Reitman’s newest film, Labor Day, is, to put it lightly, a total mess.  It is a film that tries too hard to juggle multiple themes of love and innocence.... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Deadbeats: She didn’t ring the alarm

There are few things I enjoy more than counting down the days until one of my favorite bands releases their next full-length album. An album is a snapshot of an... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Eating Out: Tapas: The Spanish incuisition

It’s 1993, and it’s the night of Bill Clinton’s inauguration. You and some pals are strolling, looking for any late night grub other than a horribly smoky, cholesterol and wrinkly... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Critical Voices: Bibio, The Green EP

On his latest release, The Green EP, Bibio doesn’t let lyrics get in the way of his storytelling.  In fact, Bibio’s lyrics sit on the sidelines for much of this... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Critical Voices: Warpaint, Warpaint

“All those moments trying to figure me out never seem to come around.” This lyric perfectly captures the tone of  the eponymous sophomore effort of Emily Kokal’s Los Angeles-based band,... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Iranian festival gives Persian films exposure they deserve

The Iranian Moral Police scan the crowds for inappropriate glimpses of skin or too much hair showing under a woman’s corruptingly colorful scarf. To elude their gaze, people wait until... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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New restaurant Silo teases the taste buds

The Scotch Striptease cocktail makes a playful nod to the past tenants of the space Silo now inhabits. Before Reza Akhavan opened the restaurant in Mount Vernon, the industrial building... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Sackler Gallery’s photo exhibition proves a Turkish delight

Shoved into a tiny gallery in the sublevel of the Freer & Sackler Galleries, 24 photographs by photojournalist Ara Güler are on display in an exhibit titled “In Focus: Ara... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Under the Covers: Narcoland prosecutes drug war

Early in January, 20 men dressed in uniforms of the Mexican Federal Police force and armed with AK-47s blocked off Anabel Hernández’s street in a quiet neighborhood of Mexico City.... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Day Tripper: Ah, she’s got a ticket to ride

Travel. Traveling. Traveler. The word and its variations conjure up images of exploration, adventure, boundless personal growth. Marco Polo—now he was a traveler! That lady who wrote Eat, Pray, Love—she... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Critical Voices: Young the Giant, Mind over Matter

“It’s about time,” Sameer Gadhia screams in the lead single of Young the Giant’s new work, Mind Over Matter, reflecting my thoughts regarding the lack of new music from one... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Critical Voices: Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes

In his new LP High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen continues his role in being a recorder of the bleak and the joyous moments of life in America. Springsteen’s albums since the... Read more

By January 23, 2014