Cherry Tree Massacre is a night of a cappella tradition

The Georgetown Chimes rang in 2026 with the 53rd annual Cherry Tree Massacre, the group’s long-running a cappella showcase that brings groups from campuses across the D.C. area together on one stage.

By Lucy Montalti February 20, 2026

Leisure

Georgetown, open the door! Heathers is meant to be yours!

On a freezing November night, I had the pleasure of warming up during Nomadic Theatre’s latest spectacle: Heathers: The Musical. Directed by Daniel Tomas (SFS ’26) and produced by Alec... Read more

By Quinn Ross November 14, 2025

Leisure

Sayso to the top: The Rest In Bass Tour

On September 28th, I journeyed to Union Stage to see one of the most innovative artists in the rap underground. Che embarked on his Rest In Bass Tour in early... Read more

By Quinn Ross October 15, 2025

Leisure

A sit-down with Elliot James Reay ahead of his American debut

From busking in Bury’s town center to joining Benson Boone on tour, emerging musician Elliot James Reay’s love for music has taken him far. Earlier this week, the Voice had... Read more

By Ryan Goodwin and Karcin Hagi September 12, 2025

Leisure

On tour, Levitation Room lives up to its name

As diners slowly paid their bills and lazily filed out of Comet Ping Pong, things seemed to be winding down for the night. But in the back of the building,... Read more

By Ryan Goodwin May 17, 2025

Leisure

At Garbagefest, punk isn’t just music. It’s mutual aid.

“If ‘the man’ isn’t going to help our neighbors, we can step up and, together, help each other,” Caroline Weinroth, lead singer of Washington, D.C.-based band Cinema Hearts, said. On... Read more

By Lucy Montalti May 16, 2025

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On his Cover The Mirrors tour, Ben Kweller invites us to join the band

Kweller transported us into band rehearsal, forming one larger musical organism made of audience and performer.

By Koharu Ando April 29, 2025

Leisure

Nomadic’s Ghosts: A riveting family tragedy unfolds behind closed doors

The past can continue to haunt us as recurring visions or it can be reenacted, taking form and shape in our successors.

By Emily Tran April 13, 2025

Performance

Get into the groove: Groove Theory’s electric spring showcase

From powerful group numbers to versatile vignettes, the girls brought energy and passion to the stage, and they did it with style.

By Alexandra Risi April 13, 2025

Leisure

Is your (sp)ringtone set for Spring Sing?

Amid the excitement, Spring Sing is also the final performance for the groups’ seniors, marking a bittersweet moment for the tight-knit aca-families.

By Elizabeth Adler, Aubrey Butterfield and Chih-Rong Kuo April 12, 2025

Performance

Persona-fication of fabulous: Mx. Georgetown is back

Tiara Wink, along with four other contestants, will perform at the Mx. Georgetown drag competition—a more campy and suggestive spoof on Mr. Georgetown.

By Alex Lalli April 11, 2025

Performance

Mask and Bauble’s Sweeney Todd provides comedy, murder, and catchy music

Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society’s latest musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is a tale of vengeance, cannibalism, and murder.

By Nola Goodwin April 11, 2025

Leisure

Abissa puts a futuristic twist on the classic Romeo and Juliet

The overarching theme of 2025’s ABISSA is unity, emphasizing the strength and beauty of the differences across African cultural and ethnic groups.

By Elliet Walton April 11, 2025

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In A Room in the Castle, the women of Hamlet tell their own story

Playwright Lauren M. .Gunderson crafts a story that asks whether the women of Elsinore must remain bound to Shakespeare’s tragic fate—or whether they can rewrite their own ending.

By Nola Goodwin and Ninabella Arlis April 8, 2025

Leisure

Vibrant community and the hardships of immigrant life In the Heights

Signature Theater’s In the Heights brings Lin Manuel Miranda’s genius to the DMV at an opportune time. Financial worries in an inflating economy and antipathetic narratives around immigration present ample cause for the important conversations highlighted by this musical.

By Rhea Banerjee March 14, 2025

Leisure

(no) Pressure Creatives’ third musical, Off The Record, marks the production’s establishment as a fully-fledged feat

Off The Record is a testament to the production group’s mission, not just through the show’s on-stage narrative but also in how (no) Pressure Creatives has evolved and developed over just three short years.

By Koharu Ando and Amber Bai March 14, 2025

New Writers Issue

ABT tries their hand in novel ballet, Crime and Punishment, but is this new style stretching them too thin?

Though this ballet was stagnant in dynamics and score, the innovative choreography and composition, diverging from classical ballet, left me intrigued to see more from Pickett.

By Alessia Turner February 26, 2025