Articles tagged: HALFTIME


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The Georgetown Voice Survey: The Best of Bond

In honor of the Voice’s Bond week leading up to the premiere of Spectre, coming to the big screen on November 6th, Halftime has taken a poll of what the... Read more

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Halftime Brunch Bracket Round Two: Martin’s Tavern

A staple of Georgetown-neighborhood history, Martin’s Tavern was one of the first bars to reopen after prohibition. The Georgetown establishment has hosted at least six presidents, and it famously stands... Read more

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The Halftime Brunch Bracket: Round Two

Halftime Brunch Bracket Round 2 The eggs have been scrambled, the forks put to use, and the results of our first brunch bracket round are in. In our second round... Read more

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The Return of Gilmore Girls

Denizens of Stars Hollow rejoice! Gilmore Girls is returning for a limited run on Netflix. On October 19th TV Line announced that the beloved 2000’s television show would be brought... Read more

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The Weekly List: Halloween Edition 2015

That time of year is once again upon us. Candy, pumpkin, and sexy cat outfit sales suddenly go through the roof, and everyone here at Georgetown prepares for a night... Read more

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Halftime Reviews: Arms Around a Vision by Girls Names

Girls Names has brought post-punk revival their third album, Arms Around a Vision. They have composed a melancholy, introverted perspective that shows a distinct departure from the style of their... Read more

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Homeland Season Five, An Irregular Start

The fifth season of Homeland picks up two years after the gritty, action-packed last episodes of  season four.  After the horrors she went through in Islamabad, Carrie Mathison finds herself... Read more

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Happy Back to The Future Day, McFly

Today, October 21st, 2015, is one of the most anticipated in film-geek history. It’s the day that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travelled to in the classic Robert Zemeckis film,... Read more

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Hoya Hoops Madness: Fun for Everyone (Plus 2 Chainz!)

1984 was a year of many things. There was a wall dividing Berlin, George Orwell’s vision did not quite ring true, and the Georgetown University Men’s Basketball team won the... Read more

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The Weekly List: Country Songs for Country Haters

One of the most clichéd responses to the question, “What type of music do you like?” is “Anything but country.” Before I saw the light, I too was in this... Read more

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The Ice Cream Flavor You Deserve

“I love ice cream” is not a shocking, special, or compelling statement. I would be far more concerned if someone stated the opposite than if someone simply confirmed what I... Read more

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Vandaveer: A Local Group Finds Its Folk

In a world of over-autotuned, synthetic music, folk is a genre often overlooked by the average listener. Washington DC started group, Vandaveer is in an active battle to defy this... Read more

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Halftime Brunch Bracket: Mark’s Duck House

There’s escaping the Georgetown bubble, and then there’s going to Mark’s Duck House. For those of you who really, REALLY need to leave our polished college town behind, have I... Read more

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The New Prince Of Georgetown: A Evening at the Mr. Georgetown Pageant 2015

The weekend of October 3rd, hurricane Joaquin hit the Washington D.C. area. On October 9th  D.C. found itself in back to back weekends of torrential downpour as the sky opened... Read more

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QI : Quite Interesting, Quite Entertaining

A garishly dressed Stephen Fry sits sandwiched between panelists, asking the simple question, “How many moons does the Earth have?” Alan Davies presses his buzzer, and it releases the sound... Read more

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The Weekly List: Songs My Mom Made Me Listen To

When I was younger, I thought my taste in music was the end all be all. I mean who could be better than A*teens and S Club 7? However, my... Read more

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Introducing the The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

For the past three years I watched almost every episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. When I found out that Stewart was leaving his beloved news desk I... Read more

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The Weekly List: Braving the Rainy Weekend

Hello friends! So it looks we on the east coast are bound for a rainy weekend as Hurricane Joaquin slowly lumbers in our direction. But hey, sometimes having a few... Read more

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Voice at Landmark: Band of Horses

Band of Horses came far from the west coast for DC’s Landmark Music Festival 2015. Based out of Seattle, WA, the band, with new music yet to come from this... Read more

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Landmark Survival Guide

An American music festival can be a scary place. Even if you arrive at the Landmark Music Festival on Saturday or Sunday with a posse of your closest buds, there... Read more