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The Day the District Went Quiet: Music Venues in the Time of COVID-19

After 10 fond years, Washington, D.C. music fans said goodbye to one of their favorite music venues when U Street Music Hall shut down in … [Read more...] about The Day the District Went Quiet: Music Venues in the Time of COVID-19

Picture this: it’s a balmy Friday evening in summer 2008. You’ve had a busy day alternating between Club Penguin and Webkinz accounts on the … [Read more...] about CURRENT NOSTALGIA: How TikTok Made ‘Camp Rock’ Relevant Again

★★★★★ An ivy-covered manor with a dark past. Eerie mist rolling off of an on-property lake. Creaks in the hallways in the dead of night. … [Read more...] about ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Splendidly Tricks With Spooky Haunts, Treats With Emotional Depth

October 21, 2020 by Maddie Finn 1 Comment

I am a museum lover, admittedly. Yet, certain items simply do not belong in museums. Enter repatriation, the process of returning an item, … [Read more...] about OFF THE WALL: A Conversation on Repatriation at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

★★★☆☆ Two years after one of the most highly publicized murder cases in recent memory, the Christopher Watts familicide still enthrals … [Read more...] about ‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’ Creatively Recounts a Horrific Modern Familicide

★★★★☆ With unorthodox trap beats, energetic flows and multiple appearances by iconic actor Morgan Freeman, 21 Savage’s most recent … [Read more...] about 21 Savage and Metro Boomin Reunite in Sonically Impressive, Amusing ‘Savage Mode II’

From his kitchen at home in Ecuador, Mark Hunter Guzman (GRD ’21) peeled a green plantain for his Zoom audience so they could mimic his … [Read more...] about ‘There’s No Alfredo Sauce’: Cultural Cooking Club Founded During Pandemic Thrives

When my friend offered to host a small watch party for the first presidential debate last Tuesday, I knew immediately that it was going to … [Read more...] about HOMEMADE GOURMET: Taco-Bout a Good Time

★★★★☆ How does a 1968 off-Broadway production get remade for the silver screen in 2020? Mart Crowley’s surprisingly forward-thinking … [Read more...] about Provocative and Well-Cast, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Speaks Honestly to LGBTQ Experience

The apocalypse of 2017’s “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” is quiet and beautiful. Destroyed by the forces of evil 100 … [Read more...] about START/SELECT: Rebuilding From the Ground Up in ‘Zelda’