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ATLANTIC RECORDS

ALBUM: ‘Weezer’

By K.C. Maloney April 15, 2016

★★★☆☆ Weezer’s fourth self-titled release, otherwise known as “The White Album,” makes for a speedy follow-up to 2014’s well-received “Everything Will Be Alright in the End.”...

ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS

ALBUM: ‘Dame Fortune’

By Pranav Marupudi April 15, 2016

★★☆☆☆ Best known for producing the “Mad Men” intro, Columbus, Ohio, native Ramble Jon Krohn — also known as RJD2 — recently released his sixth solo album, “Dame Fortune,” on...

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Conor Canning (COL ’16), Greg Keiser (COL ’16) and Cristina Ibarra (COL ’17) play Eduardo, Alfred and Melinda in the Nomadic Theatre’s “Happy.”

Happy Together

By Kate Kim April 8, 2016

As its title implies, the Nomadic Theatre’s latest production deconstructs the definition of happiness, stripping it down to its rawest form. Directed by Alice Neave (COL ’16) and produced by Velani...

KITANDACE.COM
March 31’s secret concert was put on by music app Wego Concerts in an effort to appeal to younger listeners. Bands included electro-pop band Shaed.

Appealing to a New Demographic, Secretly

By Beau Dealy April 8, 2016

With the assistance of the Georgetown Program Board, Wego Concerts — an app that connects music lovers to concerts and to each other — hosted a secret concert at the Healey Family Student Center...

Warner BroS PICTURES
This year’s Filmfest D.C. is headlined by “The Dressmaker.” Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the film festival is the largest annual film festival in D.C.

Filmfest DC Celebrates 30 Years

By Mateo Garnica April 8, 2016

Since its inception in 1987, Filmfest D.C. has offered a diverse set of domestic and international films, bringing audiences to all corners of the world through the medium of cinema. Thirty years after...

ALBUM: ‘Beautiful Lies’

By Ellie Goonetillake April 8, 2016

Nineteen-year-old British singer Birdy, born Jasmine van den Bogaerde, is far from an up-and-coming act. The songstress has been firmly planted in the alternative pop scene since 2011, when she covered...

A24

MOVIE: ‘Krisha’

By Ellie Goonetillake April 8, 2016

★★★☆☆ "Krisha," the directorial debut of Trey Edward Shults, is a pressure cooker of a film that immerses audiences in an emotionally charged family reckoning. Winner of both the Grand Jury...

ALBUM: ‘Everything You’ve Come to Expect’

By K.C. Maloney April 8, 2016

Eight years ago, the Last Shadow Puppets released their critically acclaimed album "The Age of Understatement," which hit No. 1 in the UK album charts within a week of its release. The group, which consists...

I Saw the Light

I Saw the Light

By Jiwon Noh April 1, 2016

In January 1947, Hank Williams’ mother Jessie Lillybelle Skipper was driving her son back from a performance in Fort Deposit, Ala. Williams, drunk and asleep in the backseat, awoke to his mother’s...

A24

MOVIE: ‘Remember’

By Eleanor Tolf April 1, 2016

★★★☆☆ Atom Egoyan’s "Remember" feels like a number of films in one. At its heart, it is a psychological thriller complicated by a main character with increasingly worsening dementia. The...

RCA RECORDS

ALBUM: ‘Mind of Mine’

By Daniel Smith April 1, 2016

To leave a boy band because of creative differences is one of pop music’s most tired cliches. But in the case of Zayn Malik, there might be no example more warranted. Videos of old One Direction concerts...

Warner BroS PICTURES

MOVIE: ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’

By Austin Hong April 1, 2016

★★★★☆ Zack Snyder’s second installment in the DC Comics cinematic universe, three years after "Man of Steel," needed to do just one thing: set itself distinctly apart from the seemingly...

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