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A Nest of Cultural Controversy

By Hannah Kaufman April 10, 2015

In most acting arenas, flat foil characters exist to complement and develop the more complex personalities of their peers. The Theater and Performance Studies Program’s current production of “Slow...

COURTESY DONELLA SMITH
Sakura Matsuri draws thousands to its street festival attempting to display Japanese culture. While it is the biggest Japanese cultural events of its type, only around a tenth of visitors are of Japanese origin.

Japanese Culture in Bloom

By Nicole Ong April 10, 2015

The cherry blossoms are forecasted to be at their peak this weekend, just in time to splash Washington, D.C., with a burst of color for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Sakura Matsuri, the grand...

COURTESY OF MYRIAM SANTOS
Songwriter Greg Holden released his first studio album, “Chase the Sun,” finally stepping out into the music scene as a singer.

Songwriter Steps onto the Stage

By Rhiannon Catalano April 10, 2015

Greg Holden is relatively unknown for a platinum-selling, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Pop Award-winning artist because the majority of his commercial success has come from...

Learning How to Breathe

By Rhiannon Catalano April 10, 2015

Jason Garner spent the first 37 years of his life climbing the corporate ranks. He quickly went from being a flea market parking attendant to being CEO of Global Music at Live Nation. After the death...

COURTESY DAH TEATAR

A Quiver Between Loss and Hope

By Nicole Ong April 4, 2015

Memory and loss. Light and shadow. Bones and stars. Belgrade-based DAH (meaning “breath”) Teatar’s masterful duet piece “The Quivering of the Rose” is a meditation on the fragility — and...

Concert Review: Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas

By Rhiannon Catalano March 27, 2015

With their unique style, Detroit-based Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas have attracted a lot of buzz in the music world in the past year. The band has created a unique blend of rock, jazz, soul, R&B...

Social Media Dating Moves from Niche to Norm

By Matthew Healey March 27, 2015

Most people can instantly name several dating websites and matchmaking apps. As indicated by their edgy Silicon Valley names, these apps are targeting increasingly specific markets. JSwipe, for...

Movie Review: ‘Seymour: An Introduction

By Bryan Yuen March 27, 2015

★★★★★ “Seymour: An Introduction” is an exploration of life from an unexpected place. Directed by actor Ethan Hawke, the documentary is a biopic about Seymour Bernstein, a concert pianist...

Georgetown Production Puts a New Twist on Family Ties

By Michael Fiedorowicz March 27, 2015

Family is usually associated with love; it is rarely conceptualized through a paradigm of power. However, that's the unique perspective on the familial unit that the newest Nomadic/Mask & Bauble...

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The Latin American Student Association puts on Reventon annually, to demonstrate the talents and cultures of Georgetown students.

Latin Dance Strives to Impact Campus Culture

By Quentin Auster March 20, 2015

On Saturday, March 21, the Latin American Student Association, in partnership with the Reventon Latino Board, will give students a little taste of another culture. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., these organizations...

Discovering a Piece of History on Campus

By Louis Cona March 20, 2015

Dahlgren Chapel boasts an impressive piece of history: the cross on the wall. Father G. Ronald Murphy, a German professor at Georgetown, describes his journey of discovering the cross and his plight...

Hoyas Have One Move, One Groove

By Gianna Pisano March 20, 2015

Some of the most fearless Hoyas are most comfortable when wearing dance pants and sneakers — or at least, that is the mindset of the co-ed dance group Groove Theory. Having been repeatedly ranked...

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