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Exploring Absence and Loss at The Hirshhorn

By Olivia Jimenez October 24, 2017

What is absence made of? How can we materialize absence? Is that even possible? The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s new exhibit, “What Absence Is Made Of,” confronts these questions through...

Street Food With a Side of Graffiti

By Nick Biggs-Chiropolos April 15, 2016

★★★★☆ One of Arlington’s newest restaurants, Palette 22, brings a fashionable atmosphere to this trendy Virginia neighborhood. I went for dinner on a Saturday night shortly after the restaurant...

America’s Failing Feminism

By Mallory Carr April 24, 2015

When Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers came to campus to discuss her vision of feminism based on equality and the freedom of each sex to do as it chooses last week, the Sexual Assault Peer Education program protested...

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Rhino Bar & Pumphouse, a Georgetown hotspot, will shutter its doors Feb. 28, a result of increased rents, and will not relocate.

Rhino Closes, Ending 63-Year Bar Legacy

By Kristen Fedor February 10, 2015

Rhino Bar & Pumphouse, the popular M Street sports bar, will be closing its doors Feb. 28. Manager George Kennedy confirmed Rhino is not renewing its lease when it expires at the end of the...

An Apology for Scientific Theism

An Apology for Scientific Theism

By Ayan Mandal October 22, 2014

Attacks on religious belief have recently come on two fronts: a political front and an intellectual front. The political front particularly targets Islamist extremism and generalizes it to the entire...

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The piano at Mr. Smith’s in its new location on K Street. The restaurant and bar has seen reduced business since it left M Street.

As Storefronts Close, Piano Bars Flip-Flop on M Street

By Suzanne Monyak September 19, 2014

With Mr. Smith’s Sept. 1 move to K Street, M Street’s piano silence has finally been broken with the Sept. 12 opening of Georgetown Piano Bar. Staffed with the former employees, managers, and pianists...

The Heart of Language In a Post-Spellcheck World

By Michael Fischer November 5, 2010

Spelling matters. If you don't believe me, just ask the Poles. This week, they created a minor international incident over a spelling conflict. In Lithuania, there is an ethnic minority of around 200,000...

Chivalry and The Lost Art of Relationships

By Michael Fischer September 3, 2010

It is not revolutionary to suggest that most relationships of both the congenial and amorous nature fail. One-time acquaintances from New Student Orientation or the first weeks of school fade away. Study...

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