Staying powerful is a tough thing to do in the music industry. One-hit wonders come and go, and most bands with pop hits in 1994 are not still touring sold-out venues and festivals today. Blues Traveler, however, is an exception. With eight albums on the market and a near non-stop touring effort for years, Blues Traveler's fan base is as loyal as it is disparate.
You've passed by the building every time you walk around Dupont Circle. On the northeast corner of Florida and Connecticut there is a large white staircase, a Russian flag and a neon sign saying "Russia House." Don't let the flag or the name confuse you. It's not an embassy, it's a bar.
If you have $5 Check out some of the events at the Kennedy Center's Festival of China. With dozens of free and low-cost events running throughout the weekend and the month, you can choose from dance (the National Ballet of China has an open rehearsal on Friday), music (the Festival of 250 Drums, at the Millennium Stage on Saturday) or exhibits, such as a fashion show with Chinese designers including Vera Wang and Anna Sui.
October brings a plethora of live music to the greater D.C. area, with enough music to fulfill your concert yearning practically every night of the week. From alternative to hip-hop, bluegrass to funky brass, and rock to, well, Hanson, there's a concert out there for every music lover this month.
10/6 - The Cat Empire (9:30 Club) - $15 10/8 - Metric (9:30 Club) - $15, Sir Paul McCarthy (MCI Center) - $49.50-$253 10/9 - Nickel Creek (9:30 Club) - $25, Guru w/ Kool Keith (9:30 Club) - $20 10/10 - Foo Fighters + Weezer (Patriot Center) - $45 10/11 - Blues Traveler ( Club) - $25, Victor Wooten (Recher Theatre) - $20, "Bail out the Big Easy" benefit concert, feat.
Don't call Nickel Creek a bluegrass band. They say their music should not be locked into that genre. Don't call them a pop group either because they'll be quick to shed that title as well. But in their third album, Why Should We Let the Fire Die? (Sugar Hill), Nickel Creek combines classic bluegrass techniques, traditional Celtic melodies and angst-ridden emo-pop lyrics to create a musical Frankenstein that can only be described as delightfully unique.
If "Waiting ." (Lion's Gate) is any indication, the gross-out teen slacker comedy genre is on its last legs. It's a sloppy mess of a comedy that's a little too derivative of Kevin Smith's "Clerks" and doesn't attempt to do anything different from what we've seen in similar movies.
"I hate fathers, and I never wanted to be one." -Steve Zissou, "The Life Aquatic" There is little doubt that Noah Baumbach, who co-wrote last winter's "The Life Aquatic" with wunderkind Wes Anderson, is the author of that line. In his smart, resonant new film "The Squid and the Whale," writer-director Baumbach depicts the autobiographical account of a mother and father's divorce from their two children's perspective, examining the resulting rivalries, warped pretenses, and broken relations that arise with masterful skill.
Fans of Wallace and Gromit, clay companions created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations ("Chicken Run"), have waited 10 years to see the British duo again and for the most part, it's worth the wait. The first three Wallace and Gromit movies were shorts; "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is the first full-length.
I sat in the Betts Theatre's house seat, overhearing the lighting crew of the latest Department of Theatre and Dance production Proof joking as the stage manager called the actors to take their places for the opening scene. "So what show are we doing tonight?" the lighting designer asked with a straight face.
Bad things don't always happen to good people, but stories about horrific crimes often paint victims with this picture. Woolly Mammoth Theatre exposes this charade in its scathing portrayal of American pop culture, "After Ashley." In the hands of director Lee Mikeska Gardner, Gina Gionfriddo's story comes to life, comically portraying the ridiculousness of making upper-middle-class white females the poster children of violence in America.
Although Howard University's nickname is the Bisons, the GW volleyball team was the one stampeding through the Burr Gymnasium Tuesday night. The Colonials won across town on the Lady Bison's turf with the scores 30-18, 30-18, 30-16 in an hour and 18 minutes.
Junior J.R. Pinnock, as the Colonials community knows him, will not be returning to play on the GW men's basketball team. According to a news release by the sports information department, Pinnock's father recently requested that he go by his birth name Danilo.
Ever-increasing gasoline prices affect more than just the pocketbooks of consumers at the pumps. Large organizations and businesses that rely on gas to operate must bear the burden of higher prices at the pump on a grand scale. With UPD patrols, 4-RIDE and the Mount Vernon Shuttle using gas daily, GW is no exception.
President Clinton's Oval Office sex scandal, for the most part, had few ramifications for the average American. His extramarital affairs brought about important, albeit abstract, questions about the nature of the office of the presidency. It did not, however, cost one American life and in the end little money was spent.
A university is, by nature, a permanent construction zone. When not moving earth to erect new physical structures, it works to shape the souls of students who enter it seeking knowledge, truth and beauty. Universities have traditionally labored so that the former endeavor would facilitate the latter one.
Senare seeks freshman The Student Association Senate will choose three freshmen to occupy non-voting seats from a pool of 20 candidates who applied for the positions. The SA Rules Committee will send three freshmen to the entire Senate in Thursday night's meeting at 8:30 p.
It's not uncommon to see students from Voices for Choices, the abortion rights group, handing out its famous cookies and condoms in Kogan Plaza. But this week Colonials for Life, an anti-abortion student group, hosted its first Apples for Adoption event to educate students about choosing adoption over abortion in the event of a crisis pregnancy.
Despite a plea from President Bush for Americans to conserve energy, University officials said they have no plans to cut back on energy consumption by restricting the use of vehicles. But as gas prices continue to rise, the University may have to cut back on vehicle use next year.
Nicole Kidman is coming to campus to film a movie - but really, it's no big deal. Students might as well shrug their shoulders and walk away as she films "The Visiting" at the GW Hospital later this month - after all, she's just one in a line of Hollywood demigods that have used the sights of the District as a backdrop for their films.
Exactly one month after the start of its season, the GW water polo team finally played a home game. Judging by the results of its game against No. 14 Navy, the friendly confines of the Smith Center failed to provide a home pool advantage, as the Colonials lost 14-3 Tuesday night.
It's not uncommon to see students from Voices for Choices, the abortion rights group, handing out its famous cookies and condoms in Kogan Plaza. But this week Colonials for Life, an anti-abortion student group, hosted its first Apples for Adoption event to educate students about choosing adoption over abortion in the event of a crisis pregnancy.
As musicians, poets and rappers demonstrated their crafts at Think Tank Revolution's performance this weekend, members of the group had just one person on their minds: founding member Trent Taylor, who was diagnosed with leukemia last spring. Taylor, who would be a senior this year if he had not withdrawn for the semester, could not attend the show Saturday night in Mitchell Hall Theater because he was scheduled to undergo a bone marrow treatment this week.
University officials said Wednesday that the Mall area between 4th Street and 7th Street in front of Capitol Hill would be available for the 2006 Commencement ceremony. National Park Service officials would not comment on the discussions with the University, saying only that they are ongoing.
Despite the University's emphasis on a racially diverse student body, statistics released this week show that for the past three years, undergraduate diversity at GW has been relatively stagnant, and there are 100 fewer black students enrolled now than there were a year ago.
Former human sexuality professor Michael Schaffer, who met with University officials Monday, said they told him he was dismissed because his course wasn't "academically rigorous" enough for University standards.
Nearly a month after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and displaced thousands of New Orleans residents, the Student Association will be holding a four-day event to raise money for the disaster's victims. But despite the kind-hearted intentions of SA organizers, some student leaders said they are disappointed that fundraising efforts were not better planned.
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