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Friday, November 6, 2009

Young & Hungry
, 8:43 pm
If there’s anything that grips Y&H readers, it’s tragedy, and it doesn’t get much more tragic than the homicide of Nori Amaya, the co-owner of Coppi’s Organic on U Street. People were obviously desperate for information on the strangulation. Even our negligible little item was widely visited. Here’s how the week shook out: Nori Amaya’s Friends and ... Read More
Housing Complex
, 5:35 pm
Okay, in truth, the following list should read Real World, Real World, Affordable Condos, Real World, Real World, First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit, Real World, Real World, Real World, Real World. It’s an unstoppable force! as I predicted. But in the name of variety and, well, a “housing complex,” I’ll leave most of the Real World posts ... Read More
Arts Desk
, 5:23 pm
Koen VanMechelen loves chickens. Live chickens, stuffed chickens, videos of chickens, paintings made with egg tempera. Saturday night at Conner Contemporary, VanMechelen’s “Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (DC)” opens; it’ll run to Dec. 31. According to the press release, the Belgian artist is “systematically crossing all breeds of chickens to create a world-mongrel chicken.” Read More

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Norfolk, Va.’s Mae has made either some of the most noble or suicidal career decisions of any rock band in recent history. Take their label relations, for example: Originally signed with Christian label Tooth & Nail, Mae moved up to the big leagues with Capitol for all of one...

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Young & Hungry
, Friday, November 6, 2009
If there’s anything that grips Y&H readers, it’s tragedy, and it doesn’t get much more tragic than the homicide of Nori Amaya, the co-owner of Coppi’s Organic on U Street. People were obviously desperate for information on the strangulation. Even our negligible little item was widely visited. Here’s how the week shook out: Nori Amaya’s Friends and ... Read More

In Print This Week

How can Bourbon Steak banish the bleu-cheese taste from its beef?

Movies

Reviewed: The Fourth Kind and (Untitled)
A faux-vérité horror flick; a takedown of artsy pretension.
Film review

An Education and The Maid: Home Outgrown
Two films about surmounting the strictures of domestic life.
Film review

Theater

Reviewed: Poe Double Feature: "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"
A ghoulish evening that you'll feel in your "sickly vapours."
Theater review

Reviewed: Angels in America: Perestroika and A Streetcar Named Desire
Two characters grapple with an era's death—and their own.
Theater review

Music

Arts Desk » Section » music
, Friday, November 6, 2009
Story/Stereo—a concert/reading series that pairs local musicians with local writers/poets—just announced two new events. First, Asa Osborne—formerly of Baltimore gnostic/punk quartet Lungfish—will perform with his guitar/organ project, Zomes. Lisa Selin Davis will read. That’s kind of a tough gig, though, considering the last person to put words in or around Osborne’s music was Dan Higgs. Then, in ... Read More

Reviews

The Slits fail to produce an instant hit

One Track Mind

This Week: Matta Gawa's "Home Soda Gifts!"

Weekly Columns

Does This Picture Make Me Look Fat?
Cecil explains why you look fatter in photos.
The Straight Dope

Rasslin' Roundtable
"Will the Worm" celebrates a big anniversary. Plus: Is Dan Snyder breaking the law?
Cheap Seats

Fast Company
How Fenty sacrifices the principles of good government to get his projects done.
Loose Lips

Shy and Bi
Dan's guide to landing a willing bisexual girl.
Savage Love

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