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Photo exhibit showcases early years of D.C. punk

By Hilary Crowe | February 26

The punks have reclaimed Georgetown - at least temporarily. Until March 3, Govinda Gallery's hole-in-the-wall, 34th Street location offers punk enthusiasts a nostalgic sanctuary from the District's snow-covered sidewalks. Candid, mantle-worthy portraits of Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye, strategically stuck to the walls with masking tape in punk's minimalist style, survey the sundry smaller squares that capture their combat-boot-clad compatriots.

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'Astronaut' aims for stars, dreams in feel-good movie

February 22

Billy Bob Thornton said he made "The Astronaut Farmer," opening Friday, because it reminded him of the feel-good movies he liked to watch growing up. In "Astronaut Farmer," director Michael Polish and screenwriter Mark Polish have created a film in the vein of Frank Capra's "Mr.

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Students cast their Oscar votes

February 22

The 79th Annual Academy Awards show airs Sunday at 8 p.m. A lot of good films have been nominated, but host Ellen DeGeneres can only reveal so many winners. The Eagle is feeling Oscar fever, and our resident movie experts already have their predictions. Most of our contributors picked "Babel" to win Best Picture.

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'Monologues' open dialogue on sexuality

By Madalyn Wasilczuk | February 22

The Women's Initiative brings empowerment and self-understanding to the stage this Thursday, Friday and Saturday in its presentation of "The Vagina Monologues." The play, written by Eve Ensler and codirected by Vanessa Mueller, arts editor for The Eagle and a junior in the School of Public Affairs, and Nicky Smolter, a second-year graduate student in SPA, powerfully expresses women's perspectives on issues pertinent to them, including sexuality, war and abuse.

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Latest technology tells ageless lessons

By Blair Bryant Nichols | February 22

When my oldest sister left for college in 1993, she took an electronic word processor. It was more advanced than a standard typewriter, but still lacked the spelling or grammar checks now standard on any word processing program. When my second sister departed for college in '99, she took a small desktop computer with her.

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Dancers melt February 'ice'

February 22

Few go to films like "Stomp The Yard" expecting cinematic brilliance. They go for the totally incredible dancing that transcends all the Hollywood glamour and MTV bling. At last weekend's fourth annual Hip Hop Festival, part of Black History Month and hosted by Dance Place in Northeast D.

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Book teaches kids more than anatomy

By Benjamin Lozovsky | February 22

Ballsack, bollocksack, nutsack, bumper nuts, ballbag, beanbag, bawbag, fruit basket, scrot, scrote, escroto... the list goes on. If I were a trashy foul-mouthed scribe who took delight in peppering vulgarities and equally offensive non-American words throughout his ramblings, I'd be tempted to use one of the above terms.

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Different coffee, distinct Movement

By Jeff Lambert | February 22

It happened yesterday, when I was finishing my morning coffee. Croatian coffee is cooked twice, resulting in thick and grainy syrup at the bottom of every cup. I'd gotten used to it after my third or fourth cup in Zagreb, but yesterday morning I realized how completely alien that last sip is to anything I'd ever drank back home.

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Diabolic 'Richard III' triumphs

February 22

"Richard III" is one of Shakespeare's most eternal stories of political corruption. From Napoleon to Hitler to Stalin and recently Saddam Hussein, the play has seen an adaptation of the rise to power of some of the most tyrannical leaders in the last few hundred years.

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'Rider' goes down in shameful flames

By Christopher Patriquin | February 19

"Ghost Rider" is one of the worst films in recent history. It's difficult to know where to begin with this review, as "Ghost Rider" cannot be explained easily. The failure of this film cannot be ascribed to any single flaw, but rather a whole mess of them coming together into one giant cinematic fecal explosion.

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'Crusade' keeps addiction alive

By Eric Ford | February 19

Eight million people paying $15 a month evidently wasn't enough for the creators of "World of Warcraft." "Burning Crusade," the new expansion to the hit massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) will ensure that any players thinking about quitting will never get the chance to do so.

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Quirky pop outfit delights with sweet sounds

By Caitlin Servilio | February 19

When Rob Schneider, the lead singer of the Apples in Stereo, joyfully sang, "The whole world is made of energy," at the Black Cat last Tuesday night, the crowd had no choice but to believe him. After all, the Apples were already halfway through its infectiously catchy set and were generating enough energy to power U Street for weeks.

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Music notes

February 19

The Appleseed Cast "Peregrine" (Militia Group) Sounds like: A Jimmy Eat World, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie pool party, drinks all around. Grade: A- Emo. Few subgenres of rock appeal to such a broad range of musical palettes, from the saccharine melancholia of Dashboard Confessional to the throat shredding intensity of From Autumn to Ashes.

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Young artists stage Mozart classic

By Vanessa C. Mueller | February 19

Last week, the Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program staged Mozart's "Cos Fan Tutte" at the Opera Studio in Takoma Park. All of the major roles, including singers, musicians, conductor and director, were played by members of the program.

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Study abroad, but step lightly on historic sites

By Lindsey Marburger | February 19

When I was little, I knew what old was. My grandparents were ancient and my parents were pretty darn old. Once I entered elementary school, I learned all about U.S. history, and those founding fathers from the 18th century seemed incomprehensibly remote. How did humans even exist then? Did they talk like us? Did they breathe oxygen and like "The Boxcar Children" like me? Yesterday, I was confronted with one of the founding fathers' contemporaries, the minute general Napoleon.

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World-class performers spice up flamenco festival

February 19

When the roads are icy and the weather is cold, some people opt for a good book and hot chocolate, while others prefer a fire and a game of Monopoly. Others go to see world class flamenco dancing. Last Tuesday, the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium presented "Gala 2007: Bienal de Sevilla.

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Glover injects trademark rhythm into famed classical compositions

By Josh Kramer | February 15

Savion Glover manages to do what "A Fifth of Beethoven" from "Saturday Night Fever" fails to accomplish: combine great classical music with percussive elements. Glover, widely considered one of the greatest tap dancers alive, performed "Classical Savion" to a packed house in Washington's decadent Warner Theatre.

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