Before 2024, American University averaged about 50 tons of compost each year. In 2025, that number surged to 214 tons. Behind that increase is the Zero Waste Department, which has expanded its composting initiatives and sustainability programs during the 2025-2026 school year. Zero Waste ...
The American University Department of Performing Arts took the Greenberg stage Theater company to the stage The Two "Gentlemen" of Verona — William Shakespeare’s first play — from March 26 to March 28. The Department’s version of the show was humorous, fun and original, making for an incredible ...
Each week, the Kay Spiritual Life Center offers the University community a space to slow down with an evening Buddhist meditation session. Beneath the stained glass of KSLC, students and faculty are invited to set aside daily stressors and engage in guided mindfulness practices. “I’ve been attending ...
After a four-year hiatus since his last album, “Harry’s House,” Harry Styles returns to the music scene with “Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.” “Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally” successfully experiments with electronic synth and alternative production unified by a grand ...
Bruno Mars released his fourth studio album “The Romantic” in February of 2026, celebrating the month of love. Featuring nine tracks with a run time of 31 minutes, the album tells a story about love, infatuation and turbulence in a relationship between Mars and his mysterious lover. Rather ...
Richard Linklater’s unique approach to cinematic expression solidifies his place as one of the most influential directors of all time. Linklater’s films are much more in tune with real time and are less focused on fast-paced, conflict-driven storytelling. In his feature releases and short ...
There was a time when hearing about a sequel or franchise was exciting. Now it’s merely expected. Another sequel. Another prequel. Another spin-off. Another live-action remake of a movie that’s not even old enough to feel nostalgic. Welcome to the era of franchise slop. Franchises are ...
In an era of seemingly endless safe remakes of profitable intellectual properties, “The Bride!” flips everything on its head, taking the loose mythos of the Frankenstein story and setting it in 1930’s Chicago with a Bonnie and Clyde-esque love story. Ida (Jessie Buckley), a woman working ...
“War of the Worlds” (2025) is a film that exemplifies this decade more than any other. From its Zoom-based pandemic-style recording, to displays of modern internet-induced psychosis, to constant product placement, “War of the Worlds” is a film that could only have been written and released in ...
Trends, techniques and stories shaping D.C.’s hair and beauty scene were spotlighted on Feb. 9 at The D.C. History Week Hair Show. Vernoln Martins, a celebrity stylist, hosted the event as a part of D.C. History Week, an annual, week-long cultural experience dedicated to celebrating and preserving ...
In honor of Black History Month, The Eagle has put together a small food tour of the various flavors of D.C. According to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education, over 40 percent of D.C. residents are Black/African-American with ethnic roots varying from East Africa, West Africa and the Caribbean. Black ...
The year 2025 was full of big movie hits like “Sinners,” “Marty Supreme” and “Frankenstein.” They brought to life stories of grief, love and determination that enamored movie fans across the country. Film lovers can look forward to the same energy in 2026, with Hollywood already set ...
Imagine an afterlife where you can shop in an infinite mall, relax on an endless beach, or stroll through an unlimited museum. In David Freyne’s depiction of the afterlife, all of these can be true. In “Eternity” (2025), when everyone dies they are shuffled through a train station-airport fusion ...
After the success of “brat” (2024), Charli XCX has found herself more inspired by movies than music. With a long lineup of acting roles on the horizon, “The Moment” is a fitting — if imperfect — start to her pivot from popstar to movie star, allowing her creativity to continue to shine. Based ...
I’ve noticed a trend of labeling any movies over two-and-a-half hours as “too long,” which puts a filmmaker like Lav Diaz in an awkward position. A pioneer of slow cinema, Diaz’s films typically clock in at somewhere between four and eight hours long — although his most notorious, “Evolution ...
Few characters in pop-culture history have been reimagined as often — or as passionately — as Superman. Since his screen debut in the 1940s, the Man of Steel has been embodied by a long line of actors whose performances reflect the eras that shaped them. As new actors continue to step into the cape, ...
Set against the Scandinavian isolation of Oslo, “Sentimental Value” follows the Borg family as their world changes upon the return of their absent father. Renate Reinsve leads the ensemble once again after her and writer/director Joachim Trier’s 2021 collaboration in “Worst Person in the World.” ...
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