Kaila Philo

Jan 15, 2025 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Steve Kiviat |Brandon Wetherbee |Kaila Philo |Anupma Sahay |Michael Jackson

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! D.C.’s Antwon Vincent, better known as Noochie, has received plenty of acclaim since spring 2023 for his “Noochie’s Live From the Front Porch” video series where the rapper has hosted performances by music greats such as Chance the Rapper, Anderson .Paak, Backyard Band, Marsha Ambrosius, Fat Trel, Goldlink, and Raheem DeVaughn at his D.C.-area home.

Jun 14, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Kaila Philo

Legacy Russell traces America’s reliance on—and profit from—Black imagery, from the 1910s to the Dancing Baby meme.

Jun 3, 2024 | thebaffler.com | J.w. McCormack |Kaila Philo |Tarence Ray |Sammy Feldblum

“Clouds passing over,” wrote Matsuo Bashō during the Edo period, “a dog peeing on the run / village winter shower.” Dogs guard the gates of Hades, weigh the discordant hearts of pharaohs, and accompany the Wild Hunt in Germanic mythology. Patient Argos crapped out at the homecoming of brave Ulysses, Virginia Woolf immortalized the Brownings’ cocker spaniel in Flush: A Biography, and Kenneth Koch wrote that a barking dog in the snow means good weather is coming.

Oct 12, 2023 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Anupma Sahay |Kaila Philo |Mary Manning |Ryan Oquiza |Steve Kiviat |Kaela Roeder

Challenging fear with humor, best friends Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga laugh their way through haunting tales and ghost stories on the Two Girls One Ghost podcast. Spooky Season comes to the Miracle Theatre this week when the hosts of the paranormal comedy podcast fly in on broomsticks to perform a live show. The Podcast’s ghostesses will take the audience through their latest misadventure when they set off for the haunted house of their nightmares … the Conjuring House of Hollywood infamy.