Maya Kominsky

Dec 3, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Aubrey Butterfield |Anna Crowley |Michael Bergin |Maya Kominsky

On a chilly November night in Columbia Heights, inside the intimate venue, The Atlantis, electrifying energy was brewing for Odie Leigh—and when the Louisiana native took the stage, she doubled it. As anticipation for Leigh was brewing, opener Angela Autumn entranced the audience with delicate strings played live and mystical yet occasionally devastating lyrics of songs like “Waltz About Death” (2024), “Dancer” (2022), and her most recent release, “Sage Bundle” (2024).

Nov 14, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Sagun Shrestha |Maya Kominsky

Made popular by internet lore, liminal spaces have had their moment in the sun—or rather in the darkness, considering that these vast, enclosed spaces tend to let little light through. Though the Backrooms—a fictional, extradimensional expanse of empty rooms and one of the most well-known examples of the liminal space aesthetic—have warped into horror game levels brimming with entities and objectives, liminal spaces are transitional, transformative, and disconnected from reality.

Nov 12, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Maya Kominsky |Abby Webster |Danielle Guida |Melis Akkum

We are undoubtedly living through one of pop’s most exciting, lively, and innovative eras. With Charli xcx and Troye Sivan’s iconic rave-esque Sweat Tour, Sabrina Carpenter’s cutesy yet sultry Short n’ Sweet Tour, and Chappell Roan’s meteoric rise through her grandiose and drag-centered aesthetic, pop music is seeing a surge in young, expectation-defying talent after a relatively stagnant few years.

Oct 28, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Elizabeth Adler |Aidan Munroe |Maya Kominsky |Nicole Lai

At the Wharf, a picturesque marine location that was emblematic of the sound we would soon hear, we entered the Anthem buzzing with excitement. We were soon to be delighted by the musical stylings of California’s very own Sun Room. The band got their start on the West Coast as a unique byproduct of the pandemic.

Aug 23, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Angelena Bougiamas |Joanna Li |Maya Kominsky |Annabella Hoge

When a popular D.C. news outlet abruptly shut down in February, six journalists resolved to create their own worker-led, nonprofit newsroom. The initiative, called the 51st, promises to bring more community-centered reporting to Washington’s dwindling local news scene and exceeded its $250,000 fundraising goal on Aug. 13. “This has been a labor of love,” Eric Falquero, former journalist at the DCist and Street Sense Media, said.