Rob Brunner
Politics and Culture Editor at Washingtonian
Freelance writer and editor at Freelance
Moved to a better place: https://t.co/uxijP0qqfR Politics & culture editor @washingtonian. Before: features editor @fastcompany.
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1 month ago |
washingtonian.com | Rob Brunner |Slocumb couldn’t eat
Brendan Slocumb was running out of money. It was 2020, the height of the pandemic, and Slocumb, a professional violinist, had lost most of his income. Students stopped coming over for lessons; the wedding gigs had gone away overnight. Within a matter of months, he wouldn’t be able to make rent for the roach-ridden apartment in Northeast that was all he could afford even before Covid hit. At that point, he worried he’d end up homeless.
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2 months ago |
washingtonian.com | Rob Brunner
Philip Basnight was working at the Apple Store in Georgetown when he and a coworker hatched the idea for a podcast about the history of DC music. They got as far as a pilot episode, but momentum stalled. That was in 2018, and for the next six years, Basnight focused on his career (he now works for SoundExchange) and his band, Broke Royals. “But I knew it was something I’d want to listen to,” says Basnight, who lives in Del Ray. “I told people this idea.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
washingtonian.com | Matt Ribel |Andrew Zaleski |Eric Wills |Rob Brunner
This page describes the contents of an issue of Washingtonian magazine. Subscribers get exclusive early access through our print and digital editions. Most of our feature stories are later published online and linked below. Buy a Single IssueSubscribeOr Manage My SubscriptionFEATURESThe Body FarmAt George Mason University, forensic scientists are probing the mysteries of human decomposition–work that ultimately could help solve homicide cases. By Matt Ribel.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
msn.com | Rob Brunner
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Mar 3, 2025 |
washingtonian.com | Rob Brunner
For more than 20 years, E Street Cinema was one of the city’s best movie theaters, showcasing independent and international films, as well as more mainstream fare. Landmark, which owns it, closed the place down for good over the weekend. It’s just the latest of many losses for DC’s filmgoing scene. We called New York magazine and Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri, who grew up in Rockville and spent his teen years inside local theaters, to talk about a few he particularly misses.
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