Culture – WRGW

Pokémon in D.C.

I grew up addicted to Pokémon. Every day, I would come home from school and spend hours invested into this world of magical creatures. That isn’t to say the way I love the series has stayed the same.

October 26, 2026

Culture Interviews Music

The RESALE Act and the future of D.C. concertgoing

Thanks to an act recently passed in Washington, D.C., buying a ticket to a concert or theater performance in D.C. will no longer be hampered by scammers reselling $50 tickets for $200+.

October 19, 2026

Culture Essay Opinion

The Art of Loving: A Muslim’s Reflection on Care Dynamics

By Jacob Christian At the stroke of midnight, none of us crowded around the TV. Instead, the shouts counting down the final seconds before the New Year floated from across…

September 26, 2026

Culture Music Opinion

The Ultimate Starter’s Guide to Becoming a Manipulator (aka, a starter’s guide to emo)

By Katie Surkin A lot of people have conflicting opinions on emo. A lot of people are wrong. But something we should all agree on is that, before you can…

September 20, 2026

Culture Essay Featured

The weight of the rainforest rests on my shoulders: a Rainforest Cafe retrospective

“If you know of the Rainforest Cafe, you probably know of it because there was one in your mall near your hometown that has probably since closed.” -Eddy Burback, 2022…

April 23, 2025

Culture Featured Local

The definitive guide to lamb on campus

By WRGW Blog Team You can throw a stone any direction on campus and hit a restaurant selling lamb. It's bizarre and unexplainable (guesses include D.C.'s diversity, the number of hungover…

April 12, 2025

Culture Featured Music

Ladies & gentlemen… late night’s irreverent revolution

It’s Homecoming Weekend at Studio 8H! Tune into Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary Special this Sunday @8 pm EST on NBC and Peacock, to catch a half-century of sketches, musical performances, and appearances from all your favorite stars of the SNLverse.

February 15, 2025

Culture Featured

Cereal Numbers #2

You wrote in and the Creature Hour team has responded! Read on for a transcript of the live advice show, Cereal Numbers.

January 29, 2025

Culture Featured Poetry

We made blackout poetry with your college essays

Since high schoolers nation wide are making their customary announcement Instagram posts, we thought it'd be a good time to revisit application essays from GW students. We wanted to turn our pain into art, to honor the parts of ourselves we cut out just to get in. WARNING: Shit gets deep.

January 29, 2025