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 Ann Powers lecturing  Ann Powers spoke “about how musicians have responded to crisis, to moments of heightened emotion, to the call to speak out,” saying, “This is very relevant to our moment.” (Florence Shen/GW Today)

The Complicated Terrain of American Protest Music

The George Washington University hosted music critic Ann Powers for the annual Dudley Memorial Lecture.

DJ oatmi1kprinc3ss, or Kendall Larade, performs alongside her professor, Ron Brown, also known as DJ RBI.

At the turntable, a student-professor DJ duo find their groove

Once a week, student Kendall Larade and professor Ron Brown transform a shoebox-sized Phillips Hall basement classroom into a nightclub, curating headbanging beats and vibrant tunes from a turntable propped on top of a makeshift table.

More than 1,000 guests registered in advance for the Extravaganza, and hundreds more showed up spontaneously. (Cooper Tyksinski/GW Today)

Walking Inside a Kaleidoscope

Annual NEXT Extravaganza draws more than 1,000 revelers to the Flagg Building for a celebration of art.