Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Arts

Lit mashup master shares rapid rise

Lit mashup master shares rapid rise

December 13, 2012

A million stories walk down the star-studded avenues of Hollywood. Although there is no right path on the road to recognition, author, screenwriter, and...

Rhapsodists rally in Atomic Age Theaters poetry slam

Rhapsodists rally in Atomic Age Theater’s poetry slam

December 13, 2012

With a mix of conversational smooth-talking and fast-paced tongue twisters, sophomore writing, literature, and publishing major Donnie Welch, captivated...

Pub Club releases Bad Poetry

Pub Club releases Bad Poetry

December 13, 2012

Modern art is not extinct. Although many aging intellectuals have given this century the gloomy prognosis that this is the death of creativity, originality,...

Evil Mustache Productions develops campaign

Evil Mustache Productions develops campaign

December 13, 2012

Whether it’s a handlebar, a goatee, or a meager collection of peach fuzz, facial hair is not usually invoked as a muse. “I have had a fascination...

Getting down to business

Getting down to business

December 13, 2012

No one is surprised to hear lyrics on the radio about sex and violence, or a combination of the two. It’s pretty much expected in modern rap. However,...

Rockettes and Zombies: EDC graces the stage

Rockettes and Zombies: EDC graces the stage

December 13, 2012

Emerson Dance Company’s performances started with energetic neon dancers, ended with zombies, and had everything in between. An amalgamation of body...

Subverting norms with Zanna, Don’t

Subverting norms with Zanna, Don’t

December 13, 2012

It’s a teenage outcast’s dream. Football players are shy, awkward, and misunderstood by the student body. Chess players are egged on by hoots...

Sara Zuckerman on Yuck

December 13, 2012

Sara Zuckerman’s Yuck is the latest work to be released to be released by Undergraduate Students for Publishing’s Wilde Press. The first novella...

Why you need to go to a house show

December 13, 2012

Boston’s music scene gets more vibrant each year. Brighton Music Hall replaced Harper’s Ferry in 2011, ending the establisment’s 40-year...

Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands

December 13, 2012

Wax on Felt held its annual Battle of the Bands event on Friday, November 16 in Allston. Six bands played at the event, with the band Ripe, whose members...

The Cyclops and the one-eyed monsters

The Cyclops and the one-eyed monsters

December 13, 2012

 A cacophony of neon stage lights and thumping electro music invoked more of a rave party than ancient Greek theater as penises dangling from sticks...

EPSJ spotlights North Korea

EPSJ spotlights North Korea

December 13, 2012

“Shift is happening in North Korea” was a consistently repeated phrase in the Multipurpose Room Tuesday night. Emerson Peace and Social Justice...

Birthday bash boasts 65 years for WECB

Birthday bash boasts 65 years for WECB

December 13, 2012

WECB is the college’s oldest radio station, broadcasting since 1947. Since 2003, the station moved off a.m. radio and onto an exclusively online...

Atlas Mag shows off Emerson’s talent

Atlas Mag shows off Emerson’s talent

December 13, 2012

Samantha Penninipede sat stiffly and quietly in a row of chairs lined up for performers in the Piano Row Multipurpose Room.  “I get total stage...

The Steadfast Songsmith: Folk musician dabbles in new sounds, instruments

The Steadfast Songsmith: Folk musician dabbles in new sounds, instruments

December 13, 2012

Some musicians scrape together a meager fanbase by covering Top 40 songs on YouTube. Some try to propel themselves quickly to fame on shows like American...

When Shakespeare dependence hits point of diminishing returns

December 13, 2012

I don’t care if he’s the Greatest Writer in the History of the English Language — it is time to reevaluate our relationship...

Hip authors tackle sex, drugs, and more sex

December 13, 2012

staffThe 1980s were a period of excess, from the outlandish musical and fashion fads to the "greed is good" mantra that defined the time's...

Emerson groups add music, fun to Family Night

Emerson groups add music, fun to Family Night

December 13, 2012

Emerson groups took a jaunt to Dorchester March 21, offering entertainment for a family night at St. Mark's Church. Jumpstart and College Bound Dorchester,...

Green Eyes checks in on a dysfunctional honeymoon

Green Eyes checks in on a dysfunctional honeymoon

December 13, 2012

Shawn LaCount’s import of Green Eyes from New York City to Boston included the show’s two leads, but he needed a local to fill the play’s...

Child’s voice shines through in Sara Zuckerman’s Yuck

December 13, 2012

Leo Tolstoy begins Anna Karenina with the oft-quoted words: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ...