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

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

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Bored this Halloween? Not to fear, Emerson is here!

By Sam Shipman, Living Arts Editor / 14 hours ago

While Emerson students may have plenty of Halloween parties to go to, everyone’s got some gaps in their schedule. We at The Beacon have dug up (graverobbed)...

Scenes from Spicetober Fest 2025 in Boston City Hall Plaza. (Marcia Cevallos/ For The Beacon)

Spicetober Fest brings the heat with exclusively local vendors

By Karina DiMare, Beacon Correspondent / 18 hours ago

A variety of rich fragrances from curry to kimchi wafted through City Hall Plaza at Boston’s first Spicetober Fest. The event, which took place last...

Courtesy Ryan Muir

Indie pop music sensation Sombr rocks the stage at Leader Bank Pavilion

By Sam Lawrence, Video Editor / October 22, 2025

In a room full of people, it's hard to miss Sombr.  The 20-year-old singer stands out among a crowd, with his curly black hair, angular face, and impressive...

Opening night of the Big Apple Circus in Boston on October 9, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

The Big Apple Circus returns to Boston to start its comeback tour

By Evanthia Chapman, Beacon Correspondent / October 22, 2025

The smell of cotton candy as you step into the tent, kids waving around light-up toys, and the sound of vendors popping popcorn have all made their way...

Courtesy Andreas Neumann

Queens of the Stone Age take their songs to new heights

By Jack Silver, Beacon Correspondent / October 22, 2025

It’s not what one would expect from a rock concert; nearly everyone is dressed in formal attire, with a bewildering number of handlebar mustaches on...

Courtesy of Annielly Camargo

Have a laugh about death with Chris Grace’s one-man show ‘Sardines’

By Danielle Bartholet, Asst. Magazine Editor and Business Operations Manager / October 22, 2025

The childhood game Sardines involves a version of hide and seek in which players find one another and hide together, taking players out of the game one...

(Nick Peace / Beacon Staff)

Select Markets brings fashion to the people

By Max Ardrey, Dept. Living Arts Editor / October 16, 2025

An assorted mass clothed in baggy jeans and long jorts lined a sidewalk in Charlestown early Saturday afternoon despite the beating sun overhead. The denim-clad...

Photo courtesy of Malala Yousafzai

In her new book, Malala finds her way through love, strife, and college life

By Meg Richards, Editor-in-Chief / October 15, 2025

For most of Gen-Z, the first introduction to activist-author-multihyphenate Malala Yousafzai was her book I Am Malala, released in October 2013. Written...

The Coolidge Corner Theatre travels through time with Vistavision

The Coolidge Corner Theatre travels through time with Vistavision

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 15, 2025

Yearning to revisit the golden age of Hollywood, dripping in vibrant Technicolor and classic films that draw eager audiences to the multiplex? The Coolidge...

Ohio State Fair band celebrates EP release at Somerville show

Ohio State Fair band celebrates EP release at Somerville show

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Living Arts Editor / October 15, 2025

The name Ohio State Fair brings to mind images of farm animals, deep-fried dishes, and country music. Ironically, the band is from Boston, not Cleveland,...

Illustration by Ally Rzesa

Rewiring cinema: What Emerson students can learn from Lynch’s “Blue Velvet”

By Brooke Lelia, Beacon Correspondent / October 14, 2025

When “Blue Velvet” hit theaters in 1986, it didn’t just unsettle with its severed ear, sadistic villain, and the entrapment of Dorothy Vallens; it...

Søren Lind (left) and Larissa Sansour (middle) discuss “Entire Nations Are Built on Fairy Tales” with Dr. Leonie Bradbury (right). (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)

Echoes of the Heart: Art in the time of AI

By Jean Robert Delos Santos, Beacon Correspondent / October 14, 2025

Artists react. It’s what they’ve always done. In our modern world, there is a tension between technology and humanity, and between technology and nature....

In ‘One Battle After Another,’ political activism meets stoner comedy anarchy

In ‘One Battle After Another,’ political activism meets stoner comedy anarchy

By Henry Borgerson, Beacon Correspondent / October 9, 2025

What do you get when you mix political activism with just a touch of stoner comedy?  Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film, “One Battle After Another”...

Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches

Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches

By Brooke Lelia, Beacon Correspondent / October 8, 2025

When the clock strikes midnight in the Boston Conservatory’s “Cinderella,” nothing shatters—not glass, not illusion, not even expectation. Instead,...

Courtesy of Sam Penn

Lorde has risen: ‘Ultrasound Tour’ creates community at TD Garden

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 8, 2025

Last week’s anticipated Rapture may have yielded anti-climactic results, but the Lord did appear in Boston—Lorde with an ‘e’ that is. Previously...

Photo courtesy of John Packman

R.F. Kuang ends world book tour on the home front in Somerville

By Danielle Bartholet, Asst. Magazine Editor and Business Operations Manager / October 8, 2025

The perfect place to end a whirlwind book tour for New York Times bestselling author R.F. Kuang was her home in Boston. The venue was packed to the brim...

Photo courtesy of Danica Robinson

Marina, ‘Princess of Power,’ takes her royal tour to Roadrunner

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 8, 2025

The groovy vibrance of the 70s returned to Boston last week as Marina brought audiences of all ages into her sonically fueled arcade vector game at Roadrunner....

African cultures on display at Boston Common

African cultures on display at Boston Common

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / October 8, 2025

The damp, trimmed lawns of Boston Common became a space for percussionists, musicians, strong singers, and a multinational showcase of African cultures...

‘New Edition Way’ takes over Dearborn Street in Roxbury

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / October 8, 2025

On Aug. 30, a crowd gathered at the intersection of Ambrose, Albany, and Dearborn Street in Roxbury, awaiting the renaming of Dearborn Street to “New...

Eating around Emerson with Juliet: Surviving the Emerson plague on just a bowl of soup

Eating around Emerson with Juliet: Surviving the Emerson plague on just a bowl of soup

By Juliet Hysen, Beacon Correspondent / October 1, 2025

One of the greatest comforts when you're sick and far from home is food that tastes (and feels) like home. Whether that’s Campbell's chicken noodle straight...