Arts & Lifestyle

Ignite Festival lights up the night in Union Square

By Hannah Hughes, Staff Writer / October 2, 2024

Ignite Festival brings the heat to Somerville, with fiery food, performances, and a spicy curry eating contest, all to showcase the community’s diversity.

Revival of the lesbian bar scene: Dani’s Queer Bar makes its Boston debut

By Hannah Brueske, Senior Reporter / October 2, 2024

Dani’s Queer Bar, the latest arrival to Boston’s nightlife scene, signifies the new rise of lesbian bar culture.

Amor Towles: a glimpse into the life of an author

By Danielle Bartholet, Operations Managing Editor / October 2, 2024

Author Amor Towles regaled the crowd at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on Sept. 24 with comedic, lively tales of his childhood, family, and life as a writer living in New York. The event is the first stop on Towles’ tour for his latest work, “Table for Two.”

Ghibli, Games, and Grub Galore at Boston Night Market

By Laith Hintzman, Beacon Correspondent / October 1, 2024

With food, drink, and live music, Central Square by Night roused the City That Sleeps.

‘Megalopolis’: Coppola’s ‘Roman Empire’ crumbles and falls in glorious green technicolor

By Bryan Hecht, Content Managing Editor / October 1, 2024

When it was first announced that legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola had sold his $650 million wine empire to self-fund his passion project of over 40 years because no studio wanted to, it read as another sad signifier of Hollywood’s hesitancy to invest in original concepts. 

‘The programming reflects the complexity and diversity of who we are’: An in-depth look at the diverse programming of the 2024 Cinefest Latino line-up

By Casey Miller, Beacon Correspondent / September 29, 2024

Cinefest Latino is one of Boston’s cinematic celebrations of the Latin arts in contemporary filmmaking.

Warner Bros. brings ‘Sex’ to Emerson

By Ryan Yau, Content Managing Editor / September 27, 2024

Boston Film Festival collaborated with Warner Bros. in anticipation of the upcoming third season of “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”

The Independent: the magazine for filmgoers, by filmgoers

By Andriani Maria Lamprinou, Beacon Correspondent / September 26, 2024

Since the ‘70s, Emerson’s magazine, the Independent, has strived to surface underground autonomous filmmakers who were overshadowed by big-budget productions.

‘Raw, scrappy, hopeful, and vulnerable’: Odie Leigh talks debut album ‘Carrier Pigeon’

By Sam Shipman, Editor-at-large / September 25, 2024

Between your Adrianne Lenkers and Sufjan Stevenses, the world of modern folk music is a vast spectrum.

Freedom and ‘The Fraud’: Zadie Smith talks her newest novel

By Danielle Bartholet, Operations Managing Editor / September 25, 2024

Award-winning British writer Zadie Smith’s latest novel, “The Fraud,” is about many people trying to get free.

Sustainability drives ‘Massive Thrift Market’

By Laith Hintzman, Beacon Correspondent / September 23, 2024

Thousands gathered in Roxbury last Saturday to buy used—sometimes decades-old—clothing.

JPEGed at Roadrunner: Peggy takes Boston

By Rumsha Siddiqui and Sam Shipman / September 18, 2024

“PEGGY” chants erupted at Roadrunner in anticipation of JPEGMAFIA’s Boston appearance on his “LAY DOWN MY LIFE” tour.

There is a Bright Light that never goes out

By Ryan Yau, Content Managing Editor / September 18, 2024

By its twelfth anniversary, the Bright Lights Cinema Series has introduced three generations of Emerson students to hundreds of independent films, highlighting social issues and marginalized perspectives.

Photos: A new cafe experience in Boston: Visiting a Sanctuary Cafe in Beacon Hill

By Fiona McMahon, Magazine Editor / September 18, 2024

This new cafe in sunny Beacon Hill lit up the neighborhood in early September, drawing longing stares from those who pass by.

Alum Elisa Gabbert’s ‘Any Person Is the Only Self’: meditations on a well-read and well-lived life

By Danielle Bartholet, Operations Managing Editor / September 18, 2024

Elisa Gabbert '05 began working on her essay collection before the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, causing her writing to take a turn to reflect on the tumultuous time.

Tough Luck Fest brings Boston rock communities together

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Living Arts Editor / September 13, 2024

On Sept. 6 and 7, alternative rock and metal acts took the stage at the first-ever Tough Luck Fest at Brighton Music Hall.

Goose delivers radio set in WERS studio while hammering out a three-night run in Boston

By Sam Shipman, Editor-at-large / September 9, 2024

As the lights went down at MGM Music Hall on Sept. 2, the opening chords of Goose’s “All I Need” began after the more than 5,000 seat venue shouted—“Goooooooose.”

The Queen of Versailles: A satire on the cruelty of rags to riches

By Jesse Lipschutz, Staff Writer / September 7, 2024

“The Queen of Versailles,” starring Kristen Chenoweth with a score by Stephen Schwartz and book by Lindsay Ferrentino, played at Emerson’s Colonial Theatre from Aug. 1 to 25.

Tough Luck Fest is Boston’s new rock and roll back-to-school bash

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Living Arts Editor / September 5, 2024

The first Tough Luck Fest will take place at Brighton Music Hall this week and feature 12 alternative, pop punk, and metal acts, including several local artists as well as headliners deathcore band Monochromatic Black and pop punk group Young Culture. 

Somerville band Hush Club to bring Sinclair audience a treat

By Annie Sarlin and Danielle Bartholet / September 5, 2024

Fans of Hush Club are in for a sweet treat on Sept. 8 at The Sinclair, and it’s not just the performance.