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The Boston Triennial links public art across Greater Boston

The Boston Triennial links public art across Greater Boston

By Danielle Bartholet, Asst. Magazine Editor and Business Operations Manager / October 1, 2025

What combines 3D-printed monuments, sculptures designed for animals, and burning a ship model made entirely out of reeds? The first ever Boston Triennial.  Three...

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Beyond the comedy: The powerful message behind Kristina Wong’s ‘#FoodBankInfluencer’

By Evanthia Chapman, Beacon Correspondent / October 1, 2025

Guns N’ Roses, Cyndi Lauper, and Bonnie Tyler may not be known for their activism fighting hunger, but in Kristina Wong’s one-woman show “#FoodBankInfluencer,”...

Cornelia Murr

Cornelia Murr is either on the road or living ‘as rural as it gets’

By Sam Shipman, Living Arts Editor / September 28, 2025

Cornelia Murr can usually be found in one of two places: her freshly restored house in the middle of rural Nebraska or on the road playing show after show...

Turn a new page this fall—write for an Emerson lit mag!

Turn a new page this fall—write for an Emerson lit mag!

By Sam Shipman and Max Ardrey / September 24, 2025

Are you tired of writing all day—your pencil worn down to a stub, your laptop keys well-pressed—only to have your magnum opus sitting on your desk...

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And the Emmy goes to… Emerson alumni!

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / September 24, 2025

On a hot July day this summer, Tyler Kinney ‘10 was riding his bike in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with his boyfriend when he found out that he was...

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EDC and EUDT dance through the digital and bring the heat

By Olivia Flanz, Beacon Correspondent / September 24, 2025

When the Semel Theater’s lights dim and the music begins, anticipation hums through the theater. Bass vibrates through the audience and colored lights...

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Hidden Histories exhibit brings untold stories to Boston monuments

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Living Arts Editor / September 24, 2025

Augmented reality, poetry, and participatory performance art showcase Boston’s “Hidden Histories” in Emerson Contemporary’s latest exhibition....

Seth Grahame-Smith

Want to make the most of Emerson College? Seth Grahame-Smith has you covered.

By Sam Shipman, Living Arts Editor / September 24, 2025

The college student faces no bigger enemy than finding a job after graduation. Throw in the unconventional majors and career paths of Emerson College,...

Music heals bonds of sisterhood in ‘The Hills of California’

Music heals bonds of sisterhood in ‘The Hills of California’

By Danielle Bartholet, Asst. Magazine Editor and Business Operations Manager / September 24, 2025

It’s a blistering summer in 1976 England, and the Webb sisters are headed back to Seaside—an ironic name given you can’t actually see the sea from...

The 77th Emmy Awards rushes its winners while dragging along its viewers

The 77th Emmy Awards rushes its winners while dragging along its viewers

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / September 17, 2025

On Sunday, Sept. 15, CBS rolled out the red carpet at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater for a night of celebrating old “Hacks” and stars in “Adolescence.”...

The Big E Sept 13. 2025. (Sam Shipman / Beacon Staff)

From fried cheese to farm chicks: Inside the Big E

By Jack Silver and Birdi Diehl / September 17, 2025

The first sounds you hear are horse hooves on a cracked road and Creed’s “Higher” blaring from a speaker as someone stuffs a quarter-pound of fried...

Runnner performing at The Red Room on Sept. 12, 2025. (Bryce Heilmann / Beacon Staff)

Runnner lights up The Red Room

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / September 17, 2025

As the intimate crowd of roughly 50 chatted amongst themselves and huddled closer to the front of the room, five outdoorsy-looking men who constitute the...

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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ reminds us that we’re better together

By Danielle Bartholet, Asst. Magazine Editor and Business Operations Manager / September 17, 2025

In the world of iconic film and TV nannies, none stand quite as singular as Euphegenia Doubtfire, with her groovy dance moves, wild cooking skills, and...

Symphony Hall, on the corner of Massachusetts and Huntington Avenue (Beacon Staff / Max Ardrey)

Symphony Hall’s free opening week concerts

By Max Ardrey, Dept. Living Arts Editor / September 12, 2025

Symphony Hall is throwing their doors wide open. Whether you’re new to Boston or soon to leave, now’s your chance to visit Boston’s Symphony Hall...

Visitors were welcomed with a statue of San Gennaro.

2025 San Gennaro Feast ‘brings the neighborhood together’

By Sam Shipman and Nick Peace / September 10, 2025

Boston’s North End is filled with good eats, but this past weekend a quick bite turned into a full-blown neighborhood feast. The San Gennaro Feast...

Boston’s art scene on a student budget

Boston’s art scene on a student budget

By Ella Duggan, Content Managing Editor / September 10, 2025

Do you think you know Boston? Despite attending a college with a strong focus on the arts, students can sometimes feel disconnected from wider cultural...

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Jeremy Piven is bringing his stand-up tour to Boston, and some tips for upcoming Emerson comics.

By Sam Shipman, Living Arts Editor / September 9, 2025

Jeremy Piven has tackled just about every kind of role on the big screen. Whether he’s cursing people out as “Entourage”’s Ari Gold, causing trouble...

Jessie Reyez performs for her “Paid in Memories” tour at the House of Blues in Boston on June 28, 2025. Photo by Rosa Morales-Simmons

The ‘Paid in Memories’ tour bares Jessie Reyez to Boston concert goers

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / August 7, 2025

Boston’s House of Blues was sold out with ecstatic Jessie Reyez fans on June 28, 2025, during her “Paid in Memories” tour.  She filled the venue...

Photo courtesy of Maximiliano Romero

Isaiah Falls talks his new album and tour, ‘LVRS PARADISE (SIDE A)’

By Rosa Morales Simmons, Beacon Contributor / August 6, 2025

From the 2024 upload of the snippet “Florida Baby” on TikTok with over 25 million streams on Spotify to the present international tour with his new...

Photo by Ro.Lexx

Isaiah Falls brings Florida’s new voice in R&B to The Middle East in Cambridge

By Rosa Morales Simmons, Beacon Contributor / July 4, 2025

R&B fans will want to mark their calendars for Isaiah Falls, the R&B artist with a Florida edge, who touches down in Cambridge’s Middle East...