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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

Deciphering hip hop’s identity crisis

Deciphering hip hop’s identity crisis

May 6, 2015

Canadian rap phenom Drake released a new album last week by surprise, and it was undoubtedly an event unto itself. As with any Drake release, If You’re...

Reconsidering the sacred cows of rock ‘n’ roll

May 6, 2015

Irony is often lost on the old, especially online. I say this especially in light of the December release of “Only One,” a Kanye West track...

Ranting against rockism

May 6, 2015

“They don’t make ’em like they used to.” That chestnut is trotted out to remind us of the supposed halcyon days of manufacturing—a...

A closer look at music writing in 2014

May 6, 2015

The music landscape is in a near-constant state of flux, and at the heart of all this activity is music journalism. Though the field has retained most...

Subject and director screen short doc ‘Stumped’ at Emerson

Subject and director screen short doc ‘Stumped’ at Emerson

April 29, 2015

After teaching two classes in his new gig at Montana State University, Will Lautzenheiser checked himself into a hospital to treat what he thought was...

Sitcom in session

Sitcom in session

April 29, 2015

Runaway dogs, broken condoms, rooming catastrophes, and a ruinous fire are just some of the antics the cast of Hulu’s new Emerson-inspired show,...

Peanut butter and play reading

Peanut butter and play reading

April 22, 2015

An air of camaraderie was palpable in the Bill Bordy Theater as members of the Play Reading Book Club met on April 13 to have lunch and discuss the program....

Modernizing Macbeth

Modernizing Macbeth

April 22, 2015

Thunder rumbles and cracks through the dimly lit Cabaret in the Little Building. The wind howls, and a door slams shut. Voices pierce through the space,...

Emerson Dance Company gains ‘momentum’ with newest show

April 22, 2015

With a musical lineup of songs by Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Cirque Du Soleil, and BBC Big Band Orchestra—along with, of course, the current hit...

Influential documentary filmmaker Peter Davis visits campus, talks legacy

Influential documentary filmmaker Peter Davis visits campus, talks legacy

April 15, 2015

Peter Davis, 78, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1975 for Hearts and Minds, his humanizing chronicle of the Vietnam War from the...

Gargantuan Gartenberg: Media entrepreneur talks business

Gargantuan Gartenberg: Media entrepreneur talks business

April 15, 2015

Like many college students, freshman Aaron Dean Gartenberg doesn’t get much sleep. But it’s not just essays and midterms that keep Gartenberg...

Picture perfect: Emersons Next Top Model crowns a winner

Picture perfect: Emerson’s Next Top Model crowns a winner

April 15, 2015

Replacing Tyra Banks with kooky dressed male students, Emerson College Fashion Society hosted its own Next Top Model competition. The Bill Bordy Theater...

“Taste and Sunlight”: The poetry of James Merrill

April 15, 2015

The poet James Merrill (1926-1995) is a polarizing figure. During his lifetime, he won virtually every major award and drew the praise of some of America’s...

Beacon Beats: Holly Kirkman and Phillip Jones

Beacon Beats: Holly Kirkman and Phillip Jones

April 9, 2015

Student musicians Holly Kirkman and Phillip Jones joined together in an experimental duo to perform acoustic renditions of jazz hits from the...

Emerson hosts pitch perfect a cappella show featuring other Boston colleges

Emerson hosts pitch perfect a cappella show featuring other Boston colleges

April 8, 2015

Campus radio station WERS hosted the 10th annual All A Cappella Live show at the Cutler Majestic Theater on Saturday, March 28. The show opened with a...

Kidding Around presents electrifying children’s play

April 8, 2015

Violet, the protagonist ofthe play Miss Electricity, is an energetic fifth-grade girl who dreams of getting into the Guinness World Records with the help...

Recent VMA graduate illuminates life after Emerson, job prospects in LA

Recent VMA graduate illuminates life after Emerson, job prospects in LA

April 8, 2015

After graduating last spring with a visual and media arts degree, Jordan Ferrin, 23, has kept busy in Los Angeles with a variety of projects. Most recently,...

Drawing on depression: Director screens animated film on campus

Drawing on depression: Director screens animated film on campus

April 8, 2015

The trope of the tortured artist came to life at Emerson last week as Signe Baumane used her drawing and animation talents to start a humorous conversation...

Beacon Beats: Al Jo

Beacon Beats: Al Jo

April 6, 2015

For the latest Beacon Beats, sophomore Alex Johnson, who goes by the stage name Al Jo, performed several tracks from his debut mixtape, The...

Author and feminist Roxane Gay visits campus

Author and feminist Roxane Gay visits campus

April 1, 2015

Author Roxane Gay recounted her evolution as a feminist at the writing, literature, and publishing Reading Series last Thursday afternoon. “I certainly...