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

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Alumni’s Swiss Army Man kicks off Bright Lights for 2016

Alumni’s Swiss Army Man kicks off Bright Lights for 2016

September 21, 2016

With a sold-out theater of people anxious to see Daniel Radcliffe farting on the big screen, The Bright Lights series kicked off Tuesday, Sept. 13 with...

ArtsEmerson opens new season with opera trilogy

ArtsEmerson opens new season with opera trilogy

By Owen Elphick / September 21, 2016

Hanging around backstage at the Cutler Majestic Theatre on Saturday, one could not help but hear, “Happy Ouroboros Day!” on the lips of the cast and...

Bike to the Future: Stranger Things and reviving a genre

September 21, 2016

E.T. had heart and charming kids on bikes. Jaws had innovative cinematography and mastered the art of building terror while barely showing its source....

80s movies inspire alum’s self-help book

September 14, 2016

How can Ferris Bueller’s Day Off help you to have a more positive mindset? What can The Karate Kid teach you about dealing with bullies? How can...

An end-of-year reflection: taking art out of the abstract

April 27, 2016

Dancers in a room of mirrors can never miss a step. More glide into the music, and the formation of sleek figures is fraught with a brief frenzy of confusion—a...

Senior's thesis play reflects on Boston bombings

Senior’s thesis play reflects on Boston bombings

April 27, 2016

On Patriots’ Day, three years after the Boston Marathon bombings, Emily White, a senior performing arts major and psychology minor, held a staged...

The Silver Stream: The Next Golden Age of TV

April 20, 2016

Some media theorists argue that the late 1940s to 1960 marked the Golden Age of television. That era featured many successful anthology dramas like Alfred...

Photo series: Acappalooza 2016

Photo series: Acappalooza 2016

April 20, 2016

At Acappalooza last Friday, Emerson’s four a capella groups came together for a group performance in the Paramount Center. It was the show’s...

ASIA invites spoken word poet Sarah Kay to share verses

April 20, 2016

With one look around the room, Sarah Kay declared that the quality of a performance can be determined by the number of attendees likely to die in a fire...

Gay by May explores coming out with comedy

Gay by May explores coming out with comedy

April 20, 2016

Gay by May. Noun: (1) the idea that someone who arrives at Emerson identifying as straight in August will realize they are gay by the time summer rolls...

Poet Patricia Lockwood talks Twitter and Trump

April 13, 2016

Poet Patricia Lockwood sipped from her Red Bull at the podium while choosing what to read next. She flipped through pages of her work and came to a decision. “Let’s...

EAGLE shares stories at Queer Monologues

EAGLE shares stories at Queer Monologues

April 13, 2016

The performers, dressed in all black, preached about self-love and self-expression through personal monologues from their queer and trans experiences....

Fighting festival fatigue

April 13, 2016

Every summer, I say goodbye to my favorite musicians. As the warm weather rolls in, these artists leave the comfort of indoor venues behind, heading out...

Part 2: What makes an exceptional sequel or remake

April 6, 2016

Remakes and sequels typically dominate the box office, but this isn’t a new trend. Classic films many regard as originals, like Scarface, An Affair...

Freshmen start multimedia open mic

Freshmen start multimedia open mic

April 6, 2016

The phrase “drop the mic” elicits thoughts of a poet clad in black, reciting dramatic dissertations to a room equally as dark. The Experience...

Alumnus brings D&D inspired show to Boston

Alumnus brings D&D inspired show to Boston

April 6, 2016

“We need to talk.” Those four dreaded words that signal the end of a relationship now serve as the title of a new improvised performance. Inspired...

Black Box Sounds makes the college rounds

Black Box Sounds makes the college rounds

March 30, 2016

Last Friday night, a group of college artists from around Boston performed at the Black Box Sounds Student Showcase, an ArtsEmerson concert series known...

Bird Street students perform to promote program

Bird Street students perform to promote program

March 30, 2016

Nearly 50 years ago, a quote from presidential candidate Robert Kennedy was memorialized in black and white. Today, the words speak in living color. On...

Freshman screens film about living with disability

Freshman screens film about living with disability

March 30, 2016

In high school, many students’ anxieties might concern prom or their latest math exam. For Sonya Rio-Glick, she had another worry that many in her...

Scene sounds and enviornmental folk music

March 30, 2016

Step outside, and you might find music in your backyard. The wind carries the melody, an ocean tide crashing replaces the bassline, and voices echoing...