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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

The Beacon explores the 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival

December 31, 2012

Forget Facebook and other mindless distractions, stimulate your cranium in between cramming for exams, drafting final essays or putting together your portfolio...

Looking to October at Harvard Film Archive

December 31, 2012

Catherine Viglienzoni

Blues master Derek Trucks slides into Boston#039;s House of Blues April 2

December 31, 2012

Ask any guitarist: Playing slide is tough. Real tough. One of the backbone elements of the blues, slide guitarists don't simply hit punctuated notes by...

Massive and majestic Renaissance emerges from MFA

December 31, 2012

It is no wonder that inside the Gund Gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston viewers stand in hordes around each painting in its newest exhibit, iTitian,...

Vonnegut in Retrospect: Son reads at Brattle

December 31, 2012

Although he is no longer with us, author Kurt Vonnegut's words still echo through this generation. In his posthumously-published collection of writings,...

Fast-talking, quick-witted banter makes for a strong Speech

December 31, 2012

"Oh, we're back in school," said one adult immediately upon entering the Lyric theater. As this woman's reaction suggests, the set is so familiar that...

Beacon columnist Wolk takes on the politics of W.

December 31, 2012

Jake Wolk, Beacon columnist

Trailer Park

December 31, 2012

bi17 Again/i/bIs it terrible to pray that Zac Efron's first post-iHigh School Musical/i studio film, i17 Again/i, fails in every possible way? Though,...

Fade fails to enlighten at Emerson#039;s Tufte

December 31, 2012

Terri Ciccone

Pierce#039;s film signals no Stop to failed Iraq flicks

December 31, 2012

Told from three returning soldiers' points of view, Stop-Loss hones in on the lives of what we are meant to perceive as simple, everyday American folks...

Political, celebrity match-up: Beacon style

December 31, 2012

Conan O'Brien gave this a shot. So did AOL News. But we at iThe Beacon/i have a better idea of who could play the political players of the 2008 presidential...

NewFest solves Rubik#039;s Cube

December 31, 2012

Originally entitled The Caveman Cometh, The Rubik's Cube is a dark comedy in the spirit of Monty Python involving British philosophers and American paleontologists,...

John Charles Music finds its Way Back Home

December 31, 2012

Known on stage simply as John Charles, the 22-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist from Watertown, Conn. is a former Emerson student and will be playing...

Behind the Pen: Interview with Cube playwright Kimberly Barrante

December 31, 2012

Each year at NewFest, the winner of the 2008 Rod Parker Playwrighting Award gets the chance to see their play produced and performed on stage. This year,...

Truppi digs up Truth in Politics

December 31, 2012

Catherine Andrews

Past and Present: Political films with lasting impact

December 31, 2012

Paddy Shea, Harry Vaughn

Emerson#039;s Marat/Sade Perverted to perfection

December 31, 2012

"The only reality is imagination," the Marquis de Sade sneers, as ominous towers loom above his head and his fellow inmates of the Charenton Asylum surround...

Arcade Fire delivers sermon

December 31, 2012

There are usually two ways for a band to go with its second album.One is sticking to the original formula that may have worked so well the first time.,Coming...