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Emerson prof. emphasizes media literacy

February 20, 2014

A man sits in a room. He’s talking into a camera. There’s another camera filming that camera. The man’s face is obscured. He’s...

Film producer, alumna Jillian DeFrehn talks Vampire Academy

February 13, 2014

Jillian DeFrehn spent almost 10 years in Los Angeles becoming a PR guru, working for both NBC and CBS. But now, DeFrehn, a 2004 Emerson College graduate...

Preventing prejudice with paintings

Preventing prejudice with paintings

February 13, 2014

In celebration of African-American Heritage Month, Emerson’s Black Organization with Natural Interests, a group that supports black culture on campus,...

WECB spring semester embraces diversity

WECB spring semester embraces diversity

February 13, 2014

Four friends from three different countries — India, Tanzania, and Mexico — discovered that as they attended Emerson...

Sylvia Plath’s Ariel: An appreciation

February 13, 2014

On February 11, 1963, at the age of 30, celebrated poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide in her London home, and subsequently became one of the most mythologized...

Resurrected club screens the unknown and unconventional

Resurrected club screens the unknown and unconventional

February 6, 2014

The munch of kettle corn breaks the stillness. On the screen in Walker 233, a short silent film plays as the small audience of 12 sits, rapt in the storytelling....

Behind the mask of anonymous musicians

February 6, 2014

Shortly after the 2014 Grammys, photos of the members of Daft Punk without their masks went viral. The two had just won a backpack’s worth of awards,...

No need to silence cell phones at HOUSE / DIVIDED

February 6, 2014

Anyone who has attended a live performance of a play or musical knows the anticipation that hits right before the first scene begins.  The lights...

Fathers and Sons helps connect students to art

Fathers and Sons helps connect students to art

February 6, 2014

At first glance, the connection between the characters of Fathers and Sons — inhabitants of a rural Russian community in the 19th century — and...

Q&A with comedian, Emerson alumna Iliza Shlesinger

February 5, 2014

Iliza Shlesinger, a visual and media arts major who graduated Emerson College in 2005, has made quite the splash in the comedy world since heading west...

Finding humanity in The Act of Killing

January 30, 2014

As the Oscar season rolls its way into every media outlet, the time has come to catch up on the contending pictures for both the major and often-overlooked...

Grad debuts novel at Emerson

January 30, 2014

Standing at the podium of Little Building’s Beard Room, Andrew Ladd looks every inch the part of a successful graduate. He wears a spirited purple-and-gold...

ReelAbilities kicks off third annual film festival

January 30, 2014

Technology that lets you use eye movements to paint, journeys to Spanish brothels, and climbs up immense mountain ranges only inches at a time: These are...

Creating an art community, one stream at a time

Creating an art community, one stream at a time

January 30, 2014

College students are guilty of short attention spans and endless multitasking, which often results in having Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Netflix, Wikipedia,...

Why 10-minute songs are better than TV shows

January 28, 2014

During my junior year of high school, a music blog asked what the best closing song on an album is. I thought about it for hours, reflecting on favorite...

My favorite literary Twitter feeds of 2013

January 23, 2014

On Twitter, I am primarily a spectator—I often have difficulty articulating my thoughts at all, let alone in 140 or fewer characters. Indeed, the...

Defining contemporary art, or not: Student curators bring disparate artists to campus gallery

Defining contemporary art, or not: Student curators bring disparate artists to campus gallery

January 23, 2014

Visual art installations on Emerson’s campus often have to wedge themselves into space built for other purposes: Take the LEDs that illuminate the...

Not your average history lesson: ArtsEmerson debuts new show We Are Proud to Present...

Not your average history lesson: ArtsEmerson debuts new show We Are Proud to Present…

January 23, 2014

Audience members of We Are Proud to Present... are taken through a jarring, uncomfortable, and confusing experience — and it’s...

The dream lives on: Students, faculty honor Martin Luther King Jr. with readings

The dream lives on: Students, faculty honor Martin Luther King Jr. with readings

January 23, 2014

During his freshman year at Northeastern University, Michael Brown, an assistant professor of journalism at Emerson, looked across the street to see Martin...

The underappreciated used CD bins

January 19, 2014

It’s 2007 and I’m 15 years old, hunched over a wire crate trying not to make too much noise while my mom explores another section of f.y.e....