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

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Strong monologues, powerful acting in effective Vagina

December 31, 2012

If I told you that iThe Vagina Monologues/i was being performed on the Emerson campus, chances are you wouldn't think twice about it. Eve Ensler's famous...

Boston home life and comfort: Redefined

December 31, 2012

Terri Ciccone

Rian Johnson#039;s Brothers Blooms then wilts, leaving its third act high and dry

December 31, 2012

In his hip, seductive directorial debut, 2005's iBrick/i, Rian Johnson took a traditional noir thriller concept and layered it with uncompromisingly stylized...

Buraka Som Sistema brings big beats to Harper#039;s Ferry May 1

December 31, 2012

Does the word "kuduro" mean anything to you? No? Me neither, but the Portuguese, progressive kuduro techno project "Buraka Som Sistema" or BSS, sure...

Francis in Paradise, Anarchy in the Church

December 31, 2012

At eight years old, Robert Francis was invited up on the stage at The Mint Club in L.A. to perform with actor Harry Dean Stanton and singer Chaka Kahn....

Barbie takes a trip to ancient Troy and asks for her money back

December 31, 2012

An array of plastic doll limbs hangs on hooks over the desolate setting of a war camp. The scene is set for the new play iTrojan Barbie/i, now playing...

MIT welcomes suburban rockin#039; Ben Folds on April 25

December 31, 2012

Ben Folds, the bespectacled troubadour of a generation of awkward suburbanites, will be headlining Massachusetts Institute of Technology's annual Spring...

Elvis-infused musical ain#039;t nothing but a hound dog

December 31, 2012

Elvis Presley's 1950's-era hits are crooned to 1950's-era teenyboppers by a man who looks, sings and even quivers his lip like The King.While the widely...

Huntington Theater Rocks to Stoppard

December 31, 2012

Kate Andrews

Holy Halo! Great video games exist outside of Guitar Hero III

December 31, 2012

John Richardson, Pushing Buttons

Pleasure for Millett#039;s art, but not for her oppressive character

December 31, 2012

There is a question that museums and galleries often do not address or answer; should a work be able stand on its own, without the artist's or curator's...

Whiteread#039;s Village glows at the M.F.A.

December 31, 2012

Terri Ciccone

Emerson alum remains unbiased in new doc

December 31, 2012

Steve Miller

Students raise funds at Darfur benefit show

December 31, 2012

"The situation in Uganda and Darfur is very critical. There's not enough going on and it needs to start right here," Chad Urmston said, tuning his guitar...

No disabilities evident in joyful, challenging GIMP at the ICA

December 31, 2012

The words "gimp" and "dance" might seem like a contradiction in terms, but choreographer Heidi Latsky directs a performance at the Institute of Contemporary...

A surprisingly touching funereal exhibit at the Carpenter Center

December 31, 2012

As viewers enter the Carpenter Center at Harvard, a calm and contemplative feeling overwhelms them. The sound of sea gulls and the low hum of crashing...

The violent, viscious Observe is, above all things, a brilliant satire

December 31, 2012

Actor Seth Rogen has paved his career with characters that are at once huggable teddy bears and frustratingly short-sighted slackers. In his new film,...

Wrestling with the Holocaust: Anne Gottlieb opens up to The Beacon

December 31, 2012

It took five years, several trips to Amsterdam and the Westerbork Transit Camp and the collaboration of acclaimed playwright Kirk Lynn and Obie Award-winning...

The unimaginative Monsters vs. Aliens clearly ain#039;t no Pixar film

December 31, 2012

iMonsters vs. Aliens/i is the latest blockbuster spectacle to abuse the ever-trendy 3D technology in an effort to lure audiences into thinking they're...

NewFest#039;s Harold#039;s Fall: A cracked-out game of history and chess

December 31, 2012

Imagine the popular children's story, iHarold and the Purple Crayon/i-except that Harold is a cracked-out, homeless artist, and when he draws with his...

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