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The Berkeley Beacon

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

Emerson Stage brings Sachar#039;s Sideways to life at Cutler Majestic Theatre

December 31, 2012

Mrs. Gorf is the meanest teacher in the history of Wayside School, and when she disappears, the students of the 30th floor think they will finally be able...

A night at the opera … in Coolidge Corner

December 31, 2012

Every other month, the art-deco cinema pairs with Boston Lyric Opera to present "Divas in the Dark," a series of opera-based films.,It's late Sunday morning,...

Down to the Bone Spreads good vibrations

December 31, 2012

As soon as Down to the Bone's Spread Love Like Wildfire starts spinning, the influence of George Clinton, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, the bass of...

New box set proves Nick Drake#039;s day is not done

December 31, 2012

Fame eluded singer-songwriter Nick Drake during his brief lifetime. In 1974, at the age of 26, Drake died from an apparently accidental overdose of anti-depressant...

Beacon Quick Picks

December 31, 2012

andJ.R.R. Tolkien - The Children of Hurin,Walter Isaacson; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Available NowAcclaimed biographer Isaacson, formerly the managing...

Before Clarice, young Hannibal starts Rising

December 31, 2012

In the latest installment in the Hannibal Lecter series, Hannibal Rising, the eponymous role will be played by French newcomer Gaspard Ulliel in what he...

Frightening Heads reveals complex Tales in Cambridge

December 31, 2012

Entering the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge is like walking into some sick combination of a morgue and a library. The walls are adorned with large,...

Nightwatch director premieres Love Story at the Brattle

December 31, 2012

Danish director Ole Bornedal will be gracing The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge on March 27 with the exclusive area premiere of his genre-bending thriller...

Beacon Quick Picks

December 31, 2012

by Alexandra leachAUGUSTEN BURROUGHS; RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, AVAILABLE NOWIn Augusten Burroughs' popular and entertaining memoir Running with Scissors,...

Anthony Rapp brings Without You to Boston

December 31, 2012

The actor, a veteran of stage and screen, had done a great deal of singing and dancing in his career but had never completed the steps of the sensual dance...

High Fidelity hits a sad low with musical

December 31, 2012

Fans may hope for music that draws from Elvis Costello, dialogue borrowed from its namesakes and an aesthetic attempting to take the usual spectacle of...

Alumnus brings the laughs

December 31, 2012

Returning to Boston's stand-up scene after a seven-year absence, Clark was near his old Emersonian haunts this past weekend at the Comedy Connection in...

Don#039;t touch that dial: two New York bands herald the second coming of rock

December 31, 2012

From the Ramones to Sonic Youth and the Strokes, New York City has a reputation for turning out quality music. Now, two bands from the city that never...

David Fincher returns with Zodiac thriller

December 31, 2012

Or Dirty Harry.Or The Silence of the Lambs. Less than a year since the direct-to-DVD release of The Zodiac, a fictionalized retelling of the infamous murders,...

Reconsider seeing this Hollywood skewering

December 31, 2012

Working in an industry that is rumored to be full of narcissistic, avaricious and superficial twits, it's unsurprising that some of the sharpest filmmakers,...

Bee Movie exhausts puns like a college newspaper

December 31, 2012

What's the deal with celebrities lending their voices to computer-animated films? Is there really a demand for Robert De Niro to voice a shark or Bruce...

Beacon Quick Picks

December 31, 2012

James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge prove two heads aren't always better than one with Step on a Crack, another crap mystery novel with a title that should...

Experience Ivy League art for almost nothing

December 31, 2012

"Classified Documents: The Social Museum of Harvard University" at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard displays a series of black and white photos...