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

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

The Berkeley Beacon

Arts

Tracking Temperance: Students memoir chronicles long, dark road to sobriety

Tracking Temperance: Student’s memoir chronicles long, dark road to sobriety

December 12, 2012

It all began with Smirnoff Ice. The burning liquid scorched traces of regret as it worked its way down the esophagus, erasing memories one by one. While...

Event celebrates Emerson’s authors

December 12, 2012

Among cheese plates and chatter, just a stone’s throw from the set of Will & Grace, new books by Emerson faculty waited for their spot on the...

Paranormal production to possess Cab

Paranormal production to possess Cab

December 12, 2012

Vaudeville may be dead, but this weekend it will rise from the grave to haunt the Little Building’s Cabaret.  Promoted as “An Evening...

The Tell Tale Har-Har: Chocolate Cake City takes on Poe

The Tell Tale Har-Har: Chocolate Cake City takes on Poe

December 12, 2012

Edgar Allan Poe said, “There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.” Chocolate Cake City’s presentation Friday of The Incomplete Works...

Review: This Means War cant balance rom-com and action tropes

Review: This Means War can’t balance rom-com and action tropes

December 12, 2012

A good romantic comedy is like a well mixed drink. There needs to be just the right amount of romance and comedy, not too much of one ingredient. Adding...

EVVY nominations announced

December 12, 2012

The nominations for the 31st EVVY Awards were announced yesterday and recognized student work across the college's departments.The EVVY Awards ceremony,...

Wax on Felt melts hearts with Valentine’s Day show

Wax on Felt melts hearts with Valentine’s Day show

December 12, 2012

Even those fortunate enough to have that someone special on Valentine’s Day are often let down as the roses die too quickly, the chocolate vanishes,...

Cinematographer stresses alliances in Discover the Academy presentation

December 12, 2012

When someone refers to Martin Scorsese as “Marty,” you know you’re in the company of a mogul. Ellen Kuras, Oscar-nominated and Emmy award-winning...

Beacon around Boston: Independent Film Festival Boston

Beacon around Boston: Independent Film Festival Boston

December 12, 2012

Next week, Independent Film Festival Boston is launching its 10th annual event. For the second year in a row, the Beacon will be there to cover it with...

Literary legends talk Good Prose

December 12, 2012

A black curtain covered the silver screen at the Bright Family Screening Room. The audience filling the cinema seats didn’t come for a movie, but...

Nice Guys rock Allston underground

Nice Guys rock Allston underground

December 12, 2012

Flat Pabst Blue Ribbon, stale cigarettes, unintelligible graffiti on the walls, and floors no person ought to touch without sanitizer and a blanket. The...

ICA and Gardner Museum welcome students

ICA and Gardner Museum welcome students

December 12, 2012

Giovanni Bellini, Rembrandt, Giorgio Vasari, and hundreds of other masters of artistic expression fill the exhibits; classical music and jazz ring from...

Cedar Rapids director fails at copying better auteurs

December 12, 2012

Cedar Rapids is the story of boyish insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), who must attend a regional insurance convention in hopes of winning the coveted...

Fractals and flirtation in a collaborative Café

Fractals and flirtation in a collaborative Café

December 12, 2012

Two parallel lines, composed of 22 student actors and eight professional thespians, stomped across the wooden floor of the Paramount’s Studio Seven....

EmStage’s spring dance show sews together separate stories

EmStage’s spring dance show sews together separate stories

December 12, 2012

Five dancers stand perfectly aligned at the front of the stage, motionless and silent. Suddenly, they snap their heads to the right, in a rippling fashion....

Graceland girls choose education

Graceland girls choose education

December 12, 2012

All Masters of Fine Arts ‘12 graduates at Emerson College construct a master thesis; Jordan Salvatoriello’s took her to Kenya.   Salvatoriello...

Professor’s daughter contender in 2011 Oscar race

December 12, 2012

Unexpected phone calls can be nerve-racking. Filmmaker Sara Nesson, daughter of adjunct Emerson professor Bob Nesson, was in her kitchen when she received...

Review: Casa de mi Padre

Review: Casa de mi Padre

December 12, 2012

Imagine if Sergio Leone put Will Ferrell, machine gun battles, and a talking panther in his famous spaghetti westerns. The result would look a lot like...

Q&A: Seth Grahame-Smith

Q&A: Seth Grahame-Smith

December 12, 2012

The day after speaking at Emerson (his alma mater), author/screenwriter/producer Seth Grahame-Smith talked with the Berkeley Beacon about his books Pride...