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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

There will be plays: Emerson Stage in spring

December 31, 2012

This semester Emerson Stage offers a variety of shows to please any type of theatregoer's tastes; from an eclectic dance show to a comical detective-mystery...

Emerson boasts X-ception to Dance conventions

December 31, 2012

Body-bending leaps, twists and turns moved in unison to an equally fluid variety of music during the dry rehearsal for Emerson's Experimental Dance. In...

May-be my Valentine, Ryan

December 31, 2012

Indecision on Valentine's Day is not a new phenomenon. The pressure to come up with the perfect Valentine's Day date is sometimes too much for the boyfriend...

Little#039;s bad Language: Better left untouched

December 31, 2012

John F. Kennedy was a doughnut. Granted, not really but he did have the German populace in a state of confusion when he gave a speech at the Berlin Wall...

A Penn in his lens: An auteur#039;s series

December 31, 2012

Before Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, before even Taxi Driver and The Wild Bunch, there was Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, a film whose violence and...

History Channel airs student#039;s ad

December 31, 2012

Nicholson, winner of the History Channel's "Digging for the Truth" Collegiate Challenge, won by designing a commercial he described as being "like a cheesy...

The Beacon challenges the Academy#039;s choices

December 31, 2012

We at The Beacon respect the Academy and their nominations-but, of course, we don't quite see things the same way. In the bizarre event that we broke into...

Found quot;Lostquot; Characters

December 31, 2012

With "Lost," you never know when a character is going to be washed ashore or ride in on the back of a polar bear. In her article last week, Beacon news...

Pulse shows too much life

December 31, 2012

The Pulse Prophets, according to its press release, calls itself "an original, socially conscious groove machine that knows how to get the party jumpin'."...

The Beacon evaluates Oscar-nominated films

December 31, 2012

AtonementCharlie Wilson's WarThe Diving BellPersepolisThere Will Be Blood,Atonement DIR: Joe Wrightby Terri CicconeAdapted from...

Carbon-copy Darko adaptation leaves no marks

December 31, 2012

As a follower during my high school years of the Darko cult sensation myself, the thought of seeing a play adaptation left me giddy with anticipation.,The...

Eclectic films fill the multiplex and arthouse

December 31, 2012

In Richard Linklater's 1995 intercultural study of post-collegiate observations and relationships, Before Sunrise, Ethan Hawke's character observes, "Everybody's...

Darfur Now doesn#039;t stress the Now quite enough

December 31, 2012

However, this is just about the only evidence of the intense violence in the area that viewers will see in the PG-rated documentary Darfur Now.,A helicopter...

Substance isn#039;t left behind in Sun#039;s No Child…

December 31, 2012

In considering an 80-minute play with 20 characters, one expect to see a considerable number of cast members on stage. Nilaja Sun's No Child. breaks down...

Reitman#039;s Juno: Teen pregnancy done right

December 31, 2012

In a typically cheery middle class home, we are introduced to young Juno MacGuff.,Juno is Knocked Up without crass ejaculation jokes. While both are witty...

Rats, rock and redheads: The Beacon picks #039;07#039;s Best

December 31, 2012

1. Stars of the Lid, And Their Refinement of the Decline Putting their current projects aside, Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride got together to follow up...

In like a ferocious Lion, out like a lame Lamb

December 31, 2012

It wasn't the wisest move of Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford to try to incorporate war, the media and education into just three narrative...

Here for Haynes amp; Dylan, Not There for Margot

December 31, 2012

Director/screenwriter Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding confirms the belief that all weddings end in tears. These tears, however, are borne of frustration,...

Metal and glam: Music subcultures in Boston

December 31, 2012

by Christopher ThompsonMetal was one of the most popular music forms in the world in the late '80s, birthed of off-shoot punk and poofy hair. Overtime...

Sweeney avoids piety, bakes up bloody treats

December 31, 2012

Few composers can manage to make a truly terrifying tale out of a usually harmless occupation: a barber. In Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, the...