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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

Professor tackles personal and racial struggles in Sugar

Professor tackles personal and racial struggles in Sugar

December 12, 2012

Robbie McCauley has staged a war against an invisible enemy. It lurks in conversations between old friends, at evening galas, and in dining halls. It’s...

A book honeymoon for a tired girl

December 12, 2012

I am finished with my honor’s thesis. And soon, my BFA thesis will be bound and completed, too. The books in my backpack are long overdue, and I’m...

Clumsiness overshadows The Conspirator’s intrigue

December 12, 2012

 Desperate times call for desperate measures, the saying goes. As The Conspirator, Robert Redford’s new historical drama, shows, those measures...

A Fight to the Clef

December 12, 2012

After 26 acts submitted, it’s down to five. On the line: a one year recording contract with Emerson College’s student-run record label, Wax...

Claymation characters hit the silver screen

December 12, 2012

Director Nick Park is a true British gentleman. Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, he has a firm handshake and a sweet smile. Halfway through discussing...

With three guild wins, The King’s Speech heats up Oscar race

December 12, 2012

The Director’s Guild of America stunned the blogosphere when it bestowed Tom Hooper of The King’s Speech with its Best Director prize on January 29....

Q&A: Actor Terrence Howard

Q&A: Actor Terrence Howard

December 12, 2012

Before his Tuesday event at the Semel Theater, Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard spoke with reporters from the Berkeley Beacon and freeform radio station...

Blackthorn paints a stunning landscape, but falters with characters

December 12, 2012

Forty-two years ago, Robert Redford and Paul Newman rode side by side as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They robbed trains, jumped off of cliffs,...

Hooligans shoots and scores

December 12, 2012

An hour before showtime, the Bill Bordy Theater and Auditorium was already buzzing with the voices of Emerson students. Some excitedly called their...

Franz Ferdinand could have done much Better

December 12, 2012

Although its World War I-era namesake currently resides there, it remains to be seen whether or not Scottish rock outfit Franz Ferdinand will end up...

Come one, come all to Emerson's fall theatre

December 12, 2012

Musical Theatre Society (MTS)Senior directing and dramaturgy major Adam Thompson, president of MTS, is starting the year off early with a Hurricane...

Bob’s Burgers serves up originality on Fox

December 12, 2012

Just four episodes into its debut season, Bob’s Burgers is the best show in Fox’s Sunday night “Animation Domination,” and the only one that wasn’t...

Take a trip down to Crowe's Elizabethtown

December 12, 2012

Elizabethtown follows Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom), a young marketing hotshot whose career has recently come crashing down around him after a shoe design...

Boston's Averi support new album at Avalon

December 12, 2012

With catchy hooks and ready-for-radio melodies, it is no wonder that popular Beantown-based indie band Averi-comprised of vocalist Chad Perrone,...

Show times: Area premiere of The Swell Season

December 12, 2012

Dec. 9, 8:15 p.m. | Bright Family Screening Room | Free for Emerson students Fiction became reality when Glen Hansard and Makéta Irglová...

WECB showcases diversity and accessibility in concert

December 12, 2012

At any given time, listeners to WECB, Emerson’s student-run freeform radio station, can find themselves treated to everything from comedic banter to...

Review: Project X

Review: Project X

December 12, 2012

Project X is, in essence, a mass orgy; a glorification of drugs and sex, and an overall miss for Todd Phillips, producer of The Hangover and Superbad....

Interview: Elizabeth Olsen of Martha Marcy May Marlene

December 12, 2012

The Beacon and reporters from other college media outlets took part in a conference call interview with Elizabeth Olsen, star of emMartha Marcy May Marlene....

Emerson artist seeks value and meaning in Bakersfield Mist

Emerson artist seeks value and meaning in Bakersfield Mist

December 12, 2012

What makes art? Last Thursday’s premiere of Bakersfield Mist, starring Emerson’s Artist-in-Residence Ken Cheeseman, adds another voice to that...