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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...

Terrence Howard walks away

Terrence Howard walks away

December 12, 2012

Terrence Howard, an Oscar-nominated actor known for roles in Hustle & Flow and Red Tails, surprised his audience in the Semel Theater Tuesday by saying...

Gamers gather, go-kart, groove at Geekout

Gamers gather, go-kart, groove at Geekout

December 12, 2012

Students grooved to the iconic “Thriller” in a Michael Jackson video game, would-be speed demons raced one another on the psychedelic Rainbow...

Make the most of what Boston cinema offers

December 12, 2012

There are two weeks left, people. For my final Beacon column, the only thing I can think to write about is how little time I have left at Emerson, and...

A look at Baumbach’s Greenberg, 2010’s most underrated film

December 12, 2012

is a senior writing, literature and publishing major.

Chibi-Robo makes cyberspace chores exciting

December 12, 2012

pIn this quirky title for the Nintendo GameCube#44; cleaning floors and collecting garbage is all in a dayapos;s work.

Decriminals Media Production: From hemp to hip-hop

Decriminals Media Production: From hemp to hip-hop

December 12, 2012

Decriminals, a student-run hip-hop production company, got its start during the summer of 2011, shooting videos of amateur rappers on Boston Common. The...

Uncommon Commons

Uncommon Commons

December 12, 2012

Polly Carl and David Dower have a vision for theater — one that encourages new work and makes it easily-accessible. They’ve decided...

Emersonians surface at underground film festival

December 12, 2012

Lewis Savarese, Beacon Correspondent The lineup for the 13th annual Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) is loaded with Emerson alumni competing...

Put on your dress: it's time for Dragtoberfest

December 12, 2012

The elevator doors of the Tufte Production and Performance Center opened onto a mosh pit-like crowd of somewhere between 200 and 300 members of the Emerson...

The Comedy Competitors: Tournament challenges schools' laughsmiths

The Comedy Competitors: Tournament challenges schools’ laughsmiths

December 12, 2012

One person and a microphone vs. an audience — stand up comedy is among the most solitary of the performing arts. But last week, eight...

50 Cent's new act: Get Rich or Die Tryin'

December 12, 2012

But, the fact that you can find his songs in da clubs from Los Angeles to Miami is not enough for Jackson.,"Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson...

Unaired pilot screening to showcase assistant prof.’s efforts

December 12, 2012

, Beacon Staff/strongA young hotel concierge vying for a management position. His escaped convict brother arriving on his doorstep. A host of wealthy New...

Who Shouldn’t Win Gold

December 12, 2012

I work at a movie theater.  Not just a movie theater, an art house cinema.  I can recall just about every film to hit Boston screens in 2010, and I’ve...