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

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

The Berkeley Beacon

Arts

Broads and brogues in Mercutio’s Dancing at Lughnasa

Broads and brogues in Mercutio’s Dancing at Lughnasa

December 11, 2012

In a dark theater, a film projector hums a family’s silent black and white home movies project onto a screen. Before any lines are spoken, it is...

Emerson Comedy Workshop pushes some buttons

Emerson Comedy Workshop pushes some buttons

December 11, 2012

Emerson Comedy Workshop (ECW) celebrated its 35th anniversary Friday in the Cabaret with a 16-piece sketch show — suggestively and...

EBONI jazzes up the Cabaret with Speakeasy event

EBONI jazzes up the Cabaret with Speakeasy event

December 11, 2012

Fingers snapped, banjos plunked, and an audience of about 15 people gathered around small round tables for a journey back to the 1920s. Emerson’s...

Display highlights the work of Ansel Adams

December 11, 2012

Ansel Adams, whose work is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, was a renowned American photographer known for his well-lit, black...

Film adaptations should sacrifice a little romance

Film adaptations should sacrifice a little romance

December 11, 2012

I enjoyed David Fincher’s adaptation of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as much as the next person — despite its twenty near-consecutive...

Mumblecore auteur talks vision, method, and un-learning film school

December 11, 2012

 Joe Swanberg is a polarizing independent filmmaker whose prolific body of work explores the intimate relationships of twenty-somethings with a bold,...

Events: Comedian Geoff Keith

December 11, 2012

When Geoff Keith isn’t busy signing the body parts of his eager admirers, he laughs for a living. Keith, an up and coming actor and comedian, is...

Enlist for Mendes' look at the Marine Corps

December 11, 2012

Jarhead is the true story of Anthony Swofford's time spent in Kuwait during the Gulf War, based on his 2003 best-selling book. Swofford, portrayed...

Rareworks celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Irish double bill

Rareworks celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Irish double bill

December 10, 2012

While the rest of Boston was getting in touch with their Irish side with gratuitous green and Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, Rareworks Theatre Company...

Audiobooks: plug in and listen up

December 10, 2012

Alongside a barely played-with Barbie doll set, my childhood bedroom held a plastic basket full of mixed and professionally made tapes. I had a boombox...

A.R.T.#039;s Seagull not much better than bird crap

December 10, 2012

pImagine Keanu Reeves starring in a Sam Mendes

Students learn the art of curation with “profiles of the [dis]connected”

December 10, 2012

There is an art gallery tucked inside the Tufte Building. It is inconspicuous, hidden behind a white door at the end of a long hallway that students walk...

Urinetown is a relief from typical musicals

December 10, 2012

What happens when someone dares to go against the system? In the Lyric Stage Company's production of Urinetown: The Musical, this old question...

From John Williams to Trent Reznor: Appreciating film scores

December 10, 2012

After watching last year’s heartfelt film Beginners, my roommate fell in love with the solemn track “Beginners Theme Suite,” part of...

Away we go with the monologue showcase

Away we go with the monologue showcase

December 10, 2012

The black stage of the little building’s Cabaret was naked under the blue lights, save for a skinny microphone pole and the young comedian standing...

Play reveals violence against women in drug-controlled town

December 10, 2012

, Beacon Correspondent/strongNatalia was a studious girl, intelligent and ambitious.  She was always home by eight o’clock.  One early fall night in...

Science on Screen expanding beyond the Coolidge

December 10, 2012

Some people use movies as an escape from the grind of real life. Fans of the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Science on Screen project, however, prefer their...