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Behind the scenes on "La Bibliothèque." Courtesy Dana Koops

Emerson alum Dana Koops commemorates her brother with short film ‘La Bibliothèque’

By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / November 6, 2024
Dana Koops, BFA '23, wrote, directed, and starred in her thesis film "La Bibliothèque,” which follows a woman receiving a supernatural FaceTime call from her recently deceased brother.
Mass. voters approve ballot measures on removal of MCAS requirement, Legislature audit, and ride-hail unionization

Mass. voters approve ballot measures on removal of MCAS requirement, Legislature audit, and ride-hail unionization

By Rylie Burns / November 6, 2024

Mass. ballots included five ballot measures this year. After receiving official election results, voters approved the removal of the Massachusetts Comprehensive...

Mass. Sen Elizabeth Warren speaks to a crowd of Massachusetts Democrats at SoWa Power Station hours after her re-election to the Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

MassDems express hope and confidence on election night ahead of Trump’s comeback victory

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-editor / November 6, 2024

Everything except the spirits at SoWa Power Station was blue early on election night, as it hosted a watch party event for the Massachusetts Democratic...

A march attendee hold up a sign that reads "we're not going back". (Sophia Schiappa/ Beacon Correspondent)

Feminists hold Women’s March in the Boston Common on election week

By Hannah Brueske / November 5, 2024

It was an uncommon sight in the Boston Common as a 5-foot tall handmade drinking straw made its way through the park’s trails. It accompanied a crowd...

Courtesy Mike Mejia

The Boston Pops present ‘Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert’

By Max Ardrey, Beacon Correspondent / November 4, 2024

“There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best,” boasts Jack Skellington, the spindly Pumpkin King of Halloween Town in “The Nightmare Before...

A booth selling books by AK Press, a worker-run publishing and distributing company.

Faces of the Boston Anarchist Bookfair

By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / November 3, 2024

Since 2011, the Boston Anarchist Bookfair has provided a physical space for anarchism and wider leftist thought, hosting book retailers, vendors, and...

Boston En Vogue shines for Boston Fashion Week

Boston En Vogue shines for Boston Fashion Week

By Rosa Morales Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / November 3, 2024

On Oct. 15, the Boston En Vogue Luxury Fashion Show, set against the romantic goth style architecture of Newbury St.’s Emmanuel Church, became a place...

"The Brutalist" (2024), dir. Brady Corbet. Courtesy Film at Lincoln Center Press

IFFBoston Fall Focus brings an exciting lineup of films this Halloween weekend

By Max Morin, Beacon Correspondent / November 2, 2024
In a city of young filmmakers and movie lovers, an exciting slate of 14 upcoming films are coming to...
A Beacon Hill resident watched over her cauldron of candy on Thursday evening during Boston’s trick-or-treat night. (Madla Walsh/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Creatures of the night: The best of Beacon Hill trick-or-treat night

By Madla Walsh, Assistant Photography Editor / November 2, 2024

Crowds of trick-or-treaters took over Beacon Hill Thursday evening. Monsters, Princesses, and more swarmed the famous cobbled streets, trekking bags of...

Part of the fitness center update included an increase in the number of free weights and weight training machines like two weight rooms and more dumbbells. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Emerson’s new Fitness Center will open on Monday

By Max Morin, Beacon Correspondent / October 30, 2024
The new fitness center in Piano Row has been in the works for several years and will have an official grand opening Monday morning.
Boston City Hall in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)

Boston City Council backs local striking hotel workers

By Laith Hintzman, Beacon Correspondent / October 30, 2024
Dozens of striking hotel workers filled Boston City Council’s meeting room with chants and cheers as the council unanimously adopted a resolution to support UNITE HERE Local 26 Boston, a hospitality workers union, last Wednesday.
‘Hitpig!’ crew members talk creating new animated feature film

‘Hitpig!’ crew members talk creating new animated feature film

By Annie Sarlin, Assistant Living Arts Editor / October 30, 2024
Directors David Feiss and Cinzia Angelini and composer Isabella Summers discussed their upcoming animated feature, “Hitpig!,” starring Jason Sudeikis and Lily Singh.
Courtesy of NEON

‘Anora’: A dream is a wish your heart breaks

By Bryan Hecht and Max Ardrey / October 30, 2024
We have been led to believe that if a woman’s garments are turned into a gown, a pumpkin into a carriage, and her raggedy shoes into glass slippers, she may be seen as royalty.
The Emerson women's soccer class of 2025. (Courtesy of Naia Driscoll)

Women’s soccer falls to Clark in Senior Day thriller

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Managing Editor / October 30, 2024
Purple streamers, balloons, and tablecloths greeted fans at Rotch Field on Saturday as the Emerson women’s soccer team celebrated senior day.
Handcrafted lanterns for sale at the parade. (Fiona McMahon / Beacon Staff)

Celebrating 41 years of Jamaica Plain history with The Lantern Parade

By Fiona McMahon, Beacon Correspondent / October 23, 2024
Winter is looming, and one Boston neighborhood in particular has a special way of celebrating this impending season of cold and darkness.
The college illuminated Little Building with artwork and messages celebrating the graduating class of 2020 on Saturday. The display will run for two weeks.

Emerson College released its 2024 annual security report. We broke it down.

By Merritt Hughes, Opinion Co-Editor / October 23, 2024
Overall crime, including liquor law violations, sexual harassment cases, and violent acts towards women, increased at Emerson College’s Boston campus in 2023
Everything you need to know for Election Day

Everything you need to know for Election Day

By Rachel Choi, Illustrations/Graphics Editor and Chief Copyeditor and Social Media Manager / October 23, 2024
As Election Day approaches, voters all over the nation are getting ready to head to the polls.
(Shannon Clark/ Beacon Correspondent)

Emerson College hosts 9th annual Fresh Check Day mental health fair

By Madalyn Jimiera, Beacon Correspondent / October 23, 2024
Emerson students indulged in games, prizes, and education on mental health resources at the college’s ninth annual Fresh Check Day mental health fair in The Loft. 
A plaque from the bridge renaming ceremony in honor of Bill Russell (Yogev Toby for The Berkeley Beacon)

“A legend both on and off the court”: Boston bridge renamed after Celtics star Bill Russell

By Yogev Toby, Staff Writer / October 23, 2024
Jeannine Russell took a long pause and observed the audience before her, tears in her eyes.
Tim Walz with a fist raised steps out of his airplane at Boston Logan International Airport on Oct. 20, 2024 (Nick Peace/ For the Beacon).

Walz arrives in Boston for two-hour fundraising stop

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-editor / October 22, 2024
Vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz landed at Logan International Airport at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday