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Character of Mystery: Louise Penny releases 19th novel

By Danielle Bartholet, Kasteel Well Staff Writer / November 7, 2024

“Three Pines was not on any map and was only ever found by people who had lost their way.”    This was how Louise Penny described the fictional...

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Princess Polly opens new store on Newbury

By Hannah Woods, Staff Writer / November 6, 2024

The fashion brand Princess Polly opened its newest store in Boston on Oct. 27 with customers lining up and down Newbury Street for the in-person shopping...

Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)

Massachusetts officials react to Trump victory

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / November 6, 2024

Elected officials representing Boston on the local, state, and federal levels swiftly reacted to former President Donald Trump winning a second term...

A pro-choice protester marches with a sign during a women's march for Kamala Harris in Boston ahead of the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 2, 2024 (Hannah Brueske/ Beacon Staff).

Seven states approved abortion ballot measures, while three fell short

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / November 6, 2024

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended the constitutional right to abortion, 10 states posed ballot questions in this year's...

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, Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / 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, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / 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, Dept. Projects Editor / 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, Dept. Living Arts Editor / 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, Staff Photographer / 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, Dept. Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / 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.
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‘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, Dept. Sports 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, Magazine Editor / October 24, 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, Dept. Campus 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