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The sights of The Big E at night.

Entertainment, Excitement, Eats: The Big E’s in town

By Sam Shipman, Assistant News Editor / September 30, 2024
On a cool day in early fall, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in West Springfield to experience one of New England’s largest events of the year: The Big E.
The exterior of Paramount Theater on Washington Street.

Warner Bros. brings ‘Sex’ to Emerson

By Ryan Yau / September 27, 2024
Boston Film Festival collaborated with Warner Bros. in anticipation of the upcoming third season of “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”
Vice President for Administration and Finance Paul Dworkis

Emerson’s VP of administration and finance and CFO will retire at the end of the semester

By Hannah Nguyen / September 26, 2024

Emerson’s Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer Paul Dworkis will retire after the fall semester, according to...

Tim Riley, advisor of The Independent (Merritt Hughes / Beacon Staff)

The Independent: the magazine for filmgoers, by filmgoers

By Andriani Maria Lamprinou, Beacon Correspondent / September 26, 2024
Since the ‘70s, Emerson’s magazine, the Independent, has strived to surface underground autonomous filmmakers who were overshadowed by big-budget productions.
The cast of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt; directed by Carey Perloff. Photo by Liza Voll

‘Leopoldstadt’: Tom Stoppard gives a personal eulogy to a lost story of the Holocaust

By Jesse Lipschutz, Beacon Correspondent / September 25, 2024
Tom Stoppard constructs a world that was lost to history in “Leopoldstadt” about the Merz-Jacobovitch family of wealthy, assimilated Jews in early 20th century Vienna.
‘Raw, scrappy, hopeful, and vulnerable’: Odie Leigh talks debut album ‘Carrier Pigeon’

‘Raw, scrappy, hopeful, and vulnerable’: Odie Leigh talks debut album ‘Carrier Pigeon’

By Sam Shipman, Assistant News Editor / September 25, 2024
Between your Adrianne Lenkers and Sufjan Stevenses, the world of modern folk music is a vast spectrum.
Freedom and ‘The Fraud': Zadie Smith talks her newest novel

Freedom and ‘The Fraud’: Zadie Smith talks her newest novel

By Danielle Bartholet, Assistant Living Arts Editor / September 25, 2024
Award-winning British writer Zadie Smith’s latest novel, “The Fraud,” is about many people trying to get free.
Boston College football impresses early in the season

Boston College football impresses early in the season

By Everest Leach / September 25, 2024
The Boston College Eagles are 3-1 on the season after beating Michigan State 23-19 in the symbolic Red Bandana Game to hand the Spartans their first loss on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Left to Right: Tomas Macasaet, Kellyn Taylor, and Gabriella Garza work on rolling and cutting dough to make pretzel bites to cater snacks for a meeting for Emerson’s Generic Magazine on September 24, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

The Sisyphean Journey of Emerson’s Baking Club

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-Editor / September 25, 2024
After more than three years in the making, Emerson’s first official culinary student organization is fresh out of the oven. 
Emerson College to integrate AI into classrooms

SGA reaches deal with FPS over funds, meets college provost

By Hannah Woods, Beacon Correspondent / September 24, 2024
The Student Government Association agreed to allocate funds to Frames Per Second (FPS) and met with the provost and vice president of academic affairs during its meeting last Friday. 
(Laith Hintzman/ Beacon Correspondent)

Sustainability drives ‘Massive Thrift Market’

By Laith Hintzman, Beacon Correspondent / September 23, 2024
Thousands gathered in Roxbury last Saturday to buy used—sometimes decades-old—clothing.
A Emerson College sign above the colleges' visitor center on Boylston street. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Emerson welcomes four new and one returning member to the Board of Trustees

By Adam Nuñez, Beacon Correspondent / September 23, 2024
The Emerson College Board of Trustees added four new members and re-installed one former trustee leading into the new school year, according to an Emerson Today article.
The Little Building at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Despite Emerson’s enrollment shortfall, the class of 2028 remains optimistic

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-editor / September 19, 2024
Emerson College’s freshman class arrived on campus like any other, filling the streets around campus and the halls of Little Building with excitement, noise, and move-in carts.
Senior midfielder Maddie Khaw controls the ball against Bates on Saturday, Sept. 14. (Yogev Toby/ Beacon Correspondent)

Women’s soccer keeps heads high in tough non-conference play

By Jordan Pagkalinawan / September 19, 2024
Following two ties on their home turf, the Emerson women’s soccer team hoped to end that streak when they faced Bates on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Photo by Sam Shipman

JPEGed at Roadrunner: Peggy takes Boston

By Rumsha Siddiqui and Sam Shipman / September 18, 2024
“PEGGY” chants erupted at Roadrunner in anticipation of JPEGMAFIA’s Boston appearance on his “LAY DOWN MY LIFE” tour.
There is a Bright Light that never goes out

There is a Bright Light that never goes out

By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / September 18, 2024
Near its 10th anniversary, the Bright Lights Cinema Series has introduced three generations of Emerson students to hundreds of independent films, highlighting social issues and marginalized perspectives.
Photo by Fiona McMahon

Photos: A new cafe experience in Boston: Visiting a Sanctuary Cafe in Beacon Hill

By Fiona McMahon, Beacon Correspondent / September 18, 2024
This new cafe in sunny Beacon Hill lit up the neighborhood in early September, drawing longing stares from those who pass by.
Courtesy Creative Commons

What is the Harvest Supermoon Eclipse? The rare lunar phenomenon over Boston this week, explained

By Parker Garlough, Beacon Correspondent / September 18, 2024
The night sky over Boston played host to a celestial triple threat, the Harvest Supermoon Eclipse, earlier this week.
An onlooker draped in a Mexican flag watches as Felipe Cuéllar, the deputy consul of Mexico in Boston, gives a speech after the raising of the Mexican flag in City Hall Plaza on Mexican Independence Day on September 16, 2024 (Nick Peace / For the Beacon)

Dozens gather at city hall for Mexican Independence Day flag-raising

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-Editor / September 18, 2024
Dozens of community members, leaders, city officials, and representatives from the Boston Mexican Consulate and other Mexican organizations in Boston gathered at City Hall on Monday afternoon for the raising of the Mexican flag to celebrate Mexican Independence Day.
Metal band Godseyes performs at Day 2 of Tough Luck Fest. (Annie Sarlin/Beacon Staff)

Tough Luck Fest brings Boston rock communities together

By Annie Sarlin, Assistant Living Arts Editor / September 13, 2024
On Sept. 6 and 7, alternative rock and metal acts took the stage at the first-ever Tough Luck Fest at Brighton Music Hall.
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