Lifestyle
New organization brings attention to forgotten musical theatre genres
By Shruti Rajkumar, Staff Writer
February 26, 2020
Late one night in October 2019, freshman Garrett Traer sat in his dorm room writing a pitch for the Musical Theatre Society of Emerson College, a student-run organization that produces fall and spring musicals. Traer said he began questioning whether his pitch fit the contemporary pop-rock genre that...
Alum creates documentary about lack of LGBTQ+ women spaces
By Katiana Hoefle, Assistant Arts Editor
February 26, 2020
After coming out in her twenties, Alexis Clements ‘01 sought a community space for queer women but soon learned that the majority of them were closing across the country, inspiring her to research the spaces and showcase the narratives of queer women within these communities in a documentary. The...
Tiny Thrift Store expands with Lion’s Den pop-up events
February 16, 2020
The Eco Ambassadors held their first Tiny Thrift Store Pop-Up on Feb. 11 in the Lion's Den, marking the beginning of a string of monthly pop-ups. The pop-ups will occur on the second Tuesday of every month from 3–5 p.m. in the Lion's Den, where students will have the opportunity to donate unwant...
Emerson alum Ben Collins finds success covering dystopian beat
By Erin Renzi
February 13, 2020
One morning in August 2015, Ben Collins '10 woke up and saw the news of Alison Parker—the girlfriend of his good friend and roommate Chris Hurst '09—shot and killed on live television. The shooter recorded himself killing Parker while she conducted a live interview for a local TV station. Photographer...
Journalist-in-residence’s project set to be shown at Salem State University
By Taina Millsap, Living Arts Editor
February 13, 2020
Emerson journalist-in-residence Lina Giraldo taught immigrant community members how to build cameras from recycled materials in 2018 as part of a project with the City of Boston. Now, the cameras are on display at an exhibit titled Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow and features work from Latina artists that focus on clim...
Em Magazine founder finds success outside of Emerson
By Melanie Curry, Deputy Arts Editor
February 8, 2020
As a teenager, Faye Brennan ‘09 ripped pages out of magazines and rearranged them into collages. Once done, she plastered her collages on her wallpaper to continuously remind herself of her end-goal to write for a magazine. In Jan. 2017, Brennan started working at Cosmopolitan as the Sex & ...
Students of color create series to represent Emerson’s minority community
By Katiana Hoefle, Assistant Arts Editor
February 6, 2020
When Emily Cristobal realized that she was one of the few minorities in her honors program, she wondered if she was being “tokenized” because of her ethnicity. “All the white kids, I just thought were so much smarter than me, because they came from these great schools that had great educational...
Emerson alum appears on late-night talk show for magic and comedy
By Julian Valgora, Staff Writer
February 5, 2020
Alum Justin Willman '02 already had the idea of combining his passion for comedy with his showmanship as a magician before he graduated from Emerson. Willman is appearing on late-night talk shows 18 years later, starring in his original Netflix series Magic for Humans, and performing stand-up in venues...
Kidding Around creates book fair to bring love of reading to toddlers and young adults
February 5, 2020
Senior Connor McNinch still recalls the thrill of emotions he felt as he browsed books years after attending Scholastic Book Fairs as a child. "I loved the book fair, it was the most exciting time of my life," he said in an interview. "I wanted to find a way to kind of like bring that into Kidding A...
Tom Cooper, champion of treats and sower of kindness
By Domenic Conte, Managing Editor: Print
January 29, 2020
During the Thanksgiving and winter breaks, freshman Jehan Ayesha remained on campus, over 9,000 miles away from her home in Malaysia. Ayesha received a welcoming invitation to the home of professor Tom Cooper, who opens his doors to members of the Emerson community during the holidays, particularly those...
Graduate student takes first prize in TV diversity category at screenwriting competition
By Shruti Rajkumar, Staff Writer
January 29, 2020
While drafting a script outline for her Writing Series Television course in January 2019, second-year graduate student Jessica G. Hill Cabrera-Contaoi was inspired to channel the guilt and sadness she feels toward the current immigration crisis in the United States. A first-generation Colombian, she...
Tiny Thrift Store created in Colonial basement to help curb “fast fashion”
By Taina Millsap, Living Arts Editor
January 22, 2020
After years of being surrounded by nature as a Boy Scout and accidentally stumbling upon the environmental studies minor, junior Ben French decided to create a small thrift store on campus to help students avoid shopping at big chains that support fast fashion.French’s project, called the Tiny ...
