As hordes of students gather in the library this week to write papers and study for exams… actually, let's be real: None of us are studying for real...

The last time Alice Phoebe Lou was in Boston, she opened three sold-out nights at Roadrunner for Clairo. On Saturday night, the singer took the stage at...

Awash in a lush blue light and wearing a flowing sapphire dress, Madison Cunningham gracefully took a seat on stage at the Wilbur Theatre on Saturday night....

Even if you don't know the name Nick Shea, chances are you've seen him around. Pretty much any day, he can be spotted drawing people or rapping on Boston...

(Rina Laby/Beacon Staff)

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the American Revolution was born in Boston. Twenty-three years ago — and of equal importance — Jeremiah Poope ‘98...

Throughout my three-and-a-half semesters in Boston, I have had the great glee of attending 17 concerts — some for pleasure, some for business (this newspaper)....

Two summers ago, my good friend Lucy and I bought tickets to see Modest Mouse and the Pixies’ co-headline tour. While we knew both bands would make an...

While Hollywood has changed over the years, for over three decades, the Oscars have had one constant: Rob Paine ‘92. Starting in 1995 as a production...

Spoilers ahead for the “Twin Peaks” franchise. The world first met FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, played by the charmingly eccentric Kyle MacLachlan,...

We are living in a world filled to the brim with AI slop. It's everywhere: social media, politics, education. This May, an OpenAI backed feature-length...

In the middle of Downtown Boston, between mounds of dirt-caked snow and seemingly never-ending gray concrete, a posthumanist oasis stands. No, it's not...

In 2016, a group of students began the semester in their Narrative Production Lab by starting production on a short film they had been selected to create...

Giddy up Emerson! 2026 is the year of the horse, and with it begins a period of movement, ambition, and social momentum, according to astrologers.  In...

The familiar shriek of the Green Line underneath Boylston Street will come to a halt later this week, as infrastructure upgrades will suspend significant...

Colonial America, by all accounts, was not a great time to be alive. Religion was paramount, royal taxes were high, and Bostonians, including Paul Revere,...

Is woke really back? It sure seems like it, as Zohran Mamdani begins his transition period in New York City and Democrats elsewhere won their races decisively.  Those...

Hundreds gathered in Copley Square last Saturday for Boston’s annual Veterans Day celebration, but as they prepared to march to City Hall Plaza, some...

Emerson's Teach-In on Sustainability, which lasted from Wednesday to Friday night, sought to bring comedic storytelling to informative discussions on climate...

When a crowd of nearly 100 craned their heads to look up at the billowing Massachusetts flag on Saturday, they saw a sword dangling over Thomas Little...

Beginning this week is Emerson’s fourth annual Teach-In on Sustainability. This year, organizers are hoping to get students more engaged than ever in...

A sea of red, green, and white keffiyehs flooded Government Center last week as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Consulate to protest...

As the WNBA Finals commence, I can't help but take a look back at what has been one of the most successful, entertaining, and controversial seasons in...

An uninhibited energy permeated the air at The Arts at the Armory Monday night as Feeble Little Horse graced the Somerville venue with its unique, raw...

Sept. 8, 1989 “Law school closes before it has a chance to open” by Rachel Layne, Beacon Staff “Some 140 prospective law students were disappointed...

If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you follow them? The answer was an enthusiastic “yes!” for the 24 world-class divers who leapt into Boston...

As the intimate crowd of roughly 50 chatted amongst themselves and huddled closer to the front of the room, five outdoorsy-looking men who constitute the...

Anti-ICE protestors in front of the JFK Federal Building, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.

Thousands of local union members and activists used their day off on Labor Day not to relax, but to take to the streets and continue writing the history...

As the spring semester ended and move-out season commenced during the first week of May, Emerson students had the option to donate unwanted items to Griff...

In a mayoral field that has grown in the last few months, Mayor Michelle Wu and philanthropist Josh Kraft seem to be the front runners and are expected...

On the afternoon of Good Friday, a wave of over a hundred people donned in purple garments marched to the Massachusetts State House. The crowd, led by...

On March 26, around 20 Emerson students gathered in the Little Building to hear the founders of Nightcap, a company dedicated to counteracting drink spiking,...

As visitors made their way through the bustling heart of Downtown Crossing Saturday afternoon, a group of nearly 30 demonstrators, most of whom were retirees,...

Around 4:15 a.m. Friday, Rokiya Elhak, president of the Muslim Student Association, awoke to a call from the organization’s vice president, Yunus Stevens,...

The Emerson College Police Department makes the Incident Journal, a record of every criminal incident reported to the department, available daily for public...

Audience members crowded Emerson’s Semel Theater Tuesday night, ready to take notes and ask questions to the former Prime Minister of New Zealand where...

Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop the Coup”...

Just a few months after a contentious presidential election, Bostonians are beginning to prepare for another—this time, for mayor.  On Feb. 4, ...

While over a thousand demonstrators raised their signs, flags, and voices into the chilled air cloaking the Boston Common Saturday afternoon, some demonstrators...

Boston’s annual trellis lighting means Christmas time is here. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park...

Emerson offers over 100 on-campus student organizations but is most famous for its many student performing arts groups. However, from broadcast and print...