Rejoice! The 2023rd April 20th celebration is nearly upon us!
In honor of Thursday’s holiday, here’s an easy-to-read guide on how to participate in the festivities while keeping yourself and others...
Boston’s Vermillion Theater staged their interpretation of “Constellations,” portraying young love throughout different universes—highlighting the fragility of “what-ifs.”
Originally written...
The legacies of queer love stories on stage have been breaking barriers for theater since Broadway’s 1983 production of “La Cage.” This weekend, Boston's Vermillion Theater is taking queer storytelling...
By Clara Faulkner, Managing Editor and Living Arts Editor April 5, 2023
Outside the Paradise Rock Club, fans of indie rock band Colony House felt the rumbling bass and heard the explosive energy of the band's soundcheck as they awaited the Boston stop of “The Cannonballers...
Although Boston provides a diverse and eclectic selection of authentic food from all around the world, Dominicans have a pretty heavy presence in the local cuisine. Dominicans are one of the largest immigrant...
By Maddie Barron, Magazine Co-Section Editor March 22, 2023
On Sunday, attendees of the 2023 South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade did not need the luck of the Irish to have a good time. Spirits were high, both in feeling and drink, presumably keeping the crowd...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor March 22, 2023
What was once an all-night film marathon hosted by a single person—founder David Kleiler—is now one of the most celebrated film festivals in Massachusetts. Over the course of its 23-year run, the Boston...
By Clara Faulkner, Managing Editor and Living Arts Editor March 22, 2023
Ready for a night filled with laughter, a crowd eagerly waited outside the Wilbur Theater for renowned comedian Fortune Feimster’s comedy tour “Live Laugh Love!”
On March 18, the theater was...
By Rumsha Siddiqui, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief March 10, 2023
The Boston Celtics agreed to a one-year contract with 33-year-old veteran and six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin in October of 2022. NBA fans have been labeling Griffin as washed since his 2019-20 season...
Emerson students joined demonstrators from other Boston universities in front of the Massachusetts State House on Feb. 24 to call for stricter gun control legislation in light of the recent mass shooting...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor March 2, 2023
The Boston SciFi Film Festival is unstoppable. It began in the legendary Orson Welles Cinema, once a staple of the Boston-Cambridge independent film scene. When a popcorn-related incident burned down the...
By Karissa Schaefer, Staff Writer, Living Arts February 14, 2023
Originally from Canton, Massachusetts, Rosie Darling grew up singing, messing around on the piano and guitar, and obsessing over Taylor Swift.
There’s a delicacy to Darling's voice—like a soulful...
By Maddie Barron, Magazine Co-Section Editor February 2, 2023
Residents from across Massachusetts met in front of the State House on Saturday to show support for proposed legislation that would allow cities the option to cap rent increases by five percent each year.
The...
By Clara Faulkner, Managing Editor and Living Arts Editor December 7, 2022
Tremont Street was packed with people bearing gowns and glamor for poet and renowned feminist figure Rupi Kaur, who delivered a performance like no other at the Wang Theatre’s Boch Center on Dec. 6.
“Rupi...
As Election Day approaches, Emerson College students evaluate each candidate’s platforms and consider what positions to take on the four ballot questions before voting this upcoming Tuesday.
The...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor November 2, 2022
The annual Boston Asian American Film Festival was held in the Paramount Theatre from Oct. 20 to Oct. 31. This year’s program contained three narrative films, three documentaries, and various shorts...
The late-night city scene buzzed all around, but within the trolley walls, the tour group was in its own mystical world. Transported back to the 1700’s, participants of the Ghosts and Gravestones tour...
The flames of a crackling fire cast an eerie orange glow as they bounce off the black steel of a cauldron. A mysterious, ghost-white extract is added to boiling brew and then stirred with just the right...
We all know how it goes.
Something bad happens (again). A shooting. A hurricane. A new way to restrict reproductive rights. We get filled with that nauseating combination of anger and helplessness....