Fresh off of the Broadway stage, the Tony Award-winning musical “Into The Woods” began its two-week run at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on Tuesday night. The performance captured the eyes, ears, and...
Emerson alum Megan Mitchell has built a wildly successful journalism career off of her TikTok success, bridging the gap between old and new media. She uses her reach to advocate for LGBTQ+ people in the...
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 Sophia Pargas, Living Arts Editor February 23, 2023
While “The Sympathy Play” began as a final project for one student’s playwriting class, it will soon jump from within the classroom to upon the stage of the SPC Theatre.
On Feb. 25 and 26, RareWorks...
Recently, Gen Z has coined a new term that accuses feminine-identifying individuals of doing the deed as those who enjoy doing the deed with minimal exertion. This phrase is one you may have heard before,...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief February 18, 2023
Each semester, a new group of students participating in the Kasteel Well program are welcomed by a medieval castle tucked in the countryside of Well, Limburg. For many students, the unique setting of Emerson’s...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor February 16, 2023
Emerson College and Trillium Brewing Company will create a “community gathering space” on the Boston Common, which aims to promote the city’s arts culture and unite community members.
The college...
By Jackson Bailey, Staff Writer, Living Arts February 15, 2023
Students are now able to visit the latest exhibition at Emerson Contemporary, “PseudoRandom,” an exploration of how our spheres of digital communication have begun to overlap and intersect
From...
Would you spend an extra year in a college classroom for the chance to play one more year of collegiate sports? This year, some Emerson students said yes to this opportunity and are making a significant...
The Emerson baseball team dropped its last two games on April 30, 2022, swept in a doubleheader against MIT. But by late April, the Lions were out of the playoff picture; the games didn’t matter.
This...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor February 13, 2023
Emerson’s annual Teach-in on Race event engages with Emerson community members to underscore the college’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and social justice. This year’s...
In the middle of Emerson’s busy basketball season, Ava Salti, junior guard of women’s basketball, decided that both the men’s and women’s team needed a meaningful event off the court to bring them...
By Liz Gómez, Beacon Correspondent February 2, 2023
When I first visited Emerson in 2022, my tour guide told me “mental health is a priority at this college and we offer many resources for students to access and...
By Adri Pray, Content Managing Editor January 26, 2023
A landmark of the neo-Gothic style in Boston, the Little Building was built over a century ago. But it took a purchase by Emerson and a massive contemporary reimagining to earn it recognition for its “modern...
Dear Emerson College Social Media Manager,
Did your finger slip on the post button? Were you only half-awake? Were you in a rush to get to the labor-free day that my ancestors paid for in generational...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor January 25, 2023
Tuesday’s announcement of this year’s Academy Awards nominations came as an impressive feat for the Emerson film community.
Emerson alums Daniel Kwan ‘10 and Daniel Scheinert ‘09 continue their...
By Sophia Pargas, Living Arts Editor January 25, 2023
This spring semester, students have returned to the Emerson Dining Center to find several changes in both food quality and station layout—but not all agree on whether or not these modifications have...
By Karenna Umscheid, Assistant Living Arts Editor, Campus January 24, 2023
Theater is transformation and reflection, a mirror held up to one’s society in the most dramatic form. The productions of Emshakes—formerly known as the Emerson Shakespeare Society—are no exception....
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor December 7, 2022
No filmmakers have been bold enough to suggest dogs have fingers. Classical thought considers dogs’ forelimbs to be legs, making the phalanges on their paws “toes.”
None until Charlie Compton...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief December 7, 2022
David Stewart will join Emerson’s Visual Media Arts department as an affiliate professor of film and media studies in the Spring 2023 semester. He will teach two courses—Approaches in Media Studies...