With arts funding under attack in President Trump’s draft budget released last week, Emerson’s Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, and Research and ArtsEmerson are teaming up with MASSCreative … Continue Reading Emerson to Rally in Support of the Arts
A new tool launched by Emerson’s Engagement Lab promises to help civic leaders navigate the long journeys and bumpy roads of trying to get quality public input into a … Continue Reading Engagement Lab Shows the Way to Better Public Engagement with Roadmap
Once again, Emerson College is asking students, faculty, and staff to join people around the world and switch off the lights for one hour on Saturday to raise awareness … Continue Reading Emerson to Embrace the Darkness for Earth Hour 2017
The 17th annual Emerson College Film Festival, held last Saturday, featured a diverse lineup of films that explored low-income communities, the immigrant experience, sexual assault, and even a man falling … Continue Reading Emerson Film Festival Honors Student Filmmaking at Its Best
Students got a sneak peek into the world of Hollywood when Performing Arts alumnus, actor and producer, David Alan Basche ’90 spoke about his career in the film and television … Continue Reading Actor/Producer Basche ’90 on Hollywood and Emerson Experience
This year’s NewFest, Emerson Stage’s annual festival of new works, will take audiences down two dark, but very different paths—one, a comedy about fratricide, the other, an exploration of the … Continue Reading NewFest Plays Look at Dark Side of Technology, Relationships
Claudia Rankine Photo/John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” winner and acclaimed author Claudia Rankine will shine a light on the historically unquestioned role whiteness plays in … Continue Reading Award-Winning Author Claudia Rankine to Investigate Whiteness in ArtsEmerson Talk
Justice Elspeth Cypher '80, right, is nominated to the Supreme Judicial Court on February 8 by Gov. Charlie Baker, center, and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito. Cypher was confirmed to the … Continue Reading Newly Confirmed SJC Justice Cypher ’80 to Speak at Emerson
Emerson is launching a series of eSports “meet ups,” aimed at connecting professionals, students, and enthusiasts in the emerging industry, as well as positioning the College at the head of … Continue Reading ESports Meet Ups to Create Industry Networking Hub at Emerson
When Stephanie Sanchez was a high school student in Chelsea, Massachusetts, her school got a visit from Bethany Nelson, senior theater educator-in-residence at Emerson, who was recruiting students for a … Continue Reading Boston Youth Speak, Sing Their Minds with EmersonTHEATRE