The Berkeley Beacon

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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Sofya Levina

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Sofya Levina is the assistant editor of the Arts & Entertainment section in The Berkeley Beacon. She is a freshman journalism major.

Levina was born in the wintery Russian hills. She immigrated to the United States as a child, and after learning English, she grew to love of writing and literature.

Previously, Levina has been published in her high school’s literary magazines, Social Life Magazine, and has worked for the non-profit show Bridge the Gap TV.

Levina can be reached at sofya_levina@emerson.edu.


Events: Comedian Geoff Keith

When Geoff Keith isn’t busy signing the body parts of his eager admirers, he laughs for a living. Keith, an up and coming actor and comedian, is coming to Emerson as part of his current cross-country tour.

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Professor tackles personal and racial struggles in Sugar

Robbie McCauley has staged a war against an invisible enemy. It lurks in conversations between old friends, at evening galas, and in dining halls. It’s the unspoken misunderstanding, politically incorrect and impolite. With Sugar, her new one-woman show, McCauley has staged a war on silence.

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Wax on Felt melts hearts with Valentine’s Day show

Those at the Cabaret Tuesday night will remember Valentine's night as one of music and community, as Wax on Felt hosted its annual show Get Felt Up.

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Review: Woman in Black relies on Radcliffe and cheap thrills

Daniel Radcliffe has made looking worried and fighting evil CGI spirits into a profession. Pluck The Boy Who Lived from the stony halls of Hogwarts, stick him into a dusty haunted house, and the result will be just the same: a very nervous and frantic Radcliffe fighting the malevolent ghosts that just can’t seem to leave him alone.

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Street art exhibit draws misfits, intellectuals, and eccentrics

You know you’ve made it to Fourth Wall’s Street Wall: An Exhibit of Street Art show if the dizzying scent of beer is tickling the hairs inside your nose, and soft whispers about “existential expressionism” cloud your hearing.

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Oscar reviews: Midnight in Paris glides through Roaring Twenties

Midnight in Paris is the dream of every American lit major.

The Good, the Weird, and the German: Animation showcase seeks to expand your mind with refined whimsy

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Blackthorn paints a stunning landscape, but falters with characters

Forty-two years ago, Robert Redford and Paul ...

Blackthorn paints a stunning landscape, but falters with characters

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Aspiring filmmakers examine neglect of Mystic River

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Rareworks concocts bewitching take on family dynamic

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FEARnet previews new sitcom at Emerson

For die-hard fans of bone-chilling Adam Green films like Hatchet and Frozen, his new sitcom, Holliston, may come as a bit of a surprise.

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Lit mashup master shares rapid rise

A million stories walk down the star-studded avenues of Hollywood. Although there is no right path on the road to recognition, author, screenwriter, and producer Seth Grahame-Smith shared his journey as a struggling writer and producer through the Hollywood maze with Emerson students on Tuesday night.

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Tracking Temperance: Student's memoir chronicles long, dark road to sobriety

Olivia James Moravec, a senior studying journalism and marketing communications, realized that addiction had taken over her life came on a not-so-sober morning, when trying to piece together the night before.

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Shakespearean Jazz Show heads south

New Orleans is bursting with thespians, so it’s not surprising that this year Emerson’s Shakespearean Jazz Show has been invited to perform at The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University from July 19 to 22.