Emerson screens filmmakers’ efforts

Article by: Julia Dawidowicz

You don’t need to fly all the way to Cannes or Sundance to watch screenings of today’s most innovative films. On Monday, Feb. 22, The Experimental Cinema Exposition, TIE, held a special screening of short avant-garde films at Emerson College that featured the works of various contemporary filmmakers, many of whom have Boston roots.

TIE is a non-profit, multi-day traveling film festival that highlights the works of modern experimental film makers and provides artists with an opportunity to share their films with one another. On Saturday, TIE held a first screening at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art followed by Monday’s screening, which was attended by a small audience in Emerson’s Walker building on Boylston Street. The eight films, which were compiled by the curator and co-founder of TIE, Christopher May, were shot almost exclusively shot in 16 mm film; a media which is very rarely seen projected on a big screen these days. They were followed by a dynamic Q & A session with two of the directors.

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Suffolk professor appearing on WGBH program

Article by: Ethan Long

When WGBH first signed on in 1951, composer Aaron Copland told those listening in that it was “heartening to know that a station is now on the air broadcasting programs designed to be of interest to an adult mind.” Nearly 60 years later, the station is still broadcasting programs, though a format change at the end of last year caused the programming to shift from a music station to a station full of talk programs. One of these programs, the Callie Crossley Show, lives up to what Copland broadcast decades ago. The show covers subjects reaching from the day’s news to topics that are creating buzz around the area. On Friday afternoons, Crossley brings in Dr. Thomas Connolly, an associate English professor at Suffolk, as they go through hot topics from the week on a segment called “Ragtime.”

“Moment to moment, high falutin’ , hyper-intellectual discussion that slides down the banister into intellectual slapstick,” said Dr. Connolly, describing the segment. “We talk about the headline-grabbing stories of the week as they are treated by the tabloid press, the sensational press.”

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Mother Earth’s Munchies

Article by: Ashley Maceli

There really is no other feeling like the kind you get when you eat a nice healthy meal. Not only does a good sustainable meal make you feel amazing, but you are doing good for the environment. Here are some recommendations of ecologically friendly food places.

Boloco just may be the best place to find burritos in Boston. With locations on Newbury Street, Harvard Square and Downtown Crossing, just to name a few, it is super easy to get to eco-friendly burrito bliss – and now they even deliver!

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Eco-friendly homewares

Article by: Angela Bray

Greenwood Store

Greenward, an exclusive eco-modern shop, is located on Mass Ave. in Porter Square. The local business is owned by Scott Walker and his wife, Simone. Greenward’s beginnings started when Walker and his wife wanted  “to give people of the Cambridge and Somerville area the option of sustainable products, which can be hard to find,” said employee Leah Gillespie. “Everything in the store is recycled or promotes sustainable living, and we try to buy local as much as possible,” said Gillespie. “We have a little of everything.”

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