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Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Your School. Your Paper. Since 1936.

The Suffolk Journal

Shayla Manning / Journal Contributor

“Cirque of the Dead” delivers Halloween horror, gore & erotica

Shayla Manning October 31, 2017

Blood, sex, clowns and zombies took the stage as the Boston Circus Guild put on their annual performance of ‘Cirque of the Dead’ this past Saturday night. The Halloween-themed event took place at...

Courtesy of Tim Gurczak

“Robyn is Happy” acts a guide to navigating the complexities of life

Nathan Espinal October 31, 2017

Performative art provides a platform for people to explore the larger issues that complicate life. The play, “Robyn is Happy” is a meditation on friendship and intervention that confronts these concerns...

Courtesy of Nile Hawver/Nile Scot

SpeakEasy Stage Company’s restructures concept of autism in performance of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

Kendra Huber October 25, 2017

Theatrical ambiguity allows for creative innovation to encompass a production. If done well, the audience experiences this creativity in its intended form, by means of sound, lights, script, props, and...

By Facebook user Zenaida Peterson Poetry

Cantab lounge features renowned poet and activist

Kaitlin Hahn October 25, 2017

On any given Wednesday night at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, one can pay the three dollars fee, present an ID and make way through the doorway, past the bar full of locals and the five 50-something-year-old...

Courtesy of Dan McHugh

In a Suffolk cafeteria, far far away…

Felicity Otterbein October 25, 2017

In a society driven by instant gratification, it’s easy to get swept up in the dramatics and dissatisfaction when something is not put into not-so-patiently waiting hands. Such is the millennial lifestyle. Those...

By Sam Emerson

Director Rob Reiner brings LBJ to life in new film

Juliana Tuozzola October 25, 2017

It has been half a century since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, which ended segregation in public places and made employment discrimination illegal. The act was proposed by President John F. Kennedy,...

Chris DeGusto / News Editor

Takashi Murakami brings Japanese art and culture to Boston

Chris DeGusto October 18, 2017

Usually a quiet and serene setting, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) was anything but traditional on Friday night, as Boston’s best-known epicenter for creativity hosted an enthralling installation to its...

Courtesy of Stratton McCrady

Fall Showcase

Felicity Otterbein October 18, 2017

With the Sullivan Studio Theater acting as a display case for Suffolk theatre students to prove their worthiness of performance, the latest installment of Fall Showcase was nothing short of spectacular. This...

Lexie Piepmeier / Journal Contributor

“Yes” Performs 50th Anniversary Tour in Boston

Juliana Tuozzola October 10, 2017

“Yes” performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on Oct. 4, 2017. The band featured lead singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The progressive rock band was recently...

Katie Hehl / Journal Contributor

#GlamSlam at Boston Fashion Week

Haley Clegg October 10, 2017

Local fashion designers and artists came together Thursday night to share personal stories from their careers as a part of this year’s Boston Fashion Week. #GlamSlam featured 10 different speakers from...

L to R: Nick Wilson, James Carroll, Nael Nacer and Robert Walsh 
By Amy Koczera / Assist. World News Editor

“Midnight Ride” makes light of potential global nuclear threat

Amy Koczera October 4, 2017

Theatre is perhaps one of the most effective ways to articulate ideas and opinions, not only for the purpose of telling stories, but also to communicate powerful and political messages in a visually stimulating...

Kyle Crozier/ Senior Staff Writer

Stage Raider

Kyle Crozier October 4, 2017

Filled with nostalgia, action and humor, junior theatre major Justin Smith brings Lara Croft to life in an original production inspired by the critically acclaimed video game series, “Tomb Raider,”...

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