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This month marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. Here’s what we know to be true: on the night of October 6, 1998, Shepard, 21 years old, was pistol-whipped, tortured, and tied to a fence, left to die, in a field outside of...

The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga Recommended by Marie Eckert Akhmatova witnessed the tumultuous years of the Russian Revolution and survived Stalin’s repression and terror. Her elegy, “Requiem” was written in secret over three decades and was created...

Yolo Crisis Nursery Campaign Reaches $75,000 (Friends of Yolo Crisis Nursery Press Release) The Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery hit a milestone in their fundraising campaign this week, tallying $75,000 toward the $100,000 they’re seeking to...

The London Theatre Workshop is pleased to announce 3 performances of a staged reading of “The Laramie Project” to take place Upstairs at the Southern Cross on October 12th and 13th, exactly 15 years after the death of Matthew Shepard, the...

Oct. 18-24: “Sound of Music” at ASU Gammage. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Amid all the angst in American politics these days, playwright Dwayne Hartford is working hard to highlight the value of public service through a musical called “Rock the Presidents...