Constance McMillen, Grand Marshall

by | Apr 23, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

Initially famous as the figurehead of a facebook page fast approaching half a million fans titled, “Let Constance Take her Girldfriend to Prom!” (supported by the ACLU), high school student Constance McMillen has just been named the Grand Marshall of this...
StageStruck: Back to Back to Basics

StageStruck: Back to Back to Basics

by | Apr 23, 2010 | Stage

The 10-minute play is a relative newcomer to the contemporary stage, but it has grown like ivy. Numerous festivals, how-to courses and script collections are devoted to the mini-genre, which has also spawned a particularly addictive variant. The format’s...

Working Against Mass Incarceration

by | Apr 23, 2010 | News

In 2000, veteran activist Lois Ahrens came up with the idea of a course, through Amherst’s Center for Popular Economics, that would look at what we as a society truly pay for our system of mass incarceration—a system that, as of 2009, saw just under 2.3...
Big-League Courage

Big-League Courage

by | Apr 23, 2010 | News

Last week, perennial NBA All-Star and five-time champion Kobe Bryant called an official who had just hit him with a technical foul a “fucking faggot.” The offensive slur was captured on national TV, prompting basketball analyst Steve Kerr to suggest,...