Laramie News

By MoisA©s Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project. Directed by Nicola Cavendish.

Performed by students in the North Shore community, The Laramie Project tells the true story of one of the most controversial crimes of the last 50 years, told through the actual words of the people who knew the perpetrators and the victim of the horrific 1998 attack that took place in Laramie, Wyoming, in which two young men tied another young man ...

Bone marrow and bones nourish Nicola Cavendish's two November projects. She's "pulling" from her bone marrow to direct The Laramie Project , and the night after the play ends, she'll reprise the role that's been under her skin for 20 years, Shirley Valentine .

This past week Jews once again joined members of the LGBT community in being at the forefront of those unfortunate enough to be publicly hated by God.

Police arrested the 20-year-old driver of a vehicle that crashed and left a Laramie teenager dead.

Micky and the Motorcars, led by Micky Braun, bring their rowdy brand of country rock to the Grizzly Rose tomorrow night.

The Hoogland Center for the Artsa production of the Laramie Project showcases local talent.

Hatred, violence intolerance and homophobia are tough subjects for just about anyone to tackle.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory is moving to Manhattan from Laramie, Wyo.

Molly Wallace had to tame her natural inclination to be funny the last time she was on stage, in last year's Second Stage Players production of "The Laramie Project." The play, about the controversy surrounding the 1998 murder of gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo., wasn't the place for humor.

It's rare when an issue galvanizes an entire theater community. Seemed everywhere I went this week someone would ask, "What do you think of what's going on with 'Rent' and 'The Laramie Project'?" For those who have missed the news stories, editorials, columns, and letters to the editor, Green Valley High School is presenting edited versions of the ...

Parents at a Nevada high school are suing the school to stop productions of "The Laramie Project" and "Rent," the smash Broadway hit which had a standing ovation on its closing night, pictured above.

Some good news for Manhattan, a federal animal research program is moving to the "Little Apple" and it could likely bring more business to the area.

May 1999: Judy Shepard attends Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on hate crimes, along with Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder and Sen.

A federal research lab that investigates animal diseases spread by insects, spiders and other bugs is moving to Kansas.

The hate crimes bill is named for Matthew Shepard, pictured here in an undated photo.

The law expands the federal definition of a hate crime to include the words "gender" and "gender identity," among other things.

Green River - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has increased its big game disease surveillance in 2009.

NCIS ' Pauley Perrette and more of TV's biggest stars are banding together for a one-time performance of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later to benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation and stand up for gay rights.

Laramie, Wyoming-based Firehole Technologies , a developer of composite analysis and simulation software, announced today that it has acquired CompositePro , a software product used for composite design and analysis, from Arvada, Colorado-based Peak Composites .