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13 hrs ago | HomeTownLife.com

Making some 'Noises'

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.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Las Vegas Review Journal

Theater Chat: 'Rent,' 'Laramie Project' get people talking

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 ...

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Blogging Baby

Nevada High School Parents Sue to Stop Students From Performing 'Rent'

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.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

KSNT-TV Topeka

New Labratory Comes to Manhattan

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.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

National Public Radio

Obama Set To Sign Bill Widening Hate Crime Laws

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

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Bug-borne disease lab heading to Kansas

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

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

CBS News

Obama Hails Expanded Hate Crimes Law

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

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Orlando Homicide Report

Family of Polk County gay hate crime murder victim to visit White House

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

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Little Chicago Review

Watch for CWD

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

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Pauley Perrette Takes On The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later

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.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Techrockies.com

Firehole Technologies Buys CompositePro

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 .

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Little Chicago Review

Fatalities 104, 105

A Salt Lake City girl, 15-year-old Dakota Chee, was killed in an accident eight miles west of Laramie, on I-80. Three other Chee family members were hospitalized at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Austin Daily Herald

Maybe Dylan can eat his words

There's something heartwarming about Emerson's comment on aging. The author, Barry M. Andrews, of Emerson as Spiritual Guide says, "Emerson's words are provocative and revolutionary." His essential message is that "the religious sentiment is innate and intuitive in human experience.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Best bet: 'The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later'

"THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER": Two local theaters are staging today-only productions of the play "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later." It explores life in Laramie, Wyo., 10 years after Matthew Shepard, a gay man, was fatally beaten near Laramie.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Laramie' event at UWM

Tectonic Theater Project instigated national soul-searching with "The Laramie Project," its play about the 1998 gay-bashing murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

National Public Radio

'Laramie' Producers Revisit Matthew Shepard Tragedy

Eleven years has passed since the death of Matthew Shepard, the young man who was beaten and left to die in Laramie, Wyo.

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BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

Over 100 Theatres To Premiere 'Laramie Project' Epiologue 10/12, New Online Community Launched

The creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in America, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece.

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The Courier-Journal

'Laramie' at Actors

The Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company will stage a reading of "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later," an epilogue to the acclaimed play, at 8 p.m. Monday.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

KDRV

OSF takes part in nationwide reading of 'The Laramie Project '

By Andrea Calcagno A October 12, 2009 A ASHLAND, Ore. - The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, along with more than 100 universities, regional theaters and high schools around the county performed the play 'The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later' Monday night.

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The State Journal

Greenbrier Valley Theatre Brings Attention to Homosexual Rights

The brutal murder of a gay man in 1998 serves as a rallying point for homosexual rights.

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