Gender/GLBT

For a lot of us who've left Greater Minnesota behind for the flashy lights of the Twin Cities, we sometimes forget what life is like back home - just how oppressive, grinding, and (sometimes) outright dangerous it can be. Cathy Perry and the other members of the Hospitality Initiative want to change that, putting an end to the climate of fear and hatred that pervades the lives of LGBT people in and around Bemidji. 

The Fresh Five is a series of five world premiere one-act plays currently being staged at Bedlam Theatre by 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities. Each play is directed by an emerging female director, handpicked by the theater for her "gutsy" and "provocative" attitude towards her work. While in theater the verb "gutsy" is often mistakenly attached to plays which pointlessly try to raise the stakes of perversity, histrionics, or sheer confusion, the Fresh Five directors admirably work within the bounds of conventional narratives to tell their unconventional stories.

Last summer, the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota began the process of revising its curriculum for educating teachers.