Posted on: June 8, 2015

I mentioned Atena Farghadani back in May. She’s an Iranian activist, artist who depicted certain Iranian leaders as goats after they passed legislation restricting birth control. That led to an arrest, a hunger-strike and a heart attack. Now she’s been sentenced to 12 years for ?gathering and colluding against national security?, ?insulting members of parliament […]

The Broadway musical Fun Home, based on the graphic memoir of the same name by Alison Bechdel, was nominated for 12 Tony awards and walked away with the big prize of Best Musical as well as Best Lead Actor, Best Direction, Best Book and Best Original Score. I’m not sure how much involvement Alison had […]

Opening in theaters on November 25, 2015.

I’ve seen Mark present a couple of times now. He’s both funny and informative.