I just got back from seeing the new musical The Blue Flower. According to the website, it's about "four lovers and friends finding their way through a world in pieces" during and after World War I. The characters are loosely--and I mean LOOSELY--based on German painters Franz Marc and Max Beckmann, plus Dada collage artist Hannah Höch, and Marie ( Read more... )

Like many of my LJ and RL friends, I am thrilled by the Senate repeal of DADT, but also aware of how much more still needs to be done to end discrimination here in the US. This is especially brought home by the failure of the Dream Act on the same day as the DADT vote. Today, my thoughts are with all the undocumented students and their allies (we ( Read more... )