Wendy McLeod was recently fired for volunteering for a political candidate and while also holding a job as a journalist. Her firing can be seen as an unfortunate consequence of living in a society that values how things appear over the reality of...
Knitting for a great cause at Gateway Theatre (April 24, 2013, The Richmond Review): The hard work of the participants of Gateway Theatre’s first ever Knit and Purl fundraiser was stitched together by volunteers spread across five large tables in the theatre’s lobby Monday.“We can actually see the community effort,” said Lulu Shen, the Gateway Theatre board member who came up with the idea for the fundraiser. The initiative, which benefits SOS Children’s Village, Touchstone Family Association, and the Salvation Army’s Rotary Hospice House and Richmond House as well as Gateway …