In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Hart-Cellars Act. The law abolished the National Origins Formula, which sought to preserve American homogeneity by encouraging immigration from Western Europe. By abolishing the National Origins Formula, the Hart-Cellars Act opened doors and promoted immigration from Eastern and Northern Europe, as well as Asia and other non-Western... Continue Reading →

“Incident At Our Lady of Perpetual Help” by Katie Forgette, currently playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre, is a self-described memory play. It tells a first-person narrative about a time that has passed in the character's memory. However, the play is also rife with nostalgia bait. The story follows the O’Shea clan, an Irish Catholic... Continue Reading →