The Napa Valley College LGBT Studies Program in partnership with NVC’s Theater Department will present the documentary film “Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine.” The event will take place at 7 ...

Matthew Shepard's friends Walter Boulden and Alex Trout, from left, get emotional as they speak during a national vigil for Shepard at the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 14, 1998.

Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was kidnapped, robbed and pistol-whipped, died on Oct. 12, 1998, five days after he was rescued from a Wyoming ranch where he had been left tied to a ...