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SPEECH ITSELF: Jenny Holzer Installation at Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY

On five nights in September, the renowned artist Jenny Holzer will celebrate PEN America’s century-long defense of the written word and the fundamental rights that make free expression possible with a powerful new series of light projections that will illuminate three buildings in Manhattan’s iconic Rockefeller Center. Starting after sunset at 8pm on Wednesday, September ... Read More

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Banned Books Trading Cards Artist Reception + Exhibit Launch

Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Join us as we reveal the winning Banned Books Trading Cards. Mingle with the winning artists, take home your own set of cards, and celebrate the opening of the Banned Books Week exhibit in the library's lobby on Friday, Sept. 16. You can enjoy a beverage and snack on treats while viewing all 74 wonderful ... Read More

Banned Books Trading Cards Gallery

Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Visit Chapel Hill Public Library Meeting Room A between September 17th and September 30th during library open hours to see a display of Banned Books Trading Cards 2022 submissions and large format displays of winning entries from past years. Pick up your set of trading cards and participate in an interactive display on the theme, ... Read More

Banned Books Week with Redux Society

Redux Society 215 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, MO

Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates open access to books in our schools, libraries, and communities. This is Redux Society's first year participating, and we have a full week of Book Bingo, Book Discussions, and more! As an LGBT+, BIPOC, and Woman-owned bookstore, it is more important than ever to raise these ... Read More

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Banned Books Week at Little Free Library #33634

1402 Lexington Avenue, Greensboro, NC 1402 Lexington Ave, Greensboro, NC

To celebrate Banned Book Week, every book in the Little Free Library will have been banned or challenged at one time. Each book comes with a bookmark explaining its history.

Banned Books Week at Mitchell Public Library

Mitchell Public Library 221 N. Duff St., Mitchell, SD

Banned Books Week (September 18 - 24, 2022) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all ... Read More

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Live Tour of The Banned Books Museum

Virtual Event

The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we're live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day! Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting ... Read More

Free

Banned Books Week Display at Infinity Flux

Infinity Flux 3643 Hixson Pike, Chattanooga, TN

Banned Books Week Display at Infinity Flux Featuring a rotating selection of comics and graphic novels that have been banned or challenged.

Bannned Books Giveaway

Montana State University Library MSU Centennial Mall, Bozeman, MT

This year, Montana State University Library is celebrating Banned Books Week with a banned and challenged books giveaway. Students are invited to stop by the library to get a free book and talk with librarians about the ways books unite us and censorship divides us. Students can also write a postcard to their favorite banned ... Read More

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Live Tour of The Banned Books Museum

Virtual Event

The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we're live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day! Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting ... Read More

Free
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Live Tour of The Banned Books Museum

Virtual Event

The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we're live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day! Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting ... Read More

Free

Banned Books Week Trivia Fun

FSCJ Deerwood Center Library and Learning Commons Jacksonville, FL

Try our virtual escape room, answer trivia questions about censorship, make a button to keep, enter for a chance to win prizes.

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Live Tour of The Banned Books Museum

Virtual Event

The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we're live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day! Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting ... Read More

Free

Intellectual Freedom – Banned Books Week Event

Dr. Ernie Bond Curriculum Resource Center 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD

MLA Intellectual Freedom Panel and Salisbury University Libraries in conjunction with the Wicomico Public Library and the Eastern Shore Regional Libraries (ESRL) are hosting a Banned Book Week Event calling attention to current efforts to censor books, the impact such efforts have, and underscores the importance of the freedom to read. Please join us virtually ... Read More

Free
Recurring

Live Tour of The Banned Books Museum

Virtual Event

The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we're live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day! Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting ... Read More

Free