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Events Mon Oct 01 2012
Celebrate Banned Books Week
This week is the 30th annual Banned Books Week, celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.
All throughout the week, City Lit Theater will be performing their annual Books on the Chopping Block performance series featuring 60 minute dramatic readings from the previous year's most banned or challenged books (including The Hunger Games trilogy). All performances are free and held at various Chicago Public Library branches (plus one stop in Evanston). Click here for a list of the reading selections and the times and locations of performance.
Shimer College will be hosting a "One Book One Chicago - Liberate Bannd Books" reading. Attendees are encouraged to read passages from their own favorite banned books. Shimer College, 3424 S. State St., Thursday, October 4 at 6:45pm.
Also, tonight and Friday, Browne Parker Literary Press will host readings of banned books, including Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Browne Parker Literary Press, 316 W. 103rd St., Monday, October 1 and Friday, October 5; times not listed, click here or call (312) 388-1650 for more information.
