An upcoming exhibition at The John Slade Ely House for Contemporary Art in New Haven, organized by the Orchard Street Shul Cultural Heritage Artists Project, is overshadowed by the organizers’ decision to censor one of the artworks in the show. After numerous requests that Richard Kamler, one of the participating artists, modify parts of his installation, and a month before [...]
An upcoming exhibition at The John Slade Ely House for Contemporary Art in New Haven is overshadowed by the organizers’ decision to censor one of the artworks in the show. After numerous requests that Richard Kamler modify parts of his installation, and a month before the opening of the show, the organizers rejected his work for fear some members of the community may be offended.
On October 19 we celebrated our 35th Anniversary with a Night of Comedy with Judy Blume & Friends at City Winery. And by friends, we mean the following fearless writers, artists, actors, comedians, musicians and filmmakers who have fought back against censorship: Elna Baker, Richard Belzer, Alice Eve Cohen, Junot Díaz, Rachel Dratch, Hannah Friedman, Liz Garbus, Martin Garbus, Judy [...]
Author Rachel Kauder Nalebuff reads "Hotdog on a String" and writer Alice Eve Cohen reads from her own work,"They Exit Together."
Actors Rachel Dratch, Martha Plimpton, & writer Elna Baker read from
Actors Joe Paulik & Martha Plimpton along with attorney Martin Garbus and filmmaker Liz Garbus read from Blume's Then Again, Maybe I Won't.
Comic Paul Mooney performs stand up for Judy Blume.
Comedienne Judy Gold opens the Judy Blume & Friends evening and introduces the event chair, Dan Glickman, Motion Picture Association of America CEO, who reads a section from "Are You There, God?It's Me Margaret."
Co-creator of The Daily Show, writer, & comedienne Lizz Winstead talks about getting pregnant in high school.
Multi-talented writer Hannah Friedman sings a song she wrote in honor of Judy Blume.
Two library employees were fired at the Jessamine County Public Library for violating library policy. Deciding that the graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Black Dossier was inappropriate for young patrons, they conspired to keeping the book on permanent “checked-out” status and removed a “hold” one young patron placed on the book so that she would [...]
Actors Rachel Dratch & Michael Izquierdo read a scene from Blume's Forever. Judy Blume thanks guest, performers, & NCAC.
On October 19, 2009, the National Coalition Against Censorship celebrated its 35th anniversary with A Night of Comedy with Judy Blume & Friends.
A billboard with the words "Don't Believe In God? You are not alone" was removed from a site in downtown Cincinnati because of threats received by the owner of the site. Even though both the freedom of religion (including the freedom to not believe in god) and freedom of expression are among the founding principles of the U.S., there are [...]
Great week for high school theatre! RENT and the Laramie project are two of the most challenged plays in high schools around the country, but both shows will go on thanks to the Green Valley High School administration and Clark County's District Court in Henderson, NV despite parents who objected to the plays' "mature content". In an attempt to stop [...]
After being dis-invited upon pressure from Governor Deval Patrick and then re-invited by a faculty group, Ray Luc Levasseur is now stopped from speaking at The University of Massachusetts - Amherst because his parole board refused to let him leave Maine. The parole board has not given any reasons for this decision, but two facts make us suspect it was [...]
The attempted cancellation of Ray Luc Levasseur’s talk at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, under pressure from Governor Patrick’s office, raises serious concerns not only about the state of academic freedom at the University but also about the Governor’s respect for the First Amendment. UMass, in an effort to educate students about the social unrest that occurred during the [...]
This year we received triple the amount of submissions than usual, and were very impressed! We usually choose 10 semi-finalists, but this time we simply had to make room for 13. We congratulate the semi-finalists and all our applicants for their hard work and excellent ideas! Jordan Allen Nathaniel Dueber Aaron Dunbar Taylor Dunlap and Caroline Dunaway Jovan Landry Lauren [...]
Jordan Allen "Freedom Thieves" Nathaniel Dueber "Expelled" Aaron Dunbar "Rumors" Taylor Dunlap and Caroline Dunaway "REVOLUTION: a mockumentary" Jovan Landry "J.o.V.™ - Student Perception" Lauren Leak "Common [Censored]" Noemie Long "Is There Really Free Speech in School" Jack McClintock "A Promised Freedom-Within Reach" Ashley Mills "Freedom" Amy Obarski "Petty Inquiries" Stephen Small and Tom Piasny "Silenced" Katelyn Whitehead "Have We [...]
