Celebrate your right to read without censorship, at FREADOM! Join the
ACLU for an evening of banned-books readings, as some of Pittsburgh's celebrities read selections from their favorite banned or challenged books.
7 p.m. at the Frick Fine Arts building, across from the Carnegie Library lecture hall. Here's a Map (on University of Pittsburgh web site)
Readers will include
- Jeremy Braverman, independent filmmaker
- Dr. Goddess (Kimberly Ellis), writer, entertainer, entrepreneur, scholar, activist
- Kathleen George & Hilary Masters, novelists , professors, married… to each other
- Carl Kurlander, screenwriter, producer, Executive Producer at Steeltown Entertainment
- Virginia Montanez, aka Pitt Girl, Blogger- That’s Church , Pittsburgh Magazine columnist
- Gemini Children’s Theater, interactive children’s theater
PLUS: ( Avert your eyes! ) A Short History of Banned Art
For a list of over 1000 Banned and Challenged Books, click here.
The program is supported by a grant from the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund of the Freedom to Read Foundation and with generous support from The Judith Krug First Amendment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
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