Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week Read Out!

Saturday, September 29, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Note location: Pioneer Plaza at Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River

Celebrate your freedom to read during the 26^th annual Banned Books Week with the American Library Association, McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, and the Newberry Library.  Join such highly acclaimed authors as Chris Crutcher, Carolyn Mackler, and Robie Harris and local Chicago celebrities as they read passages from their favorite banned and "challenged" books.  For more information, please visit the ALA's Web site at www.ala.org/bbwreadout.

Admission is free. No reservation is required.

The Newberry Library gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner for their generous support of public programming. Major funding is also provided by Richard and Barbara Franke, the MacLean-Fogg Family, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, and the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

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The Newberry Library
Center for Public Programs
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610-7324

telephone: (312) 255-3700
fax: (312) 255-3680
e-mail: programs@newberry.org