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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Censorship guts New Haven art exhibition
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. … Continue reading
NCAC celebrates 35 years!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Teresa Koberstein: Author
Tagged 35th anniversary, JUDY BLUME, JUDY GOLD, paul mooney, therapy
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Kudos to a courageous Kentucky librarian
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 … Continue reading
Public speech at the mercy of a heckler’s veto
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Svetlana Mintcheva: Author
Tagged billboard, cincinnati, Freedom of religion, public art
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School fights back: Parents’ lose suit opposing Rent & Laramie Project.
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 … Continue reading
Under Pressure from Police, Parole Board Stops Levasseur from Speaking at UMass Amherst
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Svetlana Mintcheva: Author
Tagged academic freedom, police, Political Expression, terrorism
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Against Gov. Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts State Senate’s wishes, UMass allows Levasseur to speak
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Jennifer Liebman: Author, Svetlana Mintcheva: Author
Tagged academic freedom, Ray Luc Levasseur, UFF, UMass
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Announcing the 2009 YFEN film contest semi-finalists!
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 … Continue reading
