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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Supreme Court declines to hear theatre smoking ban case
The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear Curious Theatre Company v. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, meaning that the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that smoking can be banned from a stage stands. This means … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Rozenberg: Author
Tagged colorado, curious theatre, SCOTUS, smoking, theatre
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Student’s film removed from Boston University classroom
NCAC recently fielded a plea for help from a Boston University student filmmaker, at the College of Communication, whose film Wake Up had been removed from regular class consideration and critique for reasons which depended very much on point of … Continue reading
Posted in Joshua Olesker: Author
Tagged academic freedom, classroom, film censorship, pornography, sexual harassment
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What’s new in Censorship News, Summer 2010
Get news in your inbox. Submit your email address to receive Censorship News delivered straight to you. You’ll get a pdf of the print version of Censorship News as well as regular updates on censorship issues. In this issue of … Continue reading
Tampon photo incites controversy at the Fashion Institute
“FIT endorses the right of artists to freely express their views through their work” reads a sign at the beginning of a student photography show on display in one of the institute’s lobbies. The sign also warns that artwork may … Continue reading
Fear and censorship: Or, how strong is our commitment to free speech?
Violence against those who create and disseminate controversial words and images is not new. But for the last couple of centuries, commitment to free speech has trumped fear of violence in Western liberal democracies. As late as 1989, Salman Rushdie’s … Continue reading
LGBTQ-themed book removed from New Jersey high school library
The Rancocas Valley School Board in Mt. Holly, New Jersey, chose to remove one of the three challenged books at its meeting on May 4. Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology and two other books were challenged because they … Continue reading
Posted in Teresa Koberstein: Author
Tagged book censorship, book challenge, lgbtq, Mt Holly, NJ, obscenity
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Temecula’s cultural life remains in the hands of city official’s subjective tastes
Temecula city management, which was responsible for removing a nude artwork from an exhibition in January, has decided not to create a written policy for the selection of artworks in city-owned exhibition spaces. Instead, Temecula’s Community Services Director Herman Parker … Continue reading
