Let creativity run free! Our Imagination Playground offers young visitors a space to build, invent, and play with oversized blue blocks. While you’re at the Park, pop in to our Banned Book Library to explore books and media that has been censored around the country. Don’t forget: Programming is weather-dependent, so be sure to check […]

As a part of UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media, join Elizabeth Larison, Director of the Arts & Culture Advocacy Program at the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), for a talk on recent incidents of art censorship in the U.S. Audiences will learn more about how to define censorship in the U.S. context, identify […]

As a part of UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media, free speech lawyer and advocate Lee Rowland will give a broad overview of free expression values, the contours of the First Amendment, and a deeper dive into censorship threats in America today. Lee will discuss the basics of the First Amendment, current legal […]

Let creativity run free! Our Imagination Playground offers young visitors a space to build, invent, and play with oversized blue blocks. While you’re at the Park, pop in to our Banned Book Library to explore books and media that has been censored around the country. Don’t forget: Programming is weather-dependent, so be sure to check […]

Let creativity run free! Our Imagination Playground offers young visitors a space to build, invent, and play with oversized blue blocks. While you’re at the Park, pop in to our Banned Book Library to explore books and media that has been censored around the country. Don’t forget: Programming is weather-dependent, so be sure to check […]

As a part of UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media, join us for Read in Resistance, a powerful day of reflection, protest, and storytelling at FDR Four Freedoms State Park. 🌟 Special Guest: Mike CuratoAcclaimed author and illustrator Mike Curato will read excerpts from his banned graphic novel Flamer—a deeply personal story of identity, self-discovery, and resilience. Catch […]