UPCOMING EVENTS 2025
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WDA-MA members (pictured above) recently performed Ban the Bans on Oct 9, 2025 at the Fox Library in Arlington, MA; (l to r front) Richard Hoffman and Richard Cambridge and (l to r back) Elizabeth Searle, WDA-MA theater coordinator and steering committee member, and Lo Galluccio. The event was followed by a discussion and suggestions for taking action.
Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week
October 5-11
October 5-11
Legendary Actor/Author/Activist George Takei Named Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025
Legendary Actor/Author/Activist George Takei Named Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025
Founded in 1982, Banned Books Week has drawn attention to attempts to remove books and other materials from libraries, schools, and bookstores. Now in its 43rd year, the theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is “Censorship is so 1984. Read for Your Rights.” George Orwell’s cautionary tale 1984 serves a prescient warning about the dangers of censorship, and this year’s theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
For more info: https://bannedbooksweek.org/
"Free people read freely"
ALA
Since 2021, the American Library Association and PEN America have tracked a sharp escalation in the attempts to ban books, with thousands of unique titles targeted annually. Books by or about LGBTQIA+ individuals and people of color make up nearly half of those titles. The majority of book censorship attempts now originate from organized movements. According to ALA, pressure groups and government entities that include elected officials, board members, and administrators initiated 72% of demands to censor books in school and public libraries in 2024.
In Honor of National Banned Books Week, October 5 - 11, 2025
In Honor of National Banned Books Week, October 5 - 11, 2025
OCT 6TH
Monday, 7 p.m.
Presenting a new WDA play
in defense of the freedom to read
Ban the Bans
written by James Carroll and Rachel DeWoskin
A Professional reading by
Wellfleet Harbors Actors Studio Theater
Directed by Jeff Zinn
the event will be videotaped and livestreaming
Wellfleet, MA
Cape Cod
2357 State Highway Route 6
A WDA Democracy Theater Project
October 11, 2025
October 11, 2025
Let Freedom Read Day
Let Freedom Read Day
On October 11, 2025, Banned Books org. is asking everyone to take at least one action to help defend books from censorship and to stand up for the library staff, educators, writers, publishers, and booksellers who make them available!
Show us how you’re taking action on social media by using the hashtags #LetFreedomReadDay and #BannedBooksWeek!
Oct. 18
Saturday
No Kings
Nationwide March
in your cities and towns across America
Power to the People
for more info, go to:
put your in the map search (link below) to find where and when march is happening in your area
Join us!
NOV 15TH
Saturday, 3 pm.
for a staged reading of a short, one-act play
PAUL REVERE RESISTS
A Celebration of Patriotic Refusal
250 Years of American Revolution
Produced by School Street Sessions
written by James Carroll, Rachel DeWoskin, & Wesley Savick
Sponsored by WDA-MA
Where: OMINI PARKER HOUSE
60 School Street
Martin Luther King room
Boston, MA 02108
A discussion with the audience will follow the performance
A WDA Democracy Theater Project
On Octo
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