Celebrate Banned Books Week (October 1-7) with Harris County Public Library, which was recently declared a "book sanctuary" boingboing.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boingboing.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Banned books may no longer be on shelves in school buildings but they will still have a home in Harris County public libraries after a recent vote from Harris County Commissioners.
Apollo Chamber Players is delving into its 16th season, themed “Silenced Voices” with perhaps its most thought provoking and poignant programming yet meant to explore the historical and ongoing efforts to ban, censor and marginalize. The four-concert season is will feature world premieres and commissions, a free satellite series and Library Voyage concerts, a new album titled “Trace of Time” and the introduction of the group’s new violist Aria Cheregosha.