Spring Green Literary Festival Sponsors An Evening of Prohibited Poetry

Name: Spring Green Literary Festival Sponsors An Evening of Prohibited Poetry
Start: 2025-10-07T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-07T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret

Schedule

Tue Oct 07 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret | Spring Green, WI

The Spring Green Literary Festival is sponsoring An Evening of Prohibited Poetry on Tuesday, October 7 at the Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret on Jefferson Street in Spring Green, WI.
Doors open at 6:00 pm with the program beginning at 7:00 pm, featuring Brenda Cardenas, Wisconsin Poet Laureate and James Roberts, celebrated poet and member of the leadership team for the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and American Players Theatre actors David Daniel and Alys Dickerson. All will speak poems that have faced banning attempts throughout time, including Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem in 2021, and the poetry of today.
This event is the first in a series as part of the Community Read programming during the month of October that is sponsored by the Spring Green Literary Festival. This year’s theme is Banned Books.
The Community Read activities offer an opportunity to explore the reasons for banned books, who bans books, what examples are there of banned books throughout history, and what are the
trends in book banning today.
The book recommended for reading is That Librarian by Amanda Jones. It is not a banned book but rather a real-life story about a librarian’s fight against censorship.
The Literary Festival also supports other cultural activities that engage the theme throughout the month, including films that have been banned, songs that have been challenged over time, plus an exhibit of works of art inspired by banned book covers, a panel discussion on the theme led by writers, and a series of discussions on the recommended book. The Community Read closes with a Community Reception and sale of the creative canvases designed for the art exhibit. Money raised will go to support reading programs in schools and the public library.
For a calendar of all events, go to springgreenlitfest.org. All events are free. The Community Read is made possible by funds provided by River Valley Arts and the Wisconsin Arts Board.