Speak Freely: A Poetry Night of Banned Books

📅 Thursday, October 9, 2025
⏰ 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:00 p.m.)

📍 Oil City Library – Library Hall
2 Central Avenue, Oil City, PA 16301

Join us during Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025) for an evening of powerful poetry readings from banned and challenged books. Speak Freely will bring together educators, students, writers, and community members to celebrate the right to read and uplift voices that have been silenced. The program will feature selected readings, short introductions to each poem, complimentary refreshments, and a closing reflection period where the community can share responses and favorite lines.

Audience
🎤 Teens & adults — readers, writers, educators, activists, and anyone passionate about free expression, poetry, and literature.

💲 Free & open to the public.