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SUMMARY:October 2026 Banned Book Club - Parable of the Sower
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nJoin us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur October book is Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson\, Book 3 in the Seeds of America trilogy. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nFrom a celebrated\, award-winning author\, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world\, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood. \nFifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father\, family\, and neighbors\, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk\, she suffers from hyperempathy—a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions. \nPrecocious and clear-eyed\, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny. \nIncludes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin \nLauren’s story continues in The Parable of the Talents. \n“In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time\, Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable’ books may be unmatched.”—The New Yorker \nRead about where and how Parable of the Sower has been banned in the United States.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/october-2026-banned-book-club-ashes/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261010T150000
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SUMMARY:2026 Banned Books Week Read-In
DESCRIPTION:Let Books Be! Join Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship and Cavalier House Books Saturday\, October 10\, from 3–5 PM for an afternoon celebrating the freedom to read. We’ll start with banned books trivia\, then settle in for a read-in. Bring your favorite banned book or pick one up at Cavalier. Snacks provided!
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/2026-banned-books-week-read-in/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:LCAC Events,Partner Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T190000
DTSTAMP:20260921T152115Z
CREATED:20260728T165933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T152115Z
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SUMMARY:September 2026 Banned Book Club - Forge & Ashes
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur September book is a two-fer! We will be reading Forge and Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson\, Books 2 & 3 in the Seeds of America trilogy. Stop in or order your copies from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout Forge: \nCurzon navigates the dangers of being a runaway slave in this keenly felt second novel in in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy from acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson. \nBlistering winds. Bitter cold. And the hope of a new future. \nThe Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter. This is where Curzon the boy becomes Curzon the young man. In addition to the hardships of soldiering\, he lives with the fear of discovery\, for he is an escaped slave passing for free. \nAnd then there is Isabel\, who is also at Valley Forge—against her will. She and Curzon have to sort out the tangled threads of their friendship while figuring out what stands between the two of them and true freedom. \nAbout Ashes: \nAs the Revolutionary War rages on\, Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped Valley Forge—but their relief is short-lived. Before long they are reported as runaways\, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith\, Isabel and Curzon march on\, fiercely determined to find Isabel’s little sister Ruth\, who is enslaved in a Southern state—where bounty hunters are thick as flies. \nHeroism and heartbreak pave their path\, but Isabel and Curzon won’t stop until they reach Ruth\, and then freedom\, in this grand finale to the acclaimed New York Times bestselling trilogy from Laurie Halse Anderson. \nRead more information on how Laurie Halse Anderson’s books have been challenged and banned.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/september-2026-banned-book-club-forge/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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SUMMARY:August 2026 Banned Book Club - Fahrenheit 451
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur August book is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nNearly seventy years after its original publication\, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak\, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. \nGuy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities\, the printed book\, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce\, returning each day to his bland life and wife\, Mildred\, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor\, Clarisse\, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television\, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. \nRead more information on why this book has been banned.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/august-2026-banned-book-club-fahrenheit-451/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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SUMMARY:July 2026 Banned Book Club - Chains
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur July book is Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nFrom acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains\, both physical and spiritual. \nAs the Revolutionary War begins\, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight…for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner\, she and her sister\, Ruth\, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple\, the Locktons\, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. \nWhen Isabel meets Curzon\, a slave with ties to the Patriots\, he encourages her to spy on her owners\, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first\, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth\, Isabel realizes her loyalty belongs to whoever can provide her with freedom.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/july-2026-banned-book-club-chains/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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SUMMARY:February 2026 Banned Book Club - Between the World and Me
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur January book is Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books Lafayette today! \nAbout the Book: \n#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT \nHailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading\,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) \nNAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES \nONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review\, O: The Oprah Magazine\, The Washington Post\, People\, Entertainment Weekly\, Vogue\, Los Angeles Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Chicago Tribune\, New York\, Newsday\, Library Journal\, Publishers Weekly \nIn a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son\, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race\,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation\, and\, today\, threatened\, locked up\, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? \nBetween the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences\, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields\, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris\, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative\, reimagined history\, and fresh\, emotionally charged reportage\, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past\, bracingly confronts our present\, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. \nCheck out Unite Against Book Bans’ book resumé for Between the World and Me. \n 
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/february-2026-banned-book-club-between-the-world-and-me/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Partner Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship":MAILTO:lafcitizensagainstcensorship@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Librarians Screening & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:We’re partnering with Cavalier House Books to host a special viewing of The Librarians at CHB Lafayette at 6 p.m. on Jan. 16! \n*The Librarians* is a documentary that follows librarians in Texas\, Florida\, Louisiana and other states as they fight against book bans alongside concerned community members and young readers. The film features Livingston Parish librarian Amanda Jones\, who wrote *That Librarian.* The documentary made its debut in 2025 at Sundance and continued on to SXSW and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. \n\nJoin us at CHB Lafayette to watch this important film that focuses on the fight for books.\n\nQ&A Following the Film! \nPANELISTS\nAmanda Jones\, Librarian and Film Participant\nLynette Mejia\, Executive Director\, Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship \nModerator: Dayne Sherman\, Academic Librarian \n\nSecure your seat through Bon Temps Tix!\n\nExtended Synopsis:\nTHE LIBRARIANS\, which made its world premiere at Sundance and continued on to SXSW and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival\, explores the urgent moment we find ourselves in. As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas\, Florida\, and beyond\, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy\, flanked by concerned community members and young readers. THE LIBRARIANS is a chilling cautionary tale and rallying cry for freedom–told through the personal experiences of librarians under siege and the everyday patriots who join their ranks in defense of the books.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/save-the-date-the-librarians-exclusive-screening/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:LCAC Events,Partner Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship":MAILTO:lafcitizensagainstcensorship@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T130000
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Amanda Jones!
DESCRIPTION:LCAC is partnering with Cavalier House Books to sponsor An Afternoon with Amanda Jones\, celebrating the paperback release of her bestselling book\, That Librarian. From Cavalier’s description: \nWe’re celebrating Banned Books Week at CHB Lafayette with special guest Amanda Jones! \nAmanda will be in the store at 1 p.m. on Oct. 4 to discuss and sign her topical book\, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America in a Q&A moderated by Lynette Mejia and Melanie Brevis (both with Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship)! \nThat Librarian chronicles Amanda’s fight against the Livingston Parish Library Board as she stood up for diverse voices being featured on the libraries’ shelves. In the book\, she shines a spotlight on the national book banning crisis plaguing the U.S. and calls on readers to rise up in defense of books. \nAmanda’s visit will coincide with the release of the paperback version of That Librarian\, which can be pre-ordered by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 3 through Bon Temps Tix! Remaining copies will be available in the bookshop for the event. Her visit also coincides with the release of The Librarians documentary! \nSecure your seat to this afternoon chat with Amanda through Bon Temps Tix – tickets are free!
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/an-afternoon-with-amanda-jones/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250618T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250618T200000
DTSTAMP:20250516T132437Z
CREATED:20250424T141724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T132437Z
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SUMMARY:Move the Mindset's 2025 Juneteenth Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:LCAC will be tabling at this event! \nDetails: \nJoin us for our annually free event\, our Juneteenth commemoration program. This year’s program will feature community organizations\, a film screening with panel discussion\, a poetry reading\, live musical performances\, and refreshments. Please plan to join us by meeting community organizations when our doors open at 5:30pm and our program will begin at 6:00pm. All ages and backgrounds are invited.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/move-the-mindsets-2025-juneteenth-commemoration/
LOCATION:Downtown Convention Center\, 124 S. Buchanan St.\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Events
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