?Where Are You Ben Cline?? Weekly Rally Virginia November 3, 2025 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET Truist Building, 10 Franklin Rd SE, Roanoke, VA 24011 The Roanoke Social Circle will hold a Ben Cline Rally every Monday until Ben comes out of hiding. We demand a public town hall. Join us!

November Banned Book Club: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui National November 19, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET Virtual The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui is an illustrated memoir describing the experience of the author’s parents living in Vietnam before and during the VietnamWar, and then their escape to the United States as refugees when Bui was just a child. It was targeted for banning in a California public library system with the reason given that it was not suitable for people under 18. https://redwine-blue.zoom.us/meeting/register/eyIszcUJSoq3LOZK-UqOkg

December Banned Book Club: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende National December 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET Virtual The House of the Spirits is the first novel by world-renowned author, Isabel Allende. The novel is a family saga that spans three generations of a Chilean family living through a turbulent time. The book uses magical realism to explore political and social issues. Parents in North Carolina and California have attempted to have Allende’s book removed from school curriculum because they felt it was too graphic. https://redwine-blue.zoom.us/meeting/register/phAz45sVRZOb04bsikEBHQ