Shut Up & Read
Read if you want. Pause if you need.
This is not a book club. There is no assigned reading and no one is going to call on you. SHUT UP & READ is a PAUSE experience, hosted at COHÉSION Collective, and the whole point is protected, quiet time in good company.
Come with a book, or find one here:
- Bring your own
- Buy one at COHÉSION
- Choose a free book
Come to read, reflect, journal, browse, or simply enjoy quiet time in community.
No assigned book. No required discussion. No pressure.
Stay for an optional closing share-out about what you read, noticed, or reflected on.
In celebration of Black Reading Month.
Coffee from The Inclusive Bean
Every person who registers receives a coupon for $2.00 off their order at The Inclusive Bean, good on Sunday, September 27 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM. Your coupon arrives with your registration confirmation email. Pick up your coffee before or after you check in, and read wherever you are most comfortable, with us at COHÉSION, inside The Inclusive Bean, or outside at their outdoor seating.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
1:00 to 4:00 PM. Doors open 12:30.
COHÉSION Collective, Suite 107
2224 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI
Free to attend. Registration is just so we know how many chairs and how many free books to have ready.
Presented by PAUSE and COHÉSION Collective
Co-hosted by The Inclusive Bean
Co-sponsored by Friends of the Racine Public Library
Read quietly. Share if you want. Leave with something new.