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  • From: Henry Mills <wppdirector AT gmail.com>
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  • Subject: [percy-l] Walker Percy Weekend 2016: Single Tickets On Sale Now
  • Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:52:28 -0400

Title: Walker Percy Weekend 2016: Single Tickets On Sale Now
Dear Percy-L:
For those interested, below is the events overview for the Walker Percy Weekend scheduled for June 3-5 in St. Francisville, LA.  Looks to be a very enjoyable series of events for those able to attend. For Schedule, Tickets and Accommodation Information, visit www.walkerpercyweekend.org

Best wishes,
Henry Mills
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. APRIL 29, 2016
For more information contact Missy Couhig | (504) 427-0421 | admin AT walkerpercyweekend.org

Celebrating the Centennial: 1916–2016
JUNE 3—5, 2016
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA


Lectures and Panel Discussions • The Progressive Front Porch Bourbon Tour • The "Lost in the Churchyard" Cocktail Party • Crawfish & Craft Beer Under the Oaks. Individual tickets for the signature events of the 2016 Walker Percy Weekend are available now, with fewer than 100 remaining.

To get yours visit
www.walkerpercyweekend.org.

In the one hundredth anniversary year of his birth, the Walker Percy Weekend raises a glass to the acclaimed author with a summer-weight blend of literary discussions and fun-loving social events. The third annual festival invites fans of Southern literature to explore Percy's thought and writing through presentations by renowned scholars, panel discussions, readings, and social and culinary events inspired by the author's most famous works. Events take place in atmospheric locations around St. Francisville's historic district.

SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS

LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: Renowned writers, thinkers, and teachers gather to discuss the life and legacy of Walker Percy and the writers he influenced. Panel topics include "Walker Percy & Catholicism in the South," "The Moviegoer at 50," "Walker Percy & Politics in Low-Down Times," and many more. For details visit www.walkerpercyweekend.org.

LOST IN THE CHURCH YARD: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION is an elegant and well-provisioned reception and cocktail party staged in the churchyard of historic Grace Episcopal Church.

The beloved 
PROGRESSIVE FRONT-PORCH TOUR AND BOURBON TASTING inspired by Percy’s famous essay, “Bourbon, Neat.” The tour visits notable homes around the Historic District, with a different summer-weight bourbon-based refreshment served at each.

An authentic
CRAWFISH & CRAFT BEER DINNER served with a selection of regional craft beers, presented by Chefs Cody and Samantha Carroll of New Orleans' Sac-a-Lait Restaurant, and Hot Tails Restaurant (New Roads). With live music for dancing.

And I KNEW WALKER WHEN… an opportunity to sit in on a panel discussion with folks who knew, worked with, and loved, Walker Percy best. Panelists include Steve Ellis, Jim Brown, Christopher R. Harris, and Percy's daughter, Mary Pratt Percy Lobdell.

PRESENTERS INCLUDE: Renowned writers, thinkers, and teachers: Jason Berry is a New Orleans documentary filmmaker and co-author of Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II. Fr. Patrick Samway is a Roman Catholic priest and author of Walker Percy: A Life, the authorized biography of the novelist. Matthew Sitman is an associate editor of Commonweal magazine and former literary editor of The Dish. Mary McCay was the first director of the Walker Percy Center for Writing and Publishing and author of books on Rachel Carson and Ellen Gilchrist.  For details visit www.walkerpercyweekend.org.

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Walker Percy (1916—1990) wrote novels that explored the “dislocation of man in the modern age.” Most of his work was set in New Orleans and around South Louisiana, including the semi-fictitious Feliciana, which the author based upon West Feliciana and the other Florida parishes. Percy’s debut novel, THE MOVIEGOER, won the National Book Award for Fiction, and was included on Time magazine’s list of the 100 Best English language novels from 1923—2005. In later works, including LOVE IN THE RUINS, THE LAST GENTLEMAN, and THE THANATOS SYNDROME, Percy continued exploring the search for meaning in an increasingly materialistic society via masterfully wrought tales delivered with a poetic Southern sensibility and informed by the author’s deep Catholic faith.

Festival proceeds support the
JULIUS FREYHAN FOUNDATION—an organization dedicated to restoring the historic Freyhan School building to serve as a community and cultural center for West Feliciana Parish.
 
FOR SCHEDULE, TICKETS AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.WALKERPERCYWEEKEND.ORG
* high-resolution photos available upon request.
 




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