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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Percy-L Administrator
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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.
***
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.
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high-resolution photos available upon
request.
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