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Click on a town below for Trailfest event information in that area. TRAILFEST IN MARCH 2009 is the debut celebration of the Southern Literary Trail in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Many programs are FREE OF CHARGE due to generous support by the Mississippi Humanities Council. The Southern Literary Trail is also sponsored in Mississippi by the Mississippi Center for the Book. Clarksdale
Columbus
Greenville
Jackson
Natchez
Oxford
Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, February 26 to Saturday, March 1: The Glass Menagerie. The poignant memory play by Tennessee Williams is presented by the Theatre Department of the Mississippi University for Women in the town where the playwright was born. Thursday, February 26, 2009 through
Sunday, March 1, 2009. Monday, March 9: Dr. Sheldon Kohn will discuss the literary and intellectual influence of MUW on Eudora Welty and Mississippi authors. Eudora Welty began her college career at the Columbus college. Many authors have attended the campus, and the impact of the college has created a literary heritage of its own.
Monday, March 9, 2009, 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 30: The literary world of Tennessee Williams and symbolic floral design. Dr. James Del Prince presents an encore of his popular lecture and floral design demonstration inspired by the settings in the plays of Tennessee Williams. Monday, March 30, 2009, 6:00 p.m. Monday, March 30 until Friday, April 11, 2009: The Columbus Pilgrimage of Homes. Columbus has one of the most dazzling collections of antebellum homes in the South, and many of the local landmarks are connected to Tennessee Williams. The playwright was baptized at St. Paul's Episcopal Church by his grandfather, the Reverend Walter Dakin. A bus tour is available with Dr. Stephen Pieschel as tourguide, who will comment on the local sites influencing the life of Edwina Dakin Williams, Tennessee's mother. Monday, March 30 until Friday, April 11,
2009.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Wednesday, March 25: A book signing at McCormick Book Inn. McCormick Book Inn is one of the South's stalwart and best independent book stores. It is a traditional stop for the Mississippi Delta Literary Tour. The tour makes its annual stop by the Book Inn for a marathon book signing by over a dozen authors.
March 2009, daily: The Greenville writers’ exhibit. The Percy Library presents an exhibit on the prolific writers of Greenville including William Alexander Percy, Walker Percy, Shelby Foote, Ellen Douglas and others. Daily, except Sunday (hours vary on
Sunday) Friday, March 6: Welty panel discussion at the Old Capitol: “Preserving Eudora Welty’s Legacy.” The centennial year of Eudora Welty is celebrated at Jackson’s Old Capitol where a panel of scholars will discuss her life, legacy and impact. A tour of the Eudora Welty House at 1119 Pinehurst Street follows at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, March 20 to Sunday, March 22: The Eudora Welty New Play Series at New Stage Theatre. The series, begun in 1984, will choose three new plays chosen in national competition for presentation in public readings by their authors. Winning playwrights will work with the directors and casts of their plays. Friday, March 20 to Sunday, March 22,
2009. Tuesday, March 24: Welty house inducted into the Southern Literary Trail with keynote speaker Patti Carr Black. The Welty House, a popular Jackson destination, is inducted into the Southern Literary Trail by writer Patti Carr Black, a friend of Welty's. Ms. Black will address her friendship with the beloved writer and how Welty's home became a museum and national historic landmark. She will also discuss Welty's prominence in the national and international literary community. Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 2:00pm. Saturday, March 28: Garden Day and Plant Sale at the Welty House. Dr. William Welch of Texas A & M University and Jenny Rose Carey, director of the Temple University Arboretum, will discuss “Heirloom Plants in Garden Design.” Seminar and lunch will be held at Belhaven College. A plant sale and tour of the garden will be offered during the afternoon. Saturday, March 28, 2009. Sunday, March 29: Eudora Welty Recognition by Mississippi Hall of Fame. A ceremony at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson will honor Eudora Welty’s inclusion in the Mississippi Hall of Fame. A portrait of Miss Welty by her friend Mildred Wolfe will be dedicated at the ceremony. Dr. Suzanne Marrs will deliver the dedicatory address.
Saturday, April 11: Opening of Exhibit, "Eudora Welty: A Revealing Eye." Eudora Welty was a celebrated photographer in addition to renowned writer of the South. The exhibit of her photographs opens at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson and features Welty’s photographs of New York. Saturday, April 11, 2009 through
July 15. Monday, April 13: Eudora Welty’s 100th Birthday Celebration. For Eudora Welty's 100th birthday, the Welty House in Jackson will be opened all day for free tours, offered on the half hour beginning at 10:00 a.m. Tour size is limited, and the tour is one hour.
Additional activities during Welty Week April 13 - April 18, 2009 April 14-26, 2009: New Stage Theatre “The Ponder Heart.” Published in 1953 and adapted for the stage in 1956, The Ponder Heart was the first full-length Welty work to be seen on Broadway. For information on performance times see www.newstagetheatre.com, or call 601-948-3533. April 16-18, 2009: Southern Literary Festival, the Eudora Welty Society, and Jackson, MS Millsaps College will host the Southern Literary Festival and Eudora Welty Society with some sessions open to the general public. Presenters include Richard Ford, Elizabeth Spencer, Ann Patchett, Jimmy Kimbrell, Alfred Uhry, Patti Carr Black, Governor William Winter, Peggy Prenshaw, Suzanne Marrs, Michael Kreyling, Noel Polk, Harriet Pollack and Pearl McHaney. Visit the Eudora Welty Society's web site for more information. April 17, 2009: Centennial Concert at the Belhaven Center for the Arts - 8:00 p.m. Acclaimed singer/songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kate Campbell, Caroline Herring, and Claire Holley will be featured in concert. Each of these accomplished singers credits Eudora Welty for inspiration. Tickets for reserved seating are available through Tickemaster outlets in Jackson - Bebop Record Shops and the Mississippi Coliseum - by phone at 601-355-5252, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
March 2009 and continuing: The Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center. The Center named for the Mississippi writer of JUBILEE is open to the public from Monday until Friday. March, 2009, Mondays to Fridays, 1 to 5
p.m. March 2009 and continuing: The Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center. The Center is open to the public from Monday through Saturday and features information about the former school's most famous student, Richard Wright. March, 2009, Mondays to Saturdays, open
daily. Thursday, February 19, to Sunday, February 22: The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration. The twentieth annual Celebration salutes the Eudora Welty Centennial with three days of films, panels, and workshops that honor Southern Women Writers and Welty. Film screenings include "The Ponder Heart" and "Erin Brockovich." The Richard Wright Literary Excellence Awards will be presented to Carolyn Haines of the University of South Alabama and to Natasha Trethewey of Emory University during a special ceremony. Detailed event information is available at the web address listed below. The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration is sponsored by Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez National Historic Park, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Thursday, February 19, to Sunday,
February 22, 2009, daily.
Monday, March 2, 2009, 6:00 p.m. March 2009, daily and ongoing: Tours of Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner. The home of William Faulkner is available on a continuing basis for tours.
March 2009, daily and ongoing. Thursday, March 26, to Saturday, March 28: The Oxford Conference for the Book. The Oxford Conference for the Book celebrates its sixteenth year with a tribute to Walter Inglis Anderson, the Mississippi Gulf Coast artist, author and naturalist.
Thursday, March 26, to Saturday, March 28, 2009, daily. Thursday, March 26: Presenting the Exhibit "Walter Anderson and World Literature." The Oxford Conference for the Book begins with the opening of a new Walter Anderson exhibit curated by his son John Anderson of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He is joined by other family members for a panel moderated by JoAnne Pritchard Morris. (NOTE THAT ALL SUBSEQUENT LISTINGS IN THIS SCHEDULE ARE PROGRAMS OF THE OXFORD CONFERENCE FOR THE BOOK.)
Thursday, March 26, 2009. Thursday, March 26: Sessions of the Oxford Conference for the Book. Additional sessions on Thursday, March 26, include remarks by artist William Dunlap, publisher Seetha Srinivasan, and authors Patti Carr Black, Christopher Maurer, and Patricia Pinson.
Thursday, March 26, 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 2009.
Friday, March 27: Literature for young authors. Two
sessions are scheduled on Friday morning during which Oxford-area
fifth and ninth grade students, nearly 1000 readers, will receive
their own copies of books from selected authors, who talk to them
about writing and reading. The books are presented by the Junior
Auxiliary of Oxford, the Lafayette County Literary Council, and
Square Books. Fifth graders will receive copies of The
Mysterious Benedict Society and will meet its
Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday, March 27: Peggy Whitman Prenshaw speaks of Eudora Welty and Mississippi Reads. The selection for the 2009 edition of Mississippi Reads is Collected Stories by Eudora Welty, whose centennial year is being celebrated. Literary scholar Peggy Whitman Prenshaw presents an address to commemorate the Welty Centennial and to launch Mississippi Reads for 2009.
Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday, March 27: A celebration of American Poetry Month. Poets Jimmy Kimbrell, this year's Grisham Writer in Residence, and Camille Dungy will read from their work and talk about the state of poetry today.
Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday, March 27: Discussing graphic narratives. Jack Pendarvis, last year's Grisham Writer in Residence who has authored two story collections and the novel Awesome, will chair a panel of participants who examine graphic narratives.
Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday, March 27: When books get political. Journalist Curtis Wilkie will lead a discussion of books about politics with authors Hodding Carter III, Julia Reed and David Maraniss.
Friday, March 27, 2009. Saturday, March 28: The Endangered Species: Readers Today and Tomorrow. Educator Elaine Scott will moderate a panel voicing concerns about readers as a diminishing tribe.
Saturday, March 28, 2009. Saturday, March 28: Writing after Katrina. Interim Director Ted Ownby of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture conducts a discussion with authors who changed the subjects of their work after observing and dealing with the effects of the hurricane.
Saturday, March 28, 2009. Saturday, March 28: Writing book reviews. The topic is considered by J. Peder Zane of The News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, with novelist Haven Kimmel, fiction writer Lydia Millet and critic John Freeman. Freeman's first book Don’t Send: The Unbearable Tyranny of Email will soon be published by Scribner.
Saturday, March 28, 2009. Wednesday, March 25, to Sunday, March 29: An Elderhostel Program during the Conference for the Book. An Elderhostel program is available for the 2009 Oxford Conference for the Book. Participants must be 55 years old or traveling with someone 55 or older. The cost is $597 per person at double occupancy for four nights lodging, all Conference programs, a tour of Rowan Oak, meals, local transportation, and a session with a Faulkner expert. Advance registration is required. Call toll-free: 877.426.8056. Ask for program 12317-032509. Wednesday, March 25: Creative writing workshop. Margaret Love-Denman, former director of the creative writing program at The University of New Hampshire and current coordinator of the off-campus writing programs at The University of Mississippi, offers a special workshop in conjunction with the Conference for the Book. The daylong workshop, Mining Your Raw Materials, will take place all day at the Downtown Grill on Oxford Square. Seating is limited to 20 writers and a workshop fee of $250 is required.
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