From wppdirector at gmail.com Sun Apr 30 21:10:32 2017 From: wppdirector at gmail.com (Henry P. Mills) Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:10:32 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] 2017 Walker Percy Weekend Update Message-ID: Dear Percy-L: Below is the latest update from the Walker Percy Weekend scheduled for June 2-4 in the charming and quaint town of St. Francisville, LA, on the Mississippi River just north of Baton Rouge. A limited number of individual tickets remain available. Enjoy the link below for a photograph gallery of recent weekends. All best Percy wishes, Henry Mills -- Percy-L Administrator June 2 - 4, 2017, St. Francisville, La "BOURBON DOES FOR ME WHAT THE PIECE OF CAKE DID FOR PROUST."?Walker Percy, 1975 There won't be any tea and cake served at the fourth annual Walker Percy Weekend. But with crab cakes, shrimp & grits, roast beef, summer-weight bourbon cocktails, and boiled crawfish by the hundredweight, we promise no-one will be starved for sustenance?literary or otherwise. Beloved for blending spirited literary discussion with spectacular social events, the annual Walker Percy Weekend fortifies attendees for the lectures and panel discussions with the finest Louisiana food and beverages, served in historic settings around St. Francisville. On the menu: Full schedule at www.walkerpercyweekend.org "Lost in the Churchyard" Gala An elegantly provisioned cocktail party and dinner staged in the live-oak-shaded grounds of Grace Episcopal Church. Crawfish & Craft Beer Feast The annual feast presents peak-season crawfish prepared by chefs Cody & Samantha Carroll of Hot Tails Restaurant. Social & Culinary Adventures Opportunities to mix and mingle bring locals and visitors together to talk about life, literature, and the world as Walker saw it. Porch Tour & Bourbon Tasting Inspired by Percy's beloved essay Bourbon, Neat , this evening stroll visits historic front porches to enjoy various whiskey cocktails. Individual tickets are on sale now CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOURS 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. The Walker Percy Weekend is presented by the Julius Freyhan Foundation, P.O. Box 1636, St. Francisville, LA, 70775 www.freyhanfoundation.org If you would prefer not to receive future emails about this event, please unsubscribe using the link below. Like Forward Preferences | Unsubscribe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WPWLogoBlue_2017.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 36120 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Grace3.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 47861 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CrawfishWeb.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 35681 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Bourbon21.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 41458 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bourbon1.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 37976 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: facebook.png Type: image/png Size: 516 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: website.png Type: image/png Size: 843 bytes Desc: not available URL: