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10:15-11:15 a.m. Presentations of Richard Wright Awards for Literacy Excellence and the Horton Foote Award for Screenwriting, with talks by each award winner. Award Winners, TBA. 11:15 a.m. Book Signing 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. - Luncheon at The Carriage House Restaurant (401 High Street) with special guest. Ticketed Event $30 1:00-1:45 p.m. “Over and Under the Fence: Southern Gardening as Social Glue.” Felder Rushing, author and host of NPR’s The Gestalt Gardener. 1:45-2:45 p.m. Local experts discuss food and gardens in Natchez: “Entertaining, Natchez Style.” Regina Charboneau, author and chef. “Southern Garden Design.” John Grady Burns, author and floral designer. 2:45-3:30 p.m. “New Orleans Drinking Culture.” Liz Williams, author and founder of the National Food & Beverage Foundation. 3:30 p.m. Book Signing 4:00 p.m. - A Natchez Style Cocktail Party with Chef Regina at Regina’s Kitchen (312 Main Street). Ticketed Event $15 6:00-10:00 p.m. Dinner with Hamilton & other Broadway Hits, featuring Great American Art Masters - Broadway comes to Natchez! Join a special Broadway cast as they perform selections from Hamilton: An American Musical and other hit Broadway musicals, during a seated dinner. You will also have the opportunity to view and purchase works from celebrated master artists. Ticketed Event, $125 1:45-2:30 p.m. “Consuming Southern Hospitality: Thinking About Identity in the Contemporary South.” Ashli Quesinberry Stokes, University of N. Carolina at Charlotte, and Wendy Atkins-Sayre, University of Memphis 2:45-3:30 p.m. “The Long History of Food in the Natchez Bluffs” Megan Kassabaum, University of Pennsylvania. 3:30 p.m. Book Signing 4:30 p.m. Tour of Concord Quarters, (301 Gayoso Street) The remaining slave quarters dependency of Concord Mansion, the official residence of the Spanish governors of the Mississippi Territory. Ticketed Event $15 6:00 p.m. Heritage & Soul Dinner, at the Natchez Museum of African American History & Culture (301 Main Street), with food and demo by Natchez Heritage School of Cooking and music provided by NRhythm. Ticketed Event $25 ❦ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020 Natchez Convention Center, 211 Main Street 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks: Jane Hulon, President, Copiah Lincoln Community College. Recognition of the winners of the John D. W. Guice Young Writers Competition. 9:00-10:00 a.m. “Black Chefs in the White House.” Adrian E. Miller, author of The President’s Kitchen Cabinet. 10:00 a.m. Book Signing ❦ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 Natchez Convention Center, 211 Main Street 5:00 p.m. - Opening Remarks 5:15-6:00 p.m. Short Film: “Thinking of Home, Falkner House and Rowan Oak,” Larry Wells. 6:00-7:00 p.m. MPB TV Series: Palate to Palette with Robert St. John and Wyatt Waters. 7:00 p.m. Book Signing 7:30 p.m. - A Special Event with Film Natchez ❦ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Natchez Convention Center, 211 Main Street 8:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony with President Jane Hulon, Copiah-Lincoln Community College; Mayor Darryl Grennell, City of Natchez; and Vice President Sandra Barnes, Copiah-Lincoln Community College Natchez Campus. Recognition of William Winter Scholars and Vance Fellows. 9:00-9:45 a.m. “Kissin’ Don’t Last; Cookery Do: Viewing Southern Lives Through Community Cookbooks.” Andrew P. Haley, University of Southern Mississippi. 9:45-10:30 a.m. “A Lifetime at Table: The Career Servers Oral History Project.” Annemarie Anderson, Southern Foodways Alliance. 10:30-11:30 a.m. “Blackeyed Peas & Voodoo Stories: Welty’s Women Harnessing Immortality through Food.” Ebony Lumumba, Tougaloo College. 11:30 a.m. Book Signing 1:00-1:45 p.m. Presentation of the Thad Cochran Award for Achievement in the Humanities to Ann J. Abadie, Professor Emerita, University of Mississippi, and Founding Member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, Oxford, MS. For information call 601.446.1104 or email [email protected]
