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Still depending on the kindness of strangers to become friends

Become a Friend of Tennessee

Your support as a Friend allows us to continue bringing world-class programming to Festival attendees and the New Orleans community, as well as to continue our outreach efforts with students. Please consider joining or renewing as a Friend of Tennessee today.

Your contributions help to:

Bring more than 130 authors, actors, and musicians to the Festival each spring
Provide professional writing education to more than 200 area students
Support year-round literary programs to the New Orleans community
Contribute nearly a million dollars to the city in economic impact
Nurture bright new literary and theatrical talent through our writing contests

Student Outreach
The Festival provides outreach to the New Orleans
area through our educational initiative WriteNow

Friends’ donations keep ticket prices low and allow us to provide free programs for students and teachers. Membership is tax-deductible and donation levels start as low as $25 a year.

Becoming a Friend of Tennessee is easy

Join online at http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/friends
Join by phone. Call 504-581-1144 to speak with a staff member

Free tickets, opportunities to mingle with the literati at VIP events, Festival merchandise, and public recognition are just some of the fabulous perks our Friends enjoy. And as a special thank you, those who join by October 28th at the Journalist Level and above will receive invitations to our Fall Preview Party on Wednesday, November 2 at the home of board member Susie Hoskins.

Pulitzer Prize playwright John Patrick Shanley said, “The Festival is a powerful magnet bringing together literary and social elements specific to the great city of New Orleans and the country in general. My participation not only gave me a new understanding of Mr. Williams’ work, but a deeper connection to this rich city and rejuvenating cultural capital.”

Help us continue to touch the lives or arts enthusiast like you. Please join or renew today.

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette St., #514 | New Orleans, LA 70113
http://www.tennesseewilliams.net | info@tennesseewilliams.net
Phone: 504-581-1144 | Toll-free: 1-800-990-FEST

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The Historic New Orleans Collection Centennial Celebration of Samuel Wilson

Saturday: Concert celebrating the life of Samuel Wilson Jr.

A Centennial Commemoration in Music Honoring
Samuel Wilson Jr.

Saturday, August 13 • 4–6 p.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St.
Admission is free.
Call (504) 523-4662 or email wrc@hnoc.org to reserve seats or for more information.

Samuel Wilson Jr. (1911–1993), noted preservationist, architect, and architectural historian, was known as the “Dean of Architectural Preservation in New Orleans.” In celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday, The Collection is presenting a concert featuring soprano Thaïs St. Julien and pianist Peter Collins performing music reminiscent of New Orleans’s past, which Wilson strove to protect throughout his career.

Collins and St. Julien will pay tribute to Wilson with a program of music referring to places in and around the city—from the Garden District to Esplanade, from Place du Tivoli (Lee Circle) to West End. They will also “visit” the World’s Fair and Cotton Centennial Exposition and take brief excursions to Mandeville and Pass Christian.

In addition to The Collection, the American Institute of Architects, the Louisiana Landmarks Society, WLAE-TV, and the Tulane School of Architecture are also celebrating the centennial—stay tuned for upcoming programming from these institutions.

Please note, Saturday is shaping up to be a particularly busy day in the French Quarter. We suggest you give yourself ample time get through traffic and find parking.