Tuesday, October 15, 2013 AT 6:30 PM will be the date of our
second Annual Meeting of the membership of the St. Tammany Library
Foundation at the Madisonville Branch in the large meeting room.
At the meeting you will get a complete update on our
accomplishments during the past year and will have an opportunity to ask
questions, give the Board your feedback, and to sign up for committee
work.
Most importantly, you will have the chance to elect members
of the Board of Directors for 2013-2014.
Our Bylaws calls for a maximum of 15 members. At present we have 10 members, which, at your pleasure, may
be re-elected.
We will have refreshments for our members, but you should
let us know if you are coming so we can prepare.
Please respond by Tuesday, October 8. Send your response to our Secretary
PERCY
SEMINAR COMING UP AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Some members of the Foundation would be interested in
attending the 21st Century Conference on Walker Percy at Loyola
University on October 11 and October 12, 2013. The Seminar is sponsored by the Walker Percy Center for
Wring and Publishing.
Inspired by Walker Percy’s book, Lost in the Cosmos, will
explore the themes generated by Percy’s lively and satirical analysis of the
modern condition.
Paul Elie will be the keynote speaker on Friday
evening. Actor Tom Key will
perform a one-person show inspired by the book on Saturday evening. There will be 15 daytime panels on
Friday and Saturday coving topics such as alienation, language, authenticity
and the failure of “self-help.”
The name of the seminar is -
STILL
LOST IN THE COSMOS
For further information, or to pre-register go to http://www.loyono.edu/spc/conference OR E-MAIL SPC@LOYNO.EDU
YOU CAN REGISTER AT THE DOOR. For more information, e-mail wpc@loyno.edu or call (504) 864-7401.
INTERESTED IN A FICTION WRITING COURSE
Stephen Rea, originally from Belfast, and author of
"Finn McCool's Football Club: The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a Pub
Soccer Team in the City of the Dead" is teaching a fiction-writing course
at the Walker Percy Center at Loyola University this fall. Classes are
open anyone in the community and are suitable for novice writers and published
authors alike. The eight-week-course begins on September 17 and will be
held every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m.
All details are here: http://loyno.edu/wpc/loyola-writing-institute