Enoch Pratt Free Library
MenckenDay - September 12
Mencken Day: honoring the memory, career and bequest of Henry Louis Mencken
Central Library, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 (10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
The Mencken Room is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New Exhibits: "Treasures of the Saturday Night Club Music Collection," a display of original compositions by four members of the fabled Saturday Night Club -- On display in the Annex, through September 12; and "Mencken and Prohibition," and "Mencken and F. Scott Fitzgerald,".
The 2009 Mencken Memorial Lecture, 2:30 p.m., Wheeler Auditorium - "Bryan Debates Mencken: The Confrontation We Missed," by Dr. Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University and author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. A reception and book signing will be held in the Poe Room following Dr. Kazin's lecture.
More info on the Pratt Library website:
Mencken Day 2009 details - The H. L. Mencken Room - H. L. Mencken Collection
MenckenDay - September 12
Mencken Day: honoring the memory, career and bequest of Henry Louis Mencken
Central Library, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 (10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
The Mencken Room is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New Exhibits: "Treasures of the Saturday Night Club Music Collection," a display of original compositions by four members of the fabled Saturday Night Club -- On display in the Annex, through September 12; and "Mencken and Prohibition," and "Mencken and F. Scott Fitzgerald,".
The 2009 Mencken Memorial Lecture, 2:30 p.m., Wheeler Auditorium - "Bryan Debates Mencken: The Confrontation We Missed," by Dr. Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University and author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. A reception and book signing will be held in the Poe Room following Dr. Kazin's lecture.
More info on the Pratt Library website:
Mencken Day 2009 details - The H. L. Mencken Room - H. L. Mencken Collection