{"id":2411,"date":"2012-07-02T13:08:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T18:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2012-07-02T13:08:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T18:08:06","slug":"oxford-july-fourthfaulkner-festivities-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-july-fourthfaulkner-festivities-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford July Fourth\/Faulkner Festivities THIS WEEK!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

L-O-U 4th of July\u00a0Festivities presented by Winchester in conjunction with the 175th Anniversary Celebration of the City of Oxford<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Monday, July 2nd<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Non-Denominatinal Service at Paris-Yates Chapel<\/p>\n

Tuesday, July 3rd<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Street Dance on the Square\u00a0from 6pm-9pm<\/p>\n

\"\"Wednesday, July 4th<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h2>\n

8am:<\/strong> OLHS 5K Run<\/p>\n

10am:<\/strong> 4th of July Parade<\/p>\n

4pm:<\/strong> Grove Activities and Music<\/p>\n

9pm:<\/strong> Fireworks display presented by Winchester at Oxford-University Stadium<\/p>\n

Friday, July 6 <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A William Faulkner Remembrance\u00a0(web link<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Schedule of events:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Maratho\"\"n Reading of The Reivers<\/em><\/strong><\/span> from 6:30am-3:30pm<\/strong> on the lawn of Rowan Oak. To volunteer for the marathon reading, email reiversATolemiss.edu. (The Reivers<\/em>, published in 1962, is the last novel by the American author William Faulkner. The bestselling novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Faulkner previously won this award for his book A Fable<\/em>, making him one of only three authors to be awarded it more than once.)<\/p>\n

\"\"Keynote lectures by author Randall Kenan and biographer Philip M. Weinstein<\/strong><\/span> at the Lafayette County Courthouse from 4:15pm-5:45pm<\/p>\n

Book signings by Randall Kenan and Philip M. Weinstein<\/strong><\/span> at Off Square Books from 6pm-7pm<\/p>\n

Screening of The Reivers<\/em> (1969 film adaptation starring Steve McQueen)<\/strong><\/span> at the Lyric Theater from 8pm-10pm<\/p>\n

July 7-11: <\/strong><\/span>The 39th<\/sup> Annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference \u2013 FIFTY YEARS AFTER FAULKNER<\/h2>\n

\"\"Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The conference will open on Saturday, July 7, with the guided tours of Faulkner Country for attendees who have preregistered and prepaid<\/span>. Conference registration opens Sunday, July 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the E. F. Yerby Conference Center. A reception at the University Museum is set for 1:00 p.m., followed by the first keynote speaker at 2:30. The conference will conclude with the closing party scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday, July 11. A detailed program will be provided with our conference acknowledgment letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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