HISTORIC HAPPY HOUR: Cocktail Event & Conversation

Saturday, March 28
4:30 – 6 PM—Cocktail Event & Conversation
HISTORIC HAPPY HOUR
TWFest is celebrating our 40th anniversary this year! How did the Festival get started? Why focus on Tennessee Williams? How has the Festival changed over the decades? We have two board members who have been with us throughout the years and know the answers to those questions and much more. Join Peggy Scott Laborde as she interviews Errol Laborde, who was there when the idea for the Festival was conceived and served as our founding board president. They will chat in the courtyard of the Celestine Hotel among the very spaces where Williams worked on A Streetcar Named Desire. It’s also the spot where Dick Cavett interviewed Williams in 1974. The Celestine’s Tennessee Williams Parlor was once Room 10 of the historic Maison de Ville, Williams’ favorite room when he stayed there. The event is free and you can purchase a cocktail to enjoy during the interview, including a Festival favorite in the early years—the mint julep!
The Celestine Hotel, 727 Toulouse Street, free and open to the public.

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