Spirit of St. Francisville
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Two hundred years ago, John H. Johnson laid out the little village of St. Francisville on a narrow finger-ridge overlooking the Mississippi River. It soon became the cultural and commercial center of the rich surrounding plantation country. Today this charming Main Street Community, listed as a National Register Historic District, is still very much alive and still the center of life in the area.
The town’s bicentennial celebration, dubbed THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCISVILLE 200 YEARS, debuts the weekend of November 9, 10 and 11th with the introduction of a book covering 200 years of the life and times of the little town, with text by local author/historian Anne Butler and images by prize-winning Louisiana photographer Darrell Chitty, whose words and superb full-color photographs capture the very soul of the place and its people over the years. On Friday, November 9, at 6 p.m. the author and photographer discuss the book, THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCISVILLE, and sign autographs in 1819 Old Market Hall on Royal St., hosted by the West Feliciana Historical Society. Beginning at 8 p.m. the popular Delta Drifters perform live at Magnolia Café.
On Saturday, November 10, downtown shops host Birthday Sales, and shoppers can have cards stamped to be eligible for a birthday present of their own. The Feliciana Stitchers hold a Quilt Show and Sale in downtown Parker Memorial Park on Commerce St. beginning at 9 a.m. At Birdman Books and Coffee, Arts at the Market showcases a month-long exhibit of members’ creations. St. Francisville Main Street screens THE REAPING, filmed right in downtown St. Francisville, at the 4-H Barn to kick off the annual movie series, showcasing movies filmed on location in the St. Francisville area; the high school International Club provides concessions, viewers should bring lawn chairs or blankets, and admission is one canned good for the Food Bank. At 7 p.m. Dylan Sneed plays music at Birdman Books and Coffee, and Cypress Grill also has live music.
The town’s bicentennial celebration, dubbed THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCISVILLE 200 YEARS, debuts the weekend of November 9, 10 and 11th with the introduction of a book covering 200 years of the life and times of the little town, with text by local author/historian Anne Butler and images by prize-winning Louisiana photographer Darrell Chitty, whose words and superb full-color photographs capture the very soul of the place and its people over the years. On Friday, November 9, at 6 p.m. the author and photographer discuss the book, THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCISVILLE, and sign autographs in 1819 Old Market Hall on Royal St., hosted by the West Feliciana Historical Society. Beginning at 8 p.m. the popular Delta Drifters perform live at Magnolia Café.
On Saturday, November 10, downtown shops host Birthday Sales, and shoppers can have cards stamped to be eligible for a birthday present of their own. The Feliciana Stitchers hold a Quilt Show and Sale in downtown Parker Memorial Park on Commerce St. beginning at 9 a.m. At Birdman Books and Coffee, Arts at the Market showcases a month-long exhibit of members’ creations. St. Francisville Main Street screens THE REAPING, filmed right in downtown St. Francisville, at the 4-H Barn to kick off the annual movie series, showcasing movies filmed on location in the St. Francisville area; the high school International Club provides concessions, viewers should bring lawn chairs or blankets, and admission is one canned good for the Food Bank. At 7 p.m. Dylan Sneed plays music at Birdman Books and Coffee, and Cypress Grill also has live music.
Sunday, November 11, opens the doors for the first time in half a century of Julius Freyhan School for a program called SCHOOL DAYS. At 2:30 the West Feliciana High School ROTC Color Guard salutes veterans both past and present. In the turn-of-the-century brick school building, ORAL HISTORIES feature stories told by former students, while the wonderful West
Feliciana Community Choir performs upstairs in the auditorium and an exhibit of vintage B&W photographs captures community life over the years. The Freyhan Foundation plans restoration of this splendid structure into a community cultural center and museum.
THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCISVILLE 200 YEARS and Main To Main activities are made possible by grant funding from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, and Preserve America.
November 9, 10 and 11th
St. Francisville
FREE
225-635-6769
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