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Ceremony for the Ernest J. Gaines Commemorative Forever Stamp

Attend the U.S. Postal Service's Ernest J. Gaines Forever Stamp first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony.

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8th Annual Gaines Lecture Series

On Thursday, October 29, the Ernest J. Gaines Center will host its 8th Annual Gaines Lecture Series at 5:00 p.m.

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Make plans to attend some of the upcoming events celebrating the 50th anniversary of Gaines' first novel publication, Catherine Carmier​.

  • September 17: Film screening of An Obsession of Mine and The Sky is Gray (6:30 South Regional Library)
  • September 24: Film screening of A Lesson before Dying (6:30 South Regional Library)
  • October 1: Film screening of A Gathering of Old Men (6:30 South Regional Library)
  • October 8: Film screening of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (6:30 South Regional Library)
  • October 9: Bayou Book Talk on Ernest J. Gaines by Dr. Marcia Gaudet and Dr. Reggie Young (6:30 South Regional Library)
  • October 15: Reading by Jeffery Renard Allen, 2009 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence (6:30 Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
  • October 22: Book discussion of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (6:30 South Regional Library)
  • November 1: Discussion with Gaines at the Louisiana Book Festival (All day, State Capitol in Baton Rouge)
  • November 2: Reading by Gaines at UL Lafayette (4:00 Moody 103)
  • November 8: Pointe Coupee Book Fair (10:00-2:00 New Roads, LA)
  • November 21: 2nd Annual Ernest J. Gaines Lecture by Dr. John Lowe (1:00 Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
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