FRANKLIN, La.-The City of Franklin Main Street Program will host the Fourth Annual Promenade d'art de Franklin (Franklin Art Walk) on Franklin's historic Main Street on September 28, 2013, from 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
The Franklin Art Walk is a Main Street Program event. The City of Franklin and its Main Street Board invite art connoisseurs to take a stroll along Franklin's Main Street from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and visit with the merchants and purchase art from the artists.
Music by Alfred Hill, Ted Foulcard and Jada Hawkins will begin at 3:30 p.m. and last until 5:30 p.m. on the Hanagriff's lot on Main Street.
This year's Art Walk will include authors. Novelists Rhonda Dennis and Lynn Shurr will be a part of this year's event. Rhonda Dennis is the author of the Green Bayou Novel Series, and Lynn Shurr is the author of Mardi Gras and Sinners Series. Bring your books and get them signed, or you can purchase them that day and get them signed.
This year's Franklin Art Walk will have a few added attractions. The Techeland Arts Council will host Une Assemblée de Connaisseurs d'Art (A Gathering of Art Connoisseurs) from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Lamp Post, which is on the corner of Jackson and Main Streets. The Techeland Arts Council will share its purpose, people, pictures and pieces of its production No Hitchin'.
Shadowlawn will host Parker Felterman who is the 14-year-old author of The Revolver. There will be music by The Bayou Saxophone Ensemble, which is an eight-piece saxophone group from Thibodaux. Additionally, St. Mary Landmarks Society will display political posters of past Franklin elections at Teche Ridge Office Supply, which will showcase Franklin's contribution to Louisiana politics.
The Miss Harvest Moon Festival Pageant will begin at 6:30 p.m. at The Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts on Main Street. Admission is $5. The pageant is sponsored by the City of Franklin, the Franklin Merchants Association and the St. Mary Parish Lions Club. You will be able to spot the Miss Harvest Moon Festival Pageant contestants and visiting queens from around the state at the Art Walk by their modern-day, Southern belle attire of interview suits and large hats or tiaras. For more information about entering one of the three divisions of the pageant (Miss, Teen or Little Miss), contact Pageant Director Susan K. Thibodaux at 337-578-7854. The deadline to enter is August 17, 2013.