Events
Writer’s Series
The Writer’s Series will resume in the Fall. March and April events were cancelled.
Writer’s Series
CANCELLED
SAT April 18 | 1:30 PM | at the PARK
Writer Dorothy Weik Smiljanich presents “Bringing Jessie Home, A story of Canine Rescue and Human Redemption.”
“Bringing Jessie Home, A Story of Canine Rescue, Human Redemption” celebrates the bond between human beings and their canine companions.
All talks are followed by refreshments, and “A Writer’s Life”—the literary tour of Marjorie’s orange grove and house. Marjorie Kinnnan Rawlings State Historic Park, South County Road 325, Cross Creek. Call 352-466-3672 for details.
Writer’s Series
CANCELLED
SAT MARCH 21 | 1;30 PM | at the PARK
Writer Wanda Duncan presents her first book, Cracker Gothic.
For the safety and welfare of our employees and the public we serve, tours inside the farmhouse, as well as the Writers’ Talk with Wanda Duncan scheduled for March 21st have been suspended for 30 days while COVID-19 continues to be monitored.
The park will remain open from 9am -5pm each day and visitors are still welcome to walk the grounds and look in through the windows and screen doors of the farmhouse.
All talks are followed by refreshments, and “A Writer’s Life”—the literary tour of Marjorie’s orange grove and house. Marjorie Kinnnan Rawlings State Historic Park, South County Road 325, Cross Creek. Call 352-466-3672 for details.
Writer’s Series
SAT FEB 16 | 1;30 PM | at the PARK
Novelist Susie Baxter presents Pumping Sunshine. Memories of a Suwannee River childhood which one reviewer calls “a treasure…touching and honest, leaving its mark indelibly on the heart.”
All talks are followed by refreshments, and “A Writer’s Life”—the literary tour of Marjorie’s orange grove and house. Marjorie Kinnnan Rawlings State Historic Park, South County Road 325, Cross Creek. Call 352-466-3672 for details.
Big Scrub Walk ’20
March 7, 2020
The annual Big Scrub Walk is planned for Saturday, March 7, led by Anne Pierce, taking in the Yearling Trail in the Ocala National Forest.
All these sites are part of The Yearling near the Cal Long residence. The 3-mile loop is mostly pine forest and the trail is well maintained but sandy in places.
The talk concludes in Silver Glen Spring park (Admission is $6) with lunch. Plan to bring waters, hat, sun screen, lunch and snacks.
Sunshine State Book Festival
Presented by the Writer’s Alliance of Gainesville
Jan 24, 25 & 26 ,2020
A field trip is planned to MKR Historic State Park on SUN JAN 26
For more info, see http://www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com/
Life and Times in
Cross Creek, by Donna Green-Townsend
SAT, DEC 7 | 2 PM | at the PARK
Donna Green-Townsend will present ‘Life and Times in Cross Creek” of her life at the Creek. Donna’s talk will include photos and short video clips she recorded with Rip Torn, J.T. Glisson and Snow, and Ella Mae Slater.
Annual Holiday Party
SAT, DEC 14 | from 5-7 PM | at the PARK
Celebrate the holidays “cracker-style” at the farm. Ranger staff and Friends decorate the homestead with natural materials from around the area.
The Pound Party
Jim Stephens recently produced his play “The Pound Party” based on chapter 4 of Cross Creek. If you recall the Townsend family invited Marjorie to a party where everyone is to bring, “a pound of flour, sugar, ” etc. Of course Marjorie was asked to bring a cake.
