2023 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY APRIL 27
2-4 PM: The Robert E. Howard Museum is open to the public. There are no docents on duty. The Gift Shop is open and the grounds and Pavilion are available to all.
6:30 - 8:30 pm: Senior Center Dinner & Dance in Treadway Park. $7.00 per person. Cornbread, beans, dessert served.
The Pavilion will be open and available all day until late night on Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
FRIDAY APRIL 28
8:30 am until gone: Coffee and donuts in the Pavilion
9 am - 4 pm: Robert E. Howard Museum and grounds open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open all day until late night.
9 am - 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation Souvenir at Cross Plains Post Office. FRIDAY ONLY.
NOTE: the Cross Plains P.O. is CLOSED for lunch between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm.
9 - 10:45 am: BUS TOUR of Cross Plains & surrounding areas. FRIDAY ONLY.
10 am - 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealer's Area open on grounds east of Museum.
10 am - 4 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts, letters, Weird Tales magazines and first edition books are on display. Manuscript copies and rare edition books are for sale. There will also be REH-themed role-playing gaming here.
11am - Noon: PANEL: 100 Years of Weird Tales. Panelists: Bobby Derie, John Betancourt, Dierk Guenther + others At Cross Plains Methodist Church
12 Noon: Hot Dog Lunch in the Pavilion. Hosted by Project Pride.
12 Noon - 4 pm: Hyborian Age RPG Sword & Sorcery 5E with Jeb Boyt at the Library.
1:30 - 2:30 pm: PANEL: The 3 Musketeers of Weird Tales: Panelists: Mark Finn, Bobby Derie, Jeff Shanks + others. At Cross Plains Methodist Church
2:30 - 3:30 pm PANEL: The Glenn Lord Symposium. Jason Ray Carney, Moderator. Presenters: Dierk Guenther, Brian Murphy and Will Oliver. At Cross Plains Methodist Church
Following this panel: Presentation of the 2023 REH Foundation Awards. Rusty Burke, Bill Cavalier
4 - 5 pm: Informal Panel: Howard's Women. A round table discussion hosted by Janice Schange with Aurelia Wilder, Libby Sharpe and Stephani Childress, held at the Cottonwood Coffee Shop on Main Street.
5:30 pm: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site.
6:30 pm: The Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Family Life Center of the Baptist Church on Main Street. Guest of Honor Speaker: John Gregory Betancourt.
9 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House. Our perennial favorite presentation about Howard's most prolific writings, his boxing stories. Presented by Mark Finn, Chris Gruber & Jeff Shanks behind the Ice House on Main Street (next to Subway) on the concrete slab where Howard actually boxed!
REH Fellowship in the Pavilion will continue. Special Poetry Reading: The REH Poems in Weird Tales.
SATURDAY APRIL 29
10 am to 4pm: CROSS PLAINS SPRING FLING FESTIVAL in Treadway Park, 1 block west of the Museum. Food, vendors, music, raffle, games, family fun. Parade downtown at 10 am.
9 am - 4 pm: Robert E. Howard Museum and grounds open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open all day until late night.
9 - 10:30 am: WALKING TOUR of downtown Cross Plains, conducted by Rusty Burke. Meet at the Ice House on Main Street (next to Subway) and walk in the steps of Bob Howard.
10 am - 3 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealer's Area open on grounds east of Museum.
10 am - 4 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts, letters, Weird Tales magazines and first edition books are on display. Manuscript copies and rare edition books are for sale. There will also be REH-themed role-playing gaming here.
11 am - Noon: PANEL: REH and Weird Tales. Panelists: Patrice Louinet, John Betancourt, Bobby Derie, Dennis McHaney. At Cross Plains Methodist Church
11 am - 3 pm: Hyborian Age RPG Sword & Sorcery 5E with Jeb Boyt at the Library
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 2:30 pm: PANEL: The Art of Weird Tales. Panelists: Dennis McHaney, J. David Spurlock, Michael Tierney + others, At Cross Plains Methodist Church
2:30 - 3:30 pm: PANEL: What's Up with REH? This is our wrap-up panel, devoted to the latest news of Howard publishing, entertainment and how his influence continues. Panelists: Paul Herman, news from Heroic Signatures + others. At Cross Plains Methodist Church
4 pm: Tour of Museum Grounds. Rusty Burke will give a tour around the House where Howard lived..
5 pm: Sunset Barbeque at the Pavilion. Enjoy a Bar-B-Que dinner provided by Project Pride and the Cross Plains Library, compliments of Jack and Barbara Baum.
After the BBQ: Porchlight Poetry. An open mic REH poetry reading, done from the front porch of the Museum. Interspaced throughout this event will be readings of Howard's masterpiece poem, "Cimmeria" in as many as 9 different languages. This year we will allow some poetry of H.P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.
REH Fellowship in the Pavilion will continue into the evening.
Note: There will be special announcements, new book releases and signings, surprise guests, impromptu happenings, spontaneous and unscheduled events occurring all weekend at the Pavilion, so please join in and enjoy the continuing REH Fellowship.
REGARDING DEALER'S TABLES: There will be approximately 8 tables available for set up in the yard, first come first served, one per dealer @ $25.00 for the weekend. Pay in the Gift Shop or in advance at Projpride@yahoo.com, or a check to the POB. REH/related items only.
NO DEALERS IN THE PAVILION PLEASE.
