A composed image featuring Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Zora Neale Hurston

The Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Name: The Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Start: 2024-03-30T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-03-30T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Peña-Peck House

Peña Peck House celebrates Women's History Month by honoring two authors.

Wednesdays - Saturdays, Mar. 6 - 30, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

On St. George Street next to the Cathedral courtyard.
143 St. George Street
St. Augustine, FL 32084

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Beginning on Wednesday, March 6, the Peña Peck house presents a special exhibit: "The St. Augustine Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings." The exhibit will be open to the public for free tours at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through March 30, 2024.

Ms. Rawlings and Ms. Hurston met when Ms. Hurston was teaching creative writing at Florida Normal. Both had achieved some acclamation as a writer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, an "upper-middle-class Yankee," had achieved more attention and great success for her book, The Yearling. Zora Neale Hurston, "the daughter of a slave," had just published Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Admission: Free

When: Wednesdays - Saturdays, March 6 - 30, 2024. The museum is open from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. Tours are at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.

Where: The Peña Peck House Museum, 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084