William Bearden, also, or mostly, known as ‘Willie’ or even ‘Willy,’ will talk about his Memphis Legacy Project and sign copies of his books at 5 p.m. Thursday (June 5) at Burke’s Book Store, 936 S. Cooper.
Bearden is an enthusiast and Memphis is his favorite topic. He’s created books about Overton Park and the history of cotton in the Mississippi Delta and Memphis, and he’s written and produced documentaries about Elmwood Cemetery and local garage bands. He has taken thousands of pictures of architectural details of the houses and churches in Victorian Village. That effort is the first installment in Bearden’s Memphis Legacy Project, an early result of which is Bearden’s film about Victorian Village, “The View from Adams Avenue: 19th Century Memphis,” which had its debut Saturday at the Mallory-Neely House Museum.
For more information, call [901] 278-7484.)