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The Katherine Anne Porter Museum in Kyle, Texas, will sponsor a special event on May 15, 1997, Katherine Anne Porter's 107th birthday. A talk will be given by Don Graham, the J. Frank Dobie Regents' Professor of American and English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin, who was the principal speaker at the November 1996 Katherine Anne Porter Literary Festival in Kyle. Professor Graham's article "Katherine the Great" appears in the May issue of Texas Monthly. Also forthcoming is an article on the museum by Ann Fears Crawford, which will be published in the Houston Chronicle in June.

At present, Southwest Texas State University, in nearby San Marcos, hopes to acquire the museum as a writers' residence for its creative writing program. The building would continue to serve as a museum but perhaps on a smaller scale. Yana and David Bland, the current owners and operators of museum, plan to continue the annual autumn Katherine Anne Porter Literary Festival, which has grown in the past three years.

Until the writers' residence is established, the museum will remain open to the public on Saturday, from 10 am to 4 pm, and the first Sunday, April through August, from 2 to 5 pm. Admission is free. As a non-profit organization, the museum is dependent upon memberships, donations (monetary or items), and community events in order to remain open to the public. It is available, by appointment, for meetings, classes, and weddings. Memberships range from $10 to $1000. Membership pledges and other inquiries may be sent to the Katherine Anne Porter Museum, P.O. Box 615, Kyle, Texas 78640. The telephone number is 512-268-2220; the Fax number is 512-268-1557.