Honoring the memory, career, and bequest of Henry Louis Mencken, The Mencken Room is open to the public from 10 am to 5 pm.

10:30 am, Mencken Society Annual Meeting (open to the public)

2:00 pm, 2024 Mencken Memorial Lecture (live and streaming)

This year's lecture will be delivered by author Thomas Frank, author Listen, Liberal (2016), The Wrecking Crew (2008) and What's the Matter with Kansas? (2004), plus other books and many articles. His most recent book is The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism (2020, 2021) and his new book on creativity and innovation will be published next year. A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Harper's and The Guardian, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler."