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An Evening with Nell Bernstein - Burning Down The House
Thursday, March 5, 6:30 p.m.
There will be a light supper reception at 5:30 p.m.
One in three American school children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three. Many of these youth will spend time in detention centers that do not incorporate everything we know about how to rehabilitate young offenders. In a candid examination of the American juvenile justice system, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein shows that there is no right way to lock up a child. Join Bernstein and WNPR's John Dankosky for a conversation that explores this controversial issue and discusses alternative community programs that support the child and their family. Sponsored with Community Partners in Action, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance & the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.
Tickets are $20 which includes a light supper reception from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For tickets, please call (860) 280-3130 or click here.
The Reformed Whores - Music & Comedy Duo
Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.
They may be dressed in their Sunday best, but don't let their innocent smiles and southern charm fool you! If Tenacious D and Dolly Parton got drunk and had a baby it would be the musical comedy duo Reformed Whores!
Southern bred, but NYC based, Marie Cecile Anderson and Katy Frame deliver hilariously dirty country tunes with a wink and a smile.
Tickets are $20/ $15 for MTH&M members. For tickets, please call (860) 280-3130 or click here.
The Trouble Begins at 5:30: Twain, Travel and Prejudice
Wednesday, March 11, 5:00 p.m
A wine and hors d'oeuvres reception will be served prior to the 5:30 discussion.
Continuing the prelude to our exhibit, 'Travel is Fatal to Prejudice': Mark Twain's Journeys Abroad, opening March 19, former Mark Twain House Education Manager Craig Hotchkiss will speak on Mark Twain, Travel and Prejudice. Hotchkiss shows how, through travel, a boy with a parochial and bigoted upbringing was gradually transformed into a champion of human rights and equality across the globe.
The series is supported by Connecticut Explored magazine, Hot Tomato's restaurant. Big Dollar Liquors of Bristol and The Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum.
Suggested donation $5.00. Reservations are recommended. Please call 860-280-3130 or click here.
An Evening of Celtic Magic with
Daniel GreenWolf
Friday, March 13, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, we are delighted to have the incredible illusions, magic and comedic storytelling of Daniel GreenWolf back at The Mark Twain House & Museum, to perform for both young and old! Check out a video of Daniel here.
Tickets are $20/ $15 for MTH&M members. Please call (860) 280-3130 or click here.
TRANScribing: Gender Identity, Self-Expression, and Creativity
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.
The program will feature three transgender authors: Joy Ladin, a poet and the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution, and Tobias Davis, a transgender activist, playwright, and young adult novelist, and Dr. Joe Wenke, a writer, social critic and LGBTQ rights activist.
The panel will discuss their varied journeys and how they create their writings. Topics will include what audience the authors are writing for, does their transgender status make it hard to get visibility for their work, and how they use their writing as a form of self-expression. The discussion will be moderated by Jacques Lamarre, Director of Communications and Programs at the Mark Twain House.
This is a FREE event. Reservations are recommended. Please call (860) 280-3130 or click here.
Exhibit Opening Reception
'Travel Is Fatal to Prejudice': Mark Twain's Jouneys Abroad
Thursday, March 19, 5:30 p.m.
Mark Twain's first major work was a travel book, The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress, published in 1869. In it, he writes: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." We celebrate three great journeys he took during his lifetime, each of which led to a significant travel book full of humor, wisdom and lyrical description. It is our major exhibition for 2015, and we invite the public to a free wine & cheese reception at 5:30 p.m. on March 19 to welcome it.
The exhibition will include such extraordinary items as Ottoman Turkish garb purchased on the first of these journeys, jewelry and other exotic items purchased on the second, and a rare jade pendant received by Mark Twain's wife as a gift from the Maori people -- along with books, manuscripts and revealing letters. Visitors will enter set-piece scenes from the books that will put them in the traveling spirit -- and provide a spot for a "selfie."
This exhibition is generously supported by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company.
The opening reception is a free event. Reservations are recommended. Please call (860) 280-3130 or click here.
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THANK YOU TO OUR NEW & RENEWING
(January 22 through February 24)
Emily Auger
Elizabeth Dee Bailey
Sandra L. Brangiero
Amy Brunelli
Jeffrey & Suzanne Burgess
Joanne Caissie
David Carkeet
Chae Ho Cho
Henry Cohn
Kayla Colbert
Aisling Colon
William A. & Mary Anne DeGrazia
Lillian Donner-Jacobson
Catherine Dunn
Bob Englehart & Pat McGrath
Lynn H. Ferrari
Jean F. Filer
JoAnn Floridia
Jan Fontanella
Donna P. Frank
Alfred & Kathleen Garofolo
Jennifer Glick
Victoria Graves
Daniel Gregg
Mark Haims & Erica Bloch
Linda A. Henriques
Dawn C. Hoffman
Ellen Kalinkat
Roger & Laurel Kirschen
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Lisandra Lassen
William & Ann Lazarek
Beverly A. Loughlin
Louise E. Mann
Bernice Manning
Earl McMahon & Dina Plapler
The Revs. Barry W. & Ann C. Miller
Thomas & Marlee Mooney
Dicie Mueller
Stanley P. Oakley
Doreen Oshinskie
Marcia Parish
Kenneth Przybysz
Michael & Noreen Reuber
John M. Reynolds
Emily Perretta & Nancy Ritter
Mark & Cheryl Roy
Thomas & Wendy Seymour
Larry & Virginia Shobe
Joanne Shulman
David Symonds & Eric Johnson
Karen M. Thomson
Timothy & Katherine Throckmorton
Sarah Townswick
Mr. Charles H. Wheeler
Mary Ellen White
Susan Willard
Deborah Wilson
David J. & Sylvia Jane Wojcik
Xinsheng Zhang
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS (January 22 through Feb. 24)
INDIVIDUAL
Judith E. Askey
Linda Biancalani
Lesa & Robert Laraia
Mary Jane Converse
John B. De Laney
Joel & Susan Freedman
Helen B. Gray
Richard Heldmann
Alice Hendrickson
Chloe & Wesley Horton
Dan & Lila Kain
Andrea Karanian
Maribel La Luz
Wally & Christine Lamb
Matthew & Ingrid Maclean
H. Richard McLane
Jeffrey & Donna Oller
Carol Olsen
Frederick & Philomena Sawyer
Jeanmarie B. Shea
Brett & Brenda Williams
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INSTITUTIONAL
The Bay and Paul Foundations
Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum
The Hartford
The Saunders Foundation
United Technologies Corporation
IN HONOR OF HAL HOLBROOK ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY
Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Ph.D.
Dr. Cindy Lovell
Gavin & Linda Wilson
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Make the most of your donation, be sure to ask your employer about matching gifts.
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RESTORATION NEWS - AND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
We are thrilled to share the repair and restoration of three items from our Collections, made possible by our generous supporters.
Two of the pieces, a Rodgers silver electroplate cake plate with pheasant figures, and a cast metal picture frame are from the same period of time that Twain lived in the Hartford home with his family (1874-1891). Both of these pieces have been returned to the House and are on display for visitors to enjoy.
The third piece, a Persian or mosque lamp, was purchased by Twain and his family for the entrance hall of their Hartford home. It reflects the exotic d�cor from the 1881 redecoration of the home's public spaces by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated Artists. The lamp was damaged in a fall several years ago, and required complicated repairs. It will be on display to the public in The Mark Twain House and Museum's upcoming exhibition, Travel is Fatal to Prejudice which opens March 19, 2015. Following the exhibition closing in 2016, the Persian lamp will be rehung in the House.
All of these pieces are significant to the interpretation of the Mark Twain House, and we are pleased to have them restored and on display for the museum's thousands of visitors. We look forward to welcoming you among those visitors.
Our deepest thanks to The Ahearn Family Foundation for providing significant funding, as well as Atessa Afshar, Michael & Keri Beck, Edward & Sally Carrier, John Groo, Craig & Jeanne Hotchkiss, Betty J. LaChapelle, Cindy Lovell, Nancy O'Neil, Charles & Carol Paydos, and Anonymous Donors.
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Writers' Weekend 2015!
April 17-19
Our Annual Mark Twain House Writers' Weekend is back for our 4th year!
This year, our keynote speakers are Dani Shapiro, best-selling author of Devotion and Still Writing, and
Random House employees Ann Kingman & Michael Kindness, hosts of the Books On The Nightstand podcast.
Peek into the inner lives of the region's best writers; hone your craft with workshops on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and storytelling; learn the publishing industry's secrets on pitching, agents, and publicity; meet other writers; and read your work aloud at our closing event. Tickets are available for the whole weekend or just one day. Become a better writer at the home of one of the best writers in American history--it's a weekend of inspiration and hard work, bound to get you on the right path to the next stage of your writing life.
For reservations, please call (860) 280-3130 or click here.
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Mark Twain House & Museum: Spring Writing Classes & Workshops
Be the writer you've always wanted to be-- study at the home of America's greatest writer!
6-Week Classes ($265):
Historic Fiction
Memoir
Children's Lit
Political Poetry
Self Publishing
Humor
Fiction
Writing for the Web
4-week Class ($199):
Writing from found texts
One-Day Workshops ($40):
Freelancing
Getting Started
Memoir
Writing for Young Adults
Don't miss out -- for the schedule of classes and workshops, or to register, please visit www.marktwainhouse.org or call (860) 280-3130
Questions? Email [email protected]
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MARK TWAIN STORE FEATURED ITEM OF THE MONTH
Travel is Fatal to Prejudice Deluxe Travel Mug - $18.98
"Travel is Fatal to Prejudice" stainless steel travel mug. 12 oz. spill proof lid.
Pick one up in the store or order online here.
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