🎉 Let’s Party 🎉
Saturday, June 14, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
The Mark Twain House & Museum, the Stowe Center for Literary Activism, and the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association invite you to join us for the Lawn Party at Nook Farm!
Gather your friends and family, pack your blankets and snacks, and get ready for a day full of excitement! Enjoy dancing, music, and a host of family activities including:
- Free museum tours!
- Meet Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher: Winners of the 60-year-old Hannibal, MO, contest to honor a 7th-grade pair as representatives of Twain famous characters
- Celebrate Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 114th Birthday with a slice of birthday cake!
- Enjoy icees and hot dogs with neighbors and friends
- Play corn hole, make bubbles, and create crafts
- Create your own paper bag hat! Gees and gaws galore available for decorating your own signature cap!
- Engagement with local social justice organizations
- Say hello to the GIANT Mark Twain puppet
- Move to the music Michael B. Carabello & Friends
- and more!
The Lawn Party is free to attend, with free station tours in the Mark Twain House and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, as part of the 21st annual Connecticut Open House Day. In addition, guests can visit the Stowe Visitor Center and Mark Twain Museum Center to peruse exhibits and the museums’ gift shops. The first floor of the ornate Katharine Seymour Day House at the Stowe Center and both properties’ historic gardens will also be free for guests to explore and enjoy. Courtesy of the Stowe Center, 300 lucky guests will receive a free one-hour, one-mile audio tour of the historic Nook Farm neighborhood that Stowe, Twain, and other luminaries called home.
Location: the lawn between the Stowe House (77 Forest Street, Hartford) and Twain House (351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford).
Admission: Free! (no rsvp required) Complimentary parking; restrooms available.
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ADVOCATE SPONSOR
Stanley Black & Decker
SUPPORTING SPONSOR
Chubb Group of Insurance
FRIEND SPONSOR
BrightPath Centers for Early Learning & Child Care
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About Nook Farm:Â
Once a hub of civic engagement, Nook Farm was famously described by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Joan Hedrick as a place where “there was no pot left unstirred.” Neighbors like Stowe and Twain often engaged in spirited discussions here. Through the Lawn Party, we honor that tradition by bringing the community together for this special event. We look forward to seeing you here for an unforgettable day of community and celebration at Nook Farm!