Kevin Mac Donnell is a leading Mark Twain scholar and collector of books and memorabilia who lives in Austin, Texas. He’ll be speaking May 30 in The Trouble Begins at […]
Read more »New Gardener Joins Mark Twain House & Museum
Christie Kuriger is the new Gardens and Grounds Coordinator for the Mark Twain House & Museum. She has been working for many months with Laura Barnett Goldberg who previously held […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Welcomes New Stowe Center Executive Director Dr. Briann Greenfield
We are excited to hear that Dr. Briann G. Greenfield will become executive director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center on June 18. Stowe was the more famous writer when […]
Read more »Mark Twain House welcomes Donna Larcen to the Staff
Donna Larcen has joined The Mark Twain House & Museum as a Communications Specialist. The Arts Editor at the Hartford Courant for many years, Larcen grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Temple […]
Read more »Mark My Words: Matt Taibbi & Colin McEnroe April 12
Mark Twain House Presents Mark My Words: Matt Taibbi and Colin McEnroe, April 12, 7:30 pm Matt Taibbi and Colin McEnroe, two smart and funny writers in the tradition of […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Takes Education Outreach to Maryland
On Monday, February 12, 2018, The Mark Twain House & Museum’s Director of Education, Dr. James Golden, traveled to Potomac, Maryland, to work with the teachers and students of The […]
Read more »“Tails of Twain” Exhibition Celebrates Mark Twain’s Love for Animals
Mark Twain’s affection for all creatures, whether they had paws or claws, wings or whiskers, was one that he shared with his family – and with his readers. His beloved […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Seeks Submissions for $25,000 Literature Prize
Hartford, Conn. – The Mark Twain House & Museum is inviting submissions from publishers and others for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, which carries a $25,000 prize. […]
Read more »Mark Twain House Elects Michael R. Chesman to its Board of Trustees
November 18, 2016 — The Mark Twain House & Museum is pleased to announce that Michael R. Chesman has been elected to its Board of Trustees. Chesman is senior vice […]
Read more »Capital Classics presents The War of the Worlds
Friday, October 28, Friday 10/28, & Saturday 10/29 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, October 30, at 2:00 p.m. Prepared to be scared with this radio theatre performance of H. G. Wells’s […]
Read more »The 2016 Family Series at The Mark Twain House & Museum Provides Laughter for Young and Old with COMMEDIA MANIA
On Saturday, October 8, the classic Italian art of commedia dell’arte gets a modern twist for family audiences at The Mark Twain House & Museum. Starting at 2:00 p.m., the troupe […]
Read more »T.C. Boyle honored by Twain House at Lincoln Center for ‘American voice’ in literature, receives $25,000 prize
New York, NY – The Mark Twain House & Museum is known for hosting exciting author events on site in Hartford, Connecticut, but on Monday, September 26 some 75 guests were […]
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