Considered one of the “Books to Read in 2023” by Washington Post Book World, The Rediscovery of America provides a sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. In The Rediscovery of America, scholar Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT GHOST TOURS RETURN – Nocturnal Paranormal Tours of The Mark Twain House Make a nighttime visit to the Victorian home of Mark Twain, a journey into the paranormal and haunted history. Featured on SyFy's "Ghost Hunters," "Ghost Hunters Academy," and Biography Channel's "My Ghost Story, you’re in for a night of mystery filled […]
Have you ever wanted to write poetry but you couldn’t find the words? What if you could find them in Mark Twain’s own writing? Join us Friday May 19th at 7 PM, as poet and educator Victoria Nordlund introduces you to the craft of blackout poetry and guides you through creating your own poem. All […]
Join us for a conversation with award winning writer Simon Winchester about his brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds. Studded with strange and fascinating details, Knowing What We Know is a deep dive into learning and the […]
Mark Twain had a lifelong habit of writing in the margins of the books he read – and it did not always matter whether the book actually belonged to him. He commented acerbically on the authors and their work – “by an ass” was a favorite phrase – and made other, longer comments that tell […]
Join us on Wednesday, May 24th for an evening of comedy, song, and cocktails, as the Mark Twain House welcomes, Dina Martina for her show Chariots of Failure. Absolutely packed with ludicrous songs, horrifying stories and overburdened costumes, Dina Martina’s shows are impossible to adequately describe, other than that they’ve become synonymous with jaw-dropping pathos […]
The architect of some of the most famous ad campaigns of the last decade argues that culture is the most powerful vehicle for influencing behavior and shows us how to harness culture to inspire other people to share their vision. In For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who […]
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all comedy—Raw Dog reveals what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now. Join us for a delicious conversation with the author of Raw Dog, comedian Jamie Loftus, and Rebecca Castellani, local journalist and podcaster about the great American hot dog. You can love them, […]
One of Electric Literature’s “Books by Women of Color to Read This Year” and one of Goodreads’ “A Buzziest Debut Novel of the Year”, this debut novel swirls Florida kitsch with magical realism. Notes on Her Color is a lushly written story about Gabrielle, a young Black and Indigenous woman who learns to change the […]
Howard Fishman, author of To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse, joins New Yorker Staff Writer Sarah Larson LIVE onstage to discuss the overlooked history of a musical pioneer. Connie Converse was a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and composer whose haunting music never found broad recognition. Fishman […]
Wednesday, June 7 at 12 PM (Noon) ET - Without Money or Moneyed Friends: Mark Twain, Charles Ethan Porter, and Art Patronage in the Gilded Age $6.50 per virtual connection, free for museum members; REGISTER HERE. This program will explore the relationship between Mark Twain and Charles Ethan Porter, a prominent Black painter in […]
From the bestselling author of All You Can Ever Know comes a memoir of a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led, the life she forged as an adult, and the lives she’s lost. Called an “an intimate story with vast social implications” by Imani Perry and “an excavation of the self” […]