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On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 7:04 AM Steve Courtney <
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> Greetings, all!
>
> As some of you know, ten years ago I called Barb Snedecor and asked
> permission to pillage the name of the wonderful Center for Mark Twain
> Studies lecture series, "The Trouble Begins at Eight," altering it slightly
> for the early-to-bed Hartford audience: "The Trouble Begins at 5:30."
>
> In the past decade we've welcomed more than 90 speakers on subjects
> ranging from literary to historical to domestic (the corset lecture comes
> to mind) to odd ("Mark Twain versus Sherlock Holmes" comes to mind). We
> have remained hand-in-hand with Elmira, which now under Joe Lemak has
> provided important support for the series, for which we are heartily
> grateful.
>
> Our Tenth Anniversary Spring series was blitzed by the emergency. We still
> hope for the fall, but meanwhile we are injecting the spirit of the series
> into a series of virtual programs, via Crowdcast, staring Thursday -- at
> 5:30. We call it "Trouble at Home."
>
> We'll feature a live interview of about half an hour with Dr. Kerry
> Driscoll, Associate Editor at the Mark Twain Project, Professor Emeritus at
> the University of St. Joseph, trustee of The Mark Twain House and Museum,
> and recent historian of Mark Twain's thorny relationship with Native
> Americans in Mark Twain and the Indians. Kerry, long associated with, and
> an important figure at the museum, was our first speaker in the series in
> May 2010. I'll be asking her about her current work at the Project and
> anything else that crosses our minds.
>
> Again, Thursday, May 14, at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Here's the link for
> registration (it's free). Enjoy!
>
> marktwainhouse.org/TroubleAtHome/Kerry<
> https://outlook.office.com/mail/search/id/marktwainhouse.org/TroubleAtHomeKerry
> >
>
> All best,
> Steve
>
> Steve Courtney
> Curatorial Special Projects Coordinator
> The Mark Twain House & Museum
> 351 Farmington Avenue
> Hartford, Connecticut 06105
> 860-302-8969
>
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