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Laura Trombley <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Dennis,
Your dreams have come true! I think the series will be available because
I'm one of the speakers and it is being recorded. Miss you!
Laura

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 7:02 PM Philip Bauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> @Dennis Eddings why do you find it necessary to insert your political
> view into this exchange?  I doubt that Twain would agree with you.  He
> was a libertarian, don't you think.   Phil Bauer
>
>
>
> On 5/12/2020 1:43 PM, Dennis Eddings wrote:
> > In the midst of this comedy of errors (Trump/covid) there may be an
> > upside--such things as Kerry's talk being available to those of us
> > (especially on the Left ((thank god)) Coast) who can't make them.  Now,
> if
> > Joe would do the same for the Elmira series I would be as happy as a cat
> > with a freshly opened can of tuna.
> >
> > dennis eddings
> >
> > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 8:11 AM Hugh Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, thank you.
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:20 AM Steve Courtney <
> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hugh, this should actually get you there. My bad.
> >>>
> >>> https://marktwainhouse.org/TroubleAtHomeKerry
> >>>
> >>> If it doesn't for some reason, if you go to the Mark Twain House
> website
> >>> -- marktwainhouse.org -- and search for "Trouble," Thursday's "Trouble
> >> at
> >>> Home" should come up as the first entry.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for the, er, Trouble!
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>> Steve Courtney
> >>> Curatorial Special Projects Coordinator
> >>> The Mark Twain House & Museum
> >>> 351 Farmington Avenue
> >>> Hartford, Connecticut 06105
> >>> 860-302-8969
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Hugh Davis <
> >>> [log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:34 AM
> >>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Subject: Re: Trouble at Home
> >>>
> >>> The two hyperlinks provided send us either to the last time Dr.
> Driscoll
> >>> spoke (2018) or to an Outlook account sign-in.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 7:04 AM Steve Courtney <
> >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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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