http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/nyregion/19twain.html?emc=eta1 ________________________________ From: Cindy Lovell <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, April 19, 2010 11:51:09 AM Subject: More Twain articles Lots of good articles on Twain lately... Here are three from the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, another from Londo= n's Telegraph, and Voice of America: http://www.tampabay.com/features/travel/mark-twain-marvelously-haunts-hanni= bal-missouri/1087712 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/7594738/Mark-Twains-Missou= ri-stealing-away-with-Tom-and-Huck.html http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/american-life/Economic-Downturn-Impact= s-Mark-Twains-Boyhood-Home--90627189.html And yesterday a German reporter came through and is doing a piece on Twain.= (If I've provided these links before, I apologize. It's been rather hect= ic here of late.) Lonely Planet is putting out a book on traveling with Tw= ain, and there have been many other writers passing through in anticipation= of this year's events. I wish all of the Twain Forum folks could join us this Wednesday at 12:00 n= oon. We're having a brief ceremony with a proclamation regarding "The Year= of Mark Twain" and will 1) bury a time capsule, 2) unveil a webcam on the = Becky Thatcher House that will show the Boyhood Home/mall area in 24/7 stre= aming video, and 3) unveil the new permanent exhibit at the Huck Finn House= that goes further into the story of slavery in Hannibal. USA TODAY plans = to cover the ceremony. On "Juneteenth" we are installing an exhibit in the Boyhood Home showing wh= ere Sandy likely slept with an explanation of the family's slaves. On Saturday, Dan Mathews, VP of PETA was here to install a plaque with Twai= n's anti-vivisection quote. We included some photos of Twain with his pets= . (Thanks, MTP!) PETA donated $5000 to show their support. Come visit us in Hannibal! =20 Cindy Cindy Lovell, Ph.D. Executive Director Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum 120 N. Main St. Hannibal MO 63401 Phone: 573-221-9010 ext. 402 Fax: 573-221-7975 Email: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://marktwainmuseum.org/ Have you signed our petition to designate 2010 as "The Year of Mark Twain" = yet? Click here, sign, and pass it on! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/de= signate-2010-the-year-of-mark-twain Support the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum at no cost to you! When shoppi= ng online, begin your search at http://www.GoodSearch.com, select the museu= m as the recipient, and start shopping! A small percentage of your purchas= es will be donated to the museum at no cost to you! "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker wi= ll be sorry." ~Mark Twain