...and he will be in Hartford for a ceremony naming the Great Hall of our Mark Twain House & Museum Visitors Center after him on Sunday, Nov. 25, for anyone who'd like to see him in this part of the world. He first performed at a fundraiser here in 1956. A National Treasure indeed. Watch www.marktwainhouse.org for deSendtails! Cheers,Steve Cheers,Steve Steve Courtney 7 Union St. Terryville, CT 06786 860-589-6412 > Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:08:34 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Mark Twain Tonight! 2012/2013 > To: [log in to unmask] > > Dear All, > > Too bad we don't have a "Living National Treasure" designation in the = > U.S. as they do in Japan. But all of us know that if we named "Living = > National Treasures" in the U.S., our dear Hal Holbrook would be at the = > head of the procession.=20 > > Here's the MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! schedule for the upcoming 2012/2013 = > season: > =20 > 9/20: New Albany, OH > 9/29: Elkhart, IN > 10/5: Modesto, CA > 10/13: Santa Monica, CA > 10/20: Wilkes Barre, PA > 10/26 and 27: Peoria, IL > 11/2: Salem, OR > 11/10: Santa Barbara, CA > 11/17: Hannibal, MO > 12/2: Lafayette, LA > =20 > 2013 > 1/26: Las Vegas, NV > 2/9: Mesa, AZ > 2/23: Albuquerque, NM > 3/9: San Diego, CA > 3/16: Denver, CO > 4/5: Evansville, IN > 4/9: Orange, TX > 4/13: Galveston, TX > 4/20: Morristown, NJ > 4/26: Salt Lake City, UT > 5/17: Cincinnati, OH > =20 > I hope anyone lucky enough to live where Hal is performing will arrange = > to see him! The show just gets better and better. > > All the best, > Shelley > =20 > =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D = > =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D=20 > Shelley Fisher Fishkin=20 > Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, Professor of English, and = > Director of American Studies, Stanford University=20 > Mail: Department of English, Stanford University, Stanford, CA = > 94305-2087 > [log in to unmask] > http://english.stanford.edu/bio.php?name_id=3D51 > =20