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 >