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 > >>>> > -- *Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. Joan Didion*