Mark Twain events for 2010

Tracy’s recording of Hal at 2009 conference in Elmira.

http://quarryfarm2009.blogspot.com/

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Elmira center: nothing for April, 1 day conference in fall for the 175 ann. Of his birth

hartford: working with redding

Hartford

"Steve Courtney" sdcourtney@HOTMAIL.COM

Thu, August 13, 2009 12:38 pm

Putting on my Mark Twain House publicity hat, just to reassure everyone: The Mark

Twain House & Museum does have a full roster of events planned for 2010.

For

starters, we're participating in the Hartford Public Library's Big Read program,

their book next year being The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. And Hartford Stage is

putting on a new dramatic version of the book. There'll be exhibits on on

architecture, on Tom, and on Huck. Plenty more to come, so watch this space, and of

course Cindy Lovell's terrific 2010 site.

Steve Courtney

7 Union St.

Terryville, CT 06786

860-589-6412

sdcourtney@hotmail.com

www.josephhopkinstwichell.com

Connecticut:

"Heather Morgan" Heather@MARKTWAINLIBRARY.ORG

Wed, August 12, 2009 11:39 am

The news from Redding:  We are working with the Hartford Library, and many

other towns in Connecticut, and a local theater group, on a community read

of the book Tom Sawyer.

redding: book sale early sept 2010 will be the 50^th one for them, (e-mail Ginny ginnybeasley@comcast.net

tues aug 11, 2009 3:05pm)

also in redding, Connt.

"Susan Durkee" Sbdurkee@AOL.COM

Sat, August 15, 2009 12:43 pm

Susan B. Durkee lives on the property called  “The Lobster Pot”, the original farm that

Twain purchased when he came to Redding Ct...This spring we had a Mark Twain

Centennial kickoff here at “The Lobster Pot” and consequently, for the past

2 months, I have been getting many inquiries regarding Mark Twain and

Isabel Lyon, so with the help of the wonderful web designer Brent Colley, we

have launched the site  _www.marktwainlobsterpot.com_

(http://www.marktwainslobsterpot.com)  for those of you who are interested in

Twain's Lobster Pot and Isabel Lyon.

To learn more about Twain and Redding Ct. a visit to Brent Colley's

informative twainproject.blogspot.com and _www.historyofredding.com_

(http://www.historyofredding.com)  will tell you almost everything you need to know

about Twain,  Stormfield, and  Redding, Ct

For any of you traveling East to Connecticut, during this coming Centennial

 year..you are always welcome to stop by and share a Toast for Twain on the

  infamous Patio!

Happy Twaining,

Susan B. Durkee

www.SusanDurkee.com

Lobster Pot Studio/Gallery

23 Mark  Twain Lane

W. Redding Ct.  06896

203-938-2760

Hannibal: something in April, Henry could not elaborate

"Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site" mark.twain.birthplace.state.historic.site@DNR.MO.GOV

Wed, August 12, 2009 2:43 pm

florida: director retired, they are working on something

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Berkely: have not heard

Cornell U. Ithaca: exhibit for 2 months starting April 23 until Oct 20^th or so 2010.

<http://www.library.cornell.edu/events/?keyword=twain>

Friday - April 23rd, 2010

Time: 04:30 pm

Event: Known to Everyone – Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain

Category: Lecture

Location: Goldwin Smith Hall

Description:

The lecture will celebrate the opening of the

Mark Twain exhibition in the Carl A. Kroch

Library, featuring the collection of Susan Tane.

More information available soon.

Time: 05:30 pm

Event: Known to Everyone – Liked by All: The

Business of Being Mark Twain Opening Reception

Category: Reception

Location: Kroch Library

Description:

This exhibition features the Mark Twain

collection of Susan Tane. More information will be available soon.

Ah, I see from your web site that you indeed

refer to the exhibit portion. Well, hopefully the

details above expand on what you already knew about!

http://thehojos.com/~jules/Mark%20Twain%20events%20for%202010.htm

U of Missouri-Columbia

"Thomas Quirk" quirkt@MISSOURI.EDU

Thu, August 13, 2009 11:25 am

Here, in a provisional way, is what we are planning at the Univ. of

Missouri-Columbia:

On March 17, 18, and 19, Ron Powers will deliver three lectures on Twain,

probably to be published as a short book later.  There will also  be an

exhibit put on by the State Historical Society, and on

Saturday, the 20th, we plan to have two lectures in the morning on the music

and architecture of Twain's time and then in the afternoon I will

chair a panel (Ron Powers, Susan Harris, Bruce Michelson, and Louis Budd) on

the topic "Mark Twain in Our Time."

This, as I say, is not set in stone yet.

Thanks for doing this.

Best, Tom

Tenn:

Barbara Schmidt" SCHMIDT@TARLETON.EDU

Tue, August 18, 2009 12:28 pm

The city of Nashville appears to be one of the first cities taking a lead in Twain

celebrations beginning this month and running through 2010 with a website devoted

soley to Nashville's planned activities:

http://www.twainandtwang.org

I note their schedule of activities includes a performance of the play "The Elusive

Mr. Twain" by Carolyn German scheduled for April 28 - May 1, 2010. I am not familiar

with this production but would be interested in comments from any who have seen or

may see the play. Described as:

Based on historical record, "The Elusive Mr. Twain" imagines the story of two women

living in the post-Civil War South who develop an unlikely friendship after they

discover a mutual dream of becoming newspaper journalists. Encouraged by the

popularity of the legendary author and humorist Mark Twain, the pair sets off "up

North" determined to win an audience with the man himself.

Barb

Click, Benjamin A    baclick@SMCM.EDU

Thu, September 3, 2009 10:03 am

My college has adopted the book as its common reading for the incoming class,

fall 2010, as a way of recognizing the Centennial.

Please let me know if you have suggestions.

Thanks,

Ben

 Ben Click

 Professor of English

 Director, Mark Twain Lecture Series on

 American Humor and Culture

 St. Mary's College of Maryland

Causes to write for!

Hannibal:

Asking people to write to get 2010 the year of Twain

http://www.twain2010.org/mt_petition.html

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Connecticut:

Brent M. Colley Wed, August 12, 2009 10:53 am

An idea I've been working on for most of the summer is...

To showcase and celebrate Mark Twain's life in Hartford and Redding,

Connecticut throughout the year 2010 to "Mark" the Centennial of his

passing.

This will be accomplished by displaying portraits of him in every public

library and/or public place, that wants to be a part of this celebration,

along with photos and information about his life, his work and his friends

in Connecticut.

The friends of Twain aspect is very important because it ties in many

Connecticut towns to his life, which allows us to make others aware of these

people and their accomplishments. With any luck it will spur community pride

as well.

For example: In Easton, Connecticut we would include information & photos

about his friendship with Helen Keller; In Ridgefield, Connecticut we'd

highlight his friend, Cass Gilbert; In Bethel & Bridgeport, P.T. Barnum; In

Norwalk, E.K. Lockwood; In Westport, Ned Wakeman; Cos Cob/Greenwich, Charles

& Jean Webster; Saybrook, the Fenwick Hotel; Obviously the Hartford area has

many friends.

I feel this idea can be greatly expanded upon once each town and their

historians join me to offer their input and ideas...I'm hope to make

connections all over the State so please send names and ideas! I will be

providing the artwork, and Redding information to all public libraries

and/or public places interested (free). My hope is that the Mark Twain House

will provide some photos and information on Hartford and they have already

reach out to me so that's moving in a positive direction.

The artwork: http://www.susandurkee.com/the-mark-twain-gallery.htm

I am also pursuing an official Mark Twain Day in Connecticut on April 21,

2010. If you feel this is a worthwhile effort, you can assist me in pursuing

the "Mark Twain Day" idea by contacting Governor Rell's office and asking

her to approve it. Governor.Rell@ct.gov

I can be reached at bcolley@colleyweb.com or by phone at 860-364-7475.

It should be great fun,

Brent M. Colley

Brent Colley Wed, August 12, 2009 10:53 am

is pursuing an official Mark Twain Day in Connecticut on April 21,

2010. If you feel this is a worthwhile effort, you can assist me in pursuing the "Mark Twain Day" idea by contacting Governor Rell's office and asking her to approve it. Governor.Rell@ct.gov

Ithaca NY

I’m trying to get the Hanger Theater to put on a Twain play in 2010

Write to:

http://www.hangartheatre.org/dsp_contact_us.php

I spoke to Shelly about getting “is he dead?” for this playhouse.

This is what I will be lobbing for to the Hanger theater.

http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1365

Bermuda

I’m trying to get Bermuda to produce a stamp for this event

Write to:

THE CABINET BUILDING

105 Front Street
Hamilton, Bermuda HM 12

Telephone: (441) 292-5501
Fax: (441) 292-8397

Postmaster:

The General Post Office

56 Church Street
Hamilton HM 12

Bermuda

In general

IF I may add another cause, I'd like to see the centennial of MT's death marked by a

google "doodle," that is, one of the cartoons on the google main page that has the

logo altered in tribute to something or someone.

Wading around the google web pages, I found the blog of Dennis Hwang,

(http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2004/06/oodles-of-doodles.html) who creates these

logos.  He invites suggestions via the Google help forum.

I've posted a request already.  If anybody wants to join me, it's easy enough to do.

 From your google account log-in to the help forum:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search?hl=en

Gregg

From:	"Gregg Camfield" <gcamfield@UCMERCED.EDU>
Date:	Fri, August 14, 2009 3:29 pm

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