EC Actors Participate in Upcoming Theatrical Production at Quarry Farm
Twain-inspired theatrical production takes place Wednesday, May 29 at 5:30p.m. at Quarry Farm.
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Special “Trouble Begins” Event Features Play and Lecture
Play and Lecture start at 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 29 at Quarry Farm.
April in Elmira & Redding (A Quarry Farm Fellow Testimonial)
Larry Howe discusses his recent Quarry Farm Fellowship and his work-in-progress on Mark Twain and real estate.
Next “Trouble Begins” Lecture Focuses on the History and Preservation of Quarry Farm
Lecture takes place on Wednesday, 22 at 7:00p.m. in Cowles Hall at Elmira College.
2019 Elmira College Twain Art and Writing Contest Winner Announced
The Center for Mark Twain Studies has announced the winners of the Annual Portraying Mark Twain Art Contest and the Mark Twain Essay Contest. First place prizes were awarded to Jamie Dorsey ’21 and Rebecca Heagy ’19, respectively. Jamie’s winning piece in the Art Contest was a photograph of the Mark Twain gravestone taken from a dramatic angle that emphasized “Twain.” His photo has already been used to advertise the […]
Upcoming Lecture on Twain and the “Trade Language” of the Law
“Trouble Begin lecture on Wednesday, May 15 at 7:00 pm in Cowles Hall at Elmira College. The lecture is open to the public at no cost.
Linda Morris Kicks Off the 2019 Trouble Begins Lectures with a Discussion of Twain and Sexuality
Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00pm at Quarry Farm. The lecture is open to the general public at no cost.
2019 Summer Institute For Teachers: Mark Twain & Generation Z
Our 2019 Summer Institute for Teachers will be led by Jocelyn Chadwick and, for the first time, include an opportunity for course credit at Elmira College.
Mark Twain Forum Reviews: Mark Twain’s Literary Resources: A Reconstruction of His Library and Reading (Volume 1) by Alan Gribben
Kevin Mac Donnell’s review of an important resource tool for Twain scholars
The Apocryphal Twain: Ron Chernow’s Encomium to The American Press At White House Correspondents Dinner Ends On A False Note
Ron Chernow ended his White House Correspondents Dinner speech with a quote by Mark Twain. Cool, cool. It’s a solid formula. We just wish he’d quoted something Twain actually said.