First talk of the Spring “Trouble Begins” Lecture Series Now Available!
Laura DeMarco traces Mark Twain’s life journey through the major locales that shaped the great writer.
Category: The Trouble Begins Lectures
Spring “Trouble Begins” Lecture Series Begins May 5
Laura DeMarco traces the life journey of Samuel Clemens through his travels.
CMTS Announces the 2021 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series
All lectures are online and free to the public
Hal Holbrook Remembered
Register for for these free two events. First event is on Tuesday, April 6.
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: Genus Americanus, Hitting the Road in Search of America’s Identity
This virtual lecture is free and takes place Monday, March 22, 5:30-6:30pm
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: Hsuan Hsu: Twain’s Olfactory Gags
Lecture starts at 5:30pm on Wednesday, February 17
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: Music and Connection in Twain’s World and in Ours
This free event takes place on Tuesday, January 26 on the Museum’s Facebook page
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: Twain and Child Healthcare
Sam and Olivia Clemens’ idyllic early years of marital happiness were shattered with the loss of their first child, Langdon, to diphtheria. Only one hundred years ago, even in the world’s wealthiest nations, children died in great numbers—of diarrhea, diphtheria and measles, of scarlet fever and meningitis. Culture was shaped by these deaths; diaries and letters recorded them, poets and writers wrote about and lamented them.The near-conquest of infant and […]
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: The Twain-Twichell Letters
Virtual event takes place today (12/9) at 5:30pm.
Seybold concludes the 2020 Trouble Begins Lectures
The fall portion of the 2020-2021 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies concludes with a presentation by Dr. Matthew Seybold, assistant professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College. During the mid-1860s, Mark Twain waged a prolonged and inflammatory media war against the San Francisco Police. By some accounts his campaign led directly to the replacement of the SFPD’s longtime Commissioner, as […]