All Trouble Begins and Park Church Lectures are open to the general public at no charge. A videorecording of all Trouble Begins and Park Church Lectures will be posted and archived in the Trouble Begins Lecture Archive. The 2026 Trouble Begins and Park Church Lecture...
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Morris Davis’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College held its final lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, on May 27 at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. The final lecture featured Maggie E. Morris Davis, author of Reading the Classed Child:...
The Final 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Is On May 27
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College will hold its final lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, on May 27 at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lecture begins at 7:00 a.m. and is free and open to...
The First Trouble Begins Poetry Reading Now Available
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College held its third event in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout May at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lectures are free and...
The Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series Continues May 20
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College will hold its third lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout May at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lectures are...
Sullivan’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College held its second lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout May at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lectures are free...
The Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series Continues May 13
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College will hold its second lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout May at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lectures are...
Ryan’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
The Center for Mark Twain Studies kicked off the 2026 Trouble Begins Lecture series with a talk by Ann M. Ryan, Professor of American Literature at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. She is the past president of the Mark Twain Circle, the former editor of The...
Ann Ryan Kicks Off The 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College announced the schedule for the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout May at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lectures are free...
CMTS Announces Its 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lectures Lineup
Image created by Angelina Addison '28, CMTS Digital Design Intern All Trouble Begins and Park Church Lectures are open to the general public at no charge. A videorecording of all Trouble Begins and Park Church Lectures will be posted and archived in the Trouble Begins...









