Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum Blog

In looking over past blog posts, I realize that it's been... ahem... a while. In my defense, however, it's been just a bit on the busy side this past year. And in that spirit, I'd like to offer s...

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The Mark Twain: Words & Music CD has been out a little more than a month now, and we are enjoying all of the phone calls, emails, and conversations about how much people are enjoying it.  Yes, w...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/10/illinois-stories-and-bob-edwards-show.html

One of the greatest programs supported by the National Endowment for the Arts is The Big Read .  The Big Read is a community event during which people of all ages and backgrounds come together ...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/10/big-read.html

Everything happened so fast, it was almost blurry.  Think of it.  Carl Jackson and I first spoke in 2007 about doing this project.  (And remember, this was after having not seen or spoken to e...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/09/mark-twain-words-music-release.html

Just when I think my week can't get any better (I "work" at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, after all), a small package arrives that sends everyone into a tizzy.  The small package that ar...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/09/mark-twain-words-music-cd-release.html

A MAGICAL WEEK Last week (August 10-14) we launched our first scholarly conference here in Hannibal, the Clemens Conference. As Calvin and Hobbes  might say, the days were just packed. Everyt...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/08/magical-week-clemens-conference.html

Like everyone else, I don't have time to visit everyone's Facebook page to see what they're up to, so I peruse the News Feed and click the "Like" button every so often.  And then there are times...

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Every day something "blog-worthy" happens at the Museum, but these days we've all been so busy it's nearly impossible to find five minutes to write about it.  I'm going to make an exception toda...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/07/jimmy-buffett-aka-huck-finn.html

Well, to have a blog implies you have stories and ideas and information to share, and truly I believe that is true.  However, we spent three months in pursuit of a Pepsi grant, and without sound...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2011/02/life-after-pepsi.html

Please VOTE TODAY and DAILY through Nov. 30 for this Pepsi Refresh Grant!  You can VOTE ONLINE each day and VOTE BY TEXT: TEXT 104141 TO 73774 (Pepsi). WILL YOU CLICK 30 TIMES AND TEXT 30 TIM...

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For the 80 or so folks in attendance last night, the evening concert surely created a special memory.  Jacqueline Schwab, the only pianist documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will engage, performed ...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2010/10/ken-burns-pianist-jacqueline-schwab.html

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is in the running for a grant to help us with the Becky Thatcher House restoration.  However, there's one catch: we need your vote! Just like the Pepsi gra...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2010/10/vote-daily-for-tourism-cares-grant.html

There is no such thing as a typical day at the Museum.  Curator and friend Henry Sweets has told me this a thousand times, always with a knowing smile.  Henry is wise.  And right. On Friday ...

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In November you can read all about Mark Twain in The Mini Page! The Museum is happy to have been able to work with the editors on this project. As a former elementary school teacher, I'm a bi...

http://blog.marktwainmuseum.org/2010/10/mini-page.html

So, this is how you write a blog... you squeeze it in between grant writing and answering emails and... well, you squeeze it in. I think Mark Twain would have been a GREAT blogger! Did you know...

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Welcome to the launch of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Blog! Hello, fellow Twainiacs.  Cindy Lovell here, saying hello and thanking you for stopping by the blog.  We have so much going...

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