Tuesday

Tuesday, September 19 at 7pm ET - David Joy on THOSE WE THOUGHT WE KNEW with Sophfronia Scott (Virtual)

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small North Carolina community and the evils that unfurl from its center. Richly drawn and bracingly honest, it asks what happens when the people you’ve always known turn out to be monsters, what do you do when everything you ever believed crumbles away?

Virtual: Choose your own price for non-members. Free for members.

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Wednesday

Wednesday, September 20 at 7pm - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: Digging up the Past – Then & Now of the Historic Hotel Ampersand with Mikayla Ploof (In-Person and Virtual)

This presentation will follow the rise and fall of the Hotel Ampersand located on the shores of Saranac Lake. The Clemens family visited Saranac Lake in 1901, and while they rented a personal cabin on the lake, they did socialize at the Ampersand Hotel and used it for their address so they could send and receive mail. Mikayla’s presentation will also take a look at what the grounds/resort looks like now.

This is a FREE HYBRID event sponsored by CT Humanities and the Center for Mark Twain Studies in Elmira, New York.

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Saturday

Saturday, September 23 at 6pm - THE 8th ANNUAL BARK TWAIN BASH...IT'S THE CAT'S MEOW

The Mark Twain House & Museum and Kenway’s Cause present the 8th Annual Bark Twain Bash, an evening of celebrating our four-legged friends! Proceeds to benefit Kenway’s Cause and the Mark Twain House & Museum. We will be presenting special awards to special friends of animals and even animals themselves! The event is hosted by iHeartMedia’s Renee DiNino and Buzz Engine’s Jacques Lamarre with a special presentation by The MTH&M’s Executive Director Pieter Roos

Your $40 ticket includes delicious goodies prepared by Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ. Cash bar.

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Sunday

WRITE IN MARK TWAIN’S LIBRARY! Sunday, September 24, from 6pm to 9pm ET

Not a writing class, not a writing workshop, just three hours of uninterrupted writing time in Mark Twain’s own library. Join a handful of fellow scribblers to write, reflect, and plot whatever piece of literature you’re working on. The space is quiet, except for the burbling fountain in the nearby conservatory, and infused with Mark Twain’s spirit. Laptops are welcome, but make sure you charge up before you come, as we have no power outlets. Pencils only, please; no pens permitted!

Limited Spots! Admission: $50; Reserve your seat by CLICKING HERE.


Tuesday, September 26 at 7pm ET - Douglas Brunt on THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF RUDOLF DIESEL: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I with Gareth Russell (Virtual)

On September 29, 1913, the New York Times led with the headline that Rudolf Diesel – multi-millionaire inventor of the diesel engine and international superstar in the scientific community – had disappeared of a passenger ship crossing from Belgium to England and was presumed dead. Since Diesel’s disappearance, the world has assumed one of three outcomes: there was an accident, he committed suicide, or he was murdered, with high profile players such as Kaiser Wilhelm and John D. Rockefeller in the line of accusation.

Perfect for fans of Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author and historian Douglas Brunt expertly weaves history with intrigue while presenting a new theory on Diesel’s disappearance.

Virtual: Choose your own price for non-members. Free for members.

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Upcoming Frights

Wednesday, September 27 at 7pm ET - STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES & S.A. COSBY in Conversation (Virtual)

The Mark Twain House & Museum is delighted to reunite bestselling and award-winning authors Stephen Graham Jones and S.A. Cosby in conversation discussing their new novels!

2021 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award-winner and horror master Stephen Graham Jones (The Only God Indian) has unleashed the page-turning second installment of his Lake Witch Trilogy, Don't Fear the Reaper.

S.A. Cosby is the award-winning novelist of such bestsellers as Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears, is getting plaudits for his latest edge-of-your seat novel, All the Sinners Bleed.

Virtual: Choose your own price for non-members. Free for members.

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Hartford's most chilling Halloween tradition returns! GRAVEYARD SHIFT GHOST TOURS of The Mark Twain House begin September 29 and are offered Friday and Saturday nights through the month of October.

Make a nighttime visit to the Victorian home of Mark Twain, a journey into the paranormal and haunted history. Featured on SyFy’s Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, and Biography Channel’s My Ghost Story, you’re in for a night of mystery filled with creepy stories and exclusive accounts of unexplained encounters in the Clemens family home. Grab your tickets while you can….they might disappear faster than a ghost!

Tickets: $29 / $21 for children 10 to 16. Not recommended for children under 10. Reserve your tickets byE CLICKING HRE

Upcoming Events

V = Virtual Event; IP = In-Person Event

Tuesday, September 19 - Those We Thought We Knew - A Novel with David Joy (V)

Wednesday, September 20 - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: Digging Up the Past - Then & Now of the Historical Hotel Ampersand (IP & V)

September 23 - The Bark Twain Bash...It's the Cat's Meow fundraiser with Kenway's Cause (IP)

September 26 - The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power and Deception on the Eve of World War I with Douglas Brunt (V)

September 27 - Stephen Graham Jones (Don't Fear the Reaper) & S.A. Cosby (All the Sinners Bleed) in Conversation (V)

September 29 - Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours being for October (IP)

October 4 - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: Work and Play in Mark Twain's Creative Process with Dr. Kerry Driscoll (IP & V)

October 10 - America's Castle: One Hundred Years of Mar-a-Lago with Mary C. Shanklin (V)

October 11 - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: The Phenomenon of Summer Reading with Donna Harrington-Lueker (IP & V)

October 25 - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: Lurking, There, in the Underbrush: The Gilded Age in the Adirondacks with Robert Engel (IP & V)

November 3 - The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Celebration Dinner (IP)

November 8 - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: The House that Trudeau Built with Chessie Monks-Kelly (IP & V)

November 27 - Class with Stephanie Land (V)

November 27 - THE TROUBLE BEGINS: Gravity - Selected Letters of Olivia Langdon Clemens with Barbara Snedecor (IP & V)

December 16 - GET A CLUE Tours (IP)

More to be announced soon!

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Signed books will be mailed after the event. Please note that we cannot ship outside of the U.S. at this time.