Mark Twain News

On the week of Veterans Day, my thoughts have turned to Pall Mall, Tenn. I traveled through this tiny town late last year while roaming through Jamestown, braving snow showers and exploring parts of the Big South Fork National Recreation Area.

Author Robert Day will read from his Kansas-based works as part of Kansas State University's Visiting Writers Series at 4 p.m. Nov.

Text Archive > American Libraries > The writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] The writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] This book has an editable web page on Open Library .

Reading can motivate young and old to explore new places and expand the imagination.

Branson -- As Silver Dollar City lights up for the Christmas season, the theme park is preparing for its 50th anniversary celebration in 2010.

More than 60 Bearden High School students will participate in a production of the musical 'Big River,' a re-telling of the classic Mark Twain novel 'Huckleberry Finn.' In the story, Huck Finn frees a slave, Jim, in a time of prejudice and hate.

Community and school activities: volunteer at my church for community service projects; the school's DECA business club My hobbies are: playing sports, spending time with family, learning and hanging out with friends The three words people use to describe me are: friendly, helpful and considerate I'm most proud of: my parents for raising me My ...

Reading group to discuss Huck Finn The Evening Reading Group, sponsored by the Friends of the Linwood Library, will meet 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

Juran Greene remembers clearly the first time he saw "Big River, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" a musical based on American literary giant Mark Twain's famous novel.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 5:54 a.m. One hundred twenty five years ago, The Washington Monument was just being completed.

Theater for Young Audiences will hold auditions for its 21st-season musical, 'Paintin' the Fence,' Tuesday, Nov.

Fans of the classic American writer Mark Twain will have the chance to experience his work in a whole new art form --- on a Utah stage, in a farcical comedy.

A celebration honoring the 125 years of service the Vigilant Hose Company has provided the town of Emmitsburg will take place Sunday.

Mark Twain was not big on anniversaries. "What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light," he observed.

You know time is passing way too fast when Nashville Children's Theatre starts recycling shows.

Oct. 19, 1999 - School board ethnic committee members gave their unanimous blessing to a resolution that attempts to quell the recent controversy surrounding the teaching of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in Fairbanks public schools.

When Oswego School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel O'Donnell began his educational career more than 30 years ago, it was to teach music.

IT took guts for the Irish Repertory Theatre to present a production of Eugene O'Neill's 1920 classic "The Emperor Jones" that is faithful to the playwright's original intentions.

Given my most recent column, I felt it would be appropriate to include here the notice contained in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : "PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

Stages St. Louis has announced their 2010 summer season. It will include BIG RIVER, PROMISES, PROMISES, and STATE FAIR as its three musicals.