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  Andrew Beahrs talks about Twain and 'America's lost foods'

  Andrew Beahrs has written a whole book about the great man's love of eating -- "Twain's Feast" (The Penguin Press) -- and he will be at the Mark Twain House in Hartford Thursday to share his adventures in searching modern-day America for the... more »

  Joe Meyers, Staff Writer 3 weeks ago

  arable farming | literature | tourism and leisure

• Plenty to celebrate at Hartford's Mark Twain House

  Nutmeggers intent on exploring the best of the state with family and friends might do well to plan a trip to the one historic site in Connecticut that so aptly symbolizes the American character that it last year attracted visitors from all 50... more »

  Phyllis A.S. Boros, Staff Writer 2 months ago

  literature | people | death and dying | accomplishment | tour operator | architecture

• Celebrating 375 of Connecticut!

  Celebrating 375 of Connecticut! more »

  elwood healthylifect3 months ago

• Celebrating 375 of Connecticut!

  Celebrating 375 of Connecticut! more »

  elwood 3 months ago

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  Mark Twain, as a reporter, found recognition after story about Stamford brothers at sea

  In 1866, working on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu, Twain picked up the harrowing shipwreck tale of two Stamford brothers and spun it into a story that would ink his name across publications nationwide and culminate three decades later in one of his... more »

  Olivia Just, Correspondent 4 months ago

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  The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn., home of author Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens. more »

  Christian Abraham 4 months ago

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  The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn., home of author Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens. more »

  Christian Abraham 4 months ago

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  In this undated portrait released by The Mark Twain House & Museum, author Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens is shown. (AP Photo/The Mark Twain House & Museum) more »

  AP Photo/The Mark Twain House & Museum 4 months ago

• Twain-inspired 'Tom'-foolery takes over Connecticut

  Celebration of the 2010 Mark Twain Centennial means dozens of events in honor of the famous humorist, who lived in Hartford for a time and moved to Redding in his final years. Redding's library is among 30 that will take part in the National... more »

  John Farrell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER 5 months ago

  people | library and museum | elementary schools | television | cinema

• New CPTV documentary profiles perils of today's newspapers

  Narrated by broadcast journalist Janet Peckinpaugh, the film also includes interviews with key figures of the news business, many of whom have changed with today's new technology and brought news coverage online in serious, thoughtful and... more »

  6 months ago

  media | cinema | television