Thursday is the Annual Ice Cream Social at the Mark Twain House. For the last four years, The Mark Twain House & Museum Ice Cream Social has raised money to support free programs at the Mark Twain House. It started in 2009 when The Friends of The Mark Twain House & Museum generously donated an antique icebox for the kitchen of the historic house. From 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 26th, enjoy croquet and other lawn games and discounted tours, and other special activities.
Listen to live music by the Phil Rosenthal Duo while you enjoy treats from Woody's Hot Dog Cart and a refreshing cup of ice cream donated by the UConn Dairy Bar, Shady Glenn, and Royal Ice Cream. They will present a lively program of traditional and original folk, bluegrass and country music on the patio, featuring two-part harmony vocals and toe-tapping instrumental work.
The discounted tours of the first floor of the historic Mark Twain House will be available for $5.00 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. All the exhibits in the Museum Center, including the featured exhibit "Race, Rage, and Redemption," will be free for viewing.
You and your children (children must be accompanied by an adult) can take the Night Fall Lantern Workshops with Anne Cubberly, a local visual artist with more than 28 years of experience in kinetic sculpture, artist-in-residence experiences, installations and performance. Learn to make an illuminating lantern from plastic bottles in this free event. Lanterns will be featured in Night Fall, a spectacular event in Elizabeth Park on Oct. 13 celebrating the change of seasons and featuring giant puppets, dance and a lantern parade. Bring your lantern to Elizabeth Park in October and join the celebration!
After the social, at 7:00 p.m., there will be a preview screening of the documentary Linotype: The Film, a look at the unusual way printing technology changed in Mark Twain's day and after. Printing technology was Mark Twain's obsession and the financial bane of his existence. Filmed in part at the Mark Twain House, Linotype, directed by Doug Wilson, is a fascinating look at the typesetting machine that was the successful rival to Twain's doomed Paige Compositor. The film is co-presented with Youth Journalism International. Admission is by voluntary donation.
The First Niagara Bank Foundation recently awarded The Mark Twain House & Museum a $10,000 grant to support free programs that the museum provides for the community. Along with the Ice Cream Social, the programs include Tom Sawyer Day, a full day of family activities held each June, and "The Trouble Begins at 5:30" lecture series, which offers free after-work spring and fall lectures on subjects related to Mark Twain, his work and his era.
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