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Fall 'Trouble Begins' Lecture Series Continues Oct. 27
The Fall 2021-2022 Trouble Begins Lecture Series, presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies, will conclude Wednesday, Oct. 27, with "[T]ie some buttons on their tails, and let on they're rattlesnakes": Twain's Anti-sentimentality and Contemporary ...
Oct 22, 2021, 9:17am EDT
New Collaborative George Waters Gallery Exhibit Opens Oct. 21
A new, collaborative collage exhibition will begin at the George Waters Gallery on Thursday, Oct. 21. The second exhibition of the Fall 2021 season, "Postal Collage Project #10," features 65 of the more than 120 collages created collaboratively by peop...
Oct 20, 2021, 10:36am EDT
Mindful Mondays: The Art of Gratitude and Awe
This is the third article in an October series focused on emotional wellbeing. A growing body of research has found that an attitude of gratitude, as well as the pursuit of awe, lead to improved mental and physical wellbeing. The research suggests tha...
Oct 18, 2021, 8:11am EDT
Fall 'Trouble Begins' Lecture Series Continues Oct. 20
The fall 2021-2022 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies will continue Wednesday, Oct. 20, with "Complimentary Genius: The Sardonic Humor of Kurt Vonnegut and Mark Twain," presented by Richard Coronado of Sout...
Oct 15, 2021, 8:52am EDT
Dr. Betsy Smith Scholarship Memorializes The Beloved Faculty Member
To honor the joy felt by students, faculty and staff who came into contact with Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Betsy Smith, Elmira College, along with Smith family members, have established the Dr. Betsy Smith Scholarship to provide support for f...
Oct 14, 2021, 2:27pm EDT
Annual Twain Symposium Celebrates 150 years of Roughing It and Twain in the American West
During the recent Eighth Quarry Farm Symposium, Mark Twain scholars and historians examined Twain's relationship to the American West in honor of the 150th birthday of the famous author's book Roughing It. The event was co-chaired by Joseph Csicsila o...
Oct 12, 2021, 8:07am EDT
Mindful Mondays: The Mind and Body Connection
This is the second in a series of articles in October focused on mental health in honor of National Emotional Wellbeing month. If you're feeling stressed or anxious, one solution is to take a walk, snack on an apple and then get to bed early for a gre...
Oct 11, 2021, 9:48am EDT
Fall 'Trouble Begins' Lecture Series Continues Oct. 13
The fall 2021-2022 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies continues with a free lecture at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Quarry Farm entitled "Sick of War or just the War Stories? Reading the Harper's Weekly C...
Oct 8, 2021, 8:53am EDT
October Mindful Mondays at Elmira College
October is National Emotional Wellness Month and in honor of the occasion, and because we feel strongly about ensuring our students feel safe and supported, we are running a series of articles called Mindful Mondays. In these Monday morning articles, ...
Oct 4, 2021, 8:33am EDT
Fall 'Trouble Begins' Lecture Series Begins Oct. 6
The fall 2021-2022 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies begins Wednesday, Oct. 6, with "Becoming Mark Twain," presented by actor, writer, producer and educator Jeffrey Weissman. The lecture is free and will b...
Oct 1, 2021, 9:58am EDT