The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Patti Smith in Conversation, Oct. 13
HARTFORD >> The Mark Twain House & Museum is pleased to present Patti Smith in Conversation: A Mark My Words Event. This special program, centered around a discussion of Smith s second memoir, M Train, will be held at the Immanuel Congregational Church at 10 Woodland Street on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock and roll. She has released twelve albums, including Horses, which has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time by Rolling Stone.
Smith’s 2010 memoir, Just Kids won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The Chicago Tribune called Just Kids, “The most compelling memoir by a rock artist since Bob Dylan’s Chronicles: Volume One, written with intimacy and grace.”
Just Kids tells the story of Smith’s life in the late 1960s and early 1970s while also serving as a tribute to her friendship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. M Train is a collection of observations, memories and a deliberation on loss and longing, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world.
Patti Smith has described M Train as “a road map to my life.”
Smith will be joined in conversation by Colin McEnroe, host of WNPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show.
Tickets includes a copy of M Train. Just Kids will also be on sale at the event. Admission is $20 for members, $25 for guests, and are on sale Monday, Aug. 29 at 10 a.m.
For the opportunity to secure pre-sale tickets and priority seating for Patti Smith, become a member today by calling 860-2803112 or visiting marktwainhouse.org.
The Mark Twain House & Museum’s Mark My Words series is sponsored by The Hartford, the Wish You Well Foundation, and Hoffman Auto Group.
The Mark Twain House & Museum has restored the author’s Hartford, Connecticut home where the family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works during the years he lived there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. In addition to providing tours of Twain’s restored home, a National Historic Landmark, the institution offers activities and educational programs that illuminate Twain’s literary legacy and provide information about his life and times.
The house and museum at 351 Farmington Ave., are open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 860-2470998 or visit www.marktwainhouse.org. Programs at The Mark Twain House & Museum are made possible in part by support from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development and the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign.