November Events @ The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

November at Stowe Salons@Stowe, Authors, Thanksgiving Weekend Tours and more The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial by Susan Eaton Author Event  Wed., Nov. 5    5 – 6:30 PM Harriet Beecher Stowe Center   Free Event   Join us as author Susan Eaton leads a discussion of her book. An award-winning journalist, Eaton spent four years at Simpson-Waverly Elementary, an all-minority school in Hartford. Her book showcases the racial and economic divide found in almost every major U.S. city. More Information  Reservations or 860-522-9258, ext. 317 Children Behind Bars: Juvenile Justice? Salons at Stowe   Thurs., Nov. 13    5-7 PM Harriet Beecher Stowe Center    Free Event Join the conversation with featured guests Sandra Staub, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and CT State Representative Toni Walker.   This Salon is sponsored in part by Christiana Gianopulous and Paul Butler   More Information  Reservations or 860-522-9258, ext. 317 See what people are saying about Salons at Stowe:  Salons@Stowe: 21st Century Parlor Conversations  Salons@Stowe: Inspiring Action Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison by Nell Bernstein Author Event   Thurs., Nov. 20    6:30 PM Mark Twain House & Museum Award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein offers a clear-eyed indictment of the juvenile justice system and shows there’s no right way to lock up a child. Moderator: John Dankosky, WNPR. Tickets are $20 which includes a light supper reception from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Or call: (860) 280-3130. More Information   Co-presented with Community Partners in Action, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance & The Mark Twain House & Museum Pro: A Nook Farm Author Event with Katha Pollitt Author Event   Wed., Nov. 19    7:30 PM Mark Twain House & Museum   Free Event Noted feminist and award-winning columnist Katha Pollitt talks about her newest book, Pro. In this work, Pollitt asserts that contraception and abortion are inextricably related to women’s health and women’s’ rights issues. With stories of real women and contemporary statistics, Pro is a follow-up to the 19th century historic context in Karen Weingarten’s book, Abortion in the American Imagination, discussed at the September 11 Nook Farm Author Event. More Information    Reservations or 860-522-9258, ext. 317 Thanksgiving Weekend at Stowe Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday — a great outing for visiting friends and relatives The Stowe House is set for a family Thanksgiving, the celebratory high point of the year for 19th-century New Englanders.  Harriet Beecher Stowe viewed the holiday as a time to gather her large family as well as to share food with families in need. Gather your family for an inspiring interactive tour of Stowe’s Hartford home. Don’t forget to stop in the Museum Store for distinctive holiday gifts for everyone on your list! Hours and Admission Do You Live in the City of Hartford? Let your neighbors know about our FREE TOURS! You can help spread the word by displaying a small yard sign. Let us know you’d like to participate and we’ll deliver the sign to you. We’ve got posters and flyers too — let us know if you can display or distribute them. Email us or call 860-522-9258, ext. 317 Thank You! Free tours made possible thanks to funding from a City of Hartford Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant, Pedro E. Segarra, Mayor Stowe Center Featured Author Wins Frederick Douglass Prize Christopher Hager, Associate Professor, Trinity College Congratulations to Christopher Hager, winner of the 2014 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book Word By Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing. The Stowe Center was proud to host Dr. Hager for an Author Talk in 2013.