Art
Miki Hayakawa: Painting in Place
Tue., May 24, 2022 | Yinshi Lerman-Tan
Miki Hayakawa’s From My Window—on loan from the collection of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra in The Huntington’s Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art—captures a specific place and time.
Lectures
Helping a Nation Live Up to Its Ideals
Tue., May 17, 2022 | Cheryl Cheng
Why do museums matter? It’s a question on the minds of many museum leaders today, including Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who spoke at The Huntington last month with Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence and Huntington Governor Robert C. Davidson Jr. The event, held in a packed Rothenberg Hall,...
Library
Is Shakespeare Still Relatable?
Tue., May 10, 2022 | Dympna Callaghan
Henry E. Huntington famously built a landmark collection of rare early editions of William Shakespeare’s plays and poems, which remain hugely important to scholars. But what about everyone else?
Library
A Directory into the Past
Tue., May 3, 2022 | Li Wei Yang
Reconstructing the social and economic lives of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles in the early to mid-20th century requires a great deal of sleuthing in the archives. One such useful resource is the humble and often-overlooked city directory, which can reveal a great deal about the history of the region...
Library
2022 Library Collectors’ Council Acquisitions
Tue., April 26, 2022 | Kevin Durkin
Five remarkable collections that tell vivid stories from the perspectives of a broad range of historical figures landed at The Huntington recently, courtesy of the Library Collectors’ Council, a group of Huntington supporters who help fund the purchase of new materials to add to the institution’s holdings.
Art
The Art of Tempera in Focus
Tue., April 19, 2022 | Sola Saar-Agustsson
“Method and Material: Tempera Painting in Focus,” on view through Aug. 8 in the Huntington Art Gallery, brings together tempera works by William Blake, Joseph Edward Southall, George Tooker, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Mark Gertler, and Dunbar Byson Beck.
History of The Huntington
History with A Peel
Tue., April 12, 2022 | Sandy Masuo
Anyone who has ever been overwhelmed by a bounty of fruit from a generous backyard tree faces an age-old challenge: how to store abundant, delicious, and nutritious fruit for leaner times. The Huntington Library’s cookbook collection features entire volumes dedicated to the preservation of fruit.
Library
Early Modern Ireland and the Wider World
Tue., April 5, 2022 | Jennifer Wells
Sun-drenched Southern California is hardly the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of Ireland and its history. And yet, The Huntington is one of the largest repositories in the world for Irish-related manuscripts and almost certainly the largest single archive for Irish history in North America.
Botanical
Pretty in Pink
Tue., March 29, 2022 | Sandy Masuo
At this time of year, flowering fruit trees are in the spotlight for their showy displays of pink blossoms, but there is a lot of competition throughout The Huntington’s gardens. Although many trees share the pink color palette, if you look closely, you’ll see that each one is distinctive.
Library
Lily Lee Chen, Mayor of Monterey Park
Tue., March 22, 2022 | Li Wei Yang
On April 13, 1982, Lily Lee Chen was elected to the city council of Monterey Park, a city in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County that had become one of the first “suburban Chinatowns” in the United States. In 1984, Chen made history by becoming the...
Events
Charles Yu in Conversation
Tue., March 15, 2022 | Cheryl Cheng
For The Huntington’s 2022 Founders’ Day celebration, a conversation was held on March 2 between acclaimed writer Charles Yu and Huntington Trustee Simon K.C. Li. They discussed Yu’s experiences writing in multiple genres, the role of fiction in constructing identity, and current U.S. dialogues about identity and race.
Library
Behind the Scenes with Sonya Levien
Wed., March 9, 2022 | Natalie Russell
The life of Sonya Levien (1888–1960) reads like a rags-to-riches fairy tale. But it is also a story of fortitude, feminism, and the ability to balance personal, family, and financial ambitions.