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The year 2020 was like no other, from the devastation wrought by COVID-19 to the political turmoil and nationwide protests against systemic racism and injustice that erupted after the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.

Dr. Wai-yee Li, professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University, explores how different types of literary activities are defined by garden design and spatial setting in The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715?–ca. 1763).

Join Connie Butler, chief curator at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Ser Serpas, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.

The artist Fulton Leroy Washington (aka MR. WASH) joins Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi in conversation. The pair discusses MR.

Join Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Brandon D. Landers, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.

On April 8, 1777, John Adams, the future second president of the United States, wrote a letter to "Mr. John Quincy Adams," his eldest son and the future sixth president.

On the occasion of winning The Huntington's inaugural Shapiro Book Prize for The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History, professor Benjamin Francis-Fallon discusses how Latina/o leaders in the U.S.

The Huntington recently released a new, comprehensive audio tour about its outdoor sculpture collection, which includes examples from the 16th to the 21st century.

Join Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Jill Mulleady, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.

Join Huntington Library curators and members of the trade, library, and collecting communities for a panel discussion on individual and institutional collecting today.

Join Nika Chilewich, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Katja Seib, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.

Rising class divisions. Economic uncertainty. Anti-immigrant fervor. It was July 6, 1854.