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Botanical

The Loneliest Gardeners

Mon., April 27, 2020 | Lisa Blackburn
Almost every garden has some common requirements: healthy soil, sunlight, irrigation, regular maintenance. But there are those who will tell you that a rose garden needs something more
Cookbook Collection

A Real Fake: The Shakespeare Forgeries of William Henry Ireland

Wed., April 22, 2020 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
The term "fake news" now features prominently in our cultural lexicon. While the nuances are unspoken, we tend to assume that fake news is the opposite of real news
News

News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Papers of Dana Gioia, Former California Poet Laureate and Chair of the National Endowment of the Arts

Mon., April 20, 2020
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the papers of Dana Gioia, an internationally acclaimed poet and writer who served as the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts
Video

Huntington 101 - Online Series

Mon., April 20, 2020
Join longtime Huntington staff member Randy Shulman for a three-part online class on The Huntington's origins, history, and renaissance as well as the background of the dramatic changes over the past 25 years.
Video

Hdoc: Growing Up in Downtown Los Angeles During the 1880s

Thu., April 16, 2020
In 1964 an audio recording was made by a member of one of the early pioneer families of Los Angeles. In the recording, Belle Buford Thom Collins recalled growing up in 1880s Los Angeles.
Library

The Chinese in the Huntington Archives

Wed., April 8, 2020 | Linda Chiavaroli
To refute the long-held assertion that the Chinese who labored in California's Gold Rush were all indentured servants, Mae Ngai delved deep into The Huntington's collections.
Video

Restoration of The Blue Boy

Fri., March 27, 2020
The restoration of "The Blue Boy" by Thomas Gainsborough is complete. As we await Blue Boy's public unveiling, Christina Nielsen reflects on the project.
Library

California Comes Alive

Wed., March 25, 2020 | Lorraine Perrotta
"We must first possess the region that we live in, first in our minds, to say, 'I'm from here.'" So states Luis Valdez, author of the play Zoot Suit
Podcast

The Collections Podcast

Mon., March 23, 2020
Welcome to The Collections, a podcast produced by The Huntington, hosted by Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence.
Lectures

Why it Matters to Drew Faust

Wed., March 11, 2020 | Linda Chiavaroli
For the second event in The Huntington's Centennial Celebration series "Why It Matters," Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence welcomed Drew Gilpin Faust
Lecture

California and the Birth of the Modern Garden

Mon., March 9, 2020
Wade Graham, author of American Eden: From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards, What Our Gardens Tell Us About Who We Are, explores the birth and career of the modern garden in California between 1920 and the 1960s.
Lecture

President's Series: Parable of the Sower, A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Thu., March 5, 2020
Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, discuss their new graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower.