Events
“Nightwalk” in the Chinese Garden
Wed., Oct. 17, 2018 | Lynne Heffley
It was an auspicious omen. At dusk, during a mid-September rehearsal of Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden—The Huntington's first-ever, site-specific, evening theatrical production—"these huge wild geese came in formation and they flew down and sort of circled us and left," says playwright-director Stan Lai. "That felt so wonderful. Sort of...
Lecture
Desert Gardens of Steve Martino
Sun., Oct. 14, 2018
Award-winning landscape architect Steve Martino is joined by Caren Yglesias, author of Desert Gardens of Steve Martino, for a discussion about landscaping for arid climates.
Conference
Empowering Appetites: The Political Economy/Culture of Food in the Early Atlantic World
Fri., Oct. 12, 2018
This interdisciplinary conference focuses on the transatlantic dynamics of food and power in the long 18th century.
Video
Video - Architects of a Golden Age
Thu., Oct. 11, 2018
Documenting one of the most creative and influential periods in Southern California architecture, "Architects of a Golden Age" spotlights about 20 original drawings and plans selected from The Huntington's important Southern California architecture collection.
Lecture
Jack London in Hawaii
Wed., Oct. 10, 2018
Paul Theroux, travel writer and novelist, explains how Jack London's experiences and observations in the Hawaiian Islands still resonate today, based on Theroux's own experiences and observation as a 30-year resident there.
Conferences
Hungering for Power
Wed., Oct. 10, 2018 | Jennifer L. Anderson and Anya Zilberstein
Many today are familiar with Ireland's Great Potato Famine, the ecological and social calamity (exacerbated by misguided British policies) that resulted in mass starvation and an exodus of immigrants to the United States in the 1840s
Lecture
Filming Christopher Isherwood: A Single Man from the Page to the Screen
Wed., Oct. 3, 2018
Tom Ford, fashion designer and filmmaker, discusses the making of his 2009 film, A Single Man, based on Christopher Isherwood's semi-autobiographical novel, published in 1964. Isherwood's archive, including the manuscript of the novel, is part of The Huntington's literary collections.
Exhibitions
Architects of a Golden Age
Wed., Oct. 3, 2018 | Linda Chiavaroli
Between World War I and World War II, Los Angeles experienced rapid growth, attracting new, talented architects both locally and from other parts of the U.S...
Lecture
Our Civil War: How Americans Understand the Great American Conflict
Wed., Sept. 26, 2018
Gary W. Gallagher, the John L. Nau III Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia, explores how popular and academic understandings of the Civil War align with, or depart from, the reality of the conflict.
Art
Artist Carolina Caycedo
Wed., Sept. 26, 2018 | Carribean Fragoza
"Qhip nayr uñtasis sarnaqapxañani" is an aphorism of the Aymara people, an indigenous nation that spans Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. The saying, which roughly translates to "looking back to walk forth," has served artist Carolina Caycedo as a guiding mantra...
Video
Video - Project Blue Boy
Fri., Sept. 21, 2018
The Blue Boy undergoes its first major technical examination and conservation treatment in public view, in a special satellite conservation studio set up in the west end of The Huntington's grand portrait gallery.
Exhibitions
News Release - Project Blue Boy Set to Open in The Huntington Art Gallery
Thu., Sept. 20, 2018
The exhibition "Project Blue Boy" will open at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on Sept. 22, 2018, offering visitors a glimpse into the technical processes of a senior conservator working on the famous painting as well as background on its history, mysteries, and artistic virtues.