Lecture
Physics and Belles Lettres
Tue., Sept. 27, 2016
Landscape architect Edmund Hollander, author of "The Good Garden," discusses how the design process for a residential landscape is informed by the interaction of natural site ecology, architectural ecology, and human ecology.
Profiles
Interns’ Impressions
Mon., Sept. 26, 2016 | Miso Kim
Over the past summer, 18 interns from universities across the country worked with The Huntington's library, art, and botanical collections. One of the interns, Connell Boken, is a sophomore at Whitman College in Washington. A Pasadena native, Boken got to know The Huntington by going to its summer program
Conference
Ben Jonson, 1616–2016
Mon., Sept. 26, 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the landmark folio "The Works of Ben Jonson," experts in the field explore the English dramatist's impact in his own time and his reputation down to the present.
Conservation
Unrolling a Long Past
Thu., Sept. 22, 2016 | Nicole Alvarado
Storing large-format panoramic photos is challenging. Many of the panoramas that arrive at The Huntington have been tightly rolled for long periods, making it hard to properly catalog them or even view them.
Conference
The Complete Street: Wrongs and Rights of Way
Wed., Sept. 21, 2016
The Los Angeles Region Planning History Group presents a symposium examining the Complete Streets movement. Speakers discuss how urban planners are exploring ways to recapture the public rights of way for pedestrians, bicycles, and public transit.
Lecture
The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
Tue., Sept. 20, 2016
Karl Jacoby, professor of history at Columbia University, uses the story of the remarkable Gilded Age border crosser William Ellis to discuss the shifting relationship between the United States and Mexico in the late 19th century.
Beyond The H
A Deep Dive into Jack London’s Life
Mon., Sept. 19, 2016 | Linda Chiavaroli
Since the age of 10, filmmaker Ben Goldstein has been riveted by the life and writings of Jack London (1876–1916). His fascination with the author of The Call of the Wild and The Sea-Wolf has now spawned a feature-length documentary
Video
Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting
Mon., Sept. 19, 2016
June Li, co-curator of the exhibition "Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints," explains how the "Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting" (ca. 1633–1703) directly relates to founder Henry E. Huntington's own scholarly mission to collect art, books, and plants.
Art
Chinese Poetry, Painting, and Gardens
Thu., Sept. 15, 2016 | Diana W. Thompson
Sometimes an object comes along that has so many ties to an institution's collecting areas, it's hard for curators to pass it up. That's what happened in 2014, when The Huntington acquired the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting
Conferences
Ben Jonson’s Works at 400
Mon., Sept. 12, 2016 | Martin Butler and Jane Rickard
The conference "Ben Jonson: 1616-2016" takes place at The Huntington on Sept. 16 and 17 in Rothenberg Hall. We asked the conference's conveners—Martin Butler, professor of English Renaissance Drama at the University of Leeds
Library
A Renaissance Curiosity
Fri., Sept. 9, 2016 | Tiffany Jo Werth
In J.K. Rowling's novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a quick-thinking Harry saves his best friend's life by making him swallow a bezoar stone—a calcification from the stomach of a goat or other ruminant. Harry believed, as did many Renaissance doctors, that the stone served as a universal antidote...
Art
Pittman and Maltzan’s Visual Synergy
Tue., Sept. 6, 2016 | Diana W. Thompson
Visitors familiar with the exuberant, colorful, and graphically complex works of Los Angeles–based artist Lari Pittman know not to expect something conventional. His new exhibition, "Lari Pittman: Mood Books," open at The Huntington through Feb. 20, 2017, does not disappoint.