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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Work off some of those Thanksgiving calories by taking a 120-acre hike around The Huntington. The gardens and galleries open early this Friday---at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy the fall color while you’re here. Visitor info: http://www.huntington.org
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Enjoy “An Evening of Jazz with Ron McCurdy” on Nov. 18 at 7:30, and see the exhibition “Central Avenue and Beyond: The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles” while you’re here. $25 Members/$35 Non-Members. Tickets: 626-405-2128.
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“Central Avenue and Beyond” focuses on the extraordinary artistic, cultural, and intellectual expressions and accomplishments of African Americans on Central Avenue in South Los Angeles. Learn more...
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Join us at Vroman’s Bookstore on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m., for an evening celebrating the life and work of author Charles Bukowski. Sue Hodson, curator of literary manuscripts at The Huntington, will give a presentation about the Bukowski archive, and poet SA Griffin will read selected works. Free.
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It's 2004. George W. Bush is about to be elected to a second term as president. The country is at war in Iraq, and the Casper family of Chicago, Illinois is falling apart. Jonathan Casper is obsessed with ...
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Explore how poetry offers insights into the soul of a Chinese garden in a one-day symposium at The Huntington on Saturday, Oct. 31. Advanced registration required. Details: http://huntington.org/uploadedFiles/File
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From Celtic ritual to Hollywood horror-fest, learn about the cultural origins of Halloween in a lecture by Huntington research fellow Nicholas Rogers on Monday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Friends' Hall. Free. Details at http://www.huntington.org/cal_event_deta
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Halloween might seem a childish holiday, but it has often been at the center of cultural conflict, notes Nicholas Rogers, professor of history at York University in Toronto and the Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington. ...
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Get a sneak preview of a new exhibition opening Saturday at The Huntington. Co-curators Sue Hodson and Avery Clayton narrate an audio slide show featuring selected photographs, manuscripts, musical scores, and other rare items from the exhibition. Listen in at http://huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary_
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Co-curators Sara S. “Sue” Hodson and Avery Clayton discuss highlights of their new exhibition, “Central Avenue and Beyond: The Harlem Renaissance and Los Angeles.” Hodson is literary manuscripts curator at The Huntington; Avery Clayton is the founder and CEO of the Mayme A. Clayton Library.
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Had enough "fall color" yet? We didn’t think so. Discover how a printing process revolutionized consumer culture in “The Color Explosion: Nineteenth-Century American Lithography from the Jay T. Last Collection,” opening Saturday. More at http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibr
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Exotic… Colorful… Spectacular… This weekend! Don’t miss the Southland Orchid Show at The Huntington. It opens Friday and continues through Sunday. Details at http://www.huntington.org
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“The Blue Boy” took the day off Tuesday to get a fresh coat of varnish, courtesy of conservators from the J. Paul Getty Museum. He’s back on display again, looking better than ever. See photos of the conservation process on Flickr.com. http://www.flickr.com/photos/huntingtonl
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Get a jump on spring at The Huntington's annual Fall Plant Sale, this Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Details: http://www.huntington.org
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As opening day approaches on Oct. 17, exhibition preparators are busy installing objects for "The Color Explosion: Nineteenth-Century American Lithography from the Jay T. Last Collection." See selected installation photos on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/huntingtonl
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
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Making plans for the long Columbus Day weekend? How about a "one-tank trip" to a great destination? KTLA's Gayle Anderson has a few suggestions. (Our favorite? The Huntington, of course!) http://www.ktla.com/news/traffic/onetank
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Fun getaways in Southern California you can drive to with one tank of gas!
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Great news for sci-fi fans (and literary historians): The Huntington has received the papers of the late Octavia Butler, author of “Kindred,” “Bloodchild,” and “The Parable of the Talents.” Details at http://www.huntington.org
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Head for the nearest off-ramp and catch tonight’s lecture on the origins, engineering, and political back-story of L.A.'s “concrete utopia.” Matthew Roth, historian for the Automobile Club of Southern California, is the guest speaker. Free.
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Freeways have long embodied some of L.A.’s most powerful contradictions: a city moving ahead boldly into the future and a sprawling metropolis scarred by its dependence on the automobile. Such contradictions ...
