Opera director Peter Sellars and internationally renowned performer Hua Wenyi—a master of Kun opera—took the stage here recently for a conversation and performance that celebrated the cross-pollination of ideas across centuries, cultures, and generations. Continue reading
What do you do when someone retires after dedicating 28 years to the Gardens? This was the situation last week when Clair Martin stepped down from his position as the Ruth B. and E. L. Shannon Curator of the Rose and Perennial Gardens. Continue reading
As part of the Huntington’s education program, Maite Gomez-Rejón blends The Huntington’s art, library, and botanical collections with her love of cooking and culinary history. In her latest cooking class, “A Taste of Art: Appetizing America,” she led her students through a tour of the Scott Galleries and then the kitchen. Continue reading
The Huntington would like to invite applications for Urban Ecosystem Agriculture, a train-the-trainer course to be held between September 3, 2011 and January 21, 2012. This series is designed to empower Master Gardeners and garden educators with a practical knowledge base of techniques and theory necessary to establish productive, resilient … Continue reading
This Sunday, American History TV (C-SPAN 3) will broadcast “The Presidency: Thomas Jefferson and Alternatives to Slavery,” a program that picks up where Laura Voisin George left off in her Huntington Frontiers article last spring about an archaeological excavation in Virginia. Continue reading
Historian Matthew Roth might be inclined to say that the so-called Carmageddon will go down as a mere SigAlert in the long, complicated history of L.A.’s freeway system. You can download his lecture “Concrete Utopia: Roads and Freeways in Los Angeles” and listen to it in your car this weekend. Continue reading
In an interview on KCRW, Peter Westwick explained how weather played a factor in Southern California’s rise as the center of the aerospace industry in the early 20th century. Continue reading
Henry Huntington must have loved the Fourth of July, because when it came to flag-waving he went to great lengths (and heights) to show his patriotic spirit. The grand old flagpole that he purchased in 1909 is 148 feet of solid Douglas fir, cut from a single tree. The metallic paint job is so convincing that most Huntington visitors have no idea the pole is made of wood. Continue reading