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		<title>Past, Present, and Future</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/past-present-and-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Turner-Lowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hal Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Art Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Magazine Antiques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of "The Magazine Antiques" includes a 16-page spread profiling contemporary artists who find unique connections between their art and items on view in the Huntington Art Gallery.]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Bid for a Local Orchid Auction</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/hobbyists-auction/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/hobbyists-auction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman's Orchids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phalaenopsis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hubbyist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists will be hosting their annual auction on Thur., May 17, at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The Huntington will be donating orchids, including specimens from the recently acquired S. Robert Weltz Orchid Collection. ]]></description>
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		<title>This Week at The H: May 14–21</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/this-week-at-the-h-may-14-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Lain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happenings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calendar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stereograph]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Week at The H is a new weekly feature here on the blog. Stop in each Monday to find out about what's happening throughout the week at The Huntington!]]></description>
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		<title>LitFest Pasadena</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/litfest-pasadena-may-12/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/litfest-pasadena-may-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Frontiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pasadena Arts Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first LitFest Pasadena takes place Sat., May 12, at Pasadena's Central Park and will feature a panel titled “Letting Down Our Hair: Reader-Friendly Books from the Ivory Tower,” with Huntington scholars Daniel Walker Howe, Karen Lystra, Barry Menikoff, and Peter Stallybrass holding forth on how to make a great scholarly book a great read.
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		<title>This Week at The H: May 7–14</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/this-week-at-the-h/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/this-week-at-the-h/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 23:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Lain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happenings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book signing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese mirrors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exhibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visions of empire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to This Week at The H, a new weekly feature here on the blog.  Stop in each Monday to find out about what's happening throughout the week at The Huntington!]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive Art</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/interactive-art/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/interactive-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cal State Fullerton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cal State Long Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denis O'Connor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Central Art Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Frontiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millard Sheets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Marino League]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend features a new exhibition opening at Cal State Fullerton that has a special connection to The Huntington’s manuscript collection, and Sunday you can come to The Huntington’s Botanical Center to see the one-day show “Art Matters Encore!” ]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen Science in Your Own Backyard</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/citizen-science-in-your-own-backyard/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/05/citizen-science-in-your-own-backyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean C. Lahmeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spring brings new flora and fauna to the gardens as well as a number of scientists who use the grounds as a natural lab. You too can record observations in your own backyard by practicing what is dubbed “citizen science.”]]></description>
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		<title>King of Orchids</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/king-of-orchids/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/king-of-orchids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orchid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paphiopedilum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paphiopedilum rothschildianum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's in Bloom?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Currently blooming in the orchid greenhouse is Paphiopedilum rothschildianum, an orchid that is on top of the endangered species list and has a history worthy of its nickname.]]></description>
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		<title>Bird by Bird</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/dan-lewis-on-robert-ridgway/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/dan-lewis-on-robert-ridgway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yale University Press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you consider yourself an amateur birdwatcher, you owe a debt to one of the first professional birdmen, Robert Ridgway, the Smithsonian’s first curator of birds. On May 1, Huntington curator Daniel Lewis will speak about his new book, "The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds."]]></description>
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		<title>A Rainbow of Color</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/iris/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/iris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Folsom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mr. Huntington's Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Iris Society National Convention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You need to visit the Botanical Center over the next week or two if you want to catch sight of the newest irises in town. These irises are on loan and will be dug up this summer and returned to their respective owners (the hybridizers).]]></description>
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		<title>“Eye Candy” for Plant Lovers</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/2012-spring-plant-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/2012-spring-plant-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Blackburn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Sale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Preparations are in high gear for the 38th Annual Spring Plant Sale, which takes place on Sunday, April 29, with a preview sale for Members on Sunday, April 28.]]></description>
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		<title>Music to Your Eyes</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/music-to-your-eyes/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/music-to-your-eyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L.A. Chamber Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liu Fang Yuan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ “Play Me, I’m Yours” is a public art installation that features 30 pianos spread across greater Los Angeles, each decorated by a local artist, including one of the calligraphers whose work graces a few spots in The Huntington’s Chinese garden.]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding the Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/koblik-elected-to-academy/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/koblik-elected-to-academy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Hyde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Blight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Koblik]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Huntington President Steven Koblik’s election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences comes in recognition of the ways he has helped create a climate where humanities scholarship can thrive.]]></description>
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		<title>First Among Huntington Librarians</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/national-library-week/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/national-library-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peggy Park Bernal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Digital Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Library Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s National Library Week (April 8–14), the perfect time to celebrate the contributions of The Huntington’s librarians, including Henry Huntington’s first: George Watson Cole.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Blues</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/blue-orchid/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/blue-orchid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Barbara International Orchid Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those who attended the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show in March found plenty to capture their attention, from award-winning plants to big specimens. But don't be fooled the next time you see a blue Phalaenopsis orchid on display.]]></description>
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		<title>Two Houses Shed Light on Traditional Japanese Architecture</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/two-houses-in-japanese-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/two-houses-in-japanese-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana W. Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the history of traditional Japanese architecture in the United States, there are many stories to tell. Now The Huntington has a way of recounting at least two of them.]]></description>
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		<title>Woody Guthrie’s “Great and Crowded City”</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/woody-guthrie-great-and-crowded-city/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/woody-guthrie-great-and-crowded-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Woody Guthrie famously roamed and rambled the country in the 1930s and ’40s, writing and singing about the downtrodden. He also found inspiration in Los Angeles. On Sat., April 14, USC hosts a conference titled “This Great and Crowded City: Woody Guthrie’s Los Angeles.”]]></description>
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		<title>A Grand Collection</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/otis-dock-marston-collection/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/04/otis-dock-marston-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mario Einaudi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Digital Library]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Huntington Digital Library added a collection of 35,000 images from the Otis Marston Colorado River Collection, which is the result of many travels up and down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon by Otis “Dock” Marston.]]></description>
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		<title>Lasting Impressions of the Japanese Garden</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/japanese-garden-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/japanese-garden-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana W. Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several people involved in the transformation of the Japanese Garden have taken the time to share their reflections. You can download slideshows featuring their voices and accompanying images.]]></description>
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		<title>Slide Show: An Iconic Garden, the Japanese Garden at The Huntington</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/video-an-iconic-garden-the-japanese-garden-at-the-huntington/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/video-an-iconic-garden-the-japanese-garden-at-the-huntington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Huntington Communications</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Folsom, Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens at The Huntington, talks about the significance of the Japanese Garden at The Huntington—from its long status as an iconic garden of The Huntington to its role for the delight, education, and inspiration of visitors.]]></description>
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		<title>Slide Show: A Peaceful Garden, the Japanese Garden at The Huntington</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/video-a-peaceful-garden-the-japanese-garden-at-the-huntington/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/video-a-peaceful-garden-the-japanese-garden-at-the-huntington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Huntington Communications</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toshie Mosher, a member of The Huntington's Board of Overseers, talks about what The Huntington's Japanese Garden means to her—from the calm tranquility of the landscape to the blend of features conceived by artists and craftsmen.]]></description>
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		<title>Slide Show: An Evolving Garden, the Japanese Garden at The Huntington</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/video-an-evolving-garden-the-japanese-garden-at-the-huntington/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/video-an-evolving-garden-the-japanese-garden-at-the-huntington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Huntington Communications</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Laurie Sowd, Vice President for Operations at The Huntington, reflects on how The Huntington's Japanese Garden has evolved over the last century to include three traditional types of Japanese gardens.]]></description>
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		<title>The Huntington Takes All</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/the-huntington-takes-all/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/the-huntington-takes-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Barbara International Orchid Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was another successful year for The Huntington at the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. With Orchidilic being the theme this year, we won first place for best display for our category and took home 13 ribbons.]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ways of Looking at the Japanese Garden</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/kendall-brown-japanese-garden-lecture/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/kendall-brown-japanese-garden-lecture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana W. Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State University Long Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Turner Marsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kendall Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teahouse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When The Huntington’s Japanese Garden reopens to the public on April 11 after a year-long renovation, it will be an appropriate time to reflect on its 100-year history. Download Kendall Brown's lecture about the ways the garden represents the history of Japanese gardens in America.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Show Time!</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/its-show-time/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/its-show-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Blackburn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonsai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clivia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As if spring itself were not enough incentive to get out and enjoy nature, Huntington visitors can catch two special garden shows on Saturday and Sunday, March 24–25: the 55th Annual Bonsai Show and the 9th Annual Clivia Show and Sale.]]></description>
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		<title>All in the Family</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/anne-hyde-wins-bancroft-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/anne-hyde-wins-bancroft-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bancroft Prize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvard University Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Nebraska Press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Historian Anne F. Hyde won the Bancroft Prize last week for her book "Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860." She joins the ranks of notable scholars who have conducted research at The Huntington on their way to winning the coveted award.]]></description>
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		<title>Springing for Norman’s Orchids</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/ormans-orchids-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/ormans-orchids-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman's Orchids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning on March 23, Norman’s Orchids will be hosting its annual open house, dubbed the “Spring for Orchid Festival,” which will include workshops and plenty of orchids for sale.]]></description>
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		<title>The Legacy of Millard Sheets</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/la-conservancy-millard-sheets-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/la-conservancy-millard-sheets-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Frontiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L.A. Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millard Sheets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, March 18, the L.A. Conservancy is sponsoring a tour on “Millard Sheets: A Legacy of Art and Architecture.” It will be followed by a panel discussion on Sheets and his work. It will be followed by a panel discussion on Sheets and his work. Joining several artists and Sheets’ son and daughter on the panel will be historian Adam Arenson, author of a recent article in Huntington Frontiers about one of Sheets’ mosaic artists, Denis O’Connor.]]></description>
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		<title>A Sneak Peak at the Japanese Garden</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/a-sneak-peak-at-the-japanese-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/a-sneak-peak-at-the-japanese-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Blackburn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[docents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seifu-an]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lucky group of Huntington volunteers enjoyed a special perk this week: A chance to go behind the construction fence for an early preview of the renovated Japanese Garden. It’s all part of the volunteers’ preparations as docents-in-training who will be giving public tours of the Japanese Garden after it reopens on April 11, just in time to celebrate its centennial.]]></description>
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		<title>LitFest Pasadena</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/litfest-pasadena/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/litfest-pasadena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Frontiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pasadena Arts Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 12, DUE TO WEATHER] The first LitFest Pasadena takes place Sat., March 17, and will feature a panel titled “Letting Down Our Hair: Reader-Friendly Books from the Ivory Tower,” with Huntington scholars Daniel Walker Howe, Karen Lystra, and Peter Stallybrass holding forth on how to make a great scholarly book a great read.]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibiting Skills</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/exhibiting-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/exhibiting-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kitty Connolly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the first week of February, The Huntington hosted colleagues from public gardens around the country who had a common educational goal: getting more value from plants.]]></description>
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		<title>The Santa Barbara International Orchid Show Goes Orchidelic</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/2012-santa-barbara-international-orchid-show/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/2012-santa-barbara-international-orchid-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Barbara International Orchid Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The theme of this year’s Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is “Orchidelic,” which emphasizes the psychedelic features of orchids—and which might also explain why collectors are so easily hypnotized by them.]]></description>
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		<title>The San Diego Zoo Does Orchids!</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/san-diego-zoo-orchids-and-bambo/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/03/san-diego-zoo-orchids-and-bambo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paphiopedilum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego Zoo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of the San Diego Zoo, the first thing that pops into your mind is animals. With its 100 acres, the zoo has nearly 4,000 of them, including more than 650 rare and endangered species. But the San Diego Zoo also has plants! With around 700,000 specimens within their botanical collection, the zoo is a great force in preserving and sustaining plant species.]]></description>
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		<title>Going Public</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/founders-day-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/founders-day-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arabella Huntington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Founder's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington Art Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelley M. Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Nobel Pastoral]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[February 27 is Founder’s Day, the birthday of Henry Edwards Huntington. Each year, The Huntington commemorates the occasion with a Founder’s Day Lecture, and last week Shelly M. Bennett delivered a talk titled “Private to Public: A Family History of the Collecting and Philanthropy of Collis, Arabella, Archer, and Henry Huntington.” You can listen to an excerpt in today's blog post.]]></description>
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		<title>The San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyists</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/san-gabriel-valley-orchid-hobbyist/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/san-gabriel-valley-orchid-hobbyist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Barbara International Orchid Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orchid enthusiasts have a great resource in the San Gabriel Valley Orchid Hobbyist, a society that has kept its doors open since 1952, welcoming anybody who is interested in learning more about orchids. Meetings are held every third Thursday of the month at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Winning the Revolution, One Teacup at a Time</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/unbecoming-british-by-kariann-yokota/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/unbecoming-british-by-kariann-yokota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dornsife Fellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oxford University Press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In July 1776, as George Washington readied himself and his troops for the British attack on New York, he took the time to write a letter to a loyalist merchant who had long supplied him with British and Chinese goods. As British ships approached, Washington meticulously reviewed the list of creamware dishes, china bowls, and various tea service items that he hoped to purchase.]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Water Management</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/water-began-it-all/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/water-began-it-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Botanical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligent Use of Water Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Hart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rain Bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Gabriel Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Began It All]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend is your last chance to see the small exhibition “Water Began It All,” which features Michael Hart’s eight remarkable drawings of the historic San Gabriel Mission complex. Water management is also the inspiration behind the Intelligent Use of Water Award, and The Huntington needs your vote.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding a New Place for the Frontier Thesis</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/significance-of-frontier-symposium/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/significance-of-frontier-symposium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frontier Thesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UC Irvine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, graduate students Erik Altenbernd and Alex Young were working at The Huntington as Mellon interns, helping to catalog a backlog of collections related to California history. Next week, they’re convening a symposium inspired by one of those collections—the papers of famed historian Frederick Jackson Turner.]]></description>
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		<title>What Moss-tly Kills Phalaenopsis Orchids?</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/orchids-and-sphagnum-moss/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/orchids-and-sphagnum-moss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Tam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orchid Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phalaenopsis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sphagnum moss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past month, you might have bought or received an orchid for Chinese New Year’s or Valentine’s Day. For every 10 Phalaenopsis plants you buy today, nine of them will be potted up in Sphagnum moss, so the secret to keeping your plant alive is in knowing how moss affects your watering strategy.]]></description>
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		<title>Listening to Lincoln</title>
		<link>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/abraham-lincoln-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/02/abraham-lincoln-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War Sesquicentennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rogers Distinguished Fellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronald C. White Jr.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can now download the audio of Harry S. Stout’s recent Huntington lecture, “Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural as America’s Sermon to the World.” The recording includes a full reading of the address by Lincoln biographer Ronald C. White Jr.]]></description>
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