Mar/Apr - The Huntington

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• Celebrate “Shakespeare Day” on April 16
• The literary archive of author Paul Theroux is acquired
• The 42nd Annual Spring Plant Sale will be held April 22–24
CALENDAR
March/April 2016
March/April 2016
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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ADMISSION: Members: Free. Non-Members
adult rates: Weekdays $23. Weekends $25.
(See website for discounted senior, group, and
children’s rates.) Admission is free to all
visitors on the first Thursday of each month
with advance tickets.
HOURS: Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Fri.: noon–
4:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun.: 10:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.
Monday holidays: 10:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.
SUMMER HOURS: (June–August)
10:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. daily, excluding Tuesdays. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays.
DINING: The Café serves light meals and
refreshments. Tea is served in the Rose
Garden Tea Room. For tea reservations,
call 626-683-8131. Enjoy Chinese cuisine in
the Garden of Flowing Fragrance and specialty
coffees and gelato in the Coffee Shop.
HUNTINGTON STORE: Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Wednesday through Monday, the store carries
a variety of books, prints, note cards, jewelry,
home decor, toys, and gift items related to The
Huntington’s collections. Purchases help
finance the institution. Store information:
626-405-2142.
Lisa Blackburn, Editor/Photographer
Avelina E. Moeller, Designer
Thea M. Page, Contributing writer
Senior Staff
Laura Skandera Trombley
President
Margaret Irwin
Chief of Staff
Catherine Allgor
Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim
Director of Education
James P. Folsom
Marge and Sherm Telleen / Marion and
Earle Jorgensen Director of the Botanical
Gardens
Steve Hindle
W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research
Coreen A. Rodgers
Anne and Jim Rothenberg Vice President
for Financial Affairs
Easter Brunch
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oin us for a very special
holiday brunch on
Easter weekend, Saturday, March 26, or Sunday, March 27. Three
seatings will be offered:
9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and
1:30 p.m. Families can
enjoy a delicious meal
under the dome of the Rose
Hills Foundation Garden
Court, including chefprepared omelets, carved
meats, and a seafood
station, plus mimosas for
Photo by Martha Benedict
the grown-ups and sparkling
juice for kids. The Easter Bunny will be on hand for photo ops
(don’t forget your camera!), and there will be goodie bags for youngsters under 12. Tickets: $55 for adults/teens. $27.50 for children ages
4–12. Free for children 3 and under. Advance reservations are required
and can be made by calling 626-405-2246.
On the cover: The distinctive teal blue Puya alpestris in the Desert Garden is one of many colorful blooms to look for in the gardens in spring.
See additional seasonal highlights on page 12. Photo by Martha Benedict.
Back cover: Visitors young and old can immerse themselves in the world
of Shakespeare during a family event on April 16. See page 3 for details.
Photo by Lisa Blackburn.
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Find links to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr,
YouTube, Instagram, Vimeo, and
the Verso blog at huntington.org.
exhibitions
“The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920”
Through May 9 | Boone Gallery
“Alex Israel at The Huntington”
Kevin Salatino
Hannah and Russel Kully Director
of the Art Collections
Through July 11 | Huntington Art Gallery
Randy Shulman
Vice President for Advancement
Ends March 22 | Library, West Hall
Laurie Sowd
Vice President for Operations
Susan Turner-Lowe
Vice President for Communications
David S. Zeidberg
Avery Director of the Library
“Y.C. Hong: Advocate for Chinese-American Inclusion”
“Friends and Family: British Artists Depict their Circle”
Ends March 28 | Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room
“A World of Strangers: Crowds in American Art”
Ends April 4 | Huntington Art Gallery, Second Floor
Literary Archive of Paul Theroux Acquired
New acquisitions also include a medieval manuscript, a collection
of 19th-century photographs, and other rare papers
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he Huntington has acquired the papers of
renowned travel writer and novelist Paul
Theroux. The archive comprises notebooks,
handwritten drafts, and corrected typescripts
for nearly all of Theroux’s 51 books, along with
diaries, short stories, plays, lectures, and essays. It
also includes extensive correspondence from the
Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul and
many other writers. The papers were among the
purchases made in January during the annual
meeting of Library Collectors’ Council, a group of
39 families who help support acquisitions.
The Theroux papers represent a substantial
addition to the Library’s already extensive research
holdings in travel literature, notable for the papers
of such celebrated figures as the Victorian explorer
Sir Richard Burton and T.E. Lawrence (better
known as Lawrence of Arabia).
Theroux has explored the far reaches of the
globe in such classic travel accounts as The Great
Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express,
Dark Star Safari, and The Happy Isles of Oceania.
His most recent book, Deep South, recounts his
wanderings closer to home. In 2015, Theroux was
awarded the prestigious Royal Medal from the
Royal Geographical Society, whose previous
recipients include missionary explorer David
Livingston, Robert Falcon Scott of Antarctic fame,
and British naturalist Sir David Attenborough.
Though best known for his travel accounts,
Theroux has also produced a large and distinguished body of fiction, including the novel
Mosquito Coast, which was adapted as a film in
1986. Theroux’s novels Saint Jack, Dr. Slaughter
(released as Half Moon Street), and Kowloon Tong
(released as Chinese Box) have also been made into
films. London Embassy, a volume of Theroux’s
short stories, was produced as a TV miniseries.
Once processed and cataloged—a task that
could take several years—the Theroux papers will
be available for scholarly research. There are no
immediate plans for exhibition.
Other items acquired by the Library Collectors’ Council this year were the extensive papers of
Page of a notebook for The Great Railway
Bazaar, Paul Theroux Collection.
Inset: Paul Theroux. Photo by Steve
McCurry/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Republican Party founder John Meredith Read
(1797–1874), a spectacular collection of 19thcentury photographic portraits, a 15th-century
Latin manuscript about the Three Magi, and a
volume of notes taken during the lectures of 19thcentury French mathematician Augustin-Louis
Cauchy.
For details and photos of all these new
acquisitions, go to huntington.org, search word
“Theroux.”
CALENDAR • MARCH | APRIL • 2016
TELEPHONE: 626-405-2100
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Carnegie Observatories Lecture Series
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his spring, the Carnegie Observatories returns to The Huntington for its
popular astronomy lecture series, presenting the latest findings and
explorations at one of the world’s foremost centers of astronomical
research. Since its founding in Pasadena in 1904, the Carnegie Observatories has led virtually every major discovery about the origins, size, shape,
and structure of the universe. The observatories are part of the Carnegie
Institution for Science in Washington, D.C., and operate large telescopes in
Chile’s Atacama Desert.
SERIES DATES AND SPEAKERS:
April 4 — “Las Campanas Observatory: A Southern Window on the
Universe” by Mark Phillips, director of the Las Campanas Observatory.
(Details on page 5.)
April 18 — “A Short History of Planet Formation” by Anat Shahar,
staff scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory. (Details on page 6.)
May 2 — “Exoplanets” by Kevin Schlaufman, assistant professor of physics
and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.
Photo by Yuri Beletsky
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his year marks the 400th anniversary of
William Shakespeare’s death; yet, even after
four centuries, the appeal of his work remains
timeless. His plays and sonnets are rediscovered, reinterpreted, and reinvigorated by each
new generation.
The Huntington marks this milestone
anniversary on Saturday, April 16, with a one-day
celebration featuring multiple takes on the Bard,
from the traditional to the contemporary,
presented by professional performers as well as
students.
Throughout the day, members of the
Independent Shakespeare Co. and the Guild of St.
George will enact scenes from some of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays in locations throughout
the grounds. Members of L.A. Opera will perform
songs from operas based on Shakespeare’s plays,
and the Music Center’s touring ensemble, Will &
Company, will present an adaptation of Romeo
and Juliet geared to school-aged children.
As a special highlight, theater students
from the East Los Angeles Performing Arts
Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School will
offer excerpts from their recent Huntingtonstaged production of Twelfth Night. Rounding
out the fun, interactive workshops and craft
activities will allow children to explore Shakespeare and his world. Visitors can also view The
Huntington’s rare “First Folio” edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays and other related works in
the Library Exhibition Hall.
Activities are ongoing from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. and are included with general admission.
The lectures will be held in Rothenberg Hall. Doors open at 6:45p.m. Each
program begins at 7 p.m. with a musical performance by students from the
Colburn School, followed by the lecture at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but
advance reservations are required. Reserve online at huntington.org/calendar.
Changing the World, One Bus at a Time
ince the 1960s, field trips to The Huntington have
been a memorable part of the school year for
countless children throughout Southern California. For many youngsters, the free educational tours
have been their first exposure to an art museum, an
eye-opening introduction to botany, or the beginning of a lifelong passion for history.
But did you know that 60 percent of the schools
that visit The Huntington each year couldn’t afford to
do so without the Huntington Bus Fund?
Donations to the Bus Fund go a long way. For
just $250, schools within the San Gabriel Valley can
pay for a bus to bring students to The Huntington.
And for $500, students from as far away as
Bakersfield, San Diego, and Santa Barbara
can have bus transportation.
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For additional information,
contact the Carnegie Observatories at 626-304-0250 or
obs.carnegiescience.edu.
May 16 — “The Secret Lives of Galaxies” by Katherine Alatalo, Hubble
Fellow at the Carnegie Observatories.
Join us for Shakespeare Day on April 16
A donation in any amount can have a great
impact on the lives of students who otherwise
would never have a chance to experience the
educational enrichment and inspiration that a
school visit to The Huntington can provide.
Sponsor a field trip today by making a taxdeductible gift to the Bus Fund. You’ll find details
and links at huntington.org/education.
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Participating groups will include (clockwise
from upper left): Guild of St. George, Independent
Shakespeare Co., East Los Angeles Performing
Arts Academy, and Will & Company.
MARCH – APRIL 2016 EVENTS
ALL MEMBERS
Members’ Plant Sale
April 22–23 (Friday–Saturday)
10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Members shop early for the best selection
during the popular Spring Plant Sale.
You’ll also receive an extra 10 percent
discount in the Huntington Store during
the weekend of the sale. (See details on
page 13.)
Plants in the Everyday Life of Japan
March 1 (Tuesday) 7:30 p.m.
For more than a millennium, the people of
Japan have maintained an intense day-today engagement with plants for a variety of
practical, religious, and aesthetic purposes.
Georges Métailié, honorary director of
research at the National Center for Scientific
Research in Paris, examines some of these
engagements from both a historical and a
contemporary perspective in this illustrated
lecture. Free; no reservations required.
Rothenberg Hall
CONTRIBUTOR LEVEL MEMBERS
AND ABOVE
Members’ Orientation
March 19 (Saturday) 9 a.m.
Enjoy a Members-only docent tour and
learn how Henry and Arabella Huntington
turned their San Marino ranch into a
renowned cultural center.
Reservations: 626-405-2124 or
membership@huntington.org.
AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS
AND ABOVE
Members’ Spring Quarterly Event
“Past into Present: From Working
Ranch to World-Class Destination”
April 7 (Thursday) 6:30–9 p.m.
Trace more than a century of progress at
The Huntington in a presentation that
draws upon early archival photographs
and historic maps of the property. Senior
staff members James Folsom, Randy
Shulman, and Laurie Sowd are the
featured speakers. Invitation only.
For questions regarding your
Membership, please call 626-405-2124
or visit huntington.org.
Wednesdays, 1–3 p.m.
Enjoy traditional Chinese music every
Wednesday afternoon in the Garden of
Flowing Fragrance. General admission.
(Cancelled in the event of rain.)
Distinguished Fellow Lecture
Oliver Cromwell’s Consolation
Prize? The English Conquest
of Jamaica
March 2 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m.
While Lord Protector of England, Oliver
Cromwell sent a massive expeditionary force
to conquer the Spanish West Indies. He got
only Jamaica, which was considered a
disappointment. Carla Gardina Pestana,
professor of history at UCLA and the Robert
C. Ritchie Distinguished Fellow, argues for
the importance of this effort and its outcome.
Free; no reservations required.
Rothenberg Hall r
Southern California Gardener Series
on unique
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Music in the Chinese Garden
Lessons from Arlington Garden
Save
spring gifts
with your
Members’ discount
influential Chelsea Flower Show. He also
discusses the importance of the edible garden, integrating edible plants into an existing
landscape, and using succulents and perennials for stylish container gardening. A plant
sale follows the talk. Free; no reservations
required. Ahmanson Room,
Brody Botanical Center
East Asian Garden Studies Lecture Series
March 6 (Sunday) 2 p.m.
Take a virtual tour of Arlington Garden in
Pasadena, a three-acre public landscape that
is a model of sustainable urban watershed
design. Mayita Dinos, the garden’s master
planner, discusses how this former weed lot
was transformed using design elements that
can be easily implemented on a smaller scale
at home. General admission; no reservations
required. Ahmanson Room,
Japanese Teahouse Tours
March 14 & April 11 (Mondays)
noon–4 p.m.
Take a peek inside the Japanese Garden’s
ceremonial teahouse and learn the traditions
behind its use. Informal tours are offered at
20-minute intervals on the second Monday of
every month. General admission.
Francis Bacon Conference
General Relativity at One Hundred
Downton Abbey Finale Event
March 6 (Sunday) 2:30 –6 p.m.
In association with PBS SoCal, The Huntington will host a screening of the final episode
of the award-winning Masterpiece series,
Downton Abbey. Find out how the story ends
for the aristocratic Grantham family and their
servants in the popular drama filmed at the
real-life English estate of Highclere Castle.
This screening is paired with an introduction
to the Highclere collection at The Huntington
by Catherine Hess, chief curator of European
art, and ends with an after-hours reception
in the Huntington Art Gallery. Members: $25. Non-Members: $35. Tickets:
huntington.org/calendar. Rothenberg Hall
March 10–12 (Thursday–Saturday)
9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Caltech’s sixth bi-annual Francis Bacon
Conference is co-hosted this year by The
Huntington. Friday’s programs and a related
lecture (see below) will be held at The Huntington; a Thursday afternoon lecture and
Saturday’s sessions will take place at Caltech.
All sessions are free and open to the public.
Conference details: caltech.edu (search word
“GR100”). Rothenberg Hall
Francis Bacon Conference Lecture
100 Years of Relativity:
From the Big Bang to Black Holes
and Gravitational Waves
March 11 (Friday) 7:30 p.m.
One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein
formulated his general relativity theory,
Chamber Music Concert
Camerata Pacifica
The award-winning Camerata Pacifica
ensemble performs works by Eugène Ysaÿe,
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ludwig van Beethoven,
and Pablo de Sarasate. $56. Tickets and
program details: cameratapacifica.org or
805-884-8410. Rothenberg Hall r
Zamorano Lecture
Preserving Endangered
Manuscripts in the
Middle East and Africa
March 9 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m.
Benedictine monk Father Columba Stewart,
executive director of the Hill Museum and
Manuscript Library, explains how a
Minnesota-based monastery has digitized
50,000 manuscripts originating from Syria,
Iraq, Jerusalem, Ethiopia, Mali, and other
places where traditional culture is threatened
by intolerance and modernization. The project includes both Christian and Islamic
manuscripts, creating the world’s largest
archive of vanishing literature. Free; no
reservations required. Rothenberg Hall r
Second Thursday Garden Talk & Sale
The New American Garden
March 10 (Thursday) 2:30 p.m.
Join horticultural trend-spotter Nicholas
Staddon for an Englishman’s view of the new
American garden. Staddon highlights some
of the fresh ideas that are shaping the home
landscape, both in the U.S. and abroad,
including recent highlights from London’s
theHuntingtonStore.org
Talk and Book Signing
The Good Garden
Surprise, Intrigue, and Significance:
The Chinese Influence on the
English Garden
In the 18th century, English landscape design
moved from the regularity and discipline of
classical European art to the irregularity and
freedom of nature. Could this change have
been influenced by Chinese gardening ideas
that were then being widely discussed?
Historian Yu Liu of Niagara County Community College explores this possibility
through the work of British statesman George
Macartney, landscape architect William Kent,
and artist/engraver Matteo Ripa. Free; no
reservations required. Rothenberg Hall
Scholarly Forum
What Good Is History?
which describes space and time as warped
by mass and energy. Kip Thorne, Feynman
Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech,
describes the ideas underlying general
relativity and the amazing discoveries about
warped spacetime that have been made in
the past 100 years. This public lecture is
presented in conjunction with the Francis
Bacon Conference, co-hosted by Caltech
and The Huntington. Admission to the
lecture is free; no reservations required.
Rothenberg Hall r
Clivia Show and Sale
March 12–13 (Saturday–Sunday)
10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Dozens of outstanding plants compete for
top honors at the 13th Annual Clivia Show
and Sale, presented by the North American
Clivia Society and Southern California Clivia
Club. The juried show also features plant
sales, an auction, informal talks, and a chance
for visitors to cast their vote for the “People’s
Choice” award. General admission.
Brody Botanical Center.
producer Ken Kebow for a screening of
Kebow’s documentary Lincoln’s Greatest
Speech, which features a powerful reading by
actor Richard Dreyfuss and a fascinating
discovery about the speech by White. Following the 40-minute screening and a Q&A
session, White will sign copies of his book,
A. Lincoln. Free; advance reservations are
required. Reservations: huntington.org/
calendar. Rothenberg Hall r
March 25 (Friday) 7:30 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Elizabeth
Fenn and Alan Taylor engage in a scholarly
conversation on the contemporary relevance
of historical writings on the American past.
Why do we need historical perspective on our
times? What do history, and the humanities
more generally, have to teach us about point
of view, context, and the rights and wrongs of
our past and our present? These scholars and
the audience will explore the answers to
these questions. This program, which helps
mark the centennial of the Pulitzer Prize, is
co-sponsored by The Huntington, the
Huntington–USC Institute on California and
the West, and California Humanities. Free.
Reservations: huntington.org/calendar.
Haaga Hall r
Lincoln’s Greatest Speech
March 31 (Thursday) 7:30 p.m.
Forty-one days before his death, President
Abraham Lincoln delivered his second
inaugural address, a speech he considered his
finest. Join Lincoln biographer Ronald C.
White and Emmy Award-winning director/
April 3 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m.
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. A book signing follows the talk.
General admission. Ahmanson Room, Brody
Botanical Center.
Las Campanas Observatory:
A Southern Window on the Universe
April 4 (Monday) 7 p.m.
For 45 years, the Las Campanas Observatory
in northern Chile has provided a superlative
window in the Southern Hemisphere for
exploring the wonders of our universe.
Observatory director Mark Phillips gives a
personal account of the spectacular growth of
astronomical research in this unique land of
high mountains and dry deserts. The evening’s program begins with a musical performance by students from the Colburn School,
followed by the lecture. Free; advance
reservations required. Reservations:
huntington.org/ calendar.
Rothenberg Hall r
Being Elizabethan:
How Elizabethans Made Sense
of Their World
April 6 (Wednesday) 7:30 p.m.
Norman Jones, professor of history at Utah
State University and the Fletcher Jones
Foundation Distinguished Fellow, talks about
his decades-long effort to understand how
Elizabethan English men and women
perceived the structures, meanings, and
purposes of life and how those perceptions
were linked to their choices and actions. Free;
no reservations required. Rothenberg Hall r
Molina Lecture in the History of Medicine
Finding a Cure at the British Spa
April 11 (Monday) 7:30 p.m.
Amanda E. Herbert, assistant professor of
history at Christopher Newport University and
the Molina Fellow in the History of Medicine
and Allied Sciences, describes 17th- and 18thcentury medical regimes, exploring why
Britons drank and swam in mineral waters in
r The Café will be open until 7:15 p.m. before the start of events showing this symbol. Program attendees can enjoy a select variety of dinner options,
QUESTIONS? 626-405-2100
desserts, beer, and wine in the new dining venue overlooking the gardens, just steps away from Rothenberg Hall.
For Our Members
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MARCH – APRIL 2016 EVENTS (Continued)
Chamber Music Concert
Camerata Pacifica
April 12 (Tuesday) 7:30 p.m.
The ensemble performs works by Nigel
Osborne, David Bruce, Christopher Deane,
Toru Takemitsu, and Claude Debussy. $56.
Tickets and program details: 805-884-8410 or
cameratapacifica.org. Rothenberg Hall r
Second Thursday Garden Talk
Exploring the Beauty of
California's Native Flora
April 14 (Thursday) 2:30 p.m.
Wildflowers once blanketed California’s
mountains, deserts, and valleys; today, only
small pockets remain. Award-winning photographer David Leaser brings renewed attention to these vanishing botanical treasures
with his fine art photographs. In this
illustrated talk, Leaser
takes viewers behind the
scenes for a close-up look
at the innovative
techniques he uses to
capture California’s most
breathtaking native
flowers. Free; no reservations required.
Ahmanson Room,
Conference
The Fabricated American Desert:
Modern and Anti-Modern
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April 15–16 (Friday–Saturday)
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
The southwestern desert has long stood for
American individualism, modernist and antimodernist sentiments, and social and
political experiments. As such it has attracted
artistic and architectural movements that
give form to these ideas. This conference
brings together scholars from diverse disciplines to explore the relationship between
desert extremes and the built environment.
$25. Registration: 626-405-3432 or
researchconference@huntington.org.
Rothenberg Hall
Shakespeare Day
April 16 (Saturday) 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Celebrate four centuries of Shakespeare
during a family event featuring traditional
and contemporary interpretations of the
timeless works of the Bard. (See details on
page 3.) Rothenberg Hall
Teahouse Tour & Tea Experience
April 17 (Sunday) noon, 1, 2 & 3 p.m.
Explore the traditions of the Japanese tea
ceremony in a 90-minute program that
includes a tour of The Huntington’s
ceremonial teahouse, Seifu-an, and its
surrounding tea garden, followed by a
participatory tea ceremony in the Ikebana
House. Choice of four times. Tickets: $15. (For
non-Members, Huntington admission is an
additional required cost.) Registration:
huntington.org/calendar.
Southern California Gardener Series
Wildcrafted Cuisine:
Flavors of the Local Landscape
April 17
(Sunday) 2 p.m.
Professional
forager Pascal
Baudar sees
Southern California as a culinary
playground, full
of wild plants
and other
edibles that are
ripe to be rediscovered and appreciated. He discusses a
contemporary culinary approach to these truly
local ingredients in a talk drawn from his book
The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: Exploring the
Exotic Gastronomy of Local Terroir. A book
signing follows the talk. General admission;
no reservations required. Ahmanson Room,
space exploration and the reach of space
activities at the height of the Cold War. The
talk will focus in particular on a remote
fishing village in south India where American
and Soviet scientists came together to launch
rockets into space. Free; no reservations
required. Rothenberg Hall
Talk and Book Signing
Ruth Shellhorn: Mid-Century
Landscape Architecture and
the Southern California Look
Design pioneer Ruth Shellhorn helped define
the midcentury landscape in Southern
California with
such visionary
projects as Disneyland and the
University of
California at
Riverside. Landscape architect
Kelly Comras,
author of the
biography Ruth
Shellhorn, examines Shellhorn’s
legacy in a lecture and short film screening. A
book signing follows the program. Free; no
A Short History of Planet Formation
Annual Spring Plant Sale
April 18 (Monday) 7 p.m.
Four very different terrestrial planets inhabit
our inner solar system: Earth, Mars, Mercury,
and Venus. Join Anat Shahar, staff scientist in
the geophysical laboratory at the Carnegie
Institution for Science, for an exploration of
these planets and a discussion of what laboratory experiments can reveal about the
Members: April 22–23
Public Sale: April 24
See details on page 13.
conditions that formed them. The evening’s
program begins with a musical performance
by students from the Colburn School, followed
by the lecture. Free; advance reservations
required. Reservations: huntington.org/
calendar. Rothenberg Hall r
Dibner Lecture
A Different Space:
NASA in the Postcolonial World
Asif Siddiqi, professor of history at Fordham
University and the Searle Visiting Professor in
the History of Science at Caltech and The
Huntington, discusses a lost “global” history of
A Commoner Garden in Edo Japan:
The Mukojima Hyakkaen
Unlike the many gardens created by feudal
lords in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the
Mukojima Hyakkaen was founded by a
wealthy merchant. Peter Flueckiger, professor of Japanese literature at Pomona
College, discusses how this garden served as
a center of literati culture in 19th-century
Japan. Free; no reservations required.
Rothenberg Hall
The Creative Life in
19th-Century America
Alice Fahs, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, and the Rogers
Distinguished Fellow, discusses what we can
learn from the attempts by prominent 19thcentury American writers such as Henry
David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry
James to form communities that would
nurture and sustain their art. Free; no
Continuing Education
Taste of Art:
Contemporary California
Taste of Art: The Artist’s Garden
April 2 (Saturday) 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Explore the unexpected juxtapositions of
contemporary art and old masters in the
exhibition “Alex Israel at The Huntington,”
then prepare a meal inspired by the gallery
conversation in this workshop with Maite
Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites. Members: $85.
Non-Members: $100. Registration:
March 5 (Saturday) 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Explore the connections between horticulture and Impressionist art in the exhibition
“The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920,”
then head to the kitchen to prepare a
delicious garden-fresh meal.
Members: $85. Non-Members: $100.
Registration: huntington.org/calendar.
Wines of Burgundy
March 9 (Wednesday) 5–7:30 p.m.
Join chef and sommelier Brad Owen for an indepth discussion of the different elements that
make Burgundy one of the most complex and
compelling wine regions in the world. The
program includes a lecture and wine tasting.
Members: $90. Non-Members: $105. Registration: huntington.org/calendar.
Huntington U Spring Seminars
March 9–April 14
Join us for our popular
Huntington U seminar series,
offering three college-level
spring courses taught by
distinguished scholars. See
page 10 for class descriptions and
registration details.
Book Discussion
The Autobiography of
Mark Twain, Volume 1
March 30 (Wednesday) 10 a.m.–noon
Join a lively discussion of volume one of The
Autobiography of Mark Twain, the author’s
uncensored account of his life and times.
Book group facilitator Judith Palarz leads the
conversation. The paperback Reader’s Edition
of Vol. 1 is available in the Huntington Store.
Members: $25. Non-Members: $35. Registration: huntington.org/calendar
Painting with Nan Rae
March 16 & April 20 (Wednesdays)
11 a.m.–3 p.m
Artist Nan Rae continues her popular watercolor classes inspired by the art of Chinese
brush painting. Each session: $50. Registration: 818-842-6489.
Avid Gardener Series
Responsible Water Usage
for Edible Landscapes
April 2, 9 & 16 (Saturdays) 9 a.m.–noon
Learn creative ways to grow a delicious,
drought-conscious garden in this hands-on
series led by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen of
Root Simple. Sessions will take place in The
Huntington’s Ranch Garden and will address
drip irrigation, graywater systems, plant
selection, mulch and soil health, and more.
Flower Arranging:
Woodlands Design
April 2 (Saturday) 10 a.m.–noon
Create a woodlands-themed floral design that
brims with the promise of spring, using lichencovered branches and moss, seedpods,
berries, lush
ferns, fresh
herbs, and
seasonal
flowers. Casey
Schwartz and
Kit Wertz of
Flower Duet
lead the
workshop.
Botanical Drawing
April 9–10 (Saturday–Sunday)
9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Learn techniques for accurately drawing the
parts of a plant, from stems and leaves to
flowers and fruit, in this class taught by
botanical illustrator Lisa Pompelli.
Instruction will include foreshortening, tonal
contrast, measuring, and perspective. The
class is suitable for all skill levels. Members:
$175. Non-Members: $195. Registration:
Bargain Wines from
Around the World
April 13 (Wednesday) 5–7:30 p.m.
Great wines don’t have to be expensive. Join
sommelier Brad Owen for an evening of
lecture and comparative tastings exploring
some of the well-known and emerging wine
regions of the world that are producing
quality wines at affordable prices. Members:
$90. Non-Members: $105. Registration:
Tai Chi Series
April 30–June 11 (Saturdays)
8:45–10:15 a.m.
Experience tai chi in the tranquil setting of
the gardens in this seven-part series led by
instructor Kathy Chyan, suitable for
beginning and intermediate students.
r The Café will be open until 7:15 p.m. before the start of events showing this symbol. Program attendees can enjoy a select variety of dinner options,
desserts, beer, and wine in the new dining venue overlooking the gardens, just steps away from Rothenberg Hall.
Children and Families
QUESTIONS? 626-405-2100
Children’s Workshop
Discovering the Desert Garden
March 12 (Saturday) 9:30 a.m.–noon
Explore The Huntington’s most wonderfilled landscape with instructor Laura
Moede. Learn about the unusual plants that
grow in the Desert Garden, look for animal
life among the cacti, and create art inspired
by the landscape. Ages 5–12. Fee includes
one accompanying adult. Members: $25.
Non-Members: $35. Registration:
Under the Pepper Tree
March 26 (Saturday)
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Did you know that pepper is both a spice
and a fruit? Join instructor Punam Bhakta in
the garden (and in the kitchen) to trace the
origins of pepper, learn about its history,
and explore its uses in food traditions
around the world. Ages 7–12. Members:
$25. Non-Members: $35. Fee includes one
accompanying adult. Registration:
Children’s Flower Arranging
Woodland Terrariums
April 2 (Saturday) 1–2:30 p.m.
Inspired by the flora in the gardens at The
Huntington, children will create their own
miniature worlds by filling small terrariums
with flowers, moss, and herbs in this handson workshop led by the Flower Duet team.
Ages 7–12. Fee includes one accompanying
adult. Members: $25. Non-Members: $35.
All About Avocados
April 30 (Saturday) 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn all about California's official state fruit
and mix up some tasty recipes in this handson workshop with chef Ernest Miller. Kids
will make guacamole using local ingredients
and an amazing avocado ice cream. Ages 7–
12. Fee includes one accompanying adult.
Members: $35. Non-Members: $45. Registration: huntington.org/calendar.
order to heal themselves from disease or
injury. Free; no reservations required.
Rothenberg Hall r
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President’s Message
hile folks back east shovel their way through
the winter—my son among them, braving
the elements at Union College in frosty
Schenectady, N.Y.—we are well into spring
here in San Marino. At the President’s House, that
means planting a vegetable garden and looking
forward to cooking with a little home-grown fare.
And that’s only fitting, given that this property was
once a lively, working ranch. Mr. Huntington grew
a rich variety of agricultural crops, among them
citrus, avocados, peaches, apricots, walnuts, and
persimmons. Today, we’re putting in a condensed
version of that: potatoes, tomatoes, peppers,
lettuce, squash, plus some herbs and a little catnip
for the many felines in our household.
The year in gardening got off to a very
productive start: early in January, I found myself
working, literally hand in glove, “dead heading” in
the Rose Garden. Our renowned Tom Carruth, the
E. L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose
Collections, each year leads his volunteers on a
mission to cut back more than 3,000 roses—but in
a very specific, artful way. It’s much more challenging than I would have ever imagined! Without that
careful personal touch, we wouldn’t have the
amazing display that we do come April and May.
The work involves paying close attention and
making some very precise choices that will shape
future growth. That’s becoming a metaphor for
how we cultivate the entirety of the collections.
In January, we announced that our Library
Collectors’ Council had purchased a range of
exciting material, including the papers of the
celebrated travel writer Paul Theroux and an
astonishing 15th-century manuscript about the
Three Magi. Our curators are constantly working
to grow our collections in the most meaningful
ways for scholarship, responding to research trends.
They are particularly keen to identify the types of
things that scholars would find interesting and
useful: a rare collection of photographs, papers
that offer a window into an author’s writing
process, documents that give the backstory to a
particular political narrative. Collecting is about
making choices, and here at The Huntington, it’s a
careful, painstaking process.
I think about this especially now in the wake
of an important development within the Library.
Longtime and legendary curator Alan Jutzi retired
from The Huntington following 45 remarkable
years here. Alan, as Library Director David
Zeidberg says, may have done more to shape the
collections in his tenure than anyone in the Library
since Mr. Huntington amassed his great array of
books and manuscripts in the run-up to the
founding of the institution.
Our curators may be the most unsung of
heroes; it is they, working behind the scenes, who
help shape a collection, which then becomes the
narrative that explains to the world what The
Huntington is—what we have, what we do with it,
why anyone should care. Our particular story—our
many stories—emerge from things collected: the
orchids and roses, the camellias and aloes, our Civil
War materials, the post-war art. Our curators are
shaping the future here. Come see!
Laura Skandera Trombley, president
A
lan Jutzi, The Huntington’s Avery Chief
Curator of Rare Books, retired in January
after 45 years of dedicated service. Jutzi’s
warm geniality to researchers at all levels—
and from all walks of life—is one of his abiding
institutional legacies. He helped legions of worldclass scholars who came to The Huntington during
his decades-long tenure. And he did the same for
many others: the graduate student just starting out,
the city planner in search of historical context, the
regional preservationist trying to save a threatened
building, the undergraduate doing her first major
research paper, and the passionate seeker of information who just happened to be the world’s
leading expert on a given subject.
In recognition of Jutzi’s long career at The
Huntington and his unselfish service to the intellectual needs of people regardless of academic
pedigree, his friends and colleagues have
established the Alan Jutzi Fellowship for NonTraditional Scholars. The Alan Jutzi Fellowship
will provide at least two months of residential
funding annually to someone who is not an
academic and who has demonstrated, by competitive application and through appropriate selection
criteria, that research at The Huntington is critical
to his or her project.
This fellowship, while the first of its kind, is
not unique in honoring a respected Huntington
curator. In 2014, the Mary Robertson Fellowship
in Tudor Studies was established to mark the
retirement of that distinguished curator of British
historical manuscripts. To date, the Robertson
Fellowship has funded two scholars of 16thcentury England, with a third on the way this
calendar year.
The vitality of the Huntington is directly
proportional to the vitality of its staff, the collections they acquire, and the researchers that they
serve. The Alan Jutzi Fellowship, like the curator
for whom it is named, will continue to push The
Huntington into new arenas, new themes, and
new associations of insight and curiosity.
To make a contribution to either the Alan
Jutzi or the Mary Robertson Fellowship Fund,
send a check payable to the Huntington Library,
c/o the Advancement Division, 1151 Oxford
Road, San Marino, CA 91108. Please specify to
which fund the gift should be applied. Donations
can also be made online at huntington.org/giving.
Subscribe to Great Storytelling
here are fascinating stories to tell about the collections at The Huntington. Don’t miss a single one. Subscribe to Verso, The Huntington’s blog, and receive compelling content delivered right to your
inbox every week. Pictured: a 15th-century Book of Hours from a story
about symbolism in medieval lists. The piece was written by Martha
Rust, who is conducting research in the Library as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow. You can read the archived story at
huntingtonblogs.org. Be sure to click “Subscribe” while you’re there.
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Photo by Meeno
Cultivating the Future
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New Fellowship Honors Curator Alan Jutzi
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Spring Seminars
COURSE OFFERINGS FOR SPRING 2016:
March 10–April 14 (Thursdays) 1–3 p.m.
Instructor: Daniel Walker Howe
Professor of history emeritus, UCLA
Life and thought in the United
States during the generation
between 1815 and 1848 will be
explored through the writings of
Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry David
Thoreau, and Abraham Lincoln,
and through a reading of Howe’s
own Pulitzer Prize-winning book,
What God Hath Wrought.
Architecture as Fine Art: Greene & Greene
and the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Reading Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
All sessions will be held in The Huntington’s Munger Research Center. Members: $220/seminar.
Non-Members: $250/seminar. Registration:
626-405-2128.
March 9–April 13 (Wednesdays) 9:30–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Edward R. Bosley
Director of the Gamble House
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Life and Thought in the Young
American Republic
Explore the rich
legacy of Pasadena
architects Charles and
Henry Greene in a
course that examines
historical context,
specific design characteristics, and the postwar reevaluation of their work that followed
decades of neglect. Seminar-style discussions
will build on assigned readings.
March 14 (Monday) and
March 23–April 20 (Wednesdays) 1–3 p.m.
Instructor: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Assistant professor of history, USC
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common
Sense (1776) played a central role in
bringing about America’s declaration of independence. What were its
origins, and what gave it its wide
reach and impact? The class will
read Common Sense along with a
selection of important antecedent
texts and contemporary reactions.
T
he Los Angeles arts organization Clockshop has
launched a yearlong program known as Radio
Imagination, presenting a series of events
celebrating the life and work of award-winning
author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006). The Huntington is pleased to be among the participating
partners.
Butler was the first Black woman to achieve
international prominence as a writer of science fiction, producing such acclaimed novels as Kindred,
Parable of the Sower, and the trilogy Lilith’s Brood,
among others. She was also the genre’s first and only
writer to earn a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship.
The Pasadena native bequeathed her papers to The
Huntington, where they have quickly become one of
the most actively used archives in the Library.
The Radio Imagination project centers on a
series of artist and writer commissions to create new
works based on the Butler archive. New work will
premiere alongside performances, film screenings,
and literary events held at various venues throughout the year.
Upcoming events this spring include a moderated panel discussion on “Octavia E. Butler’s Los
Angeles” on Thursday, March 10, at 7:15 p.m. at
the Los Angeles Public Library, and a reading of
“I have the kind of imagination that hears.
I think of it as radio imagination.”
Octavia E. Butler
Photo by Patti Perret, 1984
new works of poetry and creative nonfiction on
Saturday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Clockshop.
For details and additional event listings, visit
the Clockshop website at clockshop.org/
project/radio-imagination/#events.
Read more about the Octavia Butler
archive at The Huntington on the Verso blog at
huntingtonblogs.org/2016/01/celebratingoctavia-butler.
Publication News
Greene & Greene photos courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library
Huntington Explorers
Registration begins April 12 for the Huntington
Explorers summer program, which returns
July 11–29 with three weeks of fun and discovery
for children ages 5–12. Sign up for one week,
two weeks, or all three weeks.
Mark your calendars with these important dates:
March 31: Class descriptions and registration
details will be available online at huntington.org
(search words “Explorers 2016”).
April 12: Registration begins online at
huntington.org. (Only online reservations can
be accepted; sorry, no walk-in, mail, or phone
registration.)
wo new books published by the Huntington
Library Press present the histories of major
cultural institutions: the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art and the Music Center of Los
Angeles County. Both have recently marked their
50th anniversaries, and both books reflect the
growth not only of these institutions but also of
Los Angeles during half a century. Suzanne
Muchnic, the author of LACMA So Far: Portrait of a
Museum in the Making, was the longtime arts writer
for the Los Angeles Times. Margaret Leslie Davis, the
author of The Music Center of Los Angeles County:
Five Decades of Music, Theater, and Dance, is a noted
biographer of leading figures in Southern California.
Both books are available in the Huntington
Store and online at thehuntingtonstore.org.
T
H
untington U is back with an all-new series of
spring seminars, geared to adults who love to
learn. Three college-level courses taught by
distinguished scholars offer rigorous lectures and
lively discussions in fields related to the Library’s
holdings. Students will delve deeply into each topic
during the six-week classes, but there are no papers
to write and no final exams.
Celebrating Octavia Butler
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42nd Annual Spring Plant Sale
S
pring is almost here, and there’s no
better place to enjoy its remarkable
diversity than in the Botanical Gardens. In March, the wisteria comes
into flower in the Japanese Garden—
one of the most picturesque displays of
the year—and vivid clusters of clivia
appear in the Jungle Garden. April’s
abundance in the Desert Garden
includes neon-hued puyas and dazzling cactus flowers. Look for peonies
in the Chinese Garden and golden
California poppies in the entry complex’s California Garden. And more
than 1,200 varieties of roses will burst
into bloom in the Rose Garden in late
April and early May.
Pictured (clockwise from top
left): Echinopsis ‘Apricot Glow’,
Puya chilensis, California
poppies, and wisteria.
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Upcoming Fellows’ Events
Food for Thought
March 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22
(Mondays & Tuesdays)
Fellows’ Plant Sale Preview
April 21 (Thursday)
Moonlight & Music
April 25 (Monday)
INVITATIONS TO FOLLOW
Public sale:
Sunday, April 24, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
F
or serious plant enthusiasts and weekend gardeners alike, The Huntington’s
Annual Plant Sale has been a popular “rite of spring” for more than four
decades. Known for its wide selection of new, unusual, and hard-to-find
plants, the sale has helped shape tastes and respond to horticultural trends
that have redefined the Southern California landscape. This year’s event will be
open to Members only on Friday and Saturday, April 22–23, and to the public
on Sunday, April 24.
Interest in water-wise plants continues to be high, so the sale will feature
many drought-resistant plants from the Southwest and other Mediterranean
climates. The selection includes flowering favorites such as Tecoma, Grevillea,
Leucadendron, Cassia, Penstemon, Eremophila, Hesperaloe, and Salvia,
among others, plus a variety of attractive grasses and sedges. For the edible
garden, there will be a wide assortment of vegetable seedlings, herbs, blueberries, fruiting trees, and other small fruit-bearing plants. There will also be
unusual cacti and succulents, vintage roses custom propagated from The Huntington’s own rose collections, tropical plants, trees, vines, groundcovers, and
much more.
Knowledgeable Huntington staff and volunteers will be on hand to
answer questions and offer advice about plant selection, care, and cultivation.
The sale will be held in the Botanical Center nursery area. (For nonMembers, garden admission is required for Sunday’s public sale.) For convenient shopping, bring a wagon or cart to carry your purchases.
Enjoy the Benefits of Membership
SOCIETY OF
Fellows
Members’ sale: Friday, April 22, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 23, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
pring is a busy time for the Fellows. The popular “Food for
Thought” lunchtime series returns in March, with six opportunities to meet visiting scholars and hear about their latest
research. On April 21, it’s time for shopping, sipping, and mingling
at the annual Fellows’ Plant Sale Preview. Fellows shop one day
before this popular sale opens to Members.
And for our President’s Circle and Huntington Circle Fellows,
there will be Moonlight & Music on April 25. This reception and
performance features musicians from the Colburn School.
Join the Society of Fellows today to become part of this
remarkable community, defined by annual giving levels that begin
at $2,500. All are welcome. Fellows enjoy exclusive events and
opportunities to engage with The Huntington’s curators and collections. For more information, contact Pamela Hearn, director of the
Society of Fellows, at 626-405-2264 or phearn@huntington.org, or
visit the Membership page at huntington.org.
S
embership gives you the opportunity to enjoy
The Huntington all year round, explore all it has
to offer, and enrich your mind with every visit. At
the same time, it provides essential support for education programs, exhibitions, and research. Benefits
include free admission for two adults and their children or grandchildren, a 10-percent discount in the
Huntington Store, and special Members-only events.
For a complete list of benefits, or to join online, visit
huntington.org or call 626-405-2124.
M
Yes! I want to join The Huntington
o Sustaining
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o
o
o
o
o
Not a Member yet?
New Members may join
at the sale entrance.
Makes a perfect gift, too!
Mr./Ms./Miss/Mrs./Mr. & Mrs./Other
__________________________________________________
Name (print name as it will appear on Membership card)
__________________________________________________
Second cardholder’s name
__________________________________________________
Address
Apt. #
__________________________________________________
City
State
_______________________
Office phone
Zip
_____________________
Home phone
E-mail address
Gift from ___________________________________________
Name
__________________________________________________
Address
$120
(Senior discount $30 off, age 65 and over)
Contributor
Affiliate
Supporting
Patron
Benefactor
Society of Fellows
Stop by the Huntington Store
during the Plant Sale and enjoy
an additional 10 percent off
your regular Members’ discount
on any store purchases. It’s the
perfect opportunity to stock up
on garden books and gift items.
Look for the discount coupon in
your Members’ Plant Sale
invitation. This offer is valid
only April 22–25 and is not
transferable. (Sorry, the
discount cannot be applied to
plant purchases.)
__________________________________________________
o New o Renewal/Account No. _____________
o Gift Membership
Special Discount
for Members in the
Huntington Store
$200
$300
$380
$700
$1,500
$2,500
Apt. #
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City
State
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Office phone
Zip
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Home phone
Payment Options
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o Visa o MasterCard o American Express
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