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Charles Bukowski at 100

Wed., Aug. 12, 2020 | Natalie Russell
Charles Bukowski (1920–94) would have turned 100 on August 16. The so-called "poet laureate of Los Angeles low-life" had a reputation
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Interpreting the Music of Harold Bruce Forsythe

Wed., Aug. 5, 2020 | Karla Ann Merino Nielsen, Ph.D.
Most researchers using our literary collections at The Huntington are writing biographies or academic articles. But we also work with publishers and artists
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Take A Walk Among the Cycads

Wed., July 29, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
If you're returning to The Huntington soon, one of the places you may want to visit is the cycad walk.
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Spines, Thorns, and Prickles

Wed., July 22, 2020 | Sean C. Lahmeyer
When you walk among the living plant collections at The Huntington, especially in the Desert Garden, you may notice that many of the plants have spines.
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Accounting for Freedom

Mon., July 20, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
Curator Olga Tsapina discusses the account book of an Underground Railroad operatorThe Huntington is home to extensive collections documenting the history of slavery and abolition in the United States and the Atlantic World.
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The Autobiography of a Garden

Sun., July 19, 2020 | Lynne Heffley
Andrew Raftery's ceramic plates capture the cycle of the seasons in fine detailRaftery, a professor of printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, specializes in engraved scenes of contemporary American suburbia
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Kaleidoscope

Fri., July 17, 2020 | Sumpter Priddy
How a Scottish scientist's invention influenced 19th-century American decorative art. Few objects have played a greater role in underscoring the combined power of light, color, and motion than the kaleidoscope
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Close Encounters of the Natural Kind

Wed., July 8, 2020 | Lisa Blackburn
With the reopening of the Botanical Gardens following a three-month COVID-19 closure, visitors have been eagerly returning to The Huntington.