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The Newton You Didn’t Know
Tue., Jan. 7, 2020 | Joel A. Klein, Ph.D.
President’s Series: Octavia E. Butler’s Parables: A Music Talk with Toshi Reagon
Tue., Jan. 7, 2020Toshi Reagon, acclaimed composer and lyricist, discusses her operatic adaption of Octavia E. Butler’s science fiction novel Parable of the Sower with special guests. Presented in association with UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
The Library Tells the Story of “Nineteen Nineteen”
Thu., Jan. 2, 2020 | Linda Chiavaroli
2019 Verso Retrospective
Mon., Dec. 23, 2019 | Kevin Durkin
Walt Whitman’s Bedside Manners
Tue., Dec. 17, 2019 | Stephen Cushman
Beside the Edge of the World: Artist Spotlight
Fri., Dec. 13, 2019Go behind-the-scenes with Rosten Woo, Dana Johnson, and Nina Katchadourian, as they explore The Huntington’s collections through the lens of Thomas More’s “Utopia.” Their research informed new works created for the exhibition “Beside the Edge of the World.”
The exhibition was co-curated by Clockshop as part of the /five initiative at The Huntington and also features the work of poet Robin Coste Lewis and artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz.
John Ruskin: 19th-Century Visionary, 21st-Century Inspiration
Fri., Dec. 13, 2019This conference introduces British art and social critic John Ruskin to a modern audience and makes the case for his continuing relevance in our own troubled time.
