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Maynard Parker’s California Flair
Fri., Oct. 23, 2015 | Kevin DurkinThe Huntington has partnered with the Pasadena nonprofit Curatorial Assistance to mount the first exhibition devoted entirely to the work of Maynard L. Parker (1900–1976), the influential mid-20th-century architectural and garden photographer whose work helped define the era.
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Mysterious Manuscript in a Silk Purse
Wed., Oct. 21, 2015 | Andrea Denny-BrownAn intimate glimpse at a Medieval poem put to a surprising useAs a graduate student doing research in the library at The Huntington in the summer of 2002, I examined a manuscript that surprised me so much
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Let Us Entertain You
Tue., Oct. 20, 2015 | Jennifer A. WattsFanchon and Marco's big "Ideas" revolutionized the 1920s theater worldChances are you've never heard of Fanchon and Marco. But in the 1920s, millions of Americans had.
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Poignant Portrait of Youth
Tue., Oct. 20, 2015 | Kevin SalatinoContemplating the impact of Blue Boy's departure from EnglandThis fall, Huntington art curators Catherine Hess and Melinda McCurdy unveil Blue Boy & Co., a 179-page book highlighting the richness and diversity of The Huntington's European collection.
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The Ripple Effect of Millard Sheets
Mon., Oct. 19, 2015 | Linda ChiavaroliThe documentary filmmaker Paul Bockhorst discovered the creative spark for his most recent film in 2011 when he visited The Huntington's exhibition "The House That Sam Built," a show focused on the furniture of mid-20th-century craftsman Sam Maloof
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Trees in a Time of Drought
Sat., Oct. 17, 2015 | Lynne HeffleyThe Huntington serves as ground zero in a race to research, and ultimately kill, the pests that threaten Southern California's treesFour years of historic drought. Restricted water use. The Darth Vader of tree pests and assorted other destructive bugs, diseases, fungi, and root rot.
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Press Release - The Huntington, UC Riverside Forge Bold Partnership to Support The Humanities
Wed., Oct. 14, 2015In a bold move to support the future of the humanities in the United States, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the University of California, Riverside have launched a new program aimed at increasing the number of faculty members in the humanities at public research universities
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The Provocative 15th Century
Tue., Oct. 13, 2015 | Andrea Denny-BrownUntil recently, the literature of 15th-century England had a poor reputation, being characterized as lacking talent and literary imagination. Coming after Chaucer's death in 1400 and before the well-known works of the Elizabethan period







