Extending the Field of Photography You have just a few more days to see the exhibition “A Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil War.” Although it finishes its run on Monday, Jan. 14, you will be able to continue to explore the companion website, which allows you to take a closer look at more than 50 images; listen... KEEP READING
Garden of Flowing Music If
you happen to be strolling through Liu Fang Yuan—The Huntington’s
Garden of Flowing Fragrance—on a Wednesday afternoon, you will likely
encounter a performer of traditional Chinese music. In part to bring a
taste of this tradition of music to the Chinese Garden, The Huntington
invites musicians to perform on... KEEP READING |
UPCOMING
 Mid-Century Modern Architecture, Photography, and the Good Life in Cold War California
THURS, JAN 17, 7:15 PM, LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Join Jennifer Watts, curator of photographs, The Huntington; Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic, Los Angeles Times; D.J. Waldie, author and historian, for a conversation about the hugely influential photographer Maynard L. Parker.
 Haynes Foundation Lecture: The Simple Art of Murder
WED, JAN 23, 7:30 PM, FREE
Judith Freeman, author of The Long Embrace, discusses Chandler’s real-life sources, including a 1922 celebrity murder case that became the inspiration for much of Chandler’s work.
 Conference - Oceanic Enterprise: Location, Longitude, and Maritime Cultures, 1770–1830
FRI–SAT, JAN 25–26, 8:30 AM–5 PM
This conference will place the work of the board on navigation and voyages of scientific exploration in wider and international context, considering the methods and interests of oceanic travel in a period of dramatic economic, political, and social crisis.
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 Death and the Civil War
Historian Drew Gilpin Faust spoke at The Huntington recently about Ric Burns' PBS documentary based on her award-winning book, This Republic of Suffering. LISTEN IN
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