Watch, Read, Listen

In July 1776, the Second Continental Congress considered it imperative that the official text of the Declaration of Independence be disseminated as quickly and widely as possible.

Joseph Hansen, whose novels chronicle significant shifts in gay life between 1970 and the early 1990s, is best known for his series featuring the openly and unapologetically gay private investigator Dave Brandstetter.

The works of enslaved and freed African American potters in the Edgefield District of South Carolina serve as both personal records of the brutality of slavery and creative acts of resistance.

Kevin Kwan, author of the New York Times bestseller “Crazy Rich Asians,” speaks about his new book, “Lies and Weddings: A Novel,” with Christina Nielsen, director of The Huntington’s Art Museum.

With the arrival of peak bloom season, The Huntington’s gardens attract pollinators as diverse and delightful as the plants they visit. Although many animals perform this role, nature’s preeminent pollinators are insects. Now is a great time to watch them at work.

California-based Japanese American artist Mineo Mizuno’s site-specific sculpture, titled "Homage to Nature," is crafted from fallen timber gathered in the forests of the Sierra Nevada, where the artist lives and works.

Partners both in business and in life, Yoch and Council completed more than 250 landscape commissions over a period of roughly four decades—projects that included landmark public gardens and private gardens for Hollywood elites.

The Huntington has awarded long-term research fellowships to 13 individuals who will be in residence for the full academic year and 120 short-term fellowships, as well as six travel grants for study in the U.K., Mexico, and Peru, and eight exchange fellowships to sister institutions in the U.K. and Ireland.