Watch, Read, Listen

Imagine walking into your favorite garden or park and finding it completely bereft of trees. Horrifying thought, isn't it? No venerable oaks with their inviting shade, no flowering magnolias with their haunting scent

This weekend, Shakespeare lovers from all over the world will descend on the playwright's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the Bard's 450th birthday with performances, processions, pageants, readings, and parties.

Are visions of spring fertility dancing in your head but not in your garden? Could the magical process of composting bring new life to your soil and plants? Back in January and February I attended a professional development series at the Huntington Ranch and have been putting those lessons to good use.

In his new book, Trees in Paradise: A California History, historian Jared Farmer recounts the first Earth Day as it played out in Southern California

As an avid collector, intrepid businesswoman, and amateur anthropologist, Grace Nicholson captured her unique experiences in photographs and journals, providing an intimate look at Indians who lived in California and the Southwest at the beginning of the 20th century.

Congratulations to historian Alan Taylor, who has won the Pulitzer Prize in History for The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832, published by W. W. Norton & Co. Taylor is the fourth person to win two Pulitzer Prizes in History

This week we say goodbye to Alison Sowden, The Huntington's chief financial officer for the past 24 years. She recently accepted a position to head the financial operations of the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute.

Most people know the Rubik's Cube, that colorful handful of plastic that has fascinated and frustrated many a puzzle aficionado over the past 40 years. But have you heard of the stomachion? It's a puzzle attributed to the Greek