Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Industry, CA 1151 Oxford Road | San Marino, California 91108 Permit No. 4278 huntington.org March/April 2016 March/April 2016 • Celebrate “Shakespeare Day” on April 16 • The literary archive of author Paul Theroux is acquired • The 42nd Annual Spring Plant Sale will be held April 22–24 The Huntington ArtLibrary, Collections, and Botanical Gardens CALENDAR CALENDAR General Information TELEPHONE: 626-405-2100 WEBSITE: huntington.org Easter Brunch ADMISSION: Members: Free. Non-Members Literary Archive of Paul Theroux Acquired adult rates: Weekdays $23. Weekends $25. oin us for a very special (See website for dis counted senior, group, and New acquisitions also include a medieval manuscript, a collection children’s rates.) Admission is free to all holiday brunch on visitors on the first Thursday of each month Easter weekend, Satur - of 19th-century photographs, and other rare papers with advance tickets. Jday, March 26, or Sun - HOURS: Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Fri.: noon– day, March 27. Three he Huntington has acquired the papers of 4:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun.: 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. seatings will be offered: renowned travel writer and novelist Paul Monday holidays: 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and Theroux. The archive comprises notebooks, SUMMER HOURS: (June–August) 1:30 p.m. Families can Thandwritten drafts, and corrected typescripts 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. daily, excluding Tues - enjoy a deli cious meal for nearly all of Theroux’s 51 books, along with days. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays. under the dome of the Rose diaries, short stories, plays, lectures, and essays. It DINING: The Café serves light meals and Hills Founda tion Garden also includes extensive correspondence from the refreshments. Tea is served in the Rose Court, includ ing chef- Garden Tea Room. For tea reservations, Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul and prepared omelets, carved call 626-683-8131. Enjoy Chinese cuisine in many other writers. The papers were among the meats, and a sea food the Garden of Flowing Fragrance and specialty purchases made in January during the annual station, plus mimosas for coffees and gelato in the Coffee Shop. Photo by Martha Benedict meeting of Library Collectors’ Council, a group of the grown-ups and sparkling HUNTINGTON STORE: Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 39 families who help support acquisitions. juice for kids. The Easter Bunny will be on hand for photo ops Wednesday through Monday, the store carries The Theroux papers represent a substantial (don’t forget your camera!), and there will be goodie bags for young - a variety of books, prints, note cards, jewelry, addition to the Library’s already extensive research home decor, toys, and gift items related to The sters under 12. Tickets: $55 for adults/teens. $27.50 for children ages Hunt ington’s collec tions. Pur chases help 4–12. Free for children 3 and under. Advance reservations are required holdings in travel literature, notable for the papers finance the institu tion. Store information: and can be made by calling 626-405-2246. of such celebrated figures as the Victorian explorer 626-405-2142. Sir Richard Burton and T.E. Lawrence (better Lisa Blackburn, Editor/Photographer known as Lawrence of Arabia). Avelina E. Moeller, Designer Theroux has explored the far reaches of the Thea M. Page, Contributing writer globe in such classic travel accounts as The Great On the cover: The distinctive teal blue Puya alpestris in the Desert Gar - den is one of many colorful blooms to look for in the gardens in spring. Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Senior Staff See additional seasonal highlights on page 12. Photo by Martha Benedict. Dark Star Safari, and The Happy Isles of Oceania. His most recent book, Deep South, recounts his Laura Skandera Trombley Back cover: Visitors young and old can immerse themselves in the world President of Shakespeare during a family event on April 16. See page 3 for details. wanderings closer to home. In 2015, Theroux was Photo by Lisa Blackburn. awarded the prestigious Royal Medal from the Margaret Irwin Royal Geographical Society, whose previous Chief of Staff Follow us! recipients include missionary explorer David Catherine Allgor Find links to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Livingston, Robert Falcon Scott of Antarctic fame, Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim Page of a notebook for The Great Railway YouTube, Instagram, Vimeo, and and British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Director of Education the Verso blog at huntington.org. Bazaar, Paul Theroux Collection. Though best known for his travel accounts, James P. Folsom Inset: Paul Theroux. Photo by Steve McCurry/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Marge and Sherm Telleen / Marion and Theroux has also produced a large and distin - Earle Jorgensen Director of the Botanical guished body of fiction, including the novel APRIL • 2016 Gardens exhibitions Mosquito Coast, which was adapted as a film in | Steve Hindle 1986. Theroux’s novels Saint Jack, Dr. Slaughter Republican Party founder John Meredith Read W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research “The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism (released as Half Moon Street), and Kowloon Tong (1797–1874), a spectacular collection of 19th- and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920” Coreen A. Rodgers (released as Chinese Box) have also been made into century photographic portraits, a 15th-century Anne and Jim Rothenberg Vice President Through May 9 | Boone Gallery films. London Embassy, a volume of Theroux’s Latin manuscript about the Three Magi, and a for Financial Affairs short stories, was produced as a TV miniseries. volume of notes taken during the lectures of 19th- “Alex Israel at The Huntington” Once processed and cataloged—a task that century French mathematician Augustin-Louis Kevin Salatino Through July 11 | Huntington Art Gallery Hannah and Russel Kully Director could take several years—the Theroux papers will Cauchy. of the Art Collections “Y.C. Hong: Advocate for Chinese-American Inclusion” be available for scholarly research. There are no For details and photos of all these new CALENDAR • MARCH Randy Shulman Ends March 22 | Library, West Hall immediate plans for exhibition. acquisi tions, go to huntington.org, search word Vice President for Advancement “Friends and Family: British Artists Depict their Circle” Other items acquired by the Library Collec- “Theroux.” 1 Laurie Sowd Ends March 28 | Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room tors’ Council this year were the extensive papers of Vice President for Operations “A World of Strangers: Crowds in American Art” Susan Turner-Lowe Vice President for Communications Ends April 4 | Huntington Art Gallery, Second Floor David S. Zeidberg Avery Director of the Library Carnegie Observatories Lecture Series Join us for Shakespeare Day on April 16 his spring, the Carnegie Observatories returns to The Huntington for its popular astronomy lecture series, presenting the latest findings and his year marks the 400th anniversary of and the Music Center’s touring ensemble, Will & explora tions at one of the world’s foremost centers of astronomical William Shakespeare’s death; yet, even after Company, will present an adaptation of Romeo Tresearch. Since its founding in Pasadena in 1904, the Carnegie Observa - four centuries, the appeal of his work remains and Juliet geared to school-aged children. tories has led vir tually every major discovery about the origins, size, shape, Ttimeless. His plays and sonnets are redis - As a special highlight, theater students and structure of the universe. The observatories are part of the Carnegie covered, reinterpreted, and reinvigorated by each from the East Los Angeles Performing Arts Institution for Science in Washing ton, D.C., and operate large telescopes in new generation. Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School will Chile’s Atacama Desert. The Huntington marks this milestone offer excerpts from their recent Huntington- anniversary on Saturday, April 16, with a one-day staged production of Twelfth Night. Rounding SERIES DATES AND SPEAKERS: celebration featuring multiple takes on the Bard, out the fun, interactive workshops and craft April 4 — “Las Campanas Observatory: A Southern Window on the from the traditional to the contemporary, activities will allow children to explore Shake - Universe” by Mark Phillips, director of the Las Campanas Observatory. presented by professional performers as well as speare and his world. Visitors can also view The (Details on page 5.) students. Huntington’s rare “First Folio” edition of Shake - April 18 — “A Short History of Planet Formation” by Anat Shahar, Throughout the day, members of the speare’s collected plays and other related works in staff scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory. (Details on page 6.) Independent Shakespeare Co. and the Guild of St. the Library Exhibition Hall. May 2 — “Exoplanets” by Kevin Schlaufman, assistant professor of physics George will enact scenes from some of Shake - Activities are ongoing from 11 a.m. to and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. speare’s best-loved plays in locations throughout 3 p.m. and are included with general admission. May 16 — “The Secret Lives of Galaxies” by Katherine Alatalo, Hubble the grounds. Members of L.A. Opera will perform songs from operas based on Shake speare’s plays, Photo by Yuri Beletsky Fellow at the Carnegie Observatories. The lectures will be held in Rothenberg Hall. Doors open at 6:45p.m. Each For additional informa tion, program begins at 7 p.m. with a musical performance by students from the contact the Carnegie Observa - Colburn School, followed by the lecture at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but tories at 626-304-0250 or advance reservations are required. Reserve online at huntington.org/calendar. obs.carnegiescience.edu. Changing the World, One Bus at a Time ince the 1960s, field trips to The Huntington have A donation in any amount can have a great been a memorable part of the school year for impact on the lives of students who otherwise Scountless children throughout Southern Califor - would never have a chance to experience the APRIL • 2016 APRIL • 2016 | | nia.