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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Shapiro Book Prize Lecture - “Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson” click for more information »
Ashley Brown, winner of the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize, discusses her biography of Althea Gibson, the first African American tennis player to win titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals. The Huntington has awarded the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize to Ashley Brown for the biography?Serving Herself: The L...
Event Location: The Huntington's Education and Visitor Center, Rothenberg Hall
Cost: Free with reservation
Saturday, May 03, 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Life in the Pyrocene: The West in the Time of Climate Change click for more information »
Three distinguished writers known for their writing about the West discuss and read from work pertaining to recent fires - exploring ecological ruin, adaptation, and resilience. Cultural historian D.J. Waldie - best known for Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir - reads from his forthcoming book Elements o...
Event Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Cost: Free
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m.
An Evening with Percival Everett click for more information »
Join Red Hen Press for an exclusive dinner with author Percival Everett at a private residence in South Pasadena on Sunday, April 20. As Percival's poetry publisher, we have been honored to publish his poetry over the last 15 years. This gathering, limited to just 15 guests, offers a unique opportu...
Event Location: Private Residence in South Pasadena
Cost: $1000.00/Person
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Anna May Wong Book Reading and Lecture Event click for more information »
Yunte Huang is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A Guggenheim Fellow, he is the author of Charlie Chan (Norton, 2010), which won the Edgar Award and was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. His Inseparable (Liveright, 2018), also a finalis...
Event Location: The Blinn House
Cost: $0.00 - $33.77
Sunday, April 06, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
The Forum: Ched Myers on his New Book Healing Affluenza and Resisting Plutocracy click for more information »
Join All Saints Church for a presentation by theologian Ched Myers on his book Healing Affluenza and Resisting Plutocracy: Luke’s Jesus and Sabbath Economics. In our historical moment, the deepening crisis of persistent socioeconomic disparity threatens social coherence, democratic prospects, and ...
Event Location: All Saints Church
Cost: Free
