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When Joyce Chaplin attended a conference at The Huntington in January, she completed a rather remarkable journey that began with a visit here in November 2011. In a 14-month period, the Harvard historian presented papers at five Huntington conferences

On Monday night, April 1, The Huntington will host a panel discussion devoted to the web-based digital exhibition "Form and Landscape: Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Basin, 1940–1990."

A special treat for art aficionados is now on view in the Huntington Art Gallery. Just outside the Thornton Portrait Gallery (where hangs the famous Blue Boy) is a rare double portrait of The Cheeke Sisters: Essex, Countess of Manchester and Anne, Lady Rich

Hear ye, hear ye—The Huntington is expanding its social media presence and is now venturing into Tumblr territory! And though today is the official launch, we've preloaded our shiny new Tumblr with a smattering of images, links, and announcements for you to thumb through. We welcome you to check it out—and follow us!

Another post in a series from the cataloger of the Anne M. Cranston cookbook collection, which consists of approximately 4,400 British and American cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries. In this series, Shelley shares fascinating recipes

Will you be wearing green this weekend for Saint Patrick's Day? If so, you'll have plenty of good company. But there will be one notable holdout: Saint Patrick himself. In the earliest known likeness of Ireland's patron saint

"His finest-tuned tale yet." The tale in question is Kent Haruf's Benediction, just published by Knopf, and the phrase comes from one of a growing body of reviews filled with praise for the novel. In it, Haruf takes us back to Holt

Another post in a series from the cataloger of the Anne M. Cranston cookbook collection, which consists of approximately 4,400 British and American cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries. In this series, Shelley shares fascinating recipes