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$100 million-plus for Huntington will be largest cash gift in institution's history
Culture MonsterThe suspense is over. Now that the late Frances Brody’s other heirs have received their shares of her fortune, the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens has a much clearer idea of its own windfall from the L.A. art...... -
Monster Mash: Huntington Library to receive $100-million-plus gift; more 'Spider-Man' safety issues
Culture MonsterWindfall: The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino is expected to receive a gift exceeding $100 million from the estate of the late Frances Brody. (Los Angeles Times) Safety first: State inspectors were scheduled to... -
Datebook: Events, classes, exhibits for the week ahead
L.A. at HomeWe've listed select home and garden events below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions must be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links,...... -
Times Past: Before the power door lock, there was ...
L.A. at HomeFrom the Los Angeles Times archives: Home magazine, Aug. 28, 1977 A cheap piece of wire or "a beautifully fashioned aluminum rod"? Maybe the description of the No-Stretch Car Door Opener — to save you from that brutal task of...... -
Old becomes new again with this urban gardening project
Daily DishToday's enthusiasm for urban agriculture — or, to put it more romantically, kitchen gardens — would seem more than familiar to millions of Americans who lived during the world wars. "We're just going back and claiming our heritage," Rose Hayden-Smith,... -
Natural History Museum to raise admission price to $12 on May 11
Culture MonsterPrice hike to $12 in store at Natural History Museum... -
Norton Simon Museum borrows Vermeer from Metropolitan, never shown before in California
Culture MonsterThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has five, not counting one now established as fake. The National Gallery of Art in D.C. has four, not including its two known examples of forgeries. But no West Coast museum owns...... -
Lost L.A.: The Arabella Huntington gallery, a fleeting tribute from husband to wife
L.A. at HomeIt was railroad magnate Henry Huntington's tribute to his late wife, Arabella: the gallery, pictured above, with Italian and Northern Renaissance paintings, French gilded bronzes and inlaid furniture, and other treasured collections lighted by chandeliers... -
Times Past: When macramé was a head-turner
L.A. at HomeFrom the L.A. Times archives: Home magazine, July 3, 1977 Does anything say "1970s" quite like macramé? Would you call this owl a piece of art? Craft? Hideous waste of twine? However your answer, consider this challenge: We're wondering if...... -
Times Past: For couch potatoes on the move
L.A. at HomeFrom the Los Angeles Times archives: West magazine, March 26, 1972 It wasn't 3D-ready. It wasn't even cable-ready. It wasn't Energy Star-qualified. No USB or HDMI connections. No six-color processor — no color at all (unless you were counting on...... -
Engelmann oaks, better than beautiful
L.A. at HomeThe former librarian at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden doesn't remember exactly when the visitor wandered into her office and let drop that he was a descendant of George Engelmann. What Joan De Fato does remember is...... -
Times Past: Doing our part to recycle
L.A. at HomeFrom the Los Angeles Times archives: West magazine, Feb. 20, 1972 An inspired West magazine cover — the recycling issue — had Angelenos pegged: environmentalist car-lovers with a sense of whimsy. Inside were other amusing recycling ideas, includi...
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