Published: May 19, 2019
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via lottery. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Agave Baroque featuring Reginald Mobley, Countertenor concert seats posts here on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Lottery registration closes Thursday, April 11, 2019. Learn more about the booking-by-lottery system for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats. Agave Baroque Aaron Westman and Anna Washburn, violin Andrew McIntosh, viola William Skeen, […]
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Published: June 4, 2019
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 @ 11:00 am PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – Yellow strawberries! Blue tomatoes! To celebrate National Gardening Week, drop in and create a starter pot to take home your favorite unusual seeds from the Clark’s seed library. 11 a.m.–4 p.m., (or while supplies last) No experience needed Free and open to the public Free parking available onsite ¡Fresas amarillas! ¡Tomates azules! Para celebrar la Semana Nacional de la Jardinería, […]
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Published: June 8, 2019
Saturday, June 8, 2019 @ 9:00 am PDT – 12:00 pm PDT – A workshop co-sponsored by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Clark Library preserves and provides access to over 130,000 books, manuscripts, and artworks dating from the 15th century to the present. But there is a library of living things outside the Clark, too. This winter we became home to a Red-Flanked Bluetail, a rare avian visitor from […]
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Published: June 29, 2019
Saturday, June 29, 2019 @ 10:00 am PDT – 1:00 pm PDT – Join us for an interactive, multi-sensory workshop in which participants will study, prepare, and taste historical recipes drawn from the Clark Library’s collections, acknowledging the varied ways in which we acquire knowledge through both reading and doing. Recipe books represent generations of familial and social bonds as well as networks between manuscript and print culture. They also demonstrate relationships between […]
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Published: July 11, 2019
Thursday, July 11, 2019 @ 12:00 pm PDT – 1:00 pm PDT –
a free concert
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Published: July 16, 2019
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 @ 12:00 pm PDT – 1:00 pm PDT –
a free concert
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Published: July 19, 2019
Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 12:00 pm PDT – 1:00 pm PDT –
a free concert
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Published: July 31, 2019
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 12:00 pm PDT – 1:00 pm PDT –
a free concert
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Published: August 9, 2019
Friday, August 9, 2019 @ 12:00 pm PDT – 1:00 pm PDT –
a free concert
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Published: August 25, 2019
Sunday, August 25, 2019 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:30 pm PDT – An Arts on the Grounds presentation at the Clark Library Chalk Repertory Theatre presents A Wilde Picnic: A Reading of “The Importance of Being Earnest” with actors from Chalk Rep’s company The Clark Library welcomes back Chalk Repertory Theatre, which brought us last summer’s Misalliance event “Tea with Shaw,” and whose production of Lady Windermere’s Fan was presented in 2013–14, […]
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Published: September 27, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019 @ 5:30 pm PDT – 7:30 pm PDT – The Whittington Press has recently released Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press, a limited edition book about the life and work of the Southern California based artist, printer, and publisher Vance Gerry (1929–2005). To mark the occasion, Robert Bothamley will give a lively, illustrated lecture about the work of the late artist. The Clark Library holds Vance Gerry’s archives, […]
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Published: September 27, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019 @ 7:30 pm PDT – 9:30 pm PDT – The Southern California-based artist, printer, and publisher Vance Gerry (1929–2005) was born and raised in Pasadena, California. He worked for the Walt Disney Animation Studio for many years as a layout and story sketch artist. He later became a professional printer and founded numerous presses, including The Weather Bird Press. The Clark Library holds Vance Gerry’s archives, comprising illustrations, layout sketches, […]
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Published: October 6, 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via lottery. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Horszowski Trio concert seats posts here on Thursday, August 8, 2019. Lottery registration closes Thursday, August 29, 2019. Learn more about the booking-by-lottery system for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats. Horszowski Trio Jesse Mills, violin Raman Ramakrishnan, cello Rieko Aizawa, piano Hailed by The New Yorker as […]
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Published: October 22, 2019
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 @ 4:00 pm PDT – 5:00 pm PDT – Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Lecture –Alejandra Dubcovsky, University of California, Riverside In 1695 a Native woman shocked a Spanish officer with her deeply personal story of loss. She claimed that a Spanish woman had murdered her baby. Soon other women came forward with tales of abuse. These underexplored testimonies provide important insights into the lives and experiences of Native women in the […]
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Published: October 25, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019 @ 10:00 am PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – —organized by Brenda E. Stevenson (University of California, Los Angeles) and Sharla M. Fett (Occidental College) The year 1619 was designated as the red-letter year in Virginia, the first permanent colony in British North America, for three reasons—it marked the beginning of a representative government; the arrival of captive African laborers; and the initiation of a successful plan to encourage […]
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Published: October 26, 2019
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 10:00 am PDT – 12:45 pm PDT – —organized by Brenda E. Stevenson (University of California, Los Angeles) and Sharla M. Fett (Occidental College) The year 1619 was designated as the red-letter year in Virginia, the first permanent colony in British North America, for three reasons—it marked the beginning of a representative government; the arrival of captive African laborers; and the initiation of a successful plan to encourage […]
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Published: November 3, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via lottery. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Trio Karénine concert seats posts here on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Lottery registration closes on Thursday, September 26, 2019. Learn more about the booking-by-lottery system for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats. Trio Karénine Fanny Robilliard, violin Louis Rodde, cello Paloma Kouider, piano Founded in Paris in 2009, […]
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