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  1. Walk off that big, herkin' Thanksgiving meal at the H. Extended hours on Friday, Nov. 27. 10:30 - 4:30. 120 acres await you. C'mon!
  2. Historian Nicholas Rogers discusses Halloween as a source of cultural conflict http://huntington.org
  3. To fling my arms wide/In some place of the sun/To whirl and to dance/Till the white day is done. -- Langston Hughes www.huntington.org
  4. L.A.’s Harlem Renaissance put Central Ave on the map. Listen in as curators discuss a new exhibition opening Saturday. http://huntington.org
  5. A feast for the eyes -- the exhibition The Color Explosion opens, alongside the Orchid Show, ever so botanically wondrous. huntington.org
  6. Blue Boy back up, looking better than ever after Getty conservators gave him a fresh coat of varnish. See pix. www.huntington.org
  7. Gearing up for the annual fall plant sale tomorrow, loads of fun, 10:30 to 4:30. Time to get out those gardening gloves! www.huntington.org
  8. Location, location! See The Huntington on the next "Mad Men," Sun. @ 10pm. http://www.amctv.com/origin...
  9. Huntington receives papers of the late Octavia Butler, acclaimed science fiction author. A spectacular development! www.huntington.org
  10. Head for the nearest off-ramp and catch tonight’s lecture by Matthew Roth on L.A.’s “concrete utopia.” http://huntington.org
  11. Politics as theater? Wknd conference looks at how politics influenced Shakespeare's plays.Registration required. http: //huntington.org
  12. Our exotic Globba winitii, native of Thailand, is blooming right now in the Conservatory -- a swirl of magenta just in time for fall.
  13. Infinite space (or nearly so) for astronomy buffs at Thursday's free talk on Galileo by Caltech’s Noel Swerdlow. 7:30 in Friends’ Hall
  14. Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco named Science Writer in Residence. Can't help but wonder . . . does she drive a Saturn? huntington.org
  15. Shutterbugs find inspiration, self-expression in nature. Recent groups focusing on the gardens include the Skid Row Photography Club.
  16. Garden staff keeping dust masks handy, but so far smoke and ash fallout have been minimal here. Pyrocumulus cloud dominates skyline.
  17. A pastoral Monday morn in the gardens. volunteers already strolling in for training in the American art colls. sigh.
  18. Big thx to Norton Simon's Leslie Denk for her tutorial. She said jump & we did. Gorgeous wknd ahead. Quiet stroll in the gardens anyone?
  19. Free concert by young musicians from the Virtuoso International Flute Ensemble and Olympia Youth Orchestra. Sunday at 2. huntington.org
  20. Compositions spanning three continents comprise the SW Chamber Music concerts at the H this wkend. More at swmusic.org and huntington.org