Sketches while Zonked
Once again I find myself in the position of having far more to tell you about than I have either time or energy for - and so much of it is really good!! I was supposed to tell you about the first of...
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Graphic
This was a fun assignment. I'm giving a talk ("Graphic Adventures in Science Outreach") on Friday to my colleagues and friends at the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, and they asked me to send...
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Busy Weekend
There's a busy weekend coming up. Somehow, two of the largest events on the LA calendar have been put on the same weekend - rather unfortunately in my opinion. The LA Times Festival of Books (held on...
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Luncheon Reflections
You know, I never got around to mentioning here that I am now Director (co-directing with Louise Steinman who runs the ALOUD series) of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities (LAIH), a wonderful...
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LAIH Field Trip: The Clark Library!
One of the things I want the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities (LAIH) to do more of is field trips - Exploring the city together! We're an LA resource (as I've said in earlier posts) and so we...
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LAIH Luncheon – Ramiro Gomez
Yesterday's Luncheon at the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, the first of the year, was another excellent one (even though it was a bit more compact than I'd have liked). We caught up with...
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LAIH Field Trip: The Natural History Museum!
On Friday the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities went on another field trip. This time we went to the Natural History Museum. (Click the image for a larger panorama from one of the dinosaur...
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dublab at LAIH
(Click for larger view.) Mark ("Frosty") McNeill gave us a great overview of the work of the dublab collective at last Friday's LAIH luncheon. As I said in my introduction: ... dublab shows up as part...
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LAIH Luncheon with Jack Miles
(Click for larger view.) On Friday 6th March the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities (LAIH) was delighted to have our luncheon talk given by LAIH Fellow Jack Miles. He told us some of the story...
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Getty Visit
Every year the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities has a luncheon at the Getty jointly with the Getty Research Institute and the LAIH fellows get to hang out with the Getty Scholars and people on...
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LAIH Luncheon with Amy Parish
For Friday's Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities luncheon we had a presentation from anthropologist/primatologist Amy Parish (an LAIH Fellow) on the work she's been doing with bonobos at a zoo in...
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LAIH Field Trip – Parks and Recreation
Last Friday's luncheon for the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities had a double treat. First, it was a field trip to another interesting and exciting Los Angeles space - Clockshop/Elysian, down...
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