Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, July 14, 2018

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, July 14, 2018 

Karen Lawrence Named 
President of Huntington

Busch Gardens: Adolphus 
Busch’s Amusement Park

Chu Statement on 
Judge Kavanaugh

 

 Local historian Ann Scheid 
will give a lecture at The 
Huntington Library, July 29 at 
2:30 p.m. about Busch Gardens 
the once-famous theme park, 
which no longer exists except 
in period photographs.

 When German brewing 
magnate Adolphus Busch 
purchased a mansion on 
Pasadena’s “Millionaires’ 
Row” in 1904, the property 
did not include enough land 
for a proper garden. But Busch 
quickly bought up some 60 
additional acres stretching from 
Orange Grove Blvd. down 
to the bottom of the Arroyo 
Seco and developed it into a 
lushly landscaped park. Busch 
Gardens, which opened to the 
public in 1906, featured exotic 
plants, terraced hillsides, a rock 
grotto, waterfalls and ponds, 
and “fairy scenes” drawn from 
the tales of the Brothers Grimm. 
Local historian Ann Scheid will 
give a fascinating lecture about 
this once-famous theme park, 
which no longer exists except 
in period photographs and in 
a few intriguing remnants that 
can still be glimpsed around 
the neighborhood where it once 
stood. 

 The event is free; no 
reservations required, and will 
take place in Rothenberg Hall. 
The Huntington Library is 
located 1151 Oxford Road, San 
Marino. 

 
Karen R. Lawrence, former 
president of Sarah Lawrence 
College, has been named 
president of The Huntington 
Library, Art Collections, 
and Botanical Gardens, The 
Huntington’s Board of Trustees 
announced today, following an 
extensive international search.

 Lawrence is The Huntington’s 
ninth president. She joins The 
Huntington following 10 years 
as president at Sarah Lawrence, 
a small, highly regarded liberal 
arts college in Yonkers, NY. 
Her tenure at Sarah Lawrence 
began just before the recession 
of 2008-9; she is credited 
with weathering that crisis 
with sound management and 
unflagging resolve, moving 
the institution into a period of 
strong growth and performance 
as well as increased student 
body diversity.

 “Karen’s combination of 
qualities — her collaborative 
leadership style, unflappable 
nature, and strong scholarly 
background— convinced the 
search committee that she’s 
absolutely the right person to 
lead The Huntington at this 
time, especially as we gear up 
for our centennial and several 
major projects ahead,” said 
Loren Rothschild, chair of the 
institution’s Board of Trustees. 
Among those significant 
projects are the groundbreaking 
conservation effort on The Blue 
Boy, the iconic 18th-century 
Gainsborough portrait, part of 
which will take place in public 
view this fall, as well as the 
expansion of The Huntington’s 
renowned Chinese Garden, 
also slated to get underway 
later this year.

 “The Huntington represents 
so much of what I hold as 
core values— a humanistic 
approach that emphasizes 
curiosity, empathy, and 
aesthetic appreciation,” said 
Lawrence. “I am thrilled by 
this extraordinary opportunity, 
especially given the challenges 
facing the arts and humanities 
and the extent to which The 
Huntington contributes to 
knowledge making and the 
exchange of ideas, public 
enrichment, cultural analysis 
and a deeper understanding of 
what it means to be human.”

 Lawrence is widely credited 
for her skillful guidance of 
Sarah Lawrence through the 
global recession that spelled 
catastrophe for so many small 
colleges and nonprofits. She 
began her tenure there in 2007, 
and even given the daunting 
impact of the downturn, “she 
ultimately raised more than 
$135 million and landed several 
of the largest individual gifts 
ever given to the college,” said 
former Sarah Lawrence board 
chair John A. Hill, “including 
a major donation from alumna 
Barbara Walters toward a 
transformational new student 
center, a first for the campus.”

 She is also credited with 
substantially enhancing 
the diversity of the student 
body, with students of color 
increasing from 14 percent to 
24 percent and the international 
student population increasing 
from four percent to 12 percent 
during her tenure. Under 
her leadership, the college 
significantly enhanced financial 
aid, making the unique Sarah 
Lawrence education accessible 
to a wider range of students.

 At Sarah Lawrence, she was 
a popular president, regularly 
teaching classes on James 
Joyce, her area of expertise. 
“Karen ignited a passion in her 
students for Joyce’s beautifully 
complex novels and short 
stories,” said graduate India 
Nicholas. Nicholas said she 
was so inspired by Lawrence’s 
teaching that she traveled 
overseas expressly to delve 
deeper into Joyce’s Ireland.

 Lawrence holds her bachelor’s 
degree in English from Yale 
University, her M.A. from Tufts 
University, and her Ph.D. from 
Columbia University.

 Before being named 
president of Sarah Lawrence, 
she was dean of humanities 
and professor of English and 
comparative literature at the 
University of California, Irvine.

 She recently was named to 
the board of the National 
Humanities Center in Research 
Triangle Park, N.C. She has 
published widely on Joyce and 
is perhaps best known for her 
books The Odyssey of Style in 
Ulysses (Princeton University 
Press) and Who’s Afraid of 
James Joyce?, published by 
University Press of Florida. 
She is married to Peter 
Lawrence, chief of vascular 
and endovascular surgery and 
director of the Gonda Vascular 
Center at the University of 
California, Los Angeles.

 At The Huntington, she will 
oversee a staff of 500, as well 
as world-class collections of 
rare books, manuscripts, and 
related materials, European 
and American art, and some 
120 acres of botanical gardens, 
along with a vibrant program 
of research and education. As 
a major Southern California 
cultural destination, the 
institution hosts more than 
750,000 visitors a year to its 
steady stream of library, art, 
and botanical exhibitions. It 
also welcomes more than 1,700 
scholars each year to conduct 
advanced research in the 
humanities, and provides some 
$1.85 million in fellowships, 
as well as hosting more than 
20,000 school students and 
their teachers annually in a 
wide range of educational 
activities.

For more information visit: 
huntington.org. 

 New Huntington 
president will step into 
the role Sept. 1

 
Rep. Judy Chu released the 
following statement Tuesday on 
President Trump’s nomination 
of Judge Brett Kavanaugh 
to replace Justice Anthony 
Kennedy on the Supreme 
Court:

 “A woman’s right to make 
her own healthcare choices. 
Marriage equality. The 
unprecedented expansion of 
healthcare coverage under the 
Affordable Care Act (ACA). 
All of these are now in serious 
and immediate jeopardy 
thanks to Trump’s choice of 
Brett Kavanaugh as the next 
Supreme Court justice. Trump 
himself said that he’d like to 
criminalize abortion and erase 
the ACA as quickly as possible. 
There is no doubt he sees his 
choice of Kavanaugh as the 
next step towards that goal. 
And that’s why we must resist 
this nomination as though our 
lives depended on it – because 
for many of us, they do.

 “In addition to his long 
record of hostility to women’s 
reproductive freedoms and 
the ACA, Kavanaugh has also 
publicly expressed his belief 
that the President cannot 
be criminally charged while 
in office. Surely Trump was 
aware of his position when 
nominating him, which is an 
obvious conflict of interest as 
the Supreme Court is almost 
certain to hear a case involving 
the Mueller probe. Nobody 
should be able to appoint the 
judge in their own trial. At the 
absolute least, Kavanaugh must 
recuse himself from all cases 
having to do with Mueller’s 
investigation.

 “But hopefully, it won’t get that 
far. In a year where the Court has 
upheld religious discrimination 
against Muslims and weakened 
the power of labor unions 
while handing more power to 
businesses, we cannot risk a 
further shift to the right. I urge 
my Senate colleagues to oppose 
this nomination fiercely and 
tirelessly.”


Sunday Matinee at the 
Walt Disney Concert Hall

 Spend Sunday August 19 
afternoon with friends and 
John Williams, and the Cal 
Phil! Relive some of your most 
cinematic experiences through 
the music of John Williams, 
composer of the most popular 
and recognizable soundtracks, 
who has been nominated for 
over 51 Academy

 Before the concert we will 
have lunch at San Antonio 
winery (see menu below).

Menu (Includes salad, bread, 
dessert, andnon-alcoholic 
beverage):

1) Spaghetti with meat balls or 
sausage 2) Fish of the day 3) 
Ravioli of the day 4) Chicken 
of the day 5) Chef’s special of 
the day Cost: $90 per person

Leave: 10:30 am (Spot Time: 
10:15 am)

Return: 5:30 pm (approx)

Meet at the Recreation 
Department (1560 Pasqualito 
Drive)

Seats may be available beyond 
the reservation deadline July 5, 
if the minimum participation is 
met. Please call the Recreation 
Department at (626) 403-2200 
for more information.


Make a 
Blind Date 
with a Book

 
Don’t judge a book by its 
cover! Visit the Blind Date with 
a Book display in the Library 
and make a date with your 
next great read. Librarians 
have wrapped some of their 
favorite titles in brown paper 
and written personal ad style 
clues to help readers choose 
their blind date book. There 
are a wide variety of titles 
in all genres to satisfy all 
tastes, from humorous fiction 
lovers seeking quirky offbeat 
plots to fast-paced mystery 
lovers seeking a complex and 
compelling sleuth. Participants 
pick a covered book using the 
clues, check it out, unwrap 
and enjoy! Readers can earn 
prizes for participating in Blind 
Date with a Book by writing a 
review on the Rate Your Date 
card included with each book. 
When cards are returned to 
the Library’s Reference Desk 
readers can choose a prize, get 
a coupon for the Friends of 
the Library Bookstore, or be 
entered into an opportunity 
drawing for a surprise gift 
basket. Come visit the Library 
and take a chance on your 
next great reading adventure! 
For more information contact 
the Reference Desk at rdesk@
southpasadenaca.gov or (626) 
403-7350.

 

 The Old Mill Foundation 
announced that Magical

Music at the Mill, chamber 
music under the stars, will 
return to The Old Mill in 
summer. Each evening will 
feature a different music 
ensemble performing on 
the Pomegranate Patio 
surrounded by the Mill’s 
beautiful pomegranate 
trees and lush gardens. In 
addition to enjoying the 
fine music, concertgoers are 
invited to view the building, 
learn about its history, and 
view the latest California Art 
Club exhibition in the Mill’s 
gallery.

Saturday, July 14*

Saturday, August 25*

*The grounds of the Old 
Mill open at 7 pm, and the 
concerts

begin at 8 pm.

Ticket Information:

Tickets $24/ea., OMF 
Members $20/ea., or $50 for 
the series.

For more information and 
to make reservations contact 
the Old Mill by phone 
(626)449-5458, Tuesdays–
Fridays, 12–4 pm or visit 
old-mill.org. The Old Mill 
is located at 1120 Old Mill 
Road, San Marino, 91108.

Magical Music 
at the Mill


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