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Author Talk: A Conversation with Juhea Kim & the Ballerina Book Club

PBS Books Author Talk: A Conversation with Juhea Kim & the Ballerina Book Club Join PBS Books for a captivating Author Talk featuring Juhea Kim, acclaimed author of City of Night Birds, in conversation with Ballerina Book Club’s Isabella Boylston and Connor Holloway, renowned dancers from American Ballet Theatre, alongside Heather-Marie Montilla, National Director of PBS Books. This special live-streamed event celebrates Youth Art Month, highlighting the beauty of art and literature—because we are all young at heart and should celebrate the arts! The discussion will highlight two remarkable books: City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim, a lyrical [...]

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Gary Tyler – Art as Resilience | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

For over four decades, Gary Tyler has worked at the intersection of art and social justice. After enduring nearly 42 years wrongfully imprisoned at Angola State Penitentiary, Tyler uses his textile-based practice to highlight issues of mass incarceration, instilling messages of hope and resilience. Tyler first learned to quilt to support the Angola Prison Hospice program, where he was a volunteer. Notably, Tyler was the President of the Angola Prison drama program for almost three decades, using the position to promote a culture of community, civic responsibility and introspection. Material, symbolism, and quilting traditions are central to Tyler’s work. Since his release in 2016, Tyler’s appliqué quilts [...]

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Phung Huynh – Angkorian Homecoming: Resettlement and Returning Home | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

Phung Huynh is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator with a practice in drawing, painting, public art, and community engagement. Her work explores cultural perception and representation, such as her drawings and prints on pink donut boxes, which explore the complexities of assimilation and cultural negotiation among Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees who have resettled in the United States. Huynh also challenges beauty standards by constructing images of the Asian female body vis-à-vis plastic surgery to unpack how contemporary cosmetic surgery can whitewash cultural and racial identity. In tandem with her Penny Stamps Series appearance, The Institute for the Humanities is hosting Huynh’s installation, Angkorian [...]

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John Cameron Mitchell – Is This My Story To Tell? | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

John Cameron Mitchell is an acclaimed actor, writer, and director known for his boundary-pushing work across theater, film, and television. He first captivated audiences with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a rock musical he co-wrote and starred in, exploring identity, love, and self-acceptance. Mitchell later adapted and directed Hedwig for the screen, earning two Tony Awards, the Sundance Film Festival’s Best Director award, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. Mitchell’s directorial work includes Shortbus (2006), an audacious exploration of intimacy; Rabbit Hole (2010), starring Nicole Kidman, which received an Oscar nomination for Kidman’s performance; and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), featuring Kidman and Elle Fanning. His television credits [...]

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Percival Everett Delivers Bauder Lecture – Watch Live on PBS

Join us for the 36th Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series (CAALS), featuring acclaimed novelist Percival Everett, the 2024 National Book Award winner for Fiction. Percival Everett will deliver the prestigious Bauder Lecture in the Marygrove Theatre. As the latest distinguished guest in Marygrove Conservancy’s lecture series, Everett will read from his works, discuss his literary career, and engage with audience questions. Everett is the author of 24 novels, including Erasure, which was adapted into the award-winning film American Fiction. His most recent novel, James, is a New York Times best-seller that reinterprets Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the [...]

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