Media Archive

Evoke LA

Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, and Natalia Molina

Join MacArthur Fellow and USC Annenberg Professor Josh Kun with the series historians—the Autry’s associate curator Tyree Boyd-Pates, Pitzer professor…

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

In her stunning and timely new novel, Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of…

ALOUD Cooks

Curated by Leslie Jonath

Food connects us to our past, to our family, our communities and to each other. As we reflect on the…

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott of The New York Times…

The Matter of Black Lives:
Writing from The New Yorker

Jelani Cobb

Historian and writer Jelani Cobb will present a collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America, from stories of endurance…

Lost & Found at the Movies:
Into Great Silents

John Nein

For as long as there’s been a movie industry, there have been filmmakers compelled to work outside of it. In…

Notes from the Bathroom Line:
Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy

Amy Solomon

In this “much-needed dose of delight,” Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry, shares…

Finding the Mother Tree:
Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard

One of the world’s leading forest ecologists shares from her first book to bring us deeper into her intimate world…

My Time Will Come:
A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption

Ian Manuel

“Ian is magic. His story is difficult and heartbreaking, but he takes us places we need to go to understand…

Lost & Found at the Movies:
New Suns

John Nein

“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Octavia E. Butler Fifteen years after her death, Octavia…