Welcome to the Henry Miller Library
We are upating and redesigning our website.
Meanwhile we have this bare bones landing page. Please come for an analog visit!
We’re open 11 – 5 every day!
List of upcoming events can be found HERE!
Announcing the United States premiere of
SMILE: A Clown’s Ascension
An historic premiere.
For the first time in the United States, Henry Miller’s luminous parable
The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder
comes to life on stage in a bold, fully professional adaptation. Click the dates below to be taken to the ticketing page.
October 15 – World Premiere in the Grace Dodge Chapel at Asilomar, Pacific Grove (7:30 pm)
October 16 – Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel (7:30 pm)October 17 – Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel (7:30 pm)
October 18 – Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel (2:00 pm)
October 18 – Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel (7:30 pm)
October 19 – Closing performance at Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur (7:30 pm)
Henry Miller in the
21st Century
October 16–19, 2025 • Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove
Join Nexus and the Henry Miller Memorial Library for a landmark gathering that brings together scholars, writers, and admirers to explore Henry Miller’s enduring influence.
Over four days we will
ask a vital question:
What does Henry Miller mean to us now?
Miller’s work helped reshape modern literature, challenged censorship, and redefined freedom of expression. At this conference, we’ll re-examine his legacy through today’s lens—provocative, unsettling, and inspiring as ever.
A Garden of Earthly Delights:
Henry Miller’s Big Sur
Curated by the Henry Miller Memorial Library’s executive director, Magnus Torén, is a gate to the social world of writer and
watercolorist Henry Miller.
At the Museum of Art in Monterey.
Letters, books, photos – form the Garden of Earthly Delights: Henry Miller’s Big Sur exhibit, a good article about the exhibit: HERE!
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