Events around Santa Barbara
1st Thursday Event Schedule 5:00-6:30pm – Ludmilla Exhibition Opening Celebration 6:30pm – Last Dance of the Summer Dance Party with DJ Darla Bea Ludmilla Pilat Welch: Serene Santa Barbara Join the Museum for their opening celebration featuring plein air painter Ludmilla Pilat Welch, who rendered many of Santa Barbara’s remaining historic adobes in the …
Join us for an unforgettable evening at the Hope Awards, where we celebrate the local champions of public education. This year, we honor the late Margie Yahyavi, former SBEF Executive Director, and the Children’s Creative Project for their outstanding contributions to our community’s students. The evening begins with a reception at the beautiful Santa Barbara Historical Museum, featuring …
Wednesday, March 19 · 5:30 - 7pm PDT Santa Barbara Historical Museum Join historian Bill MacKinnon as he shares the never-told tale of how a well-educated but now-forgotten Irishman, Owen Hugh O’Neill, emigrated to the U. S. and then made his way across the American frontier to Santa Barbara by way of involvement in two of …
Silents on the Islands: Silent Movies on the Channel Islands A talk by Betsy J. Green Santa Barbara Historical Museum Wednesday, January 29 5:30 – 7 pm PST Hundreds of silent movies were filmed on the idyllic islands of California starring luminaries such as Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Oliver …
California Avocados: A Delicious History A Talk by Rob Crisell Santa Barbara Historical Museum Wednesday, January 15 5:30 – 7 pm PST Avocados were first introduced to California in 1871 when Judge R.B. Ord planted three seedling trees from Mexico in Santa Barbara, sparking a century-long love affair that transformed California into “Avocado …
Join local author Patricia Caird to hear the remarkable story of one of our city's most fascinating citizens, Dr. William J. Mellinger: Who Was Grandpa Doc? William J. Mellinger, 1886-1948: A Man Who Knew No Limits As the archivist of her family records, as Patricia Caird enlisted historian Neal Graffy to be her guide as she realized that this …
1st Thursday | Thursday, September 5 | 5-8:00 PM Location: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Enjoy access after hours with wine and music while you explore our galleries, including our latest exhibition, Project Fiesta! Celebrating a Centennial of Old Spanish Days Fiesta. Join Latin Jazz band Mezcal Martini for music and dancing in our courtyard from 6-7:30 …
Concierto Íntimo Join us for an intimate show by Seffarine Thursday, August 22 Location: Covarrubias Adobe The sounds that stir the dry winds of Southern Spain and Morocco, two countries separated by only a whisper of the Mediterranean, are the musical DNA of a beautifully complex extended family linking North Africa and Europe. The musicians …
The Santa Barbara Historical Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of Old Spanish Days Fiesta with an enlarged, expanded version of its annual Project Fiesta! exhibition, opening July 12 and on view through November 1, 2024. For more information, visit www.sbhistorical.org. Encompassing two galleries, the centerpiece of “Project Fiesta! Centennial” is the largest grouping of annual …
Every promotional poster heralding Santa Barbara’s unique Summer Solstice Celebration for the past 50 years and hundreds of photographs documenting its early years are among the many items in a new exhibit “Here Comes the Sun: Celebrating 50 Years of Santa Barbara Summer Solstice” on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum through June 27. …
Every promotional poster heralding Santa Barbara’s unique Summer Solstice Celebration for the past 50 years and hundreds of photographs documenting its early years are among the many items in a new exhibit “Here Comes the Sun: Celebrating 50 Years of Santa Barbara Summer Solstice” on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum through June 27. …
Every promotional poster heralding Santa Barbara’s unique Summer Solstice Celebration for the past 50 years and hundreds of photographs documenting its early years are among the many items in a new exhibit “Here Comes the Sun: Celebrating 50 Years of Santa Barbara Summer Solstice” on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum through June 27. …
Every promotional poster heralding Santa Barbara’s unique Summer Solstice Celebration for the past 50 years and hundreds of photographs documenting its early years are among the many items in a new exhibit “Here Comes the Sun: Celebrating 50 Years of Santa Barbara Summer Solstice” on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum through June 27. …
Every promotional poster heralding Santa Barbara’s unique Summer Solstice Celebration for the past 50 years and hundreds of photographs documenting its early years are among the many items in a new exhibit “Here Comes the Sun: Celebrating 50 Years of Santa Barbara Summer Solstice” on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum through June 27. …
Every promotional poster heralding Santa Barbara’s unique Summer Solstice Celebration for the past 50 years and hundreds of photographs documenting its early years are among the many items in a new exhibit “Here Comes the Sun: Celebrating 50 Years of Santa Barbara Summer Solstice” on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum through June 27. …