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Jul 28, 20171 min read
EF School International Students Tour El Presidio SHP!
EF Students at El Presdio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park. Photo by Kevin McGarry. On Wednesday, July 19, a group of international...
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Jun 30, 20173 min read
Grasshopper for Grandpa screens at the Alhecama Theatre
By Kevin McGarry Film pays tribute to Santa Barbara’s Chinatown and the family-owned bar and restaurant that brought a community together...
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Jun 9, 20172 min read
2017 Founding Day Festival
By Kevin McGarry Founding Ceremony. Photo by Fritz Olenberger. The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) held its annual...
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May 19, 20172 min read
The History Relevancy Project Launches at Founding Day!
by Heidi Ortloff History Relevancy project team members Nora Kassner, Heidi Ortloff, Ashely Baker, Yahjaira Cea, and Paola Dela Cruz....
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Apr 28, 20171 min read
Early California Days April 6, 2017
Director of Advancement Alyssa Kichula at the Cocina. Photo by Anne Petersen. On April 6, 2017, staff at the Santa Barbara Trust for...
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Mar 31, 20171 min read
Welcome New SBTHP Docents!
We are so proud of our 2017 docent class at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation! Â This talented group of volunteers has...
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Mar 17, 20172 min read
Restoration of the 1928 Ross Dickinson Mural in the Alhecama Theatre
by Michael H. Imwalle Patty West cleaning the mural surface. Note the un-cleaned portion to her left. Photo by Michael Imwalle. Built in...
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Mar 3, 20172 min read
Cate School Volunteer Day at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
On Wednesday February 2, 2017, Cate School teachers Renee and Peter Mack arrived at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park with...
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Feb 24, 20171 min read
Presidio Pastimes by Candlelight, 2017
Ray Ogella portrays a visiting padre at the Presidio. Photo by Mike Imwalle. On February 2 2017 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic...
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Feb 10, 20171 min read
Building Community Exhibit Travels to Cate School
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation‘s exhibit, Building Community: Reginald D. Johnson, Architect was recently installed in the...
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Feb 3, 20171 min read
SBTHP 2017 Annual Meeting
The meeting begins in the Presidio Chapel. Photo by Clint Weisman. On January 21, 2017 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation...
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Jan 20, 20173 min read
Anacapa interns continue to plant the future of the Santa Barbara Presidio.
by Anne Burdette, Josh Colahan, and Ashley Emma Josh Colahan and Anne Burdette with recently planted lettuce in the new adobe planters at...
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Jan 13, 20171 min read
Veterans Day 2016 at El Presidio SHP
By Heidi Ortloff Photo by Michael Imwalle. On November 11th, 2016, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation commemorated...
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Jan 6, 20172 min read
Las Posadas 2016
by Kevin McGarry El Coro walks down State Street. Photo by Dr. Paul Mori. Las Posadas, a traditional reenactment of Joseph and Mary’s...
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Dec 19, 20162 min read
2016 Presidio Descendant’s Luncheon
by Mary Louise Days Photo by Suzi Bellman On October 29, 2016 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation and its Genealogy and...
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Dec 9, 20161 min read
Dia de los Muertos 2016
Photo by Fritz Olenberger. On October 23, 2016 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) hosted a free family craft event...
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Dec 2, 20162 min read
The 2016 Epic Olive Odyssey
Trust staffers Kevin McGarry (l) and Sue Udden (r) picking Italian variety olives. Photo by Mike Imwalle. by Michael Imwalle On October...
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Nov 18, 20161 min read
Asian American Neighborhood Festival 2016
On October 9, 2016 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, with the extraordinary support of its Asian American History...
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Nov 4, 20161 min read
Professor Valerie Matsumoto Presents City Girls
By Anne Petersen Kevin McGarry, Kay Van Horn, Anne Petersen, Valerie Matsomoto, Mika Thornburg and Terease Chin. Photo by Dr. Paul Mori....
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Oct 7, 20161 min read
San Salvador Visits the Central Coast
The complex rigging on the San Salvador. Photo by Anne Petersen. by Anne Petersen On September 15, staff of the Santa Barbara Trust for...
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