MEMBERS ONLY: SBTHP Membership Trip to the NEW Getty Villa in Malibu
Friday, November 17th, 2006
Depart the Presidio at 10:00am
$40 for Trust Members

After an eight year closure the new Getty Villa in Malibu is finally open and as part of the Trust's ongoing efforts to provide our members with distinctive membership incentives throughout the year, we are planning a "Members Only" trip to the villa on Friday, November 17th. The new Getty Villa in Malibu features the Getty's collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities with "a design that's culturally respectful as it is ground-breaking," Matthew Jaffe, Sunset Magazine. The Trust itself has an interesting connection with the villa. Norman Neuerburg, original designer of the Getty Villa (1974), also designed and painted much of the reconstructed chapel interior of El Presidio de Santa Barbara. A lecture on this topic by SBTHP Executive Director, Jarrell C. Jackman, Ph.D. will be featured as part of this years Architectural Lecture Series in late October and early November. The trip will include transportation courtesy of the Santa Barbara Air Bus, lunch, and a free audio tour once we reach the Villa. You can reserve your seat today by sending a check for $40 dollars to the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation or calling 805.965.0093 / emailing jared@sbthp.org. This great opportunity is available to Trust members on a first come, first served basis. Space is limited so call or email today!

Futbol Club Barcelona to Visit
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
Saturday, August 5th, 2006 - 10:30am
El Presidio de Santa Barbara - 123 E. Canon Perdido Street

One of Europe's best professional soccer teams, Futbol Club Barcelona, will be stopping by El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park on Saturday, August 5th at 10:30am as part of their current tour of Mexico and the United States. Members of the soccer club will have a chance to make adobe bricks for the ongoing reconstruction of El Presidio de Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara's 18th century birthplace and the fourth and final military fortress constructed by the Spanish along the coast of Alta California. FC Barcelona will briefly tour the historic site and be greeted by the fort's uniformed soldiers, Los Soldados de Cuera.

FC Barcelona, popularly known as Barça, is a soccer club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Since being founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, British and Catalan footballers, the club has become a Catalan institution, popularizing the motto "El Barça és més que un club" (Barça is more than a club). FC Barcelona is currently the soccer champions of both Spain and Europe and is considered by many to be the best soccer club in the world.

FC Barcelona's trip to North America begins on Tuesday, August 1st and will last thirteen days. Exhibition matches are scheduled against Club Tigres in Monterrey, Mexico; CD Guadalajara in Los Angeles; Club America in Houston and the tour ends with a match in New York against the New York Red Bulls. The players will also visit Houston Child Cancer Hospital and the NASA Space Center.

The club recently made headlines when it announced that UNICEF, the United Nations agency whose goal it is to guarantee children's rights, and Futbol Club Barcelona, through their Fundació, reached an agreement to work together for the benefit of orphaned children in vulnerable situations, in particular those that are affected by the HIV/AIDS virus. The signatures and the official presentation of this agreement will take place on August 11 at the United Nations headquarters in New York at the end of the clubs U.S tour.