Join our Indigenous Market UNDER THE OAK & OLIVE at Casa de la Guerra! Local Indigenous artists, local ally artists and community supporters, all in one space to share their beautiful artwork with you!

Come support local artists and meet your community at The SPACE!

Dates:

August 5 from 12pm - 7pm

August 6 -  8 from 10am - 7pm

August 9 from 10am - 2pm

Location: Casa de la Guerra (15 E. Canon Perdido)

Learn more at sunan-the-space.org/upcoming-events!

Join our Indigenous Market UNDER THE OAK & OLIVE at Casa de la Guerra! Local Indigenous artists, local ally artists and community supporters, all in one space to share their beautiful artwork with you!

Come support local artists and meet your community at The SPACE!

Dates:

August 5 from 12pm - 7pm

August 6 -  8 from 10am - 7pm

August 9 from 10am - 2pm

Location: Casa de la Guerra (15 E. Canon Perdido)

Learn more at sunan-the-space.org/upcoming-events!

Please join us for the final night of our seventeenth-annual Asian American Film Series (AAFS) at the historic Alhecama Theatre for a special screening of The Mochi Movie by Sky Bergman.

THE MOCHI MOVIE explores the centuries-old Japanese tradition of Mochi-tsuki—the ceremonial pounding of rice to make mochi for the New Year—as a lens into resilience, identity, and intergenerational connection. Featuring appearances by cultural icon George Takei, Kristen Hayashi curator at the Japanese American National Museum, and the story of renowned photographer Toyo Miyatake, THE MOCHI MOVIE brings together voices across generations to reflect on the deeper meaning of tradition. (2026, 51 minutes)  

Q&A with director Sky Bergman and an outdoor reception will follow the screening. 

For more information, visit sbthp.org/aafs.

Please join us for night three of our seventeenth-annual Asian American Film Series (AAFS) at the historic Alhecama Theatre for a special Night of Shorts!

Film Selections:

Loving Bing by Isaac Bing Wright, Alec Contestabile & Dagmarette Yen

Ten Times Better by Jennifer Lin

Our Faces Will Always Be Japanese: Tsutomu Dyo, Pancho Villa and Civil Disobedienceby Brent Winebrenner 

Q&A with filmmakers and an outdoor reception will follow the screening.  More details to follow!

For more information, visit sbthp.org/aafs.

Please join us for night two of our seventeenth-annual Asian American Film Series (AAFS) at the historic Alhecama Theatre for a special screening of Food Roots by Michele Josue.

FOOD ROOTS  | Follow Emmy-Award winning Chicago Restaurateur Billy Dec as he adventures through his mother's native 7641 Islands of the Philippines to learn recipes from his last living elders, confronting culinary and cultural treasures and family secrets. (2023, 60 minutes) 

Q&A with director Michele Josue and an outdoor reception will follow the screening. 

For more information, visit sbthp.org/aafs.

Please join us July 10th at 6pm for opening night for our seventeenth-annual Asian American Film Series (AAFS) at the historic Alhecama Theatre for a special screening of Rosemead by Eric Lin!

ROSEMEAD |  Inspired by a harrowing true story, Lucy Liu gives a career-redefining performance as an ailing woman who takes drastic measures to protect her troubled teenage son (Lawrence Shou). As his dark obsessions grow and time runs out, she is forced to make impossible choices: how far will she go and what is she willing to sacrifice? Set against the simmering tensions of a Chinese American community, Rosemead is a gripping portrait of a family pushed to the edge. (2025, 97 minutes) 

Q&A with director Eric Lin & actor Lawrence Shou and an outdoor reception will follow screening. 

For more information, visit sbthp.org/aafs.

Mujeres Makers Market hosts monthly community markets promoting community and unity amongst women creatives, and highlighting women of color.

Giftable items found at these markets include delights such as succulent arrangements, colorful macrame earrings, desserts that double as eye-candy, Mexican hot chocolate kits, handmade soaps, vintage clothing and much more.

Click here to stay up to date on future markets!

Farmer & the Flea brings

Artisans
and makers,
creators and chefs,
farmers and treasure finders,
bakers and community builders

from all over the 805 to
downtown SANTA BARBARA

For more information, visit farmerandtheflea.co!

Mujeres Makers Market hosts monthly community markets promoting community and unity amongst women creatives, and highlighting women of color.

Giftable items found at these markets include delights such as succulent arrangements, colorful macrame earrings, desserts that double as eye-candy, Mexican hot chocolate kits, handmade soaps, vintage clothing and much more.

Click here to stay up to date on future markets!

Join us for our 5th Annual POP! in the historic orchard! Home to grape vines, lemon, and orange trees, our Presidio Orchard Party will be an early evening full of tastings and bites from local favorites, interactive stations and activities, raffle prizes, a wine pull, and live music brought to you by Mezcal Martini! The proceeds of this unique fundraising event support the work and mission of SBTHP. We welcome all guests ages 21 and over! 

For more information, visit sbthp.org/pop!

Join SBTHP for a free, virtual community training on bystander intervention in our public and community spaces. Become better equipped to support someone who is being demeaned or harassed. Learn how to demonstrate to the people in your life that they too have the power to make our communities safer.  

RIGHT TO BE’s “5Ds of Bystander Intervention” are designed to be safe for all to use and to not escalate situations. Join in the effort to move towards a world free of hate and harassment. Anyone can use the “5Ds” when witnessing prejudice, mistreatment, or harassment.  

All are welcome. There are two, free one-hour virtual bystander trainings available: 

• Wednesday, May 13th, 12:00 – 1:00pm

• Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/n4nFWiLrS5Gbn5d0xR7qyg#/registration

• Thursday, May 21st, 5:30 –6:30pm

• Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/nsdCHtLXSjiGhDdFzNv0VA#/registration

To learn more about RIGHT TO BE, visit: righttobe.org

SBTHP recently received a grant from the state aimed at preventing hate crimes. This program, administered by the California Department of Social Services in partnership with the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, is part of ongoing efforts in California to provide direct support for communities impacted by hate incidents and support victims.

Please join us at Casa de la Guerra on Sunday, May 17th at 2:00pm for a special panel presentation about SBTHP’s new Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing & Exclusion in Santa Barbara exhibit. 

Learn more about the Santa Barbara County’s ongoing Restricted Covenant Modification project. Go behind the scenes and hear about the process of creating Fine Print, Hard Lines, and learn more about the lasting effects and legacies of Santa Barbara’s history of housing discrimination and exclusion.   

This special panel includes Santa Barbara County’s Chief Deputy Clerk-Recorder Melinda Greene and Curators Katherina Gontaryuk and Fleurette Juda, in conversation with SBTHP’s Associate Director Kevin McGarry & Presidio Research Center Director, Dez Alaniz.  

After the panel and some Q&A, visit Casa de la Guerra to view the new exhibit and enjoy a light reception with food, refreshments and music in the Casa courtyard.  

Event Details

Where: Casa de la Guerra located at 15 E. De La Guerra St. 
When:  Sunday, May 17th, 2026, from 2:00pm – 3:30pm  

More About the Exhibit 

SBTHP’s new exhibit, Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing & Exclusion in Santa Barbara, explores the role that discriminatory housing policies and practices, such as the use of “fine print” restrictive covenants, played in shaping the Santa Barbara we experience today.  

Featuring a mix of historical sources, including property records, real estate ads, newspaper articles, and maps, Fine Print, Hard Lines reveals how discriminatory restrictions left lasting social inequities and barriers that continue to affect the lived experiences of Santa Barbara residents. The exhibit also provides information about the County-Clerk Recorder’s Office’s current efforts to identify and redact restrictive covenants in Santa Barbara County area housing deeds and titles. 

SBTHP recently received a grant from the state aimed at preventing hate crimes. This program, administered by the California Department of Social Services in partnership with the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, is part of ongoing efforts in California to provide direct support for communities impacted by hate incidents and support victims.

Come soak up the atmosphere and enjoy all that Santa Barbara Wine Country has to offer at one of California’s most historic venues.

Produced by the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience in partnership with The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.

Event net proceeds benefit local nonprofit organizations making a difference in Santa Barbara County’s food system.

This Can’t Miss, Wine-Forward, Signature Event Features:

• One stop wine tasting from wineries all across Santa Barbara County

• More than 40 renowned Santa Barbara County wineries & food artisans

• Beloved and rare grape varietals from all around the world

• Wisdom from some of Santa Barbara’s top winemakers

• Panel discussions moderated by the Santa Barbara Independent’s Matt Kettmann

• Food from local makers including avocado and olive oil tastings

• Live music with the Salty Strings

• VIP Access: Beat the crowd with VIP Access early admission one hour before general admission

For more information, or to purchase your tickets, please visit sbce.events/grand-wine-tasting.

Join SBTHP for a free, virtual community training on bystander intervention in our public and community spaces. Become better equipped to support someone who is being demeaned or harassed. Learn how to demonstrate to the people in your life that they too have the power to make our communities safer.  

RIGHT TO BE’s “5Ds of Bystander Intervention” are designed to be safe for all to use and to not escalate situations. Join in the effort to move towards a world free of hate and harassment. Anyone can use the “5Ds” when witnessing prejudice, mistreatment, or harassment.  

All are welcome. There are two, free one-hour virtual bystander trainings available: 

• Wednesday, May 13th, 12:00 – 1:00pm 

• Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/n4nFWiLrS5Gbn5d0xR7qyg#/registration

• Thursday, May 21st, 5:30 –6:30pm 

• Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/nsdCHtLXSjiGhDdFzNv0VA#/registration

To learn more about RIGHT TO BE, visit: righttobe.org

SBTHP recently received a grant from the state aimed at preventing hate crimes. This program, administered by the California Department of Social Services in partnership with the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, is part of ongoing efforts in California to provide direct support for communities impacted by hate incidents and support victims.

Join us for the 5th annual Community History Day as we celebrate the vibrant cultures and layered stories that shape Santa Barbara’s Presidio Neighborhood.

This free, all-ages event brings history to life through hands-on activities, performances, and interactive exhibits—all set in the heart of El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park.

Visit sbthp.org/chd for more information!

Come to Casa de la Guerra to be among the first to view, "Fine Print, Hard Lines,” SBTHP’s new exhibit about the history of housing discrimination and exclusion in Santa Barbara. Visit The SPACE to celebrate Chumash culture and history. Enjoy hands-on, Indigenous artmaking activities. 

When: May 7 from 5-8 pm

Where: Casa de la Guerra (15 E. de la Guerra)

Enjoy the Fourth Annual Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation Golf Tournament hosted at Glen Annie Golf Course in Goleta! Lunch, dinner, drink ticket, and scramble format is included in your fees for this tournament benefitting SBTHP.

With a shotgun start at noon, you’ll have the entire course to enjoy along with people who also believe in and support the mission of SBTHP. An assortment of fun prizes will help motivate you and your group to shoot your best score! 

For more information, visit sbthp.org/golf

Celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of music and poetry at the Presidio Chapel.

Hosted by Santa Barbara Poet Laureate emerita, Melinda Palacio and California, 123 E. Canon PerdidoSt. Santa Barbara, 5:30-7:30.

Musical Acts: The Gruntled and The Ladies Social Strumming Club.

Free, all ages.

For more information, visit www.independent.com/events/poetry-in-parks/

Attention Santa Barbara community!  SBTHP invites YOU to attend one of two free, upcoming workshops titled, WHAT OUR MONUMENTS SAY ABOUT US: A Community Workshop & Panel About Santa Barbara’s King Carlos III Statue & How We Choose To Memorialize the Past.

WHOSE STATUE IS IT ANYWAY? WHAT DO OUR MONUMENTS SAY ABOUT US?  

Come learn about Santa Barbara’s King Carlos III statue and its storied past. Hear from an expert panel as they discuss the broader public discourse, and recent national trends & scholarship surrounding historical statues, monuments and memorials in public spaces. 

HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD! 

Become a part of the dialogue and share your opinions and perspectives. Collecting diverse voices is central to the creation of a new, permanent exhibit at the Presidio. Your participation is not only welcomed but strongly encouraged! 

 Following the program, join us for a reception in the Presidio Orchard. Enjoy small bites & refreshments as you view the King Carlos III statue, up close.  

SBTHP received funding to produce an exhibit that explores our community’s evolving relationship with this controversial statue, and to help our community investigate the ways we have and will choose to commemorate our city’s history.   

This project was made possible with support from the James S. Bower Foundation and California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.  Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Visit sbthp.org/publicworkshops for more information!

Attention Santa Barbara community!  SBTHP invites YOU to attend one of two free, upcoming workshops titled, WHAT OUR MONUMENTS SAY ABOUT US: A Community Workshop & Panel About Santa Barbara’s King Carlos III Statue & How We Choose To Memorialize the Past.

WHOSE STATUE IS IT ANYWAY? WHAT DO OUR MONUMENTS SAY ABOUT US?  

Come learn about Santa Barbara’s King Carlos III statue and its storied past. Hear from an expert panel as they discuss the broader public discourse, and recent national trends & scholarship surrounding historical statues, monuments and memorials in public spaces. 

HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD! 

Become a part of the dialogue and share your opinions and perspectives. Collecting diverse voices is central to the creation of a new, permanent exhibit at the Presidio. Your participation is not only welcomed but strongly encouraged! 

 Following the program, join us for a reception in the Presidio Orchard. Enjoy small bites & refreshments as you view the King Carlos III statue, up close.  

SBTHP received funding to produce an exhibit that explores our community’s evolving relationship with this controversial statue, and to help our community investigate the ways we have and will choose to commemorate our city’s history.   

This project was made possible with support from the James S. Bower Foundation and California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Visit sbthp.org/publicworkshops for more information!

Farmer & the Flea brings

Artisans
and makers,
creators and chefs,
farmers and treasure finders,
bakers and community builders

from all over the 805 to
downtown SANTA BARBARA

For more information, visit farmerandtheflea.co!

Join scholar and community member Bing Aradanas for a presentation titled, “Filipinos’ Contributions to Once Making Lompoc the ‘Flower Capital of the World’ (and other forgotten history)” in support of the exhibit Manongs on the Central Coast: Forming Communities Across Generations.  

DETAILS 

When: Friday, April 3, 2026. Exhibit available to view at 5pm, presentation begins at 6pm.  

Where: Grossman Gallery, Lompoc Public Library, 501 E North Ave, Lompoc, CA 93436 

The Manongs on the Central Coast: Forming Communities Across Generations exhibit will be on display at the Lompoc Public Library's Grossman Gallery from April 1 - April 30, 2026.

Support Indigenous artisans and allies at the Under the Oak and Olive Market, and celebrate the Spring Equinox. Presented by The SPACE!

When/Where: March 22 from 11AM to 4PM at Casa de la Guerra (15 E. De la Guerra)

International Women’s Day is a reminder of the power of community! Join the Mujeres Makers Market on March 1 for their annual celebration with 50+ women of color vendors, local nonprofits, workshops and space to connect and learn.

Join us on Saturday, February 21st to celebrate and ring in the Lunar New Year at SBTHP’s 2026 YEAR OF THE FIRE HORSE FESTIVAL!  

Come help us celebrate and commemorate Santa Barbara’s rich, diverse AAPI communities, cultures & history! This is a free, family-friendly event; ALL are welcome. 

Festival Activities & Offerings: 

• Learn how to play MAHJONG!  Enjoy free hands-on lessons led by expert players. 

Already got the skills? Come and compete at your level! 

• Support local AAPI artisans & small businesses at our YEAR OF THE FIRE HORSE MARKET 

• Take a guided walking tour of historic Chinatown 

• Explore SBTHP’s Nihonmachi Revisited exhibit 

• Stay until dusk for a special Lion Dance performance by Camarillo Kung Fu & Lion Dance Association. 

• Grab delicious Asian cuisine from local AAPI-owned food trucks 

Festival General Information:  

• When: Saturday, February 21, 2026 – 3:00-7:00pm  

• Where: El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park - 123 E. Canon Perdido St. 

• Free parking (follow “Event Parking” signs) 

  
For more information, visit sbthp.org/firehorsefestival!

Presidio by Candlelight is a rare opportunity to experience the Presidio after dark. Listen to Chumash stories by an open fire, visit our Nihonmachi Revisited exhibit about Santa Barbara’s Japantown, enjoy music and dances from 1800s California, and more — all while enjoying free champurrado and freshly-baked goods. This is a free, 1st Thursday event.  

Stay tuned for more information!