Pearl Chase Society - Upcoming Evnets

The Pearl Chase Society sponsors tours, meetings, lectures and special events throughout the year. For more information on upcoming events please contact us.

Take a Road Trip into the Past
with the Pearl Chase Society

What: Slide/Lecture by Harrison Irving Scott, author of The Ridge Route: the Road That United California. Join Mr. Scott on a journey back in time when the 95-year-old Ridge Route climbed over mountains and through canyons filled with grapevines between Bakersfield and Los Angeles.
Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Scott and others, seventeen and a half miles of this road are now on the National Registry of Historic Places.

Where: Presidio Chapel,
123 E. Canon Perdido
When: February 7, 2010, at 2 pm
Cost: $10 Pearl Chase Society members;
$12 non-members (at the door)

Pearl Chase Society thanks Dr. Jarrell C. Jackman of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historical Preservation for use of the Chapel. For more information on the Ridge Route go to http://www.ridgeroute.com/index.html

PAST EVENTS

July 2, 2009: Local historian Kathi Brewster gave a talk on Peter Barber, Santa Barbara’s most prolific architect of Victorian homes and buildings, during the Society’s annual meeting at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Kathi’s slide/lecture explained the origins of Barber’s work and displayed several buildings of his design, some of which have been preserved to this day.
Always one to include context with facts, Kathi reminded Society members of the significance of Victorian architecture to the development of Santa Barbara. After the general meeting and lecture, attendees enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and wine in the beautiful Spanish courtyard of the Museum.

December 8, 2009: Society Board Member Maria McCall escorted a group to the Malibu Lagoon Museum and historic Adamson House, which was beautifully decorated for the holidays with original Christmas cards and ornaments adorning the many trees throughout. Participants enjoyed seeing the best surviving examples of decorative ceramic tile produced by Malibu Potteries (1926-32), glimpses of early California life at the museum, and shopping and lunch at Cross Creek Shopping Plaza.

December 13, 2009: The grand fireplace of the Friar’s Lounge at the Mission burned brightly and warmed the recently renovated hall for the annual Pearl Chase Society Holiday Party and Chili Fest. The room was bedecked with festive poinsettias, and Jake Jacobus, City Historian, and wife Mari entertained on keyboard and guitar. The Mission Renewal Center staff provided a bounteous array of appetizers, steaming pots of chili enticed diners, and a variety of libations warmed guests on the brisk day. Board member Kitty Peri organized a most delightful event.

LEFT: Kellam de Forest and John Woodward toast the season in front the the great fireplace in the Friar’s Lounge. RIGHT: Cathy Closson, Mayor Marty Blum, Sue Adams, and Sarah Knecht enjoy the comraderie at the annual Holiday Party.