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In 2017, the Central Library turns 100 years old, and the public is invited to celebrate. On June 10, the Friends of the Library will kick off the celebration with the publication of Library Book, an anthology about library love by noted writers. On August 27, celebrate at a big community birthday party. Throughout the summer, family programs encourage children to design the library of the future. See the schedule below for tours of the building, talks about local history and architecture, and music programs. On November 4, the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation will host a fundraising and friend-raising evening event as a capstone to the centennial.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Santa Barbara's Central Copies are available to borrow at all Santa Barbara Libraries, or purchase at The Book Den, Chaucer's, Tecolote Book Shop, and online from Amazon. All proceeds benefit the library. |
Brief Timeline of the Santa Barbara Free Public Library
1882 - Santa Barbara Free Public Library established.
1892 - First Santa Barbara Public Library opens at 14 E. Carrillo St.; designed by Peter J. Barber.
1910 - Santa Barbara is
1914 - Santa Barbara receives $50,000 Carnegie Grant for new Central Library on the corner of Anacapa & Anapamu.
1916 - September 25, Central Library ground-breaking ceremony.
1917 - August 27, Central Library opens its doors to the public; designed by Francis Wilson.
1924 - Wood-carved tympanum installed over Main Entrance; designed by Carleton Winslow.
1925 - June 29, Great Santa Barbara Earthquake.
1930 - October 15, Faulkner Gallery opens; designed by Myron Hunt.
1943 & 1958 - Interior renovations and building upgrades.
1980 - Major building remodel; designed by Jerry Zimmer.
2012 - Central Library Designated Historic Landmark.
2015 - New Children's Library opens.
JUNE |
Library Book Publication Party |
Saturday - June 10 |
History Talk: Betsy Green, The Library and the City, 1916 & 1917 |
Sunday - June 11 |
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History Talk: Neal Graffy, The Great Santa Barbara Earthquake of 1925 - The Disaster That Built a City |
Sunday - June 25 |
JULY |
Nonfiction book club/local history #1 |
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History Talk: Hattie Beresford, The Faulkner Gallery: Art, Architecture, and Philanthropy |
Sunday - July 9 |
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History Talk: History Alive! Jody Thomas IS Frances Linn |
Sunday - July 23 |
AUGUST |
Nonfiction book club/local history #2 |
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History Talk: Shelley Bookspan, Pearl Chase, A Santa Barbara Legend |
Sunday - August 6 |
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History Talk: John Woodward, Earliest Photographs of Santa Barbara by Edwin Hayward & Henry Muzzal, |
Sunday - August 20 |
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Community Celebration, Central Library Grand Re-opening Party |
Sunday - August 27 |
SEPTEMBER |
Nonfiction book club/local history #3 |
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History Talk: Pam Post and Tim Hazeltine: Francis Wilson and Early 20th Century Architectural Eclecticism |
Sunday - September 10 |
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History Talk: SB Trust for Historic Preservation, Chinatown |
Sunday - September 24 |
OCTOBER |
History Talk: Marc Appleton, The Architecture of the Central Library |
Sunday - October 8 |
History Talk: Thomas Van Stein, Emerging Influences: The First Decade of Art Exhibitions Held at the Faulkner Gallery, 1930-1940 |
Sunday - October 15 |
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Santa Barbara Music Club concert As part of the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Centennial Celebration, this concert features American music spanning the past 100 years, with a special focus on that most American of genres, ragtime. The program features works by Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, Hal Isbitz, Scott Joplin, Marjorie Merryman, and Eric Valinsky. |
Saturday - October 21 |
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History Talk: John Woodward, The Edson Smith Collection of Historic Photographs at the Santa Barbara Public Library |
Sunday - October 22 |
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History Book Club: Rancho San Julian: The Story of a Ranch and Its People by Dibblee A. Poett |
Thursday - October 26 |
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NOVEMBER |
Centennial Gala The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation |
Saturday - November 4 |
History Talk: Jeremy Tessmer: The First Golden Age of Art in Santa Barbara 1910-1926 |
Sunday - November 5 |