Preservation Month will be celebrated all month long. We will be featuring historic sites. This year’s theme is “all people are created equal.” You might want to find antiques to add to your personal collections at Redo Market held in Dana Point on Del Prado which will be held on Sunday, May 3rd from 9am… Read More Field Notes | May 2026
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Announces Award Winners for “For the Love of the Sea” Exhibition Juried Competition Honors the Legacy of Frank Cuprien in partnership with the Laguna Art Museum LAGUNA BEACH, CA — The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) is proud to announce the award winners for its premier juried exhibition, “For… Read More For the Love of the Sea Exhibition
Newport Harbor is known for yachts and sailboats that glide gracefully through the ocean water. For adventure seekers, the harbor offers a variety of activities from paddleboarding and kayaking to sunset cruises. Schedule your trip to Catalina or for a sport fishing adventure for anglers. Celebrate the past and present at the iconic Mayor’s Table… Read More Newport Beach
Thank you for Celebrating 5 years of OC Archives Bazaar! With over 1000 attendees, 28 exhibitors, 20 volunteers, 10 guest speakers and 3 planning committee members, this year’s OC Archives Bazaar, Beyond the Archive: Textiles, Tunes, and Tales from Orange County was a great hit! Thank you for having visited our exhibition table at the… Read More OC Archives Bazaar
NO. 204 OLD SANTA ANA – Portolá camped on the bank of Santa Ana River in 1769, and José Antonio Yorba, a member of the expedition, later returned to Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. El Camino Real crossed the river in this vicinity. The place was designated Santa Ana by travelers and known by that… Read More Historic Orange
Book of the Month Happy Valentine’s Day! “Sense will always have attractions to me that sensibility cannot.” — Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen was published in 1811. It was Jane Austen’s first novel and a sharp exploration of love, reason, emotion, and social expectations in early 19th-century England. This story… Read More Field Notes | February 2026
70 Degrees is partnering with the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences to innovate digital history technologies using AI. We are working with an incredible cohort of students who will transform archive systems. “The ICS mission is to advance computing technologies and explore their multidisciplinary applications for the good of humanity.… Read More UCI Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
We wish you a wonderful Christmas season! We are honored to preserve the Sawdust Art Festival history. As the 60th anniversary author and historian of the forthcoming book, we are digitizing their archive. Be a part of this story and submit a piece to our team today! Sawdust Art Festival, 1960s Learn about the history… Read More December 2025
Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful for you. 70° curated the Taiwanese American History Museum in Irvine which you can explore via Matterport. TAH hosted a national conference which successfully brought together representatives from numerous Taiwanese American organizations across the country. This exhibit is titled Journeys to honor the transnational heritage of the community. The Taiwanese… Read More Field Notes | November 2025
October is Arts & Culture Month. UC Irvine is proud to announce the completion of its acquisition of the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA). This is a bold new chapter for the arts in our region. As alumnae, we celebrate this milestone moment for UCI. With the transaction complete, UC Irvine assumes… Read More Field Notes | October 2025
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