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The annual Kelley House barbecue after the parade was a great success this year — lots of holiday revelers enjoying great food with music from Pura Vida. We have set up a page with pictures from the 4th, featuring our volunteers and parade float. Enjoy!

Tea at 2 pm at Kelley House to formally welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to California and make the newlyweds feel at home during their first official visit. The California Royal-Tea events are part of The California Travel & Tourism Commission’s “Royal Summer” campaign that celebrates the couple’s arrival and promotes tourism throughout California. California-based coffee and tea retailer Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will provide complimentary cups of their English Breakfast blend tea to participants toasting in nearly 20 destinations throughout the state.  Log on to www.visitcalifornia.com/royalsummer for more information. 707-937-5791

Join us at the Kelley House Museum on Sunday, July 24 for a trip down memory lane. From the 1960s to the 1990s The Seagull Restaurant was a well-loved Mendocino institution. In late 1972 David and Cathy Jones took over. Sidetracked from a Berkeley Ph.D. by a series of family tragedies, David moved with Cathy to her native coast (raised in Caspar, she can trace her roots to mid-19th century Pine Grove). Together they ran the Seagull for 13 years. Come meet David and learn why so many people considered The Seagull a lot more than a restaurant. As David puts it: “Through the Sea Gull I made many life long friends and acquaintances… everyday working folks on the Mendocino coast are unusually generous with their time which makes for a strong sense of community… We are all connected one way or another.”

Members $5; non-members $7, 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino. 707-937-5791

On Monday, July 4th, from 11 am – 3:00 pm, the Kelley House will host their annual BBQ with music by Pura Vida. We’ll be serving hamburgers, sausages, wine, beer and ice cream. There will be plenty of time to purchase your lunch before the parade begins, or stop by afterwards and enjoy good food and music. For more information, call 707-937-5791. Many thanks to our sponsors for helping to support our event!

Clover Stornetta/Hopper Dairy
CVS
Frazier Lane Organics
Harvest Market
North Coast Brewing
Old Gold
Safeway

“The Andre Family – From the Azores to Mendocino” will be the focus of the Kelley House Museum’s “Sunday Afternoon With,” a lecture presented by Marcia and Alan Andre on June 12 at 3 p.m. The Manuel and Gloria Andre family arrived in Mendocino from the island of San Miguel in 1904. They were one of many Portuguese families that immigrated to Mendocino during that period.

Marcia and Alan were inspired after reading historian Eleanor Sverko’s book, The Early Portuguese Families of the Town of Mendocino (1995), now long out of print. With assistance from Kelley house, they began a search for the family’s story that led them to several major discoveries. In addition, they traveled to the Azores to further their research, and while there connected with living family members. Their program will highlight some of the challenges, discoveries, and surprises associated with their research.

For several years, Marcia and Alan have been on a quest to locate several family unmarked graves at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Mendocino. With help from Kelley House and the Hillcrest Cemetery staff, they have located the graves. Monuments have been installed by Mendocino Monuments. A dedication at Hillcrest Cemetery will be held on June 12 at 11:30 a.m. The public is welcomed.

Please join the June 12 Kelley House program where admission is $5 members or $7 for non-members. 707-937-5791