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SUMMARY:Office Hours Under the Sea
DESCRIPTION:Join Ronaldo Wilson and special guests for a site-specific\, endurance performance as part of there are no words\, but melodies. The exhibition emerges at the intersections of Black poetics\, performance\, and visual art to shuttle between verbal and non-verbal forms of language\, rendering the boundaries of identity and meaning slippery. \nDrop in and visit Wilson’s office hours any time between 12pm and 5pm. \nRonaldo V. Wilson is a poet\, interdisciplinary artist\, academic\, and the author of Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man\, winner of the Cave Canem Prize; Poems of the Black Object\, winner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry and the Asian American Literary Award in Poetry; Farther Traveler: Poetry\, Prose\, Other\, and Lucy 72. His latest books are Carmelina: Figures and Virgil Kills: Stories. He is the editor of three special issues of hybrid and experimental work in Interim: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics; and Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. He has shown work and performed most recently at the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics\, and The Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard. The recipient of numerous fellowships\, including Cave Canem\, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, MacDowell\, and The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\, Wilson is Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at U.C. Santa Cruz\, where he directs the Creative Writing Program\, and serves on the core faculty of the Creative Critical PhD Program; principal faculty member of CRES (Critical Race and Ethnic Studies); and affiliate faculty member of DANM (Digital Arts and New Media).
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LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Roadmap Home - Affordable Housing Month Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join Housing Santa Cruz County for Affordable Housing Month Keynote & 6th Anniversary Celebration\, an afternoon that brings together the big-picture vision and the on-the-ground reality of housing in California. \n \nThe Roadmap Home will explore a comprehensive\, solutions-driven framework for ending the housing crisis. New Affordable Housing Pipeline data will confront a stark truth: nearly 40\,000 affordable homes are ready to be built across California but without the funding to move forward. What does this mean for Santa Cruz County? And what will it take to ensure our community is ready to lead? Join leaders\, advocates\, and community members as we align around the next steps to move from possibility to production. Please join us for this educational and inspiring Affordable Housing Month Keynote event—which will also celebrates Housing Santa Cruz County’s 6th anniversary! \nSpeakers: \nChione Lucina Muñoz Flegal is CEO of Housing California\, a prominent nonprofit advocacy group and policy institute focused on addressing housing scarcity and homelessness across the state\, and that published Roadmap Home. Roadmap Home is a comprehensive policy framework and advocacy campaign intended to end homelessness\, create 1.2 million new affordable homes\, protect 1 million renters\, and close racial equity gaps by 2030\, throughout California. \nHeather Hood is Vice President and Northern California Market Leader of Enterprise Community Partners\, a national nonprofit that provides solutions\, capital\, and community development to address the U.S.’s shortage of affordable rental homes\, and that published the 2026 California Affordable Housing Production Pipeline. The 2026 California Affordable Housing Production Pipeline is a report that illustrates the progress cities\, counties\, and the state have made to encourage affordable housing in California—and also underscores that without necessary public funding\, these developments will not be built. \nElaine Johnson\, J.D.\, Executive Director of Housing Santa Cruz County\, the organization that will lead local action to implement the Roadmap Home and Affordable Housing Pipeline data in order to continue supporting the creation of the housing that Santa Cruz County and all its residents need to thrive. Housing Santa Cruz County’s work is a vital component of housing development in our county\, through its public advocacy\, support of democratic accountability\, and community education. \n  \n\nABOUT HOUSING SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: Housing Santa Cruz County\, launched in 2020\, is a coalition of stakeholders across a wide array of sectors\, working collaboratively to align the political and community will necessary to create the housing that Santa Cruz County and all its residents need to thrive. \n\nThis event is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/housing-santa-cruz-countys-affordable-housing-month-2026-keynote-6th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El\, 3055 Porter Gulch Road\, Aptos\, CA\, 95003\, United States
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SUMMARY:UCSC French and Japanese Student Performance Evening
DESCRIPTION:FREE – ALL WELCOME \nIn the spirit of the Miriam Ellis International Playhouse\, students from the French and Japanese programs at UCSC will present an evening of theater and music performances. \nFrench: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture)\, written by the students\, directed by Renée Cailloux. \nJapanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope)\, directed by Naoko Yamamoto. \nThis informal end-of-quarter performance celebrates the creativity\, dedication\, and collaborative work of UCSC language students \nFor more information\, contact Renée Cailloux at meip@ucsc.edu
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ucsc-french-and-japanese-student-performance-evening/
LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center
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