Events
Luis Alberto Urrea – Good Night, Irene
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CABookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome bestselling author Luis Alberto Urrea (The House of Broken Angels) back to the store for a reading and signing of his new novel […]
The Deep Read: Community Salon
The Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CAOn June 7, we’ll be hosting a salon—co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute and Lookout Santa Cruz—focused on actions we can all take in the face of climate change. Ecology Action, Elkhorn Slough […]
Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: An evening with Ocean Vuong
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CAIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection (in paperback June 6th), Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief […]
Ecological Utopia: From the Victorians to Us with Professor Deanna K. Kreisel
Virtual EventPlease join the Friends of the Dickens Project for our spring Friends Faculty Fellowship talk series by Associate Professor Deanna K. Kreisel (University of Mississippi) who will be discussing “Ecological […]
Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CAPresented by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Ottessa Moshfegh (My Year of Rest and Relaxation) will discuss her recent novel Lapvona, available in paperback June 20th. In a village in a medieval […]
Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens’s London
Virtual EventPlease join the Santa Cruz Dickens Fellowship and the Santa Cruz Pickwick Club for our June Pickwick Club talk by author and historian Lee Jackson who will be discussing Dickens’s […]
Santa Cruz Shakespeare 2023 Season Opening Night
The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CATickets are now on sale for Santa Cruz Shakespeare's 2023 season, featuring The Book of Will and The Taming of the Shrew. Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute. The season runs from […]
Dickens Universe: A Tale of Two Cities
UCSCThe Dickens Universe is a unique cultural event that brings together scholars, teachers, students, and members of the general public for a week of stimulating discussion and festive social activity […]
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Opening
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAThe Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, even at a seasoned 60 years old, is all about the new—the here and now of contemporary works for orchestra. To quote Financial Times […]