Events
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe 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 […]
Weekend With Shakespeare
UCSC ArboretumJoin Shakespeare scholars and artists for two days of lectures, discussions, and demonstrations about the 2023 Season’s main stage productions, The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear. The Weekend […]
Susan Casey: The Underworld
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFREE IN-STORE EVENT: Bookshop welcomes New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey (The Wave) for a discussion of The Underworld, her awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, […]
Slugs and Steins with Professor Eric Porter: What Can We Learn from the Airport?
Virtual EventFor many people, airports may seem like alienating “nonplaces”—as anthropologist Marc Augé put it—where we rush to make connections and spend long, monotonous hours waiting for delayed flights. But airports […]
Leaning Toward Light: An Evening of Poetry with Tess Taylor, Danusha Laméris & Ellen Bass
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFREE IN-STORE EVENT: Bookshop welcomes poets Tess Taylor, Danusha Laméris, and Ellen Bass for a reading of their beautiful anthology Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands that […]
Nina Simon: Mother – Daughter Murder Night
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes local author Nina Simon for a launch event to celebrate her captivating new novel, Mother-Daughter Murder Night—a fun, fresh, and twisty debut whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio who come together as amateur sleuths to solve a murder in their coastal California town. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at […]
Public Philosophy Network Conference
UC Santa CruzThe 7th Public Philosophy Network Conference, on the theme of "Facing Technology: The Role of Public Philosophy," will be hosted by the Center for Public Philosophy at the University of […]
Slugs and Steins with Professor Sharon Kinoshita – Rediscovering Marco Polo
Virtual EventFew medieval figures enjoy greater name recognition than Marco Polo. Today, he is a brand whose name connotes exoticism, adventure, and East-West travel; academic critics sometime see him as the […]
Jane Hirshfield – The Asking: New & Selected Poems
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed poet Jane Hirshfield for a reading and signing of her collection, The Asking: New & Selected Poems. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. The Asking is the long-awaited new and selected collection by the author of "some of the most important poetry in the […]
James Ellroy – The Enchanters
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author James Ellroy (American Tabloid, LA Confidential, My Dark Places) for a reading and signing of his new book The Enchanters, "A descent into the conspiracy hellhole of Hollywood in the early 1960s." —Kirkus Reviews. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. "Ellroy masterfully orchestrates […]