Events
Rachel Kushner – Creation Lake
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Rachel Kushner, two-time finalist for both the Booker Prize and National Book Award, for a reading and signing of her acclaimed novel Creation Lake, available in paperback […]
Princes of Surf 2025: Heʻe Nalu Santa Cruz Exhibit Opening
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is proud to present Princes of Surf 2025: Heʻe nalu Santa Cruz, an exhibition that spotlights how three Hawaiian princes—David Kawananakoa, […]
Santa Cruz Shakespeare Opening Night
The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTickets are now on sale for Santa Cruz Shakespeare's 2025 Season, "No One is Alone" featuring A Midsummer Night's Dream, Into the Woods, Pericles, and "Master Harold"...and the Boys. Co-sponsored […]
Dickens Universe – The Old Curiosity Shop
UC Santa CruzThe 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 Dickens Project: The Curiosity Gala
College Nine and John R. Lewis Multipurpose Room College Ten, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin The Dickens Project for The Curiosity Gala on July 25, 2025, as we celebrate the 45th annual Dickens Universe Conference! Now open to the public, this enchanting evening invites […]
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music presents the full spectrum of orchestral possibility, illuminating vibrant hues of music today. This transformative season features over 20 composers, nine in residence, seven […]
Weekend with Shakespeare
UCSC ArboretumDig deeply into this season's Shakespeare productions with a special weekend of lectures, discussions and hands-on activities. In partnership with UCSC's Shakespeare Workshop and The Humanities Institute, this is a […]
SALA 2025: The South Asian Literature and Art Festival
Menlo College 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA, United StatesOrganized by Menlo College in collaboration with Art Forum SF, the South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA) showcases contemporary reflections on literature and art from the sub-continent and its […]
John Scalzi – The Shattering Peace
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi who, after a decade, returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh […]
Doreen Lee – The Urban Grotesque
Humanities 1, Room 202The Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) invites you to a Slow Seminar on the new book: The Urban Grotesque: Jakarta's Financial Lives by Prof. Doreen Lee, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Northeastern […]