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    Homer’s The Odyssey Reading Group

    Virtual Event

    Homer’s Odyssey is becoming a major motion picture. Whether you like movies or not, this is a great excuse to read this millennia-old story about a salty war hero who […]

  • Black and red clay pots from Greece

    Homer’s The Odyssey Reading Group

    Virtual Event

    Homer’s Odyssey is becoming a major motion picture. Whether you like movies or not, this is a great excuse to read this millennia-old story about a salty war hero who […]

  • Santa Cruz Shakespeare Opening Night

    The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Tickets are now on sale for Santa Cruz Shakespeare's 2026 Season, featuring Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth. Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute. The 2026 season runs from July 16 - August 30. […]

  • Macbeth – Opening Night

    The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Dark, bloody, brutal, and magnificent, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the greatest plays ever written. Its central couple, ironically, is one of Shakespeare’s happiest. At least at the beginning. […]

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    Ocean Vuong – The Emperor of Gladness

    Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The hardest thing in the world is to live only once... Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute are pleased to welcome critically acclaimed author and staff favorite Ocean Vuong […]

  • Daniel mason next to an image of his book country people

    Daniel Mason – Country People

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason (North Woods) for a reading and signing of his new novel Country People—a rollicking, lyrical year in the life of a […]

  • Cabrillo Festival 2026 Opening Night

    Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    "We the Dreamers is both an invitation and a responsibility"; says Music Director Cristian Măcelaru. "At this historic moment, we are asking how music can help us imagine a more […]

  • people watching guest speaker

    2026 Dickens Universe

    UC Santa Cruz

    The Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz invites the community to the 2026 Dickens Universe, held July 26–August 1, a weeklong scholarly gathering devoted to Charles Dickens’s Bleak House. The […]

  • Weekend with Shakespeare

    UCSC Arboretum

    Dig 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 […]

  • Weekend with Shakespeare

    UCSC Arboretum

    Dig 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 […]

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