Events
Events

Carlos Martinez – The Carceral Frontier: Migrant Captivity and Care on the Mexico-U.S. Border
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk offers an ethnographic account of the structures of captivity that keep migrants and deportees in conditions of enforced immobility and precarity at the Mexico-U.S. border. Whereas much scholarship […]

Ritual Drinking in the Ancient World
Stockwell Cellars 1100 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, CA“Drink and make a happy day!” (New Kingdom Theben tomb) “Wine gladdens the heart of man…” (Psalm 104:15) At this ‘symposium’ event, three UCSC professors in Classical, Biblical, and Egyptian […]

Ripple Effect Arts Festival Opening
Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesA celebration of Santa Cruz County's creative community during arts and culture month in California! The arts community of Santa Cruz County is coming together for this exciting new 11-day […]

Santa Cruz Night of Ideas
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a nocturnal celebration of art, philosophy, and activism! As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, the 2026 Santa Cruz Night of Ideas invites […]

Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon – The Future is Peace
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTwo lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and […]

This is Thirty Exhibition Opening
Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn celebration of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s 30 year anniversary, this exhibition will highlight some of the artwork and artifacts from the MAH's permanent collection. In […]

Karen Tei Yamashita – Questions 27 & 28
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel) to celebrate the launch of her new novel Questions 27 & 28—a masterful polyvocal history of Japanese Americans before, […]
Environmental Crisis in Gabes: Agriculture and Revolt in Tunisia
Communications 150, Studio CFilm Screening and Discussion: 5:30-7pm, Communications (Studio C) Reception: 7-8:30pm, Communications 150 Gabes Labess (All is well in Gabes) questions current development models by focusing on the Oasis of Gabes, […]

Kuumbwa Jazz Presents – Gregorio Uribe
Kuumbwa Jazz Center“Colombian artist Gregorio Uribe, whose blend of contemporary cumbia and timeless charisma has marked him as an artist to watch.” – Billboard Uribe was recognized by the Colombian government as […]
Gukha Amin — From the Margins: The Lives and Labor of Yemen’s “Undesirable” Subjects
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the Center for the Middle East and North Africa for a presentation by Gukha Amin. Her talk follows the lives of social outcasts and marginalized Black people who lived […]
