Events
Week of Events
Sunday, February 6, 2022
No events on this day.
Monday, February 7, 2022
- February 7, 2022 -From the Margins: Dante 701 Years Later – Reading Dante, Seeking Freedom, Fleeing Racism
From the Margins: Dante 701 Years Later – Reading Dante, Seeking Freedom, Fleeing Racism
African American culture has been attentive to Dante Alighieri, the man and his writing, since the mid-19th century. Dante's Divine Comedy has proved to be an effective primer on issues of justice for the broader community. This talk will present the work of African American authors from the 19th century to today who have turned […]
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
- February 8, 2022Isebill Gruhn, “From McCarthyism to Today: Demagoguery Then and Now”
Isebill Gruhn, “From McCarthyism to Today: Demagoguery Then and Now”
The 2022 season of Our Community Reads from the Friends of the Aptos Library is featuring a series of special events related to themes in Red Letter Days by Sarah-Jane Stratford. All events aim to create a shared experience that will increase appreciation for our community libraries and for our local bookstores; foster pride in […]
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
- February 9, 2022 -Jorgge Menna Barreto – Voicescapes for the Landless
Jorgge Menna Barreto – Voicescapes for the Landless
This project expands traditional oral history methodologies by recording the voices of farmers of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) embedded in the soundscapes of the food forests they cultivate. The resulting situated multispecies voicescapes will be used in the creation of pedagogical material for students in rural schools and beyond. Jorgge Menna Barreto, Ph.D. […]
Thursday, February 10, 2022
- February 10, 2022 -Living Writers Series: TC Tolbert
- February 10, 2022 -Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Life and Death of King John
Living Writers Series: TC Tolbert
TC Tolbert (he/him/hey grrrl) is a trans and genderqueer monkey-goat who never ceases to experience a simultaneous grief and deep love any time s/he pays attention to the world. S/he writes poems, works with wood, learns, teaches, and wanders. In 2019, TC was awarded an Academy of American Poets’ Laureate Fellowship for his work with […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Life and Death of King John
Join Santa Cruz Shakespeare, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop, and The Humanities Institute, as we launch Undiscovered Shakespeare: King John, the third installment of our annual virtual Shakespeare program. Over the course of three sessions (February 10, 17, and 24), we will immerse ourselves in another rarely performed play and reflect on it both as a point […]
Friday, February 11, 2022
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Saturday, February 12, 2022
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