Events
Week of Events
Ripple Effect Arts Festival Opening
A 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 celebration showcasing the region's rich artistic landscape. The festival will feature performances, exhibitions, workshops, and interactive events across venues countywide, inviting audiences of all ages […]
Sunday, April 12, 2026
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Monday, April 13, 2026
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026 -Carlos Martinez – The Carceral Frontier: Migrant Captivity and Care on the Mexico-U.S. Border
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April 15, 2026 -Ritual Drinking in the Ancient World
Carlos Martinez – The Carceral Frontier: Migrant Captivity and Care on the Mexico-U.S. Border
This 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 has framed the border primarily as a site of transit or deadly deterrence, Martinez argues that it has been transformed into a carceral frontier that […]
Ritual Drinking in the Ancient World
“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 antiquity will tell stories about how various ancient cultures drank wine to commune with their gods, suspend the normal social rules, and prepare for the […]
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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Friday, April 17, 2026
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April 17, 2026 -Santa Cruz Night of Ideas
Santa Cruz Night of Ideas
Join 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 us not to celebrate the Enlightenment, but to interrogate it. Long associated with democracy, progress, and universal reason, the Enlightenment’s legacy remains deeply ambivalent - […]
Saturday, April 18, 2026
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