Events
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music – Unbound
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumMaestro Cristian Măcelaru leads the Festival Orchestra in works by composers Daniel Kellogg, Nathaniel Heyder, Lembit Beecher, and Iván Enrique Rodríguez. Daniel Kellogg: The Golden Spike (West Coast Premiere) Nathaniel Heyder: unbound: Phase 1 (World Premiere | Festival Commission) Lembit Beecher: Tell Me Again (Karen Ouzounian, cello) (West Coast Premiere) Iván Enrique Rodríguez: Casting the Dice (World Premiere | Festival Commission The Festival orchestra brings […]
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: Let Me See The Sun
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumFour composers will join you in the audience for our second night as Maestro Măcelaru leads the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra in the West Coast premiere of Iván Enrique Rodríguez’ A Metaphor for Power—reflecting on our ideals of equality in America, as seen through the lens of the composer’s Latinx experience. Iván Enrique Rodríguez: A Metaphor for Power (WCP) Stacy Garrop: The […]
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music – Community Night
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumCommunity Night is back by popular demand! Last season Cabrillo Festival and Music Director Cristi Măcelaru opened their doors in a whole new way and attracted capacity crowds and wild enthusiasm! This year Cristi and members of the Festival Orchestra have designed another captivating concert of new or recent chamber works showcasing these extraordinary musicians […]
MLK Convocation: Melissa Harris-Perry
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university. Speaker: […]
Cabrillo Music Festival Community Night
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe Humanities Institute is excited to announce a new public partnership with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. THI will serve as a sponsor of the Festival’s new Community Night event on August 9, 2018. Community Night will include a dynamic short concert of chamber works performed by members of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra designed for […]
Kimberlé Crenshaw: 34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Convocation
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university. Speaker: Kimberlé Crenshaw […]
No Place Like Home
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumNo Place Like Home is a campus-community event to unveil the findings of our county-wide research on the affordable housing crisis in Santa Cruz. We will share the results of over 1400 surveys and interviews with local residents an dhow they are experiencing the housing crisis. The event also features a visual and literary art […]
Benjamin Jealous: 33rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Convocation
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university. Please join us […]
Alicia Garza: 32nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Convocation
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university. Please join us […]
Angela Davis: “Racism, Militarism, Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine” at the 31st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation will feature Angela Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, UC Santa Cruz Angela Davis: "Racism, Militarism, Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine" Date: 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 28th 2015 Location: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium The event is free and open to the public Through her activism and scholarship over the […]