Category Archives: Past

Monday • Feb 23 • Doors open 5pm • 6pm to 8:30 PM • CineLux Scotts Valley Café & Lounge • Join a free community screening of documentary The Mask You Live In (IMDB), exploring the challenges boys and young men face in staying true to themselves while navigating society’s narrow expectations of masculinity.

Saturday • Feb 21 • 3 pm – 5 pm PM • Doors open 2:30 PM • Free 
Resource Center for Nonviolence & ONLINE • 612 Ocean Street • Santa Cruz • Explore Chinese-American legacy with Stanford Professor Gordon H. Chang, Flex Kids Culture founder Rui Li, and developer George Ow, Jr.

Friday, Feb 20 – Sunday, Mar 1 • Pay what you like 
UCSC Theater Arts Center Mainstage  •  Doors open 30 minutes prior to start  • 
Move into the spotlight with Dreamgirls, the electrifying musical sensation that brings the soul, sparkle, and spirit of Motown to the stage.

Local DJ and community builder Father Taj is hosting the 4th Black History Month Film Series beginning at 6:30 pm every Thursday in February at the 418 Project.

Wednesday • February 11 • Doors at 6:30 PM • Screening at: 7:15 PM • Free 
Merrill Cultural Center • UCSC  • The first in a 12-film documentary series, The Eternal Song is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and Indigenous cultures.

Tuesday • January  27 • 5:30 PM • Doors open 5 PM • FreeSanta Cruz Civic Auditorium • 307 Church St • Santa Cruz This annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with presentations about equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. This year we welcome legendary reggae percussionist, Larry McDonald. Larry McDonald is a legendary Jamaican percussionist whose life andContinue reading “42nd Annual UCSC MLK Convocation”