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  • Our Freedom Can’t Wait!

    Our Freedom Can’t Wait!

    The Struggle for Black Liberation: Past & Present February 27 – April 3 • Tues and Thurs • 3:30 – 5:30 PT • ONLINE FREE (donations accepted) Read more

  • UCSC African American Theater Arts Troupe

    UCSC African American Theater Arts Troupe

    Six Performances • Feb 21-23 & Feb 28-March 2 • 6:30 PMWheelchair accessible • Free for studentsUCSC Theater Arts Center Mainstage • Santa Cruz The UCSC African American Theater Arts Troupe presents the musical “Paradise Blue” written by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Don Williams. It’s 1949 in Detroit and trumpet-playing club owner Blue has a Read more

  • NAACP Gospel Night

    NAACP Gospel Night

    Saturday • Feb 15 • 6:30 PM • Wheelchair accessible • Ticketed eventHigh Street Community Church  • 850 High St • Santa Cruz An Evening of uplifting music benefitting the local branch of the NAACP Scholarship Fund. Tickets here Read more

  • Musical Soulmates: “You’re My Everything”

    Musical Soulmates: “You’re My Everything”

    Friday • Feb 14 • 8 PM • Wheelchair accessible • Ticketed event Museum of Art and History  • 704 Front St • Santa Cruz n addition to a delightful evening of soulful music and small delicacies, this performance of Musical Soulmates is amplifying awareness about Santa Cruz Black, a local organization dedicated to Black initiatives through community engagement. Read more

  • Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective with author Waubgeshig Rice

    Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective with author Waubgeshig Rice

    Tuesday • Feb 11 • 4 PM • ONLINESponsored by the Santa Cruz Public Libraries You’re invited to a riveting online conversation with journalist and bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. His new book Read more

  • Online: Black History Month

    Online: Black History Month

    Feb 1 – 28 • Daily Newsletter  •  FREE Celebrate Black history and the future through a short daily newsletter series in February.The theme for 2025 is African Americans and Labor, focusing on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree– have shaped our country. We’ll be highlighting Read more