Watsonville Cannery Strike

Saturday • March 15 • 1:00 – 4:30 • FREE • wheelchair accessibleWatsonville Public Library • 275 Main St, 4F • Watsonville  In September 1985, in response to their employers drastically slashing salaries and health benefits, almost 2,000 workers at two canneries in Watsonville, the vast majority Mexicanas, went on strike. Over an 18-month period, these rank-and-file workersContinue reading “Watsonville Cannery Strike”

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.Continue reading “Musical Soulmates: “You’re My Everything””

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 bookContinue reading “Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective with author Waubgeshig Rice”

Institute of the Arts and Sciences: Levester Williams – Our Bedrock

January 31 – April 20, 2025 • Tues – Sun • 12 – 5 • FREE100 Panetta Ave • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible  First West Coast Solo Exhibit  Our Bedrock includes sculpture, installation, performance and video, as well as photographs by legendary jazz bassist and photographer Milt Hinton, the exhibition traces the foundational nature of BlackContinue reading “Institute of the Arts and Sciences: Levester Williams – Our Bedrock”

Institute of the Arts and Sciences: Mia Eve Rollow and Caleb Duarte – EDELO

January 31 – April 20, 2025 • Tues – Sun • 12 – 5 • FREE100 Panetta Ave • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible  First Survey Exhibition of these artists  EDELO brings together new and existing works emerging from their collaborative and individual 15-year explorations into the roles art can play in radical modes ofContinue reading “Institute of the Arts and Sciences: Mia Eve Rollow and Caleb Duarte – EDELO”