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”

SIGN THE PLEDGE TO RESIST

Here • Now • FREE • Online Together, we hold the real power. The long history of nonviolent resistance shows us that when community institutions, leaders, and individuals have banded together and actively resisted to defend each other and our rights, people have wielded the power to undermine authoritarian agendas and grow the power of movements forContinue reading “SIGN THE PLEDGE TO RESIST”

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”

Native American Heritage Month

Native Stories by and for Native PeopleMondays • Nov 11 & 25 • 7:00 PM x • FREESubrosa Community Space  • 703 Pacific Ave • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Subrosa! Watch films written and/or directed by Native American creatives. Popcorn and refreshments will be offered for $2+ donations. All proceeds will be donated toContinue reading “Native American Heritage Month”

Young, Gifted and Black

from the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary ArtSolari GalleryAug 22 – Dec 29, 2024 • Thurs – Suns • 12 – 6 PM • $10 or FREE on First Fridays705 Front St • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible (Picture credit: Image: A Mother Who Had No Mother. Chiffon Thomas) Young, Gifted and Black showcases works by emerging artists of AfricanContinue reading “Young, Gifted and Black”