Arts
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Art professor to stage performance art wedding at 2009 Venice Biennale
UCSC art professor and multimedia artist Elizabeth Stephens will “marry the ocean” with fellow artist-bride Annie Sprinkle in a performance art wedding at the 53rd Venice Biennale on August 28.
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Composer donates score of acclaimed Dead-inspired symphony to UCSC Library’s Grateful Dead Archive
This summer, renowned conductor Marin Alsop brought orchestral music inspired by the Grateful Dead to the 2009 Cabrillo Music Festival as a tribute to the band’s archive being housed at UCSC.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz summer festival opens July 24
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) will explore the always relevant and highly entertaining themes of power, politics, and trust in its 28th season, beginning on Friday, July 24.
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Renowned Indian musician and former UCSC Distinguished Adjunct Professor Ali Akbar Khan dies at 87
Legendary Indian musician and former UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Adjunct Professor Ali Akbar Khan died on June 18 at his home in San Anselmo, CA. He was 87.
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UCSC grad student to present digital arts project on forced marriage at Santa Cruz museum
Nada Miljkovic knows a lot about forced marriages. In fact, she’s a child of one. That experience has led to a thesis project titled “Balkan Song,” a video installation, performance piece, and social networking site that will be featured at the Santa Cruz
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It’s all in the family when children of alumni choose UCSC
Last spring, when their daughter was deciding where to go to college, UCSC graduates Moira and Dency Nelson tried to play it cool and hide their Banana Slug pride. They wanted their daughter, Charlie, to make her own decision.
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UCSC music grad student named winner in 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards
UCSC graduate student in music Noah Gideon Meites is one of nine young classical composers who have been named winners in the 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
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Kuumbwa Jazz Center launches new half price series for students
Beginning on June 11, the internationally recognized Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz will begin a new monthly half-price series for students.
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UCSC well represented at Santa Cruz Film Festival, May 7-15
A robust selection of films by UCSC students and alumni will be showcased at the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival, running May 7-15 in downtown Santa Cruz.
