Events
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Dickens Universe to offer public talk by alumnus on new novel ‘The Spirit Photographer’
2018 marks the 38th year of the Dickens Universe at UC Santa Cruz, and the event is nearly sold out. But fear not. A special feature of this year’s program is a free day, Tuesday, July 17, when the conference will be open without charge to members of the local community.
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Learn how to grow and assemble beautiful bouquets
Learn how to create beautiful homegrown organic flower arrangements at a lecture and demonstration workshop on July 15.
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Sammy Showcase features VR and video games from UCSC game design students
The public is invited to a fun, family-friendly game festival on Saturday, June 9, at the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara.
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Bettina Aptheker to lead ‘Women In the Arts’ panel at Kuumbwa
The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present “Always Moving Uphill: Women in the Arts,” on Tuesday, May 29, at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz.
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UC Santa Cruz collaborates with SF Academy of Arts for spring production of ‘The Magic Flute’
The UC Santa Cruz Music Department will present a fully-staged production of Mozart’s comic fantasy: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), May 31 through June 3, on campus at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Angela Davis joins May 22 panel discussion about mass incarceration
Angela Davis will join a May 22 panel discussion about mass incarceration, solitary confinement, and criminal justice reform that is being convened by Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Haney.
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UCSC Night at the Museum to explore global impact of 1968 protest movements
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present “UCSC Night at the Museum: Global 1968—Race and Revolution around the World,” a free public event at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, on Wednesday, May 16.
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Award-winning biologist and writer Sean B. Carroll to speak at UC Santa Cruz
Carroll will give the 2018 Sinsheimer Lecture on Thursday, May 10, followed by a free screening of the film ‘The Serengeti Rules’ on May 11 at the Rio Theater.
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Bill McKibben, Daniel Ellsberg headline Right Livelihood Laureates’ Conference at UC Santa Cruz
Climate change activist Bill McKibben and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg are two of the crusading global leaders gathering May 15-17 at UC Santa Cruz for the Right Livelihood Conference, a three-day series of public events focused on advancing social and environmental justice.
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Control theory symposium April 27 features leading academic and industry experts
The Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz will host a regional symposium on Control Theory and Automation on Friday, April 27.
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Spring Plant Sale Takes Place April 28-29
The UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden’s Spring Plant Sale takes place Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, in the Barn Theater parking lot at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus, near the intersection of Bay and High Streets.
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Hip-Hop Hesteria heading to Music Center Recital Hall on April 20
The UC Santa Cruz Music Department will present an evening of new hip-hop with live experimental jazz featuring music professor Karlton Hester and his band, Hesterian Musicism, on Friday, April 20, at the Music Center Recital Hall. The concert will include performances by winners of the 2018 Hip-Hop Hesteria Contest.