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Jingle Shells Holiday Art and Book Festival takes place Saturday, December 7, at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center

November 22, 2002

The Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory is celebrating the holidays with its annual Jingle Shells Art and Book Festival on Saturday, December 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Do your holiday shopping in a festive atmosphere, with live music, refreshments, children’s crafts and storytelling, and free gift wrapping. The festival includes a wide…
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Author Ruben Martinez discusses migration in the global context on Nov. 12 in Santa Cruz

November 7, 2002

Ruben Martinez, author of The Other Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City, and Beyond, will give a free public lecture about migrants entitled “Strangers No More: How the Newest Americans will Redefine America” on Tuesday, November 12, at 7 p.m. in Holy Cross Hall, 170 High Street in Santa Cruz. Martinez, an associate…
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UCSC Arboretum will hold Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10

October 30, 2002

Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum at the annual Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10. Exotic dried flower arrangements, living succulent wreaths, rare and unusual succulent plants, bromeliads, and materials for making your own gifts are among the offerings…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: ‘Marine Protected Areas: Scientific Realities and Public Perceptions’…Informational briefing for reporters scheduled for Tuesday, November 19

October 11, 2002

MEDIA ADVISORY What: The latest science relating to marine protected areas (MPAs) will be discussed by leading experts in the field. The purpose is to provide reporters with the background information they need to accurately cover the ongoing issues around the role of MPAs (including marine reserves) in the management of fisheries and other marine…
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Check out ‘Family Spooky Night’ Oct. 27 at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab–and other upcoming events

October 10, 2002

Every year, a blast of warm weather followed by cool nights ushers in autumn on the central coast, where an array of seasonal events are planned at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab. Kicking off the festivities will be “Family Spooky Night” on Friday, October 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Make…
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UC Santa Cruz’s New Teacher Center hosts 300 new teachers at Children’s Discovery Museum October 21

October 9, 2002

Several hundred new teachers will be the guests of honor Monday, October 21, when the UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center teams up with the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose to honor and encourage them at a festive reception at the museum. More than 450 new teachers are getting support from the Silicon Valley…
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Oct.12 Harvest Festival celebrates 35 years of UCSC leadership in organic farming and gardening

September 25, 2002

The annual Harvest Festival at the UC Santa Cruz Farm draws hundreds of families who gather to enjoy music, good food, and the changing of the seasons. This year’s event on Saturday, October 12, will be especially festive as the Farm celebrates 35 years of leadership in organic farming and gardening. Highlights of this year’s…
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Three UCSC profs discuss post-9/11 world affairs on Sept. 26

September 10, 2002

The public is invited to attend a free post-9/11 discussion with three experts on the Middle East on Thursday, September 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Classroom Unit 2 on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The forum, “The U.S., the Middle East, and the World Since 9/11: Critical Perspectives,” will feature three UCSC professors…
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UCSC Farm’s Fall Plant Sale on Sept. 13-14 boosts year-round gardening

September 6, 2002

Ignore the catalogs full of wool sweaters and fleece hats! It’s September in Santa Cruz, which means it’s time to enjoy one of the great privileges of life on the Central Coast: As gardeners around the country are bracing for winter, their counterparts here are looking forward to the bounty of another productive growing season.…
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Seymour Center lecture series ‘Voices from the Sea’ celebrates marine sanctuary’s 10th anniversary

September 3, 2002

The annual fall lecture series at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory marks the 10th anniversary of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary this year with a program called “Voices from the Sea: Three Evenings in Celebration of Monterey Bay and Beyond.” Speakers include sanctuary superintendent William Douros and UCSC professor of ocean sciences…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley to speak at UC Santa Cruz

July 22, 2002

She’s well known for her novels, but when writer Jane Smiley speaks at the Dickens Universe conference at the University of California, Santa Cruz, it will be in a different guise: As a biographer of the man himself, Charles Dickens. Smiley, author of Charles Dickens (New York: Viking Press, 2002), will read from and discuss…
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UC Santa Cruz student work chosen for international arts festival Healing from September 11 explored through dance in “Bodies in Crisis”

July 19, 2002

A dance performance that started as an experimental production by University of California, Santa Cruz, students will be featured next month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the largest arts festivals in the world. Bodies in Crisis, a compilation of 10 dance poems exploring the emotional, political, and artistic ramifications of the September 11…