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SUMMARY:Festival of Monsters 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Festival of Monsters returns for the annual academic conference with public performances\, installations\, readings\, and more. Learn more about the Center for Monster Studies here and refer to the full schedule of events\, below\, for individual event details. \nCo-presented by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies\, Department of Performance\, Play & Design\, The Humanities Institute (THI)\, and Porter College.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Open to the public\n– Some events have required registration; refer to individual event listings in the full schedule of events\n– UCSC students\, faculty\, and staff registration HERE\n– Academic conference registration for non-affiliates HERE\n—\nAUDIENCE ADVISORIES\n– Mature themes and content\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed. Oct. 15\, 5:30 p.m\, Museum of Art & History (MAH): David Livingstone Smith Keynote \n– Thurs. Oct. 16\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Kim Lau keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Jeffery Jerome Cohen keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center—DARC 108: Monsters Ball (previously advertised location of the Hay Barn was incorrect)\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 11:00 a.m\, Bookshop Santa Cruz: “Oh! The Horror” Writers Panel\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m\, Atlantis Fantasyworld: Cole Lemke\, Horror Comic Artist \n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 6:00 p.m\, Game Santa Cruz: “Blood on the Clocktower”\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/festival-of-monsters-2025/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Creative Interventions (CI) Series
DESCRIPTION:Creative Interventions (CI) is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices that addresses the interconnected work of artists\, designers\, activists\, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of that work to cultivate a just society. \nThe CI Speaker Series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology:\n– How do creative workers address their most challenging problems?\n– How does creative labor intersect with other forms of labor to nurture the world views and cultural practices of our democracy? \nThe Creative Interventions (CI) Series is co-sponsored by the Arts Division’s Creative Technologies program and Porter College at UC Santa Cruz.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Free and open to UCSC affiliates.\n– All events in the series are presented online with registration required.\n– Refer to the individual event listings for more information and a link to register.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed.\, Oct 15\, 4:00 p.m.: “Expensive-Sounding Sounds” with Catherine Provenzano\n– Wed.\, Oct 29\, 4:00 p.m.: “Asymptote: Computation\, Disillusion\, and Enchantment” with Nora Khan\n– Additional event dates to be announced on the Creative Interventions events page here\n—\nThis program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ci-series/2025-10-15/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Festival of Monsters: Oh\, the Horror!
DESCRIPTION:Authors Alma Katsu (Fiend)\, Nat Cassidy (When the Wolf Comes Home) and Gretchen McNeil (They Fear Not Men in the Woods) come together 11 a.m.\, Saturday\, Oct. 18\, at Bookshop Santa Cruz (1520 Pacific Ave.\, downtown Santa Cruz) for “Oh\, The Horror!”\, a panel where they will talk about monsters\, horror\, and why they write stories that scare. Professor Renée Fox of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies moderates. RSVP for the free panel at https://bookshopsantacruz.com/2025-festival-of-monsters. Part of the 2025 Festival of Monsters public offerings. Learn more about the Center for Monster Studies here.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Registration required\n—\nAUDIENCE ADVISORIES\n– Mature themes and content\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed. Oct. 15\, 5:30 p.m\, Museum of Art & History (MAH): David Livingstone Smith Keynote \n– Thurs. Oct. 16\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Kim Lau keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Jeffery Jerome Cohen keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m\, DARC 108 (No longer at the UCSC Cowell Ranch Hay Barn): Monsters Ball\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 11:00 a.m\, Bookshop Santa Cruz: “Oh! The Horror” Writers Panel\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m\, Atlantis Fantasyworld: Cole Lemke\, Horror Comic Artist \n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 6:00 p.m\, Game Santa Cruz: “Blood on the Clocktower”\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/festival-of-monsters-oh-the-horror/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz
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SUMMARY:Festival of Monsters: Artist Cole Lemke
DESCRIPTION:Santa Cruz monster artist Cole Lemke will sign copies of his graphic novel Savior: The Day the Devil Saved the World from 2:00–5:00 p.m. Saturday\, Oct. 18\, at Atlantis Fantasyworld (1020 Cedar St.\, downtown Santa Cruz). Lemke is the artist behind squid banana and many of the colorful monster stickers found around town. No reservations are needed for this free event\, which is part of the 2025 Festival of Monsters public days. The Festival is hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies. Learn more about the Center for Monster Studies here.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n—\nAUDIENCE ADVISORIES\n– Mature themes and content\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed. Oct. 15\, 5:30 p.m\, Museum of Art & History (MAH): David Livingstone Smith Keynote \n– Thurs. Oct. 16\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Kim Lau keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Jeffery Jerome Cohen keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m\, DARC 108 (No longer at the UCSC Cowell Ranch Hay Barn): Monsters Ball\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 11:00 a.m\, Bookshop Santa Cruz: “Oh! The Horror” Writers Panel\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m\, Atlantis Fantasyworld: Cole Lemke\, Horror Comic Artist \n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 6:00 p.m\, Game Santa Cruz: “Blood on the Clocktower”\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/copy-of-festival-of-monsters-cole-lemke/
LOCATION:Atlantis Fantasyworld
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SUMMARY:Festival of Monsters: Blood on the Clocktower
DESCRIPTION:It’s a game full of monstrous intentions. Join players 6:00 p.m. Saturday\, Oct. 18\, for Blood on the Clocktower at Game Santa Cruz (1101 Cedar St.\, downtown Santa Cruz). In this bluffing game\, a demon is on the loose\, murdering by night and disguised in human form by day. Some players have scraps of information. Others have abilities that fight the evil or protect the innocent. Who is the monster? One has to play to find out. Part of the 2025 Festival of Monsters\, hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies. Learn more about the Center for Monster Studies here.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Open to the public\n– Tickets $20; purchase HERE\n—\nAUDIENCE ADVISORIES\n– Mature themes and content\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed. Oct. 15\, 5:30 p.m\, Museum of Art & History (MAH): David Livingstone Smith Keynote \n– Thurs. Oct. 16\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Kim Lau keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m\, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC): Conference Panels\, Jeffery Jerome Cohen keynote\n– Fri. Oct. 17\, 8:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m\, DARC 108 (No longer at the UCSC Cowell Ranch Hay Barn): Monsters Ball\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 11:00 a.m\, Bookshop Santa Cruz: “Oh! The Horror” Writers Panel\n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m\, Atlantis Fantasyworld: Cole Lemke\, Horror Comic Artist \n– Sat. Oct. 18\, 6:00 p.m\, Game Santa Cruz: “Blood on the Clocktower”\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/copy-of-festival-of-monsters-blood-clocktower/
LOCATION:Game Santa Cruz\, 1101 Cedar St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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