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SUMMARY:Beautiful Universe - An astrophotography exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Beautiful Universe is a pop-up exhibit in collaboration with the UC Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics that will be on display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History from May 21 to 31.\nIn over more than 20 photos\, you will see galaxies\, novae\, supernovae\, reflection and emission nebulae\, and interstellar dust clouds that give birth to new stars and planets. They are artistic images filled with scientific information. The astrophotography exhibit bridges the gap that often exists in our minds between art and science. \nAsk an astronomer! Astronomers will be on site at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends (May 23\, 24\, 30\, and 31) to answer your questions. \nImages are by Steve Mandel and Bob Fera\, Deep Space Remote Observatories\, and once the pop-up exhibit concludes\, the photos on display will be permanently installed on the UC Santa Cruz campus\, courtesy of Steve Mandel\, research associate for the UC Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and sponsor of the Mandel Lecture Series. \nLearn more.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/beautiful-universe-astrophotography-exhibit/
LOCATION:Museum of Art & History\, 705 Front St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk
DESCRIPTION:Need to talk? We’re here to listen! Drop in for a confidential chat with a professional counselor who can provide support\, advice and information. \nZoom Meeting Link\nMeeting ID: 635 182 8273\nPasscode: 231831 \nFacilitator: Mitchell Rees\, PhD (831) 459-2628 \n  \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/lets-talk-5/2026-05-22/
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support
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SUMMARY:Something held by poetry
DESCRIPTION:In this intimate workshop\, UC Santa Cruz students\, faculty\, and staff are invited into conversation with poets Ronaldo V. Wilson and Terri Witek. Something held by poetry is programmed for Wilson’s multimedia exhibition\, there are no words\, but melodies\, currently on view at the IAS. \nRSVP is required. \n\n\nRonaldo V. Wilson is a poet\, interdisciplinary artist\, academic\, and the author of Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man\, winner of the Cave Canem Prize; Poems of the Black Object\, winner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry and the Asian American Literary Award in Poetry; Farther Traveler: Poetry\, Prose\, Other\, and Lucy 72. His latest books are Carmelina: Figures and Virgil Kills: Stories. He is the editor of three special issues of hybrid and experimental work in Interim: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics; and Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. Wilson is Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at U.C. Santa Cruz\, where he directs the Creative Writing Program\, and serves on the core faculty of the Creative Critical PhD Program; principal faculty member of CRES (Critical Race and Ethnic Studies); and affiliate faculty member of DANM (Digital Arts and New Media). \n\n\n\n\nTerri Witek’s most recent books include her 2026 eco-poetics collection with Amaranth Borsuk\, W/\ SH\, which loops two rain prophets\, both women\, into a crisis between future worlds\, and 2023’s Something’s Missing in This Museum (Anhinga Press). A translation by Dona Mayoora of 2018’s The Rape Kit into Malayalam is forthcoming. Her work has been included in many anthologies\, including 2 from 2021: JUDITH: Women Making Visual Poetry (Timglaset Editions ) and the WAAVe Global Gallery (Hysterical Books). Witek’s solo and collaborative work has been featured in a wide variety of text venues\, including Fence\, The Colorado Review\, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review\, American Poetry Review\, Poetry\, Slate\, Hudson Review\, Lana Turner\, The New Republic\, and UTSANGA .
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/something-held-by-poetry/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Lectures & Presentations,Performances
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SUMMARY:Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Visit the IAS\, UCSC’s premier art galleries\, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16\, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right\, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj\, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian kreyol conception of rasanblaj; and Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words\, But Melodies\, a mixed-media exhibition emerging at the intersections of Black poetics\, performance\, and visual art. \nThe IAS Galleries are open Wednesday-Sunday\, 12 pm – 5 pm. Admission is free to the public. \nLibia Posada: Everything is Going Right\nLibia Posada’s first solo exhibition in the United States features installations\, sculptures\, and drawings meticulously constructed from surgical instruments\, gauze bandages\, crutches\, used books\, and domestic picture frames. The new and existing works in the exhibition powerfully stitch together the personal\, social\, and political disorders and afflictions that currently trouble the world\, from the wars that resonate across the globe to the violences of aging in US prisons.  \nGina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements\nThe internationally-lauded work of humanities professor Gina Athena Ulysse is on view as a premier Faculty Spotlight Exhibition. The site-specific installation\, produced in community from things collected\, found\, purchased and donated\, centers on the Haitian concept of rasanblaj\, a form of assembly and collage that transcends the formal use of materials to draw together people\, spirits\, and ideas.  \nRonaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words\, But Melodies\nCollage is both a material practice and a structural interrogation in the Faculty Spotlight Exhibition artworks by literature professor Ronaldo V. Wilson. In video\, painting\, and installation\, layers and folds conceal and reveal\, delving into the experience\, both bodily and emotive\, of living in times of violence.  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/spring-exhibitions-at-the-institute-of-the-arts-and-sciences/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making\, Acts Of Resistance\, And Imagining Otherwise
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together a range of analog games – including board\, card\, role-playing\, and other participatory works – that engage social and political realities in different ways. The works span widely circulated commercial games to independently produced projects\, one-of-a-kind artworks by artists\, faculty\, alumni\, and students\, and materials drawn from UC Santa Cruz Special Collections and Archives. \nIn part\, the exhibition challenges the persistent assumption that games and play are detached from social and political life. On the contrary\, game designers and artists across diverse perspectives and positions have long used play to engage questions of social systems\, lived experience\, and how power operates. This exhibition does not attempt to represent that full spectrum. Instead\, it brings together a particular set of works that foreground how games can make systems visible\, intervene in them\, and imagine alternatives. \nAll games embody values\, whether intentional or not.  \n– Mary Flanagan\, game designer and scholar \nAcross all of these works\, games are not only forms of entertainment\, though they may be that as well. They are encountered in multiple ways: as objects\, as systems\, as artworks\, and as experiences that unfold unpredictably through interaction. In each case\, rules and constraints shape what participants can do. In these different forms\, the works stage systems – such as housing and land ownership\, capitalism\, race and identity\, civil rights and protest\, fascism\, and colonialism – in ways that are simplified and easy to see\, opening space to recognize similar structures beyond the game. In this sense\, the works suggest that rules are not neutral – they organize experience\, distribute power\, and produce meaning. \nGames are the art of agency. \n– C. Thi Nguyen\, philosopher \nThe exhibition is intentionally dense. This abundance reflects the breadth of ways games operate across contexts\, from activism and education to art and everyday life. While it celebrates creativity and difference\, it also asks how these works engage critically with the structures that shape our lives.  \nSome works use rules to model systems\, helping players understand how those systems operate. Others use play to rehearse action\, asking players to practice navigating or challenging those systems. Still others turn toward speculation\, inviting players to imagine alternative futures\, worlds\, and the systems that might shape them.  \nThe imagination is an instrument of change. \n– Ursula K. Le Guin\, author \nThe focus on analog games reflects how they foreground materiality and shared physical presence. Played face-to-face\, handled\, read aloud\, and experienced together\, these works show how rules operate not in abstraction\, but through lived\, embodied experience. \nUltimately\, the exhibition asks us to consider not only how games represent the world\, but how they shape our engagement with it – and how through play\, the social and political systems they model might be understood\, challenged\, and reimagined. \nGames are not apolitical. \n– Kishonna L. Gray\, media scholar \n  \nGallery Reception\nMay 15 from 1 to 4pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery \n  \nArt Friday\nHands-on art activities drawing from the current exhibition.\nALL ARE WELCOME regardless of skill level. Art supplies and free snacks are provided!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/rules-are-not-neutral-play-as-sense-making-acts-of-resistance-and-imagining-otherwise/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Building Retention and Recovery: Strategies to Avoid Burnout
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, you will: Maximize cognitive durability through structured pre- and post-study habits designed for the fast-paced quarter system. \nThe Successful Slug Workshop series\, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches\, are open to all UCSC undergraduate students and focus on academic skills and tools to support your success as a student. At each workshop\, you will be introduced to a topic\, engage in active learning\, be given resources to begin implementing the same day\, and have an opportunity to learn more if you are interested. \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/building-retention-and-recovery-strategies-to-avoid-burnout/
LOCATION:Academic Resources Center (ARC)\, 408 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Envisioning Health for All Photo Exhibit!
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an Opening Reception of two student photo exhibits\, focusing on health justice.  Students across all divisions\, undergrad or grad\, visually explore global and community health. Photography is a powerful way to represent our care and concern for health justice beyond the university. \nExhibit will be held in conjunction with “Between Two Worlds\,”a Photovoice exhibition funded by the UCSC Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA). We hope you can join us! \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/opening-reception-envisioning-health-for-all-photo-exhibit/
LOCATION:McHenry Library\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Reception
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SUMMARY:Vectors\, Rasters\, and Robots: Navigating the Shift from Digital Cartography to Spatial AI
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Integrated Spatial Research (CISR) and GISTAR are excited to resume the CISR Bytes Geospatial Frontier Talk Series. We are pleased to welcome May 22 speakers from the Google Maps and Google Geo team: Megan Goddard and W. Kailen Wright. They will present on: \nVectors\, Rasters\, and Robots: Navigating the Shift from Digital Cartography to Spatial AI \nThe speakers will explore the history of digital mapmaking\, with a focus on the pivotal Project Ground Truth and how it helped shape modern tech-based mapping since the early 2000s. They will also discuss the rapid advancement of AI technologies and share firsthand experiences from their work at Google Maps and the broader geospatial industry. \nTime: Friday\, May 22\, 3:00–4:00 PM\, Talk\, Q&A session\, and coffee reception. \nLocation: UC Santa Cruz\, ISB Room 221 \nHosted by: CISR\, GISTAR\, and UCSC Drone and GIS Society \nAbout the Speakers \n \nDr. Megan Goddard is a Google Maps Program Manager with more than 20 years at Google\, where she has witnessed the evolution of digital cartography firsthand. Her current work focuses on emerging frontiers in mapping and AI. She holds a PhD in Forestry and Natural Resources and an MS in Environmental Engineering & Science from Clemson University\, with an emphasis on water resources. A Santa Cruz native\, she also serves as a Water Commissioner for the City of Santa Cruz and is a guest lecturer at UCSC. \n \nMr. W. Kailen Wright has been a key figure in Google Geo for over 18 years\, within a geospatial career spanning more than two decades. As a Geospatial Lead\, he works on complex global data challenges\, including standardized addressing systems\, large-scale geospatial data ingestion\, and AI-powered geospatial workflows. His foundational contributions include work with the Google Earth Vector Team and the Ground Truth project. He holds a BS in Computer Science and completed three years of graduate study in Remote Sensing and Geography at UC Santa Barbara. He also earned a Certificate in Spacecraft Design and Operations from Stanford University. \nAll faculty\, staff\, and students interested in geospatial technology\, GIS\, remote sensing\, mapping\, and Spatial AI are welcome to attend. We hope to see you there! \nGISTAR_CISR_Talk_Goddard_Wright_Google_05.22.26
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/vectors-rasters-and-robots-navigating-the-shift-from-digital-cartography-to-spatial-ai/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Sciences Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Women’s Center Graduation Ceremony: A Season of Becoming
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we honor and celebrate the achievements\, journeys\, and growth of our graduating students at our annual Women’s Center Graduation Ceremony! This final event of the year not only celebrates students’ academic successes but also the resilience\, community\, and powerful womanhood that have empowered students throughout their time at UC Santa Cruz ✨. \nHear from inspiring speakers who will share their own reflections of their barrier-breaking journeys as well as share their own wisdom as they depart UC Santa Cruz and boldly step into the future. We will also be provided a banquet style dinner while celebrating the many ways graduating students have ambitiously grown and thrived in their academic and diverse communities 🎓🎓. \nPlease fill out the RSVP Form to indicate your interest in attending this graduation ceremony. All graduates who RSVP are guaranteed a graduation cord. The Women’s Center is so excited to celebrate with you! \nDate: Friday\, May 22nd\, 2026 \nTime: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. \nWhere: Bhowjani Dining Room at the University Center (Above the C9/JRL Dining Hall) \nFor questions or accommodations\, please contact women@ucsc.edu \n  \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/womens-center-graduation-ceremony-a-season-of-becoming/
LOCATION:University Center\, University Center\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Award(s) Ceremony,Reception,Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Who Can I Run To?\, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
DESCRIPTION:Through their belief in Ifá and the divine\, three generations of women grow their relationships with each other and navigate living within their African diasporic identities in undergraduate student Alyssa Windom‘s award-winning script\, Who Can I Run To? Windom is a 3rd year History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) major with the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz and is the recipient of the 2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award. The award includes a full theatrical production of their script. \nIn a modern\, undisclosed time and a familiar yet unvisited space within the Americas\, the audience meets four women\, Lucia\, Esme\, Naia\, and Aviva\, three generations of the Sanderson family. The play follows each woman as they navigate how to live within the African diaspora\, as well as grow their relationships with each other. Families are complex\, but audiences learn this family does not have to figure out this life alone. Their belief in Ifá\, and the divine\, connects each woman with a guiding orisha that aids them in discovering themselves and their life paths. \nWho Can I Run To? is directed by Theater Arts graduate student Darren Jackson-Wilkins.\nThe character of Mrs. Sanderson is played by hip hop artist\, poet\, producer\, playwright\, performer\, and Assistant Professor akua naru from the UCSC Music Department. \nThere will be music and light refreshments on opening night and a talk-back with the production team after each Saturday performance.\n—\nADVISORIES\n– Content includes: strobe lighting effects\, electronic cigarettes\, loud noises\, and strong language.\n– This presentation is approximately 1hr. 15 min. with no intermission.\n– To request accessibility accommodations\, or for more information\, contact theaterartstickets@ucsc.edu.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Attend in person at UCSC’s Theater Arts Second Stage.\n– Free for UCSC undergrads (ticket required).\n– General admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20.\n– Tickets issued  online through Eventbrite only.\n– Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nThis production has seven performances over two weekends between May 15 and May 24\, 2026\, with 7:30 p.m. evening performances Thurs.–Sat.\, and Sun. matinees at 2:00 p.m.\, including:\n– Fri. May 15\, 7:30 p.m. (7:00 p.m. opening night celebration before the show)\n– Sat. May 16\, 7:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. talk-back after the show)\n– Sun. May 17\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n– Thu. May 21\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Fri. May 22\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sat. May 23\, 7:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. talk-back after the show)\n– Sun. May 24\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n—\nPARKING\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\n– $5 ParkMobile Arts Special Event flat rate; cash/credit via parking attendant when present in the lot; or by valid UCSC permit.\n– Before arriving to UCSC\, we recommend downloading the ParkMobile App on Google Play or Apple App Store and setting up a profile with license plate and payment information.\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– UCSC affiliates must get their permits in advance; attendants will only sell non-affiliate rates\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services.\n—\nABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT\nThe 2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award recipient\, Alyssa Windom\, is currently the chair of the Student Union Governance Board and co-Chair of the Black Student Union at UC Santa Cruz. Outside of organizing\, she is a resident advisor for African\, Black and Caribbean housing\, a volunteer with Engaging Education\, a frequenter in Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center (CADrc) spaces—such as Rainbow Theater and the African American Theater Arts Troupe—and is a member of Kasama\, a Filipino Ballroom Dance Troupe. Windom is a 3rd year History of Art and Visual Culture major at UC Santa Cruz.\n—\nABOUT THE AWARD\nEstablished in 2005\, the Dharma-Grace Foundation Creative Writing Award Fund\, an endowed fund\, provides an award for an outstanding script\, written by a junior or senior undergraduate student (from any discipline) who is in good academic standing. The award is designated to provide funding for a full production of the script. Eligible candidates for the award are selected by a faculty committee of the Department of Performance\, Play & Design and recommended to the Dean of the Division of Arts for final approval. UCSC students interested in submitting a dramatic work to the 2028 award cycle are invited to learn more at the PPD website here.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/dharma-grace-2026-2/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Second Stage\, Second Stage\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles\, directed by Kinan Valdez
DESCRIPTION:Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore\, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. \nADVISORIES\n–  Content advisory: includes violence\, adult language\, mature themes\, and mention of sexual violence\n– This presentation is 90 minutes in length with no intermission.\n– Seating is limited and will reach full capacity.\n– Ticket holders not seated at least five minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat\, and no refund will be issued.\n– Parking impacts may be significant on Fri-Sun during Week 2 of this production in Lot 126 due to other overlapping events expected to reach full capacity. \nADMISSION\n– Tickets issued online through Eventbrite only.\n– Attend in person at Theater Arts eXperimental Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\n– Free for UCSC undergrads (ticket required).\n– General admission “Pay What You Like” options for $10\, $15\, or $20.\n– Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time. \nPARKING\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\n– $5 ParkMobile Arts Special Event flat rate; cash/credit via parking attendant when present in the lot; or by valid UCSC permit.\n– Before arriving to UCSC\, we recommend downloading the ParkMobile App on Google Play or Apple App Store and setting up a profile with license plate and payment information.\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– UCSC affiliates must get their permits in advance; attendants will only sell non-affiliate rates\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services. \nFull Schedule of Events \nThis production includes seven performances over the course of two weeks\, including the following dates/times:\n– Fri\, May 22\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sat\, May 23\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sun\, May 24\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n– Thu\, May 28\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Fri\, May 29\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sat\, May 30\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sun\, May 31\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/mojada/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Experimental Theater\, Theater Arts Center\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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