All Day

The Dickens Universe featuring ‘Bleak House’

Humanities and Social Sciences Facility 2 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz

The Dickens Universe is a unique cultural event that brings together scholars, teachers, students, and members of the general public for a week of stimulating discussion and festive social activity—all focused on Victorian literature. In 2026, the Dickens Universe will feature ‘Bleak House’ by Charles Dickens.

$500 – $1950

Wildlife Cameras and Other Methods for Assessing Backyard Biodiversity

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz

Home gardens, small farms, and wildland-agricultural interfaces can often be areas of increased water, food, and habitat resources for wildlife. Many people are interested in seeing wildlife on their properties, […]

$20 – $30

Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

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 […]

Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

Visualizing Abolition
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]