Week of Events
2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
The Right Livelihood International Conference is a five-week global conference exploring how education can strengthen democracy, collective intelligence, and just futures. Bringing together Right Livelihood Laureates, students, faculty, and community partners across continents, the conference combines asynchronous learning with participatory dialogue and collaborative action. Rather than advocating specific outcomes, the conference positions education as a democratic […]
Slug48—Student Film Competition, Screening, and Awards Ceremony
The third annual Slug48 returns with a 48-hour film competition—open to all UC Santa Cruz students. A 48-hour film is one that is written, shot, edited, and all music composed within a 48-hour time period. Teams and strategies for filming may be formed ahead of time, but nothing can be written, and no footage can […]
Monday, April 20, 2026
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April 20, 2026The Tallest Dwarf—film screening and talk with Julie Wyman
The Tallest Dwarf—film screening and talk with Julie Wyman
UC Santa Cruz affiliates are invited to a screening and discussion with filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman. The Tallest Dwarf charts the filmmaker’s quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. Wyman’s work engages issues of embodiment, body image, and the possibilities […]
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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April 21, 2026A Sacred Place: Film Screening and Conversation with Dr. Dolly Kikon
A Sacred Place: Film Screening and Conversation with Dr. Dolly Kikon
Please join us for the American premiere of A Sacred Place (2026), by Professor Dolly Kikon (Anthropology). The film tells the story of stones, spirits, and salt springs in Makhel. The film focuses on intergenerational storytellers and their relationship with the land. It integrates visual ethnography, oral tradition, and geological features of Makhel to center […]
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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April 22, 2026Arts & Ecology Festival: Creative Resistance
Arts & Ecology Festival: Creative Resistance
On Earth Day, UC Santa Cruz launches the inaugural Arts & Ecology Festival: Creative Resistance, a campus-wide gathering that refuses to treat climate change as a problem of carbon alone. Instead, it brings together artists, scientists, students, and community partners to engage the deeper conditions of the crisis, and to open space for cultural, political, […]
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026Artist Talk with Federico Cuatlacuatl
Artist Talk with Federico Cuatlacuatl
We invite you to join us for a film screeening and discussion with artist Federico Cuatlacuatl. This will be the west coast premiere of QUEMAR LAS PATAS DEL IMPERIO (to […]
Friday, April 24, 2026
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Saturday, April 25, 2026
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Sunday, April 26, 2026
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