La Alegria del Mariachi with guest artist Lupita Infante
UCSC Music Ensemble
Free – $12
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Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA
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UCSC Powwow: Sophia Robles-Garcia Memorial Powwow 2026
Kaiser Permanente Arena 140 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe 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.
To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy Statement for University of California Publications Regarding Student-Related Matters.
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Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CAThrough 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.
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D.M.A. Student Recital—Maisha Lani
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAGraduate student Maisha Lani debuts new compositions composed over the course of two years in the D.M.A. Music Composition program at UC Santa Cruz. The pieces range in instrumentation and style: from a blues to a post-tonal work, consisting of vibraphone and stringed instruments, to afrobeat inspired compositions, to graphic scores and improvisation. Audiences are […]
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Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CAThrough 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.
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Of Nature and the Cosmos—April in Santa Cruz
Music Center Performance Studio 131 Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin acclaimed Iranian virtuosi Siamak Barghi (kamancheh, tombak), and Arya Tavallaei (santour); Stanford University’s celebrated guzheng master Hui You; and San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet (“excavations of beauty from the […]
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Something held by poetry
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesIn 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. RSVP is required. Ronaldo V. Wilson is a poet, interdisciplinary artist, […]
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Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CAThrough 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.
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CABlending 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.
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Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CAThrough 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.
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CABlending 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.
Free – $20 -
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CAThrough 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.
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CABlending 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.
Free – $20 -
The Creative Collective student arts event
Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United StatesThe Creative Collective is a multidisciplinary student arts event designed to showcase and elevate the diverse creative work produced at UCSC. This event highlights student talent that often remains underrecognized while fostering a stronger sense of community among creatives by bringing together student artists across disciplines and colleges to showcase the collective creativity at UCSC! […]
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Film Screening—Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—Arts Dean’s Speaker Series
Audiences are invited to Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—a conversation and panel discussion with filmmaker Akira Boch and Quetzal members Martha Gonzalez and Quetzal Flores. Introduced by Interim Dean and Professor of Film and Digital Media Lawrence Andrews. Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 […]
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Panel Discussion—Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—Arts Dean’s Speaker Series
Audiences are invited to Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—a conversation and panel discussion with filmmaker Akira Boch and Quetzal members Martha Gonzalez and Quetzal Flores. Introduced by Interim Dean and Professor of Film and Digital Media Lawrence Andrews. Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 […]
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CABlending 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.
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UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAA rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with the can-can dance. This operetta follows the unhappy (and unfaithful) union of Orpheus and Eurydice, as the latter’s love affair with the god of the […]
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UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAfully-staged performances in French, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles projected above the stage. The program will be directed by Language lecturers and performed by Language students.
French: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture), written by the students, directed by Renée Cailloux.
Japanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope), directed by Naoko Yamamoto.
Spanish: “Noble campaña” (A Lofty Cause), Based on a short story by Gregorio López y Fuentes directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Sandra Malone.
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Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CABlending 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.
Free – $20