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SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, São Paulo; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de São Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2026-11-05/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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SUMMARY:Marketing Yourself In The Arts Industry
DESCRIPTION:As you consider a career in an Arts-related industry\, you might be wondering “How do I market myself effectively? What is unique about finding work in the Arts? What transferable skills do I have from my major in the Arts\, and how do I use those to stand out as an applicant in the workplace?” Join us as we explore these questions and MUCH more in this fast-paced and interactive online workshop. We’ll discuss personal branding\, industry-specific and industry-transferable skills\, networking\, gig work\, and a host of other topics\, leaving you with concrete action steps to effectively market yourself within or outside of the Arts industries. \nJoin the workshop via Zoom \nWe will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs\, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or 831-459-4420 as soon as possible. \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services 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 for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/marketing-yourself-in-the-arts-industry-2/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Program in Biomedical Sciences & Engineering (PBSE) Virtual Open House
DESCRIPTION:The Program in Biomedical Sciences & Engineering (PBSE) invites prospective PhD students to a virtual Open House\, where they can learn about faculty\, research\, and opportunities at UCSC through conversations with faculty members and current students. \n11-11:30am: PBSE Overview \n11:30-12pm: Track overviews \n12-1pm: Faculty/Program Drop-Ins \nRegister here: https://forms.gle/oxP5Ef1zjTndrNVMA \nPBSE Website: https://pbse.ucsc.edu/
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/program-in-biomedical-sciences-engineering-pbse-virtual-open-house/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Creative Roots
DESCRIPTION:The C9/JRLC CoCurricular Programs Office\, Cantú Queer Resource Center\, and Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center present: Creative Roots – a collective care workshop to explore ancestral veneration \n\nDate: Wednesday 11/4\nLocation: Terry Freitas Commons\nTime: 5:30-7:30pm\n\nWho are our ancestors?\nWho are ancestors including and beyond the biological?\nWhat messages do they want to share with us? Learn and share ways to connect and communicate with y/our ancestors in this workshop led by inabel Uytiepo\, CCHT\, CMP (they/them/isuna/siya)\, a queer\, pilipinx-chinese healing arts practitioner. \nGain a direct\, personalized experience of ancestral communication through creative\, embodied inquiry grounded in the somatic movement expressive arts practice of the Tamalpa Life/Art Process. \n\nThis event is FREE and open to all UCSC affiliates (students\, staff\, and faculty). No experience necessary — food and supplies provided! \nRegister at bit.ly/creative-roots \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/creative-roots/
LOCATION:Terry Freitas Commons\, 600 McLaughlin Dr. College Nine\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Yoga As Healing
DESCRIPTION:Yoga As Healing is a 6-week trauma-informed yoga series offered by the CARE office for students at UCSC who identify as survivors of interpersonal violence. Led by CARE Advocate\, Abbey Wise\, participants will practice gentle body movement\, breathwork\, meditation\, and other activities from a survivor-centered\, trauma-informed lens. Students with no yoga experience are welcome! Attending all six weeks is strongly encouraged as the weekly sessions build on each other to create a comprehensive experience. \nFor questions or accommodations\, please contact care@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. \n  \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/yoga-as-healing-2/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Activities Room: Athletics & Recreation Center East Field House\, 451 E Field Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering,Undergraduate,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Skate for Change: Norma Ibarra's Photography and Indigenous Skateboarding as Decolonial Praxis: A Brown Bag with Miguel Fernandez
DESCRIPTION:Norma Ibarra\, born in Hermosillo\, Sonora\, Mexico\, photographs underrepresented and marginalized skateboarders such as female-identifying skaters across Mexico for her photobook Para Ti (2021)\, and self-fashioned Indigenous skaters for the Museum of Vancouver 2021-22 exhibition\, Skate for Change. This presentation focuses on the latter\, articulating how Ibarra’s collaboration with her participants circulate the decolonial potential of Indigenous skateboarding. Grinding down handrails\, launching over benches\, skateboarding is a cultural practice that actively challenges the settler-colonial regimes of property and ‘proper’ use of space\, inspiring new ways of imagining the infrastructure that corrals us. Ibarra’s photography plays a crucial role in these possibilities\, yet is complicated by photography’s settler-colonial legacy of subjugation\, especially towards Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. This presentation explores these tensions and complications\, revealing possibilities towards a decolonial praxis. \n  \nMiguel Fernandez is a Ph.D. Student in the History of Art/Visual Culture Department at UC-Santa Cruz and a Lionel Cantú Memorial Awardee (2025).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/skate-for-change/
LOCATION:Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina)\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\,\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá
DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure…for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, São Paulo; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de São Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Produce Pop-Up
DESCRIPTION:Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to fresh\, healthy\, and affordable organic produce\, with offerings sourced from the UCSC Farm and other local organic growers. \nAcademic year hours and locations: Beginning Oct. 2 \n\nWednesdays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at McHenry Library\nFridays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Science and Engineering Library\n\nHow does it work? \nJust stop by during open hours to browse and pick up fresh produce! Items are available at low or no cost to support student food access. \nStay updated on produce availability and locations by following Produce Pop-Up Instagram. For questions\, email ucscproducepopup@gmail.com or visit the Center for Agroecology website.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/produce-pop-up/2026-11-04/
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SUMMARY:Coffee with Provost Aims McGuinness
DESCRIPTION:Grab a free cup of coffee* and chat with Provost Aims at Coffee with the Provost! \nMost Wednesdays through the Fall Quarter! 9:00-11:00am \nMeet us for (free) coffee\, tea\, breakfast snacks and good conversation outside the Merrill College Office\, across from the mailroom. \n*Fair trade\, organic\, local women owned Alta Organic Roasting Company
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/coffee-with-provost-aims-mcguinness-2/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Merrill College Office\, 641 Merrill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the City San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Barebottle Brewing in Bernal Heights and meet other San Francisco Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. \nWherever you’ve landed post-graduation\, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. \nWelcome to the City is an annual series of alumni events designed with graduates of the last decade in mind\, but all alumni and friends are welcome to attend. \nQuestions? Contact alumni@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/welcome-to-the-city-san-francisco-26/
LOCATION:Barebottle Brewing Co. – Bernal Heights\, 1525 Cortland Ave\, San Francisco\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT\, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You must attend the full workshop to receive credit. Be sure to arrive on time and stay until the end\, or you will not receive credit and will need to attend another workshop. \nZoom Link \nTo learn more about OPT\, visit the ISSP Optional Practical Training webpage.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/optional-practical-training-opt-workshop-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Cookies & Conversations with Provost Aims
DESCRIPTION:Meet Provost Aims and Poppy the Chihuahua outside of the Crown College Office for yummy cookies and conversation. Stay and chat or grab and go.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cookies-conversations-with-provost-aims/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:Crown College\, Cultural Center at Merrill\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career: Job Talk with Director of Programs Faith Delgado
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about careers in education? Join us for a job talk with Faith Delgado\, an alum who completed both a BA in Modern Literature and a Master’s in Education at UC Santa Cruz. Faith will share her professional story\, from starting her career as a teacher\, to working in her current position at an accessibility-oriented education nonprofit\, to how her time at UCSC informs what she does now. You’ll learn how to apply your skills and passion to work in the education field\, including in jobs outside of the classroom. \nHosted by UCSC Career Success and the Humanities Division \nRegister here \nLearn more about Faith: \nFaith Delgado is a Director of Programs for The Shadow Project\, a non-profit dedicated to making schools more accessible and engaging for children with learning differences. She graduated from UCSC with a BA in Literature in 2013. She also received her teaching credential and MA in Education from UCSC in 2014. Faith has spent part of her career as a classroom teacher in grades K-3\, and now works in the non-profit sector\, providing resources and training for schools\, teachers\, and families to support neurodivergent students. While attending UCSC\, she was a part of John R. Lewis College\, taking the themes of social justice into her work in making education a more equitable place for all learners. \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/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-director-of-programs-faith-delgado/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Community Tuesday at the UCSC Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:The Arboretum opens its gates to the community free of charge the first Tuesday of every month. Come enjoy our gardens and wildlife. Don’t forget to stop by Norrie’s\, our wonderful gift shop and plant nursery (Open Tues-Sun 10 am-4 pm). Community Days are popular\, please consider carpooling or using alternative transportation. Current Arboretum members and UCSC Students always receive free admission.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/community-tuesday-at-the-ucsc-arboretum/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Bike Helmet & Light Distributions
DESCRIPTION:Get a free bike helmet and/or set of lights every Tuesday at McHenry Library from 9am to 4pm. Sign up in advance to streamline your pick-up.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bike-helmet-light-distributions/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:McHenry Library\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T170000
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the City East Bay
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Temescal Brewing in Oakland and meet other East Bay Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. \nWherever you’ve landed post-graduation\, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. \nWelcome to the City is an annual series of alumni events designed with graduates of the last decade in mind\, but all alumni and friends are welcome to attend. \nQuestions? Contact alumni@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/welcome-to-the-city-east-bay-26/
LOCATION:Temescal Brewing\, 4115 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T190000
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the City Santa Clara
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Barebottle Brewing in Santa Clara and meet other Silicon Valley Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. \nWherever you’ve landed post-graduation\, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. \nWelcome to the City is an annual series of alumni events designed with graduates of the last decade in mind\, but all alumni and friends are welcome to attend. \nQuestions? Contact alumni@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/welcome-to-the-city-santa-clara-26/
LOCATION:Barebottle Brewing Co. – Santa Clara\, 2520 Augustine Dr\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T170000
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Data Analysis Workflow from Low-Code Tools to Generative and Agentic AI
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Reza Fazel-Rezai\, Senior Science and Education Application Engineer\, MathWorks \nDescription: Please join us to learn how to accelerate data analysis using a workflow that spans low-code tools\, Generative AI\, and Agentic AI. Through live demonstrations and practical examples\, you’ll see how to import\, explore\, visualize\, model\, and process data using interactive tools that require minimal coding. The session will demonstrate how these tools can automatically generate reproducible MATLAB code\, how Generative AI can assist with code creation\, explanation\, and troubleshooting\, and how Agentic AI workflows can help plan\, execute code\, validate results\, diagnose issues\, and iteratively refine outcomes. Highlights: – Build a data analysis workflow using low-code and interactive tools. – Use Generative AI to support code generation\, explanation\, and troubleshooting. – Explore how Agentic AI can plan analysis steps\, run code\, test results\, diagnose errors\, and iterate toward reliable outcomes. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Reza Fazel-Rezai\, with a Ph.D. and MS in Biomedical Engineering and a BS in Electrical Engineering\, brings over two decades of experience in both industry and academia. As a senior research scientist\, research team manager\, and the founding Director and tenured full Professor of Biomedical Engineering\, he has extensive expertise and background in the field. Dr. Fazel-Rezai has authored more than 200 scientific publications\, edited and published seven books\, and pursued diverse research interests in biomedical signal and image processing\, particularly through machine learning and deep learning methods. Passionate about leveraging and sharing his skills to help others achieve their goals\, he currently serves as an ABET PEV for Biomedical Engineering\, works part-time as an instructor at UC San Diego\, and is a full-time Senior Science and Education Application Engineer at MathWorks. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Pascale Garaud.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-data-analysis-workflow-from-low-code-tools-to-generative-and-agentic-ai/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Sliced Optimal Transport: From Acceleration to Bayesian Modeling
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name\, title\, and institution at the top of the event \nDescription: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match\, compare\, and interpolate distributions\, but its computational cost limits its use at realistic scales. I will present our recent work on reducing that cost and on using OT for statistical modeling and inference. In the first part of the talk\, I will briefly introduce optimal transport and sliced optimal transport (SOT). I will then present sliced-regularized OT\, which uses a cheap sliced plan as an informative prior for approximating the full plan\, yielding an efficient approximate OT solver. In the second part\, I will show how SOT enables new applications in statistical inference. In particular\, I will introduce distributional determinantal point processes\, which use SOT geometry to place repulsive priors on distributions\, giving a Bayesian model for clustering distributional data. Applications include image processing and the clustering of single-cell and epilepsy data. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Khai Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.Sc. in Computer Science from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. His research develops computational optimal transport\, particularly sliced methods that make large-scale transport tractable. He brings these tools to problems in machine learning and geometric data processing\, as well as to Bayesian approximate inference and nonparametric models for distributional data. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Yunyi Shen.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-sliced-optimal-transport-from-acceleration-to-bayesian-modeling/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Edible Insects and the Future of Food: Capitalist Dreams\, Loss\, and Everyday Immigrant Practices
DESCRIPTION:In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946\, Passcode: 454736).  \nIf you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version\, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. \nHost: Stacy Philpott \nSpeaker: Paolina Hwae Kyung Kao Yook Lu\, UC Davis \nTitle: Edible Insects and the Future of Food: Capitalist Dreams\, Loss\, and Everyday Immigrant Practices \nAbstract: In the 2010s\, edible insects emerged in popular discourse as a potential “food of the future.” Drawing on fieldwork and interviews conducted in the United States from 2019-2024 with entrepreneurs\, farmers\, and food producers\, this talk traces how insects became a hopeful response to anxieties about ecological crisis\, food security\, and changing ways of life. I bring one Southeast Asian American family’s enduring practice of foraging for grasshoppers into conversation with the emergence and transformation of the insect agriculture industry. Doing so reveals two distinct relationships to insects: one shaped by the anticipation of future loss and the desire to secure against it\, the other by losses already lived through displacement and relocation. Attending to these differences while listening for what they share\, the talk asks what an affective throughline of loss can reveal about the ways people imagine futures\, develop relationships with other forms of life\, and work to make and sustain lives through food. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/environmental-studies-seminar-series-edible-insects-food/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Sciences Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T160000
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SUMMARY:UC Santa Cruz Transfer Counselor Summit
DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate Admissions invites California community college counselors to connect with UC Santa Cruz admissions staff\, campus partners\, and counselor colleagues from across the state. We’ll share updates and resources to help you support students considering UC Santa Cruz. \nDuring the summit\, counselors will have the opportunity to: \n\nHear the latest UC Santa Cruz transfer admission updates and guidance\nTake part in a UC application case study and walkthrough\nHear directly from current transfer students about their experiences at UC Santa Cruz\nConnect with UC Santa Cruz faculty and learn more about academic opportunities for transfer students\nJoin an optional campus tour and experience UC Santa Cruz firsthand
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/uc-santa-cruz-transfer-counselor-summit/
LOCATION:Cowell College Provost House\, 403 East Field Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261101T193000
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents: The Flick\, by playwright Annie Baker
DESCRIPTION:Set in a failing movie theater in central Massachusetts\, three employees sweep up spilled popcorn and tend to the last remaining 35-mm film projector in the state. Their daily struggles and quiet heartbreaks in the search for connection remind audiences to hold on to authenticity in hard times in The Flick\, written by playwright Annie Baker and directed by UC Santa Cruz students Lina Valderrama and Felix Rae Whitehouse. \nABOUT BARNSTORM\nUC Santa Cruz students experiment with and create their own innovative theater and gain a sense of operating and creating art in the Barnstorm Theater Company\, a student-run theater arts production company established in 2004.\n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe Flick contains mature themes and language including themes of sexual assault.\nShort moments of flashing light from a projector.\nLimited seating capacity.\nTicket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe performance is estimated at 3 hours\, including a 15-minute intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nThu.\, Oct. 29\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nFri.\, Oct. 30\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Oct. 31\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nSun.\, Nov. 1\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\nVisitor event parking permits are available in advance on Eventbrite as a ticket purchase “add on” at a discounted rate or via the on-site attendant at the event for the standard visitor price.\nUCSC affiliates may use their valid UCSC permit\, rather than purchase an additional event parking permit; however\, on-site attendants will only issue permits at the standard non-affiliate rate.\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-presents-the-flick/2026-11-01/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá
DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure…for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2026-11-01/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, São Paulo; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de São Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2026-11-01/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents: The Flick\, by playwright Annie Baker
DESCRIPTION:Set in a failing movie theater in central Massachusetts\, three employees sweep up spilled popcorn and tend to the last remaining 35-mm film projector in the state. Their daily struggles and quiet heartbreaks in the search for connection remind audiences to hold on to authenticity in hard times in The Flick\, written by playwright Annie Baker and directed by UC Santa Cruz students Lina Valderrama and Felix Rae Whitehouse. \nABOUT BARNSTORM\nUC Santa Cruz students experiment with and create their own innovative theater and gain a sense of operating and creating art in the Barnstorm Theater Company\, a student-run theater arts production company established in 2004.\n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe Flick contains mature themes and language including themes of sexual assault.\nShort moments of flashing light from a projector.\nLimited seating capacity.\nTicket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe performance is estimated at 3 hours\, including a 15-minute intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nThu.\, Oct. 29\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nFri.\, Oct. 30\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Oct. 31\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nSun.\, Nov. 1\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\nVisitor event parking permits are available in advance on Eventbrite as a ticket purchase “add on” at a discounted rate or via the on-site attendant at the event for the standard visitor price.\nUCSC affiliates may use their valid UCSC permit\, rather than purchase an additional event parking permit; however\, on-site attendants will only issue permits at the standard non-affiliate rate.\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-presents-the-flick/2026-10-31/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá
DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure…for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2026-10-31/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, São Paulo; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de São Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2026-10-31/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents: The Flick\, by playwright Annie Baker
DESCRIPTION:Set in a failing movie theater in central Massachusetts\, three employees sweep up spilled popcorn and tend to the last remaining 35-mm film projector in the state. Their daily struggles and quiet heartbreaks in the search for connection remind audiences to hold on to authenticity in hard times in The Flick\, written by playwright Annie Baker and directed by UC Santa Cruz students Lina Valderrama and Felix Rae Whitehouse. \nABOUT BARNSTORM\nUC Santa Cruz students experiment with and create their own innovative theater and gain a sense of operating and creating art in the Barnstorm Theater Company\, a student-run theater arts production company established in 2004.\n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe Flick contains mature themes and language including themes of sexual assault.\nShort moments of flashing light from a projector.\nLimited seating capacity.\nTicket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe performance is estimated at 3 hours\, including a 15-minute intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nThu.\, Oct. 29\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nFri.\, Oct. 30\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Oct. 31\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nSun.\, Nov. 1\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\nVisitor event parking permits are available in advance on Eventbrite as a ticket purchase “add on” at a discounted rate or via the on-site attendant at the event for the standard visitor price.\nUCSC affiliates may use their valid UCSC permit\, rather than purchase an additional event parking permit; however\, on-site attendants will only issue permits at the standard non-affiliate rate.\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-presents-the-flick/2026-10-30/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Produce Pop-Up
DESCRIPTION:Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to fresh\, healthy\, and affordable organic produce\, with offerings sourced from the UCSC Farm and other local organic growers. \nAcademic year hours and locations: Beginning Oct. 2 \n\nWednesdays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at McHenry Library\nFridays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Science and Engineering Library\n\nHow does it work? \nJust stop by during open hours to browse and pick up fresh produce! Items are available at low or no cost to support student food access. \nStay updated on produce availability and locations by following Produce Pop-Up Instagram. For questions\, email ucscproducepopup@gmail.com or visit the Center for Agroecology website.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/produce-pop-up/2026-10-30/
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