Name: Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire, Settlement, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Start: 2026-03-04T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-03-04T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Institute of the Arts and Sciences

March 2026
Dreamgirls—Presented by the African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT)

March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Dreamgirls—Presented by the African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT)

Theater Arts Mainstage 411 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Move into the spotlight with Dreamgirls, the electrifying musical sensation that brings the soul, sparkle, and spirit of Motown to the stage. Follow the unforgettable journey of three talented young women as they rise from hopeful dreamers to international superstars. With powerful vocals, stimulating choreography, and hits like “And I Am Telling You I’m Not […]

Free – $20
UCSC Family Opera—Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”

March 1 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm UCSC Family Opera

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Voice students, accompanied by Luke Shepherd on piano, perform an abridged version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This is a family-friendly production of Mozart’s most famous fairytale. Duration is approximately 1 hour with music and dialogue presented in English. The two matinee performances showcase two different casts. — ADVISORIES – Loud noises (thunder sound effects) […]

FREE and open to the public.
Barn Dance at the Hay Barn

March 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Barn Dance at the Hay Barn

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

The UCSC Celtic Music Ensemble performs live during a beginner-friendly, gender-neutral, darn good barn dance. Attendees are invited to dance, and partners are not needed. — ADMISSION – Open admission; […]

FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Santa Cruz

March 1 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Santa Cruz

Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, United States

For the 35th year, UC Santa Cruz Adventure Rec is thrilled to bring the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour to Santa Cruz! Each November, the Banff Festival in Canada showcases the year’s most breathtaking, inspiring adventure films—and we’re bringing the very best of them to the Rio Theatre, February 27, 28, & March […]
Optional Practical Training (OPT) Awareness Week

March 2 – March 6

Join us for OPT Awareness Week at UC Santa Cruz, a supportive and informative series designed to help international students learn about and confidently prepare for Optional Practical Training. You’ll learn application […]
ECE 290 Seminar: Precision Nuclear Medicine: Engineering Solutions from Acquisition to Analysis

March 2 @ 10:40 am – 11:45 am

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Spencer L. Bowen, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, UT Southwestern Medical Center Description: The Bowen Lab focuses on the development of tools for positron […]
CM Seminar – “From Sibelius to Game: Crafting Adaptive Music for ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance’”

March 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Presented by: Adam Sporka Description: “This talk explores the technical and creative processes behind the music of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, where I served as a music programmer, and soundtrack contributor. Using […]
Statistics Seminar: Decoding Phytoplankton Responses to a Changing Ocean

March 2 @ 4:00 pm

Presenter: Francois Ribalet, Research Associate Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington Description: François Ribalet will present new observational technologies and computational approaches for studying phytoplankton responses to ocean warming. Using SeaFlow, a custom-built automated flow cytometer deployed on over 100 research cruises, his team has collected nearly 850 billion cell measurements across global oceans. […]
AM Seminar: The Evolving Landscape of AI for Science and Engineering: Bridging Simulation, Experiment, and Multi-scale Dynamics

March 2 @ 4:00 pm

Presenter: Aditi Krishnapriyan, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Description: Recent advances in large-scale scientific datasets are creating new opportunities for machine learning (ML) methods to more effectively capture scientific phenomena with greater accuracy and reach. In this talk, I will discuss how these advances are both shifting ML design paradigms and enabling new scientific inquiries. This […]
Community Day: Free Admission at the Arboretum

March 3 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Community Day: Free Admission at the Arboretum

Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

The first Tuesday of each month, the Arboretum is open without charge to visitors. See dates and times UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden is open. NOTE: Due to […]
UCSC Orchestra—Bravada and Tchaikovsky

March 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

UCSC Orchestra

Free – $12
CSE Colloquium – Improving Efficiency and Reliability of Foundation Models in Clinical AI

March 4 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Vasiliki “Vicky” Bikia, PhD, Stanford Department of Biomedical Data Science and Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) Abstract: Deploying foundation models in health requires both computational efficiency and reliable generation. […]

Free
Penguin Random House Info Session for UC Santa Cruz Undergraduates

March 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Virtual Event

Looking to break into the publishing field? Join us for an insightful information session with an experienced recruiter at Penguin Random House!
Shields, S. (CM) – Procedural, Player-Centric Game Balancing

March 4 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Merrill College College Office, Santa Cruz, CA

Hybrid Event

Game balance is a term widely used among players, researchers, and designers of games. It is a concept that feels vitally important to how we make and play games – […]
Career Success Drop-In Coaching at the Cantú Cabin – Winter 2026

March 4 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Career Success Drop-In Coaching at the Cantú Cabin – Winter 2026

Lionel Cantú Queer Center Crown Lane, Santa Cruz, CA

Drop-in with Career Coach & Engagement Specialist Bridge Kennedy to discuss Career Exploration, Job Search Strategy, Interview Prep, Grad School Prep, or whatever’s on your mind related to your career […]
Sonic Icons: Relation, Recognition, and Revival in a Syriac World

March 4 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA

Please join the Anthropology Winter Colloquium, “Sonic Icons: Relation, Recognition, and Revival in a Syriac World.” Sarah Bakker Kellogg, PhD (’13) will discuss her book
Ways to Wellness

March 4 @ 5:30 pm

Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center on Wednesday 3/4 from 5:30-7:00pm at Namaste Lounge to learn about Tai Chi and Yoga, as we highlight Asian wellness tools that can be used to help relieve stress and discuss how cultural wellness practices can help us connect to our communities. Feel free to bring your own yoga mat, towel, or blanket! RSVP at bit.ly/aapirc-wellness […]
The UC Santa Cruz Kraw Lecture Series presents: Unmasking cancer’s complete genetic code

March 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm The UC Santa Cruz Kraw Lecture Series

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

In this Kraw lecture, Angela Brooks will discuss her work on cancer research. Current cancer research focuses almost entirely on finding errors—mutations—in DNA. This has given us incredible tools like […]
Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire, Settlement, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains

March 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Intersections of Climate Change

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

Join UCSC faculty members Miriam Greenberg and Andrew Matthews as they discuss the deep regional histories of fire, from indigenous burning, settler ranching, fire suppression, and much more. This event is part of Intersections of Climate Change, a series organized with the Friedlaender Lab in conjunction with Weather and the Whale. ADMISSION – FREE and […]

FREE and open to the public
Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire, Settlement, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains

March 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

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

March 4th, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Miriam Greenberg and Andrew Matthews will present the findings of UCSC researchers who have spent three years studying the ecological, social, […]

March 2026