Events

May 2026

• Sat 23

  • 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

    All This Safety is Killing Us w/ Aminah Elster, Jennifer James, and Carlos Martinez

  • 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

  • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    Free – $20

• Sun 24

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

  • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Bleak House

    Free
  • 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

  • 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    Free – $20
  • 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

    The Creative Collective student arts event

• Mon 25

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise

    Free

• Tue 26

  • 7:00 am – 9:00 am

    Virtual Event

    Chou, Y. (CM) – Exploring Future AI-Mediated Health Creator–Audience Interactions on Social Media: Transparency, Care, and Accountability

  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am

    ECE Seminar: Hamid Jafarbiglu

  • 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

    Hybrid Event

    Castro, S. (CSE) – Agentic AI for Security: Adversarial Foundations for Autonomous Cyber Operations

  • 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

    Virtual Event

    Liu, P. (CM) – Reimagining Workplace Concern Reporting: From Emotional Harm to Co-Designed Futures

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise

    Free
  • 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    Narcan Training for Faculty and Staff

  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Virtual Event

    Let’s Talk

  • 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm

    The Deep Read: The Literature and Poetics of Fungi Salon

• Wed 27

  • 9:00 am – 11:00 am

    Virtual Event

    Baskaran, D. (CM) – More than Just Fun: Exploring Meaningful Play, Communities of Play, and Relatedness of Play

  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

    FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal