7 events found.
Week of Events
Monday, May 18, 2026
No events on this day.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
No events on this day.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 20, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 20, 2026VMCC Talk with Salar Mameni—Blood of Tulips
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May 20, 2026Drop-in Figure Drawing
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May 20, 2026Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities—reception, screening, and discussion with the filmmmaker
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
VMCC Talk with Salar Mameni—Blood of Tulips
What counts as life in the midst of war, genocide, and planetary destruction? What is death and how do ideas around martyrdom and sacrifice contribute to our understanding of sacred ecologies? In this talk, Mameni engages these questions based on research for his second book project focusing on ecologies of war and martyrdom in the […]
FREE and open to the public
Drop-in Figure Drawing
Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints). — ADVISORIES – These events contain mature content and nudity. – Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification, and sessions are not guaranteed. — ADMISSION – FREE and […]
FREE and open to the public.
Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities—reception, screening, and discussion with the filmmmaker
While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon, to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand, he walks around coffee […]
FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
Thursday, May 21, 2026
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May 21, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 21, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 21, 2026Of Nature and the Cosmos—April in Santa Cruz
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May 21, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Of Nature and the Cosmos—April in Santa Cruz
Join 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 elemental”—New York Times) for an intrepid concert that explores nature, the cosmos, the “deep acoustics” of musical harmony, and an exchange of imagination and inspiration among […]
FREE and open to the public
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Through 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.
Friday, May 22, 2026
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May 22, 2026Something held by poetry
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May 22, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 22, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
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May 22, 2026Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Something held by poetry
In 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, […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Through 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.
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Blending 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
Saturday, May 23, 2026
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May 23, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 23, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 23, 2026All This Safety is Killing Us w/ Aminah Elster, Jennifer James, and Carlos Martinez
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May 23, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
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May 23, 2026Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
All This Safety is Killing Us w/ Aminah Elster, Jennifer James, and Carlos Martinez
Join us for a conversation between Black feminist abolitionist, advocate, and researcher Aminah Elster, Black Feminist scholar Jennifer James, UCSF, and public health and medical anthropology reseaarcher Carlos Martinez, ucsc, on […]
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Through 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.
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Blending 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
Sunday, May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 24, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 24, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
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May 24, 2026Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Through 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.
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
Blending 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