Events
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Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries
Village murders! Occult conspiracies! A modern mystery tinged with the uncanny! Join the Pickwick Club as we explore Dickens and Christie across four landmark detective novels.
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Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz 313 Riverside Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesThe 2026 Festival of Monsters Academic Conference (Oct. 14-18, 2026) explores how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and communication, cursed texts, monster poetry and more. Monster-related games will be played. Comics writer Iván Brandon and bioethicist author Rosemarie Garland Thomson are scheduled to give the keynote talks. The academic conference will take […]
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2026 Fall STEM Career & Internship Fair
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAIf you are interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or research, then take advantage of this opportunity to meet recruiters from companies looking to fill various positions (both technical and non-technical). Learn more about internships and full-time career opportunities. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent alumni are all welcome to attend!
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Produce Pop-Up
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. Academic year hours and locations: Beginning Oct. 2 Wednesdays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. […]
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Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
Featured Visualizing AbolitionInstitute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesCarlos 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. The selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems […]
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Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá
Featured Visualizing AbolitionInstitute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesOrganized 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 […]
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Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop
ZoomOptional 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 […]
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PoCSC Sustainable Community Harvest: A Fall Field Day!
UCSC Farm 152 Farm Rd, Santa Cruz, CA +1 more“Come for the food, stay for the community!”
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Yoga As Healing
Activities Room: Athletics & Recreation Center East Field House 451 E Field Service Road, Santa Cruz, United StatesYoga 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 […]
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The World Cafe: Food, Tea, and Conversations that Matter
Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining HallThe World Café — food, tea, and conversations that matter. Every other Wednesday, 5–7pm, RCC Dining Hall. All students welcome, every college and major. Free with a meal plan, or pay at the door. This quarter: Sept 30 — Conversation Café: What conversations matter to you this year? Oct 14 — Activism Café: How can […]
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Power From Below
Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United StatesHow do ordinary people organize themselves to confront the multiple, intersecting crises that characterize our moment? What are effective strategies and tactics for beating back the agenda of the billionaire class? You are invited to attend a panel discussion with Tim Faust (organizer with democratic-socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong’s campaign), Gopal Dayaneni (co-founder of Movement […]
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Black! Black! Black!—Hip Hop Lab celebration and live performance by Phreeborn
Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CAThe Hip Hop Lab welcomes lovers of Black music to a fall quarter celebration at UC Santa Cruz.
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Festival of Monsters: The Quatermass Experiment
The 418 Project 155 River St S, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Festival of Monsters screens the 1955 classic sci-fi horror film The Quatermass Experiment at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at The 418 in Downtown Santa Cruz. This screening includes a live introduction by monster maven Dr. H. Marshall Leicester (UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Literature). A trio of British astronauts are launched […]
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Exhibition—The Audacity to Create, works by BIPOC UC Santa Cruz alumni
Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAThe Audacity to Create is an alumni exhibition showcasing the work of UC Santa Cruz Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) alumni Alejandra Chavez, Jorge Gomez-Gonzalez , Katie Dorame, Seráb Serabia, Aleya Caballero, Edward Ramirez, Josselyne Morales, and Marceline Valentine. ADMISSION Attend in person at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa […]
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Goal Setting
Academic Resources Center (ARC) 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAIn this workshop, you will: Set SMART goals to help you get organized & on track for success. The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, […]
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2026 Fall (all-majors) Career & Internship Fair
Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAUndergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing careers in all industries are welcome to attend. Get the chance to meet recruiters from all industries/firms seeking to fill both internship, full-time, and part-time roles. Come take essential steps toward laying the foundation for your future career and potentially even land an interview!
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BME 280B Seminar: Dr. Kiley Graim “Beyond the Majority: Correcting for Genetic Ancestry Bias in Disease Genomics”
Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CAWelcome to the 3rd week of our BME 280B seminar series, a weekly seminar covering topics of current research in computational biology and bioinformatics. Open to all, food is provided. Class enrollment is not required. Please join us this week to learn more about the works of Dr. Kiley Graim: Presenter: Dr. Kiley Graim, […]
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SWANA Chats
Rachel Carson College Red RoomCome enjoy Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA) snacks and chai while we share an informal space to discuss SWANA community needs, mingle, and brainstorm collaborative efforts on Thursday, October 15th from 12-2 PM at the Rachel Carson Red Room. RSVP here! Hosted by the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC) at UCSC, this event […]
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Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
Featured Visualizing AbolitionInstitute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesCarlos 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. The selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems […]
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Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá
Featured Visualizing AbolitionInstitute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesOrganized 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 […]