The 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 […]
UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone Free film screenings and discussions Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 p.m Communications Building, Room 150 “Ganja & Hess” ‘…one […]
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a screening of three short films by Patrícia Freitas about women and incarceration in Brazil, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker. Fleeing Firminas features moments of women inside the Women’s Penal Complex of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil participating in the creative writing workshops . […]
UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone Free film screenings and discussions Wednesday, October 22, 2026 at 7:00 p.m Communications Building, Room 150 “The Amazing Nina Simone” […]