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  • October 2026

  • Wed 14
    The 2026 Festival of Monsters image is a monstrous banana slug rampaging across a city, like a kaiju.

    Festival of Monsters: The Quatermass Experiment

    October 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Festival of Monsters 2026
    The 418 Project 155 River St S, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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 […]

    $15
  • Sat 17
    The 2026 Festival of Monsters image is a monstrous banana slug rampaging across a city, like a kaiju.

    Festival of Monsters: A Devilish Discussion

    October 17 @ 2:00 pm Festival of Monsters 2026
    Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Festival of Monsters presents “A Devilish Discussion,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at the Museum of Art and History in Downtown Santa Cruz. Authors Kiersten White (The Fox and the Devil) and Clay McLeod Chapman (Devil Inside) will talk about their latest books, why they write devilish fiction and the horror of it […]

    Free
  • Mon 19
    Roman Alcala

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

    October 19 @ 1:25 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Stacy Philpott Speaker: Antonio Roman-Alcala, CSU East Bay […]

  • Mon 19
    Headshot of Génesis Lara in black short sleeve shirt

    The Dominican Wake: Contradictions of the Human and Human Rights in the Dominican Republic with Dr. Génesis Lara

    October 19 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Sovereignty and Solidarity Fall Speaker Series
    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Génesis Lara from UC-Irvine to speak on topics related to her […]

  • Mon 19
    Speaker J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz

    Statistics Seminar: Advancing Science on the Sea and Stars with Modern Statistical Techniques

    October 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz Description: I will present two current and challenging research problems from the domains of astrophysics and oceanography which are leveraging standard Bayesian […]

  • Mon 19
    Seminar speaker Kelli Gutierrez

    AM Seminar: Analysis of Flagellar Gait Changes Across Fluid Viscosities

    October 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Dr. Kelli Gutierrez, CSU Monterey Bay Description: Many microswimmers propel themselves using flagella, which are thin, threadlike filaments that beat in a periodic wavelike motion. The flagellar beat emerges […]

  • Mon 19
    Antonio Roman Alcala - North Stars of Emancipation

    North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

    October 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    In this talk, Dr. Roman-Alcalá will discuss his new book, North Stars of Emancipation: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, based on his 20 years […]

    Free
  • Thu 22
    image of woman on a porch

    Rioters: Unruly Images and Freedom Experiments with Patrícia Freitas

    October 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Visualizing Abolition
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    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 […]

  • Sun 25

    Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries

    October 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – July 25, 2027 @ 3:00 pm Santa Cruz Pickwick Club

    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.

    Free
  • Mon 26

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Morgan Gilmour and James D. Jacobson, NASA Ames Earth Science

    October 26 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Bo Yang Speaker: Morgan Gilmour and James D. […]

  • Wed 28
    Reshaping representation: Midterm elections and emerging district map battles

    Reshaping representation: Midterm elections and emerging district map battles

    October 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA
    Hybrid Event

    Our panel will discuss the long history of redistricting in the United States, differentiate between racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering, discuss the intersection of race and partisan objectives, highlight the role of recent state independent redistricting commissions and California’s Prop 50, along with exclusionary changes to the Voting Rights Act and recent actions taken by the Supreme Court.

    Free
  • November 2026

  • Mon 2
    Paula Lu

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Edible Insects and the Future of Food: Capitalist Dreams, Loss, and Everyday Immigrant Practices

    November 2 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Stacy Philpott Speaker: Paolina Hwae Kyung Kao Yook […]

  • Mon 2
    Baskin Engineering logo

    AM Seminar: Sliced Optimal Transport: From Acceleration to Bayesian Modeling

    November 2 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its […]

  • Fri 6
    Yellow light bulb graphic

    23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium

    November 6 @ 1:00 pm
    Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

    This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media presentation. The event is free and open to the public.

  • Sat 7

    First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum

    November 7 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum
    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year, the interests of the tour guide, and the people who join in. For example, you might learn about the birds […]

  • Mon 9
    Jessica Stites Mor headshot

    Imagining Revolution in the Non-Aligned World with Dr. Jessica Stites Mor

    November 9 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Sovereignty and Solidarity Fall Speaker Series
    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Jessica Stites Mor from The University of British Columbia. This talk will explore how Cuban photojournalism of the 1960s-1970s functioned as an infrastructure of tricontinental solidarity shaping anti-imperial vocabularies and forging new global networks of struggle. […]

  • Fri 13
    drawing of mosh pit

    James Spooner in conversation with Johnny Damm on AFROPUNK, anger, and other things

    November 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a conversation with filmmaker and graphic novelist James Spooner about his latest graphic novel, moderated by cartoonist Johnny Damm. It […]

  • Mon 16

    Fall Slow Seminar: The Range of the River by Iftekhar Iqbal

    November 16 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
    Humanities 1 Building 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States   +1 more

    UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) and the Center for South Asian Studies invite you to join us for a Slow Seminar to discuss Iftekhar Iqbal’s The Range […]

    Free
  • Sun 22

    Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries

    November 22, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – August 22, 2027 @ 4:00 pm Santa Cruz Pickwick Club

    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.

    Free
  • Mon 30
    Blebea in the field outdoors

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Exit Talk: The little things that run the world: how local communities and ants impact tropical forest restoration

    November 30 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Karen Holl Speaker: Christina Blebea, UC Santa Cruz, […]

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