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First Friday Craft Night at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

Join us on November 3 for a night of crafts at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences (100 Panetta Ave). Enjoy an after-hours viewing of Maria Gaspar: Compositions and Sadie Barnette: Family Business. In addition to student-led exhibition walkthroughs, we invite visitors to a night full of creative activities paired with tasty mocktails. We will make […]

Punk Rock, Social Change, and Anti-Racism: Conversation and Double Book Release 

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

The Institute of the Arts and Sciences presents a special conversation and double book release with authors James Spooner, Chris L. Terry, and John Malkin. Books will be available for purchase by the authors. 7 p.m. Conversation8:30 p.m. Book Signing Black Punk Now (Soft Skull – October 31, 2023) by James Spooner and Chris L. Terry […]

Anthony Michael Jefferson (“AJ”) Presents: The Bumpy Road Less Traveled

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

Join us December 1, 7:00 p.m. for The Bumpy Road Less Traveled, a one-person theatre performance by actor and playwright Anthony Michael Jefferson (“AJ”). The powerful performance is drawn from AJ's experiences over the 23 years he was incarcerated in Soledad State Prison (officially known as "Correctional Training Facility"), and the road he traveled to and […]

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Artist-led Workshop: Maria Gaspar’s Disappearance Jail

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

What does freedom mean to you? What are the ways you practice freedom? Join us this Saturday, December 2nd to discuss abolition in this free artist-led workshop with award-winning Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar. Be ready to make art together by participating in Gaspar’s Disappearance Jail (2021-Ongoing), an archive the artist has been building of more […]

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