COMMUNITY CALENDAR On Jan. 22, Sean Keilen, associate professor of literature at UCSC and director of the university’s Shakespeare Workshop, will address the group. The following Saturday, Jan. 29, a DVD lecture discussing “Othello” by Peter Saccio, professor of Shakespearean studies at Dartmouth College, will be shown. On Feb. 5, Rebecca Clark, of the UCSC education committee, will examine aspects of race, gender and politics revealed in the play. The film version of “Othello” will be shown Feb. 12. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also plays Iago, it features Irene Jacob as Desdemona to Fishburne’s Othello. Although all sessions are free, those who tune in are encouraged to send a donation of at least $2 per session or $10 for the series to Santa Cruz Shakespeare, with a check made payable to the organization at 500 Chestnut St., Suite #250, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. People who are not yet on the email list but would like to attend and get the Zoom link should email a request to: saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com
First Sunday Every Month WESTSIDE MARKETPLACE 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Old Wrigley Building Parking Lot, 2801 Mission Street, Santa Cruz 95060 Come by on Sunday and shop at over 40 unique & wonderful artists, makers & vintage sellers — there’s something for everyone at the Westside Marketplace! Rain dates are scheduled for the following Sundays. The Market is free to attend and is 100% local! All local and state health guidelines will be followed. Please wear your mask, maintain social distance while you shop and stay home if you don’t feel well. Hand sanitizing stations will be available. For more info, go to the event page: www.facebook.com/ events/ 170470481551895; Food Trucks A Go Go: www. foodtrucks agogo.com/; or SCM Makers Market: scmmakersmarket.com/ for a list of all of the vendors.
DATED EVENTS
ARTIST OPENING: JUST FUTURES
HABARI GANI! HONORING KWANZAA 6-8 p.m., Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz Curated by Santa Cruz Black Health Matters Initiative, this community gathering at the Museum of Art & History honors the annual celebration of Kwanzaa. Admission is free. Since 1966, Kwanzaa has been recognized amongst the winter holiday classics. However many lack understanding of its significance and practice. Habari Gani! welcomes the community to join in for: Kinara lighting ceremony, traditional dance, music, and a gift-giving ceremony. The event features a pop-up by black-owned bookstore, BlknPrint, plus a Kwanzaa market and 10% of sales will be donated to the Santa Cruz Ofrenda.
4-6 p.m., Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery plans to host an in-person opening reception of Just Futures: Black Quantum Futurism, Arthur Jafa, and Martine Syms, featuring the works of Arthur Jafa, Martine Syms, and Black Quantum Futurism. The centerpiece of the exhibition, Arthur Jafa’s Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, was screened simultaneously over 48 hours across art museums in 2020 as an international response to racial justice uprisings and civil unrest. Note: Exhibition includes violent imagery and content. The reception will feature remarks from Arts Dean Celine Parreñas-Shimizu, curator, T.J. Demos, professor, history of art and visual culture, and Camilla Hawthorne, assistant professor, sociology, critical race and ethnic studies. Covid-19 protocols will be followed. Complete a symptom check before or upon arrival. Rules may change depending on the Covid situation. https://art.ucsc.edu/sesnon/just-futures ••• Still from Black Space Agency, Black Quantum Futurism (2018). Courtesy of the artist.
Wednesday December 29
Monday January 3 Tuesday January 4 BASKETBALL JONES CAMP 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (8:45 a.m. drop off), Aptos High School, 100 Mariner Way, Aptos, CA 95003 Youths ages 7-14 can attend the Basketball Jones Winter Camps at Aptos High School. Students attending should dress in (or bring) layers and wear shoes for outdoor and indoor surfaces, bring their own ball, water bottle, hearty lunch and healthy snacks as the camps do not provide either. Cost for two-day camps is $100; one-day camps, $50. Sibling, multiple camp and team discounts are available. To register see: https://www.basketballjonescamps.com/
Monday January 3 Wednesday January 12 TUTOR ORIENTATIONS 11 a.m.-Noon Jan. 3 / 7:30-8:30 p.m. Jan 12, Online Seminar The Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County Literacy Program will offer online orientations in January for people interested in becoming a tutor. Tutor training takes 14 hours. Volunteer tutors are matched with an adult student who has a strong desire to learn English, whether to get a better job, to talk with their children’s teachers, to navigate the health care system. Tutoring can take place at your student’s home, a library, or other community location. No teaching or foreign language experience needed. It is rewarding, and requires only a few hours a week. Call 831-427-5077, and sign up at https://scvolunteercenter. org/programs/literacy-program/volunteer/ for the mandatory one-hour orientation.
Wednesday January 19
Tuesday January 6 PVUSD BUS TOUR Noon-4 p.m., PVUSD District Office, 294 Green Valley Rd., Watsonville See what’s new on a tour of sites that have seen an upgrade, modernization or new construction, including Aptos Junior High (1:20 p.m.), funded by Measure L. A light lunch and beverages will be provided. To join the tour, you can ride the bus or meet at the site at the noted time. To ride the bus, email Alicia_jimenez@pvusd.net by Jan. 4 and meet at the district office at noon. For full details about the tour stops, visit https://tinyurl.com/ y33o3wts
Friday January 7 6-8 p.m., Jade Street Park, 4400 Jade Street. Capitola Recreation presents Family Movie Night at Jade Street Park in Capitola. The movie to be shown is “Abominable,” an animated film from Dreamworks telling the story of three teenagers who must help a Yeti return to his family while avoiding those who would harm it. Admission is free.
Wednesday January 12 Thursday January 20 SOQUEL DR. BIKE LANES & CONGESTION WORKSHOPS 6-7:30 p.m., Online Seminars The Santa Cruz county Department of Public Works
plans two virtual community workshops on plans to make Soquel Drive more walkable and bikeable and less congested. The Jan. 13 workshop is designed for Aptos residents, while the Jan. 20 workshop is for Live Oak and Soquel residents. Registers at bit.ly/soquelzoom1 for District 2 and bit. ly/soquelzoom1 for District 1. The improvements currently planned for 5.6 miles of the busiest segment of Soquel Ave/Drive from La Fonda Ave to State Park Drive include buffered bike lanes, ADA-accessible ramps, and flashing sidewalk beacons.
Wednesday January 19 LUNCH WITH SUPERVISOR FRIEND 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Seascape Golf Course, Aptos The Aptos Chamber of Commerce plans a community networking luncheon meeting with 2nd District Supervisor Zach Friend at Seascape Golf Course in Aptos. The price is: $30 members/ $35 non-members. RSVP at 831-688-1467.
Wednesday January 19 Saturday January 22 ECO-FARM CONFERENCE The 42nd EcoFarm Conference will be in person, Jan. 19-22 at the Asilomar State Beach & Conference Center in Pacific Grove. The theme is “Rooted in Resilience.” This annual gathering of agriculturalists working to advance just and ecological farming and food systems will offer visionary keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, expo, seed swaps, networking, and farm tours. Register at https://eco-farm.org/conference Questions: 831-763-2111 • info@eco-farm.org
Saturday January 22
TRAINING TO STOP SEX TRAFFICKING Noon-2:30 p.m., Zoom Class The Santa Cruz County Branch of the American Association of University Women is hosting an anti-sex trafficking training session on Zoom Saturday, Jan. 22, from noon to 2:30 p.m. for groups and individuals who Saturday January 15 work with teens. SATURDAY SHAKESPEARE RETURNS WITH OTHELLO Titled “Mind Games: Understanding the Predator Psy10 a.m., Weekly Online Discussion chological Methodolgy,” the session will teach participants Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello,” along with the film the techniques traffickers use to gain the trust of children version featuring Laurence Fishburne, will be examined and teens and then manipulate and control them. when the Saturday Shakespeare Speakers are: Dr. Deena Graves, an award-winning Club begins its new sessions via communicator, strategist and founder of M3 TransforZoom. mations, an organization that designs solutions that The gatherings, each open to the bring children back from predators and trauma, and public, begin with a lecture lasting Derek Williams, a former trafficker who now works to about an hour and include a brief stop human trafficking, explaining how traffickers work discussion, followed by a reading and what can be done. aloud of that portion of the play “We invite all those who work with teens to this under consideration. valuable session,” said AAUW President Phyllis Taylor. UCSC Emeritus Professor Michael Warren, a noted Join the Zoom meeting at: https://tinyurl.com/ Shakespeare authority and dramaturg for Santa Cruz prevent-trafficking Shakespeare, will first give an overview of the play, its For audio, find your local number: https://us02web. history, relevance to its time and ours, and aspects of zoom.us/u/kbxNMcjKt special interest. For info, call AAUW at (831) 425-1306. n
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