COMMUNITY CALENDAR 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 Tuesdays of the Month UCSC ARBORETUM: FIRST TUESDAYS FREE 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, 1156 High St, SC Community Day at the UCSC Arboretum means free admission on the first Tuesday of every month 9 a.m-5 p.m. Guests are invited to explore the biodiversity of the gardens, enjoy bird watching or relax on a bench in the shade. arboretum.ucsc.edu Wednesdays in January TECH TALKS 11 a.m.-Noon, Zoom Classes Is your New Year’s resolution to learn more about technology? Then the Santa Cruz Public Libraries is the place for you. Learn more about using your phone or tablet with this month’s series of Tech Talks. Each class is free. Registration is required. Topics: • Thursday, Jan. 6: All About Android Photos, make the most of your camera and google photos on your android device. Register at https://santacruzpl. libcal.com/event/8611946. • Thursday, Jan. 13, All About Apple Photos. Storing and sharing photos on your Apple mobile device. Register at: https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/8611956. • Thursday, Jan. 20, Google Calendar Optimized, learn to organize your schedule and life with calendar apps for both Apple and Android users. Register at https:// santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/8611983. Call 831-427-7713 for help with registration. If you are new to using zoom, see santacruzpl.org/digitallearning. Third Thursday Each Month PET LOSS AND GRIEF SUPPORT VIA ZOOM 6 to 7:30 p.m., virtual meeting BirchBark Foundation’s Pet Loss and Grief Support Zoom group offers a free support group, moderated by a licensed grief counseling therapist, on the third Thursday of each month. Register at https://www.birchbarkfoundation.org/griefsupport or call 831-471-7255. First Sunday Every Month WESTSIDE MARKETPLACE 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Old Wrigley Building Parking Lot, 2801 Mission Street, Santa Cruz • RETURNS FEBRUARY 6 Come by on Sundays 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
DATED EVENTS 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
Monday January 17
ARTIST OPENING: JUST FUTURES Wednesday January 19
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. 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.
Friday January 14 thru Sunday January 16 CRUZHACKS 2022 CruzHacks 2022 will take place virtually due to COVID safety protocols at UC Santa Cruz. CruzHacks is free for participants. Mentors and judges are needed. See https://www.cruzhacks.com/ for more information and follow CruzHacks on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. To be eligible for prizes, projects must fit into a CruzHacks or sponsor category. Workshops will be available to help participants who have no to little prior technical experience. Last year, 25% of participants were first-time hackers, and 47% were from outside UC Santa Cruz. CruzCoins is returning, giving members who choose to participate a chance to earn points for workshops, social media games and riddles. The more points you earn, the better chance you have of winning additional swag! Sign up for CruzCoins at https://tinyurl.com/cruzcoins-members
Saturday January 15 SATURDAY SHAKESPEARE RETURNS WITH OTHELLO 10 a.m., Weekly Online Discussion Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello,” along with the film version featuring Laurence Fishburne, will be
examined when the Saturday Shakespeare Club begins its new sessions via Zoom. The gatherings, each open to the public, begin with a lecture lasting about an hour and include a brief discussion, followed by a reading aloud of that portion of the play under consideration. UCSC Emeritus Professor Michael Warren, a noted Shakespeare authority and dramaturg for Santa Cruz Shakespeare, will first give an overview of the play, its history, relevance to its time and ours, and aspects of special interest. 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
DAY OF SERVICE 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Homeless Garden Project Farm, Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz The Homeless Garden Project will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service for community members at the Homeless Garden Project Farm. Community members are invited to perform winter farm tasks to prepare for spring planting. Volunteers will be able to work on several different projects at the small farm, where assigned tasks will depend on the weather. “Please come prepared with the flexibility to work on different tasks,” said Volunteer Coordinator Omar Guzman. “This is a great opportunity to come to the farm and connect with HGP, to make a difference, and to connect with the community.” During lunch, the community will hear from a guest speaker and a trainee from the Homeless Garden Project. If it rains, the event will be rescheduled to Jan. 23. For more information, visit homelessgardenproject.org
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 work with teens. Titled “Mind Games: Understanding the Predator Psychological Methodolgy,” the session will teach participants the techniques traffickers use to gain the trust of children and teens and then manipulate and control them. Speakers are: Dr. Deena Graves, an award-winning communicator, strategist and founder of M3 Transformations, an organization that designs solutions that bring children back from predators and trauma, and Derek Williams, a former trafficker who now works to stop human trafficking, explaining how traffickers work and what can be done. “We invite all those who work with teens to this valuable session,” said AAUW President Phyllis Taylor. Join the Zoom meeting at: https://tinyurl.com/ prevent-trafficking For audio, find your local number: https://us02web. zoom.us/u/kbxNMcjKt For info, call AAUW at (831) 425-1306. n
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