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📍Where: virtual conference
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Hi friends and colleagues, TDC is so excited to share information about TOGETHER26: A Queer Family Building Conference, a multidisciplinary virtual conference focused on LGBTQ+…
📍Where: Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM · Price: $26.45
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of…
📍Where: Capitola Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
This Spanish conversation group meets every other Monday. Contact Patrick for materials before each session at [email protected].
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📍Where: Branciforte Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Play Mahjong with fellow enthusiasts! Beginners welcome with weekly Hong Kong Style lessons. Other styles offered too. Tiles provided or bring your own.
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Join us Mondays 10:30am-12pm at Aptos Library for social Bridge! All skill levels welcome. Enjoy fun, friendship, and mental stimulation.
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Join us for Storytime for ages 0-5 featuring songs, rhymes, lap bounces, and stories. After Storytime, stay for Stay & Play!
📍Where: Del Mar Elementary School
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Special Connections - Early Start Playgroup AND Parent Support FOR CHILDREN 0-3 RECIEVING EARLY START SERVICES 2nd & 4th Monday, Monthly Hosted by SPIN and…
📍Where: Capitola Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Come for the songs, stay for the play!
📍Where: Engineering 2
🕒When: 10:40 AM – 11:45 AM
Presented by: Adam Wunderlich, Group Leader of Applied Systems Metrology @ NIST Description: As modern wireless networks crowd into shared and congested radio frequency (RF)…
📍Where: Natural Bridges State Beach
🕒When: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Monarch migration is variable and population numbers and dates are different each year. The monarchs typically begin arriving in mid-October and leave by mid-February. At…
📍Where: Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒When: 11:30 AM
In this practice group, you'll get an introduction to many different approaches to meditation and receive guidance on which practices might be best suited for…
📍Where: Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒When: 12:00 PM
Join us every 2nd Monday at the Garfield Park Branch for a yarn party.
📍Where: Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works…
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Art & Culture
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📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 12:30 PM
Join a supportive writing group to share work, give feedback, and grow your craft. All genres and experience levels welcome. Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays…
📍Where: Felton Branch Library
🕒When: 12:30 PM
Join us every Monday at the Felton Branch for a knitting party. All you need to do is bring some yarn and knitting needles. All…
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 1:00 PM
Are you stuck with a technology question? You can make a free appointment with a tech savvy library staff member!
📍Where: Crown Provost House
🕒When: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Join Bridge Kennedy from the Career Success office for drop-in career coaching at the Ethnic Resource Centers Lounge, no appointment needed! Get your questions answered…
📍Where: 1 2nd St, Watsonville, CA
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Crafternoons are back! ✂️ Get craft with family. Drop in to the Main Library between 2-5pm every Monday and Wednesday to make a craft together…
📍Where: Corralitos Cultural Center
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Improve your energy, balance, strength and coordination.
📍Where: Aptos Grange
🕒When: 2:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $25
Local non-profit American Sign Language Services Community hosting a bingo fundraiser at the Aptos Grange on Sunday's 3PM - 8PM , Monday's 5PM to 10PM.
📍Where: Charles E. Merrill Lounge
🕒When: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Jessica Stites Mor from The University…
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Cultural Event
📍 UCSC
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📍Where: Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒When: 3:30 PM
Practice reading to a certified therapy dog! Registration is required.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Liz Muir
📍Where: Jack Baskin Engineering
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Presenter: Joshua Schraiber, Research Scientist, University of Southern California and Cornell University Description: The advent of biobank data has presented an unprecedented opportunity to understand…
📍Where: Santa Cruz SPCA
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Price: $75
PAWS Afterschool Club (Ages 7-10) Looking for something fun to do after school? Love animals? Join PAWS and discover what it takes to care for…
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 4:00 PM
A poetry workshop anyone who would like to establish a writing practice in a safe and encouraging environment.
📍Where: Corner of Ocean and Water St.
🕒When: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Join us each week as we speak out against these harmful bills!
📍Where: UC Santa Cruz
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM · Price: FREE
Your experience may speak for itself, but only if you have the language to help others understand its value. As careers evolve, the challenge is…
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📍 UCSC
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📍Where: The Cruz Room
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
6 - 8pm · Hosted Board Game Night, open & hosted games, library of 30+ games, raffle, merch, and a Learn to Play demo at…
📍Where: The Ugly Mug
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
It's Monday Open Mic at the Ugly Mug! Sign ups at 5p Beer, Espresso Drinks and Desserts available
📍Where: Sub Rosa
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
-Natalie
📍Where: London Nelson Community Center
🕒When: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
This is Motion Pacific's Beginning Jazz Fusion class for adult dancers.
📍Where: Cocoa Vino
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Price: $60
Sip, Paint & Be Merry, Nutcracker Paint Workshop Join Hollister Engraving at Cocoa Vino in Capitola Village for a fun evening of painting and holiday…
📍Where: The Diversity Center
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Queer & Trans Yoga by Sapphire Yoga Collective Weekly Yoga Class @ TDC Mondays from 6:00 PM -7:15 PM This is a trauma-sensitive, all-levels, all-bodies/abilities…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
A weekly Afro-Brazilian dance class focusing on rhythm and movement.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Chris Finnie
📍Where: Sky Park
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Come join us! Mondays @ 6pm Yoga 7pm Meditation and Sound Healing ❤️🩹 $10 a class, no one will be turned away 🫶
📍Where: London Nelson Community Center
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
This is Motion Pacific's intermediate level contemporary jazz dance class.
📍Where: UC Santa Cruz
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
AI: Savior, Monster, and Symbolic Engine Artificial intelligence (AI) is now commonly presented as both a savior of humanity and a monster that threatens our…
📍Where: Santa Cruz
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 3:00 AM
Historian and professor Matt O’Hara urges readers of his book The Flying Death to ask, “Who and what are we willing to sacrifice in the…
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📍Where: Bookshop Santa Cruz
🕒When: 7:00 PM
Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute present author Matt O’Hara for a reading and signing of The Flying Death, A dramatic tale of explorers…
📍Where: Melo Melo Kava Bar
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Open Mic Night Sign-ups at 7:00 PM Starts at 8:00 PM, every Monday Join us to hear local musicians and build community!
📍Where: Kuumbwa Jazz
🕒When: 7:00 PM
In celebration of the centennial of trumpeter Miles Davis, the Marcus Shelby Nonet presents Birth of the Cool: Revisited, featuring music from the groundbreaking Davis…
📍Where: Jury Room
🕒When: 7:00 PM
Jackie Straw takes over The Jury Room for 2Step Tuesday. Live from Los Angeles
📍Where: The Crepe Place
🕒When: 7:00 PM
Alex Cameron performs indie rock at The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz.
📍Where: The Cruz Room
🕒When: 7:00 PM
8 - 10pm · Test your knowledge and join us for Trivia Night! Play by yourself or up to 6 people per team. Stay for…
📍Where: The Cruz Room
🕒When: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Price: FREE
Test your knowledge and join us for Trivia Night! Play by yourself or up to 6 people per team. Stay for the entire 2-hour game…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Contact Improv dance session at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, offered weekly on Mondays.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Bird Club
🕒When: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Park in the main QH lot and we'll start from there. We will scope the pond and then walk the discovery loop. Quail Hollow County…
📍Where: 1 2nd St, Watsonville, CA
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Price: FREE
Visit Watsonville Public Library for a FREE Health Screening, no appointment needed! ~ Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley invites library patrons to take advantage…
📍Where: Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Free Health Screening at the Watsonville Public Library! Stop by anytime, no appointment needed for: • A1C & blood pressure checks • Quick diabetes risk…
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 10:00 AM
Join us Tuesdays at Aptos Library to learn, play, and compete in Backgammon! All skill levels welcome - enjoy strategy, fun, and friendly competition in…
📍Where: Simpkins Family Swim Center
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
An 8-session workshop series for adults over 60, with either a fear of falling or have experienced a fall. Build confidence, improve balance, and reduce…
📍Where: Coastal Kinetic Physical Therapy 2121 41st Ave
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Monthly therapeutic playgroup for infants and toddlers with diverse developmental, physical, or medical needs. Facilitated by Sarah Myatt-Paul, Doctor of Physical Therapy • Tube Feeding…
📍Where: Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒When: 10:00 AM
Are you stuck with a technology question? You can make a free appointment with a tech savvy library staff member!
📍Where: Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒When: 10:00 AM
Are you stuck with a technology question? You can make a free appointment with a tech savvy library staff member!
📍Where: Live Oak Branch Library
🕒When: 10:00 AM
An 8-session workshop series for adults over 60, with either a fear of falling or have experienced a fall.
📍Where: UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Price: FREE
Volunteer Information Sessions at the Arboretum Do you love gardens and gardening? The UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden has a wonderful community of staff, students…
Education
Outdoors
📍 UCSC
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📍Where: The Diversity Center
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Date: Every Tuesday, except Holidays Time: 10am - 12:00 pm Location: The Diversity Center Event Description: Join your community every Tuesday between 10am-12pm at the…
📍Where: Branciforte Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Baby Story Time is a sweet introduction to stories, songs, rhymes, and lap play, thoughtfully designed to nurture early literacy and bonding.
📍Where: Corralitos Cultural Center
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Join other students in learning the basic techniques and fundamentals of art using many mediums. Learn about line, value, balance, shape, form, texture, color, art…
📍Where: Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM · Price: $26.45
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of…
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Learn to plan bus trips, ride safely, apply for discounted fares, use the Transit app, and access free mobility training to travel confidently and independently.
📍Where: Watsonville Public Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM · Price: FREE
Come Join Us for Toddler Tumble Time! We’ll be sharing some of our educational collection items. Bring your little ones to explore and learn about…
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
We will sing, move, and play musical instruments together in Spanish and English. Juntos, cantaremos, nos moveremos y tocaremos instrumentos musicales en inglés y español.
📍Where: Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
Come join Librarian Emily for stories, songs, and lots of fun for toddlers and their caregivers in our beautiful, newly-renovated Scotts Valley Library Branch every…
📍Where: Natural Bridges State Beach
🕒When: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Monarch migration is variable and population numbers and dates are different each year. The monarchs typically begin arriving in mid-October and leave by mid-February. At…
📍Where: Live Oak Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
Puppets, Songs and toys, Oh My!
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 11:30 AM
Housing navigation services for people experiencing homelessness.
📍Where: Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Price: FREE
Join community health leaders to learn and get inspired // Únase a los líderes de salud comunitarios para aprender y inspirarse
📍Where: Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works…
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Art & Culture
📍 UCSC
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📍Where: Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒When: 12:15 PM
Join a health book club with educational discussions led by Dr. Rabia Barkins, a licensed holistic health practitioner. Improve overall health with lifestyle changes to…
📍Where: La Selva Beach Branch Library
🕒When: 12:30 PM
This club is designed for intermediate-level participants, so if you're just starting out, you might find it a bit challenging at first.
📍Where: Crown College
🕒When: 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM · Price: FREE
Meet Provost Aims and Poppy the Chihuahua outside of the Crown College Office for yummy cookies and conversation. Stay and chat or grab and go.
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📍 UCSC
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📍Where: Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒When: 1:00 PM
Join our book club every second Tuesday to explore great reads and share engaging conversations with fellow book lovers.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Maria Ayllon
📍Where: Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍Where: Santa Cruz Maker Studios
🕒When: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: $37
Fall Semester Maker Classes (August 11, December 20, 2026) Join us for a semester of hands-on creativity at SC Maker Studios! Students explore 3D printing…
📍Where: Live Oak Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one reading comprehension instruction for grades 1-12. R.E.A.D. ofrece instrucción individual de comprensión lectora para los grados 1 a 12.
📍Where: Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
Make and explore STEAM possibilities at Scotts Valley Branch Library! .
📍Where: Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one reading comprehension instruction for grades 1-12. By appointment only. Please, no drop-ins! To make an appointment, call 831-427-7713
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 3:30 PM
Aptos Youth Chess Club. Open to players ages 6 to 18 with knowledge of basic rules (how the pieces move). Instructor is Chess Master Dana…
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 3:30 PM
Come join us in making Seasonal crafts!
📍Where: Community Through Art
🕒When: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: $255
Youth Bloom Studio Art with Sarah Orre, nurtures creativity, confidence, and curiosity through hands-on learning. Each class encourages young artists to explore new materials, techniques…
📍Where: OneSource Compounding Pharmacy
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Step into a realm of revitalization at our pharmacy, where we proudly introduce our exclusive hydration injection services. Designed to replenish your body’s essential fluids…
📍Where: Santa Cruz SPCA
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Price: $75
Junior Animal Care Team (Ages 11+) Ready to level up your animal skills? If you love animals and want real, hands-on experience, the Junior Animal…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Weekly kids' classes in traditional hula and Tahitian dance, led by Te Hau Nui School at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz.
📍Where: Freedom Branch Library
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
https://www.watsonville.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=7391
📍Where: Capitola Branch Library
🕒When: 4:00 PM
Practice reading to a trained therapy dog! Registration is required.
📍Where: Main Library
🕒When: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
https://www.watsonville.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=7262
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Wing Chun martial arts classes with instructor Marcus at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, meeting multiple times per week.
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
A hula and Tahitian dance class for those interested in learning traditional Polynesian movement.
📍Where: Branciforte Branch Library
🕒When: 5:00 PM
The City of Santa Cruz, in partnership with Ecology Action, is offering Neighborhood Sustainability and Resiliency Workshop.
📍Where: London Nelson Community Center
🕒When: 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM · Price: $50
iRest® (Integrative Restoration) meditation is a simple form of meditation combining Eastern and Western practices into a practical and secular program for healing. iRest helps…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Advanced hula and Tahitian dance class for experienced dancers. Part of Te Hau Nui School's curriculum.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Seventh-day Adventist Church
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM · Price: $2
Eat for the Earth is organizing a plant-based fall potluck, & YOU are invited. Let's enjoy a cruelty-free and Earth-friendly feast together!
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Kathryn Pierno
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: FREE
Hugging Porcupines Productions presents Trivia Night, every Tuesday evening at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing. Trivia is always free to play. Grab your team and challenge…
📍Where: Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
📍Where: Community Through Art
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $250
Beginning adult ceramics with instructor Nora Sarkissian. Learn the basics of hand building, pinch, and coil. Nora will provide demos and projects as well as…
📍Where: Land of Medicine Buddha
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
https://landofmedicinebuddha.org/retreat-guru/2039/discovering-buddhism-module-5-death-and-rebirth-2/
📍Where: Santa Cruz Zen Center
🕒When: 6:40 PM – 8:00 PM
First Tuesday of each month. All are welcome to join at anytime. Led by Val Miranda and Reverend Patrick Teverbaugh. A study group taking an…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 6:45 PM – 9:00 PM
A recurring dance class in Santa Cruz. Check with the venue for specific style and level.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 9:15 PM
📍Where: Bruno's Bar & Grill
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
As with everything we do, we bring the fun! This isn’t your average ordinary trivia. It’s “Bruno’s Style”. We sing, we play instruments, we dance…
📍Where: Music Center Recital Hall
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM · Price: FREE
Intoxications and Their Meanings We pay so much attention to the iniquity of addiction that we scarcely notice the ubiquity of intoxication. From the temperance…
Education
Consumption
📍 UCSC
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📍Where: UC Santa Cruz
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM · Price: FREE
Fall Emeriti Faculty Lecture: Intoxications and Their Meanings We pay so much attention to the iniquity of addiction that we scarcely notice the ubiquity of…
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Consumption
📍 UCSC
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📍Where: Insight Santa Cruz
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Rainbow Sangha Sit, on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 7:00 - 8:30 pm. The Rainbow Sangha group offers a safer space for…
📍Where: Kuumbwa Jazz
🕒When: 7:00 PM
Join bassist and music educator Diane Bock for Music Matters! Beyond the Notes to explore innovative strategies, activities and insights to connect and create a…
📍Where: Santa Cruz
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 3:00 AM
FREE IN-STORE EVENT: The Hive Live! presents an evening of poetry featuring Avia Tadmor and Keetje Kuipers.Your RSVP helps us plan for your arrival and…
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📍Where: The Sand Bar
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
📍Where: Abbott Square Market
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Price: FREE
Salsa Social Dance is a free Tuesday night social at Abbott Square Market in downtown Santa Cruz.
📍Where: Jury Room
🕒When: 7:30 PM
Jackie Straw takes over The Jury Room for 2Step Tuesday. Live from Los Angeles
📍Where: Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts
🕒When: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Molded by the waves of Southern California, Donavon Frankenreiter was a pro surfer at age 16. He eventually swapped the competition circuit for concert halls…
📍Where: Felton Music Hall
🕒When: 8:00 PM
Jeffrey Martin at Felton Music Hall on Tuesday, November 10th 2026 Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/event/89816-jeffery-martin-felton
📍Where: Moe's Alley
🕒When: 8:00 PM
Moes Alley presents the Rolling Together Revue featuring Donavon Frankenreiter + The Band Of Heathens live at The Rio Theatre!Tuesday, November 10, 2026Doors: 7pm /…
📍Where: Callahan's
🕒When: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Price: FREE
Free live music every Tuesday night with the Del Mar Trio at Callahan's in Santa Cruz.
📍Where: Moe's Alley
🕒When: 8:00 PM
(((folkYEAH!))) presents Holy Wave.Tuesday, November 10, 2026Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm$20 in advance / $25 day of the show21+* No Refunds | All sales are…
📍Where: The Cruz Room
🕒When: 6:00 AM
7pm sign-ups · Weekly pinball competition for players of all skill levels.
📍Where: Land of Medicine Buddha
🕒When: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
https://landofmedicinebuddha.org/programs/practices-and-pujas/
📍Where: Natural Bridges State Beach
🕒When: 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM · Price: FREE
Join Vets 4 Vets Santa Cruz for our annual Journey for Change Veterans Day Walk on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. This community awareness walk brings…
📍Where: Beyond Liberty
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM · Price: $10
Horses are deeply attuned to nonverbal cues; our posture, breath, and inner state shape how they respond. When we’re centered, they notice. This gentle, horse…
📍Where: Soulcare Studios
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Price: $65
Experience the Bio-Vibe Table at SoulCare Studios, a gentle, non-invasive wellness experience using sound frequencies and soothing vibrations to encourage relaxation, release tension, and support…
📍Where: Merrill College Office
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Price: FREE
Grab a free cup of coffee* and chat with Provost Aims at Coffee with the Provost! Most Wednesdays through the Fall Quarter! 9:00-11:00am Meet us…
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📍 UCSC
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📍Where: Kathleen King Community Room
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Build strength, improve balance, and feel your best. This low-impact class focuses on core strength, posture, and gentle movement, perfect for all fitness levels.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Maker Studios
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM · Price: $96
Youth Fall Maker Camp (ages 7-12) Our Fall 2026 Maker Camps offer children ages 7-12 a fun, hands-on way to spend their school breaks! Camp…
📍Where: Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒When: 9:00 AM
Dignity Mobile Wellness Clinic and Santa Cruz Public Libraries are partnering to offer services that support the health of patrons with weekly Wednesday visits to…
📍Where: Soulcare Studios
🕒When: 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM · Price: $25
Start your Wednesday morning with movement, mindfulness, and authentic Himalayan yogic wisdom at Soul Care Studios. 🧘✨ Join Yogi Laxman Panthi for a weekly Vinyasa…
📍Where: Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Price: FREE
Head to the Henry J. Mello Center to honor all who served! • 10:00 AM, Open to the public • 10:15 AM, Watsonville Band Performance…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
A free weekly dance jam for babies and their caregivers at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, with movement, music, and play in a joyful…
📍Where: Sanctuary Exploration Center
🕒When: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Just for kids! 🌊 📚 🪼 Each Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. join us for free Toddler Time featuring stories, songs, crafts, and…
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 10:00 AM
Are you stuck with a technology question? You can make a free appointment with a tech savvy library staff member!
📍Where: Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM · Price: $26.45
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of…
📍Where: Freedom Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
A bilingual lap-sit storytime for babies and toddlers, with songs, rhymes, and books in English and Spanish.
📍Where: Capitola Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
Join us for Storytime featuring songs, rhymes, and books designed to help preschoolers develop early literacy skills.
📍Where: Natural Bridges State Beach
🕒When: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Monarch migration is variable and population numbers and dates are different each year. The monarchs typically begin arriving in mid-October and leave by mid-February. At…
📍Where: Land of Medicine Buddha
🕒When: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
See our Practices and Pujas page for more information on weekly pujas. Tara is the female deity who embodies the enlighten activities of all the…
📍Where: Boulder Creek Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
Come join us for stories, songs, and lots of fun for toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful Boulder Creek Library Branch every Wednesday…
📍Where: Freedom Branch Library
🕒When: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A bilingual storytime for toddlers with stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish, promoting early literacy and language skills.
📍Where: UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS, features new and recent installations, videos, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s…
📍Where: Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works…
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📍Where: UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy, located in Brooklyn, New York, Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not…
📍Where: Downtown Farmers' Market
🕒When: 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM
The Downtown Santa Cruz Market runs year-round on Wednesdays, 1-5pm year round. Our largest and oldest market, it is situated in the heart of Downtown…
📍Where: Motion Pacific at The Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center
🕒When: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM · Price: FREE
Dance for Parkinson’s at Motion Pacific is a class for people with Parkinson’s Disease and their caretakers. The class is based on the innovative and…
📍Where: Corralitos Cultural Center
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Improve your energy, balance, strength and coordination.
📍Where: Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
📍Where: Santa Cruz Maker Studios
🕒When: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: $37
Fall Semester Maker Classes (August 11, December 20, 2026) Join us for a semester of hands-on creativity at SC Maker Studios! Students explore 3D printing…
📍Where: Branciforte Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one free reading comprehension instruction for grades 1-12. By appointment only. Please, no drop-ins! To make an appointment, call 831-427-7713 R.E.A.D sessions are…
📍Where: Felton Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) creates a welcoming, safe, and inclusive space for teens of all gender identities and sexual orientations. Enjoy activities, snacks and…
📍Where: Santa Cruz SPCA
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Price: $75
PAWS Afterschool Club (Ages 7-10) Looking for something fun to do after school? Love animals? Join PAWS and discover what it takes to care for…
📍Where: Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room + Wine Bar
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: FREE
Every Wed from 4 to 8 pm at our Downtown Santa Cruz Tasting Room + Wine Bar Join us for a night of wigging out…
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Price: $30
About Forage Species IV The objective of Forage Species IV is to give learners and our community a deeper perspective on critical ‘feeder species’ in…
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 4:00 PM
Lego Fun for Kids
📍Where: Corner of Ocean and Water St.
🕒When: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Join us weekly! Meet other community members while speaking out.
📍Where: Soulcare Studios
🕒When: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM · Price: $25
Take a midweek pause and recharge your energy ✨ Join us for BioCharger & Vibrational Sound Table Healing Happy Hour, a unique experience designed to…
📍Where: Steel Bonnet Brewing Company
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Kids play with Bricks, while parents play with Beers! Hosted by Brick Lab of Scotts Valley from 5-8pm on the 2nd Wednesdays of the month.
📍Where: The Painted Cork
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $8
Welcome to the Art Lounge! Welcome to the Art Lounge, your creative haven for Arts, Crafts, and Drafts. Think of it like a restaurant, but…
📍Where: Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining Hall
🕒When: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The World Café, food, tea, and conversations that matter. Every other Wednesday, 5-7pm, RCC Dining Hall. All students welcome, every college and major. Free with…
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📍Where: German Cultural Center
🕒When: 5:30 PM
Member event. Meet at German Cultural Center Santa Cruz first by 5:25pm.
📍Where: The 418 Project
🕒When: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
A regular tango class in Downtown Santa Cruz, offering a way to learn Latin dance in a social, cultural setting.
📍Where: Sand Rock Farm Lodging + Events
🕒When: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $130
Do you want to learn a new soul-satisfying skill? Come to Sand Rock Farm and learn to make sourdough! Classes are two and a half…
📍Where: The Cruz Room
🕒When: 6:00 PM
7 - 9pm · Weekly bluegrass jam with local musicians.
📍Where: The Sand Bar
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
📍Where: Midtown Community Center
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
TIME & LOCATION CHANGE FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER & DECEMBER: LOCATION: MIDTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER IN SANTA CRUZ TIME: 6:30PM-7:30PM Every 2nd Wednesday of the…
📍Where: Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz
🕒When: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $40
Our thoughts strongly shape our experience. Habitual patterns such as black-and-white thinking, blaming, and overgeneralizing can quietly create unnecessary stress and dissatisfaction. Join a Buddhist…
📍Where: Santa Cruz Zen Center
🕒When: 6:40 PM – 7:40 PM
📍Where: Crow's Nest
🕒When: 7:00 PM · Price: $3
A live performance by Matt Masih.
📍Where: Britannia Arms
🕒When: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Price: FREE
Join us every Tuesday night at Britannia Arms Capitola for FREE Pub Trivia! Two games. Two chances to win. Prizes handed out twice! 🧠 Game…
📍Where: The Crepe Place
🕒When: 7:00 PM
lo-fi power pop and punk from the East Bay on Dandy Boy Records
📍Where: Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center
🕒When: 7:00 PM · Price: FREE
Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints). ADVISORIES • These…
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📍Where: Moe's Alley
🕒When: 7:30 PM
Western Wednesday #96 is comin' quick with Kentucky Mule and Jerry B. Logan and The Country Squires! Saddle up and let's go! Wednesday, November 11…
📍Where: Kuumbwa Jazz
🕒When: 7:30 PM
French acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and composer Pierre Bensusan, surnamed “Mister DADGAD”, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Winner of…
📍Where: London Nelson Community Center
🕒When: 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM · Price: $25
A welcoming weekly tap class for adults who want to build rhythm, technique, musicality, and confidence in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Designed for basic beginners…
📍Where: Joe's Bar
🕒When: 8:00 PM
For Eleven Eleven 11/11 Jim and Diana's acoustic dynamic duo rocks Joe's, a classic old-school honky tonk in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains…
📍Where: Felton Music Hall
🕒When: 8:00 PM
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water at Felton Music Hall on Wednesday, November 11th 2026 Tickets: https://tixr.com/e/190915
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Katy Kenyon-Abel
📍Where: La Selva Beach Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Join our book club every second Thursday to explore great reads and share engaging conversations with fellow book lovers.
📍Where: Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM · Price: $26.45
Travel over trestles, through towering redwood groves and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain as conductors narrate the history of…
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
Wings provides free birth certificates and notary services for people experiencing homelessness.
📍Where: Main Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
A bilingual storytime for toddlers, pairing books and songs in two languages.
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 10:30 AM
For ages 0-5
📍Where: Natural Bridges State Beach
🕒When: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Monarch migration is variable and population numbers and dates are different each year. The monarchs typically begin arriving in mid-October and leave by mid-February. At…
📍Where: Live Oak Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
Songs and Stories
📍Where: Felton Branch Library
🕒When: 11:00 AM
Come join Librarian Jackie for stories, songs, and lots of fun for preschoolers and their caregivers in our lovely Felton Community Room every Thursday at…
📍Where: The Diversity Center
🕒When: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Well-being offering: Guided Mindfulness Group Date: Weekly on Thursdays Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: The Diversity Center 1117 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz Ages…
📍Where: The Diversity Center
🕒When: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Well-being offering: Guided Mindfulness Group Date: Weekly on Thursdays New Time! 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Location: The Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz…
📍Where: Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works…
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📍Where: UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
“Ni de aquí, ni de allá” (“neither from here, nor there”), is a phrase commonly used by bilingual, bicultural communities. In the exhibition the phrase…
📍Where: UC Santa Cruz
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Federal agencies and research sponsors are increasingly requiring institutions to attest to and provide evidence of research security compliance. The stakes go beyond a single…
📍Where: UC Santa Cruz
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
When: Thursday, November 12 Time: 12:00 PM -1:00 PM Where: Register for the Zoom link. The workshop will be recorded, and a link to the…
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📍Where: UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS, features new and recent installations, videos, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s…
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 1:00 PM
The Aptos Library Book Discussion Group meets 2nd Thursdays, 1-2:30pm, in-person or via Zoom. Adult readers choose thought-provoking fiction & nonfiction. Email [email protected].
📍Where: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
🕒When: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Step into the MAH's Archives Reading Room during our weekly Open Archives hours. Meet the archivist, see a unique item from the collection on display…
📍Where: Science and Engineering Library
🕒When: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Stop by the Career Success Drop-ins and get professional advice from our Peer Coaches, now available across campus! 📝 Peers will rotate between McHenry and…
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 2:00 PM
Play Mahjong with fellow enthusiasts! Beginners welcome with weekly Hong Kong Style lessons. Other styles offered too. Tiles provided or bring your own.
📍Where: Boulder Creek Branch Library
🕒When: 2:00 PM
Are you stuck with a technology question? You can make a free appointment with a tech savvy library staff member!
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 2:00 PM
Get clear, unbiased info on 2027 Medicare options at HICAP's Annual Enrollment Forum, November 12th, 2:00-3:30 PM at Downtown Branch Library. Free event. Call 831-462-5510…
📍Where: Far West Fungi
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: FREE
Far West Fungi’s Santa Cruz Store & Café is launching Myco-Mixers, Enjoy an afternoon of food, fun, and fungi! Each Myco-Mixer will feature complimentary bites…
📍Where: Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒When: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Price: $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
📍Where: Live Oak Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one reading and comprehension instruction for readers 1st through 12th grade.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
🕒When: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Rae Rodriguez
📍Where: Aptos Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one reading comprehension instruction for grades 1-12. By appointment only. Please, no drop-ins! To make an appointment, call 831-427-7713.
📍Where: Downtown Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one reading comprehension instruction for grades 1-12. By appointment only. Please, no drop-ins! To make an appointment, call 831-427-7713.
📍Where: Santa Cruz Maker Studios
🕒When: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Price: $37
Fall Semester Maker Classes (August 11, December 20, 2026) Join us for a semester of hands-on creativity at SC Maker Studios! Students explore 3D printing…
📍Where: Felton Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
Make and explore STEAM possibilities at Felton Branch Library! Age 6+
📍Where: Branciforte Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
Learn how to craft, build, and survive in the world of Minecraft.edu.
📍Where: Felton Branch Library
🕒When: 3:00 PM
R.E.A.D. is one-on-one reading comprehension instruction for grades 1-12. By appointment only. Please, no drop-ins! To make an appointment, call 831-427-7713
📍Where: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒When: 3:00 PM
Bring your decks and get ready to play
📍Where: La Fonda Bridge (Hwy1) Overpass
🕒When: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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📍Where: La Selva Beach Branch Library
🕒When: 4:00 PM
Stop by each week for a new creative craft.