50 Years of Mountain Biking
From mountain bikes dating as far back as the 1970s to educational and interactive hands-on activities for kids, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) had it all when it unveiled “Trailblazers: The Creative Story Behind Mountain Biking in Santa Cruz” on Feb….
The Archives of Hayden V. White
Hayden V. White was a pivotal figure in the history of the UC system. He waged legal battles against the Los Angeles Police Department and steered the history of consciousness (HisCon) program at UC Santa Cruz in its formative days. He devoted his life to…
Art from the Heart of the Prison System
What started as writing workshops in San Francisco’s juvenile hall in January 1996 flourished into what The Beat Within is now — a 60-page biweekly newsletter composed of work by incarcerated youths in juvenile halls across the country. Fourth-year Jocelyn Lopez-Anleu brought The Beat Within…
Queer Airwaves: From the Radio Station to You
From UC Santa Cruz’s on-campus radio station to your ears, here are a couple of queer-centered programs available throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, courtesy of KZSC. “Queer Ear” This quarter, two best friends created a project that transcends distance, thanks to the hosts’ high-energy…
‘Mar y Tierra’
Every First Friday, Santa Cruz print shop and artist workspace Little Giant Collective hosts an exhibit featuring one or more of its members. Nov. 1 marked the opening of “Mar y Tierra,” spotlighting the works of two members of the collective. Enrique López Enrique López…
Riyaaz Qawwali Takes the Stage
From the moment the recital hall doors opened, a crowd of people flooded in, eager to listen to Qawwali music — a 700-year-old, popular South Asian music genre. Riyaaz Qawwali, a South Asian sufi music group based in Austin, Texas, performed at UC Santa Cruz’s…
Illustrating Injustice
Film. Illustration. Journalism. UC Santa Cruz art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones received the $75,000 Enterprise Documentary Fund from the International Documentary Association (IDA) to fund her latest animated documentary, “Run With It,” on Oct. 11. Hibbert-Jones and co-director and producer Nomi Talisman will use the renowned…