Opening the Curtains on Mental Health
The room was dimly lit with a blue haze as the crowd watched from the shadows of the main stage theater. It brightened as the haze disappeared to reveal the cast of over 100 dressed in white. The room was silent as the students put...
Discussing the French Elections
French voters took to the polls on April 23 for the first of two rounds of voting for the presidential election. Voters chose from a list including far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Socialist Party candidate Benoît Hamon, Republican candidate François Fillon, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and...
Celebrating Native Culture and Community
In the U.S. there are currently over 560 Indian tribes recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Over 100 of these are in California, and another 78 tribes are petitioning for recognition in the state. The sixth annual Drum Feast, hosted by the American Indian...
Slugs in Stilettos
Ornamented with stiletto heels, leotards and shimmering highlighter, the UC Santa Cruz queer community celebrated the annual Drag Ball — a brave space for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to explore and express their identities. While many people came as spectators, several were courageous enough...
Crafting Social Change
In the rooftop sculpture garden, a shamisen plays as a storyteller, Megumi, recites Japanese folklore. In the silent room next door, expressive photographs of Native Americans from California tribes cover the walls. In the first-floor atrium, orchestra music fills the space. The 3rd Friday Festivals...
Unspoken Narratives: Bringing Race Into Discussion
Peripeteia. A sudden change in circumstances. The turn in your stomach when watching footage of police brutality toward Black people — Alton Sterling, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin — brought new meaning to this word. Minority Report opened with footage from the 1991 Rodney King beating...
The Struggles of Modern Migration
A man deported and trapped in a country foreign to him, a woman bound in servitude to her employer — these stories echoed within the Museum of Art and History (MAH) as experts engaged in conversation with the community on what it is to be...
Mystery at the Del Mar
Only six hours in, sleep-deprived, pajama-clad audience members have already seen the comedy “The Little Hours,” the horror flick “Devil’s Candy” and the action drama “Free Fire.” They wait in anticipation as another title sequence materializes on the screen, six hours still to go. The...
Dear World, Love UCSC
“I can wear short sleeves.” “Eight years later, it never went away.” “I got it wrong. So what?” These are a few phrases written across the bodies of members of the UC Santa Cruz community. Photographers took more than 150 portraits of participants with words...
Modernizing the Classics
Experimental music is an undefinable art form pushing boundaries and transforming music within classical and electronic genres. The genre is broadly considered to be music that goes against the traditional style in composition and performance and often incorporates mechanical and electronic elements. Indexical, a record...