Art show: INTO THE WOODS: Paintings & Woodcuts by Aaron Johnson

Scotts Valley Branch Library 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley, CA

We’re delighted to resume Art in the Library, sponsored by the Scotts Valley Library Friends. Our show features local artist Aaron Johnson's breathtaking oil paintings and woodcut prints of California […]

Free

Event Series Make and Explore @ Live Oak

Make and Explore @ Live Oak

Live Oak Branch Library 2380 Portola Drive , Santa Cruz , CA, United States

Every week we will have a new project idea for you to build or explore. Projects will include Science, Arts & Crafts, Model building, and Exploration of the environment around […]

Free

Upcycled Calendar Art

Felton Branch Library (NEW) 6121 Gushee Street, Felton

Repurpose images from calendars to make unique cards and beautiful small paper boxes. Materials will be provided, but please feel free to bring any old calendars you may have. Participants […]

Free

New Year, New Healthy You: Local Author Talk with Rachael J. Brown

Santa Cruz Public Library - Scotts Valley Branch 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley

Want to keep those New Year's resolutions? Come join local author Rachael J. Brown in making a plant-based breakfast you can take to go.The Friends of the Scotts Valley Library […]

Free

Santa Cruz County Poet Laureates Reading

Two Birds Books 881 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Join the outgoing Poet Laureate, David Sullivan, and the 2023-2024 Poet Laureate, Farnaz Fatemi, for an intimate reading from recent work. We will thank David for his work championing poetry […]

Free

Seymour Center: Art Show of Local Seabirds

Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Scotts Valley

Step into a world where art and science intertwine at the free art exhibition: “The Winged Sentinels of Monterey Bay”. We hope you will join us for a night of […]

USCS Museum: Free Art Installations & Movies

UCSC Institute of Arts & Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

Composed of a diverse series of installations, The Blessings of the Mystery materializes Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas’s research into the connections and tensions between the cultural, scientific, economic, […]

MEET THE ARTIST: PHOTOGRAPHER MARC SHARGEL

Santa Cruz Public Library - Scotts Valley Branch 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley

"Around the World in 80 Photographs: Above and Below our threatened Oceans through the camera of Marc Shargel" SCOTTS VALLEY BRANCH LIBRARY, Fireside Room Marc Shargel, photographer and marine conservationist, […]