Events

Ukupupuka, translated to English from Bemba (the most spoken language in Zambia), means flight. In "Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence," Zambian multi-disciplinary artist and scholar Aaron Samuel Mulenga explores various visual avenues of elevation and flight which allow one to transcend their physical limitations.

Aaron Samuel Mulenga is a multi-disciplinary artist and scholar from Zambia currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz.

Learn more here at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery website

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ADMISSION
FREE and open to the public
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PARKING
Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the gallery
Parking is $5 via ParkMobile or online permit
TAPS provides additional parking information

Ukupupuka, translated to English from Bemba (the most spoken language in Zambia), means flight. In "Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence," Zambian multi-disciplinary artist and scholar Aaron Samuel Mulenga explores various visual avenues of elevation and flight which allow one to transcend their physical limitations.

Aaron Samuel Mulenga is a multi-disciplinary artist and scholar from Zambia currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz.

Learn more here at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery website

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ADMISSION
FREE and open to the public
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PARKING
Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the gallery
Parking is $5 via ParkMobile or online permit
TAPS provides additional parking information

Ukupupuka, translated to English from Bemba (the most spoken language in Zambia), means flight. In "Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence," Zambian multi-disciplinary artist and scholar Aaron Samuel Mulenga explores various visual avenues of elevation and flight which allow one to transcend their physical limitations.

Aaron Samuel Mulenga is a multi-disciplinary artist and scholar from Zambia currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz.

Learn more here at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery website

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ADMISSION
FREE and open to the public
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PARKING
Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the gallery
Parking is $5 via ParkMobile or online permit
TAPS provides additional parking information

Ukupupuka, translated to English from Bemba (the most spoken language in Zambia), means flight. In "Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence," Zambian multi-disciplinary artist and scholar Aaron Samuel Mulenga explores various visual avenues of elevation and flight which allow one to transcend their physical limitations.

Aaron Samuel Mulenga is a multi-disciplinary artist and scholar from Zambia currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz.

Learn more here at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery website

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ADMISSION
FREE and open to the public
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PARKING
Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the gallery
Parking is $5 via ParkMobile or online permit
TAPS provides additional parking information

Ukupupuka, translated to English from Bemba (the most spoken language in Zambia), means flight. In "Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence," Zambian multi-disciplinary artist and scholar Aaron Samuel Mulenga explores various visual avenues of elevation and flight which allow one to transcend their physical limitations.

Aaron Samuel Mulenga is a multi-disciplinary artist and scholar from Zambia currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz.

Learn more here at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery website

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ADMISSION
FREE and open to the public
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PARKING
Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the gallery
Parking is $5 via ParkMobile or online permit
TAPS provides additional parking information

Join International Student Services and Programming (ISSP) for our first ever free international popup market on February 12! Drop by and participate in some international activities to earn your way towards a selection of international snacks and goods, many requested by our international community members!

International Market Fair

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

13:30 - 15:00

Classroom Unit 101 (Global Engagement office)

If you have any questions, contact us at iprogramming@ucsc.edu.

Come join us for our 11th Annual Comedy Night! Hosted by UCSC’s Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC), the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC), the Lionel Cantú Queer Center, and College 9 & John R. Lewis Activities Office for a night of laughter!!

📅 February 13, 2025

⏰ 7:00 PM

📍 College 9/John R. Lewis College Multipurpose Room, UCSC

🎟️ TICKETS ARE FREE, but space is limited! Register now for guaranteed seating until 6:40 PM @ bit.ly/comedy25ucsc

Featuring:

🎤 Dauood Naimyar @dauoodn – featured on Comedy Central and Just For Laughs 2022. w/ over nine years of experience and 150K+ TikTok followers, his comedy continues to captivate audiences nationwide!

🎤 Jackie Keliiaa @jackiecomedy – an Oakland-based comedian, writer, and actor featured on Comedy Central, Netflix, and Team Coco. She’s in We Had a Little Real Estate Problem and has been highlighted in Vulture and LA Times!

🎤 Diana Hong @dhongcomedy – Featured at SF Sketchfest, Fuse TV, and Netflix is a Joke Fest, she’s opened for Joel Kim Booster and Peter Kim. A regular at top Bay Area clubs, Diana’s sharp, personal storytelling tackles identity and life with wit and heart.

Join other globally-minded slugs for our monthly Global Cafe series. Each month will feature a different theme and campus partners. Share your international experiences, speak with International Student Services and Programming staff, enjoy a cup of tea (and other goodies), and meet new people.

January 29 - Lunar New Year special themedThis event is open to all international students and scholars, Global Learning students, and anyone interested in international experiences. No RSVPs are needed.

Join other globally-minded slugs for our monthly Global Cafe series. Each month will feature a different theme and campus partners. Share your international experiences, speak with International Student Services and Programming staff, enjoy a cup of tea (and other goodies), and meet new people.

January 29 - Lunar New Year special themedThis event is open to all international students and scholars, Global Learning students, and anyone interested in international experiences. No RSVPs are needed.

Join us for an afternoon of flash talks and dialogues on inclusive practices for diverse learners, including children and students who have been marginalized. Enjoy tea and coffee at the Arboretum while engaging with faculty and students from UCSC's New Gen Learning research consortium and beyond. Speakers will share their innovative research and practices to diversify learning and promote equitable access to education. We welcome students, staff, and faculty who create supportive learning environments to attend the event. RSVP Here

AGENDA

Part 1. What Counts as Learning?
2:00-2:25 pm, including Q&A

Learning as making sense of the world through families’ interactions by Maureen Callanan, Claudia Castañeda, Margie Martinez-Mora, Sam R. McHugh, Gabriela Sierra, and Vera UmanskyAction-based learning in everyday activities by Su-hua Wang, Samantha Basch, Jordi Sterett, and Diego Ordonez RojasStorytelling and translanguaging as tools for science learning by David Menendez, Emily Reigh, Gabriela Sierra, Emily Adah Miller, and Alexis Castañeda
Part 2. Beyond Individuals: Indigenous Ways of Learning
2:25-2:50 pm, including Q&A

What do you even mean by “autonomy”? by Salvador HuitzilopochtliInclusive collaboration and harmony by Barbara Rogoff and Itzel Aceves-AzuaraEmbodying Indigenous ways of learning in academic spaces by Saskias Casanova, Claudia Castañeda, Mario A. Gomez Zamora, Melissa Mesinas, and Andrew Dayton
Part 3. Affect and Purposefulness for Learning
2:50-3:15 pm, including Q&A

Imagining, feeling, and navigating by Patricia Enciso, Elizabeth Moje, and Cynthia LewisMixed-ethnicity/race college students learning and performing identities by Margarita Azmitia, Felicity Gutierrez, and Grace Sumabat-EstradaRelationships enhance “servingness” at Hispanic-Serving Institutions by Valeria Alonso Blanco, Saskias Casanova, Betsy Centeno, Katherine Quinteros

If interested in attending a collaborative writing session in the morning, please contact NGL Director, Professor Su-hua Wang (suhua@ucsc.edu)

Co-hosted by New Gen Learning and the Institute for Social Transformation. Part of the Leading the Change series

Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club’s resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone’s world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused drama shines light on the challenges of building a better future on the foundation of what our predecessors have left us.

Presented by the Theater Arts Program of the Department of Performance, Play & Design and the African American Theater Arts Troupe.

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ADMISSION
- Tickets for sale on Eventbrite in January; follow UCSC-Arts on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.
- Free for UCSC students (ticket required).
- Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
- Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.
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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- Six performances at UC Santa Cruz
Feb. 21–23 & Feb. 28–Mar. 2
7:30 p.m. Fri–Sat (3:00 p.m. Sunday matinees)
- Two off-campus performances
Mar. 8 outreach event at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC)
Mar. 15 additional event at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside
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PARKING
- Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
- Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
- Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
- More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)

Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club’s resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone’s world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused drama shines light on the challenges of building a better future on the foundation of what our predecessors have left us.

Presented by the Theater Arts Program of the Department of Performance, Play & Design and the African American Theater Arts Troupe.

—
ADMISSION
- Tickets for sale on Eventbrite in January; follow UCSC-Arts on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.
- Free for UCSC students (ticket required).
- Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
- Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.
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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- Six performances at UC Santa Cruz
Feb. 21–23 & Feb. 28–Mar. 2
7:30 p.m. Fri–Sat (3:00 p.m. Sunday matinees)
- Two off-campus performances
Mar. 8 outreach event at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC)
Mar. 15 additional event at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside
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PARKING
- Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
- Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
- Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
- More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)

Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club’s resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone’s world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused drama shines light on the challenges of building a better future on the foundation of what our predecessors have left us.

Presented by the Theater Arts Program of the Department of Performance, Play & Design and the African American Theater Arts Troupe.

—
ADMISSION
- Tickets for sale on Eventbrite in January; follow UCSC-Arts on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.
- Free for UCSC students (ticket required).
- Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
- Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.
—
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- Six performances at UC Santa Cruz
Feb. 21–23 & Feb. 28–Mar. 2
7:30 p.m. Fri–Sat (3:00 p.m. Sunday matinees)
- Two off-campus performances
Mar. 8 outreach event at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC)
Mar. 15 additional event at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside
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PARKING
- Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
- Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
- Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
- More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)

Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club’s resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone’s world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused drama shines light on the challenges of building a better future on the foundation of what our predecessors have left us.

Presented by the Theater Arts Program of the Department of Performance, Play & Design and the African American Theater Arts Troupe.

—
ADMISSION
- Tickets for sale on Eventbrite in January; follow UCSC-Arts on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.
- Free for UCSC students (ticket required).
- Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
- Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.
—
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- Six performances at UC Santa Cruz
Feb. 21–23 & Feb. 28–Mar. 2
7:30 p.m. Fri–Sat (3:00 p.m. Sunday matinees)
- Two off-campus performances
Mar. 8 outreach event at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC)
Mar. 15 additional event at the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside
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PARKING
- Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
- Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
- Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
- More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)