Arts & Culture
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates ’60s soul scene with ‘Dreamgirls’
The African American Theater Arts Troupe brings the glitter and grit of the 1960s soul scene to UC Santa Cruz with an electrifying production of Dreamgirls. Witness the rise of the Dreamettes in this high-energy musical celebrating Black excellence and the power of student performance.
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Loving fire with fire: Humor, horniness and happiness inhabit post-CZU film
Well-known performance artists and filmmakers Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens interpret their close encounter with the 2020 CZU fire with a new taboo-busting film that puts the fires into the context of “ecosexuality.”
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Are Art History Majors More In Demand Than Computer Scientists?
T.J. Demos, a professor of art history at the University of California, Santa Cruz says, “there’s growing evidence that art history graduates possess distinctly marketable skills, including in critical thinking, visual analysis, foreign language training, and wide knowledge of cultural heritage, which employers across sectors are highly interested in.”
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Tom Lehrer, singer and influential political satirist, dies at 97
Satirical singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who was also a mathematician and later taught math and musical theater at UC Santa Cruz, died on July 26. Also covered by the New York Times, Washington Post, AP News, NPR, and additional outlets.
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David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83
His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.
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New exhibit combines art and climate science, Monterey courts international visitors
The Institute of Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz recently opened a new exhibition, Weather and the Whale. It uses art as a medium to explain how weather patterns affect the aquatic mammals and the environment.
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‘Science is a human endeavor’: astrophysicist uses art to connect Black and brown kids to the STEM fields
So begins a chapter about our closest star in Painting the Cosmos, a recent book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Dr. Nia Imara. The book blends science and art in an ode to the diversity of the cosmos. While touching on astronomical tidbits, such as the fact that scientists measure the rate of the sun’s…
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UC Santa Cruz’s New Play Festival features experimental work by students
The New Play Festival, curated by Lisa Marie Rollins, a professor of Performance, Play and Design, featured stage readings of new and innovative works from students. These one of a kind performances will be running through June 1.
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UC Santa Cruz’s Theater Arts gives a heartfelt performance of ‘Just Like Us’
“UC Santa Cruz’s Mainstage production of Just Like Us offers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of community and education, especially to vulnerable groups of people in this country,” says Jake Thomas in his rave review of the recent performance. He praises the cast and creative team for putting together a heartfelt performance.
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Isaac Julien’s gorgeous shots reclaim authorship of history
Filmmaker’s first major Bay Area exhibition beholds Harlem Renaissance queer culture, James Baldwin, blaxploitation.
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Santa Cruz museums concerned over recent federal budget cuts
“Community spaces are so essential; community spaces that encourage something positive like appreciating art, appreciating cultures other than what you’re familiar with,” said Kelso Cochran, a biology researcher at UC Santa Cruz.
