Santa Cruz Art Photo Gallery

Women/Trans Open Mic This Thursday (the 16th!)

Dear Friends of SubRosa,


For the last two years, SubRosa has offered a weekly Open Mic to the Santa Cruz Art and Music Community.  Lately, the Open Mic Crew has been brainstorming ways to make Open Mic feel more inclusive and how to attract a more interesting and diverse group of people to the space.

Starting this Thursday, Dec 16th, we are creating a Women & Trans Open Mic on the Third Thursday of each month. The space is open to everyone, but only ladies and trans folks will be invited to perform on the SubRosa stage for these special monthly Open Mics.

Yeah!  Come and support what we're doing!  Tell your friends!

<3 Open Mic Crew

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Fri Dec 17th 7pm

\ P R E S E N T S EMMET OTTER'S Jug - Band Christmas Friday December 17th, 7pm Subrosa Community Space (inside where it's warm) 703 Pacific Avenue, across from Saturn Café Alice Otter and her son, Emmet, struggle to make ends meet in the village of Frogtown Hollow. The fifty-dollar prize offered by a local talent contest inspires both Ma and Emmet to independently prepare musical performances with the hopes that a victory will allow them to buy Christmas presents for each other. At the same time, the Riverbottom Nightmare Gang, a group of rich kids with fancy electric equipment, make realizing these hopes difficult. It's just 1 hour long, so how 'bout we drink tea and dance afterwards? SANTA CRUZ GUERILLA DRIVE-IN is an outdoor movie theater under the stars that springs up unexpectedly in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great free movies year-round and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is reclaiming public space and transforming our urban environment into a joyful playground. http://www.guerilladrivein.org/ You got this as a member of the Guerilla Drive-In announcement list or maybe just because we like you. To subscribe to the GDI announcement list, email guerilla-drive-in-subscribe@lists.riseup.net To unsubscribe, email guerilla-drive-in-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net Or hell, just go to the website at www.guerilladrivein.org

Free Skool Benefit Show! Wed 10/13

Come to the Free Skool Benefit show, Wed, 10/13 at Subrosa, 703 Pacific, 7pm

Free Skool Santa Cruz Benefit Concert
Wed Oct 13th 7pm
SubRosa 703 Pacific Ave
$5-7 requested donation
(Up to $50 donation happily accepted to support the project)

With local acoustic music: Matador K.C.'s Finger Pickin' Guitar Band Rigor Morals and rippin' Santa Cruz Old Time

About Matador:  Mathew and Dorota fuse together their musical expressions and their view of the world to create haunting songs of longing and wonder.  Matador's music is pushed forward by the driving rhythms of Mathew's guitar, while Dorota's violin pulls the listener into another world. The instruments are overlaid by Mathew and Dorota's harmonic vocals, singing lyrics that paint pictures of the interplay between humans and nature. Their songs are dynamic, full of changing tempos and moods that can switch from comfortably mellow to gut-wrenchingly intense in a heartbeat. Combining their musical experiences with flashes of Polish and American folk music, their songs are inspired by the interplay between creation and destruction.

About Free Skool Santa Cruz:  Free Skool Santa Cruz is a completely grassroots, collective effort to create an autonomous, mutual support network. It is a direct challenge to institutional control and the commodification of learning.  Free Skool publishes a quarterly calendar offering hundreds of free classes three times a year since 2004.

Love,
Free Skool Santa Cruz
freeskoolsc@riseup.net
http://santacruz.freeskool.org

UnScruz! The 2nd annual Santa Cruz Burning Man decompression street party!

Santa Cruz's official Burning Man Decompression, UnScruz, is on Saturday,
October 2, from noon to 10:00 p.m.!
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Downtown Santa Cruz on Lincoln Street between Pacific and Cedar
City/Town: Santa Cruz, CA
Email: santacruz@burningman.com
It's a Burning Man Decompression street party, Santa Cruz style! Please
invite everyone you know!
Bring your dusty selves at noon for ten hours full of fire, dance, music,
art, live performances, theme camps, DJs, and MORE!!!
Featured sound camps are Nexus, Dancetronauts, LeafyTribe and Unknown
Prophets!
Enjoy the creative expression that only Santa Cruz can provide for a cost of
only $10.00 in Playa couture/costume; $15.00 in street wear.
Our second annual Santa Cruz Decompression will be a a showcase for our
community so please help us bring our enchanted Black Rock City magical home
to the streets of Santa Cruz!
And please remember...this is a LEAVE NO TRACE EVENT : )
Facebook invitation:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=116956541691479&ref=ts
See YOU there!!!!
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If you are on Facebook, please join the Santa Cruz Burners page! You can
find us here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Cruz-CA/Santa-Cruz-Burners/99500412157?r
ef=ts

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Civil Rights Photographer Bob Fitch Honored 10-06

Bob Fitch, a civil rights photographer, activist, and long-time Resource
Center for Non-Violence staffer, will be honored by Assemblymember Bill
Monning at a reception at Bill Monning's District Office, 701 Ocean St,
Suite 318-B on October 6th from 4-5:30pm. People are invited to drop by,
see Bob's amazing photos of civil rights leaders, and hear some inspiring
words from Bob Fitch and Bill Monning. Call 425-1503 for more information.

Neighborhood Art Installation

I am doing an art instillation in the Seabright Community that uses
three full length life size portraits of three indigenous women from
Guatemala, Mexico and Bolivia and am looking for artists who would like
to collaborate with me on this project. Please contact Drew Lewis @
(831) 471-9220 or email @ dudley@cruzio.com.
Peace, Drew Lewis

Upcoming Artist at Subrosa Cafe

October 2010: It's the end of the world so what are you afraid of?
Selected Works by Mai Swift

My life consists of thoughts sewn to moments wrapped in context and this is how I live it. Tied to objects and beings, my work evokes fragmented sensations. There is no lie more compelling than a memory and no memory can be more than an elaborate and subtle lie. Truth is too objective to be remembered, but I can reestablish it in sculpted form. I can stuff my hearsay history into solid shapes that are real and true and cannot be denied.

When I started making sculpture, the “realist” human body seemed the paragon of form, function and concept. I saw myself in the beautiful women I wrought from clay, and fantasized that my own body was so easily mutable. By coming to terms with the imperfections inherent in my body, and the often ugly nature of living, these new works reconcile my dissatisfaction with traditional figuration and gender experience.

It's the end of the world so what are you afraid of?
Selected Works by Mai Swift
October 1st-31st
Artists Reception Friday, October 1st, 6-8pm
SubRosa, 703 Pacific at Spruce St

Mai Swift (maimai) is a sculptor currently living in a state of flux. No one can say where Mai will be next or what it is that Mai will be doing there. MaiMai attended Evergreen State College, studied nearly every sculptural medium, and graduated in 2009 with a BA in art. Mai's sculptural work moves seamlessly between ceramic, stone, wood, fabric, fine/industrial metals, found/repurposed objects, and glass.

Return of the Grammas Quuilting Workshop Tuesday at 6:30pm

Return of the Grammas Quilting as Personal and Communal Liberation    Every Tuesday in September 6:30-9pm 811 Broadway    with Wes and kai    quilt@thespoon.com, 831-704-6690    Picture old women sitting around a porch drinking beer, quilting together, creating something warm and strong, and talking about their lives. We are those old women. Inspired by the quilts of Gee's Bend, this is not a class focused on traditional quilting styles, but an excuse to come together, exercise our artistic creativity and radicalism, make something useful and beautiful, and build love and friendship. We'll discuss materials, process, design, the political implications of creating something from waste, and how historically quilts have tied communities together through generations of hardship. Though we will be working on individual projects, we will help and influence each other as a community. Requirements: All genders and all skill levels welcome. Please bring sewing stuff, snacks and beer to share.

Free Skool Picnic Sat. Sept. 18! Noon at Ocean View Park

Free Skool Community Picnic
Saturday September 18
Ocean View Park, noon until 4pm

September in Santa Cruz usually means beautiful picnic weather.  Come play with us in the park at our quarterly potluck where students, teachers, organizers, and community members get together to enjoy food, music, and companionship with new and old friends.  We have fun, meet people, eat, talk, have workshops, and play games.  Bring something to share!  Teach a workshop!  See you there!

September Artist: Justin Angelos - Disaster Information

September Artist: Justin Angelos - Disaster Information

September 2010: Disaster Information
Art by Justin Angelos

Flood, tornado, earthquake, job loss, bankruptcy, oil spill, death. Disasters come in all shapes and sizes. We are reminded of this daily.

Culled from abandoned property, roadsides, flea markets, mass media and the debris of passed family members this latest collection of work is a response, escape and even shelter in the wake of life changing events. Attempting to find beauty in discarded objects and breath new life into images long forgotten, a new world emerges from the ruble of the past. Demi-gods, heroes and evil-doers alike inhabit a landscape of shape, color and pattern.

When disaster strikes where will you run for shelter?

Disaster Information
The Art of Justin Angelos
September 1st-30th
Artists Reception Friday, 3rd, 5:30-8pm
SubRosa, 703 Pacific at Spruce St

Justin Angelos was born in 1971 in Los Angeles, Ca. After spending many years on the road with a job in the tradeshow industry Justin now lives in Santa Cruz, Ca where he is a fulltime stay at home dad and artist.

Life, death, loss and rebirth play a major role in the forming of many of his ideas. Inspired by the current state of our world and the debris man leaves in his wake, Justin’s palette is often made up of found and discarded objects collected in abandoned houses, vacant lots, roadsides and second hand stores. Primitive culture, the animal world and today’s fast paced and disposable society, continue to add fuel to his work.

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SubRosa Community Space
703 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz, CA  95060
831.426.5242

Call for participation for UnScruz, the official Santa Cruz decompression street party!

Santa Cruz's official Burning Man Decompression, UnScruz, is on Saturday, October 2, from noon to 10:00 p.m.

We are looking for interactive ART and live acts/performers ( Belly
dancers, hula hoopers, LED/glow poi/staff, short silly plays, who knows!) for UnScruz.

We are also looking for THEME CAMPS!

We are restricted as far as fire goes -- we can only have fire spinners and,
hopefully, fire hoopers and they will be in a designated area (an adjacent
parking lot off of Locust). No art cars with fire or any other fire on the
street will be allowed.

If you have a performance piece that you would like to contribute please let
us know by writing santacruz@burningman.com. THANKS!

Once again, here's the info about the event:

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time:  12:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: DownTown Santa Cruz on Lincoln Street between Pacific and Cedar
City/Town: Santa Cruz, CA
Email:  santacruz@burningman.com

It's a Burning Man Decompression street party, Santa Cruz style! Please
invite everyone you know!

Bring your dusty selves at noon for ten hours full of fire, dance, music,
art, performance, theme camps, DJs, and MORE!!!

Enjoy the creative expression that only Santa Cruz can provide for a cost of
only $10.00 in Playa couture/costume; $15.00 in streetwear.

Our second annual Santa Cruz Decompression will be a a showcase for our
community so please help us bring our enchanted Black Rock City magical home
to the streets of Santa Cruz!

We're looking for Art! Performers! Theme Camps! Volunteers! If you are a
ranger, would like to be a team lead/manger, greeter, spin fire, perform,
PARTICIPATE, please let us know!

If you're interested in becoming a part of UnScruz! Please send an email to
santacruz@burningman.com for more information.

Stay tuned for a list of theme camps, DJs, etc. who will be participating!

And please remember...this is a LEAVE NO TRACE EVENT : )

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If you are on Facebook, please join the Santa Cruz Burners page! You can
find us here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Cruz-CA/Santa-Cruz-Burners/99500412157?ref=ts

See YOU there!!!!

SMOKE SIGNALS at Santa Cruz GDI Fri Aug 13th 8pm

Rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated.  No, we were not shut down for good.  How could they do that?  They can harsh a movie or two, but man we just keep coming back.  We are goddamn guerillas!  See you on Friday!

Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In Presents

Smoke Signals
Friday June 18th 8pm
CHANGED LOCATION
SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave

When it comes to American Indians, Hollywood either trades in Injun stereotypes or dances with Disney. Forget that. Smoke Signals, written and directed by Native Americans, also casts Indians as Indians. Two young American Indians leave the reservation to resolve their problems and to find themselves -- belies the poetry of this well-acted, well-directed and large-hearted movie.  This tender tale of self-discovery is based on acclaimed author Sherman Alexie's short stories.

BRING blankets, pillows, anything you need to be comfortable in the great outdoors, friends, food and drink to share (though please don't bring alcohol to this location, thanks!). Donations to support the project are more than welcome.

ComicHangout Tuesdays at comiSanta Cruz Diner

Comic Hangout
Every Tuesday 7:30pm
Santa Cruz Diner, 909 Ocean St. 


Like to draw? Like to write stories? Like to do both at the same time? Do you find it easier to spend time on projects and maintain more consistent creativity when working around others? This is not an intentional skill-share, this is where we can come together, hang-out and work near each other. Over the meetings we will explore different public places in Santa Cruz conducive to gathering and creating, starting with the Santa Cruz Diner.

Requirements: Bring your own project and supplies. Others may have some to share, but don't rely on it.

A Free Skool Santa Cruz Workshop

It's MYSTERY BAND Time

Do you love music?

Do you hear music?
Do you want to be music?
Did you ever dream of making music but thought you weren't good enough, didn't have the right gear, didn't know the right people, were too stage-frightened, or maybe you just keep putting it off?
Are you an avid musician who wants to try a new sound or new instrument?
Do you want to have fun and meet new people, and support your comrades?

If any of the above are true, MYSTERY BAND is for you! And MYSTERY BAND is for Santa Cruz!  Anyone can make music. Really! Even if you are going on vacation or traveling for a bit, you can probably work it out with your band-mates. ANYONE CAN DO MYSTERYBAND. If you are terrible, people will still love you.

Forward this to everyone you know, please.  

This is how it works:

DEADLINE has been extended to Monday, July 19.

People with basically no musical talent, some musical talent, or a lot of musical talent, throw your name into a hypothetical hat to get placed in a band with 4-5 other people. You will receive a band roster in the next few weeks. Then you'll have 6 - 8 weeks to come up with 20-30 minutes of original music.

After 6 or 8 weeks, some time in September, watch your comrades as they brazenly play their INCREDIBLE  MUSIC you never even imagined was possible!

E-mail mysterybandSC@gmail.com stating:

•  your name & contact info (include best way to contact you!)
• instruments that you have and/or don't have & want to play
  
• instruments you are willing to lend to band-mates,
  
• level of musical (in)experience,
  
• where you live (if you have a practice space available),
  
• and if you are willing to be the bottom-liner for your band (this only means you contact band-mates after you get your band roster to schedule the 1st practice, and also are the communicator with me for the showcase at the end of summer).

OK so DO IT SANTA CRUZ! It's so fun I promise!

Love and Rockets,

Your Mysterious Friend

Louden Nelson Art Exhibit: Ken Keegan

Hi. My name is Ken Keegan.  I will be exhibiting my artwork on the walls of the Louden Nelson Center during the month of August, 2010. These will be acrylic paintings on canvas. The Louden Nelson Center is located at 301 Center St in Santa Cruz (at the corner of Laurel and Center). To view examples of my art, go to www.artscuttlebutt.com/kbaseball . Be well. Ken (contact Jack Sprow for more info 831 420-6183)

SubRosa First Friday Art Opening - Gabriella Ripley-Phipps - Five Easy Pieces

July 2010:  Five Easy Pieces:
Archiving Gabriella Ripley-Phipps

After you die, how will you be remembered?  If you were to create an archive, a historical record of your existence, what objects would you choose to be remembered by?  What five items would you start with in building your archive?

In 2009, Gabriella asked ten friends to answer these questions by selecting five objects they considered the most important or essential in communicating who they are.  The guests were invited to a dinner party, thrown by Gabriella, and the items were used in an interactive performance.

Now, Gabriella asks herself the same questions and chooses the first five items of her archive.  July 2010, the walls of SubRosa display a simple and incomplete record of Gabriella's life, in five easy pieces.   Through these items (Road Kill, Human Hair, Family Relics, Trash, Receipts, Ink Drawings), a complex existence is simplified while the viewer is invited to construct a comprehensible narrative.

SubRosa is honored to offer the work of Gabriella Ripley-Phipps.  Please join us for a show and opening reception:

Five Easy Pieces: 
Archiving Gabriella Ripley-Phipps
July 2nd - August 30th
Artist Reception Friday, July 2, 5-8pm
SubRosa: A Community Space, 703 Pacific at Spruce St

Our identities are tied to and mediated by the physical objects we keep around ourselves.  Objects are bought, worn, used, left on shelves, tacked on walls.  Each object says something about us: who we are/were, what we do, even who we want to be.  A part of our selves is placed into each object, but we do not get to choose how those parts are represented. Our objects hint about an exchange, a moment, or a relationship in the material world.  They evidence a certain time in our lives and point to who we were in that instant. And yet although our objects are entirely specific to each of us, they manage to live beyond us. They invite interpretation; they beg to be aligned cohesively within a narrative that is actually always incomplete. Our selves are created when others look upon our objects and imagine what we are like — our archives are merely guide-posts or suggestions, attempts at self expression in good faith.

SubRosa Community Space 

703 Pacific Ave 

Santa Cruz, CA  95060 

831.426.5242 

Demystifying Anarchy: a panel discussion

Setting The Record Straight About Anarchism

Local anarchists host panel discussion about Demystifying Anarchy

On Thursday June 24th, local anarchists are hosting a panel discussion entitled "Demystifying Anarchy" to help non-anarchists understand the depth and nuance of anarchism.  The event is intended for people who are curious about the philosophy, or might have questions or concerns.  A flier for the event says, "Anarchists are everywhere, but who are they really?  What do they actually want?"  It goes on to ask, "Are they really trying to destroy everything? Don't believe the hype. Come find out for yourself."

Demystifying Anarchy will happen Thursday June 24th at 6:30pm at Louden Nelson Center Room 3.  It will feature a panel of self-identified anarchists who will speak about what anarchy means to them and how they see the world.  Following the moderated panel discussion, substantial time is set aside for questions and answers from the public.

"Anarchism is a political theory which aims to create a society within which individuals freely co-operate together as equals," according to the Anarchist FAQ.  Wikipedia says that anarchism "considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful."  However, the Oxford Companion to Philosophy says, "there is no single defining position that all anarchists hold, and those considered anarchists at best share a certain family resemblance."

The event is organized by an ad hoc group of Santa Cruz locals from the anarchist community.  The event is free, but donations to support Louden Nelson and travel expenses for panelists are appreciated.

Demystifying Anarchy:
a panel discussion with speakers, food, and Q&A
Thursday, June 24th, 6:30pm
Louden Nelson Center, Room 3
Santa Cruz, California

World Naked Bike Ride Santa Cruz June 12

Hello! I thought this would be a good place to announce the:

************WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE, 2010, SANTA CRUZ**************

It's as bare as you dare, a fun, chill ride. Nudity is great, but not
required.

Where: Santa Cruz, downtown and perhaps Wilder Ranch.
When: Saturday ****June 12**** 2010, 8 p.m.
The plan: Meet at 8 p.m. clothed at the corner of Lincoln and
Washington. At 8:30 we ride! Bring anything you like, costumes, friends,
etc.

This is to be a laid-back ride and non-confrontational. Who wants to get
all intense while riding bikes naked? The plan is to ride for the love
of bikes and for positive body image.

I've attached a flyer (sorry for any convenience that may cause).
Suggestions, questions, etc., please contact me, Sophia, at
sophia@siriusprose.com.

Place to play music

hello,
I am curious to know if there is a warehouse or other large space (not
an establishment) in santa cruz where live bands can play? I've been
racking my head trying to think of a place. I have a friend who is
looking for a space (rather soon) for some out of town bands to play a
donation only show. If you know of any place please let me know!
thanks!!
Melissa
melissalavalle@gmail.com