Shows & Free Skool classes & much more!

At SubRosa! Shows & Free Skool classes! And…

SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space - 

let's create together the world(s) we want to live in now.

• This evening! Friday July 26th. Kurdish Cinema Night. Hosted by Rojava Solidarity Santa Cruz. 

Showcasing short films about the Kurdish experience and ongoing Kurdish struggle. 

Info from SubRosa IG post https://www.instagram.com/p/C9ygGgJvZSL/ 

• This Saturday!  "Why Knot? A Knot-Tying Class" - July 27th / 10am - 12pm with Will Parrish (willparrish2016@gmail.com) - part of the 2024 session of Free Skool Santa Cruz

Location: SubRosa Courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 

Description: We'll practice tying several basic knots for outdoor use, and, just as importantly, we'll overview when to use them! We will cover the clove hitch, bowline, trucker's hitch, taut line, double figure 8, and alpine butterfly – and more if there's time.  Students are invited to bring their own rope, twine, etc. I will provide enough for everyone to use, though.

Note: We will meet outside; bring a mask if you wish.

Info from https://www.instagram.com/p/C93JwvBS5of/ 

• Saturday July 27th an eclectic show in the evening at SubRosa with…

* Laurel Hell Ramblers - gothic mountain bluegrass from the hills of VA & NC - @laurelhellsramblers

** Mommy Mommy - queer rock 'n' roll from SF - @m0mmym0mmy

*** I've Never Been Here Before - digiskramz/cybergrind/folk punk - from SC - @iveneverbeenhereb4

**** Vertical Trap - witch funk - from the Bay Area - @vertical_trap 

Doors 7pm & Music 7:30pm // $10 at door - notaflof! // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

Info from SubRosa IG post - https://www.instagram.com/p/C9wMir7RXIB/ 

• Sunday July 28th Chico takes over SubRosa for the evening with…

* Exposure Therapy - bring ear plugs - from Chico - @exposuretherapyca 

** Caught in a Flood - sink or swim - from Chico - @caughtinaflood23 

*** Facejug - you'll be glad you did- from Chico - @facejugband 

**** Slinger - 5th wave emo trio from guess! Not Chico, from SF - @slinger_band 

***** Grad nite - 831 tweemo-violence, para rockerxs, por rockerxs - from Salinas & Santa Cruz & Watsonville - @gradnite 

Doors 5:30pm & Music 6pm // $10 at door - notaflof! // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

Info from SubRosa IG post - https://www.instagram.com/p/C9vOOE_S9Ub/

• Knowledge & Society (Intro to Feminist Epistemology) -  Wednesday July 31st / 6 - 9pm with Minh-Tu Van (minhtuv9@gmail.com) - part of the 2024 session of Free Skool Santa Cruz

Location: SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA

Description: My class introduces the idea that you are a philosopher in virtue of living life! I'm just here to provide a space and some guidance on how to conceptualize and understand these experiences. In the class I will explain the aims of my course and what feminist epistemology is, then go into identity and its relation to how we acquire and develop knowledge, and finally explore the knowledge we deem as scientific. This class is intended to be informational and participatory and interactive. Let's discuss, explore, and share together! with Minh-Tu Van (minhtuv9@gmail.com)

Materials: If you wanted, you could bring a pad and writing utensil for notes! I will also be getting an email list and will provide a dropbox of all the texts discussed in class. It's NOT a requirement to read the text, I'm providing the text in case anyone wants to read further!

Note: Masks are appreciated but not required. If you are feeling sick, please opt out!

Ongoing at SubRosa!!!

• Goth Denny's aka Post-Punk IHOP aka New Wave Jeffrey's aka Folk Punk Bea's Koffee Kup Open Hours, Tuesdays, 3:30–5:30pm

Come hangout with friendly folk and most likely eat fresh waffles at Goth Denny's aka Post-Punk IHOP aka New Wave Jeffrey's aka Folk Punk Bea's Koffee Kup Open Hours at SubRosa.

• HUFF - Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom - meeting & Open Hours, Thursdays · 1:30–3:30 PM, Repeats weekly

HUFF - Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom - HUFF is Santa Cruz's oldest and most stubbornly persistent grassroots homeless advocacy group. We make trouble for the powers that be and fight institutional human rights abuses pertaining to houseless folk. http://www.huffsantacruz.org/ 

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Free Skool Santa Cruz 2024 session information available now! 

A radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool Santa Cruz is a grassroots educational project beyond institutional control. It is an opportunity to learn from each other and share what we know, to foster communities of mutual support and autonomy (and a few upcoming FSSC classes listed below & above).

Links to website page with list of classes https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/2024-fssc-list-of-classes-so-far/ and google & printable calendar class information – https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/free-skool-calendar/ and info at https://www.instagram.com/freeskoolsantacruz 

• Intro to Bikes! - Wednesday, July 31st / 6 - 8pm with with BC collective mechanics - part of the 2024 session of Free Skool Santa Cruz

Location: The Bike Church, 703 Pacific Ave, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA (enter on Spruce St)

Description: Come learn about basic bike mechanics and maintenance! We will go over the fundamental systems of a bicycle (e.g., wheels, drive train, brakes) and practice basic repairs. Facilitators will tailor the session based on the interests of who shows up, so bring questions, or even better, your bike!

Note: wheelchair accessible, mask optional.

• Midsummer Eve Parade - Friday, August 2nd / 6 - 9pm with Mid-Summer Sprites (scmidsummer831@gmail.com) - part of 2024 summer session of Free Skool Santa Cruz and all are invited!

Location: the Santa Cruz clock tower (downtown)

Description: Midsummer is a time associated with magic and fairies. It is said that the little folk (the elves and fairies) can be easily seen on Midsummer's Eve because this is one of the days when the veil between the two worlds is thin and can be easily trespassed.

Let us convene an unruly rabble and careen in cacophonous frivolity through our town. We will convene at the Clocktower and end with a fire and gathering at Seabright beach.

Materials:  If you feel so inspired, please bring: Costumes Banner or pennant Large puppets or  mascots … or anything else you would like to add to the merriment.

Accessibility: Family friendly event. Please email us ahead of time if you need any special accommodations or with any other questions.

And not at SubRosa or a part of FreeSkool Santa Cruz! 

And still check out these wonderful events! 

• SCUM x Minnow Arts Presents: Sonic Happenings - A Play Date Saturday July 27 // doors at 6, performances at 7 // $10-15 suggested donation // @minnow.arts 204 Locust St.

Sonic Happenings began as an experiment born out of a desire for exploration in sound and space. These events involved audio/visual performances, sound sculptures, multimedia installations, screenings. SCUM was born out of those first few events. This time Sonic Happenings returns in the form of a game of sorts. Team A was asked to create individual object/sculpture/visual pieces. Team B will be tasked with interpreting each piece with a time-based performance, through sound or movement. Please come, it'll be fun and no one knows what might happen.

Info from SCUM Events IG post - https://www.instagram.com/p/C91WYcnuts_/ 

• The Community Art Show is coming to you on Sunday, July 28th, from 3-7 p.m. at the Tannery Arts Center (1010 River St., Santa Cruz - @tanneryartscenter). Info from friends @santacruztradingrack 

This event is a fundraiser for a UCSC student's family that urgently needs support to travel from Rafah to Egypt. 

We want to celebrate and empower the voices of our community through an accessible art show + community gathering. Our intentions with this event are to create a space that we, as artists, can feel comfortable in and claim as our own. 

At the event, we will have a clothing swap, print and patch, live painting, an art gallery, banner building, an open mic, and music performances curated by Khan! @jkhan_tho 

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Here are some additional tags for those involved with event! @soulbextion // @milocurrant // @riverstudio116 // @e_1ieyuh 

*** Although this event is not at SubRosa, the space is among many things an infoshop - and here's some info about this event from @santacruztradingrack (they have done a lot around Santa Cruz and at @subrosa_space ).

Info from SubRosa IG post - https://www.instagram.com/p/C9yLNVcy1vE/ 

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• And check out Fábrica Open Hours, Mondays, 12 - 3pm and Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm and Sundays,11am - 2pm (except 2nd Sunday of month) // repeats weekly (SubRosa's neighbor at theHub Community Center)

Description: The Fábrica is a community workspace where folks can come to learn and share knowledge about textiles arts. This includes Sewing, Knitting, Quilting, Embroidery, Crochet, and Bookbinding, among other arts. The workshop is operated by volunteers and funded by donations from participants. We have sewing machines as well as generous amounts of fabric, zippers, notions, and the other tools and supplies one needs for most sewing and yarn-based projects. There is no charge to use the shop, but please consider a $5-10 donation to help with our operating costs. Contact info below.

• And another neighbor - Bike Church // Open Hours, Thursday - Monday, 12–5pm (Repeats every week) 

About our wonderful neighbor, The Bike Church (enter on Spruce St) - "The Bike Church is a project of the Hub and has been Santa Cruz's only community bike shop since 1998. Our shop functions in a DIY/DIT (Do-It-Together) manner: we provide the tools, space and instruction for individuals to fix their own bike with the guidance of knowledgeable mechanics. We ask for a donation of $5-15 per hour to use the shop--no one is turned away for lack of funds. We provide used and new parts for affordable prices, and have many used bikes for sale. We give away kids bikes for free. Our shop is run by a collective of mechanics and apprentices who are all paid equally. We use consensus meetings to make decisions about the running of the shop." Contact info below.

• And at the Bike Church - WTF! (women, trans, femme) Bike Days - Every Tuesday / 5 - 8pm with WTF Bike Church mechanics (thebikechurch@gmail.com) 

Location: The Bike Church, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA

Description: We will be open to anyone identifying as female, trans, femme, non-binary and gender-queer ❤ if you do not identify as any of the above, come by the shop a different day! 

<Contact info for our neighbors at The Hub, 703 Pacific Ave>

-The Bike Church --- http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org // https://www.facebook.com/thebikechurch/ // https://www.instagram.com/thebikechurch/ 

-Hard Core Compost --- https://www.compost.bike // https://www.instagram.com/hardcorecompost/ // www.facebook.com/compost.bike/  

-The Fábrica --- https://thefabrica.org // https://www.facebook.com/thefabrica/ // https://www.instagram.com/the_fabrica_

-PedX Courier & Cargo --- http://pedxsc.com/ // https://www.facebook.com/pedxsc/ // https://www.instagram.com/pedalersexpress/ 

-Tenant Sanctuary --- https://tenantsanctuary.org // https://www.facebook.com/tenantsanctuary/ // https://instagram.com/tenant_sanctuary_sc  

The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living includes a constellation of projects that support skill-sharing, appropriate re/use of resources, and interconnected, creative communities - since 1994! http://www.santacruzhub.org // https://www.facebook.com/santacruzhub/ // https://www.instagram.com/santacruzhub/ 

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SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space, a place to meet others and challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. We strive to create a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying and more. SubRosa also offers radical literature for sale, and houses the Anarchist Lending Library. We welcome folks to join us in fostering an environment free from coercion, sexism, queer&homophobia, racism, ableism and other hierarchies.

http://www.subrosaproject.org/ 

https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject 

https://instagram.com/subrosa_space 

SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is the unceded homelands of the Awaswas-speaking Ohlone people known as the Uypi, who stewarded these lands since time immemorial. Centuries of colonial violence led to the removal and displacement of the Uypi. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. 

Do you want to join SubRosa in solidarity with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band? 

-Contribute to The Humunya Foundation of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a 501 (c) (3) Private Foundation under the Internal Revenue Code. As such, donations made to the Humunya Foundation are tax deductable. The Humunya Foundation was created to fund raise, facilitate Tribal cultural activities and conduct outreach to the public. More information http://amahmutsun.org/foundation 

-Sign up for the Amah Mutsun Land Trust email list for more information and opportunities to get involved. 

-Consider making a monthly  donation to Amah Mutsun Land Trust to support the tribe's Indigenous stewardship and cultural relearning work. 

-Check out  http://www.protectjuristac.org/how-to-help/ to protect Juristac, an Amah Mutsun sacred site threatened by a proposed mining operation in Santa Clara county. Actions include:  Sign the petition to protect Juristac, an Amah Mutsun sacred site threatened by a proposed mining operation in Santa Clara county. 

https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org and http://amahmutsun.org and http://www.protectjuristac.org/ and https://instagram.com/protect.juristac