Hot Fall Fun at SubRosa/Hub

"Let's read and learn together!" Wednesday September 17th, 831 Anarchists, based in Monterey Bay Area, are going to be at SubRosa and invite you to join them. 

The theme for the reading and discussion group is PAGAN ANARCHISM. Come learn together about the theoretical and practical alignments of anarchism and paganism

No prior reading or knowledge required. Free and open to everyone

More details: A big long hand out with passages from the readings will be available at the reading group, and we all read and discuss them together.

6pm at SubRosa - likely in the courtyard outside - 703 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz @subrosa_space

Free and open to everyone. And thanks to friends at @oldcapitolbooks for facilitating the group @subrosa_space

- Come to the "Summer Never Folk'd So Hard" show Thursday September 18th at SubRosa - a sad-and-angry folk punk show with…

* Ember Nugent - emo-folk punk singer songwriter from Oakland - @emgobrrr
** Sapien Stardust - singer songwriter folk & folk punk dreamer - @sapienstardust
*** Florez Rain - hard-cordian folk punk from Elkhorn, CA - @florezrain 
**** CJ Lawrence - angry transsexual wielding an acoustic guitar - Oakland via Lawrence, KS - @cjlawrencemusic 
***** Quindara - traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc

Doors 6:30pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $5 - $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Mutual Aid in Action: Designing Real Projects Together - Saturday September 20th, 2pm - 4pm with Free Skool Santa Cruz

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

Description: This interactive workshop is all about rolling up our sleeves and designing mutual aid projects that we can implement. We'll begin with a quick dive into what mutual aid looks like in action and how groups move from ideas to impact—but most of our time will be spent hands-on, collaboratively shaping project concepts into real plans. Through guided exercises and small-group work designed to give each other constructive input, we'll identify needs, sketch out workflows, identify resources, consider logistics like space and storage, and co-develop simple, low-barrier ways to launch or support mutual aid efforts.

Whether you're starting from scratch, building on an existing idea, or just want to be part of the design process, this session is a chance to co-create practical pathways for mutual support in our communities. Come with your curiosity, your half-formed ideas, and/or your deep readiness to make something happen. People that are experienced with mutual aid and just want to provide helpful input on project ideas are encouraged to attend.

- Fun that is not overrated Tuesday September 23rd at SubRosa with…

* Poppyfield - Santa Cruz emo/punk steaming pile - @poppyfieldmusic
* New Here - your queer and sincere pop punk band - PDX based - @newherepdx
*** Yes Ma'am - fuzzy guitars, honest lyrics, and the occasional existential crisis all wrapped in with catchy melodies - @yestothemaam

Doors 7pm & Music 7:30pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- @kaijukill.prod presents… on Wednesday, September 24th - "We've got a mixture of noise from all over the World (the Bay, 831 and Utah to be exact). Playing downtown Santa Cruz at SubRosa with emo, punk, noise" from…

* Sex Ed - 707 electronic screamo - @sex_ed_band
** All Bark - north bay skramz - @allbarknoband
*** Starr 69 - not messing around - from Utah - @starr67ut
**** First Day With Fingers - 831 screamo - @firstdaywithfingers

Doors 6:30pm & Music after that - 10pm // $10 -$15 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Fall into autumn Thursday September 25th at SubRosa with…

* Yes Ma'am - fuzzy guitars, honest lyrics, and the occasional existential crisis all wrapped in with catchy melodies - @yestothemaam
** Cleena - singing lil gay songs about nature n' friendship n' such - @cleenaband
*** Strawberry Pilgrimage - just a trippy folk rock band on a delicious journey - @strawberrypilgrimage
**** Quindara - traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc

Doors 6:30pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Saturday September 27th - come enter a sublime space of digital sound, refracted across countless emotions! we guarantee you'll have a blast. A SubRosa show featuring expansive experimental electronic acts:

* Spiritual Exit - pacific northwest @spiritual-exit
** e.fem.url - santa cruz @e.fem.url
*** eclipse.xiv - bay area @eclipse.xiv_

7 pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof* // all ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti- capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // * no one turned away for lack of funds

And new events added all the time so this list isn't complete!

Ongoing at SubRosa!!!

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

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 · 1:30–3:30pm, 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.

-@—<>—@-

- And check out Fábrica Open Hours - repeats weekly (SubRosa's neighbor at the Hub Community Center)

• Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm  

• Sundays, 11am - 2pm (except 2nd Sunday of month) 

• Mondays, 12pm - 3pm

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. https://thefabricaworkshop.org/

- And from the Bike Church - 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.

- Sat-Sun hours are 2:30-5:30pm. 

- normal hours still Monday, Thursday and Friday 12pm - 5pm 

- FLINTA* 5pm - 8pm on Tuesdays (Femme, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and *other genders beyond the binary)

- Justin Valone Memorial Youth Hours (21 and under) Wednesday from 2-6pm. 

- Plenty of Free Skool classes at SubRosa and around right now! 

About Free Skool Santa Cruz - 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 based on mutual support and autonomy (do-it-yourself-together!). https://freeskoolsantacruz.org/

- Punks and Queers in Recovery – WEDNESDAY 9/24! Second and Fourth Wednesdays / 7:30 – 9 p.m. with Bxrii - (Free Skool Santa Cruz)

No Gods. No Masters. No Addictions.

—@@@@@—

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, 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/ 

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. 

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 

So much still happening at SubRosa/Hub!

At SubRosa and the Hub (community center where SubRosa is located and shares space with wonderful neighbors)

- Stop the Bleed (Managing life-threatening bleeding) - Thursday, September 11th / 6 - 8 p.m. (these are individual events, not a series) - part of 2025 Free Skool Santa Cruz session 

Description: Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death after a traumatic accident. This 2 hour class will teach you the lifesaving skills of direct pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. This course will provide visual aids, live demonstrations from a professional, and hands on practice using tourniquets and wound packing training tools that empower you to be an immediate responder in an emergency.

No experience is required and all materials will be provided. Please bring a notebook, pencil, and layers/snacks to keep yourself comfortable.

Masking not required, but please wear a mask if desired and do not come if you are feeling sick. If you have any accommodation requests please send an email to Alicia beforehand.

with Alicia - alicia@outerlandsmedics.com; (831) 216-8846; IG: OuterlandsMedics; Alicia is a local Wilderness EMT who regularly teaches first aid for backcountry and austere environments.

- Queer writing circle – Saturday September 13th / 12 – 2 p.m. with Jesse Kathan (Signal: 510-666-5364) - part of Free Skool Santa Cruz 2025 session 

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

Description: Circle will include a quick prompt and one or two longer prompts for fiction, memoir, poetry or whatever. Follow provided prompts or work on your own thing. Opportunities for sharing and positive feedback.

Materials: Notebooks/pens suggested; extras will be available.

Accessibility: Masked encouraged inside building.

- It's really real! Accept no artificial cyber-ripoffs and come together Saturday September 13th at SubRosa with…

* Rip Florence - weirdo artist, lov'r of counter~hegemony - SC - @rip.florence 
** e-fem.url - shoegaze/noise/ambient girl making loud music for soft people - @e.fem.url
*** Hunter Colt Paulson - experimental pop music from Oakland - @sloppy_seahorse
**** Dim Wit - sweet and sour ear candy with a soft sad filling - PDX - @dim___wit 

7pm - 10pm // $7 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- This Sunday! Tianguis Realmente Gratuito. Todo es gratis. Really Really Free Market - 9/14 - 11am - 2pm. At SubRosa - 703 Pacific Ave. No money. No trades. Everything is free. ¡Este domingo!

This gathering is not about the "stuff" we give and take, but more about how we can freely give and receive from each other. This is a where everyone is invited to participate and share care.

Bring your special items that you don't use but can't throw away (ex. clothes, toys, art supplies, instruments, books and zines... your free box). Bring your special talents to offer people (ex. haircuts, message, tarot readings, etc). Please check with us at the welcoming table by the gate, and we'll help you find a spot.

¡Todo gratis! No intercambio de dinero, no negocios, no trueques. Trae lo que gustes, toma lo que necesites. Este mercado gratuito es basado en una economía de regalar.

Note: we begin accepting donations at 10:30am and stop at 1pm. If you bring large items and/or significant amounts of stuff please help us at the end (2pm) by taking away anything that might be leftover. Please bring usable things only. Thanks so much! See tips in story highlights section of @rrfm_sc

Please wear a mask for community care (and we have at welcoming table).

- Collective Creation Games part 2 - Sunday September 14th / 3 - 5 p.m. with Rami Chahine (346-235-9782) - part of 2025 session of @freeskoolsantacruz 

Location: SubRosa courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA and then going onto Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz 

Description: We will be creating games/participatory experiences using the extensive anarchist library at SubRosa. Or coming up with simple interventions/participatory experiences on Pacific Ave to interact with the crowds regarding pressing topics we care about bringing up to play with. Or a combination of both let's see 🙂

More info: The course will guide participants through a playful process for creating participatory experiences starting from the depth of our embodied experience, memories, pain and political thought. Through games we transform such instigators into thrilling dynamics of being together.

Accessibility: Open to all, refrain from coming if sick

- Monday September 15th - Yiddish Electronica - Chaia coming from NYC blends together archival Yiddish folk songs and electronic music. At SubRosa - 703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz.

Also in conversation with Rabbi Chel of TzimTzum Community about their respective works, radical Jewishness, and cultivating anti - zionist spaces. 

Accessibility Info - uneven ground to get inside space but wheelchair accessible, mostly standing event with chairs available, amplified music indoors - earplugs provided, outside courtyard with seating, 2 bathrooms - 1 inside SubRosa and 1 in the courtyard, masks provided but optional.

7pm - 10pm // $10 - 15 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Knots 101 - Tuesday September 16th / 3:30pm with Phoenix - part of 2025 session of @freeskoolsantacruz 

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

Description: Learn the basics of knot tying, with opportunity to practice. Introduction will also include basic terms and further learning/reference material.

Materials: If you have it, bring rope or heavy cordage to practice with. I have a limited amount that I can provide. // Accessibility: Masking recommended.

- Come to the "Summer Never Folk'd So Hard" show Thursday September 18th at SubRosa - a sad-and-angry folk punk show with…

* Ember Nugent - emo-folk punk singer songwriter from Oakland - @emgobrrr
** Sapien Stardust - singer songwriter folk & folk punk dreamer - @sapienstardust
*** Florez Rain - hard-cordian folk punk from Elkhorn, CA - @florezrain 
**** CJ Lawrence - angry transsexual wielding an acoustic guitar - Oakland via Lawrence, KS - @cjlawrencemusic 
***** Quindara - traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc

Doors 6:30pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

And new events added all the time so this list isn't complete!

Ongoing at SubRosa!!!

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

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 · 1:30–3:30pm, 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.

-@—<>—@-

- And check out Fábrica Open Hours - repeats weekly (SubRosa's neighbor at the Hub Community Center)

• Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm  

• Sundays, 11am - 2pm (except 2nd Sunday of month) 

• Mondays, 12pm - 3pm

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. https://thefabricaworkshop.org/

- And from the Bike Church - 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.

- Sat-Sun hours are 2:30-5:30pm. 

- normal hours still Monday, Thursday and Friday 12pm - 5pm 

- FLINTA* 5pm - 8pm on Tuesdays (Femme, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and *other genders beyond the binary)

- Justin Valone Memorial Youth Hours (21 and under) Wednesday from 2-6pm. 

Thanks for your support! Happy summer. http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org 

- Intro to Bikes - Every Second Sunday, and coming up Sunday September 14th / 10 - 11:30 a.m. with Bike Church Mechanics (thebikechurch@gmail.com)

Location: The Bike Church, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA (enter your n Spruce St) - @thebikechurch

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!

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible, mask optional, workshop offered outside.

- Plenty of Free Skool classes at SubRosa and around right now! 

About Free Skool Santa Cruz - 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 based on mutual support and autonomy (do-it-yourself-together!). https://freeskoolsantacruz.org/

- Punks and Queers in Recovery – NOT THIS WEDNESDAY AND YES 9/24! Second and Fourth Wednesdays / 7:30 – 9 p.m. with Bxrii - not happening 9/10 (Free Skool Santa Cruz)

No Gods. No Masters. No Addictions.

—@@@@@—

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, 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/ 

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. 

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 

Check out all the info about all the events at SubRosa/Hub!

Long post because so much happening!

- SANTA CRUZ TRANS POTLUCK - Saturday September 6th, 12pm - 3pm at SubRosa (703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz). Trans ppl!!! Bring ur friends!

* Make Trans Friends
* Share Food
* Build Community

Community announcements at 2pm. This can include things like board game nights or dinners, more formal planned events, or a milestone you feel like sharing with the community!

This is a dry space (no alcohol) - Masks encouraged (available at SubRosa). Send feedback or suggestions to: sctranspotluck@proton.me

- Another emo gig going down at SubRosa this week, Saturday evening September 6th - brought to you in part by the incomparable @kaijukill.prod with…

* Grad Nite - Scream Rock Para Rockerxs, Por Rockerxs 831 (Salinas, Santa Cruz, Watsonville) - @gradnite
** Losing Streak - east bay emo - @losing.streakca
*** Red Pine - emo from PDX since 2023 - @redpineband
**** Dystoria - modern shoegaze-esque post-rock - PDX - @dystoria.band
***** Callous - 831 alt/shoegaze - @calloustheband831

Doors 5:30pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Beginner Bluegrass Slow Jam, this Sunday, September 7th, 10–11am (last one of he year!) 

In the SubRosa courtyard! 703 Pacific Ave (downtown Santa Cruz). A Free Skool Santa Cruz offering - with Bashi (scouter_caches0m@icloud.com)

Bluegrass standards for beginners, played at a very slow 60-90 bpm. If you can play a G, D, and A chord on your instrument, you're able to take part in this group jam. If not, come and learn! Each class is drop-in - no need to attend previous classes to try it out.

Materials: BYO instrument // Accessibility: We will be outside.

- La Peña Alegría - Created by and for the BIPOC community in Santa Cruz County! Sunday September 7th. Brought to you by @kaalogii.collective and @campesinawombjustice and more!

Join us every First Sunday of the Month at 5pm SubRosa for strengthening our bonds and celebrating our diverse cultures through art, food, activities, and liberation education 💗

This event aims to both serve as a safe, dry space for BIPOC of all ages to come together and as a space that is everchanging, fluctuating with the needs of our communities.

Questions or need accomodations? DM @kaalogii.collective or @campesinawombjustice

- Stop the Bleed (Managing life-threatening bleeding) - Thursday, September 11th / 6 - 8 p.m. (these are individual events, not a series) - part of 2025 Free Skool Santa Cruz session 

Description: Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death after a traumatic accident. This 2 hour class will teach you the lifesaving skills of direct pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. This course will provide visual aids, live demonstrations from a professional, and hands on practice using tourniquets and wound packing training tools that empower you to be an immediate responder in an emergency.

No experience is required and all materials will be provided. Please bring a notebook, pencil, and layers/snacks to keep yourself comfortable.

Masking not required, but please wear a mask if desired and do not come if you are feeling sick. If you have any accommodation requests please send an email to Alicia beforehand.

with Alicia - alicia@outerlandsmedics.com; (831) 216-8846; IG: OuterlandsMedics; Alicia is a local Wilderness EMT who regularly teaches first aid for backcountry and austere environments.

- It's really real! Accept no artificial cyber-ripoffs and come together Saturday September 13th at SubRosa with…

* Rip Florence - weirdo artist, lov'r of counter~hegemony - SC - @rip.florence 
** e-fem.url - shoegaze/noise/ambient girl making loud music for soft people - @e.fem.url
*** Hunter Colt Paulson - experimental pop music from Oakland - @sloppy_seahorse
**** Dim Wit - sweet and sour ear candy with a soft sad filling - PDX - @dim___wit 

7pm - 10pm // $7 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Collective Creation Games part 2 - Sunday September 14th / 3 - 5 p.m. with Rami Chahine (346-235-9782) - part of 2025 session of @freeskoolsantacruz 

Location: SubRosa courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA and then going onto Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz 

Description: The course will guide participants through a playful process for creating participatory experiences starting from the depth of our embodied experience, memories, pain and political thought. Through games we transform such instigators into thrilling dynamics of being together.

Accessibility: Open to all, refrain from coming if sick

- Monday September 15th - Yiddish Electronica - Chaia coming from NYC blends together archival Yiddish folk songs and electronic music. At SubRosa - 703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz.

Also in conversation with Rabbi Chel of TzimTzum Community about their respective works, radical Jewishness, and cultivating anti - zionist spaces.

Accessibility Info - uneven ground to get inside space but wheelchair accessible, mostly standing event with chairs available, amplified music indoors - earplugs provided, outside courtyard with seating, 2 bathrooms - 1 inside SubRosa and 1 in the courtyard, masks provided but optional.

7pm - 10pm // $10 - 15 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Knots 101 - Tuesday September 16th / 3:30pm with Phoenix - part of 2025 session of @freeskoolsantacruz

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

Description: Learn the basics of knot tying, with opportunity to practice. Introduction will also include basic terms and further learning/reference material.

Materials: If you have it, bring rope or heavy cordage to practice with. I have a limited amount that I can provide. // Accessibility: Masking recommended.

- Come to the "Summer Never Folk'd So Hard" show Thursday September 18th at SubRosa - a sad-and-angry folk punk show with…

* Ember Nugent - emo-folk punk singer songwriter from Oakland - @emgobrrr
** Sapien Stardust - singer songwriter folk & folk punk dreamer - @sapienstardust
*** Florez Rain - hard-cordian folk punk from Elkhorn, CA - @florezrain
**** CJ Lawrence - angry transsexual wielding an acoustic guitar - Oakland via Lawrence, KS - @cjlawrencemusic
***** Quindara - traipse with no/ise - SC - @bbannedindc

Doors 6:30pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $10 at door - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

And new events added all the time so this list isn't complete!

Ongoing at SubRosa!!!

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

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 · 1:30–3:30pm, 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.

-@—<>—@-

- And check out Fábrica Open Hours - repeats weekly (SubRosa's neighbor at the Hub Community Center)

• Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm  

• Sundays, 11am - 2pm (except 2nd Sunday of month) 

• Mondays, 12pm - 3pm

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. https://thefabricaworkshop.org/

- And from the Bike Church - 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.

- Sat-Sun hours are 2:30-5:30pm. 

- normal hours still Monday, Thursday and Friday 12pm - 5pm 

- FLINTA* 5pm - 8pm on Tuesdays (Femme, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and *other genders beyond the binary)

- Justin Valone Memorial Youth Hours (21 and under) Wednesday from 2-6pm. 

Thanks for your support! Happy summer. http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org 

- Plenty of Free Skool classes at SubRosa and around right now! 

About Free Skool Santa Cruz - 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 based on mutual support and autonomy (do-it-yourself-together!). https://freeskoolsantacruz.org/

- Punks and Queers in Recovery – Second and Fourth Wednesdays / 7:30 – 9 p.m. with Bxrii - next on Wednesday September 24th - not happening 9/10 (Free Skool Santa Cruz)

Location: project space at Hub (next to the Bike Church) – 703 Pacific Ave (downtown Santa Cruz) – enter on Spruce St

Description: No Gods. No Masters. No Addictions.

This is a space for folks who are ready to face the compulsive behaviors that are throwing off balance and creating toxicity in our lives—whether you're just starting, in the middle of the journey, or have been working on it for a while.

THIS IS NOT AA.

This is about open conversations, sharing our struggles, and supporting each other through the process of healing and growth. While we focus on breaking free from compulsive behaviors, it's not just about alcohol or drugs. If you're tackling any compulsive behavior—be it work, food, gaming, or anything else—we're here for you.

You don't have to have it all figured out or be "sober" to join. We're here to share tools, skills, and approaches that have worked for us in the hope that they'll work for you too. Let's build a supportive community where we can grow together.

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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.