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Tuesday
04.03.07
Women's Tuesday Evening Hike 6pm.
Info: Jamyrson, jamyrson@hotmail.com.
Trans Meeting 7:30-9:30pm, Diversity
Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. Resource and
support group for trans questioning,
identifying, and allies. Info: 831.425.5422.
Lou Harrison’s Opera: “Young Caesar”
8pm, UCSC Music Center Recital Hall.
Celebrate local composer and writer Lou
Harrison's 90th Birthday with the world
premiere of Harrison's final version of his
opera “Young Caesar” - a lavish trans-ethnic
work exploring the love affair between Julius
Caesar and Nicomedes, King of Bithynea.
Young Caesar grapples with many contemporary
issues that were at the heart of Harrison's
exploration - the Pacific Rim and its exotic
colors, new theater, and homosexuality.
Presented by the UCSC Music Department in
collaboration with Ensemble Parallèle.
Pre-concert talk at 7:15pm with Professor
Leta Miller and composer Robert Hughes.
Admission: $28 general, $20 senior, $12
students. Info: 831.459.2159.
Queer Coffee House will not be meeting
today.
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Wednesday
04.04.07
Gay Men's Volleyball 5:30pm, SC Main
Beach. Newcomers and all skill levels are
welcome. Our focus is on fun, camaraderie
and sportsmanship. Info: Curt, 831.459.7506
or Mark, 831.429.6854.
Queer Women's Game Night 6:30-9pm, The
Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. A
small core group of middle-aged lesbians
playing Scrabble, Dominos, and open to women
bringing in their favorite games. Join us!
Info: 831.425.5422.
Womyn's Space 7-10pm, The Crêpe Place,
1134 Soquel Ave, SC. Live music! ALL ages
are welcome! Info: 831.429.6994 or www.TheCrepePlace.com
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QLN will not be meeting today.
The Network will not be meeting today.
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Thursday
04.05.07
Tribe: Gay and Bi Men's Center HIV Testing
5-8pm, 113 Cooper St, SC. No needles; results
in just 20 minutes! Info: 831.427.3900 or info@scapsite.org.
Purple Moon Dance Project 6pm, Yerba
Buena Gardens, 221 Fourth Street, SF. An
organization whose mission is to increase the
visibility of lesbians and women of color and
to encourage social change, peace and healing
in our society through the medium of dance.
Info: http://www.purplemoondance.org/.
Full Spectrum Chorus Seeks Singers
7-9:30pm, First Congregational Church of
Santa Cruz, 900 High St, SC. Open rehearsals
for a high spirited GLBT chorus; open to all
persuasions and musical talents. Info:
831.458.3053 or tlawson@redshift.com.
SC Bi-Friendly Potluck and Social
7-9pm, Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC.
A relaxing social environment. We're friendly
and enjoy talking, laughing and having fun
together. Poly friends are welcome. Info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scruz-bi/,
www.diversitycenter.org
or 831.425.5422.
FTM Support Group 7:30-9:30pm,
Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, SC. A
compassionate, safe space for individuals on
the FTM spectrum to receive support, network,
and socialize with peers in an environment
that is unique for female-to-male trans
persons on all points of gender identity and
emergence. Info: Antonia, 831.425.4409 or
Lulu, 831.425.5422.
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Friday
04.06.07
Gay and Lesbian Sierran Pinnacles Camping
Trip Friday-Sunday. Pinnacles National
Monument is the remnant of an ancient volcano
formed approximately 23 million years ago.
Info: Rita Hester, lunakatz@earthlink.net.
Movie Night 7:30pm, Diversity Center, 1117
Soquel Ave, SC. Meet others in a friendly,
comfortable environment. Info: Mike Johnson,
831.425.5422 or www.diversitycenter.org/movie.
Kulture Kulcha 2007: A Night Of
Festivities--The Desi Way 7pm-1am, The
California Ballroom, 1736 Franklin St,
Oakland. Trikone, the SF South Asian lgbt
organization presents a cultural talent show
celebrating creative growth and increasing
visibility of the community on and off-stage.
A night
filled with talent, a delectable Indian
dinner, followed by dancing to the best South
Asian fusion-music, compiled by our very own
DJ. This year, we will feature our first
ever KK Fashion Show and a KK Art Exhibition!
Info/tickets: www.kulturekulcha.org
or kulturekulcha@trikone.org.
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Upcoming...
04.09.07 ~ The Link: A Magical Experience
with the Radical Faeries 7:30, Canú Queer
Center. The Diversity Center and Cantú Queer
Center are proud to present The Link,
a new program that brings the Santa Cruz and
UCSC queer communities together, celebrating
and learning from our own scholars,
activists, and artists. This first forum will
introduce the Radical Faeries of Santa Cruz,
a vibrant group of that could be described as
playful revolutionaries, social servants,
gender queens, pagans, and queer hippies.
Info: Jim, 831.425.5422.
04.10.07 ~ Esera Tuaolo Visits CSU
Monterey Bay Campus Former football
player talks about his new book, Alone in the
Trenches: My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL.
Info: http://news.csumb.edu/site/x6362.xml
or www.eseratuaolo.com.
04.11.07 ~ Spring Student Mixer 9pm,
Cantú Queer Center.
04.12.07 ~ Cherrie Moraga: A Publick
Address: "Indigena as Scribe--The (W)rite to
Remember" 7pm, Merrill Cultural Center.
A preparation reading session will be held at
the ERC on the evening of 04.10.07 (material
on reserve at McHenry). Cherrie Moraga will
also be facilitating two student-centered
workshops on the April 13th. Please send
feedback and confirmation of attendance by
03.31.07: Elisa Diana Huerta, ehuerta@ucsc.edu
or Susy Zepeda szepeda@ucsc.edu.
04.15.07 ~ Uvas Canyon: Gay and Lesbian
Sierra 16th Anniversary Hike 9:30am-2pm.
Celebrate this historic occasion and
participate in the 16th GLS Anniversary Hike.
Info: Mike Zampiceni, eclecticguy@comcast.net
or Ron Levesque, ronlevesqu@aol.com.
Queer Youth Task Force Community
Networking Meeting 3:30-5pm, Aptos Public
Library Conf Rm, 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos. Join
us in improving the quality of life for queer
youth in Santa Cruz County. Info: www.diversitycenter.org/qytf,
831.427.4004 or qytf@diversitycenter.org.
04.18.07 ~ Day of Silence with Keynote
Speaker Imani Henry 7pm, Kresge Town
Hall. A GLSEN project
connecting high school and universities in an
effort to make the silence of the homophobia
in classrooms visible. UCSC is organizing
action addressing the multiple silences one
endures because of sexuality, gender, class
and ethnic/cultural identities. Guest
speaker Imani Henry will discuss how
coalition building and working with multiple
issue politics--immigration, anti war, people
of color, labor/unions, etc.--helps the
strategies of making GLBTI issues visible in
"nontraditional glbti spaces/ organizing".
Day of Silence, www.dayofsilence.org,
Imani Henry www.geocities.com/imani_henry,
or queer@ucsc.edu.
04.19-22.07 ~ California Dreamin' Transgender
Convention Open to, and appropriate for,
all TG/TS folks and all providers who either
serve these populations or want to serve
them. Info: www.california-dreamin.org/index.html.
04.29.07 ~ TEENPOWER and FULLPOWER
Workshops 10am-2:30pm.
Description: A TEENPOWER Introductory Full
Force Workshop for Santa Cruz area teens
(13-17 years old), and a FULLPOWER
Introductory Full Force Workshop for local
adults (18+). Learn and practice skills for
dealing with verbal attack and harassment as
well as assaults from strangers and
acquaintances in a supportive and safe
environment. Info: Antonie, safety@kidpower.org
or 831.426.4407.
05.05.07 ~ 2nd Annual UC Berkeley Queer
People of Color Summit Registration
begins Friday, 03.23.07. Info: Billy Curtis,
510.643.0788, or billyc@berkeley.edu.
11.02-03.07 ~ Sex/changes: Historical
Transformations of Sex, Gender, and
Sexualities Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island. The 2007 Conference
of the New England American Studies
Association will examine shifting sexual
sensibilities, changing sexuality
legislation, and varying representations of
sex, gender, sexuality, and the body in the
United States, past and present. Info: neasacouncil@gmail.com.
06.01-02.07 ~ Pride and the Symphony
The Santa Cruz Symphony will be performing
with the White Album Ensemble in a benefit
concert! Info: 831.425.5422 or www.diversitycenter.org.
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QStudents!
Be active.
Queer Coffee House Every Tues, 6-9pm.
Relax with friends over coffee and dessert.
You can
study, check email, play board games or just hang
out. Bring a friend or meet a new one. Info:
thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
Queer Latina Network (QLN) Every Wed,
7:30-9pm.
Join a network of queer mujeres at UCSC, bringing
together undergraduate, graduate and staff
activism,
creative energy and scholarly interest! Info:
Tere,
qln@ucsc.edu.
The (GLBTI) Network Every Wed, 9-10:30pm.
The Network is The Voice of UCSC's queer student
populace. Join us in organizing events; help
us in
our continual effort to restructure queer
groups on
campus. Get involved. Be a part of change.
Info:
thenetwork.ucsc@gmail.com.
Queer Geeks 2nd & 4th Thurs, 8-9:30pm.
Interested in things considered "geeky"?
Queer Geeks
is a welcoming place for those who feel that
their
interests vary from "popular" culture. Info: Ron
Reyes, ronmreyes@gmail.com.
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