Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Summer full on at SubRosa & the Hub & more info here!

- August already! And summer still swinging at SubRosa THIS EVENING! Tuesday August 5th with…

* Visual Learner - on tour from Mpls, MN! With powerful melodic punk - @visual.learner_mpls 
** Broken Strings - Soquel stroller & Capitola crooner
*** Don't Ask - catchy Oakland lifers back from a tour of Japan - @that.band.don't.ask

Doors 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

-Palestine Film Screening + mutual aid fundraiser for Mohammad family in Gaza - Wednesday August 6th, 6pm at SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave

Nuseirat 274: The Hostages Massacre (a documentary by Al Jazeera) - "The film reveals new details about one of the bloodiest massacres perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces during its war on Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of 274 Palestinians and the injury of 814 others in a single day."

From the graphic - "Please join us for a community film screening of Nuseirat 274 and mutual aid fundraiser for dear friends Yazan and Ayham Mohammad."

Masks strongly recommended and will be provided at the door.

6pm // donation 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

- SANTA CRUZ TRANS POTLUCK - Saturday August 9th, 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 

- Saturday August 9th show up for a gathering of local bands and give far flung NYC band a great welcoming at SubRosa with…

* Parasite - 831 salad bowl style hardcore - Salinas - @parasite.hc
** Silk - emoviolence - NYC - @hello.silkyy
*** Odder - shoegazing while screaming - Salinas - @odder831
**** Culprit - San Jose hardcore - @culprit.sj
***** Slab - 831 hardcore - @slab.hc

Doors 6pm & Music 7pm - 10pm // $12 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 // Brought to you in part by @saladbowlstylepresents

- Tianguis Realmente Gratuito. Todo es gratis. Really Really Free Market - this Sunday! 8/10- 11am - 2pm. At SubRosa - 703 Pacific Ave. No money. No trades. Everything is free.

Please wear a mask for community care.

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 form of anti-capitalist mutual aid where everyone is invited to participate and share care.

¡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

- Monday August 11th loud fun with a dose of weird at SubRosa with…

* Spoilman - rare alternative/grunge band from Japan influenced by US grunge and post-hardcore - @spoilman_jpn
** Trixie - locals still rockin' and won't stop - @trixierocks_
*** Placeholder - fushionviolence - @placeholder_ca_
**** Mush - heavy locals - @mush.sc

6:30pm - 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 // Brought to you in part by @kaijukill.prod

- Collage Night! Tuesday August 12th! 6pm at SubRosa.

Come hang out and collage! Supplies will be provided but if you're looking to get rid of some magazines you can bring those to share.

6pm - 9pm // totally free // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

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.


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- 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.

It's summer tradition for the Bike Church to be understaffed. Because of limited mechanics and availability, we will have limited weekend hours until further notice, we will continue to update here whenever we are back into our 12-5pm swing, but for now our Sat-Sun hours are 2:30-5:30pm. Thanks for supporting us, and maybe consider dropping us some bubbly water to drink on shift haha. We have our normal hours still Monday, Thursday and Friday 12pm - 5pm). FLINTA 5-8 on Tuesday and Youth Hours (21 and under) Wednesday from 2-6pm. Thanks for your support! Happy summer. http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org 

And from the Bike Church! Intro to Bikes - Every Second Sunday (upcoming August 10th, September 14th etc / 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/

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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/ 


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 

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