Thursday! Friday! Saturday!

Three Solid Days at SubRosa!

-Thursday Sept. 19th-  Women/Trans/Queer Open Mic is back!‏

This Thursday is not only the full moon but also Women/Trans/Queer open mic at SubRosa. After spending weeks with my radical queer friends in the northwest, I have been longing for some queer community time. Which is to say I hope some of you can make it Thursday.

Open mic is a space for you to share yourself in anyway that feels right to you. You can read a story, poem or journal entry that feels important to you. You can sing or play a song you are excited about. You can make other people act out weird or funny things you think of.  You can ask questions you need help answering. You can rant about shit that pisses you off. And you can just come and soak it all up. You can expect a little bit of full moon magic but what happens next is out of our hands.

We'll be open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm. Donations appreciated (notaflof)
facebook event post at https://www.facebook.com/events/639559529408715/?context=create#

-Friday Sept. 20th- A Show! with...
 
*FOLIVORE (local blackened doom) http://folivore.blogspot.com/
 
*They As In Them (sludgy hardcore from El Monte, CA) http://theyasinthem.bandcamp.com/
 
*Badblood (samzies but from Simi Valley, CA) http://ourbadblood.bandcamp.com/
 
*Xenotaph (raw black metal from Hayward, CA) http://xenotaph.bandcamp.com/

6pm//$5 suggested donation for touring  bands (notaflof)

 

-Saturday Sept. 21st- Really Really Free Market, noon-3pm (offered in conjunction with Free Skool Santa Cruz*)

No money. No trades. Everything is free. This market is based on a gift-economy and thinks capitalism sucks.

Bring food to share. 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, reiki...). Come and take what you can use and say thanks! We will have folks to check in with as you arrive. First come first served, space may be limited.  At the end, please take away left over items that you brought with you.

*We, in the Free Skool collective, are now putting the call out for teachers for the upcoming quarter. Note the new deadline for submissions, Sept. 30th (a week earlier than usual). The Winter Calendar which runs from November 1st-January 31st,  and we ask you to share what you know and love.  Go to our website to submit your class proposal http://santacruz.freeskool.org/content/teach-free-skool-santa-cruz

And of course visit SubRosa during our open hours as well! 

Upcoming Events!

Hello Friends!  Yup, it is September and the feeling of fall is in the air.  We are back from our summer travels and have renewed energy for SubRosa.  Come visit during our open hours (check end of email & website for details).  

Also come on by for the upcoming events detailed below!

*Wednesday night!  Sept. 4th.  A Show!  @ 7pm- The Act of Estimating As Worthless (folky tunes, NY), Dirty Rotten Snake In The Grass (female-fronted pumped-up blues, Eugene), Dogjaw (doomy punk, Oly), Looms (your siblings' band, SC).  $3-$7 donation for touring  bands (notaflof)

*Thursday night(s)!  The return of the Open Mic after a month break!  Sign-ups at 7:30pm and begins at 8pm.  Come express yourself in a supportive environment. Challenge yourself, challenge the audience.  Donations appreciated at the door.

*Wednesday Sept. 11th Never forget! ANOTHER SHOW! at 7:30pm 'trouble' (dark folk harmonies from Oly, check them out at http://iftrouble.bandcamp.com/), burl wood (of the Gembrokers), and Jessie James (formerly of Abandon Ship!) $5-7 notaflof! Conspiracy theories welcome!

*Friday Sept. 13th at 7pm YET ANOTHER SHOW! with Clatterbox from Fresno- presenting an original video with music-show called 'The Madness of Alphabet'  Your kind presence is requested.  Also check out http://clatterboxx.bandcamp.com/album/unrest-radio (a recording not like Friay's performance).  And Others (more details to emerge).  Donations appreciated at the door.


And come on by during our open hours...Thursday through Saturday 2-7pm.  We are also open some Sundays and Wednesdays.  Closed on Monday and Tuesdays (except for special events).

This Week at SubRosa, Monday March 26th-Sunday April 1st

-Tuesday Mar. 27th- A Show! 7pm until 10pm, notaflof, with...

Radiation City- The calmed echoes of amplifier tubes and secret gramophones, the soothing, sonic smile of a warbling Wurlitzer, and precisely sparse heart-throbbing drums bounce from the analogue souls of our newest musical Ozzy & Harriet. From Portland
buffalobuffalobuffalobuffalobuffalo- a lady fronted pop-punk band from Storey House. From Santa Cruz.
And Maybe More...

-Wednesday Mar. 28th- Morning meeting at SubRosa.

HUFF meeting from 10am until noon. HUFF is Santa Cruz's oldest and most stubbornly persistent grass roots homeless advocacy group. We make trouble for the powers that be and fight institutional human rights abuses such as the "blanket ban": a Santa Cruz City Council law prohibiting homeless mothers and children from covering up with a blanket between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8:30 a.m.

-Thursday Mar. 29th- Open Mic, sign-ups 7:30pm and begins at 8pm.

Come express yourself, challenge yourself, challenge the audience. Donation $3-$7 (notaflof)

-Saturday Mar. 31st- Insurgent Theatre is touring with "In the Belly", a play focusing on issues of prison abolition. 8pm

In the belly is where things digest, where they are broken down so their value can be extracted. This is where things are made to rot. If our
society is a beast, its belly is... the prison system. This work from Insurgent Theatre seeks to manifest imprisonment on stage, overlays it
with critical analysis of the system, and follows up with in-depth discussion about abolishing prison in America.

Created in workshop by Weslie Coleman, Kate Pleuss, and Ben Turk, with assistance from Harmony Bench and Rebecca Riley. Touring North America. Raising funds for RedBird Prison Abolition. Supporting prisoners in Ohio.

This show contains nudity, violence and other sad realities of the US prison system.

More info here: http://insurgenttheatre.org/adseg.html & RedBirdPrisonAbolition.org

-Sunday Apr. 1st- Prison Penpal, 3-5pm (a Free Skool class)

We will communicate with prisoners, as well as each other, in order to begin to build a community of support locally and nationally. The focus will be LGBTQ prisoners, but not limited to. We will explore current and historic issues within the United States prison system, and intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, etc. in a penal state and the ways that people can resist. Extended commitment to your pen-pal is preferred. Anyone not respecting the safety of those in correspondence or around them will be asked to leave. Requirements: A willingness to forget previous biases.

So Much Going on at SubRosa, Jan. 2nd-8th 2012

-Monday, Jan. 2nd, 6-7pm- Spanish Conversation, a Free Skool class. We'll pick a topic to discuss each week and speak exclusively in Spanish while we're together. Intermediate to advanced Spanish skills are required.

-Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, 7-10pm- A Show! Pop Punk! High Dive (a queer-positive pop-punk band from Bloomington, Indiana, with Toby Foster, Nick Romy, and Ryan Woods, from defiance, ohio), Songs for Moms (an all-female Bay Area punk trio that formed in the spring of ‘06) and more! Bring money for the touring bands.

-Thursday, Jan. 5th, 8pm- Open Mic, sign-ups 7:30pm- Come express yourself, challenge yourself, challenge the audience. Donation.

-Friday, Jan. 6th, 6-8pm- First Friday Art Opening! A Museum of Natural History, art by Stephen Odell. Bones, feathers, insects, stones, dried flowers and drift wood all have a voice to share. It is this collective, co-creative perception that thrives in a greater communion of direct experience with the natural world and with each other over the technological obsessions that only serve to exalt the ego and self-centeredness. Artist Reception, Snacks, Refreshments, Tea Service and a Reading of "The Other Way to Listen" by Byrd Baylor. Art at SubRosa the month of January.

-Saturday, Jan. 7th, 1pm- Mass Media, a Critical Intro, a Free Skool class.

-Sunday, Jan. 8th, 5pm- Rad Dad Event. “Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood” collects the best pieces from Tomas Moniz’s award-winning “Rad Dad” zine and from Jeremy Adam Smith’s blog Daddy Dialectic, two kindred publications explore parenting as political territory.

SubRosa is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed volunteers. We put energy into SubRosa to create a vibrant community space available for events, classes, and meetings, collaborations and organizing, art and creativity, as well as reading and studying. We are working to create a world guided by mutual support, without coercive control.

Go to the SubRosa website for more info http://www.subrosaproject.org/

This Week At SubRosa, Friday September 30th-Friday October 7th

-Friday Sept. 30: A Show!!!

**James Rabbit, Hermit Convention and French Quarter. invite yer friends! come by after CRITICAL MASS! yeeeeeah! 7pm or whatever. Bring money for donation.

-Tuesday Oct. 4th: Sustainable Cycles: Bicycle Down the West Coast, Meet Women, Talk about Menstrual Cups, and Live on $4 a Day- 6-9pm

**Two years ago, after graduating from college, Toni and Sarah met at a dance festival in North Carolina and decided to ride bicycles from Albany, NY to Ann Arbor, MI— for the adventure, to see some world, to make connections to people, and to see where we got to without any plans.

So recently we had this idea… to go on another bike trip, with more of a purpose: to bike down the West coast and talk to women that we meet along the way, make woman-to-woman connections and convince them to switch to using a menstrual cup. One-at-a-time spread this information to women who otherwise might never have access to learning about non-disposable menstrual options. It seems to me that the number one way this revolution grows is through personal testimony of friends-to-friends.

-Wednesday Oct. 5th: Two happenings

**HUFF meeting 10:30am- 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 such as the "blanket ban": a Santa Cruz City Council law prohibiting homeless mothers and children from covering up with a blanket between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8:30 a.m.

**FoxFire: a feminist discussion group! 6:30--10pm We will be reading a zine. Please join us for reading and discussion of the text. Feel free to bring snacks and such. **This reading group is limited to those folks who identify as women, trans and/or fem.

-Thursday Oct. 6th: two events!

**Police Obsolescence Workgroup (with CopWatch- sccommunitysafety@gmail.com)- 5:30-6:30pm
Working toward a world without police. Some of the efforts of this workgroup include copwatch, know your rights, police accountability, alternatives to calling the police, and education about police, courts, and jails. This is a spinoff workgroup of the larger Community Safety Workgroup. Requirements: Please check out the premises of the group at sccommunitysafety.blogspot.com to ensure that you are down with these before you come. Every Thu. 5:30-6:30pm

**Open Mic- sign ups 7:30pm and begins 8pm
Come express yourself, challenge yourself, challenge the audience. $5-$7 NOTAFLOF

-Friday Oct. 7th: First Friday Art Opening, 6-8pm

**Each month, SubRosa hosts a new artist from the community with emphasis on local emerging artists. SubRosa art openings are part of the First Friday Art Tour and are generally on the first Friday of the month beginning at 6pm

SubRosa Open Mic Thursday 7:30pm

Hey, I'm bottomlining Open Mic for the next four weeks!  Come show your support to Open Mic Crew.  -Wes

This Thursday join us for... Subrosa Open Mic - Thu 8pm - Performance Music Poetry - $3-7 at the door 703 Pacific Ave Santa Cruz Join us for SubRosa's weekly Open Mic, an opportunity to connect with friends and showcase the incredible creative talent in our community. Music, poetry, and performance. From the mundane to the jaw-droppingly inspirational. Donations directly benefit this community-supported space.  Signups for performance at 7:30 fill up quickly. Bring your creativity and artistic genius. Free kitten to the first thousand people through the door. SubRosa is an all-volunteer donation-supported anarchist and radical space.  We have a lending library, books and zines you cannot get anywhere else, performances, shows and open mic in a town with few artist venues, and a place to host numerous free skool classes.  There are few better ways to have your hard-earned money support the local community and work directly to make change in the world.

Some things to do this week!

This Week At SubRosa, March 21st-28th

-Monday Mar. 21st: 2 Free Skool classes!

**Heliostat Hackers: Solar Hacking- 10am (a Free Skool class)
Using the sun to light and heat your indoor location. We will discuss the use of and making of a low cost heliostat to turn the ever moving rays of the sun into a stationary more usable beam. With Chris.

**Wireless Health Damage and Smart Meters- 5-7pm (a Free Skool class)
If you don't trust wireless devices, are you a luddite tin foil hat weirdo or just someone with good instincts? New scientific findings of health damage from wireless microwave radiation emitted by cell phones, wifi, and cordless phones are piling up just as PG&E tries to force its powerful wireless equipped 'smart' meters on every home and business in California. But people are fighting back. Learn the facts about EMF and health, how we can resist fascist privacy invading greenwashed power plots, and construct a relocalized energy system that empowers, not oppresses people. Requirements: We ask that cell phones and wifi be turned off for the class, out of respect for those who are electro-sensitive (which is really all of us). With Joshua Hart.

-Wednesday Mar. 23rd: Whow! A Lot Happening!

**Furniture Making- 10am (a Free Skool class)
Creative use of found materials and design techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. Only material availability and motivation will limit us in this class. With Chris.

**Herbs Strategies for Acute and Chronic Sinusitis: 11am-1pm (a Free Skool class)
We'll discuss herbal support for acute and chronic sinusitis. We'll address causes: viruses, allergies, working and living conditions, etc. Dietary, herbal, and lifestyle suggestions will be provided. Requirements: Bring pen and paper for notes. With Red Root Herbal Collective.

**Radical Film Night- 7:30pm- The Sting (This month's theme is Crime Pays!)
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936 that involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). The story was inspired by real-life con games perpetrated by the brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff. The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. If a con game is successful, the mark does not realize they have been "taken" (cheated), at least not until the con artists are long gone.

Come watch films with others, eat popcorn (we will bring some, and we encourage you to bring snacks to share as well) and after the screening we can share in a discussion of the films. $2 donation (notaflof)

-Thursday Mar. 24th: Two to-dos

**Hacktivism 103- 5-7pm (a Free Skool class)
Though much of technology is well-deserving of critique and scrutiny, we work to shape the new world within the context of the old. Through this series of hacktivism workshops, we want to both encourage your interest in technology and provide a way for all of us to exercise our radical politics. If you’ve ever soldered something and enjoyed it, or if you’ve ever learned a programming language and felt brilliant, or if you’ve ever designed something that worked perfectly, we'd like to share more of that with you in an environment where men, women, and trans folks can connect. Requirements: An interest to learn. Some technical savviness and sneakiness. Wtih UBEW.

**Open Mic- sign ups 7:30pm and begins 8pm
Come express yourself, challenge yourself, challenge the audience. $5-$7 NOTAFLOF

-Sunday Mar. 27th: A weekly women and trans friendly reading group at SubRosa! 2-5pm**

We will be reading a zine every Sunday. Please join us for reading and discussion of the text. Feel free to bring snacks and such. E-mail WTFreading@gmail.com for more info and an upcoming reading list! **This reading group is limited to those folks who identify as women, trans and/or fem.

stuff happening

This Week At SubRosa, March 7th-13th

-Monday March 7th: a couple Free Skool classes

**Heliostat Hackers- 10am (a Free Skool class)
Heliostat Hackers: Solar Hacking- a Free Skool class
Using the sun to light and heat your indoor location. We will discuss the use of and making of a low cost heliostat to turn the ever moving rays of the sun into a stationary more usable beam. With Chris.
**Dungeons and Dragons Meetup- 5-7pm (a Free Skool class)
Dungeons & Dragons is a game in which people play within an imaginary world together, becoming heroes and going on mythic adventures. D&D doesn't have to be the classic Tolkien world-- it can be funny, desperate, sad, futuristic, deal with large adventures of any type. Moreover, D&D can build friendships, train your imagination, develop your creative problem solving, and build political and spiritual consciousness. D&D can be set in a world of rebellion, Empire, good versus evil - a world much like our own. If you are interested in being part of an ongoing D&D game come by the class, where we will talk about what we want. If you miss the "class," contact us to get involved in the game. With Chrisso.

-Wednesday March 9th: many goings-on!

**Furniture Making- 10am (a Free Skool class)
Creative use of found materials and design techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. Only material availability and motivation will limit us in this class. With Chris.
**Herbal Strategies for Diabetes Prevention (a Free Skool class)
We'll talk about herbal support for prediabetic conditions, otherwise known as Syndrome X or Metabolic Syndrome. About 1/3 of the US population is thought to be prediabetic. We'll cover herbal, dietary and lifestyle suggestions to prevent the development of Type II Diabetes, and discuss societal factors for the prevalence of this condition. Requirements: No requirements. Class will be taught at a beginning/intermediate level. With Red Root Herbal Collective
**Radical Film Night- 7:30pm- This month's theme is Crime Pays!
Come watch films with others, eat popcorn (we will bring some, and we encourage you to bring snacks to share as well) and after the screening we can share in a discussion of the films. $2 donation (notaflof)

-Thursday March 10th: 2 evening events

**Hacktivism 103- 5-7pm (a Free Skool class)
Though much of technology is well-deserving of critique and scrutiny, we work to shape the new world within the context of the old. Through this series of hacktivism workshops, we want to both encourage your interest in technology and provide a way for all of us to exercise our radical politics. If you’ve ever soldered something and enjoyed it, or if you’ve ever learned a programming language and felt brilliant, or if you’ve ever designed something that worked perfectly, we'd like to share more of that with you in an environment where men, women, and trans folks can connect. Requirements: An interest to learn. Some technical savviness and sneakiness. Wtih UBEW.
**Open Mic- sign ups 7:30pm and begins 8pm
Come express yourself, challenge yourself, challenge the audience. $5-$7 NOTAFLOF

-Friday March 11th: 2 evening happenings

**Boat Design- 3-4pm (a Free Skool class)
We will discuss the various design problems of boat building. Requirements: A desire to put out on the Sea. With Robert Blind Bear.
**Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In presents: Waltz with Bashir (part of the winter series)- 8pm
Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. In 1982, Ari Folman was a 19-year-old infantry soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In 2006, he meets with a friend from his army service period, who tells him of the nightmares connected to his experiences from the Lebanon War. Folman is surprised to find that he does not remember a thing from that period. Later that night he has a vision from the night of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the reality of which he is unable to tell. More info at http://www.guerilladrivein.org/

-Sunday March 13th: A weekly women and trans friendly reading group at SubRosa! 2-5pm**

We will be reading a zine every Sunday. Please join us for reading and discussion of the text. Feel free to bring snacks and such. E-mail WTFreading@gmail.com for more info and an upcoming reading list!
**This reading group is limited to those folks who identify as women, trans and/or fem.

This Week At SubRosa, Feb. 14th-20th

This Week at SubRosa, February 14th-20th

-Wednesday Feb. 16th: Radical Film Night- "Piece by Piece"- 7:30pm

Piece by Piece documents the history of San Francisco’s controversial graffiti art movement, with a fast-paced journey into the world of San Francisco street art, as seen through the eye of the artists. Chronicling more than 20 years of creation and destruction — honestly, accurately, and critically, the film takes you alongside those who lived in what is arguably one of the most influential youth cultures of our time.

San Francisco’s graffiti style arose in the period from 1983 to 1993. Piece by Piece starts by documenting what laid the groundwork for today’s Bay Area graffiti: “Cholo” writing and the impact of PBS’s 1983 documentary, Style Wars. The film includes not only San Francisco’s graffiti originals, but also commentary from noted New York “writers” such as Seen, Cope 2, and Case 2. It also covers the tragedy of Dream One, a San Francisco graffiti pioneer and a vocal figurehead in Bay Area urban welfare activism.

From 1993 to 2000, San Francisco became an international magnet for ground-breaking graffiti styles yet to be seen in other parts of the world. The film elaborates on what it takes to establish credibility among the graffiti community, featuring classic works from KR and the horses of Reminisce; and documenting the creative expression of these and other “writers.” The film also features well-known graffiti artists such as Grey, Buter, Joro, Norm, and Barry McGee (Twist). review from: http://ishogun.com

-Thursday Feb. 17th: Women & Trans 3rd Thurs. Open Mic- sign ups 7:30pm and begins 8pm

Come express yourself, challenge yourself, challenge the audience. All are welcome to attend but only women & trans identified folks invited to the stage $5-$7 NOTAFLOF

-Friday Feb. 18th: Folk/punk show! 7-10pm,

With the Homeless People (Oakland) & Main St. Mouse (SC) & Shagbark Hickory (SC). A fun evening, dance around and bring some coins in your pockets to donate at the door ($5-NOTAFLOF).

-Sunday Feb. 20th: A weekly women and trans friendly reading group at SubRosa! 2-5pm**

We will be reading a zine every Sunday. Please join us for reading and discussion of the text. Feel free to bring snacks and such. E-mail WTFreading@gmail.com for more info and an upcoming reading list! **This reading group is limited to those folks who identify as women, trans and/or fem.

SubRosa is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed volunteers. We put energy into SubRosa to create a vibrant community space available for events, classes, and meetings, collaborations and organizing, art and creativity, as well as reading and studying. We are working to create a world guided by mutual support, without coercive control.

Open Mic Every Thursday

One of the last remaining Open Mics in this allegedly pro-art town, the SubRosa Open Mic is often standing room only.  A weekly open mic at Santa Cruz newest community space and anarchist infoshop. An opportunity to connect with friends and showcase the incredible creative talent in our community. Music, poetry, and performance. From the mundane to the jaw-droppingly inspirational.

Donations directly benefit this community-supported space.  Signups for performance at 7:30 fill up quickly. Bring your creativity and artistic genius.

Weekly Open Mic Thursday

SubRosa Weekly Open Mic
Thursday 8-10pm
(sign ups at 7:30)

$3-7 donation at the door suggested
no one turned away for lack of funds.

One of the last remaining Open Mics in this allegedly pro-art town, the SubRosa Open Mic is often standing room only. A weekly open mic at Santa Cruz newest community space and anarchist infoshop. An opportunity to connect with friends and showcase the incredible creative talent in our community. Music, poetry, and performance. From the mundane to the jaw-droppingly inspirational.

Donations directly benefit this community-supported space. Signups for performance at 7:30 fill up quickly. Bring your creativity and artistic genius.