Thursday, April 9, 2026

At SubRosa & Hub Community Center Through April (& more to come!)

At SubRosa & Hub Community Center 

Through April (& more to come!)


- Come to SubRosa Friday April 10th, 7pm for a film screening & fundraiser for the Prairieland defendants - anti-ICE activists in Texas that are facing decades in prison for standing up to fascism and white supremacy.

Join us for a discussion of the case, its implications for activists, and a film screening of the 1974 documentary “Attica” - In 1971, inmates at Attica State Prison seized control of D-yard and took 35 hostages after peaceful efforts for reforms failed. Attica investigates the rebellion and its bloody suppression, revealing institutionalized injustices, sanctioned dishonesty, and abuses of power.

What is the Prairieland Case? The Prairieland case is a political repression case stemming from a protest in solidarity with ICE Detainees that occurred on July 4th at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, south of Fort Worth. There are currently over a dozen defendants facing life-altering state and federal charges - where “guilty” verdicts where handed down and most are being challenged. Many Prairieland Defendants are still in custody, being held on multi-million dollar bails and enduring horrific conditions. The accusations of the government are absurd, and the police response has been extreme, making it obvious that this is part of an effort to criminalize dissent along with the other high profile cases in Spokane, Portland, and Illinois. It has repeatedly been used by the Trump administration and its allies as an example of violence by “antifa.” Adapted from https://prairielanddefendants.com/about-the-case/

More information about the Prairieland Defendants at @dfwsupportcommittee

7pm - 10pm // donations appreciated at door and all funds raised will go to the Dallas-Fort Worth Support Committee - notaflof!* // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // masks encouragd // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- SANTA CRUZ TRANS POTLUCK! Saturday April 11th, 12pm - 3pm at SubRosa. Trans ppl!!! Bring ur friends! NOTE: rain going to happen and so will trans potluck!

* 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 / https://sctranspotluck.com/

12pm - 3pm // free! // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

- Sunday April 12th - @kaijukill.prod presents… Get ready to duel Florida style***! At SubRosa with…

* fromUs - 831 emotional (FIRST SHOW) - @fromus.831
** Softsnag - San Jose screamo - @snag.band
*** This Time - emotional hardcore - @thistimewillbethelast (ON TOUR FROM FLORIDA)
**** Falling Bombs Are Shooting Stars - Santa Cruz screamo - @falling_bombs.sc

6pm - 10pm // $10 - $15 at door - notaflof!* (cash or venmo or pocket lint) // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other! // *no one turned away for lack of funds

- Next Wednesday (4/15) the Fábrica is hosting the brilliant Phoebe Vlassis for her Loom Music concert. Presenting Loom Music - the loom as a percussive musical instrument

Don’t miss it! 7pm Wednesday, April 15th. 🧵 $10 - $20 notaflof* at the door - in the courtyard at the Hub Community Center (enter on Pacific Ave). 703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz. (*no one turned away for lack of funds)

Phoebe Vlassis is a weaver and musician from Athens, Greece, currently based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Her journey through various places and practices has woven a tapestry of multidisciplinary artistry that centers on weaving, music, and performance, while also fostering a deep curiosity about language, words, and communication. Her most recent project connects weaving with music, using the loom as a percussive instrument. https://www.phoebevlassis.com/

And presented with support from SubRosa: a community space (we are neighbors and friends with the Fábrica at the Hub Community Center!).

- jettyradio Announcement: 1st Jetty Radio Open House - Thursday, April 16th | 6pm at SubRosa 

* live-streaming on jettyradio.com

Four months into this project, we wanted to host an event for our residents, listeners, collaborators, and anyone jetty-curious to convene. We're excited to connect all the amazing people who are a part of this special community so far, provide info to those interested in getting involved, and let you all know our plans for what's next... ;)

dj sets:
* Randy3000 @rachaelmccue
** shelf life w/ Ryan Lincoln @ryanlincolnn

There will be snacks & bevs ~*1.0 We'd love to see you there! And if you can't attend, don't worry, this is just the first of what will be a semi- regular event <3

- NOTE: RESCHEDULED FROM LAST WEEK DUE TO RAIN. Tianguis Realmente Gratuito. Todo es gratis. Really Really Free Market - Sunday! April 19th, 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.

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.

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! 

- From @santacruz_mutualherbalism - “April 25th all are invited to come to our 4th annual Garden Tea Party fundraiser for SCHMA, 11:30am - 1:30pm at SubRosa. Come to enjoy a light brunch, delicious teas, live music, fun herbal/wellness raffle prizes, and more!”

“There is a suggested donation for this event at the door - notaflof! We will also be many herbal goodies for sale to raise funds to support our distributions.

We are currently seeking donations and support to help make this event successful. If you or anyone you know is interested in donating items such as:

* food/drinks (pastries, snacks, herbal- inspired creations, etc.)
* plant starts
* herbal remedies
* herbal/wellness/art raffle prizes
* flowers
* fresh herbs

We invite you to contribute time to help plan or setup for this event. Please let us know if you are interested and available! You can email us at scherbalmutualaid@gmail.com or DM @santacruz_mutualherbalism

11:30am - 1:30pm // donate 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! (Info from SubRosa IG which is updated often!


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, 3:30pm - 5:30pm, repeats weekly 

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

  • Please join us Tuesdays at SubRosa to talk about accountability and community care at the Consent Cafe!

A weekly SubRosa open hours gathering called the Consent Cafe where we want to create a space for engaging with difficult realities around consent. Snacks and hot bevvies will be provided.

6:30pm - 8pm // Free! // all-ages // dry space // safe(r) space // anti-capitalist space // respect the space and each other!

  • HUFF - Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom - meeting 
  • AND Open Hours, Thursdays · 1pm – 4pm, 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.

SubRosa also has Open Hours during this time. Check out a book from the Anarchist Library, peruse our zine offerings or meet a friend (or make a friend).

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At the Hub Community Center 

in the office project space


- Eating & Body Image Group - every 1st & 3rd Wednesday evening / 6pm - 7:30pm.

Are you “weird with food?” Have you struggled with diet culture? Are you in recovery for an eating disorder and want to be in community with similar folks? Join our abolitionist-focused eating & body image group this Wednesday! DM us for accessibility info & questions! 

Location: project space at Hub (next to the Bike Church) – 703 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz – enter on Spruce St (the Hub Community Center is where @subrosa_space is also located)

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

  • Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm  

  • Sundays,  3pm - 6pm 

  • Mondays, 12pm - 3pm


And more about Fábrica offerings - “Next week we are hosting the brilliant Phoebe Vlassis for her Loom Music concert. Don’t miss it! 7pm Wednesday, April 15th. 🧵 


Mend in Public with us on April 25th and don’t miss May Day banner-making at Little Giant Collective on May 2nd. 🚩

Use the link in our bio to subscribe to The Fábrica’s newsletter. That way you’ll get event announcements straight to your inbox. From https://www.instagram.com/the_fabrica_

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.

Monday: 12 pm - 5pm
TuesdayCLOSED!
Wednesday: 2 pm - 6 pm Justin Valone Memorial Youth Hours (On Temporary Hiatus) 
Thursday: 12 pm - 5 pm
Friday: 12 pm - 5 pm
Saturday: 12 pm - 5 pm (10am - 12am = F.L.I.N.T.A.* formerly W.T.F.)
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm

* Femme, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Trans, Agender, and *other genders beyond the binary (FLINTA*) shops hours now every SATURDAY 10am - 12pm at The Bike Church

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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, 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. Let’s create together the world(s) we want to live in now. 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. 

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