Thursday, June 25, 2026

At SubRosa and Hub Community Center late-ish-June

And new events added all the time so this list isn’t complete! (Info from SubRosa IG which is updated often!


- Open mics are back at SubRosa! This month’s open mic will be Thursday, June 25th, 7pm to sign up. Bring songs, poems, or whatever you please, and be prepared for a delightful evening sharing our creativity. 

Future open mics will be happening on the fourth Thursday of each month, with the exception of July’s, which will occur on July 16th.

Sign-Ups 7pm & Performances 7:30pm // $5 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

Patchwork Poetry - Friday, June 26th / 4 p.m. with Aubrey Vora (aubrey@curiosapiens.com) - part of the Free Skool Santa Cruz 2026 summer session 

Description: Patchwork Poetry takes cut-out words, phrases and sentences from magazines and books to create re-purposed poetic musings. Unlike writing on a blank page, students must work with the words provided, assembling them more like a puzzle, exercising both sides of the brain. Students are welcome to bring additional materials, but there will be plenty of pre-cut words to play with! Facilitated by Aubrey Vora, who has been collecting & remixing words since 2013, and has hosted poetry assemblage workshops in the Bay Area, Spain and the UK.

Materials: Materials are supplied. Students are welcome to bring extra magazines to use or share!

Community care note: All are welcome, masks are encouraged but not required. 

- From @kaijukill.prod - FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH - TELL EM TO BRING OUT THE WHOLE OCEAN and hangout with…

@citrusjr.band
@itsbugstomp
@sailorsetsail_band
@slowblink.band

6:30pm - 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

- Wanna cook less, eat more, make friends and build community? Learn how to start a dinner co-op. No preparation required - Saturday June 27th, noon - 1:30pm in the SubRosa courtyard. Part of the Free Skool Santa Cruz 2026 summer session 

Join Leedy, Izzy and and Nico for an interactive workshop on how to start your own dinner co-op. Life will never be the same! Or something like that. 

Workshop will be outdoors, wheelchair accessible, masks optional. RSVP optional but encouraged. Come one come all come ready to eat some veggie chili hang out learn some stuff meet new people and maybe leave ready to make something cool happen. Dm @lee.78 on signal with any Qs.

Introduction to Abolitionist Justice - Saturday, June 27th / 5p.m. - 7:30p.m. - part of the Free Skool Santa Cruz 2026 summer session 

Description: This is a structured discussion-based class that attempts to introduce restorative justice and transformative justice (RJ/TJ) in theoretical and practical contexts. There will be an emphasis on real-world examples and potential challenges of implementing RJ/TJ in radical spaces.

Community care note: Masks required, hosted outdoors (weather permitting).

- C’mon to SubRosa Sunday June 28th for a special folk punk benefit show for Olive - whose car was demolished in an auto accident. So offer support to Olive and enjoy a wonderful evening of music with…

* Sunburnt Bones - sunbleached and broken hearted folk punk out of Oakland with Olive! and friends - @sunburntbones
** Asunder Sweet - combines the blistering speed & raw energy of hardcore with the satisfying melodies & youthful humor of pop-punk to create a unique sound that is dystopian & bleak, yet hopeful & empowering. Apocalyptic folk punk that stays true to the anarchist roots of the genre - Oakland - @asunderxsweet
*** Girl Chow! - DIY puppygirl folk punk grifters from Pacifica - @girl_chow
**** Kill the Wolf - alternative emo folk punk lo-fi tape therian trans wolf - oakland - @killthewolf.flac

6pm - 10pm // $10 - $20 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.

NOTE: Olive is also a @subrosa_space collective member and has hosted and played in many many wonderful shows at SubRosa and has contributed to the project in (ongoing) and innumerable ways. SubRosa regularly hosts benefit shows and feels meaningful for the space to support Olive in this way too.

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!

Please join us for this weekly gathering at SubRosa to talk about engaging with conflict, accountability and community care. This is an ongoing open forum discussion where we create space for engaging with difficult realities around engaging with conflict, consent, DV, & sexual assault. No experience necessary, pop in for one or come for them all.

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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Hooray! Our 2026 spring/summer Free Skool session is happening now! Information about classes - https://freeskoolsantacruz.org/2026-free-skool-santa-cruz-spring-summer-session/ - many classes at SubRosa and listed above!

- New Zealand Flax Basket Weaving - Thursday, June 25th / 5 p.m. with Sophie Haber (hsophie.2013@gmail.com - email to confirm attending) - part of the 2026 @freeskoolsantacruz session.

Location: Westlake Park - 149-111 Bradley Dr

Description: We will weave small baskets using a mixed methods with New Zealand flax leaves. I will talk about my relationship to this plant through my experiences weaving in Chile and New Zealand with traditional weavers there. I will prep the material before the class and have it ready. Bring a flat surface to weave on, at least 1ftx1ft. Please email to confirm you are coming so we have enough materials (hsophie.2013@gmail.com).

Materials: I will gather the materials and all preparations will be done in class.

*** Members of the SubRosa collective are involved in this revived and not entirely new, not all too different version of Free Skool Santa Cruz  – a project in mutual aid learning and sharing. And SubRosa/the Hub Community Center is a site of a significant amount of classes (although not all!). 

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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

Use the link in our IG 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. http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org/

Monday: 12 pm - 5pm
TuesdayCLOSED!
Wednesday:  CLOSED!
Thursday: 12 pm - 5 pm
Friday: 12 pm - 5 pm
Saturday: 12 pm - 5 pm 
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm

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Special announcement about event NOT at the Hub!


A REMINDER! All are invited to the first screening of the Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In 2026 season! Back after an extended hiatus! Friday June 26th - gather a bit before dusk to watch… 

“We Are the Best” - Three teenage girls in 1980s Stockholm form a punk band despite having no instruments or musical talent. The movie follows the misfits Bobo, Klara, and the more reserved Hedvig as they navigate adolescence and punk culture, creating music as an outlet for their energy and anger, even when told punk is dead. The film captures the spirit of youthful rebellion and friendship. 

URBAN WASTELAND LOCATION: From downtown, head south on Soquel Avenue. At Riverside, by the Royal Taj, turn right. Follow the path down to the sandy area under the bridge.

PLUS thrilling short films, an intermission, great company and a guaranteed good time!

BRING blankets, pillows, anything you need to be comfortable in foldy metal chairs indoors, friends, snacks to share. Donations to support the project are more than welcome.

SANTA CRUZ GUERILLA DRIVE-IN is an outdoor movie theatre under the stars that springs up in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great movies and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is helping reclaim public space and transforming our urban environment. https://www.guerilladrivein.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, 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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