Content warning: This article contains references to graphic violence.  5,712 — this is the number of cases of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) reported in 2016 in the U.S. According to many reports, this statistic is an underestimation of the actual number of MMIW. …

Dance is a transmutation of energy. It’s a release of pain and anxiety through the catharsis of movement. UC Santa Cruz hip-hop dance troupe Haluan presented “En Route Showcase,” providing dancers space to demonstrate the vulnerability of humanity while celebrating the beauty of art and…

How do you name an art show featuring multimedia works from 13 different artists, each with their own theme and message? I found the answer at the Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) program’s most recent  exhibition. “Receivership” is the Master of Fine Arts exhibition…

Observers often describe the “DACA debacle” as political football. Many are content to sit back and spectate heartless immigration politics from afar. But in “WET: A DACAmented Journey,” actor Alex Alpharaoh calls audiences down from the nosebleeds and into the action. Telling the true story…

It was summer 1969 when eight police officers led a midnight raid on Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn. Frequented by drag queens, trans people and other members of the New York City LGBTQIA+ community, things fell apart at the inn when patrons refused to line up…

Fluxkits, posters for happenings and photos of a Thor-inspired production of “Julius Caesar.” You can find all of these at “Education and the Avant Garde: How Fluxus Artists Shaped the Arts at UC Santa  Cruz.”  Fluxus artists challenge the conventional definition of art. Their work…

Bollywood may be well known, but it only scratches the surface of Indian culture. On April 20, hundreds gathered to watch the Indian Student Association’s (ISA) 19th annual culture show, “Journey Through India.” The show featured dances, vocal performances and stand-up comedy.  “Through this show,…

An a cappella rendition of “The Other” by singer-songwriter Lauv fills the air. Clappers beat the ground with bamboo sticks while dancers hop over them. Two voices recite spoken word like slam poetry.  These are just a few of the many components that will make…

Artist Lizzy Choi previously worked for the illustration desk at City on a Hill Press from 2017 to 2018. Everyone has inner demons, but not everyone is as willing to talk about them as Lizzy Choi.   On one wall is a painting of a…

Over a decade ago, Oakland-based conceptual artist Stephanie Syjuco solicited hundreds of crocheters across the world to weave counterfeit designer handbags. Gucci means the same thing in every language — and her idea was to generate buzz about branding in the age of global trade…