An Old Fashioned Campfire for the Whole Family Friday, August 19, 6:45 - 8pm Share an evening around the fire and celebrate our community. Bring your picnic dinner and lawn chairs. Welcome our Teen Team youth volunteers! Make a fresh tortilla on the comal as we enjoy live music. Then we’ll gather around the campfire […]
Summer Movie Nights in Saratoga June 17, July 15, August 19 at sundown Mark your calendars for free, family-friendly movie nights in El Quito Park (12855 Paseo Presada) every third Friday this summer! Movies will be played at sundown, but come early to find a good spot and visit resource tables hosted by community organizations. June […]
Free Movies at the Beach Fridays, 9pm, June 17 - August 12 In front of the Colonnade There’s nothing like watching free, favorite movies right on the beach with the smell of kettle corn, corn dogs, and saltwater taffy filling the air! Bring the family and your blanket or low-back chair and join us! Music and movies […]
All Junior Rangers Programs Check with the Junior Ranger program that interests you for August ending dates. Preregistration is required: https://bit.ly/3mOAHBR Half Moon Bay State Beach: Half Moon Bay Junior Rangers, 7 to 12 year olds, Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:30pm This 1-hour program for 7 to 12 year olds teaches about the importance of nature […]
Visit the Sloughs Watsonville Wetlands Watch is dedicated to the protection, restoration, and fostering of appreciation of the wetlands of the Pajaro Valley, especially involving members of the Watsonville community and the students of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Watsonville Wetlands Watch envisions a wetland ecosystem that thrives within Watsonville and the greater Pajaro […]
Saturdays in the Soil Third Saturdays, 10am-12pm It’s time to get your hands dirty! Learn about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening with the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History while coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. Email volunteer@santacruzmuseum.org to RSVP What to Expect -This native […]
Saturdays in the Soil Third Saturdays 10am - 12pm It’s time to get your hands dirty! Learn about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening with the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History while coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. Email volunteer@santacruzmuseum.org to RSVP What to Expect […]
World Honey Bee Day Saturday, August 20, 10am - 12:30pm Celebrate World Honey Bee Day with us. See bees like you’ve never seen them before in the PBS Nature documentary, My Garden of a Thousand Bees. Locked down during the coronavirus pandemic, acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn set out to record all the bee species […]
Chess Club with Gjon Saturdays 2:00 - 3:30pm (except 1st Saturday of the month) Downtown Library 224 Church St. In the upstairs meeting room Professional chess instruction with Chess Master Gjon Feinstein. All levels welcome. For ages 6 - 18. If you have never played chess before please contact Gjon before your first session: coach@santacruzchess.com […]
Marine Sanctuary Photo Contest Submission Deadline September 5 Exploring your sanctuary this weekend? Well then, help capture the sanctuary's beauty and biodiversity! Submit your best images of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to the Get Into Your Sanctuary photo contest by September 5. Winning photos will be announced in October 2022 as we celebrate the […]
Coding Basics: Scratch 101 for Tweens 1st and 3rd Sundays 11am- 12pm, July 3- October 16 Are you looking to learn how to code? Coding basics with Scratch 101 for tweens is a free online coding program. This fun and interactive course will show you the basics of coding, with the end purpose of creating […]
Birthday Bash! Celebrating 117 Years Sunday, August 21, 11am - 3pm Celebrate Santa Cruz’s first museum on its 117th birthday! Join the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for a festive day of fun activities, games, and treats connecting you with nature and science in honor of the Museum’s long history serving Santa Cruz, and […]
Help Sort and Pack Books for Children Saturday, August 20, 11 - 3 Help us pack and sort more than 5,000 books for our foundation's book programs! We need lots of hands to make this event a success. Families welcome! Great way to get community service hours -- and free pizza!
Nisene Marks Trail Work Volunteers Sunday 9:30am, August 21 Join us! Trail work in the park this Sunday! Meet at the entry kiosk. The weather forecast is partly cloudy in the low 70s. Great working weather! There will be parking in the kiosk parking lot reserved for trail workers. Tell the person in the kiosk […]
In-Person Tech Help Felton Are you stuck with a technology question? Our tech savvy and bilingual (English/Spanish) staff at the Felton Library would like to help you troubleshoot your issue with a 30 minute (or less) appointment. Fixing broken hardware or software is not within our scope. Possible topics may include: creating an email […]
