Events

Beach Train Saturdays & Sundays depart 10am through September. Choose 1 hour or 5 hour layover Travel from trees to sea, through the Santa Cruz Mountains, arriving at the Boardwalk. Departing weekends through September. Departing from the Santa Cruz Mountains, travel through Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, down the scenic San Lorenzo River Gorge, across […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Animal Browsing Hours Dogs: Wednesdays - Fridays 2-6pm; Saturdays & Sundays 11am- 3pm Cats: Wednesdays - Sundays 11am - 6pm Time's are a changin'! We've officially expanded open hours! We're looking forward to showing off our new building and hope you love it as much as we, and the animals do. Thank you for your […]

Hats Off Santa Cruz Grads Open Thursdays - Saturdays 1-4pm Photographic and Oral Histories of 2020 High School Graduates During the Pandemic Thursday, June 17 – Saturday, July 24 The graduates of the class of 2020 faced more uncertainty and collective hardship than any other graduating class in recent memory because of the pandemic. The […]

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 […]

Nutcracker the Movie Bring the family to this beautiful Holiday Movie in the comfort and safety of your own car! Always supporting Jacob's Heart! Boardwalk Drive-In December 18-19-20 5:30 & 7:30 Tickets: AgapeDance.com

Organic produce from local farms, tree ripened fruits, dried fruit and nuts, fresh bread, pastries, seafood, pasture-raised organic meats and more

Beach Train Saturdays & Sundays depart 10am through September. Choose 1 hour or 5 hour layover Travel from trees to sea, through the Santa Cruz Mountains, arriving at the Boardwalk. Departing weekends through September. Departing from the Santa Cruz Mountains, travel through Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, down the scenic San Lorenzo River Gorge, across […]

Animal Browsing Hours Dogs: Wednesdays - Fridays 2-6pm; Saturdays & Sundays 11am- 3pm Cats: Wednesdays - Sundays 11am - 6pm Time's are a changin'! We've officially expanded open hours! We're looking forward to showing off our new building and hope you love it as much as we, and the animals do. Thank you for your […]

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!  

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 […]

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 […]

The Farm & Garden Market is a small, friendly, open air market made up of local farmers and gardeners who grow within about a five mile radius of Corralitos. Seasonally we have the tastiest strawberries, blueberries, cherries, lemons, tomatoes, herbs, squash, potatoes, carrots, peas, beets, and avocados, as well as a variety of other fruits, […]

Nutcracker the Movie Bring the family to this beautiful Holiday Movie in the comfort and safety of your own car! Always supporting Jacob's Heart! Boardwalk Drive-In December 18-19-20 5:30 & 7:30 Tickets: AgapeDance.com